London, Westminster, 4 Whitehall Street, Greater London Metropolitan Police.

Arthur's office has changed a lot since it was half a year ago.

The most obvious thing is that there are several more name tags outside the office door to show function and authority.

In addition to the Criminal Investigation Department of the Metropolitan Police, which looks intimidating at first glance, there is also a sign that does not seem to have much effect - the External Liaison Office of the Metropolitan Police.

Of course, the Office of External Liaison is only a public statement to the outside, and under the Home Office system, most people would refer to it as the London Police Intelligence Service.

After this year's public sector budget passed a parliamentary vote, Arthur, who had just contributed to Great Britain's victory in London, received a generous grant from the Home Office.

Although the funds he could mobilize at the moment were nowhere near the size of Scotland Yard, he was satisfied enough to be able to pull out a £10,000 financial allocation from the Home Office as an independent second-tier body of five people at the beginning.

What is the concept of this 10,000-pound financial allocation?

According to the Regulations for the Management of the London Police Intelligence Service, drafted by Arthur and approved and promulgated by the Home Office, the London Police Intelligence Service temporarily divides its intelligence officers into two categories: formal and temporary.

Among them, regular staff are divided into three levels, from the first to the third level, and can pay an intelligence allowance of 100 pounds, 80 pounds and 50 pounds respectively from the bureau each year.

Therefore, even if all the people in the current bureau were counted as first-class intelligence officers, the expenditure would be only a small five hundred pounds a year.

The question of what kind of name the remaining nine thousand five hundred pounds should be spent on can be regarded as worrying Arthur.

Based on Arthur's experience in the history department, an enlargement is of course the best and most practical solution, because the more people you have, both at home and abroad, the more power you have in the department.

However, as an organization with a more sensitive job function, even if the Police Intelligence Bureau wants to recruit people, it cannot directly come to them.

Otherwise, if you recruit a few unreliable people and cause something, the London Police Intelligence Service, a small organization that has just been established for a short time, will not be able to withstand the test of the cabinet and parliament.

So for the sake of safety, and also for the sake of spending money on surprises, Arthur could only hang up several of his old friends to the establishment of the Police Intelligence Bureau first.

Darwin and Elder in South America were tricked into signing a work contract by him in a small hotel in Plymouth Harbour before they set off.

Mr. Wheatstone, a wealthy man who had just made his fortune, was also forced by him to put his fingerprint on the contract and sign a deed of sale, and now Mr. Wheatstone has become a scientific adviser to the London Police Intelligence Service, of course, on the surface, his identity is still in the name of Scotland Yard.

Even Alexandre Dumas, a French curly-haired fat man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, has now betrayed republicanism and voted for Britain.

As for Miss Fiona Ivan, who had just been promoted to deputy head maid at the Russian Embassy, Arthur also generously settled all the arrears to her in one lump sum. But with so much to worry about, Arthur felt that her official identity might have to be reconsidered.

After all, compared to Fiona, an old fritter who has formed an inherent concept, Arthur thinks that maybe the eyes of college students who have just stepped out of campus are a little clearer.

And there is another obvious advantage to developing people from universities, I don't know if it is because the family conditions of the guys who can afford to go to college in this era are generally good, they can even choose not to have money.

This phenomenon is not limited to university students, but also to middle-class groups such as poets, painters, and writers who have a lot of free time.

I don't know if it was influenced by the rising sales of Brit magazine, but these middle-class readers who read Hastings Detective Books, written by a fashionista under the pseudonym Arthur Sigma, took a keen interest in the burgeoning profession of detective.

Although the reputation of the Scotland Yard police officers is still relatively bad, the mention of police detectives will make them awe-inspiring.

If you tell everyone that we are recruiting police informants, most of them will not be happy, not only will they not be happy, but they will also scold Scotland Yard for engaging in police rule and high-pressure centralization.

But if you tell them that London is in a state of flux and crime is soaring, so we are currently short of manpower and need a good citizen to volunteer as detective assistants, then these educated gentlemen and ladies will be happy to lend a hand.

However, although the liaison staff of the London Police Intelligence Service has grown relatively slowly, the Criminal Investigation Department of the Metropolitan Police Department, led by Arthur, has grown rapidly in the past six months.

Today, the Criminal Investigation Department has 25 professional police detectives, who are responsible for investigating all kinds of vicious cases.

Perhaps it is because he understands that Arthur's rise in Scotland Yard has become unstoppable, and in the face of the tide of history, Director Rowan chooses to work in a way that is intermittently open on 135, 246 and continues to find someone to lead the shift, and rests on Sundays.

After Director Rowan Shenlong saw the beginning and the end, the Criminal Investigation Department finally began to continue to receive applications from various police districts for assistance in the investigation.

As for why so many cases have been received, it is not to blame the poor capacity of the police districts, but the rapid progress of the times.

Nowadays, murders are not as obvious as they were in the Middle Ages, and the use of chemicals to commit crimes is gradually spreading in dark corners that are invisible to most citizens.

And for the front-line patrol officers who lack relevant knowledge, it is really difficult for them to let them crack such cases.

Under the early morning sun, Arthur, who was covered with a thin layer of water vapor on his shiny back, leaned on the chair in his office, holding a copy of the "Times" that had just been released this morning, while eating biscuits with black tea, while constantly absorbing useful information from the news.

There's nothing more enjoyable for him than lying in his office and fishing after he has just caught a suspect.

Today's headlines look vigorous, but for Arthur, it looks unremarkable.

"Parliamentary reform bill proposed by Prime Minister Charles Grey is voted down by the House of Commons"

"After the Whig Party won the election, some members quickly turned right"

"General Thomas Corcorran, a Whig MP: This steering is faster than our Royal Navy ships"

Lord Russell: There are liars in the party! I am categorically opposed to political speculation in the Whigs! We came to power to reform corruption, but some people saw it as an opportunity to rise to power."

Viscount Palmerston: It's normal for there to be different voices in political parties, and we need to take into account the voices of all party members, but I am also unwavering in my belief that under the leadership of Prime Minister Earl Grey, we will solve this problem.

"The Earl of Grey convenes an extraordinary meeting of the party, asking all Whig members to strengthen their cohesion and look towards the goal of reform"

"Tory leader Sir Robert Peel and former Prime Minister Duke Wellington drop comment on blocked reform bill"

"Viscount Palmerston: Peel is weak-hearted, and the Tories are the biggest obstacle to the failure of the reform bill"

Sir Peel Strikes Back: As far as I can see, Viscount Palmerston walked to the left door in the reform vote, which is known to represent the opposition.

"Viscount Palmerston solemnly declares: a bunch of nonsense, I'm just old and lost"

The Red Devil stood behind Arthur, glanced at the headline of the newspaper, and smiled from ear to ear: "These people are really interesting, splashing dirty water, playing with their hearts, and being weird with each other, it's been thousands of years, why are they still like this?" ”

"What's all the fuss about?"

Arthur shrugged, "Even if it's a few thousand years later, I promise you'll still see the same scene." In that respect, the men in the council were really not much better than Held. But thanks to parliamentary politics, without it, we wouldn't have known how funny these people were, and they could have gone to the theatre to be comedians. ”

"Oh hehe...... "Oh hehe," the Red Devil smirked, "but it's just such a group of people who can decide the fate of Belgium in a few words." Look at the newspaper at hand, and it seems that your old son-in-law, Prince Leopold, has been officially accepted as King of Belgium. ”

"Whatever the Belgians are happy with, they have to accept this reality anyway, and I hope Prince Leopold will be kind to them."

With that, Arthur picked up another document at hand.

The Red Devil just glanced at it, then smiled and narrowed his eyes again: "Ah, Arthur, you are really unlucky!" After being a dog for the cabinet, this kind of thing will always happen. What are you going to do this time? Your friend is planning to rebel again. ”

Arthur looked at the document, and couldn't help but hold one hand on his forehead, only to feel that his chest couldn't breathe.

It was a report from the Oxford Regional Liaison, and the tirade aside, there was only one central theme – the Oxford clergy seemed to be preparing to make a big news.

For Arthur, of course, the Oxford priest was not a pleasant status, but he could not stand the fact that he owed one of the leaders of the Oxford priesthood, John Newman, a favor.

Arthur pondered for a long time, and finally put down the document in front of the case and put it on the unimportant side.

The Red Devil raised his eyebrows: "What?" Are you going to let them go so easily? I can't see it, you kid is quite emotional. ”

Arthur just glanced at Agareth: "Agareth, do you really not understand or pretend not to understand?" It had nothing to do with feelings, but from the point of view of the Whigs, who could not now be enemies of the clergy. I don't know what Earl Grey thinks, but I do know that if he doesn't push for parliamentary reform, he won't be able to stay in that position for a day. Now that those who support parliamentary reform are themselves in the minority in Parliament, do you think I will be able to get any good fruit if I take the clergy who turned to the Whigs because of the Catholic Liberation Act? ”

When the Red Devil heard this, he only raised his eyebrows, and he licked his reddened lips and said, "Oh, my dear Arthur, you are quite well alive. In that case, why are you moving Bernie Harrison this morning? ”

"Bernie Harrison?" Arthur spoke: "He's not a priest, he's a murderer, and there's a warrant issued in accordance with the law, is there anything wrong with me arresting him?" ”

"Heh......" Agareth rubbed his hands and smirked, "I hope so, Arthur, I wish you good luck." ”

When Arthur heard this, he immediately felt that something was wrong.

He frowned slightly, and before he could figure out the reason, suddenly there was a sharp knock on the door.

Tom rushed into the office in a hurry with a document, and he said profusely, "Arthur, something is wrong!" ”

"What's wrong?"

"Look at this."

Tom handed the document to Arthur.

Arthur just glanced at it, and his face immediately became gloomy.

The weight of this document is not heavy, but the hidden power behind a few paragraphs makes Arthur have to weigh it carefully.

Tom was annoyed: "The gang in the police district don't know what they are eating, why they haven't done even the most basic suspect background check." It is also ridiculous that the Magistrate's Court issued an arrest warrant for a councillor without a clear review. It is the time of Parliament, and the House of Commons is asking us to release Mr. Bernie Harrison immediately. ”

Arthur looked at the document in front of him, and also felt that one head and two were big.

According to the law, during the session of parliament, members have the right to immunity from speech and not to be arrested, and even if they are involved in serious treason, they must be notified and approved before they can be arrested.

However, now Arthur has directly arrested a member of Scotland Yard without reporting to the parliament for approval, which in the eyes of the parliament is simply equivalent to a provocation in person, and completely ignores their authority.

When Arthur thought about the cause and effect of this incident, a possibility suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Luo Wan, what the fuck, you dare to take out this kind of thing to fix me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was another knock on the door.

A small police officer timidly stuck his head in, he swallowed and spit, and smiled reluctantly: "That...... Superintendent Hastings...... Director Rowan told you to come over. ”

Tom hurriedly asked, "Did the chief say what happened?" ”

"Uh......" When the little officer heard this, he immediately laughed more ugly than crying: "Tom, don't be embarrassed for me, how dare I ask him about such a thing?" However, it is estimated that ...... Probably...... Is it for that incident this morning? ”

(End of chapter)