C266 Pierre the drunkard

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.

At this time, Pierre no longer had the cynicism from before, and there was no trace of drunkenness on his face. He once again returned to that strict intelligence officer, and it seemed that seven years of silence did not wear down much of his talent.

"Wrong, you are all wrong. Trying to block off these Chinese people with Gibraltar is absolutely wrong. Our opponents are very cunning, they can't possibly go there. Even fools know that we and the British will seal off the Strait …"

"Oh, Pierre! You're right. Ever since we discovered the wreckage, we've been focusing on Italy. Now that Prussia and Italy are quasi-allies, the Italians will definitely provide cover. "Guess what we found in the coastal fishing villages of southern Rome?"

"We found dozens of surviving sailors from the frigate Hippopotamus. From their mouths, we played down the entire process of the incident. We believe that these Chinese are moving towards the north under the protection of the Prussian and the Italians …"

"No, something is definitely wrong …" Pierre suddenly shouted, "You have all been deceived. This group of cunning enemies will not go to Italy. The Chinese think differently than we do. They have accumulated unimaginably many schemes and tricks over the past thousands of years."

"To fight to the death, to live and to live... I can guess, the group of Chinese are currently in France, and the place where they landed is most likely in Marseille … "

Xie Lifu was stunned at that time, "What did you say? He had fallen into a trap! How could that be possible? Even madmen would not choose to cross France? "Why do you have such a judgment …"

Pierre smiled wryly, "If I said it was my intuition, you would definitely not believe me. However, all the information that was hidden pointed in one direction, and that was the tense situation between the Austria and Prussia. If my analysis is correct, Prussia had already made their preparations to fight the Austria …"

"Right now, this matter is the focus of European diplomacy. These Chinese are secretly contacting the Prussian, and they can only have one goal, and that is the upcoming war. This means that the Chinese are already trying to interfere in European affairs …"

"The most important thing now is time. They have to get to Prussia before the war, and where is the weakest point of defense? it's not Gibraltar, it's not Italy, it's us, on the French mainland... "

Xie Lifu was stunned, "How did you know Prussia was going to fight the Austria? Haven't you been excluded from the intelligence system? How do you know about top secret information? "

Pierre waved the bag in his hand. "Isn't it clear?" If I can't analyze the situation in Europe from here, I don't think you would think of me either. "

Pierre, who could become a gold medallion intelligence analyst, naturally had his own special skills. The intricate information in his mind was woven into a three-dimensional grid, and with every node he touched, all the grids changed. Using all sorts of inferences, the secrets hidden behind the intelligence network began to emerge bit by bit.

"If I were the one to arrange their stowaway route, I would choose this way. "If I didn't sink the frigate, I would have let them go to Italy or Gibraltar, but after they blew up the frigate, I had to make up my mind to continue on my journey to France …"

"To sneak ashore from Marseille, to sail north along the Rhone River and the Thorn River, then across Lyon to Dijon and disembark in a carriage at Dijon. A few hundred kilometers from here will be German Federation's land … This road looks dangerous, but in practice it's safer … "

Pierre's analysis thoroughly convinced Xie Lifu. As the carriage headed west to intercept this group of stowaways, one order after another began to fly out in all directions with the help of the messenger horses, causing almost all the telegraph line in the eastern part of France to become busy. Countless temporary barriers were set up, and even the Thorn River began to move about with small armed boats to inspect the boats that were passing by.

This was a secret war between Prussia and France. Countless intelligence personnel were secretly engaged in a war, along the Rhone River and along the line of the Thorn River. Countless Prussian spy's lair were surrounded by them, exposing dozens of high-ranked spies, some died at the scene of the conflict, and some were locked in secret dungeons.

After that, the Prussian's retaliation intensified. They even organized armed intelligence agents to attack the military camps, the gunpowder depots and the police, in an attempt to divert the attention of these Frenchmen.

In just three days, four French barracks were attacked by incendiary bombs, two ammunition depot were destroyed, six police stations were attacked by unknown armed men, and the French suffered heavy losses.

The arrogant Frenchman had already lost his rationality. They started to investigate all the dangerous and suspicious people strictly, preferring to catch a thousand by mistake rather than let it go. As expected, their line of sight was affected by the Prussian.

Thanks to Pierre, who was still calm, he could immediately see through the Prussian's scheme. He knew that all of these were just smoke bomb s. Pierre continued to persevere with his judgement. As he continued to move northwards on the map, one checkpoint after another began to rapidly move northwards. The big net that was trapping Xiao Letian was about to capture him.

"Xie Lifu, my old friend, I wonder if you have heard any information that was sent from the hamburger? Right now, there was a very bizarre piece of news circulating around hamburger. Bismark actually picked a group of Mercenaries from the east? "I don't know what you think, but I believe there's a 90% chance that this rumor is true …"

"I believe even more that this group of mysterious stowaways is directly related to these Eastern Mercenaries s … "Right, this is the place. Twenty kilometers north of Dijon, give me three more temporary sentry posts, and investigate all pedestrians …"

"I have a feeling that the big fish will fall into my trap!" She raised her head and took another gulp of wine, but this time she was getting calmer and calmer.