"Oh, I'm so sorry. The boss has too many poor relatives or fellow villagers. He usually won't call them out unless it's necessary. Why don't you two policemen sit here for a while and have a cup of tea? I'll go find them for you.

Is he coming down?"

"No, your boss is on the second floor?" Annick interrupted her and asked.

"Well, let me go up and call him for you. How can you let the distinguished guest go up by himself?" the clerk replied.

"No need, we'll go up ourselves."

Hearing the embarrassment on the female employee's face, the security guard next to him didn't dare to stop them when they saw both of them carrying guns. The two walked up the wooden stairs to the second floor. Opposite the stairs was a room that looked better decorated than the other rooms.

The office has a red painted wooden door and two pots of pothos.

Annick directly tried the door and pushed it open. The room was filled with smoke, and an old man in his fifties was smoking a cigarette made from burning khaki powder.

"Are you the boss of this agency? Ahem, what kind of thing are you smoking? It's so choking."

"Mr. Annick, he probably smoked opium smuggled from the Southern Continent. It has a calming and relaxing effect, but this stuff is usually only given with a doctor's prescription, and many people secretly smoke it," Bell added.

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"Get out, who asked you to come in." The old man looked very angry when he was interrupted. Annick rushed over in a few steps, took out the pistol and put it against his temple. A cold touch came to his head, and the old man was obviously awake.

Point. His legs were trembling, and he slumped limply on the chair.

"You two have money in the safe behind me. You can take as much as you want, but don't shoot. I've never seen you, so I definitely won't call the police."

"Bell, go and open the window. I'm going to choke to death. Old man, please wake up and see who we are." Annick picked up the man in front of him with his right hand. The man who was still wandering around woke up and looked carefully.

Annick said hurriedly after being subdued.

"Oh, misunderstanding, misunderstanding. What do the two police chiefs want to do with me? I will do whatever I can for you two."

"A longshoreman named Earl Ford is looking for a new job with you? You said you would offer him a job as a seaman."

"Earl? We have too many people looking for jobs every day. I'll find them for you now."

The man stood up, searched for a while in the cabinet at the back, and took out a stack of file bags. Annick noticed that there was an e on the cover of the file bag. The man searched for a while in the file bag, then took out a piece of paper and read it.

Will talk to Annick.

"There was an Earl who came to find a job as a trainee seaman last month. We charged him 2 pounds as commission, but it was an extra 2 shillings and we didn't return it to him. But the new job was indeed introduced. He will go there next month.

Reporting to work, it's impossible for you two to go all the way just for 2 shillings." The man was sweating profusely, with a hint of complaint in his tone.

"Earl died yesterday. Now all the clues we find point to you. You saw today's Eggsburg Daily News. You are lucky to meet us. If someone else dies tonight, we will come to you tomorrow.

It might be the group of people in black. It's hard to say whether they will kill people and silence them."

"Don't scare me, I pay my taxes on time." The man's voice was trembling.

Annick pointed to the e on the document bag and asked, "What does the e on the document bag mean?"

"Oh, well, here we separate the files of different job seekers by their first letters, so that they can be found faster."

"Is the job you introduced to him reliable?" Annick asked.

"It's reliable. Although the salary is a bit low, it is definitely a regular shipping company. We cooperate every year. They will also give me an introduction fee of 1 pound for every person I introduce."

"Bah, you profiteers are eating both sides." Bell cursed when he heard this.

"Hey, some tips for making money." The man chuckled.

"What should I do if I smoke private opium?" Annick blinked at Bell.

Bell seemed to have read Annick's hint, "Mr. Annick, we usually impose a fine of 20 pounds and 2 weeks of detention."

Hearing this, the man began to beg for mercy. "Two sergeants, I can pay double the fine but you can't put me in jail. If my reputation is ruined, no one will come to do business with me again."

"I can pretend I didn't see anything today. It depends on whether you cooperate. Do you understand?" Annick added.

"Understood, please wait a minute." The man put down the document bag in his hand and turned around to open the safe.

"What are you thinking? I'm asking you, apart from the shipping company, has anyone else seen the information about Earl and you guys?"

The man looked troubled when he heard this, and struggled with his thoughts for a long time.

"Hurry up, or I'll take you back now. You still have one minute to think."

Hearing this, the man let go of his entanglement, "You two must keep it a secret, otherwise I'm afraid they won't let me go. Last month, two men came to me and said they wanted to buy this part of my information. They seemed to be relatively

Yongwu also offered a high price, so I agreed in a moment of confusion."

"How many did you show them?"

"Only those starting with e?"

"Really? If someone else is killed tonight and happens to be your former customer, I think it would be polite to lock him up at our place for two weeks. If it were at the Men in Black, you might be arrested after being taken away.

How to deal with it."

The man heard this and said it like a chicken pecking at rice: "Not only that, they gave me 100 pounds to provide me with all the information on job applicants this year."

"You betrayed me for 100 pounds? Damn it, it's a pity that there is no information protection law, otherwise I would definitely arrest you." Annick said a little annoyed when he heard this.

"This business is worth a poor man's commission of 50 yuan, hehe." The boss said with a sly smile.

"What do those people who come to see you look like?"

"I can't remember clearly, I just remember that they were all wearing scarlet clothes, and the leader also wore a cloak."

"Scarlet? Okay, I'll come back to you if there are any mistakes after this case is over. Finally, I'll stick your head over." Annick stretched out his finger and signaled.

"I know I told you about it, Sheriff, why are you sticking your head out?" The man was still questioning, so he put his hands on the table and stuck his head out.

"Bell, come here and give him a punch."

When Bell heard this, he walked over decisively and punched the man in the face.

"Ah, it hurts." The man covered his swollen face and howled.

"You should be lucky that I wasn't the one to take action. Otherwise, you would have suffered a concussion, or you would have been carried away. You bastard deserves a beating." Annick kicked him again and added.
Chapter completed!