Chapter 2150: Gillot's Story

The three people beaten down by Xia De were just ordinary members of the Black Hand Gang, and they didn't know much. Under the threat of force, they quickly revealed the information they had, which was that the Black Hand Gang stubbornly believed that the three lost cards might still be in this house, so they sent them to rummage again.

Xia De was not interested in them, so he let them stay where they were. He rummaged through the house himself, and finally found a business card of "Harry Gillot" in the business card holder in the corner of the desk. He memorized the information on the business card, put it back in its original place, and then left here with Little Mia.

Mr. Harry Gillot is a local merchant who runs a tobacco business. The shop on his business card is in the dock area, and it is likely that he specializes in making money from sailors.

It's just that when Xia De went to that shop according to the address, he saw that the shop was actually under renovation. After Xia De went up to ask, he learned that the tobacco shop had been sold to others by Mr. Gillot a few weeks ago. But they didn't know where Mr. Gillot had gone now, and the owner of the tobacco shop didn't even say goodbye to the neighbors next to the shop.

"Did he leave the local area with the card after getting it?"

Although the scale of the shop looked not small, if Mr. Gillot really spent 250 pounds to buy Luo De cards, it would probably be a considerable expense.

Xia De was quite puzzled, but he had to find this person first. Fortunately, he had other sources of news, so he went to the "Princess Trade Partners" also in the dock area, and asked Ms. Annie Bonny, who was familiar with the situation in the dock area, to help find someone.

This kind of small matter was of course no problem. At the same time, Ms. Annie Bonny gave Xia De a package sent from other places in the city.

The return address was still the bookstore in the city center, and the sender was still Mr. Dylan. This is an agent of the Gray Glove. When Xia De first arrived in Moon Bay to help the Princess Trade Partners fleet leave the port, he once asked him to help investigate some irrelevant things.

Now Raxia's fleet has left the port, and the last package has already given Xia De the account status of the Moon Bay Bridge construction, because there was too much data that Xia De hasn't finished reading yet. And today's package is about the situation of the safe house used by "Gray Hawk" more than ten years ago, and the current movements of the Blake family.

So while Ms. Annie Bonny went to find the whereabouts of the tobacco shop owner, Xia De opened the package in the Princess Trade Partners.

He didn't look at the movements of the Blake family, but planned to send it to Belindell Manor before leaving Moon Bay at night. He and the witch had a clear division of labor, and matters involving the seven major families were investigated by the countess.

As for the safe house once used by "Gray Hawk"...

"I remember, the time limit for me to reverse the time of objects is three years."

【Yes, and the last time Sparrow Hamilton used those safe houses was far beyond this limit.】

"She" reminded gently.

"But Detective Sparrow's death time was last summer. When he learned that he was going to die in the spring of 1853, besides finding me to entrust his affairs after death, did he also arrange for people to go to those safe houses located all over the Old Continent to destroy things that absolutely cannot be left behind? He is a top agent of the Gray Glove, and there will always be some things on him that are inconvenient to carry, but also inconvenient to deposit with friends."

Xia De guessed in his heart, but since Detective Sparrow probably hadn't returned here for decades, it was unlikely that he would leave too confidential documents in the safe house. Therefore, even if Detective Sparrow really arranged for manpower to deal with some documents in Moon Bay in the spring of 1853 before his death, those things would probably not be of any help to Xia De.

"But... if there is a chance, go and see."

He memorized the locations and information of those safe houses. Although he knew that it would be useless even if he went to see them, the outsider was still interested in anything about Detective Sparrow.

Ms. Annie Bonny, who went to send someone to investigate, didn't let Xia De wait too long, and returned to the small building of the trading company after three o'clock. It's just that her expression was very hesitant. After sitting down, she hesitated for a while before saying:

"Mr. Watson, the merchant Harry Gillot you are looking for, he is already dead."

"Dead? How did he die?"

Xia De picked up Little Mia who was sleeping, and sat up straight himself:

"When did it happen?"

"The time of death was about two weeks ago. I inquired with an acquaintance at the dock and immediately knew about this matter. It was quite famous at the time."

The one-eyed woman hesitated again;

"The matter dates back to earlier, about a month ago. At that time, the only son of the merchant Harry Gillot won too much money playing cards at a local Luo De card casino. When he was walking home at night, he was beaten and robbed. But the person who shot obviously didn't know the weight, so young Mr. Gillot died inexplicably in the alley. This case has not been solved yet. And Mr. Gillot obviously thought that it was the casino that sent people to plot against his son, so two weeks ago he broke into the casino alone with a gun, and tied a steam bomb he didn't know where he got on his waist. He didn't ask for compensation, only asked the casino to hand over the murderer. But he was alone, so during the negotiations with the casino, he was shot and killed."

"Is that so..."

Xia De opened his mouth, and while sighing again that "gambling harms people," he asked:

"Then where was his body buried? How was the case finalized in the end?"

"Although there was no result for young Mr. Gillot's death, the case of Mr. Gillot's illegal possession of steam bombs and illegal possession of guns has been closed. He had no other relatives in the local area. After the case was tried, the body was sent to the city public cemetery for burial. The burial time was yesterday. For this kind of case without any doubts, the processing speed has always been very fast."

She seemed to have guessed in advance that Xia De would inquire about the location of the body, and handed a note to Xia De:

"The specific location is in the city public cemetery. The property left by old Gillot is not much. He seems to have spent all the money from selling the shop on inquiring about news and purchasing guns and steam bombs. I bet that the scum in the black market must have knocked him for a lot... The church paid for his burial."

Xia De nodded, and asked before getting up and leaving:

"You are well-informed in the dock area, so do you know who robbed and killed young Mr. Gillot at that time?"

The one-eyed woman blinked her single eye:

"Mr. Watson, some things are destined to have no answers. This is the dock of Moon Bay. No matter who it is, it is impossible to know everything that happens here. Although it is not very appropriate to say so, justice is useless here, people only believe in money... This sentence seems to be very suitable for the whole city. The City of Wealth is always like this, but if you want to promote justice and seek justice for the Gillot family, Princess Trade Partners will fully help you."

"No, there is no need for that... I will solve it myself."

Xia De found that he seemed to have a special fate with the city public cemetery. No matter which city he visited, he would always visit the local cemetery for various reasons. This has been the case from Tobesk to Moon Bay.

The history of the Moon Bay City Public Cemetery is not long. The original city cemetery was on the edge of the city, but as Moon Bay City continued to expand, the cemetery wrapped in the city was forced to relocate. Therefore, although the city has a long history, the history of this cemetery currently in use is less than fifty years.

Moon Bay is mountainous in the north, and the newly built Moon Bay City Public Cemetery is naturally here too. A small road specially built extends from the city to the entrance of the cemetery. When Xia De, who was holding the cat that was sleeping in a daze, got off the carriage, he looked up at the gloomy sky and then at the empty cemetery. And when he paid the fare and turned to look at the cemetery, someone was already waiting for him.

"If it weren't for the fact that there is no fog now, I would probably treat you as a female ghost... Good afternoon, Miss Ilese."

He nodded with a smile, not feeling surprised at all. And the girl with blue eyes and black hair was still wearing that wide-brimmed hat tilted. She appeared silently, at least Xia De couldn't detect it.

"Meow~"

The cat, which had been sleeping very comfortably, twitched its nose a few times, and then opened its eyes.

"Meow!"

It didn't think, and issued a "threat" sound to Miss Ilese, but the girl just looked at them with a smile.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Watson, are you not surprised by our meeting this time?"

"Not surprised, it's normal for you to appear anywhere."

Saying that, he had already walked to Miss Ilese:

"Thank you for saving me and Countess Belindell on the sea last Sunday. She said your cruise ship is very beautiful."

He re-read the word "cruise ship," but the girl didn't take this topic at all:

"Remember? When we first met, I wanted you to complete five tasks."

She shook her palm, and Xia De petted the cat with a very unhappy expression, and signaled Miss Ilese not to block the cemetery entrance and talk to him, so the two walked through the black iron fence gate decorated with elder flowers together.

"Of course I remember."

"You have already completed three."

"But I remember it was two. The girl wanted her mother's company, so I let Miss Lisa tell her a story; the boy didn't want to become a porter like his father, so I persuaded him to think more about the future and his responsibilities after growing up. Yes, only these two."

The graceful girl shook her head with a smile:

"The third one is the soul of the cat wandering in the sewer. You helped it realize its wish and let it see its owner. You let it see the ray of light belonging to it again, so that powerful grudge did not affect the lives of ordinary people; and the girl who lost the best company in childhood also finally fulfilled her childhood regrets after growing up. Although I didn't appear, this is indeed the third task you completed." ===== CHAPTER 2151 =====