Luke and Dale "colluded" all night long, and in the morning Dale finally couldn't help lying on the table and fell asleep. At this time, Kuaishan walked in with an invitation. He lowered his footsteps and handed the invitation to

Luke's hands.

"Sir, this is an invitation just sent by someone from Malcolm. He invites you to come to his house for a banquet at noon. He said... I have a business I want to discuss with you.

And there are a lot of surveillance people around our house. Do you want me to find some people to escort the princess back to the palace?"

Luke glanced at the sleeping Dai'er, opened the invitation and read the content inside, and said to Kuaishan: "Princess Dai'er will stay with us for a while. Her name is Molixiang here, and she is my wife. You

Make no mistake."

After hearing what Luke said, Kuaishan was greatly surprised: "Sir, let her stay here! Princess Dai'er is missing, and Shenglun City will definitely search for it throughout the city. There will also be a huge earthquake in the palace... We should get rid of her as soon as possible.

Princess Dai'er should escort her back safely."

"Things are not as simple as you think. I have been in the imperial capital for such a long time, and the palace is like a pool of stagnant water. Your Majesty wants to use Princess Dai'er to catch me, and is not in a hurry for me to express my position. The eldest princess is also very patient. Everyone is holding back.

Waiting for the right opportunity.

Princess Dai'er appears here because she was assassinated. Some people want to use her to provoke a palace struggle, break the current deadlock, and force some people to take a step forward."

Kuaishan was even more shocked when he heard that Princess Dai'er had been assassinated when she lived here.

"Who will assassinate the princess?"

"I want to know too. In short, if we send Princess Dai'er back to the palace, she will most likely be assassinated again. And if we send her back, we will also be affected by the civil strife in the palace.

My idea is to protect Princess Dai'er first and wait and see what changes will be caused by her disappearance. Only when the stagnant water of the palace is stirred up will the big fish hiding at the bottom of the water swim up."

"I understand, sir...I listen to you in everything."

"Don't worry, you won't have any problems if you are careful." Luke stood up, took off his hat and coat from the coat rack, and told Quick Legs: "You protect the lady here, I will go out to find out the news outside.

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Kuaishan asked: "Sir, is it okay for you to go out alone? It's better for me to go out and find out the news. I'm very familiar with this place."

Luke put on his gloves and walked out the door, and saw the gangster who was monitoring his house. He pretended not to see it and said to Quick Legs: "I'm just going to a nearby bar for a drink and I'll be back in a while. Clean all the rooms.

The mouse yesterday frightened the lady, and she was so angry that she wanted to go uptown and stay in a hotel overnight.

If you let Madam see a mouse in the house again, I will fire you."

"Yes, sir, I will catch all the mice in the house."

Luke put on his hat, took the cane handed over by Quick Leg, and walked forward like a distinguished gentleman.

Some of the gangsters who were watching nearby stayed here to continue watching, while the others went to keep an eye on Luke.

Luke walked across a street to a bar.

It's morning now, and the bar is very deserted. There are only two drunk people lying on the table. The bartender is sorting the bottles on the wine cabinet, and the waiters are cleaning the bar.

On the second floor of the bar, a coquettishly dressed woman was leaning on the railing and smoking a cigarette. When Luke walked in, her eyes were fixed on him, with a smile on her face as if she had seen prey.

Luke found an empty table and sat down, and the gangsters who were following him broke in. When they saw that the bar was so empty, they knew that they were too rash. But just exiting like this aroused suspicion, so they could only find one.

We sat down at a table and each ordered a glass of the cheapest beer.

The waiter came to Luke's side. Luke's neat and formal clothes asked him respectfully: "Sir, what do you need?"

"A glass of pine cone and a steak. Don't give me anything from the trash heap, I can eat it." Luke put a silver certificate on the table: "By the way, I'm looking for someone to answer a few questions for me."

The waiter's eyes lit up when he saw the silver coupon.

But before he could pick up the silver certificate, a hand quickly took away the silver certificate, and then a woman sat opposite Luke.

The woman was very charming. She held a cigarette in one hand and put the silver certificate in front of her nose with the other hand. She enjoyed the smell of the money and then stuffed the silver certificate into the groove on her chest and waved to the waiter.

Leave: "Go and prepare breakfast for Mr. Luke, using the best food from uptown."

The waiter could only regretfully prepare the wine and food.

The woman looked at Luke with charming eyes.

"Mr. Luke is worthy of being a businessman from Raging Waves City. He is generous with his money and tips are given directly to the banknotes. I don't know what information you want to ask for. I, Alice, charge the most fair amount. If you give more, you can also

You can go to my room and enjoy the most professional intelligence services."

Alice blew out a smoke ring at Luke and touched Luke's hand on the table.

Luke took his hand back: "I don't dare to enter Miss Alice's room. If my wife finds out, my life will be over."

"Mr. Luke is actually married? What a pity..." Alice still did not give up tempting Luke: "But this does not seem to affect our discussion of intelligence transactions."

"My situation is a bit special. My wife's father is a wealthy businessman in Raging Wave City. Everything I have now depends on my wife. If she knows that I am messing around outside, I will become the poor boy I used to be.

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Miss Alice at that time will definitely not be interested in me anymore."

Alice suddenly realized: "You are the winner in life."

"The winner in life has to pay part of his freedom, and he also needs to prove my ability to my father-in-law. I want to find another way to open up a trade route in the lower city of St. Lun City. This is a challenge. If I succeed, I can get a

Ownership of a big factory...enjoy life from now on."

"This is indeed a big challenge." Alice stopped in time. Catching this prey requires a little patience and not to chase too closely: "I have grown up here since I was a child, and I really can't think of anything that can make a lot of money here.

thing.

But I believe in your wisdom, is there anything you need my help with?"

After fooling Alice, Luke asked: "Last night, I saw a lot of warning magic flares placed in the direction of Uptown. Something big must have happened there. But I have to go to Uptown to handle a business today. I don't know what will happen.

You won't encounter any trouble.

Someone told me that the information here is very good, so I came to give it a try."

Luke took out two silver certificates and placed them on the table.

Alice stretched out her hand and grabbed it: "My people are still inquiring about the specific situation. What is certain now is that something happened not in the upper city, but in the Imperial City. Now there are royal knights everywhere inside the walls of St. Lun City

, palace guards and imperial agents.

Many people were arrested for no reason.

If there is nothing urgent, I advise you not to go to Shangcheng District. I will send someone to tell you as soon as I have the latest news."

This information was expected by Luke, so it was not the main purpose of his coming here.

Luke again took out two silver certificates and placed them on the table: "Those people have been following me since I left home. Who are they?"

Alice collected the money and looked back at the guys drinking beer: "It's from Malcolm. Malcolm is pretty well-behaved in the downtown area. How did you get into trouble with him?"

"I just arrived in downtown and have only met Malcolm once. How could I possibly offend him? Do you know why?"

Alice took a drag on her cigarette, and Luke placed the two silver certificates on the table.

"Last night, Malkan lost a shipment from Uptown. What it was, I don't know, but Malkan was very, very angry. Did you piss him off with this shipment?"

Alice did not take the money and stared at Luke to observe his expression.

"Definitely not! What I want, I just buy it from him. Do I need to steal it?"

"It's great to have money!" Alice took the money away: "Anyway, since Malcolm is eyeing you, you'd better have nothing to do with his goods. Is there anything else you want to ask?"

"Yes, I want to know the specific conditions of several factories around the sewage reservoir. My father-in-law said that the more channels you have to collect intelligence, the better you can gain the upper hand in business negotiations and earn the maximum profit.

I would like to hire you as my intelligence consultant in the lower town of Saint-Lun."

With a smile on her face, Alice flicked the cigarette butt away and reached out to Luke: "It's a pleasure to serve you, Mr. Luke. I will do my best to provide you with the latest, most accurate, and most confidential information."

Luke reached out and shook Alice's hand.

Alice is the owner of this bar called Alice. She sells alcohol, food, information, pimping, headhunting, brokering, smuggling... she does whatever it takes to make money.

With her wide network of contacts and Alice's beauty, she was very popular in the lower town of St. Lun City, and all the bosses would give her some respect.

Luke spent a small amount of money to win over Alice, which is equivalent to having another bright eyes and ears in the downtown area. And as a player, Luke knows that Alice is a woman who dares to do anything for money...as long as the money gives her satisfaction.

"The first mission for you is to teach those guys a lesson. You follow me so blatantly, you don't take me seriously." Luke slapped a golden coupon on the table.

In a flash, the gold coupon was in Alice's hand.

Her eyes narrowed with a smile: "Boss Luke, I will help you teach them a lesson..."

Alice stood up and walked away, and the waiter brought the wine and steak Luke ordered.

Before Luke could make the first cut, a group of powerful people rushed in from outside and fought the gangsters out without any explanation. Then miserable screams came from outside the door, as if they were specially for Luke's meal.

The music played is average.

Luke was eating and drinking while listening to the screams outside.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: The consumption level in the lower city of Shenglun City is so low. A few silver coupons can get so much important information, and a gold coupon can cripple so many people.

Put it in Nutao City, even in Haijiao District, such a small amount of money is definitely not enough.

The money here is really grandpa!

After Luke had eaten and drank enough, he said goodbye to Alice and left the bar. Outside the bar, the gangsters were beaten to a bloody pulp and they didn't even have the strength to cry.

The strong men who beat the man did not leave. When they saw Luke coming out, they immediately saluted respectfully: "Mr. Luke...Miss Alice asked us to protect you when you go back."
To be continued...