old dream

Chapter 137 Prohibition Commissioner
Hearing Ji Lian's intentional or unintentional reminder, Ke Lin was stunned and turned his thoughts back to reality.

"You mean to say that that person was also... in the monastery school?"

Like Ji Lian, a talented person selected among the refugees, one of those unfortunate and lucky children.

"Oh, yes."

Ji Li'an's tone was a little erratic, as if she was recalling the past that seemed to have passed away, the student days that ended abruptly.Ji Lian stood up and walked aside, picked up the tight brass clasp to open the letter box, took out a letter that had been torn open, brought it back and handed it to Colin.

This envelope, which is not commercially available, has special concentric circles in the upper left corner, an unusually intricate watermark.But Colin is no stranger to it.Because in the newspaper office of the seminary, they are sometimes used to seal the newly transcribed letters to indicate to the outside that this is a letter related to the religious order.

Colin noticed something from this, he felt uneasy, and shook the envelope in his hand:

"...You have been in touch with her all these years?"

"That's right." Ji Lian said.

After getting an affirmative answer, Colin frowned slightly:
"Use this address?"

Colin also knew that it was unrealistic for a person to cut off all communication, and that would drive people crazy sooner or later.

Besides, this was originally Ji Li'an's residence, so I put those materials here because I was favored by her.

And judging from the results, these darkrooms have never been exposed, and its mission is coming to an end smoothly.So no matter from which aspect, he has no reason or qualification to accuse the other party of his carelessness.

But Ke Lin still felt an inexplicable annoyance. In his impression, Ji Lian should not be such a person.As a collaborator, indiscretion means stupidity.As a friend, being careless means not caring.

"Angry?"

Ji Lian observed Ke Lin's expression, and she accidentally missed some explanations, which caused Ke Lin to misunderstand.Although she was not flustered by this, she still put away her usual relaxed expression, and explained seriously:
"The previous mailing address would not be here, but another hotel a block away."

"When there is a reply, I will pick it up in person, and sometimes I will ask the customers downstairs to take it along the way. After you moved all the things away two weeks ago, I wrote in the letter that I have moved. This is the first time Use the address of this apartment."

In case that friend came over and found that her residence did not match the sender's address, causing unnecessary suspicion.

As an excellent collaborator, Ji Lian knows how important it is to keep secrets for her companions.

After listening to what Ji Lian said, Ke Lin nodded slightly.The dark room here has never been exposed before, and even if it is exposed again now, it is nothing.But for some reason, he still breathed a sigh of relief, then he opened the envelope, shook out the letter paper and read it.

This again involves invasion of privacy, but even in Ji Lian's view, her privacy is secondary to her life and safety.

The sender's name was "Elena". Judging from the handwriting and tone of voice, she was a young girl. After all, she was originally a student of the same period as Jilian Ricardo.Her choice of words and sentences is very skillful, which is still a rare skill in this era and a sign of a good education.

The general content of the letter is that she may need to come to South Stade for a period of time due to job transfer, but there is an extremely short supply of housing with better conditions here, and the rent is extremely expensive, or it is hard to find.At the same time she didn't want to spend the night in one of those crappy Aspen hotels.So before finding a suitable place to live, I hope to temporarily settle down here with Ji Li'an.

Colin turned to examine the envelope, which had been posted from Nadaro two days earlier.That was the capital of the principality, and the owner of the principality, Archduke Edmund, lived on the outskirts of that city, and it was also the holy province of the religious orders in this area.

If Ji Lian hadn't been infected with tuberculosis, maybe she was living there with Elena now, and with the blessing of even greater resources, she would undoubtedly show her talent more fully.

It is a pity that such an if does not exist in reality.

Looking at the contents of the letter, Colin was slightly puzzled:
"The Order is transferring people into Southstadt?"

There seems to be some kind of tacit understanding between the religious organization and the Five Hands, or Cincily's hometown.Although the belief in the Lampmaiden has been recognized, the Orders do not mention the lighted churches of South Stadt in any official setting.For some reason, members of the religious order never entered Southstadt, and the most people who acted here were secondary organizations like the Jackdaw Hunting Squad.

So what kind of identity did this "Elena" come here?Is the tacit understanding between the church and the hometown broken?Or are they collaborating on another matter?
Colin quickly read the letter again, and this time he noticed that it vaguely mentioned that "the address after moving also happened to be closer to the police station".

She works in the police station, which means that the authorities are involved in something.The tripartite cooperation, and it is about extraordinary affairs.Then, a flash of light flashed in his mind:
"She's the Prohibition Commissioner?"

"Do you think... you need to let Elena stay here?"

Ji Lian asked hesitantly.

She wasn't worried about what she would expose. If it wasn't necessary, Ji Lian didn't want to involve another friend in their "conspiracy".

"It is very necessary." Colin said: "Let her live in. The research on Vibrio carinii and the improvement of the cracking ritual can be suspended."

"As for those medical materials...you should be able to handle them well."

Ji Lian's reading speed is extremely fast, and that Miss Elena usually needs to go to work at the police station, so she won't delay Ji Lian too much.

So Colin made a decisive decision.Because at present, he does not have any channels to get in touch with this newly established and extremely critical department, the Prohibition Bureau.

"That's right."

Ji Lian said with a smile that she knew that Ke Lin could not let go of this opportunity.

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The first underground bar was operating in an orderly manner under the supervision of veterans.News about it is only circulated through the most secret channels, and a regular customer can only introduce three places at most, but the growth rate of passenger flow is still beyond imagination, and some people even come from the old city.Some of them are workers, and there are also many clerks whose lives are depressed.

Every day for a week, these people only bring in an average of two hundred Ori, but this is almost a no-cost business, and this number is still rising.More and more people began to come to this district with naval battle medals, because fifteen speakeasies had been swept away by the Capello family, and now they had no other choice.

With the consent of most members of the organization, Colin used almost all his belongings to purchase a complete set of rectification equipment, as well as cheap and natural "industrial alcohol". Many chemistry teachers come to operate for themselves. Before most people realize it, this kind of talent is not so valuable.

At this time, the biggest shackle of the source of supply has become the humble bottle, because if you don’t consider the number of bottles left on the family farm, they already have nearly tens of thousands of bottles of whiskey.

However, if bottled wine is not used at this time, it is easy to give the impression of low-quality blended wine, which cannot be sold at a high price.

There are also restrictions on distribution channels, and they cannot be converted into cash quickly for a while.

"Wine can be bottled in wooden barrels in the bar. If the price is lower, let's lower it. Keep the bottled ones first, and I have other considerations."

Colin hurriedly told Benedict that he was preparing to start the next stage of the plan.

But he knew that the progress of the matter would not be as smooth as it seemed on the surface. No matter how well he hid this interest, it was impossible not to be targeted by some people.

At this time, Giovanni, who was in charge of tracking down the partner wizard, received new news.

(End of this chapter)