Chapter 70: Riggins in action
Rickins is fretting.
He felt like he hadn't been out of shape for months.
First, he sold the important seal notes as ordinary antiques, then tracked down to Tingen but was inexplicably chased by the witch for half a month, and then he searched for notes for more than ten days but found nothing......
This is simply unlucky!
June 27, evening.
In a room in a hotel on Rue Champagne.
Rickins suddenly felt a sense and looked out the window in a certain direction.
It was an inexplicable inspiration, an inexplicable attraction...... His intuition told him that the source of his attraction was the Antigonus family notebook!
But, after only a moment, that feeling disappeared without a trace.
Instead of hesitating, Riggins jumped straight out of bed, put on his coat as fast as he could, and hurried in the direction that had attracted him earlier.
It didn't take long for him to make his way to the Hallse neighborhood and find Welch's residence.
But, it's too late.
In the living room of the house, there were only two strange corpses in the shape of death, as well as traces and strange atmospheres left over from the black divination ritual, and the most crucial notes had disappeared.
Someone took it!
Whoever he is, he certainly hasn't gone far...... Riggins kept his face composed, and immediately tried to divinate the whereabouts of the Antigonus family notebook again.
However, the black cane, which was covered with silk cloth at the top, had been spinning in place a little since it was out of his grasp, and did not fall down again as before, pointing out the direction.
Damn it!
Their rituals give the notes anti-divination properties.
The eerie atmosphere of the scene made Ripkins feel a little creepy, and after probably checking it out and finding nothing more, he decided to leave.
Before leaving, his blue eyes suddenly deepened.
Then, Ripkins reached into his right hand and flipped the tie on his chest.
This is the anti-divination method mastered by the "magician".
It is not limited to specific forms of expression, but only needs to agitate one's own spirituality and cooperate with any action with the meaning of "reversal" to be performed.
Of course, this level of anti-divination will not be too effective.
But that's enough.
Riggins hasn't been on the scene for long, and he hasn't caused any damage to the scene, just hiding that he has been there, and it's still no problem for him.
Ripgins sensed that things were starting to get out of his control.
He needs reinforcements.
After thinking about it for a while, he found a nearby telegraph office and sent a telegram to Beckland's companion, Rosago, who was in charge of protecting Ambassador Intis.
Of course, he still did not reveal his mistakes, but found other excuses for help.
After leaving the telegraph office, Riggins returned to the vicinity of Welch's house, found a hidden place, and began to closely monitor the scene of the black divination ceremony.
He was hoping to find the notes with the help of the police department and the official extraordinary......
Then, snatch the notes first.
……
June 27, evening.
While Crane, Naya, and Welch were performing the black divination ceremony, Valeera stepped out of the rented carriage under the support of her valet.
The first servant to be put in place was Valeera's personal maid.
Her name is Leah Hammond, 25 years old, with long coffee-colored hair, a straight nose, blue eyes, and her appearance can be said to be of the upper middle level.
With the "help" of Leah, Valeera had to dress more elaborately, and also wore pierced ears and several pieces of jewelry.
In front of her was a renovated garden villa.
The shrubs from the fence yard wall have been well trimmed and groomed, the surface is verdant and level, and the height is controlled at about one meter.
That's just the right height.
Neither too high, high enough to obscure the view; It's not too low, so low that it's hard to effectively separate the inside and outside.
In front of the black iron fence gate, servants lined up in two rows to welcome their master.
Specifically, there are two maids of the first class in charge of the bedroom, two maids of the second class in charge of the living room of the living room, two manservants who are responsible for receiving guests at the table, a cook, a household nurse, a cook's assistant, two coachmen, two gardeners, a storeroom maid, a kitchen maid, two washing maids, a small worker, and two manmaids of rough work.
There are 20 people in total.
If you take into account the cost of food, clothing, and all kinds of daily necessities, plus the housekeeper's salary, it will cost at least 20 pounds a week to support such a group.
Valilla estimated that the £1,200 she had given Kana was now running out.
This is the price of decency and the threshold to enter high society.
The housekeeper Kana stood at the front, in the middle of the two columns, to greet Valeera.
Behind Kana, at the forefront of the two columns of servants, Burton and Makarov.
They work as housekeepers' aides and family property administrators, respectively.
This is their apparent position, the deputy of the male and female butlers, but in reality it is an idle position, and even if they do nothing, Valera will not be harsh on them.
Accompanied by the housekeeper Kana and her maid Leah, Valeera smiled at the two columns of servants on the left and right, and passed between them to the main entrance of the three-story building.
Of course, her smile was mainly given to two acquaintances.
Dawei, the butler who had been waiting at the main gate for a long time, opened the door in due time.
……
June 28, early morning.
It didn't take too long for Zhou Mingrui to remember, suspected to be the culprit who caused him to cross.
It was recorded at the beginning of a thread-bound vertical version of the "Minutes of the Qin and Han Secret Traditions", a "transfer ceremony", a simple ceremony with extremely simple requirements and no foundation.
Just make four portions of the staple food in your area and put it in the four corners of the room, which can be on the table, cabinet, etc., then stand in the center of the room, walk out of a square with four counterclockwise steps, the first step is to sincerely recite "Fusheng Xuanhuang Xianzun", the second step is to meditate "Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianjun", the third step is to meditate "Fusheng Xuanhuang God", the fourth step is to meditate "Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun", after walking, close your eyes, wait in place for five minutes, and the ceremony will be considered a success.
With the mentality that he didn't want money anyway, he tried it once.
Who would have thought that this "transshipment" is not the other "transshipment"!
With this attempt, he "transported" himself to a place that looked like medieval Europe!
After figuring out the possible reasons, Zhou Mingrui immediately decided to find an opportunity to try the "transfer ceremony" again tomorrow!
Either way, he's going to give it a try!
Dead horses have to be treated as live horse doctors!
……
For the rest of the night, Zhou Mingrui spent the rest of the night "watching" the fragments of Crane's memories in his mind.
By the time Melissa got up in the morning, he had already taken on the role of Crane and would not show too obvious flaws.