Chapter 62: Loud Conspiracy
When Mrs. Tasia asked Luke a question, her eyes narrowed and she looked at Lambert with a chilling gaze. There was a slight heaval under the velvet blanket on his body, and the arm hidden underneath was pressed against the hilt of the knife.
She thinks that her men have just come ashore and that it is impossible for her to leak out the planned robbery of the armed airship Clover.
The leaker should be the Axe Party.
These guys have just joined the Secret Intelligence Bureau and are in a hurry to sell us!
Lambert sensed Mrs. Tasia's murderous intent and immediately defended, "Madam, I don't know what the Inspector and you are talking about about the Clover armed airship. All you know is that you entrusted the Giant Tree Boss to steal the 'Heart of the Red Dragon Nil Collon' and use it to do a great thing.
But the alchemy summon was taken away by the elf Clear Sky after the giant tree boss was killed. ”
Shelley shouted, "What! 'Red Dragon Nil Cologne' Heart was stolen by you! Do you know that we almost ...... us in search of this thing?"
Luke stretched out his hand to stop Shelley from continuing, and then said to Mrs. Tasia on guard, "Regarding the Clover armed airship, I have my own intelligence channels, and I have nothing to do with the Axe Party.
I want to know now...... Is Madame still interested in this business? ”
Mrs. Tasia suppressed her tension a little, and then relaxed a little more at the thought that she hadn't yet committed the robbery.
"The detective's ability to gather intelligence is really amazing. I commissioned Giant Wood to steal the 'Heart of the Red Dragon Nil Collon' in order to rob the Clover armed airship.
Now that the 'heart of Nil Collon' is gone, we accept the Inspector's kindness and stop being pirates, and certainly not the idea of fighting the Shamrock.
Please rest assured! ”
Shelley whispered to Karina, who was sitting between him and Luke, "What is the Clover Armed Airship?" ”
Karina replied in a low voice: "The Clover armed airship is a new type of armed airship jointly developed and built by the Imperial Heavy Industry Research Institute and the Alchemy Design Bureau.
Segmented steam-pressurized and multi-airbag hull structures are safer than hydrogen airships. It's just that the flight altitude has not been ideal, so it has not been accepted by the military, but the Reich Finance and Taxation Administration is interested in this steam-armed airship.
Large carrying capacity and high speed. Although the flight altitude can only be maintained below 1000 meters above sea level, the protection of armed airships is sufficient in the territory of the Empire.
The Reich Treasury bought several steam-armed airships for the transportation of tax revenues. The Clover is one of them, and it's in Raging Waves......
I'm sorry, Detective, but I didn't mean to interfere with you. ”
Karina kept her voice as low as she could, but she soon noticed that everyone in the room was listening to her introduction to the Clover.
The introverted Karina apologizes to Luke in embarrassment.
"It's okay, we all want to know about this new steam-armed airship. Please go ahead and tell us what the Clover is doing in Fury Waves. ”
With the Inspector's encouragement, Karina raised her voice a bit.
"Now the empire is carrying out a currency reform, replacing the metal currency previously used with paper money issued by the imperial royal bank.
As the largest foreign trading city in the Empire, Raging Waves has amassed about three tons of gold. The Clover armed airship came this time to transport this batch of gold back to the imperial capital. ”
Hearing this, Luke asked, "Three tons?" ”
Karina searched her memory and replied, "It's 3.28 tons." ”
Luke turned to Mrs. Tasya and asked, "Is the same number for the information you received?" ”
Mrs. Tasia replied truthfully: "Yes, but not so precisely. The reconnaissance and stepping on the spot were all done by the giant wood, and I was in charge of the robbery after I got the 'heart of the red dragon Nil Cologne'.
Detective, we haven't done it yet, so it shouldn't be a crime. ”
"Failure to commit it is certainly not a crime!" Luke stared into Mrs. Tasia's eyes and exerted an oppressive force on her, and asked, "Give you a chance, do you dare to continue to grab the Clover armed airship?" ”
Mrs. Tasia replied dryly, "No...... I wanted to grab this gold because Fishbone Island needed to survive. Now that the survival of Fishbone Island is solved, I don't need to risk being surrounded by the Imperial Navy. ”
"If I let you rob it?"
The atmosphere in the room suddenly decreased, and everyone looked at Luke.
Is the detective crazy?
"Inspector......" Karina nudged Luke with her arm again.
Unmoved, Luke continued to look at Tasia, the smile on his face that made the Naga queen very uneasy.
"I, I don't understand what the inspector means. You are a high-ranking official of the Empire, and the Shamrock is carrying the gold of the Empire. ”
"Relax, I know what I'm doing." Luke retracted his oppression on Lady Tasia, leaned back in the back of his chair, took out a cigarette for the dragon snake to light up, and after taking a puff, said, "According to the information I have obtained, the gold to be transported by the Clover this time is not 3.28 tons, but 12.14 tons. ”
So much more!
Mrs. Tasia asked, "What does this have to do with the fact that you asked me to rob this batch of gold?" ”
"Because the extra gold is not the Empire's. They were private and illegal, and the Empire's restrictions on the circulation of metal money made it difficult for the gold to be used in formal commerce.
So there were people who wanted to transport this batch of gold to the imperial capital and make it legal.
This involves the internal affairs of the royal family, and I can't say more.
The order I received was...... This batch of gold is not allowed to reach the imperial capital! ”
Shelley and Pisco on the side looked suddenly enlightened.
No wonder the eldest princess sent such a close person to Haijiao District to be a detective, and it turned out that she had to shoulder such a heavy task.
Robbing the Imperial Gold Ship is not something that anyone dares to do, nor is it something that anyone can do.
Lady Tasia saw Detective Meteor smoking and looked at her, knowing that he was waiting for her answer.
But isn't it too absurd for pirates to follow the Imperial Intelligence Bureau to rob the Imperial gold ship?
"Detective, this matter ......"
Mrs. Tasia, who was a little confused, didn't know what to do.
Instead, Shelley said: "What are you afraid of, there are people above my inspector!" After robbing this batch of gold, someone must be carrying it. ”
Pisco also helped: "The one above my detective has a very high status, let you rob you!" ”
Karina looked at Shelley and Pisco, and then at Luke, not knowing what she was supposed to say.
Mrs. Tasia understood that this time she would not be able to rob it.
"Detective, we're done with this deal. But without the 'heart of Red Dragon Nil Cologne', it would be difficult for us to knock the Clover from the sky. ”
"I'll let it come down, and you'll take care of the gold."