Chapter 2: Albert's Secret
Augustus held Brant and Pinkerton followed, looking back, and for a moment Pinkerton's instincts told him that he was being stared at deeply by a silver eye, so they had to get out of the ghetto alley as soon as possible.
The three of them quickly came to the side of the street, Pinkerton stepped forward to stop a passing carriage, Augustus got into the carriage first, with Pinkerton's help, Augustus took Brandt's hand and pulled him on, and finally Pinkerton got into the car, a second before the door closed, Pinkerton saw the silver-haired girl standing on the roof above the street through the gap next to the door, the fog slowly dissipated, Pinkerton saw her face covered by the fog and the knife in her hand, the girl was very white, because of the mask, Pinkerton didn't see her face clearly, but he saw the knife in her hand, which had a pattern carved into it.
Although he couldn't see it from this distance, Pinkerton remembered that when the girl attacked him, he could see the pattern on the knife in the girl's hand, which was a fox.
"It's the silver fox." Brant behind him said, his hands trembling, his cheeks white and cold sweat, his eyelids trembling slightly, "Take this, detectives." As he spoke, he took out a booklet from his breast pocket, which looked like a diary, and when Augustus took it, Brandt's eyes closed.
"He's dead?" Pinkerton asked.
Augustus didn't make a sound, but touched Brandt's carotid artery with his hand, and said, "It's okay, he's just in shock." With that, he slid the projection screen behind the front seat, and on the top tab, he selected the hospital, and then he began to flip through the diary, and when he saw that the first page on it said Albert, his pleasure came.
But this was not the time for him to find fun, his watch suddenly vibrate, he pressed it, and a man appeared on it, "Hey, Hudson." Augustus was the first to speak.
"Hi, Augustus."
"Let me guess what you're looking for me?" Augustus quipped, "There's not going to be another damn case, is there?" ”
"Hmm...... Sort of. Hudson said helplessly, "I have a more serious problem than that case, I heard that you have a friend who once ran Coldridge Mountain Prison?" ”
"Yes, he happened to be there too." Augustus touched Pinkerton next to him with his hand, then pointed the screen at him, "Hey man, how can I help you." Pinkerton said.
"Yo, isn't this the famous Sheriff Pinkerton?" Hudson's serious expression instantly became pleasant and awe-inspiring, "Why are you here?" ”
"It's not a new case for this brother." Pinkerton stroked his beard and said, "If he hadn't invited me three times, I would have been at home for the elderly." ”
"The case?" Hudson asked.
"Let's not talk about that yet." Pinkerton said, "What are you going to do with old decay? ”
"Oh, yes," Hudson replied, "I heard you've been in Coldridge Mountain Prison. ”
"yes, but it's the time to be younger." Pinkerton asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"That's going to be easy," Hudson said straight to the point, "Mr. Pinkerton, do you remember the inner workings of Coldridge Mountain Prison?" ”
"This ...... I still remember a little, after all, it was the only place that wouldn't change in thirty or fifty years. Pinkerton touched his chin and asked solemnly, "What are you going to do?" ”
"That's right, my daughter is supposed to be there." Hudson said.
"Luna, you say?" Augustus suddenly interjected, "What's wrong with her?" ”
"That's a long story." Hudson said, "Either you come to my house first, I'm talking to you." ”
"But you can, but ......," said Augustus, looking at the dying Brant, "you must have a physician in your house, right?" ”
"Don't talk about doctors, my family can open a hospital." Hudson said, "Cavlin is here, and you know it. ”
"You say her, then I'll be relieved," Augustus slid the display on the back of his chair and changed the destination to the Frese Mansion, "Okay, I'll see you later." ”
"Okay," Hudson disappeared from the projection screen.
The carriage suddenly turned, changed direction and drove off the other side of the road, and soon stopped next to a dignified and elegant building, and as soon as the door was opened, Augustus spotted Cavlyn standing beside her, and beside her stood several robots with stretchers on their sides.
Pinkerton was the first to get out of the carriage and stood aside, facing Caflin, he took off his hat, and then kissed her hand politely, "Long time no see." ”
"Long time no see, old James." Cafrin smiled, "What about your patients." ”
"Hey, old guy, don't flirt with my sister, help me pick it up." Augustus yelled in the car, and Categorin looked at the robots behind her, then turned her head and motioned for them to come and answer, and with the support of several robots, Brant was safely placed on a stretcher.
Then, Cavlyn led the two men into the courtyard, "Hudson is looking for you, you go to the hall first," and before Cavlin could finish speaking, Augustus saw Hudson walking towards them, "Long time no see, old fellow." Hudson was the first to say.
"Yes," said the two of them, hugging each other, and after hugging, Augustus said, "What, is something wrong with Luna?" ”
"I don't know how to explain that to you." Hudson looked around, "Hey, where's Mr. Pinkerton?" ”
"I'm here." Pinkerton walked out of the garden next to him, and shook Hudson's hand, "Hello, James Pinkerton. ”
"Hello, Mr. Pinkerton." Hudson's other hand rested on Mr. Pinkerton's, "Long time no see." ”
"It didn't take long for us to talk on the phone, didn't we just talk on the phone?" Pinkerton touched his croissant and said, "By the way, the flowers in your manor are good," he said, turning his head and pointing to the flowers beside him, "much better than the weeds at the entrance of the National Museum, but ......," he paused, "you better talk about your business first, and we'll talk about the experience of growing flowers later." ”
"Okay, but I don't think it's a good place." Hudson glanced at his surroundings, "Let's go inside." ”
"Okay." As soon as Augustus finished speaking, the three of them walked along the forest path towards the gate of the house, and pushed open the wide wooden door, and the inside of the house was particularly magnificent: romantic and * temperament, high entrance hall and grand door, round arched windows and corner stonework, full of grace and luxury, classical and cheerful, spire-shaped sloping roof, plastered wooden frame and pillar decoration, natural building materials and vines clinging to it, classic and fashionable.
Augustus and Pinkerton knew very well that most of the purpose of coming in this time was not to admire the decoration of the luxurious building around them, and they followed Hudson and stopped by the wall at the end of the corridor, he told the two of them to step back a little, and then he turned the lamp next to the wall with his hand, and the wall in front of them was opened.
"Please." Hudson invited, and the two went in first.
"You've got a good house, Mr. Mark's legacy?" Augustus asked.
"It's not all, it's the house that the Empress rewarded me with when my father was a protector." Hudson said, "You said Mr. Mark's house, it should have been inherited by Jaceline." ”
"By the way, what about Jaceline?"
"You said her." Hudson said, "She's on an errand, after all, Luna's affair isn't a trivial matter. With that, Hudson pushed open the wooden door in front of him, which was a laboratory. After the two of them entered, Hudson closed the door, "This is a closed room, and this room is surrounded by metal that is protected from electromagnetic waves, and it is used for talking." ”
"Yes, yes," Pinkerton said, touching the wall, and placing his cane on the side of his seat, "where do we start......" he said, "what's the matter with your girl?" ”
"If you asked, I'll just say it," Hudson's expression became serious, "Luna was arrested and imprisoned in Cold Ridge Mountain Prison on suspicion of harming others, but as far as my investigation is concerned, the deceased Mira is also my daughter's classmate and best friend, and my daughter has no reason to kill her, two, I investigated the murder weapon at the scene and the wounds on the deceased's body," he said as he turned on the projection screen on the desktop, "Look at this knife mark, the deceased's blade is a penetrating wound, according to the diameter of the deceased's waist, my daughter's knife will not completely penetrate at all, Moreover, the deceased was wearing very thick clothes that day, and if you want to penetrate it perfectly, I think you have to catch a little external force. ”
"For example?"
Hudson said solemnly, "I think the deceased died in the process of blocking the sword, so I think the deceased must have died by a surprise stab while protecting my daughter." ”
"You've done a pretty good job," Pinkerton said, finding a seat and settling down, stretching and continuing, "but these aren't the key elements, and you could be dismissed." ”
"You're right." "These have been dismissed, so I thought of a second plan." ”
"You go on." Pinkerton picked up his coffee on one side.
"I'm going to rob the prison."
The coffee in Pinkerton's mouth squirted out at once, "Hell robbery!" ”
"Yes." Hudson nodded,
"Are you crazy?" Augustus on the side said, "The one who was found was going to be executed." ”
"I'm not done yet." Hudson said, "I just got the news that in three days, my daughter will be sent to the front of Coldridge Mountain Prison, according to reliable sources, on that day, two things will happen, my daughter and Albert's killer will be sent to the execution ground together, and on that day, Franklin will come back ......" At this moment, the monitor in front of Hudson popped up, "Wait for me, I'll go up there." ”
"Okay, then you go first." Pinkerton waved his hand, and Hudson opened the door and walked out.
When he was fully out, Pinkerton yawned and asked, "What do you think of this case?" ”
"Leave it to fate." Augustus said, taking out the journal that Brandt had given him, and began to flip through it.