Father Mavie

Chapter 39 Baron Bill's Mansion

On Monday morning, thick dark clouds were still pressing over the city of New Rose, and the dull thunder sounded from time to time, and rain might fall at any time.

"What? You want him to join in?!"

At 13 Ross Avenue, a man's shocked cry sounded from Baron Bill's mansion.

In the living room, Mavi and Junia were sitting on the soft leather sofa. Not far away, Baron Bill looked at them in surprise, and said to Holmes standing in front of him, "Did I hear correctly, Mr. Holmes?"

"Of course you heard right."

Holmes, who was only wearing a woolen twill vest, responded calmly: "Letting him join will only benefit us and not harm us. He is definitely not an accomplice of the Rozen Thief. I can guarantee it with my reputation."

"I don't suspect that he has colluded with the rose thief."

Baron Bill pulled Holmes aside and asked in a low voice, "Are you sure he can do it? Blood Rose is of great importance. The fewer people who know our plan, the better!"

"With him here, the hope of catching the Rose Phantom Thief can increase by 3%, or even more."

"I think so too." Inspector McMillan echoed.

"Okay!" Baron Bill pondered for a while, gritted his teeth and nodded: "I trust your judgment!"

"Dad, this snack looks delicious"

On the sofa, Junia hugged the little bear, staring straight at the creamy lemon cake on the porcelain plate on the table, almost drooling.

"Don't eat things from strangers, and you can't drink tea. If you want to eat, you can buy it on the street or go home and I will make it for you."

"Oh"

Junia obediently agreed, but her eyes were like glue, and she couldn't leave the creamy lemon cake no matter what.

"Father Marvie!"

Baron Bill, who had already reached an agreement, came back, approached with a smile, grasped Ma Wei's right hand, and shook it vigorously: "I can rest assured that you will join me. The blood rose is the most precious treasure of our family. Steal it, just tell me what you need, I will definitely be satisfied!"

Without a trace, he withdrew his palm, and Ma Wei asked, "Is there any reward?"

The monster thief has to be caught, and money has to be earned, and there is no conflict between the two.

"reward?"

Baron Bill was stunned, as if he didn't expect the topic to develop in this direction: "Yes, of course! Father, your reward is the same as that of Mr. Holmes, 5 gold pounds. As long as you can protect the blood rose from being stolen, you will get an extra 5 gold pounds." Jin Pound, if you can catch the rose monster thief, I can guarantee that you will get a huge sum of money that you can't even imagine!"

Five gold pounds is nothing to a noble baron. In comparison, blood roses are the most important.

As for the reward for catching the Rose Phantom Thief.
Baron Bill was not exaggerating at all.

Just because he was humiliated by Haosheng at the beginning of the year, the Duke of Wales offered a bounty of 1000 pounds. Although he was forced to cancel the arrest warrant the next day due to the "excessive power" of the Rosy Thief, as long as someone escorts the Rosy Rogue to the door, he will Never skimp!

Just for this bad breath!
Coupled with other nobles whose things were stolen in twos and threes, it is not impossible to get rich overnight.

The nobleman of the entire Kingdom of Windsor, the Bitter Rose Phantom Thief has been around for a long time!

"Where is the blood rose?"

After the remuneration was settled, Ma Wei said straight to the point: "Take me over there to have a look."

"Okay, you come with me."

Under the leadership of Baron Bill, everyone walked through the wide corridor, followed the stairs, went up to the third floor, and came to a luxurious bedroom.

Entering the door is a large bed surrounded by black veils. Six rows of windows ensure sufficient light in the room. It also has its own bathroom and a white porcelain bathtub that can accommodate two people. On the wall is Baron Bill's own single Portrait painting, a hookah and Tantalus bottle rack are placed on the table, and three carved glass bottles are filled with whiskey, brandy and rum respectively.

"This is where I sleep at night."

Baron Bill walked to the bed, knelt on the pillow, stretched his slender arms into the back of the mahogany headboard, grabbed a wrench, and tugged lightly.

click!
There was a crisp sound behind the portrait. Under the signal of Baron Bill, two policemen stepped forward and tried to move the three-meter-high frame, revealing a dark room embedded in the wall.

The space in the dark room is not large. Compared with the spacious and bright bedroom, it looks cramped. There is only a desk inside, and some documents are placed on the desk. It can be regarded as Baron Bill's private study.

"You don't need to come in, it's not finished yet."

Baron Bill signaled everyone to wait outside. He quickly walked into the dark room, pulled out all the bottom drawers of the desk, grabbed a brass ring on the floor, and dragged it hard again.

click!
Something jumped up under the bed.

Baron Bill returned to the bedroom and pushed the big bed open a gap, only then did Ma Wei realize that the safe was hidden under the bed.

"The cover on the outside of the safe was specially reinforced by someone I found. There are steel plates embedded in it. If the method is not correct, it cannot be opened at all."

While speaking, Baron Bill took off a bunch of three-section keys around his neck and inserted them into the keyhole. Every time he went deeper into a section, he would rotate in a specific direction.

finally.
Under his dazzling operations, the safe was opened, and inside was a deep red gem like blood, even without the sun, it was still bright and translucent, with the pearly luster of porcelain.

"The safe must use a special key, and it can only be opened according to the code." Baron Bill carefully took out the blood rose in the box, and said with some pride: "Only I know the code."

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"Then what."

Inspector McMillan couldn't help but said: "Since your safe is so powerful, why are you afraid of the Rozen Thief? Who can crack such a complicated thing!"

After seeing Baron Bill's operation, everyone seemed to lose interest in Blood Rose, and focused all their attention on the mechanism.

A set of procedures will take at least 5 minutes.

There were twists and turns, and my scalp was numb.

"That can't be taken lightly!"

Baron Bill shouted: "My family's mechanism is a bit more complicated, but other stolen noble families, have they set up fewer mechanisms? The result is still the same!"

Everyone looked at each other, speechless.

"Is this your family heirloom, Blood Rose?"

McMillan took a step forward, wanting to touch the gem, but Baron Bill withdrew his hand as if he had been electrocuted, and shouted, "Don't touch it! Don't touch it! Just look at it! The oil on human hands will destroy the gemstone the last time. Natural shine!"

McMillan took a few steps back resentfully, and said, "How do you want us to protect it?"

"The night after tomorrow, seal this room tightly! Not a single fly can fly in!" Baron Bill gesticulated and said, "There are also windows, all sealed with wooden boards! The sewers are also blocked with plugs!"

"Even if the Rose Phantom Thief is a damn mouse that penetrates everywhere, I will prevent him from entering this room!"

(End of this chapter)