C266 Pierre the drunkard (1/2)
The French were destined for a day without wine. Romantic Frenchmen did not like whisky with a high alcohol content, nor did they like beer filled with foam that could easily make people fat. In their eyes, grape wine was like romantic French lovers, the fruit was not spicy, and the aftereffects could make people feel light.
Wine and beauties were the favorite of the French, but everything had its limits, and if one was too fond of them, of course, it would be a mistake. This point was clearly seen by the French detective Pierre.
There were countless taverns hidden in the narrow and dark alleyway of Paris. Many of the drunkards would be in there in the morning when they opened the door. In the smoky bar, there were poets, musicians, painters, impoverished businessmen, injured veterans, and, of course, gentle striptease dancers.
Pierre was a regular customer here, his arms on the bar and his head on the bar. Before him was a glass of dark red wine, and he was watching the strippers through the clear liquid.
This was Pierre's own way of appreciating a beauty. When the dancers' figures entered his sight through the red wine, the distorted image had a unique flavor similar to alcohol.
”She's too beautiful, it's a pity that I'm short on money. If I had a glass of Bordeaux Wine, my reflection would have been even more perfect …”
Before Pierre could finish talking to himself, a big hand flashed out of the shaking wine and slapped a Gold franc on the table.
”Exchange this detective for a bottle of Bordeaux wine...”
Pierre looked up in surprise and saw a military officer in the uniform of a lieutenant colonel standing in front of him.
Oh, it's you, Xie Lifu! Didn't you serve in North Africa? Are the desert natives now able to understand the greatness of French civilization? Did they stop making trouble? ”Oh, don't look at me. In your eyes, I can see the shadow of a conspiracy …”
Lieutenant Colonel Xie Lifu looked at Pierre with regret and said softly, ”My good friend, actually, with your power, you should have long been promoted to senior colonel. But you have already been a major for seven years, how many more years can you have?”
”I really don't understand what's going on in your head. The major general's daughter is already engaged, why are you still trying to seduce her?”
”No, no, no …” Pierre did not even blush. ”My good friend, you can't look at things like this. What I seek is pure love, eternal love …”
”Shut up!” Lieutenant Colonel Xie Lifu was so angry that his nose was about to go mad, ”Love? How many girls have you been courting from the university to now? A hundred or two hundred? ”You are a madman …”
”Take your wine and come with me. I have a new mission for you. This is a great contribution. If you can complete it successfully, you might be able to reach the same rank as me. Hurry up and go …”
Feeling dizzy, Pierre grabbed his hat and mumbled, ”Oh, can't you wait for me a little longer? ”The beautiful lady only has a sliver of cloth left on her body. You want me to admire it with my wine …”
”Shut up, don't mention your disgusting perverted habit in front of me. The motherland needs you …” While speaking, Pierre was forcefully pulled out by Xie Lifu.
It was already late at night outside the bar, and the cool wind woke Pierre up a little. He then noticed that there was already a carriage parked in the alleyway, and there were even ten cavalry guards in front and behind the carriage.
”The Gendarmerie?” The gendarmes responsible for intelligence? God, what happened? ” Without waiting for Pierre to finish asking, Xie Lifu had already pushed him into the carriage, and a group of people started to run outside of the city.
”Pierre, you also came from the Gendarmerie's intelligence headquarters, so I won't repeat the secret discipline. I need to tell you a top secret information, just three days ago, the navy found a large amount of remains of a ship near Sicily. After verification, it should be the missing frigate Hippopotamus …”
”Not only that, we also found a group of very mysterious Chinese in the intelligence personnel at the port of Ce. These people are also under the protection of the Prussian intelligence personnel. It seems that they are of a very high rank …”
Xie Lifu stuffed a bulging bag of information to Pierre and opened it to reveal all the top-secret information inside. Pierre read and listened to Xie Lifu's introductions as his eyes gradually lit up.
”Interesting, really interesting. This is the weirdest thing I've ever seen since I started doing intelligence work... The Chinese, the Prussian, have all entered the Mediterranean from Sinai Peninsula, and our frigate have sunk here for no reason. Is there anything more bizarre than this in the world? ”
Pierre, a former gold medal analyst at the French intelligence service, was best at finding connections and hidden clues in the intricate sea of information. If not for the fact that he had seduced the daughter of the general in bed seven years ago, his official fortune might not have been that of a colonel.
The big map of Europe was spread out on Pierre's knees. The exact location and time of the occurrence of each piece of information was marked on it. Soon, a grid that only Pierre could understand appeared.