Just two days before Lieutenant Aikman Hokride entered the town of Artemt and encountered an ambush.

Alberta boarded the train at the train station, the steam train rumbled, the train whistled everywhere, and the train slowly began to move into the distance. Alberta, on the other hand, sat on the train and began to think about the situation in the town of Artemt......

The situation in Artemt Town is not optimistic, after all, the forces that Artemt Town now has are four forces, including the four rebel forces of General Athos Guards, General Ake's Guards, Pickering's Guards, and General Ames's Guards.

So Alberta is always wondering what to do......

It was at this time that Alberta looked through the window of the train and looked outside. The trees outside the window kept moving backwards, and the steam train was moving at a rapid speed. Alberta saw the sailing train, and he felt that the empire was like this speeding train, as if it could not stop the wheels of the train......

Alberta pondered in the car, where he sat in a slightly more luxurious first-class seat. But then he thought of the assassination that night at the inn, and he didn't know who wanted his life, but there were people in the Akron Diet who wanted his life.

Perhaps it was while he was in the port of Epalai that his whereabouts and his identity were revealed, so that the Empire had its sights on him......

Either way, Alberta thought of the devastated civilians in Artemt, and he felt like a huge rock was stuck in his heart.

……

At this moment, Alberta was approached by a train attendant, who leaned over to Alberta, and then said to Alberta, "Dear sir, a gentleman has invited you!" ”

Alberta was stunned for a moment, and then he said, "Which honorable gentleman invited me?" ”

The waiter smiled: "Dear sir, I am only responsible for delivering letters......"

Alberta pondered, but he sensed that it was not a good thing that someone had invited him at this time...... He was a little nervous, he stood up and asked very politely, "Which gentleman invited me?" ”

The waiter nodded in greeting: "In the private room of train five, there is a gentleman who invites you." ”

Alberta followed behind the waiter, and when he came to the fifth private room, the waiter pushed open the door, Alberta entered the room, and when he just entered the room, he suddenly saw a middle-aged man in a white crisp suit, the man's hair was thick and black, blue eyes, a high nose bridge, his ears were much larger than others, his earlobes were very distinctive, and they looked fat and textured. His body was slightly fat, but the whole person looked at Kong Wu powerful and polite, these are two conflicting colors in the same person, and it seems particularly harmonious! This is undoubtedly very strange.

Alberta sensed that the man in front of him looked like a businessman, but on closer inspection, it wasn't ...... Some plutocratic feelings, but like some kind of spy! Because Alberta felt that someone had invited him, and Alberta's status was special, the person who invited him should have been some kind of spy, otherwise good and bad things would not have easily found him. In short, Alberta has undergone a lot of training as a spy, but it is impossible to see who the person in front of him is who has fallen to the ground.

The middle-aged man had a book in his hand and he was wearing a pair of eyes, and when Alberta came in, the middle-aged man smiled, then put the book down, took off his reading glasses, and put it in the pocket of his suit jacket. Then the middle-aged man was very polite and gentlemanly and said, "Please be seated, Your Excellency! But the man didn't stand up.

Alberta took a brief look at the decoration of the train room, almost all of which were made of red walnut, and the red walnut decoration made the whole room look extravagant. Alberta secretly sighed in his heart: how much does this cost!

Alberta looked at the middle-aged man in the suit, and he asked politely, "Dear sir, should I know you?" ”

The middle-aged man smiled: "Young man, you shouldn't know me!" After that, the middle-aged man laughed again: "Sit down and say, I believe we will have a good conversation." After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he pointed to the position of the sofa next to the circular sofa. And once again, he invited Alberta to sit down.

Alberta simply sat down next to the middle-aged man, who smiled and said, "I guess you're in the lumber business!" ”

The middle-aged man said, "Oh? How do you know? Youth? ”

"Because I see that your private room is full of walnut, and now that the empire is at war, the price of food in many countries is soaring, let alone decorating a train's private room with this luxurious wood!"

The middle-aged man nodded: "Hmm...... Not bad! As you say, I should be in the steam train transportation business. Because your words have already tacitly assumed that this train is mine. ”

Before Alberta could respond, the middle-aged man laughed: "Actually...... The timber industry is just one industry where I earn my pocket money. Moreover, this carriage is all mine, because the businessmen who make trains always feel that they are not able to give me a single special carriage of a train, and some of them are sorry for me. ”

After Alberta listened to the middle-aged man's words, he swallowed silently...... But he was still very calm, "So...... Are you an Imperial Merchant? ”

The middle-aged man smiled and shook his head: "Young man...... You need to know one thing! To explain this way, I remember that the biggest business tycoon in your Principality of Casdilipa was ...... The man named Dzerkatsky is a steel merchant in your Principality of Castilipa, but he only produces 2 million tons of steel a year, oh...... Now it's less than 1 million tons...... How much wealth can he earn in a year? 6,000,000 gold coins? According to his pre-war price and pre-war production, he can earn 10 million gold coins a year? I guess we've reached the top......"

Alberta smiled and said, "Honorable ...... This gentleman," Alberta didn't know what to call him for, so he just called him sir. "Dear sir, I suppose you are mistaken...... I'm not Castilipa, I'm a ......"

The middle-aged man smiled: "An Oledka person? We don't talk about fake identities, only real identities! Actually, you're supposed to be an Epale, right? Mr. Alberta Alfrea the Fisherman? ”

Alberta suddenly felt his head buzz, and he subconsciously touched the pistol at his waist...... But when he just touched the revolver on his waist, he found that his pistol was gone! He clearly knew that the waiter must have done something, and it should have been the moment he entered the room, and the moment the waiter opened the door, he entered the room, and the waiter closed the door, and this was done......

Beads of sweat poured down Alberta's body...... Once again, the middle-aged man flashed his trademark smile: "You may be amazed at why your pistol has disappeared." But I want us to have a safe conversation, not a gunpowder-filled one! You've been through war, and of course you know that guns are instruments that take human lives, and we should stay away from some ......"

Alberta stared coldly at the person in front of him and didn't say a word...... Because he already knows that he is like a blank sheet of paper in front of this person, completely transparent! Therefore, there is no need for him to defend himself. His full identity, but in fact, Alberta's heart has already felt the feeling of suffocation and pressure like death...... His cold sweat had soaked the hem of his clothes......

The middle-aged man smiled: "We...... Let's talk about timber for a moment, you mentioned it to me...... The wood here is walnut, which is considered a medium wood, but some time ago, due to the interests and speculation of timber merchants, the price of walnut has risen a lot, and it has become a medium-to-high wood...... But those are nothing more than false prices, not the real value of walnut. ”

Alberta knows the price of walnut: it starts at a thousand gold coins and is the lowest grade wood. There are more than 10,000 high-quality walnut wood! Now it seems that the middle-aged man is worthless......

Alberta Rao had been systematically trained as a spy, otherwise he would not have remained calm after hearing such shocking news.

Alberta's voice trembled slightly, and he said, "We...... Don't talk about wood! ”

The middle-aged man said, "Okay, then let's not talk about wood!" As he said this, the middle-aged man slowly got up and snuffed out his cigarette. He picked up the books on the table and put them back in the bookcase in the private train room next to him. He walked slowly in the private room, and said slowly: "This novel...... It's called "Detective Richard", and it's about a detective, and in my opinion, this book is nothing more than a super detective soap opera...... Nothing interesting, actually...... Suspense is something full of mysteries, you say, Alberta? Oh, allow me to call you that, Alberta......"

Alberta moved his mouth, but didn't say a word...... He felt a pandering sensation...... He even felt that what was in front of him was beyond his comprehension...... Who is this middle-aged man in front of you! This person who is slightly fat, and looks at Kong Wu, who is powerful and somewhat polite...... Alberta felt that even his smile now could give Alberta an overwhelming sense of oppression......

Alberta forced a spirited smile, and he said slowly, and in a hopeless tone, and in a cold tone: "This ...... Honorable sir, since you have invited me to come, you are not here to discuss with me the mystery of the detective novel, and the price of walnut wood...... Case...... After all, what you said to me is enough to be suspenseful and terrifying! Your purpose, your identity, what exactly you want to do! Please talk about it! ”

……