Chapter 181: The ominousness that came upon hearing the news
The previous chapter was the word with the mobile phone code on the car.,Some typos haven't been checked.,Sorry.γ
Hearing the movement in the kitchen, everyone else stopped talking, Hugo stood up, walked into the kitchen, and saw his little daughter gesturing in a panic on the ceramic shards on the ground, he quickly stopped Aldai, personally helped clean up, and asked with concern, "Didn't you cut it?" Alde, why are you so careless? β
"It's fine."
Ardai stood up in a hurry, Hugo didn't notice the anxiety and eagerness on her face, and said to the man in front of her, "I'm sorry, father, I need to go out now." Please entertain the guests first. β
"What's so urgent?"
Before Hugo finished speaking, the anxious Aldai took her skirt and hurried upstairs, she picked up the hat on the coat rack, and was about to turn around and go out, and after apologizing to the two guests in the living room, she walked briskly onto the streets of London.
Hugo did not notice the unusual behavior of his youngest daughter, and instead of Alde's unfinished work, he poured two cups of coffee for the guests who had come from afar, went to the living room, and began to discuss the details with Dumas and Baudelaire.
Hugo was not familiar with London, so he didn't have enough confidence to speak, and he said euphemistically,
"To tell you the truth, I don't know the whereabouts of that Trotsky, but I do know that he published a serialization in the Daily Telegraph, so let's go to the newspaper office, and since he has a serialization, we should leave an address with the editor-in-chief. I can only do my best to help you find his whereabouts. β
"That's one way to do it."
Baudelaire nodded, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry to trouble you, my old friend." I'm going to ask you for help when you're here, and we can't let anyone else get ahead of him. β
Hugo shook his head, patted the back of Baudelaire's hand, squeezed out a smile, and said, "This path is my own choice, and, without further ado, we will go to the publishing house of the Daily Telegraph this afternoon to see if we can find out about Garion's whereabouts." β
He paused, threw out one of the most perplexing questions, and asked again, "I can understand that you want to find his whereabouts, but why do the Bonapartes also want to find his whereabouts?" β
Dumas and Baudelaire looked at each other, and finally Dumas explained with a wry smile, "It is not because he had published an article in Paris about the balance of military and political power between Prussia and France, and as a result, in two years he described in it all the great measures of reform concerning Prussia were fulfilled, and Napoleon III was already panicking after reading the article, and this kind of person should be given a position." And now he was forced to flee to London because of the non-existent incident, do you think he is in a hurry? β
"Oh? No wonder this person will be valued by the government, what a talent. β
Hugo finally understood why a man of letters was so valued by Napoleon the Younger, because he not only had extraordinary literary talent, but also had a keen eye for politics, not at all like MΓ©rimΓ©e's kind of guy who could only do sycophants, let alone in Paris, even in London and Berlin.
Baudelaire nodded, "So without further ado, and I'm worried that some of them will get ahead." β
Garion would never have imagined that his crow's beak prophecy would win him the favor of the Tuileries, let alone that apart from Baudelaire, everyone else was racing against time to find him. For example, the Count of Paris, Louis Orleans.
That night, the London literati party overheard his true identity, and then the eavesdroppers immediately launched an investigation into Garion's identity, and found that many people were secretly or openly offering rewards for his whereabouts, so the eavesdroppers sold this information to various forces willing to pay to find out what happened to Garion, including Sir Fred, who was forced out of money by Garion, and the Orleans party forces who had been trying to win him over.
Unbeknownst to Garion, he had been offered a bounty on the price, and the flies that smelled of it had gathered in the direction of London and began to search for his whereabouts.
It's the season of July and August, but the sky over London reveals a dark and ominous atmosphere. The crow, a symbol of misfortune and death, was constantly circling and chirping in the trees, and the hoarse voice made the Count of Orleans feel uneasy to listen to it, and muttered, "This crow is really unlucky." β
Dudley, a favored minister, stood up and closed the window for the Count of Paris.
The Count of Paris sat in the carriage with a complicated and heavy heart. It all started with a letter sent from Paris four days earlier, in which Thiers told the Count of Paris that a young man named Gallien was now taking refuge in London, and that he hoped that the Count of Paris would use this opportunity to win him into the Orleans party, whether it was a promise franc or a woman. Because this is a rare talent.
However, the Count of Paris was very unhappy, and it was too nonsense for a man of letters, who had been expelled from Paris, and who did not even have the title of nobility, to ask himself, the heir of the Orleans party, to receive him personally.
He said to the minister sitting next to him with some displeasure, "I really don't know what Thiers is thinking. An ordinary literati who doesn't even have the title of nobility, if he can be regarded as the leader of the French literati like Hugo, I may meet him and give him some rewards, but a literati who is nothing actually wants me to give a reward, do you think Thiers is crazy? has been suppressed for a long time, and rushed to the doctor when he was sick? What is the need for such a small person who has no power to be receiving? β
"Your Majesty is angry."
Dudley, a favorite who followed the Count of Paris, hurriedly comforted him, "Maybe this person is really talented?" Otherwise, His Excellency Thiers would not have written to us from afar to get us in touch with this man. It's better to see each other. β
"Hmph."
The Count of Paris folded his hands on his feet and said disdainfully, "I have never heard of any impressive exploits of this man, except that he was a fellow who was entangled with the revolutionary party." You say, how could we royalists appoint a revolutionary party, and is Thiers crazy? β
"Your Majesty, when the time comes, after we meet and talk with him, won't we immediately know whether this person has the qualifications to win over."
Dudley flattered and said, "If he has the right to win over, then do as His Excellency Thiers does, and if not, we will go home and ignore it." For us, there is nothing to lose. β
The Count of Paris pondered, and then added meaningfully, "What if this man has qualifications worthy of courtship, and is not willing to be of use to us?" β
Dudley was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what the monarch in front of him was thinking, then humbly lowered his head and whispered a hint, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, since we can't get him, let others not get it either." β