Chapter 58: Connections (I)

Lacey was not easy to deal with, and Tony alone might not be able to get rid of him safely, so Becker needed to be involved.

That's why Becker has to spend so much effort to get rid of Wood, doing a lot of useless disguises, Wood's death will not make Barbarossa lose his mind, but Becker is sure that when the news of Lacey's death comes, Barbarossa will definitely be furious, with Barbarossa's character, as long as Becker has any suspicion at the time of Wood's death, he will definitely be suspected by Barbarossa, he will not go to great lengths to collect evidence, he will only use his special ability to hang Becker without asking.

If it was on land, Becker was not afraid of Barbarossa, even if he couldn't crack his Devil Fruit ability for the time being, he couldn't stop Barbarossa if he wanted to, but if Barbarossa was doing it at sea, Becker would have no room to escape, a sea ship on the vast sea was like a cage, and even if he jumped into the sea, he couldn't outrun the ship.

Becker is looking for an opportunity, Tony is also busy building a network, the two secretly talk a few times, although Woody's death did not arouse the vigilance of Redbeard and the Buendia family, but the latter is still looking for the real culprit who killed Woody, a group of "out-of-town nouveau riche gamblers", the other party is quite powerful in Navia City, and Tony needs to hide in the ghetto to avoid the limelight in the near future.

It wasn't until more than two months had passed, when the Redbeard Pirates landed near Navia City for the third time, that Tony made his way.

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"You say you know Miss Margaret?" Harden's tone was so agitated that he didn't stutter so much when he spoke.

Becker tugged at the collar and said, "I don't know her, but my father used to run a merchant on the sea, and he knew some people in the city, and I only found out some time ago that they have some influence in the city, and I asked them to help us meet Miss Margaret." ”

Becker didn't look like he was lying, and Harden immediately believed it and said gratefully, "Great, great, Becker, I really don't, I don't know how to thank you." ”

"I—I should have invited you to drink until you were full. Until satisfied. "Harden is already a little incoherent.

"That's really good, but it's a pity that it shouldn't work today," Becker winked at Harden, then put his arms around Akin and said, "I'm afraid only Akin will drink with me today." ”

Hearing this, Ah Jin pursed his lips, pointed to the high-end suits that Becker and Harden had specially changed on, and said, "What is that woman named Margaret so noble?" Are you two like this, seeing that she spends a lot of money to buy new clothes? ”

"You don't understand." Harden said a little unpleasantly, he wanted to say something more, but Becker diverted the topic.

The three of them talked and laughed and came to a small western-style building in the aristocratic district in the center of the city, and Harden was already nervous and speechless at this time, and was teased by Becker and Akin.

When he arrived at the door, Becker looked left and right at his companions, Ah Jin had a stinky face that had been owed millions of Bailey and found that the debtor had evaporated with funds, and Harden looked as if he was about to rush to the execution ground.

Becker shook his head, and stepped forward to knock lightly on the wooden door, his ears were outstanding, and in a moment he heard a series of light and rapid footsteps.

The door of the western-style building was opened from the inside, and a girl wearing a white headscarf probed out, and at first glance, she caught a glimpse of Ah Jin with a black face, and her little head shrank back with a "whoosh", and she hid behind the door and asked loudly: "Who are you looking for?" ”

"We have an appointment with Miss Margaret, and I'm Becker, and behind me my companions Kim and Harden, and I'm invited to have dinner with Miss Margaret."

The little head behind the door poked out again, and this time Becker saw the other party's appearance clearly, it was a black-haired girl with a white turban, who looked fourteen or fifteen years old, with some baby fat on her face, and an innocent face.

The girl set her eyes on Becker this time, compared to the fierce-looking Ah Jin and the extremely unnatural Harden, Becker, who looked like a good person, made her feel a little relieved, let go of her body, and opened the door.

"I said that this trip was not in vain, I just knocked on the door and saw a beautiful woman." Becker looked back at Arkin and Harden and grinned.

The maiden, dressed in a maid's suit, seemed a little shy when she heard this, and led the three to the drawing-room with a red face, and then she trotted away again, as if to inform the owner of the house, and the other maid was left to entertain the three.

After a while, the girl returned and directed the three of them to the back garden.

As the distance approached, the three of them faintly heard a burst of singing, and the girl explained: "Miss is practicing her voice at this time every day. ”

The three of them came to the back garden, and met the famous courtesan of the upper class of Navia City recently, Margaret.

She is about thirty years old, after careful maintenance like a girl in her twenties, but with a mature charm on her body, her skin can be broken, her long fiery red hair is simply coiled on her head, a few strands of hair are naughty and hang down, she is a white dress worn at home, the thin long skirt vaguely reveals her graceful figure under the sunlight of the garden, which makes people think about it, this woman is in the camellia bush, the bright red camellia is scattered around her, lined with a white dress, she is noble and elegant who focuses on singing.

Becker scratched his ears, Margaret's songs are similar to bel canto singing, he has no artistic cells, and he doesn't have much cold, as for the other party's beauty, Becker was also a high-level worker in his previous life, and he didn't go to private clubs, and he was in the Internet era where a lot of beautiful pictures can jump out with a random "female" word in a search engine, whether he is in reality or on the Internet, he has seen all kinds of beautiful women, and compared to artificial beauties who make up for defects and flaws under makeup and plastic surgery, Margaret's beauty is still not enough.

When the song was over, Becker applauded softly with an aftertaste, and secretly cursed in his heart for being a show, why did he sing for so long and wasting my time.

Behind him, Ah Jin still had a stinky face, and Harden applauded excitedly and loudly.

Becker looked at Harden's appearance, and really wanted to seriously ask him what was good about the song just now, and then felt that it was too immoral to give up.

Margaret also came over at this time, and after apologizing to the three Becker with an apologetic face, she said that she was dressed too casually now, and she was going to change her clothes and entertain the three distinguished guests.

When Margaret left, Ah Jin complained in a low voice, "Why did you let us come to the back garden when you want to change your clothes and come to entertain us?" ”

"The appetizer can only be more anticipated by arousing the appetite for the main course later." Becker said absentmindedly, his eyes looking around.

The girl who opened the door for them before came up with a tray and poured tea and snacks for the three of them, Harden sat precariously without eating or drinking, and Ah Jin was eating snacks in a big gulp.

"Are you a pirate too?" After the immature maid had put all the tea and snacks on the table, she put the tray behind her, turned sideways, and whispered to Becker.

Becker rolled his eyes and already understood that it must be that Harden had often come to Margaret before, and the servants in this mansion had all seen Harden, and the long-working hours must have known Harden's identity.

"He's, I'm not, I'm a businessman."

"How could a merchant be associated with pirates?" The girl asked suspiciously.

"What a merchant cares about is business, a qualified merchant can do business with anyone, if a pirate can provide business, then why can't a merchant have a connection with a pirate?" Becker said, "Don't talk about pirates, I can do business with you too." ”

"Me?" The girl pointed to the tip of her nose curiously, with a coquettish face: "What business are you going to do with me?" ”

"I want you to ......," Becker stretched out his tone, and in the middle of his words, he picked up the teacup on the table, poured a sip of black tea, and when the little girl blushed shyly, he handed the empty teacup to her, and said the second half of the sentence, "...... Pour me another cup of tea and I'll tip you. ”

The girl said ashamedly and annoyedly: "Why don't you pour it yourself!" ”

"I'm a guest, and I'll tip you."

"I don't want your tip." The girl said, still pouring Becker a new cup of tea.

"That's not going to work," Becker said with embarrassment, "I'm a serious businessman, and I pay attention to word of mouth, and according to the verbal agreement just now, if you pour me tea, I should tip you." ”

The girl "fluttered" and smiled: "You do business with pirates, and you say that you are a serious businessman, and besides, I am a servant of the young lady, what do you want to tip?" ”

"Don't even give money? If you have money, you can buy a lot of delicious food and beautiful clothes. ”

The girl shook for a moment, then shook her head a little seriously and said, "Don't, Miss will be unhappy if she knows." ”

Becker shrugged his shoulders and pretended to be helpless: "That's good, I'll buy some delicious food for you in the evening, it's offset, it's just some delicacies, Miss Margaret shouldn't be upset, after all, I was her guest." ”

Ah Jin on the side looked at Becker with disdain to fool the little girl who didn't seem to be deeply involved in the world, but he immediately looked around, and found that there was a young maid not far away, he was secretly happy in his heart, and walked to the other party with a teacup.

"I want you to ......," Ah Jin drank the black tea with a very bold tilt of his head, and stretched out his tone in the frightened eyes of the young maid, with his fierce face very much like a bully who forced Liang to become a prostitute, seeing that the young maid's face did not turn red, but turned pale, he had to say the second half of the sentence, "Help me pour me another cup of tea." ”

"I'll tip you." Akin added dryly.

Ah Jin could clearly feel the relief of the maid in front of him, which hurt his pride a little, and then he saw the woman who had become cruel in his eyes trotting to fetch the teapot and pour him a cup of tea, and then shook the teapot again, and fled from him quickly under the pretext that there was not much tea to make another pot.

Filled with disgruntle, Ah Jin sat back in his chair, and watched Becker and the innocent maid talking and laughing, and his heart was very hurt, but fortunately he was not hurt for long, and the owner of the house, Miss Margaret, had already changed his clothes and returned to the back garden.