Chapter Twenty-Six: Joe's Investigation
August 18, 1379 in the glorious calendar.
It's noon.
Located in the southernmost part of the empire, on the verge of a stormy ocean, the port of Tulum is hot and humid all year round. In the middle of autumn, at noon, the scorching sun scorched the port of Tulun, brushing the power of its fanaticism over and over again to everyone.
"Terrible weather. Praise the great Mu, the generous Mu, is really too generous. Joe was wearing a black police uniform, sweating profusely, like a sled dog that had unfortunately come from the north to the south, panting and moving step by step.
The bronze high-topped police helmet had long since been lost to Billy, who was with him.
Not as tall and strong as Joe, but more rounded Billy was also panting, carrying two police helmets in his hands, sweat running down his forehead and neck, and his upper body uniform was already soaked.
"Isn't it, terrible weather." Billy touched the bandage on his forehead and followed Joe with difficulty: "But, wise head, it would be great to be able to return to you, no matter how bad the weather is." ”
Joe nodded vigorously and reached out and patted Billy on the shoulder: "Of course, follow me, there are your benefits." ”
In the Mid-Autumn Bloody Case, although all of the five police officers under Qiao survived, the other four were seriously injured, and now they are still lying in the hospital of Yingui Church, and they are unable to move in less than half a year.
Only Billy, the lucky one, only had a little skin on his forehead and some hearing damage.
As soon as Joe said hello, Billy was in a hurry and returned to Joe's side as soon as possible.
The streets are sparsely populated, and the richer the people, the more afraid of death, and the citizens of Tulun Port have reduced their outings during the extraordinary period. On the street, there are only a few people dressed as servants, carrying all kinds of daily necessities in a hurry.
In front of and around Joe, there were more than two dozen guards of the Vetu family.
They pretended to be ordinary passers-by with cigarettes in their mouths, separated from Joe at a certain distance, and followed Joe unhurriedly.
Looking at these loyal and reliable guards, Joe subconsciously touched the location of the wound he had been pierced by the pointed iron rod of the highlander on the night of the fifteenth.
If he had been accompanied by these loyal and reliable family guards that night, the four damned highlanders would have been chopped into meat sauce at first place, and the next day they would have been made into bait and taken out to the open sea to fish for sharks.
Rubbing his nose stupidly, Joe lowered his head and asked Billy: "Billy, I have time to inquire, when is the police department recruiting supernumerary auxiliary police officers this year?" I have a shortage of people, a lack of reliable people, you know? ”
Billy nodded busily: "Don't worry, wise leader, I understand." ”
Looking enviously at the guards of the Vetus who were pretending to be passers-by and following around without saying a word, Billy muttered, "Chief, I am so lucky to be able to follow you. ”
Joe laughed 'hahaha', he gasped, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and continued to move forward in embarrassment.
Old Wharf No. 2, where Flying Fish Street and Sardine Street meet, Lily's House.
It is a small three-storey building with an ambiguous pink exterior and is surrounded by low-end bars, restaurants and inns. The alleys are crisscrossed, the terrain is complex, and the traffic is huge, and on weekdays it is full of sailors, fishermen, porters, and all kinds of people who come to Tulum to make a living.
Lily's House is the highest-grade brothel around Flying Fish Street.
The wine here is not mixed with water; The bed here is very large; The girl here is hot, direct, and never twists and pinchs.
Therefore, the business of Lily's house is very good, and many sailors who have gone to the ocean will come to Lily's house as soon as they return to Tulun Port, until they spend the last silver coin on their bodies, and then they will leave with endless memories and reluctance.
Walking into the small courtyard in front of Lily's house, and around a small fountain, Billy put on his tinplate helmet and struck the gate with his oak baton a few times.
"In the name of the law, open the door!" Billy yelled.
There was a young woman's exclamation from inside the door, and then there was a little confusion.
Soon, a pungent voice floated out through the door: "Police, what is so scary about the police?" Our Lily House operates legally and pays taxes according to the law, not to mention the police, it's the mayor of Port Tulum who is here......"
In the midst of that spicy shouting, the door was pulled open, and a beautiful woman in her long red dress, dressed in fancy clothes, probably in her forties, poked her head out of the door with her head held high.
"Police...... The policeman's ...... wide-eyed, strained face, ready to tear Billy like a caught a glimpse of Joe, and her voice suddenly lowered several times.
"Ah, great Mu, it's unbelievable, honorable Young Master Qiao, how did you come to poor Lily's house? Oh, am I dreaming? Is it the radiance of the benevolent Mucheste that shines on Lily's house? ”
The beautiful woman held her hands in front of her chest, and the expression on her face was more pious than those nuns of the Yingui Church, more affectionate, and more warm and loving.
A little policeman like Billy, Lily's family is not afraid, and he can dominate the Fengyue industry around Flying Fish Street, who doesn't have three or five backers and five or six friends?
But Joe ......
Lily, a beautiful woman, remembered the horrible scene when she first met Joe.
It was five years ago, a boatswain from the Rose Chamber of Commerce of the Vetu family, in Lily's house and a boatswain of the Turing family, the two sides quarreled, and the boatswain of the Vetu family suffered less and was broken collarbone.
A quarter of an hour later, Joe surrounded Lily's house with hundreds of Witu's sailors, and the Turing's boatswain and a dozen sailors were thrown into the sea with their limbs broken. If it weren't for the timely rescue of the Marine Police at Tulum Port, it would have caused a fatality.
Lily smiled, smiling extremely gently, and carefully welcomed Joe and Billy, as well as the two dozen or so Ritu's guards, into Lily's house.
Two little maids huddled in the corner of the hall on the first floor, pulling vigorously on a rope the thickness of a thumb.
In the middle of the hall, a huge fan stirred left and right with the pulling of the little maid, bringing a cool breeze to the hall.
Joe loosened a few buttons from his uniform and sat down on a couch with a 'bang'.
He fanned his face with the palm of his hand, and stared straight at Lily, who was standing in front of him cautiously, smiling all over his face and not daring to move: "Ah, relax, Mrs. Lily, many great young men in the Rose Chamber of Commerce have said good things about you, don't worry, I'm not here to find trouble." ”
Lily's expression suddenly relaxed a lot, she had a lot of experience, and she could see that Joe really didn't come to look for trouble.
Taking the blue and white porcelain cup handed over by the maid, he carefully placed a black tea with sugar and milk on the small round table in Qiao's hand, and Lily smiled and said, "Alas, honorable Young Master Qiao, with your identity, how can you come to find trouble in the little Lily's house?" ”
'Hee-hee' smiled, and Lily slid out a witty sentence professionally: "If a big man like you is looking for trouble, you have to find a pink mermaid, right?" ”
Joe and Billy's faces froze.
Lily's smile also froze suddenly, and she trembled in her heart, I'm afraid that these words were slapped on the horse's leg?
Billy touched the gauze wrapped around his head and laughed dryly: "Lady Lily, I heard that on the thirteenth and fourteenth, two nights in a row, a group of highlanders came to you?" ”
Lady Lily rolled her eyes and said instinctively, "Highlanders? What Highlanders? Haha, we are here, how can it be ......"
This is the professional instinct that Mrs. Lily, and her peers, have cultivated, and if she encounters a police officer, no matter what the police say or ask, her answer is always - 'I don't know', 'I don't know', 'I haven't heard', 'Hehe, you must be joking'!
But today, she ran into Joe.
For a beauty like Mrs. Lily, who has a certain background and still has charm, the police in Port Tulum will not be too out of line.
But Joe, he's not a serious cop!
Joe pulled out the double-barreled flintlock from his waist and aimed at the crystal chandelier in the middle of the roof of the hall that cost at least three thousand gold coins.
Standing on both sides of the sofa, more than two dozen guards of the Ritu family drew out their swords at the same time, putting on a fierce face, ready to help Lily's house renovate.
"Yesterday, our esteemed Director Stein shot at the Navy Club and smashed their chandeliers. Your Excellency is a model for all police officers in the Port Tulum Police Station...... I must learn from him! ”
Joe shook the fire gun in his hand slightly.
Mrs. Lily immediately put away her smiling face, quickly raised her hands, and said with great seriousness and seriousness: "That's right, No. 13, No. 14, a group of highlanders, dirty, stinky, full of sheep smell, and bargaining, forcing me to give them a twenty percent discount, and forcing me to give me a bottle of silver label rum!" ”
"Poor, slamming the door, and fierce. Moreover, they estimated that they had never seen the girl in their lives, and the Tracey who entertained them was tossed so that they couldn't get up today! ”
Mrs. Lily said angrily: "Young Master Qiao, this deal, Lily's family is ...... Lost money! ”
She gritted her teeth and her gaze quickly swept over the black uniforms on Joe and Billy, "Did they commit a crime?" Ah, as soon as I looked at them, I knew they were a bunch of short-lived ghosts who deserved to be on the gallows. What did they do? ”
Suddenly, Lady Lily remembered the source of all the chaos in Tulum Harbor in the past two days.
She was so frightened that she twitched all over, and threw herself on Qiao's knee with a 'bang': "Dear Young Master Qiao, Lily's family is innocent...... We have nothing to do with them......"
Mrs. Lily's impulse startled Joe, and with a 'bang', he subconsciously pulled the trigger, and the crystal chandelier on the ceiling was beaten to pieces.
There was a loud bang, and seven or eight fiery guns were struck on Lady Lily's head at the same time, and more than a dozen swords were set up around her neck.
'Hiccup'......
Like Joe on a mid-autumn night, Lady Lily is incontinent.