Rustle rustle......

"Bernie, that case ......"

"Very nicely done, George, and everybody is very happy with how this is going."

"Peel, that guy must be busy with the case right now, right? Oh, he should have thought that if the party had given me more resources, I wouldn't have lost the election in York and lost to Brougham. What's even more infuriating is that after I lost the election, he actually called me to the White Club to reprimand me. Who does he think he is? The Duke of Wellington can't reprimand me like a three-year-old! ”

"Hahaha, George, don't be angry, it's Peel's turn to get on fire now. If he doesn't support me in Parliament, then he won't be the leader of the party. But if he stands up for me, the pot will have to be held up on the Scotland Yard he created. George, you have a good fortune, if you didn't happen to be a magistrate, how could you have been able to handle Peel so easily? ”

"But after all, I issued your arrest warrant, so from a legal point of view, shouldn't I be held accountable for dereliction of duty?"

"What are you afraid of, most of the judges are our people, and with Earl Elden here, they will definitely turn a blind eye to the matter of the arrest warrant."

"But ......"

"But what?"

"But I am afraid that the personal relationship between Earl Elden and Sir Peel may affect his judgment, after all, in order to pass the amendment to the "Bloody Act", Sir Pierre has been defending Earl Elden in front of public opinion for the Peter Lu tragedy and the six special bills. I've heard that Sir Peel had asked His Excellency the Earl to go hunting in the countryside last weekend, so they must have talked about it in private? Moreover, for the sake of this position as a judge, I have already issued a statement of resignation from the party, is His Excellency the Earl really willing to come forward to help me suppress the arrest warrant? ”

"George, you're always like that. Either don't do it, or don't regret it. With me on Earl Elden's side, I'll come forward to explain to you, it's just an ordinary mistake at work, and he will cover it up by saying hello. And even if the Earl is unwilling to come forward, I do not believe that the Chancellor's Court will bring such a matter to the Council of the Crown and the Privy Council to His Majesty for adjudication. Lord Broughham has just taken office as a justice, and your letter of appointment is still signed by him, isn't he slapping himself in the face by doing so? ”

"You have a point. But Bernie, you know, that's not a normal person, it's the madman Henry Peter Broughham, who was born with a problem with his head, and I don't wonder what he could do with the guy who fought a lawsuit with the former King George IV. ”

"If Broughham is really willing to slap himself in the face, then I'm going to look up to him, which at least shows that you don't complain about losing in the York election. However, we must always consider things from a normal point of view, and small probability events are not referenced. If you go through the normal process, even if Brougham brings it up, you'll have a few months' salary deducted at best.

Peel is to be questioned by the party whether he supports me or not, and in addition, he can disgust the Whig Party, hasn't Earl Gray been very happy on the matter of the Parliamentary Reform Act recently? Now that this is happening, we can still easily detain him with the hat of using government power to arrest opposition lawmakers. George, it was just an unfortunate accident, but now it can be transformed into so many results, you make a lot of money. ”

"Hopefully, damn it, I didn't want to do this!"

"It's too late to say so much, since the matter has already been done, then you can only be blamed for why you were careless in the first place. George, you're lucky to have a friend of mine, or else your judge's hat would have been taken off by now. By the way, haven't you always been dissatisfied with the Viscount of Melbourne? I heard that you recently wanted to transfer to the London District Prosecutor's Office, and he didn't want to continue to work for you? ”

"Do you have to carry a stubble?"

"Say it, everyone is a friend, I don't know the situation, how can I give you advice?"

"Humph! You should have heard a little bit of the news, my wife, Caroline's slut, has been close to Melbourne for a few years, but she still has the face to say to my face that she and Melbourne are fine. The two of us fought a few times because of this incident, but then I watched Melbourne go up, thinking that this relationship should be beneficial to my development, and then I turned a blind eye. After all, you also know that in British politics, you can't be too clean. I used to be too upright, so I never got it to good use, but as soon as I understood it, I immediately became a magistrate. ”

"Hmm...... You're a good wife. ”

"What a fart, a magistrate wants to send me away, Melbourne is taking me too seriously! After finishing Peel, it's going to be his turn next! Scotland Yard is managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and if something goes wrong with the subordinate department, he has to be responsible, right? ”

"George, worthy of you, thoughtful, thoughtful, planned, and skillful, but being a magistrate is really condescending. But I've got some more ruthless tricks here, are you interested? ”

"Oh, Bernie, don't flatter me, as long as it makes Melbourne and Caroline, the two adulterers and adulteresses, uncomfortable, you can mention it."

"Actually, it's not a big deal. I just think you should know where your wife's intimate correspondence with Melbourne is located, right? Maybe you can pick and choose, and if you can pick a few pieces of content that are hot, even better. "The Secretary of the Interior Seduces a Married Woman", "The Ram in Heat Sits at the Desk of the Ministry of the Interior", and the newspaper headlines I have already drafted for Fleet Street. George, what do you think that sounds like? ”

The sound of clanging, the clinking of wine glasses.

"Bernie, I knew I could trust you."

"George, what do you say, sticking a knife in my brother's ribs has always been my life motto. After drinking this glass, I'll go to Earl Elden and ask you if I can help cover up the warrant, and here you will be waiting for good news. Oh, by the way, I have to remind you one last thing, you know the inside story of this case, and no one can know anything else. ”

"Bernie, don't you believe in an authentic gentleman who graduated from Oxford? I'm highly trained. ”

"Well, indeed, everyone says that Oxford is the best in all of Britain, and Beliol College is the best of Oxford, otherwise how can such an outstanding person be produced by you?"

"Hahaha, Bernie, no wonder you can make your fortune from an ordinary perfume merchant, with this three-inch tongue, you can sell trash for the value of gold."

Rustle rustle......

In his office at Scotland Yard, there was a gramophone, and Arthur was lying in a chair with his legs crossed on his desk, his face covered with a bowler hat, and no expression could be seen in the shadows.

And in the chair opposite him, there was a nervous Wheatstone, who was trembling all over, and he didn't dare to gasp.

It was only then that Mr. Wheatstone began to regret it.

O my God! Why should I covet the power of Sir Isaac Newton, wouldn't it be nice to be an ordinary Charles Wheatstone?

At least Charles Wheatstone had a large house in the Regency Crescent and enough to eat the old gramophone industry. But if you do Newton, without Sir Newton's means of rectification, it will become a problem to land safely.

Just as Wheatstone struggled to retreat, Arthur, who had been silent, suddenly raised his hand and slapped the stop button of the tape recorder next to him.

"Very good, very good. I thought there was some big background behind it, and after a long time, it was two little shrimps doing things behind the scenes. In the past, I thought that it was the tradition of the East Asian island countries to go down and go alone, but now it seems that Britain in our west is also playing this set! Come to think of it, it developed early, and it was an island, so it didn't seem like a strange thing to come to the rehearsal a hundred years in advance. ”

Wheatstone saw Arthur speak, and quickly stood up and said, "Mr. Hastings, you also got the things, I still have something to do, so I will leave first." ”

He was about to turn around and go out, but before he could reach the door, there was a familiar snap behind him, like the sound of something slapping on the table.

Wheatstone's eyes closed, and he looked up to the sky and sighed, no way, this step is too familiar to him, and his body is about to produce antibodies.

Wheatstone didn't turn around, took three steps back, and sat back in his chair.

"I said, Arthur, it's almost there, don't always use knives and guns, you're an honest police officer, and you have to be civilized."

Arthur put one finger in the trigger guard, and while turning the gun, he said: "Charles, what are you afraid of, there are no bullets in here." ”

"No bullets? You said it earlier! ”

Wheatstone stood up and was about to go out.

But when it was too late, between the lightning and flint, I saw Arthur open the drawer, reload the bullets and gunpowder in one go, and only heard the sound of clicking and pulling the safety.

Arthur pointed to the pistol that was still spinning in front of him, and smiled gently, "As you can see, there is now." ”

The corners of Wheatstone's eyes twitched twice, and finally gave in to Arthur's obscenity.

There was a sad glint in his eyes: "Arthur, can't we be friends normally?" ”

"I want to be friends with you normally, too, but Charles, you're so special." Arthur spoke, "You only listen to me when I take out my pistol, and the rest of the time you are wondering how to escape from me." ”

"Isn't that scared?!"

When Arthur heard this, he just shook his finger: "No, no, Charles, you more or less know, I am now doing intelligence investigation work." And on the basis of my life experience, and my exchanges with Mr. François Vidocq, the authority of the police intelligence in Paris, I have come to the conclusion that there are four ways to manage the staff of the police intelligence department, which I summarize as MICE, and the only one that applies to you at the moment is C. ”

“MICE？ What does that mean? ”

Arthur didn't want to shy away from the question of the chief scientific adviser to the London Police Intelligence Service, who had played a huge role and would play an even bigger role in the future.

He spoke: "The so-called MICE is actually the abbreviation of four words, they are M, Money, which can be bought by money, women or other interests. Ideology, which can be driven by certain lofty ideals. C, Compromise, can be coerced. Ego, Ego, ego, refers to those who feel that they are better than everyone else and want to find excitement by doing difficult work. ”

Speaking of this, Arthur couldn't help asking, "Charles, do you have particularly lofty ideals?" ”

Wheatstone pondered for a moment and shook his head: "Not for the time being." ”

Arthur asked, "Are you a very egoistic person?" ”

Wheatstone thought about it again: "I just don't like dealing with people, but it hurts too much to say that I'm self-conscious." ”

Arthur continued to ask, "Can you be bought by money or a woman?" ”

Wheatstone's face suddenly turned red: "This is me...... Belch...... Maybe I can consider ......"

But before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Arthur: "No, Charles, I know you well, you can't." ”

Wheatstone scratched his ears and cheeks and twisted embarrassedly, "Arthur, this ...... Really. ”

Arthur said solemnly: "You'd better think clearly before answering, this time the gun on the table can be loaded with bullets." ”

"I ......" Wheatstone took a deep breath, "Well, I can't." ”

"Now." Arthur spread his hands and said, "Charles, you see, you were coerced. ”

Wheatstone glared and said, "If you play like this, there will be no one who will not be coerced." ”

"That's not it." Arthur leaned back in his chair: "Do you remember Mr. Elder Carter?" ”

"Of course, that's a strange man!"

Arthur said, "For Elder, even if I put a gun to his head, he will still be bought by a woman." By the way, I've always thought he might become the best employee in the Bureau, maybe the intelligence legend of Great Britain as a whole. Because his desires have always been singular, this trait of his is too precious for intelligence officers who face many temptations. Of course, all of this is true if he must not die at the hands of Amazon cannibals. ”

When Wheatstone heard this, he only thought that Arthur was making fun of him.

But fortunately, with this witticism, his mood was not as nervous as when he first received the recording.

After all, this is nothing more than learning of the conspiracy of a councillor and a magistrate, and could it be more terrible than being held to the head by Commissioner Hastings with a gun?

Wheatstone said helplessly: "So, what are you keeping me here for?" ”

When Arthur heard this, he just smiled and said, "Charles, actually, I always wanted to apologize to you." I think I may have been too strict with you in the past, you were afraid of socializing, but I repeatedly dragged you out of your safe house to this fancy world, which is really inhumane. ”

As soon as Arthur finished speaking, perhaps because he was so shocked, Wheatstone was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time.

After a long time, he stammered and asked, "Ya...... Arthur, you ...... Have your conscience found out? ”

Arthur nodded slowly, "That's right, I think, I hope you can forgive me for my past mistakes." Charles, I'm sorry for you. But you also have to understand that the London Police Intelligence Service is a new organization that has only been established for a long time, so there are definitely shortcomings in the emotional care of employees. ”

"No......," Wheatstone said with some emotion, "Arthur, so I misunderstood you before." Mr. Dickens always told me that you were a good man, but I never believed you, and I called you a bastard in my heart, and I was wrong in that way. ”

"Really?"

Arthur's smile became brighter: "Charles, I am honored to inform you that in order to take care of your personal emotions, the bureau has decided to grant you a small room, absolutely isolated, absolutely undisturbed, except for serving you three meals a day, you will not see any personnel there, I am interesting enough for you, right?"

Of course, this kind of room bureau is not rich, after all, you know, we in London still have a lot of people applying for this kind of single room, so I can only give you a week of residence at most, as soon as the time is up, you have to move out, next time you want to live in advance to apply for me, or find someone on the street to fight or something. ”

"Huh?" Wheatstone frowned, and he noticed the subtlety of the matter: "You...... What house are you talking about? ”

Arthur didn't answer the question, he just tapped lightly on the table, and Tom and Tony, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, pushed open the door and saluted him: "Sir! ”

Wheatstone was so startled that he quickly stood up: "You...... What are you going to do? I just made a contribution to the bureau, how can you do this to me? ”

"Charles, don't get excited, the management of the bureau has always been humane, and your room is customized, just like Mr. Riddle's perfume."

Arthur raised his hand to signal him to calm down, but as soon as he calmed Wheatstone, he heard him speak again.

"Bring Mr. Wheatstone into the bureau's welfare room, where he will be staying for the time being until Congressman Bernie Harrison's case is over. By the way, the food standard can be set a little higher, and the part that exceeds the meal standard will be deducted from my salary. After all, Mr. Wheatstone's move in is my personal relationship, and I, as a leader, can't spend the funds in the bureau, right? ”

(End of chapter)