Flowers, Swords and France

The door to the room remained closed until late in the evening when it was reopened. Several young officers walked out quickly, looking either excited or solemn, but no one said anything.

Lucien looked at Charles, as if he wanted to take him away with him, but he was surprised to find that Charles didn't seem to have any intention of leaving. He was still drinking wine with the organizer of the party, Lieutenant Toulai, and they were very hostile to each other. It means late.

Lucien waited patiently for a while, but soon he became impatient, and the alcohol made him a little groggy. He just wanted to go home early.

"Char, should we go back?" He couldn't help urging Charles in a low voice.

His companion seemed to have lost interest in the drink and refused his proposal.

"Lucien, please go back first. The lieutenant and I can drink for a while longer... have a good chat..." Charles replied with a slight blush.

"Lucien, don't worry. I'll send him away later." Lieutenant Toulai looked less drunk and his thoughts were obviously much clearer. "I also have a lot of things I want to ask him. I'll talk to the others then." Let’s talk about it…”

Lucien hesitated for a few more seconds, then finally decided to listen to their advice.

"Okay, Charles, come to my house with Albert in a few days. Julie usually stays at home alone, and it really makes her bored."

"Okay, okay." Charles agreed casually.

After telling the lieutenant to pay attention to his safety, Lucien walked out somewhat awkwardly. Lieutenant Tulay helped him to the door and watched him leave. Then he looked around carefully, then closed the door tightly and came back.

In just this moment, his demeanor had completely changed.

He looked at Ciel, who was still sitting at the table, smiled and clapped.

"It's quite exciting, sir. I couldn't help but want to cheer for you just now..."

In the face of the lieutenant's praise, Ciel was as calm as before.

"Things went smoother than expected." He nodded slightly, and then stretched out his hand, "Of course, this is inseparable from your help. Lieutenant, you performed your mission very well, On behalf of our Lord, I would like to thank you for your hard work and dedication.”

"Thank you." Lieutenant Tulay smiled equally gently, and then stretched out his hand to shake Charles's hand.

"Is Lucien one of ours too?" he suddenly asked again.

"Not yet."

"Let me just say, that guy is not a bad person, but he is too honest-minded, so he should not be one of our people." Lieutenant Tulay replied with a smile, "At first, when he mentioned that he had Bonapartist friends, I I was shocked! Fortunately, it was you..."

"That man should be thanked for being able to help us so much." Charles replied with the same smile.

Yes, this Lieutenant Tulay, who was so impassioned and passionate in front of his colleagues and won their respect, was also a Bonapartist.

For various reasons, the Bonapartists have always attached great importance to infiltrating and winning over the army, and Lieutenant Tulay has long been "one of their own." Then, in the past two years, he has been using the party as an excuse to search for young officers in the army who are very dissatisfied with the status quo and ambitious to revolutionize the country, and then win over them and take the opportunity to develop an organization in the army.

After the emotions have been drawn together, someone is needed to carry out the final encouragement. Of course Lieutenant Toulai would not be able to come forward to do this, so when Lucien mentioned Charles, it happened to suit his wishes. With his secret encouragement, Charles successfully participated in their new meeting. among the gatherings.

Since even the founders of this small group are Bonapartists, what is there to be afraid of? Therefore, Charles, who has always been cautious, dared to "take risks alone".

In the party just now, he had actually been secretly pushing forward and covering for Ciel, and finally allowed Ciel to achieve his goal - of course, it was only preliminary.

There was still some wine left on the table, so Lieutenant Tulay stepped forward and poured wine into both of their glasses.

"I heard there was something wrong with that batch of weapons? What happened?"

Lieutenant Tulay's tone sounded very calm, but his eyes were very concerned, and he couldn't wait to ask this question from the beginning.

"Yes, something went wrong." Charles replied calmly, "It was seized during transportation and two people were arrested."

"This idiot Parton always makes trouble for us!" After hearing this answer, the lieutenant couldn't help but cursed, "What's going on?"

"Recently, the government may have felt something was wrong, so they set up secret sentries in some neighborhoods, as well as night patrols. Paldon wanted to transport weapons at night, but he accidentally hit the muzzle of the gun." Charles He told the other party the inference he later made based on the information he learned, "This is their new trick, so poor Paldon didn't know the situation and was fooled."

The lieutenant's face instantly became very ugly, and it was not until a moment later that he regained his composure, "So how is he now? Has he been caught?"

Of course, Charles would not be stupid enough to say something like "I strangled him to death and had him buried cleanly, and the higher-ups approved my actions." He could only have one answer.

"He was not caught and ran away from the patrol. He is lucky. However, because there was a big mistake in this matter, we have transferred him. He is probably going to another province now." Charles said calmly Answer, "I will take care of his affairs for the time being."

"This idiot!" The lieutenant was still angry and continued to curse. Then he asked Charles, "Then what to do next? Aren't two people already arrested? Will we be implicated? "

Part of the weapons Pardon purchased were obtained from Lieutenant Toulai's regiment, and it was even the lieutenant himself who had the lead. He must be afraid that he would be implicated.

"It shouldn't be the case. No matter how stupid Paldon is, he will never tell anyone about such an important matter." Charles comforted him in a low voice, "The person who was arrested should just be helping him transport weapons. It won’t implicate you.”

After seeing Lieutenant Tulay's expression relaxed, Charles reminded him again.

"However, the government will definitely take military-related cases very seriously, so you'd better be careful lately and don't cause trouble again, otherwise no one will be able to save you by then. Do you understand?"

"I understand, I will be more careful recently." The lieutenant nodded in agreement, but his expression was still worried, "However, this time I had a hard time helping Pardon buy off the new quartermaster, but it turned out that it was all wrong from the beginning. Such a big problem... This is a big blow, sir. Maybe people will not dare to discuss cooperation with us in the future!"

After hearing the lieutenant's worries, Ciel smiled with full cunning.

"That, my friend, is one of the reasons why I came to you."

"Huh? What can you do?"

"Pardon's incompetence has indeed caused us a lot of losses, but he is not stupid to the end and has done one smart thing, but unfortunately there is only one."

"What do you mean?" The lieutenant looked at Charles with some confusion.

Charles very calmly took out the things he had dug out of Paldon's body from his arms.

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"He recorded all the bribes to those officers and quartermasters. The time, place, middleman, specific amount and transaction list were all missing." Charles slowly handed the record book to the other party. , "Yes, this is enough to send many people to military courts."

Lieutenant Tulay, then turned over the record book roughly by the candlelight, and after a moment, he shouted out in a low voice with joy.

"Great stuff! I didn't expect that this guy actually bought it through so many people. Even I only know part of it!"

"I said, after all, this person is not stupid enough, and he did something smart." Ciel's expression was very calm, almost indifferent.

May he rest in peace in heaven.

Lieutenant Tulay flipped through it again, and then found the records about the new quartermaster of his regiment, and then sighed softly again.

"Good guy! This bastard has such a big appetite. Paldon really spent a lot of money for him."

"I paid for that 'blood money'." Charles replied with regret, "However, Mr. Parton used this to repay me."

Lieutenant Tulay couldn't help but laugh again, "It's really hard on you, but don't worry, as long as I have these things, I'm not afraid that they will regret it!"

"Well, that's good." Charles nodded, "Hurry up and copy these records. These things should be very useful to you."

“Very useful.”

Lieutenant Tulay immediately went to find paper and pen, and began copying quickly by candlelight.

"Then what should I do next?" he asked in a low voice while transcribing.

"I don't want to meet too many people, so you will handle the rest of the matter. You just need to maintain a good relationship with those officers." Charles said his plan, "With such a big case, recently The news here will definitely be very tense, so you don’t have to do much, just make friends with these officers, we will definitely need them in the future, understand? "

"OK."

"Remember, you must pay attention to safety and don't imitate poor Mr. Parton. We don't have many chances to make mistakes." Charles warned again.

"Thank you, I understand."

Charles then took out a wad of bills from his pocket and handed it to the other party.

"These are your activity funds. You can use them as you like as long as you can reconnect with them."

The lieutenant took the money carefully.

These senior officers cannot be moved by hot-blooded lines, and they will naturally look down on empty promises. They can only use money to pave the way. But fortunately, this dead ghost Parton has paved some roads in advance, which makes Xia Xia It's a lot more convenient for you.

After the two discussed for a while, Charles finally explained everything. Finally, as if he remembered something again, he handed the other person a small pile of paper.

"These are for you alone. This is your reward. Please accept it."

Lieutenant Tulay looked at Charles in surprise.

"It doesn't matter, this is a gift from me personally, just accept it." Charles said with a smile.

"Thank you!" (To be continued.)