Jimmy looked around him, there were too many people here, and the things he had to communicate about this time might be important, and he had to be quieter.

Nia looked at Jimmy and frowned, and asked nervously, "Why don't we go back to the hotel first?" It's quieter there. ”

Jimmy frowned and nodded, fortunately the hotel was not too far, and he walked slowly all the way to the hotel room.

Jimmy put down the things he was carrying, immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed Mark's number, Nia came to the Xiaoice box, took a bottle of cold beer from it, opened it and handed it to Jimmy, and came to the side to start sorting out the things he bought.

Jimmy: "Mark, are you in the bureau?" ”

Mark: "Yes, is there something to investigate?" ”

Jimmy: "No, I just wanted to ask you, what's going on in the game lately?" ”

Mark: "I haven't heard of it, you wait. Mark asked Julia next to her, as a woman, she could still find out some things that Mark was inconvenient to hear in the bureau many times, but Julia also shook her head, and everything was normal in the bureau.

Mark: "It's all normal, and the biggest thing these days has to do with you, about the funeral of our colleague. ”

Jimmy: "What about me?" Except for this thing. ”

Mark: "No, as far as I know, there's nothing about you, Tim Dunn from the Administration Department came to you when you went to the headquarters for secondment, and he left after knowing that you were on a business trip, and that was more than a month ago. ”

Jimmy: "OK, keep an eye on it, and let me know if anyone is looking for me." ”

Mark: "No problem. By the way, when will you be back? ”

Jimmy: "It's going to be a few days, I've been on vacation recently, so you're going to be safe when you handle the case." ”

After hanging up the phone, Jimmy was not only not relieved, but even more worried.

Ruiz only informed him on the phone, but did not tell him the specific reason and new position, and now everything should not be announced to the public, why did he do this? The point is, why didn't there be any rumors of their own transfer before?

Jimmy played with the phone in his hand, although Mark and Julia are both newcomers, but they don't know anything, they usually pay attention to the gossip in the bureau, and even joke about it in the office, if they don't get any news at all, then it is likely that the news has been concealed, or only spread on a certain level.

There are a lot of people Jimmy knows in the upper echelons, but to inquire about such sensitive news, those nodding friends are definitely not appropriate, Dave's level is too high, it is not appropriate to call, and he can only talk in person, as for David, he took over the anti-black team, which is full of Ruiz's former subordinates, and what else he can say to himself needs to be considered.

In the end, Jimmy was able to contact Mahon, whose office was near Ruiz's office, and maybe he could find out something.

Jimmy pulled out Mahon's phone and called, but no one answered, and it was really sad not to answer the phone at this time.

Fortunately, Ma Hong called back after ten minutes, "Jimmy, why did you remember to call me?" Is there something wrong? ”

Jimmy: "It's nothing, I'm still on vacation, I haven't been back." ”

Ma Hong: "Tell me, what's the matter?" ”

Jimmy: "What's going on in the bureau lately?" About me. ”

Ma Hong was silent for a few seconds: "I didn't get any news, what happened?" ”

Jimmy: "I wonder if someone is investigating me?" ”

Ma Hong: "Give me some time, wait for me to reply." ”

After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone, Ma Hong took the mobile phone and looked at the computer screen, he was on a mission, and he went to run errands just now, so the mobile phone was placed in the monitoring car.

Jimmy didn't say much, but it wasn't a trivial matter if someone was investigating him, he knew Jimmy well, and if someone was really investigating him, something big would definitely happen when he returned to the office.

But he didn't hear anything, and no one came to ask him about Jimmy, either because there was no such thing, or because it was very secretive and not made public.

Mahon said to Jones, a black man next to him, "Jones, you watch, I'll go out for a while." ”

Jones nodded, he also knew that Mahon had just called Jimmy, and now this situation must not be normal, let Mahon leave to do things, he can handle it himself.

Jones has been in the white-collar team for several years and has a lot of experience in handling cases, so it's no problem without Mahon by his side.

Ma Hong walked outside, took out a piece of chewing gum from his pocket and put it in his mouth, and while walking to the coffee shop next to him to buy coffee, he thought about whether there was something he didn't pay attention to, after all, if it had nothing to do with him, some things might be subconsciously forgotten by him.

In fact, Jimmy has not been in New York for the past two months, and a lot of things have happened here, but there is nothing particularly impressive about Ma Hong, after all, the business he is responsible for basically does not overlap with Jimmy's business, and like Peter, Ma Hong has basically been a financial and art case after entering the white-collar team, even if there are violent robberies and other cases, there are basically not too many times to hurt people, and there are very few killings, so the homicide team has not been contacted.

The distance between the two groups is a bit far, and if they don't move around, there will naturally not be much news.

Entering the monitoring car with three cups of coffee, Ma Hong said to Jones, left the scene directly and returned to the office, and the scene was handed over to Jones to deal with with the newcomer.

Ma Hong's time in the Manhattan office is not short, of course, there are many acquaintances, on the way to the reason has been thought of, it is natural to meet a few people unexpectedly, chat, understand the situation from the side, still not much gain.

Back in his office, Ma Hong frowned slightly, he couldn't even inquire about the news, how did Jimmy know?

After thinking about it for a while, Mahon decided to talk to Jimmy, he took out a mobile phone from the drawer, typed in Jimmy's phone number and dialed it.

Jimmy originally saw an unfamiliar number and was about to refuse, but after thinking about it, he picked it up, and sure enough, Mahong's voice came from inside, "It's me, what is the news you got over there?" ”

Mahon was still very meticulous, and even chose other phones to call, even if he didn't check Jimmy, he knew that it was an anonymous phone, "Ruiz called me before, asked me to continue to take a vacation, and then go back to work after the Christmas holidays, and arranged a new position for me, and hung up the phone without telling me the reason and position." ”

Jimmy only described Ruiz's words without adding his own speculation, and Mahon thought for a while and said, "Is it possible that there is no conspiracy here?" ”

Jimmy: "I've been through a similar experience before, you know, I was transferred to the Public Affairs Office for several months. ”

Ma Hong: "I just asked someone, but no one got any news about you. ”

Jimmy: "I think even if it's just a job transfer, there should be a lot of people involved, and it's the most abnormal thing that people don't get the news. ”

After thinking for a while, Jimmy continued: "Let's change the perspective, since I have a new position, then there should be a new team leader on the Homicide team's side, Mark and Julia's experience and status are not enough to be promoted to the position of team leader, they must have been transferred from somewhere else."

Help me find out who will be transferred, no matter how many conspiracies there are here, the person who gets the benefit may be the one behind the scenes, or one of them. ”

Ma Hong: "I see, where are you now?" ”

Jimmy: "Charleston, South Carolina, Nia and I are vacationing here. ”

Ma Hong: "OK, continue to vacation over there, don't come back yet." Good bye. ”

Jimmy hung up the phone, thought for a moment and said to Nia, "Honey, let's go out shopping, let's not go to the beach, let's take a carriage to the city center." ”

Nia was surprised and said, "Don't you want to contact you again?" No ...... have been determined"

Jimmy: "No problem, just leave it to Mahon and he'll help investigate." I believe in him. ”

Nia nodded, of course she also knew Ma Hong, but she was not familiar with it, since Jimmy said so, then he must be Jimmy's good friend in the FBI and a good partner on that level, so it's okay, otherwise just rely on Jimmy's phone call, it is estimated that they will not be able to go out, maybe they will have to go back to New York immediately.

Nia: "Shall we book a ticket back then?" ”

Jimmy: "Not yet, let's play ours, wait for the news before deciding, okay, pack up and go." ”

Jimmy's hotel was not far from the sea, and after hailing a taxi through the front desk, the two of them arrived in the historic district of the city center, and they were lucky enough to catch a horse-drawn carriage tour to weave through the cobblestone streets and ancient oak trees to soak up the city's history.

Jimmy didn't know much about these historic buildings, but Nia was clearly good at history and art, and she was amazed by the elaborate arched portico and Georgian buildings with wrought iron balconies, and was even more attracted by the Victorian stained glass windows and exquisite lintels, and from time to time whispered in Jimmy's ear about the characteristics of these buildings, and her tone was full of yearning, but unfortunately there are very few such old buildings in New York, and they exist here and there, and they do not have the thick sense of history that is densely displayed here.

This is really beyond Jimmy's expectations, Nia's preferences usually don't show much, nothing more than sports and shopping, and likes to watch old movies, and occasionally goes to Broadway with Jimmy to see an opera or something, basically does not show a love for historical buildings.

He thought for a moment and tilted his head closer to Nia and said, "You know I also have a small farm, otherwise we will go there and build an antique villa?" ”

Nia thought for a moment and shook her head, "I remember it was in Montana, right?" It was too far away for us to go to the permanent residence. ”

Jimmy shrugged: "It's always managed by a management company, and I rarely go there, so let's go back and see if there's one near New York, we just need a place to rest and vacation on weekends." ”

Jimmy and his family originally planned to buy a big house after they got married, but after returning from their honeymoon, there were too many chores, and this matter has been delayed, since Nia has a hobby in this area, looking around New York may be able to find some old farms with a sense of age, after all, the northeast of the United States is the first place where the colonists arrived and occupied, as long as they are willing to spend money, real estate agents can definitely find it.

In the evening, Charleston's Christmas lights come on and the city center feels like a fairytale. They came to a famous local restaurant for Southern cuisine. Nia tries a mouthful of fragrant chowder, while Jimmy feasts on roast lamb with mint sauce. After the meal, they enjoyed Charleston's famous dessert, sweet loach pie.

As they walked along for an after-dinner stroll, they stumbled into an antique store filled with antiques collected from all over the United States, from old-time silverware to weathered sofas, each bearing the mark of time.

Nia's eyes were attracted by an old and old police badge, she called Jimmy over, and the shopkeeper next to him originally told Jimmy about a Colt single-action army pistol "Pioneer", and also walked over, this police badge is also the police badge of a sheriff in the west, ring hexagonal design, brass material, very handy.

Jimmy and Nya didn't care about the price either, and quickly completed their respective collections with their cards.

This 19th-century revolver is an antique and does not need to be registered with the police, as long as there is an antique certificate to trade, Jimmy and Nia walk out of the antique shop with the owner's additional box.

In the evening, the two of them finally returned to the hotel after playing for most of the day.

Jimmy's phone didn't ring again today, which means that the investigation on Mahon's side has not yet been concluded, and this kind of thing can't be forced to progress, exposing the investigation may lead to other problems, and even Mahon will be implicated, so even a little slower Jimmy can accept it, after all, this is much more hidden than going back to investigate himself, and he is still too conspicuous in his Manhattan office.

Jimmy and Nia have now temporarily gotten rid of contraception, but they may have been too unlucky and have not been able to get pregnant, which has to be said to be a pity, of course, this also makes Jimmy and Nia work harder when they are together, fortunately he has amazing physical strength, otherwise it is estimated that he will not be able to bear it.

It's just that although the sound insulation effect of this hotel is good, it is not completely impossible to transmit, and I don't know if the neighbors will report them for disturbing the people.

On Christmas Eve, Jimmy and Nia returned to New York from their vacation and were going to Kevin's house today, so they immediately packed up after they returned, changed their clothes and went to Kevin's house with their gifts.

When they don't want to cook or eat out, they call their mother-in-law in advance to eat, so now when Jimmy comes back again, he has no sense of restraint at all, just like his own home.

Putting the gift directly on the sofa, Jimmy pushed open the door of the study, opened the exhaust, took Kevin's wine from the shelf, poured himself a glass, smoked a cigar and came out, relaxed in the study, and waited for Kevin to return.

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PS: Today's company's annual meeting, tomorrow will be closed for one day. (End of chapter)