The first update

Director Espinas stepped out of the carriage, looked at the cold sky, and exhaled.

The crow rested on the withered branches of a nearby tree, making a terrible wail. Those who listened were creepy.

At this time, the abandoned building in front of it has been cordoned off. The officers were busy, their faces as pale as the snow that had been covered after Christmas, and those who came out of the basements of abandoned buildings shook their heads with a pale face. Dense footprints have appeared in the flat snow,

"The identity of the deceased has been confirmed."

The police officer in charge of the investigation said to Chief Naspinas, "It is indeed the son of the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force who disappeared during the Christmas Eve celebration the day before yesterday, and his death is ......"

The officer hesitated for a moment, then said slowly, "It's miserable. ”

Director Espinas took one last glimpse at the deserted country farm, then covered his nostrils as he walked down the stairs, a disgusting smell of putrefaction coming to his nose. He hurriedly covered his nostrils. Until you step through that iron door.

A miserable corpse appeared in front of Director Espinas, his body was already the color of bruising, his right hand was a blur of flesh and blood, and the deceased seemed to have experienced great pain before he died, his five fingers grasping the masonry of the ground like hooks. Even Director Espinas couldn't help but gasp when he saw this.

"Before he died, the deceased was stripped naked and locked here. I don't know why I pulled the trigger and fired a bullet. However, this bullet was tampered with, and it exploded directly in the chamber of the gun, breaking his hand. ”

Director Espinas asked, "The cause of death?" ”

"The preliminary medical examination determined that the right hand had lost too much blood and died. In addition, we also found this mask and a piece of paper at the scene. ”

The officer put on a permeable white grimace mask, and the cheekbones of the mask design have a circle of threads.

The paper was nailed to the iron door, and scarlet handwriting was also written. The owner of the message claims to be a puzzle murderer who does everything for the sake of justice. Montauban's death was also self-inflicted, and he gave the other party a chance to survive.

Looking at the corpse in the gloomy basement, I couldn't help but frown. The previous car bombing also left a line of inexplicable handwriting.

"Inform General Montauban to claim it, these two unsolved cases...... Could it be that there is a common connection? One claimed to be the Brotherhood of Assassins, and the other claimed to be a puzzle murderer, but the targets of the assassinations were soldiers returning from the Far Eastern Expeditionary Force and had plundered the Old Summer Palace...... And there is also the shadow of the revolutionary party behind it, damn it, how did there be so many inexplicable murderers in Paris during this time. ”

In the end, Director Espinas didn't find any clues, so he could only sigh and say slowly, "I hope this is not the beginning." ”

In the aftermath of the train bombing and the jigsaw puzzle murderous maniac, the whole of Paris became so loud that General Montauban was even willing to offer a reward of 50,000 francs for clues to his son's killer. The servicemen who returned from the Far East also became cautious and even went out with guns. I was afraid that I would become the next corpse in a miserable state.

Only Garion stayed in the room, looking out the window at the falling snow, the charcoal in the fireplace making a crisp popping sound and sparks splashing after the fireplace.

The bribed revolutionary party did smash Paris and make a move, and now the whole French government is in a panic. However, this is only the first step, using the name of the Assassin Brotherhood and Saw to confuse the public.

Next, he will use Hugo's name to set off a denunciation against the imperial government. Anyway, now that Hugo is still settled in Brussels, no one will go abroad to verify the authenticity of the envelope.

Even if that letter was not known to the world until 1875.

The fourth day after Christmas.

Borst is still working overtime to catch up with the news, and for journalists, they have no time to rest. They end up a little better than the author by not dying of drunkenness or suicide.

However, when I went to work that day, I received an anonymous letter.

The envelope was sandwiched in front of a pile of manuscripts, and my colleague glanced at the names on them and placed them on Borst's desk.

He carefully cut open the seal with scissors, opened the letter, and took out the letter inside, on which was written a line of headings.

Letter to Captain Butler on the Anglo-French Expedition to China.

At first, Borst thought someone had misremembered, but as he read on, his face became solemn.

"Sir, you ask for my opinion on the expedition to China. You think the expedition is decent, outstanding. Thank you for taking my ideas seriously. It seems to you that the expedition to China under the dual banner of Queen Victoria and Emperor Napoleon was a glorious shared by France and England, and you wonder how much praise I would give to this victory of Britain and France. ”

……

We Europeans are civilized people, and the Chinese are barbarians in our eyes. That's what civilization does to barbarism.

The two robbers who will be punished by history, one is called France, and the other is called England. However, I would like to protest, and thank you for giving me such an opportunity to protest. The sin of the healer is not the fault of the healer; Governments can be robbers sometimes, and people will never be robbers.

……

It wasn't until he read the end of the envelope, when he saw the familiar name, that Bolster's eyes widened. He rubbed his eyelids and reopened them again, trying to make sure he was not mistaken.

That's right, the final signature is, Victor Hugo!

The leader of the republican literati!

The opposition that has been expelled for many years!

At the end of this letter is an additional sentence, asking Mr. Borst to publish this letter from Hugo, so that the world will know that there are still people in Europe who are seeking justice and opposing shameless plunder.

Mr. Bolster, who has always liked to create explosive public opinion, realized that this was an opportunity. He quickly stood up, took the letter, and went to the editor-in-chief's room.

The recent murder of an expeditionary soldier in Paris attracted the attention of the news media, but everyone did not know what the motive behind the murderer was, and all kinds of conspiracy theories were rampant for a while, and some people even suspected that the Bonaparte government wanted to monopolize all the treasures, so they specially created this tragedy.

But now this anonymous letter is likely to have a great connection with the murderer.

Bolst is acutely aware that this is the scoop!

With the permission of the editor-in-chief, the Parisian newspaper published this letter in which Hugo condemned the atrocities of the Anglo-French forces.

However, none of them expected that the publication of a letter in the name of Hugo at this sensitive time would trigger a tsunami-like explosion of public opinion!

After all, they underestimated the charisma of the republican literati leader, and the originally silent Parisian literati issued statements condemning the banditry of the French government after seeing Hugo's proclamation. All of a sudden, the news in the newspapers was a crusade against the government.

The government in Paris panicked.

They never imagined that a literati who had been expelled abroad would be able to trigger a public condemnation. Napoleon III, who now hated Hugo to death, chose to publish an article denouncing the French army at this sensitive moment. He had also generously announced the end of Hugo's expulsion and allowed him to return to Paris, France.

It is simply questioning the governing capacity and legitimate nature of the empire.

Although Napoleon III tried to curry favor with the working class, it did not mean that the republicans had a chance to come to power and usurp the throne. For those forces that dare to shake the foundation, we will never stop suppressing them.

Napoleon III knew that behind this upheaval, there must be an opposition force pushing the situation. He even sensed that Paris, the heart of France, was beginning to become insecure.

"It's sealed!"

"Tell the news censorship department to seal it for me!"

"Who else dares to shout, throw me in prison!"