Multiply.

In the dimly lit room, the embers of cigarette butts slowly extinguished, and Mr. Butler looked coldly at the cowering man in front of him, and said in a hoarse voice, "How could the factory of the Manstein Potions Company be stolen?" ”

"I've heard that I encountered a thief factory in East London, it's too chaotic there, someone must be eyeing the expensive potions materials in the warehouse."

Bang!

Mr. Butler slapped the table and said sharply, "Who dares to steal the goods of the Manstein Potions Company?" Can you sell it if you steal it? Aren't ordinary thieves afraid of the danger of materials?! ”

Unlike other items, potion materials are inherently dangerous, and the Church's repeated propaganda materials are risky, which is to remind those with ill intentions to weigh how many pounds they weigh and whether they can resist the toxicity of the material.

The second is to sell stolen goods, how to sell the stolen goods, has always been a professional assessment certificate in the thief world, the thief who can take charge of himself, not only must have superb stealing technology, but also have a safe channel for selling stolen goods, how many thieves have been caught because of the problem of selling stolen goods?

In the world of thieves, whether or not they can safely sell stolen goods has always been a proof of strength.

Levine has experience in selling stolen goods, he will take the stolen gems to the black market for trading, which is also the most normal and common way to sell stolen goods, people in the black market don't care where you get these things, even if they know, most of them don't care, unless it's a big deal.

But for the outlaws of the black market, even the crown gem on the king's head they dare to collect, not to mention other things, of course, potion materials, but the problem is.

Mr. Butler, who is well-informed, has not received any news that anyone is selling potion materials, and he can know anything about the underground black market as soon as possible.

Potion materials are hot potatoes, and ordinary thieves must sell the stolen goods as soon as they get their hands on them, but no one sells potions materials in the underground black market, which proves that the thieves are either informants from the other two potions companies, or they don't exist at all!

At first, Mr. Butler also suspects that Manstein Potions has been stolen, after all, Mavi had brought out the Obsession Flower that needed mermaid tears during the bidding, which meant that Manstein Potions had something good in his hands.

But what thief would be stupid enough to run to an ordinary warehouse and steal mermaid tears?

Shouldn't such a precious material be kept at the Manstein Potions Grocery Store on Flower Street?

That's where the Manstein family is based!

It is common sense that it is impossible to store materials of high value in ordinary warehouses in the Heveling District!

In view of this situation, why did the eldest prince Charles and the third prince Andrew send someone to steal ordinary warehouses?

It doesn't make sense!

After thinking about it, Mr. Butler felt that it was probably not a theft from the factory, and that it was just a good play directed and acted by Nicholas von Manstein.

But why did he lie about the theft of the company?

Is it trying to blame the other two princes, or is there a secret collusion with Sherlock Holmes?

If it's the former, it's fine, don't worry too much, but if it's the latter.

His eyes were uncertain, and Mr. Butler really couldn't touch Ma Wei's lifeline, and just as he was thinking, a tall, thin man with a cigarette butt in his mouth, a scruffy beard, and a bohemian-looking man walked into the room.

Seeing him, Mr. Butler was stunned, he recognized the tall and thin man, as the boss should know his subordinates, but the tall and thin man in front of him has changed too much, he hasn't seen him for a month, he has lost at least three laps, his cheekbones are protruding, his eye sockets are deep, his eyes are bloodshot, his hair is messy, and his locks are full of oil, and he smells all over his body, like a walking corpse.

"You"

Mr. Butler was stunned for a long time, and asked with difficulty, "Fell into the sewer?" ”

"I didn't!" The tall and thin man grinned, "Russell Benjamin has news." ”

Mr. Butler waved his hand to let the other man who was reporting the situation step back, and pointed to the sofa opposite, originally wanting the tall and thin man to sit down and talk, but considering the other party's current poor hygiene, he immediately dispelled this thought: "You better stand and talk." ”

The tall and thin man spat on the carpet, walked across the desk, pulled out a chair and sat down, took a cigar from Mr. Butler, and skillfully cut and lit it.

"Whew, this task is not the hardest I've ever encountered in my career, but it's definitely the most disgusting."

The tall and thin man complained loudly: "Russell Benjamin is not coming home at all!" The address on the business card is just his temporary residence! I stared at that apartment for a whole month! He'll come back once! I haven't even been out of the house for a month! Half a month ago, I finally had a clue and met his housekeeper, but one of them was slipped away by the housekeeper without paying attention! Run faster than a rabbit! ”

Mr. Butler frowned when he heard this: "Can you tell me the point?" ”

The tall and thin man took a puff on his cigar and paused for a moment before he said, "The point is that Russell Benjamin is about to leave London, and the Marquess of Brecon and Nicks, the butler of Prince Charles, have come to look for him in the apartment, and according to my lip reading, they plan to leave London tomorrow and the day after tomorrow and go to Edinburgh." ”

"To Edinburgh." Mr. Butler twisted his beard and said, "It seems that the eldest prince is planning to open up the northern market, well, it is expected. Any other information? ”

"It's gone."

"In a month, you brought back this piece of information?"

"I said it! Russell Benjamin didn't come home at all! ”

The tall and thin man slammed his business card on the table: "The address given by this bastard is for cover!" He doesn't live in that apartment at all! I can't even see people, how can I monitor?! ”

This is really not a thin man's pot, he doesn't know much about Russell Benjamin, when he set off on a mission, he only has a business card, and he doesn't even know Russell Benjamin's appearance, so he can only monitor the apartment day and night, waiting for the other party to come back.

London is so big and has a population of millions, and looking for a man in the vast sea of people who has never met at all is comparable to looking for a needle in a haystack, and there is no way for a tall and thin man.

He didn't know until now that he had been exposed, and while he was monitoring the apartment, a group of cats above his head were also watching him.

"Forget it, anyway, you brought back at least one important piece of information."

Mr. Butler did not want to listen to the man's continued complaints: "Since they are going to Edinburgh, you should go with them, and gather as much information as you can about Russell Benjamin, and it is better to find his hiding place in London." ”

"Don't worry, he won't be able to run this time!" The tall and thin man got up with a cigar in his mouth: "I need to take a shower and change into clean clothes"

After the tall and thin man left, Mr. Butler opened the drawer, and there were three long lines of white, red, and black in the drawer, and he grabbed the long white wire and gently pulled it.

Not long after, a diminutive dwarf walked into the room, lifted the pointed hat on his head, and asked in a strange tone, "Master, are you looking for me?" ”

"How's Jack's makeover?"

"It's still in progress, we're fitting him with the newly acquired limbs, and Joseph, the head of design, said that maybe Jack could be transformed into a second-generation experiment."

As he spoke, the smile on the face of the sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked gnome remained the same, and it was clear that transforming Jack was something to be happy about.

Hearing that it was going well, Mr. Butler said 'um' and said, "You go to the head of the Covent Royal Opera House and give him money to perform Helena Sheffield's Much Ado About Nothing at the Opera House tonight." ”

"Yes."

"And."

Mr. Butler called out to the dwarf, who turned around and wanted to leave, took out a business card from the drawer, and threw it to the dwarf: "Send it to Flower Street, give it to Nicholas von Manstein, and invite him to the place where we last met tonight." ”

"Yes."

Early in the morning, Flower Street.

The fog was hazy, the air was mixed with icy moisture, and the sky was overcast, with no light in sight.

"I'm afraid it's going to rain heavily today."

In the kitchen, Mavi picked up a piece of bread, expertly cut it, and spread fresh jam on it: "Remember to bring an umbrella when you go out." ”

"I'm fine today." Levin devoured bacon: "I'll go to Gina later and see how she's doing. Big brother, when are we going to attack the underground lab? It's been days! ”

"Today and tomorrow."

Ma Wei took out his notepad and looked at the itinerary: "Yannick is leaving London in the next two days, and he needs his help to attack the laboratory, so solve the problems of the laboratory before it leaves." ”

As he spoke, Mavi flipped to the last few pages of the newspaper in front of him and found that the play that was being staged at the Covent Royal Opera House tonight was Much Ado About Nothing, and although it was also a Shakespeare book, it was not A Midsummer Night's Dream.

It is likely that Professor James Morea used the name of the play to convey information, and it is important to write down the name of the play performed each day, which can be inferred based on the performance of the day and the trajectory of Professor James Morea's activities.

Now that Manstein Potions has won the bid, and after solving this big problem, the next goal is to enter the parliament and build up his own power, these things are very busy, and Mavi does not have much time to dwell on the issue of James Moorea, he wants to get the result as soon as possible.

Yunia, who was eating toast, suddenly raised her head and looked at the position of the door, with jam on the corner of her mouth: "Dad, someone is coming." ”

Jingle bells!

As soon as he finished speaking, the bell rang at the door, and after rubbing the corners of his mouth, Ma Wei walked through the kitchen to the store, opened the door, and saw a pointed hat that was only knee-high.

The pointed hat was staggered off, and a diminutive dwarf leaked out, although small, but the appearance was like an old man, indescribably weird.

"Good morning, Mr. Nicholas."

The dwarf smiled and took out a business card: "My master invites you to meet you at the old place at 8 o'clock tonight." ”

Ma Wei had seen the dwarf and knew that he was Mr. Housekeeper's attendant, and after taking the business card, he casually asked, "What is your master looking for me?" ”

"You'll find out when you go."

The dwarf put on his pointed hat and slowly retreated, his figure fading into the fog and disappearing.

Closing the door, Ma Wei returned to the kitchen, and Levine couldn't wait to ask, "Big brother, who is looking for you?" ”

"Mr. Butler's henchman."

"The man with a very short stature? What is he looking for you for? ”

"Send an invitation."

Ma Wei stared at the business card and looked over and over, there was no useful information on the black business card, only a gilded stamp, two M superimposed symbols, and nothing else.

It's more of a mark than a business card.

"If you don't look for it sooner or later, you just look for me at this time." Ma Wei narrowed his eyes and said, "It seems that the theft of the factory has attracted the attention of Mr. Butler, and he invited me, probably to probe my mouth." ”

Although the news of the theft of Manstein's potions factory was suppressed, it was not difficult for the well-informed Mr. Butler to know about it, at least after the Pope had spoken to the king, Professor James Moorea would definitely know.

"This symbol."

Levine noticed the flipped business card in Ma Wei's hand, looked at the gilded symbol on it and frowned: "I seem to have seen it somewhere."

"Have you seen it? Where? ”

"I want to think about it"

Levin recalled carefully, pondered his eyebrows, and after a long while, suddenly patted his head: "At the banquet held by the eldest prince Charles!" The cigarette that Baron Osborne smoked, on the part of the cigarette butt, has this symbol! ”

The business card given by Mr. Butler is actually related to cigarettes?

Ma Wei is a non-smoker and doesn't know much about cigarettes, but he knows that every cigarette factory leaves a mark on its products, like a trademark, to increase visibility.

"There aren't many people among the aristocracy who smoke cigarettes, so I have an impression." Levine said, "Could Baron Osborne be Mr. Steward's man?" ”

"It's hard to say." Ma Wei shook his head: "Cigarettes are commodities, they are sold publicly, maybe Mr. Butler has opened a cigarette factory, and it just so happens that Baron Osborne likes to smoke this brand of cigarettes, and I will ask Fat Tangerine to investigate the name of the factory that produces this cigarette." ”

"Hmm."

"Mr. Butler can't hold it back, that's a good thing." Ma Wei put away his business card and said with a smile: "It seems that tonight, it is our chance to raid the underground laboratory!" ”

"Do it tonight?"

"Mr. Butler invited me to meet me in the tavern in South London tonight, and after he left, the underground laboratory lost its leader, and it was difficult to organize an effective counterattack, isn't this an opportunity?"

Ma Wei has made a decision to inform Edward to attack the underground lab tonight!

If you want to attack the laboratory, you must first organize enough forces, Edward is indispensable, and Levin is also ready, next

It's to gather the members of the Aurora Society scattered throughout London and launch a large-scale attack!

"Big brother, if you go to see Mr. Butler, the goddess will definitely go with you, in case there is a difficult transcendent person in the underground laboratory. What are we going to do? ”

"Who told you that I'm going to see Mr. Butler tonight?"

Levin was puzzled: "If you don't go to see Mr. Butler, big brother, and the underground laboratory is attacked again, won't Mr. Butler suspect you?" ”

Ma Wei smiled slightly: "Of course, Nicholas von Manstein will accept Mr. Butler's invitation to go to the South London Tavern, but Nicholas who meets Mr. Butler can also be someone else." ”

"Who?"

"Dilloc Holmes!"

(End of chapter)