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Facing the two pairs of suspicious and vigilant eyes, Pei Xiang upheld Mrs. Vera's usual ambiguous attitude towards men, and said softly:

"Mr. Hoffman, Lucy is a girl with a bright future, and she is also very smart. After I talked to her about your current predicament, she didn't panic because of anxiety, but calmly agreed to my terms of cooperation. , became a little girl whom I had high hopes for. In order to let Lucy feel my sincerity, I came to the police station to take you out. Dear Edward, we will be our own people from now on."

Edward Hoffman frowned thickly, of course he didn't care for any "help" from this femme fatale.But he is not impulsive and reckless. He knows that as long as he is locked in the guard room of the police station, he will be a burden to his sister Lucy.

As a theft suspect, not only could he not rescue Lucy, but he would also become the weak point for these scum to threaten his sister.

Therefore, Edward forced himself to swallow the words of rejection that were about to blurt out, and just looked at Pei Xiang coldly, and said firmly:

"No matter how many calculations you have, I must meet Lucy as soon as possible, and I must personally confirm her safety."

Pei Xiang wanted to readily agree to any of Edward's requests, anyway, her purpose was to bring Edward Hoffman out of the police station in a fair manner, and get rid of the crime of stealing jewels.

But she is the shrewd and cunning "Mrs. Vera" at this time, and the sheriff Victor who just left has not really gone far.

In Pei Xiang's perception, the ruthless man was sitting next to the wall at this moment, watching the three people in the guard room through the dark hole.

"Dear Edward, look, you still don't believe me."

Pei Xiang covered her lips and smiled delicately, but her tone was cool:

"Of course I will arrange for you brothers and sisters to meet, but not now. Mr. Hoffman, are you sure you want to stand here and negotiate with me? You know, if you are free, you might find some way to get revenge Me, but there's really nothing you can do if you're in the custody of Sheriff Victor."

Edward clenched his fists and his jaw was tight, as if he was suppressing his anger, but his mind was exceptionally clear.

——The appearance of Mrs. Vera is unreasonable.

——Therefore, something unexpected must have happened to the other party.

——I must suppress the urge to be free, and have a good test with this woman.

"Mrs. Vera, I need you to give me an exact meeting time, otherwise, I will indeed choose to stay here forever."

"Hey, if you don't go out, how can you continue to save your suffering sister?"

Pei Xiang pretended to be surprised, and immediately sensed some of Edward's plans in his heart, so he simply used his tricks, not only to dispel the doubts of Victor who was eavesdropping, but also to reveal some necessary information.

"If I don't go out, my sister doesn't have to fulfill the agreement with you, right? You suddenly changed your mind and came to the police station to help me get rid of the crime...Obviously, something happened outside that forced you to do so."

Edward Hoffman, who spent his teenage years adrift at sea and became a seasoned sailor, was clearly not a simple-minded man.He had already noticed a certain kind of anxiety behind the sweet smile of "Mrs. Vera", so he immediately seized an opportunity for negotiation.

"Mrs. Vera, let me guess. If you could easily force my sister to submit, you wouldn't have to make this trip, would you? So, if I don't go out, or just plead guilty to stealing, don't you Is it a waste of time to fetch water from a bamboo basket? We... can lose both sides as much as possible!"

"Mr. Hoffman, you can really imagine, just relying on the two of you, brother and sister... you want to hurt me both?"

Pei Xiang gradually retracted the charming smile between his brows, and his expression became cold:

"Since you don't want to leave this ghostly place, then I have no choice but to treat myself as a waste of time. I'll tell Lucy, it's not that I don't want to keep my promise, but that Mr. Hoffman is really too stubborn."

While talking, Pei Xiang made a gesture and turned to leave. Rhett Butler, who had been silently listening, suddenly said:

"Wait, Mrs. Willard, don't leave in such haste. Edward, the unintelligible brat, pissed you off, but I didn't say or do anything. Beautiful Mrs. Willard, stay Come down and chat with me, we haven't seen each other for a long time since the last time we left Villa Garden."

Rhett spoke out to ease the atmosphere at this time, and naturally retained the people who didn't really want to leave.

Seeing that Mrs. Vera stopped almost when he spoke, her eyes flickered slightly, and he thought, it seems that Edward Hoffman's judgment is right.

He walked up to Edward, patted him on the shoulder, and signaled him to negotiate with Mrs. Vera.

——In any case, the most important thing is to be able to leave this guard room smoothly.

Rhett Butler had spent years in casinos, brothels, and taverns, and he thought he knew a certain type of people pretty well.So, he swept away his previous lazy and indifferent attitude, and began to talk to "Mrs. Vera" in a cynical and sentimental tone.

Pei Xiang thought it was quite fresh. If the scene and time were changed, she would really like to have a close flirting with such a handsome guy, to see who can do the trick.

——I certainly won’t be easily “persuaded” like now.

However, in order to make some things seem logical, she was still "excited" after all by the compliment and coaxing of the handsome Captain Butler.

"That's right, Captain Butler really understands the difficulties of women, alas, in this world, if everyone can be a young lady who has no worries about food and clothing, who would be willing to work so hard every day?

"Don't hold me against you, Mr. Hoffman. I know you always think I've thrown Lucy into the fire. But that's not the fire, in my opinion. A beautiful, poor young girl followed by a good-natured I don’t have to worry about making a living. What a beautiful day. If I were 20 years younger, I would never give up such a precious opportunity to Lucy. "

Edward twitched the corner of his mouth in disdain. He really wanted to punch this greedy woman in the nose, but unfortunately, he knew that this was not the time to be impulsive.

"When can I see my sister?" he insisted. "Don't put me off with false words."

Pei Xiang knew that this person was very worried about Lucy Hoffman's safety, but he would not believe "Mrs. Vera"'s guarantee, so he could only convey some reassuring news in a disguised form from another angle:

"What's the rush, dear Edward, Lucy is busy now, I have to let her learn more ways to please people. When the pure Lucy is willing to become the master's little lamb and wins the master's favor again, The two of you, brother and sister, will naturally meet."

Edward closed his eyes, and he inferred from this answer that his sister Lucy hadn't encountered any unbearable disgusting things yet.

However, he did not breathe a sigh of relief.Because he knows how many torture methods these people have, Lucy must have suffered a lot to persist until now.

Rhett was also surprised. He didn't expect that Miss Hoffman, whom he had never met, would have the ability to deal with Vera and the group for such a long time.

It's not that he underestimates the other party or despises the young girl's moral beliefs, but because some things can't be avoided if you just want to avoid them.No matter how unhappy they are subjectively, these people with no moral bottom line will try their best to destroy some beautiful people and things, and they never hesitate to use violent means and vicious schemes.

——However, Miss Hoffman was able to force Mrs. Vera to come to the police station to help Edward get rid of the crime, which shows that she is not a simple person. In addition, she was lucky enough to catch up with Wood's disappearance and let her find him. An opportunity to negotiate terms with Mrs. Vera.

——Just, don’t leave the fire pit and enter the devil’s lair again.

——Some nobles... may not be easier to deal with than people like Villa, and there are endless dirty tricks in private.

Thinking of this, Rhett Butler and Edward Hoffman glanced at each other, and they both made judgments at the same time. It was almost the limit to find out so much information. If they asked further, this Mrs. Vera would definitely not What is revealed too much.So, it's better to go out first.

The three of them said a few more words in their own minds.

When Pei Xiang once again showed his impatience and wanted to turn around and leave, Edward finally succumbed to Rhett Butler's "persuasion".He promised to go out with Pei Xiang first, and not to cause damage for a period of time.And Pei Xiang also took a step back, promising to let Edward and his sister write to each other to report their safety.

After temporarily reaching a consensus, the three of Pei Xiang, under the leadership of police officer Jeff, dismissed Edward's theft case.

However, after Edward and Rhett left, Pei Xiang found Sheriff Victor again and asked him for the investigation records about Edward.

"Dear friend, I never really want to get rid of that kid. It was that bad girl Lucy who forced me. So, please pull out the relevant file record page for me. Wait for the day when their brothers and sisters mess with me Displeased, I will send Edward to you again, and re-accus him of stealing precious jewels."

Victor sneered, thinking he understood Mrs. Vera's little thoughts:

"Vera, are you worried that the next time you accuse Edward of stealing your jewelry, this withdrawal record will affect the judge's judgment?"

Pei Xiang snorted, and tore off the record page about Edward's theft in front of Victor, folded it and put it in his handbag.

"This is one aspect. I don't understand how your honorable judge decides the case. Maybe I think too much. But I understand a truth, that is, don't leave any clues. Victor, you took so many jewels from me, how could you You have to defend me one or two, right?

"This matter... What if it becomes a basis for me to frame an innocent gentleman? Today, Captain Butler seems to be a wealthy gentleman with some brains, and he is still on the side of the Hoffman brothers and sisters. Oh, I Be careful, don't be controlled by others."

Victor sneered: "Vera, I think you think too much."

Pei Xiang squinted at the sheriff, and asked:

"Am I really thinking too much? Is it really impossible for what I said to happen?"

Victor shrugged his shoulders and wondered what was impossible in the city of London?

——This woman is cautious enough.

The two stopped talking.Seeing that the two will have a lot of cooperation in the future, Victor acquiesced to Pei Xiang taking away all the information about Edward's theft of jewelry from the police station, and then went back to the office to rest with a cigarette in his mouth.

Pei Xiang got into the carriage, a smile flashed across his eyes.

Of course, she would not think so much about the identity of "Mrs. Vera". From the beginning to the end, her goal was not to leave any trouble for Edward Hoffman, and she did not want anyone who cared about him to pass through the files of the police station. , to perceive more details.

——The Hoffman brothers and sisters had contact with Mrs. Vera. It is better not to leave any written evidence.

Next, Pei Xiang ran a few more places, and after arranging some follow-up plans, he returned to Villa Garden again.

As soon as he entered the gate, Pei Xiang's eyes paused for a moment on the potted plants and decorations at the gate.After that, she showed a very gentle smile to the women in the living room.

It's a pity that the few people who faced this smile didn't feel any kindness, and they all shuddered.

"Mrs. Vera," among the women with heavy make-up, a plump woman with a round figure barely summoned up the courage to speak, "I don't know what kind of witchcraft you used to keep us from getting out of this room, and I don't know Why do you have to trap us here. Mrs. Vera, maybe you have big plans, but we can't stay in Vera Gardens with no guests. We need to make money, Mrs. Vera."

Pei Xiang took off his gloves, moved a small decoration at the door inadvertently, then picked up a crystal open-top vase filled with flowers, and walked slowly across to several women.

She put the vase on the table, and while looking critically at the flowers in the vase, said softly:

"I know that the past few days when Vera Garden is closed for business has made you bored, but is it not good to have food and drink without flattering a group of pretentious idiots? Why are you leaving here in such a hurry? "

Seeing that Pei Xiang was willing to talk to them calmly and arranging flowers leisurely, another woman with a lot of freckles confided her thoughts:

"Mrs. Vera, I need to make money. I still have younger brothers and sisters who are counting on me to support me. These days are already the limit. If you don't open here again, I will leave Villa Garden. Anyway, we have already talked about it Well, if you provide the place, I will give you a commission."

Pei Xiang was silent for a moment, then looked at the others.

"Are you also in a hurry to leave?"

"Of course, God, I've had enough of this shit! I have to cook my own food every day, and my eyes are dry from the oil smoke. What the hell are you going to do, Vera? The Vera Gardens can't open yet If this continues, your brothel will completely lose to that Irish flirt Erica..."

"I also want to leave, my husband's gambling debt is about to expire..."

"I like to drink and have fun, Vera, I like to kiss sweaty male breasts, oh, live a day, you can't limit my happy days, I can't bear nights without men anymore..."

"Vera, you let me..."

While listening to the reasons why these women wanted to leave, Pei Xiang slowly sorted the flower arrangements in the vase, and only stopped when the female voices with different timbres gradually quieted down.

"Okay, I understand what you mean. You took the initiative to defect to me in order to increase your social status by taking advantage of the environment and reputation of Villa Garden. Now that Villa Garden is no longer open for business, it has indeed violated the original agreement. .”

"Actually...we really like this place, you can always find fresh and beautiful chicks, and there are even more customers with us." The plump woman laughed.

Another green-eyed, pointed-jawed woman raised her voice and added rapidly:

"If Vera Gardens were open for business tonight, of course we would not think of leaving here. And, Mrs. Vera, don't think of us as helpless foreign girls who can only be at your mercy. We all have relatives and friends outside, if you don’t let us show up, they will come to you to ask for someone.”

Pei Xiang nodded, still with a calm attitude and a very calm tone:

"I really have no plans to continue running Villa Garden in the near future, and I don't intend to keep you here any longer. How about it, I'll let you go tomorrow morning."

"I'm leaving tonight!"

"Huh?" Pei Xiang raised his eyebrows and stared at the person who refuted, and smiled, "I'm stating my decision, not discussing it with you, understand? If you don't want to obey, you can do so in front of me." Go out the gate."

These words made those who refuted immediately shut their mouths tightly, and fear and surprise flashed in their eyes.

After Pei Xiang left this morning, these people tried to get out of the house.It's a pity, I don't know what witchcraft Vera has learned, so that all those who tried to escape could not find a way to leave, and could only helplessly watch the scenery outside the window and guard the house.

Pei Xiang took everyone's expressions into his eyes one by one, and thought to himself, the more fearful the better, in this way, these people will be able to restrain themselves when they talk nonsense to outsiders in the future.

—Anyway, they had neither heard Lucy Hoffman's name nor met her.

At this time, the few people who confronted Pei Xiang for negotiations were all women who had taken the initiative to defect to Villa Garden.They didn't take part in the criminal action of Mrs. Villa and others abducting a good girl, but it can't be said that they didn't notice it at all, it can only be said that they were indifferent.

They are all people who live at the bottom of the society, and they are all bruised and bruised by the fucking life.Therefore, no one has the extra sympathy to save strangers, and it is already a bit of conscience not to secretly gloat.

As for the so-called witchcraft in their mouths, it is actually a skill that Pei Xiang mastered in the previous world - Qimen Dunjia.

——This new skill is used well, it is more convenient than using drugs such as drugs.

——After all, the use of medicines requires cost and time to deploy, but the simple formation method can completely use local materials, which saves money and effort.

——Arranging a few blindfolds near the doors and windows can temporarily block some people's small thoughts and prevent them from destroying my plan.

"Okay, it seems that everyone has no objections. I'm very glad that we can have a good get together." Pei Xiang patted the flowers and leaves on the skirt, got up and said, "You guys pack your bags well tonight. Take everything that should be taken away. After that, if someone comes back and says that something was left behind, even if it is a needle or a thread, I will not admit it. Remember, after you leave here, you and Villa Garden Totally irrelevant."

After saying this, Pei Xiang went upstairs with the newly arranged flower arrangement.Compared with the women downstairs who took the initiative to seek refuge in Villa Garden, the three upstairs are really troublesome.Because none of the three girls sold their bodies voluntarily, they were all abducted by Mrs. Vera together with Wood and others.

"Madelaine, Vanessa, Charlotte, you three, dress up, dress modestly, but wear the best jewelry, understand?"

"What are you going to do?" Madeleine stared at Pei Xiang coldly with her half-covered face, her tone was very impatient, "I have pimples on my face, and I feel disgusted when I look at this ghost, you Do you still want me to go out? To continue to disgust those terrible men?"

Pei Xiang didn't want to conflict with the grumpy Madeleine, so she glanced at Madeleine with the false and gentle eyes that Mrs. Vera used to, as if she was looking at an ignorant child.

Madeleine frowned slightly. Whenever Mrs. Vera made such an expression, it meant that there was no room for negotiation.

She squeezed her fist and slammed the door of the room with a bang.

Vanessa and Charlotte in the other two rooms accepted Pei Xiang's order silently, and dressed themselves according to her request.In the past few years in Vera Garden, they have been forced to learn to obey, and they dare not resist any order of Mrs. Vera.

After the three of them packed up, Pei Xiang checked each of them carefully.

She put an extra gold bracelet on Madeleine's hand, added a pearl necklace of acceptable quality around Vanessa's neck, and pinned a delicate peacock on Charlotte's collar Stone enamel brooch.

Immediately afterwards, she ordered them all to put on dark cloaks and put on boots suitable for walking, and then she led people away through the back door of Villa Garden.

The four of them got into a temporarily rented carriage.

During this period, Madeleine, who was freed from the stalking and surveillance of the brothel thugs for the first time, was a little eager to try, her eyes under the cloak became very sharp and bright, and it seemed that she was planning to escape.If it wasn't for Pei Xiang holding a gun under his cloak, she would probably have jumped off the carriage.

Half an hour later, the rental carriage stopped at an intersection.

Pei Xiang led the three of them into an alley, turned left and right to make sure no one was following them, and then stopped at a corner of a neighborhood with a good security environment.

Madeleine looked at the handsome pedestrians on the road and sneered in her heart.

The houses in this neighborhood lived in the so-called middle class, and every household was a model of a happy family, but I don’t know how many of the male owners have patronized brothels.Look, today's incident is not new, it must be one or several decent gentlemen who contacted Mrs. Vera to recruit prostitutes in order to seek excitement.

— No wonder we are asked to dress modestly and plainly.Also, dressing like a maid applying for a job always hides.

Thinking of this, Madeleine glanced at Pei Xiang, thinking blankly whether she could use this opportunity to escape.

Pei Xiang directly opened the door of a house and let three young girls in.

She was the last to walk and closed the door behind her backhand.

Then, the knife went down, and the three girls around him all passed out.

Moving people into the living room one by one, Pei Xiang sighed quietly.It's not that she doesn't want to use the gentler way of drugging, but that these three are actually quite thoughtful.

There were no thugs to follow along the way, and Madeleine's reaction was the most direct, almost without the words "I want to escape" written all over her body. Vanessa and Charlotte, who seemed to be obedient and obedient, were actually gaining momentum It's ready to go.If it wasn't for Pei Xiang's constant vigilance, the two girls would probably make Madeleine a target to attract fire, and then join hands to subdue "Mrs. Vera".

Cutting off the signs of extraneous branches in time, Pei Xiang took out the improvised drug and smeared it on the noses of the three of them, and then she sent them to separate rooms one by one.

First Vanessa, then Charlotte, and finally Madeleine.

In Madeleine's comatose room, Pei Xiang left her twenty pounds and a new identity certificate, and wrote to the girl, telling the girl that he/she was a knight who had seen the road unjustly, because he couldn't get used to it. Mrs. Vera's despicable behavior, so she chose to rescue the girls who were kidnapped and coerced.

After that, Madeleine can choose her own future path.Whether it is to return to their hometown to reunite with their loved ones or to start a new life with a new identity, it is up to them to choose.

Not only Madeleine here, but also Vanessa and Charlotte, twenty pounds each and a new identity.

——The "new identity" was originally a commodity that Wood used to trade privately to make money, but Pei Xiang got it into his hands.

After dealing with these, Pei Xiang pressed a few acupuncture points of the three of them to ensure that they would not wake up prematurely.

"Sleep, when you wake up, there will be no more nightmare-like Vera Gardens, and the rest of the road will ultimately depend on you..."

After Pei Xiang checked the doors and windows, he quietly left the "Three Cunning Rabbits" that Mrs. Vera had arranged for him, and returned to Vera Garden again.

In the evening, Sergeant Victor personally delivered two hundred pounds, and Pei Xiang wrote him an IOU.

"Ahem, what are you going to do? Even if you are busy looking for Wood's traces, you won't be able to close this place, how much money will you lose this night? Where's Teresa? She can definitely help you To maintain the day-to-day operations here.”

Pei Xiang twitched the corners of his mouth, and said casually:

"Don't mention Teresa. After Wood disappeared this time, I found out that Teresa had ulterior motives long ago. I have locked her in a dark room. Victor, I almost don't believe anyone now. I want Find yourself a more stable backing."

Victor squinted his eyes and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by a tickle in his chest, followed by another violent cough.

"What's wrong with you, Victor?" Pei Xiang asked pretending to be concerned, "When I saw you this morning, you were still alive and well, why did you suddenly start coughing?"

"I don't know either. After drinking some whiskey at noon, my throat has been uncomfortable."

Pei Xiang smiled inwardly, if the poison she wiped on those jewelry did not invade the human skin, it would dissipate soon.But once it is absorbed by the body, coupled with the stimulation of strong alcohol, the medicinal effect will take effect soon.

"The weather is bad recently, and the air in London is getting worse and worse, Victor, you have to be careful, you should see a doctor."

Mr. Sheriff, who has always been physically strong, shook his head indifferently. He put away "Mrs. Vera"'s IOU, said goodbye in a hurry, and left the dark and silent Vera Garden.

When turning a corner at the intersection, he looked back at the buildings whose outlines could no longer be seen clearly, and said in his heart that he didn't know when the house would be lit again, and he didn't know what would happen to Vera and Wood.

—It's none of my business even if they mess up everything.No, that's better, and then the Villa Gardens will be mine.

However, Sergeant Victor was destined to never see the brightly lit scene of Vera Garden again, because after returning home that night, the sheriff, who was in his prime, fell ill.

Early the next morning, the Victors rushed for the doctor, but received no exciting news.

Sheriff Victor has been lingering on the sick bed so far, waiting drowsily for death to come.At the same time, the IOU in his coat pocket was also quietly changing, and the bright writing on it slowly disappeared, leaving only a blank sheet of paper in the end.

A few days later, when the maid was packing the clothes for Sergeant Victor, who was seriously ill, she conveniently put this blank paper on the table. Later, this blank paper was treated as useless and discarded.

The time was rescheduled back to the night when Victor left Vera Garden, Pei Xiang took advantage of the night to be busy around the Villa Garden all night, setting up some formations and sprinkled some medicinal powder.Then, she wrote dozens of confessions in the tone of Vera, Wood and others.

At daybreak the next day, after dismissing the prostitutes, she took a last look at Villa Gardens, and then lit a fire.She intends to burn all sins and blood debts to the ground.

Afterwards, she posted those confessions in nearby streets and alleys.

When she returned to the vicinity of Villa Garden again, many people were already watching the raging fire.

"Is this God's punishment?" A devout believer kissed the cross on his chest.

The reason why he expresses such emotion is because the fire in Vera Garden is really weird. The raging flames only burn within the scope of Vera Garden, and there is no tendency to spread to the neighbors.

And those who were going to put out the fire were surprised to find that the flames couldn't spread out, and they couldn't get close to put out the fire.So, everyone can only watch helplessly as the old gold-selling cave is burned to ashes...

"Look! Here is Mrs. Vera's confession..."

"My God, she and that wretch Wood killed so many people!"

"And the confessions of Wood and Teresa!"

"This is God's punishment for the garden of Vera. This is God's fire from heaven to burn all evil...God bless your people..."

"It deserves it, haha, people like Wood and Vera should be burned to death... Woohoo, they killed my sister..."

"Hahaha, let me see who dares to do evil in the future, someone is watching you!"

Edward Hoffman rushed out of the carriage. He was also shocked by the fire in Villa Garden. Thinking of his sister who had not been seen so far, Edward was full of anxiety and pain.

Just when he was at a loss, a lively and familiar voice sounded behind him:

"Brother, I'm here."

——Tian Lai is nothing more than that!

Edward turned around in surprise, and saw a dirty tomboy smiling with crooked eyebrows...