17. Invitations
For the rest of the day, Gallo was reading books, nibbling on potatoes when he was hungry and doing push-ups to relax when he was tired.
Until the sun went down and was about to close the door, a guest suddenly came to the door.
It's the beautiful Wentini.
"Lieutenant Wentiny? How did you get here? ”
Gallo was a bit of a surprise.
"Haven't you gotten off work yet?"
The corners of Wentini's mouth twitched, and he said angrily:
"There's a strange murder in the west of the city, and I'm going to have to be busy with it for a while..."
"Can't you just invite me in?"
Gallo hurriedly led Wendini into the church and sat down, and went to pour her a cup of tea, tea was given by someone else when the old bishop went to the countryside to preach, although it was cheap, but it tasted good, and it was a rare thing in the church that could be taken out to entertain guests.
Wendini took a sip of tea and began to babble:
"This case is so weird, there are suspicious points everywhere, we have worked hard all day, and we can't find any useful clues at all..."
"At present, the case is under the direct responsibility of Lieutenant Colonel Jerry, the head of our Nine Sections, I recommended you to him, but he first invited someone from the Supreme True God Sect..."
"Because there are so few clues, we can only roughly surmise that the baron's nephew and Captain Martin must have been bewitched by some kind of evil magic..."
"It's a pity that we arrived too late, and the afterglow and fluctuations of the scene have been very faint, and we can't confirm what kind of evil magic it is."
Gallo played the role of a qualified listener, and seemed very natural, as if it had nothing to do with him, and picked up a small milk cat passing by his feet, and held it in his arms.
"Scared~ so cute!"
Wentini's eyes lit up suddenly, and he hurriedly asked the little milk cat over, put it on his chest, and rubbed his face against the soft fluff on its body.
asked curiously:
"Where did you get that?"
"Sent by believers."
Gallo replied truthfully, and then asked:
"Lieutenant Wendini is here to discuss the case with me?"
Wendini shook her head.
"I'm just going to tell you, please help keep an eye out for people who use this kind of magic on weekdays..."
"If you find it, don't be reckless, this murderer is particularly dangerous, come and inform us quickly."
Gallo nodded, and couldn't help but be a little curious, this kind of thing, you don't need to come and talk to yourself, right?
Could it be that ...
She knows that she has a litter of kittens here, and she came to suck the cat?
And Wendini asked again:
"Do you think the Skullcrusher did it?"
Gallo thought seriously and shook his head.
Seeing that his opinion was agreed, Wendini smiled slightly, and hurriedly said:
"I don't think so, the two victims were suicide to some extent, which is not in line with the effective methods of the cranial crushers, and there is no sense of ritual."
"And this murderer's purpose is not as pure as the Skull Crusher, he actually stole an expensive black gold puppet!"
"This puppet was originally lent to the baron's nephew by Master Wenna, but now the man died, the puppet was lost, he was furious, and put a lot of pressure on us, which made me work so hard..."
"I heard that this puppet was bought by Master Wen Na for 50,000 gold coins, these mages are really rich..."
As she spoke, she stretched a little lazily and stretched her limbs to show off her legs in leather boots and black stockings in front of Gallo's eyes.
Then she noticed that Gallo's expression changed, his eyes widened, and his breath became short...
"Humph! Do you clergy, who are dignified during the day, reveal your true nature at night? ”
Wentini shyly sneered, and quickly gathered her legs.
"I'm sorry, I just thought of something else..."
Gallo excused himself with some embarrassment.
He really didn't covet Wentini's beauty, and he was slightly out of shape just now because he heard the staggering figure of 50,000 gold coins.
This is equivalent to 5 million silver coins and 500 million copper coins, if they are all bought into potatoes, they can be piled up into a mountain, enough for themselves and the old bishop to eat for a lifetime!
But didn't the old bishop say that this puppet is worth a few hundred gold?
I understand...
It must be that Master Wenner lied!
The mage is like this, insidious and cunning, and he loves face, this person must have deliberately exaggerated the amount of money in order to show off his wealth in front of others.
Gallo was thinking wildly, and Wentini saw that he was still in a state of distraction, so he quickly put down the little milk cat and stood up.
"It's almost time to go, and I'm going back to work tonight, that is, I'm passing by you and talking to you by the way."
"By the way, this is for you..."
She pulled an envelope out of her bosom and handed it to Gallo.
"Don't think too much about it, it's just that I can't find a more suitable candidate for a while, so I'll be cheaper for you, but don't be mistaken."
"Remember to change into a nice robe and go again."
Anyway, she didn't let Gallo send it, and left by herself.
Gallo looked at the envelope, which was inlaid with gold threads, exuding a faint fragrance, and looked very high-end, and opened it in confusion.
It's actually an invitation in there? Sent by a wealthy man named Donald.
He is a jeweler from another city, who is recently preparing to expand his business in the City of Innocence, and wants to hire a high-end professional, well-educated, and skilled priest with a high salary to bless the jewelry purchased by his guests, so that its brilliance can bloom for a longer time.
And this invitation letter is to invite interested parties to go for an interview.
Gallo was a little puzzled, why would Wendini give himself this?
He hurriedly went to the old bishop and discussed the matter with him.
After reading it, the old bishop thought for a moment and said:
"I've heard of this Donald, a well-known jeweler in the Harvest City, the most respectable kind of person..."
"Rich people like to bless the precious items they have on hand, but it's the first time that someone like him has been asked to stay in the store to do this..."
"Looks like Lieutenant Wendini has treated you well and introduced you to a good opportunity."
Gallo replied disapprovingly:
"When I first met her, she didn't even have a military rank..."
"Later, relying on the various clues I provided, I captured several dangerous wanted criminals, and also cracked a group of cults, and I was promoted all the way to lieutenant, and soon became a captain, right?"
"So this should be called reciprocating the peach, Li Dai Taozhuang..."
"Uhh
"Are you going to try it, then?"
Gallo shook his head:
"Divine magic is the favor and gift of the goddess, how can it be used to do such a thing?"
The old bishop nodded:
"Well, I think so, too..."
But the eyes of the two fell on the treatment promised on the invitation letter again:
Weekly salary: one gold coin
So they said in unison:
"But he gave too much money..."