In the café opposite the Greenwich Police Station, Elder and Darwin were exchanging their eyebrows about the latest news.

"Charles, have you watched the news? Louis Philippe, Duke of Orleans, inherited the French throne, and those French guys simply had a problem with their heads, and they got a new king and a new one, so why did they make a fuss for a long time? ”

Darwin looked at the book and absentmindedly replied, "I remember that there were not a bunch of republicans in France?" Get a king and they can be satisfied? ”

"Of course they're not satisfied!"

"I read in the newspapers that a while ago there was a group of radical republicans who were going to continue the troubles in Paris, but they were discovered before they could do anything, and those members of them were either in prison or in exile. In my opinion, there may be a few French republican exiles in this café. ”

With Elder saying that, he began to squint at the guests in the café.

Just then, the bell hanging in front of the café door rang, and Arthur pushed the door in and raised his hand to give Elder a slap on the back of the head.

"What are you looking at, boy?"

Elder replied solemnly, "I'm looking to see if there are any Frenchmen in this café." ”

Arthur sat down next to him and poured himself a cup of tea: "French? If there is, there will be at most one here. ”

"Why?"

Arthur took a sip of his tea and replied, "If there's a Frenchman here, he's just an ordinary womanizer." If there were two Frenchmen, they would draw their guns and duel. And if there were three Frenchmen, there would have been a revolution in the café by this time. It's all revolutionary, can you still sit here and drink tea so calmly? ”

When Elder heard this, he laughed and said, "That's right, but we don't seem to be much better here, right?" Although we don't make much revolution, there are many demonstrations and protests.

And if we talk about duels, didn't I remember that last month the Duke of Wellington published a duel in the newspaper to the Earl of Winchelsea? What is he stimulated, he is an old man in his 60s, why is his temper still so stinky? ”

Arthur pouted, "It's nothing, it's just because of the Catholic Liberation Act."

The Earl of Winchelsea refuted the Duke of Wellington's defence of the bill in front of the House of Lords, accusing him that 'the passage of the bill was a concession to the Holy See and the Pope, and that the brave and fearless Wellington at Waterloo is dead, and now standing in Parliament this Wellington is a coward'.

The Duke of Wellington was so angry with this that he sent a letter of war to the Earl of Winchelsea in the newspaper. ”

Darwin put down the book and asked curiously, "I remember hearing that the Duke of Wellington has a bad marksmanship, and the Earl of Winchelsea is a master of dueling. Isn't he taking the initiative to find someone to write a war letter to kill himself? ”

Arthur raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Scotland Yard thought so at first, so on the day of the duel, we sent a few policemen and doctors over, intending to rescue him as soon as the duel was over."

But it turns out that Mr. Duke is far more thoughtful than we policemen think.

During the duel, Mr. Duke shot the Earl of Winchelsea in the shirt, and Mr. Earl shot him into the air.

It is only later that we learn that before the duel began, Mr. Duke was suddenly possessed by Shakespeare, and in one breath he wrote a dozen letters to the Earl of Winchelsea to interfere with his opponents.

And after the duel, the two lords also apologized to each other, and the doctors and policemen were also relieved, and the only dissatisfaction may be the group of British reporters who came all the way to make a big news. ”

Darwin couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this: "It is worthy of being a person who has fought Waterloo, it seems that the Duke of Wellington should have seen this kind of scene a lot." ”

When Elder heard this, he couldn't help but ask, "Speaking of Waterloo, Arthur, do you think it's possible for us to fight the French again?" ”

When Arthur heard this, he raised his head and sighed, "I called you here today because I have already fought with the French." ”

Elder frowned and asked, "How did you get involved with the French?" ”

When Arthur heard this, he went through the cases of the disappearance of the indentured slaves and the Frenchman to Elder.

After listening to Arthur's narration, he couldn't help but be amazed: "Fred still dares to do this kind of business? Kidnapping people to go to North America, he is brave enough! ”

Arthur nodded: "I don't think he has the guts either, so I just want to ask you, this matter should have nothing to do with the Royal Navy, right?" ”

Elder lifted the corner of his mouth and laughed: "Arthur, what do you want?" How could the Royal Navy do such a business. ”

Darwin nodded slightly: "That's right, I think they should still have this basic conscience." ”

When Elder heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head and said, "It's not a matter of conscience that the Royal Navy doesn't do this business, but because we don't have enough people of our own. The Royal Navy never trafficks people, we just kidnap people to be sailors! And even if we kidnap someone to be a sailor, we can't tie up a French sailor! ”

When Arthur heard this, the clues in his mind gradually penetrated.

Just as he pondered what was going on, Elder suddenly exclaimed, "Arthur! Fred went out of his way to kidnap a Frenchman, that person couldn't be a wanted French republican, right? Calculating the time, it seems to be really right. ”

"Republicans?"

Arthur thought about it carefully, and suddenly came back to his senses.

He immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, and if the man was an ordinary Frenchman, it would not be a big deal if it fell into the hands of Fred.

But if he is a French republican, once he is repatriated to France, it is a serious diplomatic problem.

The Duke of Wellington's cabinet was in turmoil at this time, and if the French government's arrest of people in Britain broke out at this time, it is estimated that the cabinet would collapse completely in two days.

Once the Cabinet collapsed, Sir Napier's promise of reform of the Anatomy Act would not be fulfilled, and Greenwich Police District, where the case took place, would not be able to escape the blame.

He hurriedly stood up, put on his yarmulke, and said to Elder: "In this time, you should quickly check for me the cargo ships bound for France and North America, and I must go to the Ministry of the Interior at once." ”

But just as he wanted to go out, the bell of the café rang again.

There was a familiar face standing there, a guilt-filled Officer Dennis Lloyd, who had not been seen in Arthur's presence since he had betrayed him to Willocks last time.

Dennis looked at Arthur's face, struggling to clench his fists, he gritted his teeth and hesitated for a long time, but finally made up his mind to speak.

"Arthur, I know I can't live with you. But this time it's different, you have to trust me. I have to report to you some of the things Sheriff Jones has been doing during this time, and that man is a little bit of a stranger, and some of his behavior doesn't seem quite right.

There's something to do with Willocks, the old bastard, and the previous corpse sale. Also, haven't you been Chafred all this time?

I...... I followed Sheriff Jones privately for a while, and he went to Blackpool Detective Agency in Whitechapel today......"

(End of chapter)