Chapter 37: Goat Town (1)
Suddenly opened his eyes, looking at the familiar British retro decoration in front of him, and the gorgeous chandelier, the skeletal cane resting quietly on the sofa, the bustling noise of the street crowd coming and going, the breeze blowing the curtains, and a beam of sunlight passing through the gap and spilling on the wooden floor.
In a trance, he seemed to be back to square one.
Struggling to get up from the couch, tearing the muscles in his abdomen, a burst of pain hit him, almost making him lie back down, all these feelings are so real.
"You're awake!"
Yulia came over with a hot lunch and placed it on the table beside her.
"Mr. Ewell, you've slept for a long time, it's time to get up for lunch."
"Okay."
Jiang Chenchuan replied in a low voice.
It turned out that those blood-colored pictures were really his dreams, but ......
Why?
Why does it feel like you're being prying inside?
I had a meal at Yulia's house, said hello to her, and left.
I wanted to go to the Cathedral of Dawn again to see if there would be any traces left on the scene, but the area had been sealed off by the Knights of Dawn and was forbidden to enter, and I could only take a look at the black wreckage that burned all over the place from a distance on the tram.
I finally returned to Brad Street, the sun was just right today, and there were more people on the street, and the excitement was still there, and I wanted to go home and organize my thoughts, whether it was the events of the Dawn Church or the eyes hidden in the dark.
All with an evil aura.
You know, the most terrible thing is not that you have enemies, but that enemies are hiding in the shadows and you don't know anything.
However, no matter how good the plan is, reality will always give you a blow in the face when you don't expect it, and there is already a client in the Black River Detective Agency who has waited for him all night.
"Ewell!"
As soon as Jiang Chenchuan entered the door, he heard a familiar call from the living room, the sound of running sounded, and Rena poked her head out from the railing of the stairs on the second floor.
Jiang Chenchuan held his forehead, almost forgetting that he had also taken over the commission of this eldest lady before.
"You're finally back, I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
Rena is still so lively and smart, except for being a little naïve, she can almost be regarded as the best client Jiang Chenchuan has ever met, and she pays a lot of money.
"What's the matter?"
Jiang Chenchuan took off his windbreaker, hung it on the hanger, the breeze blew off, shook off the inconspicuous black ashes on the ground, leaned the skull cane against the desk, opened the drawer at hand, and took out the notebook that was recorded.
"I have a piece of information in my hand to act immediately, and the operation needs help, I can't think of anyone else, Ewell, I will entrust you to help me at a high price."
Rena took out a yellowed piece of paper from the pocket of her trench coat and gently placed it in front of Jiang Chenchuan.
The paper is engraved with a black pattern that looks like a witch's hat, and below the pattern is an extremely complex symbol, these symbols Jiang Chenchuan knows, are specially used to write encrypted characters, under a specific permutation and combination, representing different meanings.
"Ewell, have you heard of Goattown?"
Rena spoke suddenly.
"What?"
Jiang Chenchuan shook his head suspiciously.
He opened Rena's information, which contained information about a special rare material called "Black Goat Horn", which could be mixed with other materials to make certain alchemical potions with special powers.
And Goat Town is the birthplace of "Black Goat Horn".
"If I don't explain it to you, I'm afraid you won't be able to accept this commission, so I'll tell you directly, because the intelligence industry in Polnia is almost monopolized by the Grey Glove and the Raven Guild, so I joined another civil association to obtain information and trade."
Rena reached out and dotted on the paper pattern.
"The Black Hat Hotel, the operator of the underground black market, believes in absolute interests, and the museum information that cannot be traded in the Gray Glove and the Crow Guild can be bought and sold on the black market, and last time, I also wanted to bring the information out and sell it to them."
"So, this time?"
Jiang Chenchuan leaned back, raised his head and asked.
"Intelligence, priceless intelligence, of course, I'm not the only one who knows about this, they will definitely organize their own team, as for how many people are interested in Goat Town, it is unknown."
Rena's emerald eyes radiated with excitement, and she seemed to be able to maintain her interest and enthusiasm for her career forever.
"Originally, Goat Town has been secretly providing alchemy raw materials for 'Black Goat Horn' to the alchemists of Polnia, but some time ago, almost overnight, the merchants who supplied it were collectively out of stock, and they lost contact with Goat Town, and the people who went to inquire about the information did not come back, as if they had disappeared."
Rena explained to Jiang Chenchuan that you must know that the people who are engaged in research are crazy, because of the lack of raw materials, the prices of the underground trading market in Polnia are chaotic.
So, if someone can bring back the information from Goat Town and get the "Black Goat Horn", they will definitely make a lot of money.
Information about the Pornia Museum cannot be sold, and Rena has sensed something from her father's conversation with Chris, so she does not plan to continue exploring the secrets of the museum.
There are some secrets, and hiding them is the best choice.
As for why he is so keen on the intelligence industry?
Rena suddenly remembered the hardcore bedtime stories she told herself when her mother was still alive, the inspirational and successful life of breaking out of her career under the chaotic security, or the intuitive judgment mixed with the chaos of information, so that she could get a status and money different from others.
Probably......
Not at all.
The main reason is that my mother is one of the founders of the Black Hat Inn, and it is also the only non-governmental association in Polnia with only female members.
Later, as a nobleman, she married her father, who was also a nobleman.
Obviously, my father admires my mother very much.
But......
Why kill your mother's career? As a result, the mother was depressed all day long, and in the end, a beautiful flower gradually withered and withered in the gorgeous prison.
Rena has always felt that she was not born a noble lady, and she can't learn the inexplicable hobbies of flower arrangement, wine and oil painting, she wants to be a different person, a person who is different from her mother and adults, and will stand at the top and break out of her own world like those protagonists in bedtime stories.
A small flame burned at the swan's neck.
"Let's go? Ewell, the challenge begins. ”
"Can I refuse?"
Jiang Chenchuan replied helplessly.
"Of course not."
"But I don't have enough vacation time for work......"
"Add money!"
"Deal."
This guy will always have a reason he can't refuse.
The eldest lady who achieved her goal left happily, and after she left, Jiang Chenchuan took a comfortable hot bath, curled up lazily in the quilt, did nothing, didn't think about anything, and the day passed as soon as her eyes were closed and opened, and she didn't even have a dream.