Detective Emilian and his partner Daniel walked into the antechamber of the Ministry of Public Security, showed their ID to the guards who met them, and told them, "Detective Emilian and Daniel have been ordered to report to their work." ”

The guard looked at their papers, then at their faces, and said, "Wait here." And he took their papers and left.

Emilian and Daniel were waiting there, and they saw the guard go over, and said a few words to the other guards, and then walked to a counter and said a few words to a civilian sitting behind the counter. The civilian stood up and pulled out a large folder from the filing cabinet behind him.

The civilian looked inside, checked his ID, nodded to the guard, said something, and returned it to the guard.

The guard walked up to the two men, returned the papers, and pointed to a table next to them, "Are you armed with you?" If you have a weapon with you, please leave him here. ”

Emilian nodded, and walked over first, pulling a revolver from under his coat and placing it on the table. Daniel followed, took out two ordinary pistols from his waist and placed them on the table, and took out a butterfly folding knife from each pocket on each side of his jacket, and then opened his coat - inside his coat was densely packed with small pockets, and in each small pocket was a knife of different shapes and sizes.

But the custodian sitting behind the desk didn't seem to be surprised by the situation. Just took out a piece of paper, handed it to the two of them, and said, "Please write the names and quantities of these items in this column......"

Emilien filled it up quickly, then stood aside and waited for Daniel.

"I said earlier, when you come to the Ministry of Public Security, you don't need to bring so many things." Seeing that Daniel was still lying there struggling to write, Emilian couldn't help but complain.

It took a while for Daniel to register his large bunch of gadgets, and a guard checked him again before letting the two of them go to the back office area.

The two men, accompanied by two guards, walked through the antechamber, through another door, and then through a garden, to the back of the high-ranking office.

The guards escorted them to the door of a small building, where two other guards checked their documents and led them into the small building and up to the outside of an office on the second floor.

A guard knocked softly on the door: "Mr. Minister, Detective Emilian they are coming." ”

"Invite them in." The minister's voice came from inside.

So the guard pushed the door open, and Emilian and Daniel walked inside.

"You two may be seated." Fouché looked up from the paperwork, glanced at the two of them, motioned for them to sit down, and said, "I took note of your report, and you found ......."

"At about 10 o'clock this morning, an assassination of the MP, Mr. Lucien Bonaparte, took place in Paris, in which the assassin threw several bombs on the carriage in which the MP Lucien was traveling, and then fled before the police arrived. Dozens of innocent civilians were killed or injured as a result of the attack. It is reported that Congressman Lucien did not ...... in this carriage that day"

Lucien put down the newspaper and said to Fouché, "Mr. Fouché, can you close the net now?" ”

"Not yet." "Without putting everyone at risk, there will still be a lot of obstacles to expanding our power," Fouché said. ”

"But aren't you worried that others will accuse you of being incompetent?"

"Hehe......" Fouché smiled, "if it's a normal time and everyone is staring at this chair under my ass, that's a problem." But right now, the chair under my ass is very hot. Of course, they still have to scold me, but nowadays, who of them wants to sit on such a chair? Besides, even if someone doesn't know how many pounds and taels he has, and wants to sit in my seat, do you really dare to let him sit in this position at this time? ”

A week later, a fierce battle broke out near the house of the Governor, Jean-François Le Bel, and a group of armed men of unknown origin attempted to attack the residence of the Governor, Jean-François Le Bel, and they exchanged fire with the Parisian police, who arrived quickly after receiving the information.

"Our police arrived in time to secure Governor Lebel's family and killed at least three rioters." At a hearing in the National Assembly, Fouché was presenting what happened yesterday.

"Minister Fouché, according to what you just said, these gangsters actually attracted the attention of the police department before the operation, why didn't you arrest all these people before the incident? And let them attack? A councillor asked.

"If you allow us to arrest and interrogate suspects with suspicion and no evidence, as the previous Public Safety Committee did, then of course I can arrest them all in advance. Is this what you need? Foucher asked rhetorically.

"Of course I didn't mean that...... But...... I mean, as the Minister of Public Security, can't you improve the efficiency of the police department, find evidence, and catch them all? ”

Fouché laughed out loud as if he had heard the funniest joke: "Monsieur Besson, do you know how much budget the police system in Paris consumes these days?" Only two-thirds of the budget consumed by the Public Security Committee that year! Do you know how many detectives are on the front line in the police system in Paris today? Only half of the Public Security Committee at that time! Under such conditions, we must abide by various constraints, and we cannot arrest and interrogate people on suspicion, as the Public Safety Committee did. Seriously, I'm pretty happy that my team was able to notice the suspicions of these thugs in advance.

Of course, if Mr. Besson is not satisfied and is willing to sit in my place, I can also let Xian. ”

Besson, of course, knew that the thugs had not been caught, and that there was even a possibility of a new attack. And from the point of view of decisiveness and sophistication, it seems that they are not comparable to the scum of the royal party in the past. What's worse is that those guys don't seem to have any intention of stopping at all, at this time, sitting in the position of Fu Xie, isn't that waiting to take the blame?

"Minister Fouché, I didn't mean that." Besson hurriedly said, "I just hope that the police department can find a way to improve the level of security." Of course, you are an expert......"

Seeing Besson's instigation, another councillor stood up and asked, "Minister Fouché, you mentioned earlier that the police department rushed out after receiving the information, fought the rioters, and protected the family of Governor Le Belle, so why did the gangsters finally let the gangsters storm Governor Le Belle's mansion and cause a lot of damage?" And I've heard that the losses of the police are also huge, even greater than on the side of the rioters, is that true? ”

"That's true." Fouché replied, "In the battle last night, as soon as we sensed the possible actions of the mob, we transferred all the police forces that could be transferred. But because of the lack of police in Paris, the number of people who can be transferred is not much more than the rioters. And the thugs are far better trained and equipped than we are. In our police, due to the lack of budget, only sergeants and above can be equipped with revolvers that can fire bursts, and ordinary police officers can only be equipped with ordinary single-shot pistols and batons and knives. But almost every one of the thugs who attacked yesterday was armed with two British replica revolvers and also carried British replica 'Bonaparte melons' with them. I've seen the bodies of the three gangsters who were killed yesterday, and they all have a common trait – Councillor Bresson, you know, what this common trait is? ”

"I ...... I don't know. ”

"They have thick calluses on the second segment of their right index finger." "You can touch your fingers to see if there are any calluses in this area." Some people, please raise your hand and let everyone see what these people with calluses in this position have in common. ”

Everyone couldn't help but touch it, and then Kano took the lead and raised his hand.

In addition to Kano, several other people also raised their hands, and everyone could see that these people were all from military backgrounds.

"Only people who shoot a lot will have calluses in this position. Sir, those thugs are not the thugs you imagined, holding knives in dark alleys to stop a little girl from robbing, but a group of well-organized and well-trained soldiers!

Yesterday, our police officers were completely blocking them with their own blood and lives, covering the transfer of the Overseer's family. If it weren't for the fear that the nearby National Guard would come over, they could have killed all the police officers we drove over last night!

Yesterday's exchange of fire lasted less than ten minutes, and in the exchange of fire, we surrounded them first. But in the space of a few minutes we have lost more than twenty young men—gentlemen, and now we are faced not with thugs, but with an army that has infiltrated Paris! ”

There was a commotion in the entire council hall, and everyone was talking to each other, everyone was shouting, some were shouting at Fuche, some were shouting at the people next to him, and some were shouting at everyone.

Councillor Odom, who was presiding over the meeting, struck the table with a mallet vigorously: "Everyone, be quiet, be quiet! If you have a question for Minister Fouché, please ask in order! Be quiet! ”

But it didn't do much, and none of the parliamentarians took the reminder seriously. After a long time, Odom's arms were sore, and the guys barely regained their quiet.

"Well," said Odom, "now it's the turn of the gentlemen sitting in the 3rd arrondissement to ask questions." Well, Congressman Griezmann, do you have anything to ask? ”

Griezmann stood up: "Minister Fouche, I want to know right now, what support do you need to catch these guys, or eliminate them?" ”