Chapter 535: Political Game
Leo spent the next few days in the library of Turin and the colleges in the suburbs, looking up all the information about the construction of the seminary, according to the reference certificate issued by Frank Fussen, as if he were a scholar.
Frank Fussen always felt that Leo must be hiding something, so he sent someone to monitor Leo for the past few days, but found nothing, which made him wonder if he had to judge if he was wrong.
In addition, although the martial law against the towns around Turin and the ships going to sea in the various seaports was perfectly executed, and it was almost impossible for anyone to leave quietly in such a tight lockdown, it would have a great impact on the normal movement of people and goods, and it might be tolerable for a short time, and it would certainly be full of complaints after a long time. So Frank Forson must find the killer before the complaint arises.
The search of Turin City could not be carried out in a big way, and could only be carried out in secret, so there were many places where it was necessary to be careful, and dealing with the powerful in the city and getting them to cooperate with the search would take up most of the energy, and various circumstances made Frank Fussen have to shift his attention to Leo elsewhere.
If Frank Foson's energy and attention were all on Leo, he would definitely be able to see some of Leo's whereabouts with his sophistication, because although Leo was looking around for all kinds of information according to the locations marked on the information list these days, the data storage points he chose to go to covered the entire inner and outer parts of Turin City except for the royal palace, and the streets he chose back and forth were completely different, involving almost more than eighty percent of the streets.
When Frank Fussen paid less attention to Leo, Leo could also feel it, because when the attitude of his superiors changed, the motivation of the people below to do things must also change, and he could clearly feel it from the special bureau agents in charge of surveillance around him.
In fact, Leo knew from the beginning that Frank Forson distrusted him and sent someone to spy on him, but he did not show any displeasure about this, because this kind of surveillance did not hinder his actions in any way, but would help him solve some minor problems, such as wanting to borrow some items from the library of a certain house that were no longer on the list.
Because those monitors want to know what Leo wants to do, they will take the initiative to open some permissions for Leo to get more intelligence information, but they don't know that their actions are completely expected by Leo, and they are also the result of being deliberately guided by Leo, so that Leo has access to a large amount of information outside of his authority, enriching his database.
It's just that checking the information is not Leo's main purpose, he just searched the entire Durin by using the spiritual network to search the entire Durin through the route and location selected by checking the information, and to his surprise, he didn't find anything, as if the murderer had fled Durin City.
"Impossible? impossible to escape. Leo doubted his own judgment in his heart, but he immediately dispelled his doubts, because judging from the previous circumstances, the woman must have a way to get her out of Turin and even the kingdom of England safely, otherwise she would have risked leaving as soon as she assassinated Hoover Hansen, rather than staying here and waiting for the limelight to subside.
Although what happened in the perfume shop showed that she had been exposed, if she was a smart person, she would definitely have seen from the martial law imposed by the Special Bureau and the police on the surrounding towns that her whereabouts had not been exposed, so she should not have left the Kingdom of England during this bad time period, she would only lurk in the city of Durin, waiting for martial law to be lifted.
After careful analysis, Leo was very sure that the woman was still in Turin City, but the place where she was hiding must be an unexpected place.
The question didn't bother Leo for long, and soon a newspaper story caught Leo's attention, and he felt that he had found the woman's trace.
The last performance of the Spiritual Theatre Troupe will be held tonight, and after the performance, the troupe will arrive at a royal cruise to leave Turin by water and take a boat to the nearest seaport city.
In addition, it was mentioned in the newspaper that because the members of the theater troupe were often harassed by some theater fans and admirers, and could not rehearse the last play with peace of mind, the theater director asked the royal family to allow the theater troupe to stay in the palace before the performance to facilitate the rehearsal.
For this seemingly very rude request, the royal family behaved extremely generously, agreed to this request, and specially vacated an area of the palace, not allowing anyone to enter, so that the theater troupe could rehearse with peace of mind, and the people's decision to the royal family is also positive, thinking that the royal family is very close to the people, knows how to be flexible, and is no longer the kind of high and unreachable.
What caught Leo's attention was that the head of the troupe made this request, which happened to be the day the woman was exposed in the perfume shop, which seemed to him to be more than a coincidence.
After determining the goal, Leo approached the hotel's floor customer service and informed him of the request: "Prepare me a ticket for today's performance by the Spiritual Theater Troupe." ”
The floor customer service quickly responded: "Sorry, the tickets for the Spiritual Theater Troupe have already been sold out, and the tickets for our hotel have already been booked by other guests. ”
Leo frowned and said, "Please ask the guests who booked the tickets, I am willing to buy them at a high price." ”
The floor customer service shook his head slightly and said, "I'm sorry, I don't think those guests who booked should be short of money." ”
When Leo heard this, he suddenly remembered that almost all the people who lived in this hotel were rich people, so he naturally would not be willing to sell the tickets he had.
"If you don't mind, I still have a ticket on hand that can be transferred to you. At this time, a slightly familiar voice sounded behind Leo, saying.
Leo turned his head to look behind him, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, because the person who came was none other than Vaschi, the personal maid of old man Rembrandt.
"Long time no see, Mr. Leo. Vaschi was wearing a very decent high-necked pleated dress, with a black gauze hat that half covered her face obliquely, and she looked very elegant and decent.
"Aren't you in Miria?" asked Leo.
Vaschi explained: "Miria's affair is over, and I have now returned to my husband's side to do things. ”
Leo frowned and said, "Isn't that supposed to be on the Moisan Continent?"
Vaschi replied simply, "This time I came to the Kingdom of England for other things. ”
Leo was silent for a moment, and asked a little abruptly, "How many days have you been in Dulin?"
"Before you come. Vaschi quickly responded, "Is your room suitable now?"
Leo heard this, did not respond, and walked towards his room, Vaschi followed, the two entered the room one after the other, Vaschi closed the door, and then walked to the bar of the room like a room master, picked up a bottle of wine, gave himself and Leo a glass of wine, and put it on the coffee table next to Leo, while she herself sat opposite Leo.
"What does the woman who killed Passa Kaguran and assassinate Hoover Hansen have anything to do with you?" asked Leo bluntly after Vaschi sat down.
"How can you think that?" Vasqi didn't admit it, but he didn't deny it either.
Leo said calmly, "You probably didn't know I lived here today, but you only came out to meet me now, and it was when I mentioned the Spiritual Theater Troupe, what do you think I should think at this time?"
Vaschi smiled, shook the wine glass in his hand, put it on the table without drinking, and said: "When you stayed in this hotel, I knew that I wasn't going to meet you, to be honest, I always encounter some bad things when I meet you," said this, her face showed a slightly ugly look, as if she thought of something bad, but quickly returned to normal, and continued: " But now that you've found out about the Spiritual Drama Troupe, then if I don't come out to meet you again, I'm afraid that woman will fall into your hands. Although my relationship with her is not good, after all, she is also doing things for her husband now, even if what she does this time has nothing to do with her husband, I can't help but save her. ”
"Isn't Passa Kagulan a student of Mister?" Leo asked, frowning.
"There are so many students that he really admitted, but there are only a few students who really make him admit it. Vaschi looked at Leo meaningfully, and then said, "Passa Kagulan is not qualified to be recognized by the gentleman. ”
Leo asked, "Why did Passa Kagulan investigate me?"
Speaking of which, it's also strange that Mr. didn't keep his mouth shut. Vasqi smiled bitterly and said, "Because Sir has said more than once that you are the only person besides him who can solve the mysteries of the ruins of prehistoric civilizations, Pasa Kagulan came to the Inge Kingdom to investigate you, I am afraid it is for this reason. ”
Leo was stunned, he didn't think that Passa Caguran's explanation was not lying, it was true that Old Man Rembrandt often mentioned him before he came to investigate him, but he also didn't tell the truth, obviously he didn't have any good intentions when investigating him. It is conceivable that if the information obtained by the black market shows that he is just an ordinary scholar, Pasa Kagulan may have already taken people into captivity.
Leo suddenly thought of something, and asked in a deep voice, "The items of prehistoric civilization he has on hand?"
Vasiqi pursed her lips and said with a boring face: "It's really boring to talk to someone like you, and I guessed things thoroughly in a few words." ”
Leo added: "In this way, the death of Pasa Kagulan is not an accident, it is for the object of the prehistoric civilization. ”
"It can't be all about prehistoric artifacts. Vasqi shook his head and said, "The Kagulan family is from one of the several tribes that betrayed the Gu clan back then, and Pasa Kagulan is a descendant of the Kagulan family, and it is not for nothing that he was killed. ”
Leo looked at Vaschi meaningfully and said, "Is this just the reason? Isn't there any other reason?"
Vaschi pursed his lips and said, "I really don't like to talk to people like you, I always look like I'm being seen through." Saying that, she hesitated slightly, but still said truthfully: "Actually, it's very simple, some people don't want Panier's mining rights agreement to be negotiated, not only on the Moisan Continent, but also in the Kingdom of England. ”
"The countries on the Moissanite continent don't want this agreement to come to fruition, but I can understand that, after all, they don't want the resources they have in their hands to be poached so easily. Leo nodded in understanding at first, but then quickly asked suspiciously: "But what about the Inge Kingdom?
"Quite simply, because the benefits are uneven. Vaschi smiled disdainfully, as if laughing at someone's behavior, and said, "Once the agreement is negotiated, all ore mined through the agreement will be given priority to the smelters and shipyards under the control of the navy. All ore will be used to make ships first, and the rest will be used for other purposes. ”
When Leo heard this, relevant information appeared in his mind, although the current political situation in the Kingdom of England is dominated by the confrontation and balance between the royal family and the Congress, it does not mean that the political forces of the Kingdom of England are only the royal family and the Congress, whether it is the old nobles or the military nobles have a lot of influence in the kingdom, and among these political forces, the political forces of the military have always been a very important political force, and can even affect the direction of the political situation.
It's just that the military is also not harmonious, and the bad relationship between the army and the navy is hardly a secret in the kingdom, especially this time the battle between the kingdom's army and the French empire did not gain the upper hand, but instead lost its troops, and even had to withdraw from the kingdom's only stronghold in the Vilun continent, Venaya Port, which made the navy's influence within the military even greater, and some people even felt that the army should be abolished, and the army should be incorporated into the navy to become a naval landing combat force and so on.
Now that the navy has almost become synonymous with the military department, the political power is extremely great, and there is no doubt that if the content of the mining agreement is really dominated by the navy, then once the agreement is negotiated, then the rights of the navy will definitely multiply, and it is not necessary to become the third force on the political table of the kingdom.
"No wonder it's just that a deputy envoy has died, and the murderer is still from the Moisan Continent, but the negotiations with the kingdom have reached an impasse, and it turns out that the root cause is not Panir, but the kingdom's side. Leo muttered to himself, "The assassination of Hoover Hansen was also aimed at suppressing the political influence of the Navy, right?"
Leo remembered that the opening of the Naval Museum was not only to highlight the Navy's past achievements, but also to pave the way for Hoover Hansen to enter politics, and it was already reported that Hoover Hansen would step down from all his military duties in a few months and run as a civilian in the election for members of the House of Commons.
If there is no accident, with Hoover Hansen's status as a naval hero, coupled with his past connections, his election to the House of Commons can be said to be a sure thing, and in another two years, as long as he does not make mistakes, then it is not impossible for him to continue to run for the Speaker of the House of Commons, in that case, the Navy has absolute control over the House of Commons, and I am afraid that the royal family and Congress will not want to see such a result.
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