Father Mavie

Chapter 318 No. 19 Middleton Street (please subscribe!!!)

Ulan-Ude, Middleton Street.

Like all other cities, Ulan-Ude, a city that has experienced wind, frost, rain and snow for 200 years, is also divided into rich areas and poor areas. The large area in the city is the famous slum area, where no one cares about the area, the order is chaotic, people of all religions and classes are active in this area, and very few police patrol this area.

In the cold air, there is an unidentifiable stench, and the wet streets are lifeless, which is completely different from the city center where the barbecue celebration is held. Women often pour dirty water on the street, and the water stains will soon disappear. A thin layer of ice forms under the cold temperature, and unkempt men with dark eyes can be seen everywhere, walking up and down the street.

This is Middleton Street, a street that the rich call a stinker.

Ma Wei is a little surprised that the professor of ancient writing lives in such a place. Ulan-Ude University is also one of the top universities in the Romanov Kingdom. Peter the Great allocates a lot of funds to various universities every year. Following this tradition, including Katerina, will often fund research institutes and universities.

It stands to reason that the missing professor of ancient texts is not short of money. Not counting various bonuses, his weekly salary is 50 rubles, which is equivalent to 5 gold pounds in the Kingdom of Windsor. Live the middle class life.

"Professor Schmidt Shmakov used to be very rich and rented an apartment on Ulan Street, but since he disappeared, his source of income has been cut off. His son, Jr. Schmidt, is looking for The whereabouts of my father almost used up the savings of the family, so I could only move to Middleton Street, where the rent is cheap. The cheapest room here only costs 50 kopecks a week, which is about 1 shilling." Levine said.

Daniel covered his nose with a white silk handkerchief, frowned as he looked at the dirty street, and asked casually, "Where's Professor Schmidt's wife?"

"I went crazy on the day Professor Schmidt disappeared. She is the only person who knows. If it wasn't for taking care of his mother, little Schmidt would not have returned to Ulan-Ude again and again." Levin sighed: "Professor Schmidt's incident was quite a big deal back then. Few people who lived in Ulan-Ude three years ago did not know about him, but his disappearance has not been investigated yet."

"If...I mean, if Professor Schmidt can unlock the content on the Calamity Stone, then the person who took him away, would it be the Wisdom God who got the other half of the Calamity Stone?" Daniel tentatively reasoning.

The whereabouts of the calamity stele is a secret, and no one else knows about it, but it is a coincidence that, three years ago, the St. Martial Fleet, where Mavi served as the deputy commander, robbed a ship of the God of Wisdom near the Dead Sea. The merchant ship saw the half of the calamity stele.

Regrettably, less than a month later, the Saint-Martil fleet was ambushed in the Pereia Strait. After a fierce battle, due to the large disparity in the number of the two sides, the Saint-Martil fleet was almost wiped out. Only the main ship The Matil was not sunk, and the half of the disaster stele was also taken back. Now I want to come
The enemy fleet that ambushed them at the beginning seemed to deliberately not fire on the Matil.

Apart from the God of Wisdom, the only people who know the whereabouts of the Calamity Stele are 139 members of the Royal Navy, including Ma Wei.

Thanks to the naval battle of Perea, the fleet of the Popang Kingdom was severely damaged. The Kingdom of Windsor exchanged the absolute dominance of the ocean overlord at the expense of the St. Matil's fleet. The basic guarantee of maritime trade in the next few decades.

This is why the surviving Royal Navy, such as Mavi, is unanimously called the heroes of the kingdom.

If they hadn't fought desperately at that time, and had fought for a 1:1 battle loss ratio in a desperate situation where the enemy fleet was three times larger than their own, the Popang Kingdom would have been able to save an elite fleet against the Royal Navy. Ships are not the most important thing. What is important is the captains and sailors who control the elite fleet. Their rich experience can cultivate batch after batch of sturdy navies for the Bourbon Kingdom.

If Mavi hadn't chosen to retire and go to New Ross City, he would be at least a colonel in the Royal Navy now.

It is not impossible to become a brigadier general if there are nobles behind him to support him.

After all, the commander-in-chief Toure Crowley, who was shot and fell into the sea, has already become an admiral of the Royal Navy. Although he has the support of the Duke's family behind him, he also needs an admirable record to convince the public.

The Kingdom of Popang would rather pay such a painful price to take back the stele of disaster. It is conceivable how important the above content is to them.

Even the fleet can be abandoned, so taking away a professor is naturally not a problem.

"Boss, someone is following you."

With a flash in his eyes, Levin gripped the carved silver cane tightly, lowered the brim of his hat, and covered half of his face: "More than one... are you going to deal with them?"

Since they came to Middleton Street, several pairs of eyes have been fixed on them, and Ma Wei also found out: "No, it's important to go to Little Schmidt first."

"Understood." Levin let go of the brim of his hat, and his tense body relaxed.

Soon, they came to No. 19 Middleton Street. This is an old residential house, two stories high, with a layer of unknown oil on the doorknob, the red paint on the door is mottled and peeled off, and the windows are also stained. It is full of dust, people who live here must not care about hygiene.

"Daniel, ring the bell."

Daniel stepped forward, carefully wrapped the small black rope hanging in front of the door with a white silk handkerchief, and tugged twice. The expected bell did not ring, but after a closer look, he found that the end of the small black rope was not at all. bell.

Looking at a black mark on the originally clean white silk handkerchief, Daniel let out a disgusted 'Hey'.

The small black rope on the door is not black at all, the black on it is all the pulp wrapped for many years.

There was no way, Daniel could only raise his hand and knock on the door.

dong dong!

dong dong!

"We don't subscribe to newspapers!" A woman's shrill voice came from behind the door.

Daniel glanced at Ma Wei, and knocked on the door again.

"There's no water bill either! Just stop the water in our house if you can afford it! See if I can smash your company's water pipes!"

"..."

"Who lives in this house..." Daniel's head is getting bigger, and the word 'troublemaker' has actually popped into his mind, but the nobleman's self-cultivation and elegance still have to be maintained.

Seeing that it didn't make sense, Ma Wei took a deep breath and could only resort to a bad strategy: "Levin, open the door."

"Okay! It's overdue!"

Levin stepped forward, and under Ma Wei's somewhat bewildered gaze, he kicked up, click!

The already loose and aging lock teeth broke instantly, and the door hit the wall with a 'boom', splashing a burst of dust.

Well done... Daniel gave Levine a thumbs up in his heart.

"What what?! Who are you?!"

A middle-aged woman wearing a hair curler and heavy makeup rushed out in her pajamas. Before she could yell at her, Levin calmly pulled out a 10-denomination ruble coupon and stuck it in a withered flowerpot beside the entrance. .

"We're looking for little Schmidt Shmakov."

The swear words circled around her lips, and she swallowed them abruptly. The middle-aged woman with heavy make-up and a ferocious face pulled out the ruble coupon stuck on the flower pot, and smiled brightly: "If you are looking for someone, you should tell me earlier. It made me think they were here to collect fees, please come in please come in...Little Schmidt!!!”

The middle-aged woman let out a thunderous roar upstairs, and the sharp tone pierced through her head like a magic voice.

squeak... squeak...

After a while, there was a groan that was on the verge of breaking from the dilapidated stairs. A thin figure, pale face, and wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, a young man came down. He looked elegant, but his clothes were loose and loose. It looked very down and out again.

"I am Little Schmidt, and you are..."

"The Church of Truth." Ma Wei said, "We have something to look for."

Hearing the Church of Truth, little Schmidt's eyes showed surprise, obviously he had heard of it, and he nodded silently: "Okay, come to my room."

"Little Schmidt, you still owe me two months' rent!" The middle-aged woman suddenly called out.

The young man's face flushed slightly, and he muttered, "Didn't you tell me to give me a few days? My mother is not in good health and needs to take medicine. I'm trying to find a way..."

"There is no grace! If you don't pay the rent, you will move out for me today! I don't want to take care of that crazy woman for a long time!"

Levin narrowed his eyes, and just as he was about to speak, Ma Wei patted him on the shoulder, walked up to the middle-aged woman, handed over a ruble coupon, and said with a smile, "Can you please be quiet for a while? Let's find Xiao Shi Mr Mitter, there is indeed something very important."

"No problem, no problem!" The middle-aged woman accepted the ruble coupon, and her smile became brighter: "Do you want some tea?"

"You don't seem to understand my request."

The smile on Ma Wei's face disappeared slowly, and his eyes became cold: "The contract we made is that you keep quiet, and don't say a word or a sound, understand?"

Looking into Ma Wei's eyes, the middle-aged woman shuddered. She had seen similar gazes before, and many people living on this street had them. more cold.

The middle-aged woman nodded, and Ma Wei smiled again: "That's all right, Mr. Schmidt, please lead the way."

(End of this chapter)