There is a proverb in the Celestial Empire.

The strong dragon does not suppress the head snake.

This means that no matter how strong your ability to cover the sky with one hand is, it is best not to fight against the small forces entrenched in a certain area, and it is easy to suffer big losses.

Although the situation is different, the reason is the same.

This is different from the last time when 'the town was cloudy', and this time An Yizhi came to help as a foreign aid from the police, and he also dealt with a strange serial murder case.

And this time it was clearly a search mission.

It can be seen from the villa and the carriage that Mr. Bilboy is a very rich man, and in this era, money means power, and his son is missing, and the local police are not in a hurry to fill their mouths, and it is impossible for them to work without help.

In other words, such a task is best carried out by police officers who are familiar with the local environment, and the efficiency is far higher than that of the four newcomers.

This is a suspicious point, so An Yizhi asked bluntly.

Bilbot did not answer this positively, but used a sentence:

"The local police are not very competent."

Then he brought the topic over, as if he didn't intend to let An Yizhi continue to ask.

"How long has he been missing?"

Ann pointed to pondering the meaning of Bilbohm's words, and the person who asked them was Red.

"Six days, almost a week."

"Where is the last thing he can be sure of?"

"There's a bar in town, and my unscrupulous son likes to hang out in the pubs near the port."

In the midst of the mist, Mr. Bilbohm's appearance became indistinct, and he hid his expression in the smoke, and continued to speak in a calm voice as if he were talking about someone else:

"At first, I didn't pay much attention to it, it was normal for him to go out drinking and hang out with fox friends and dogs for a few days, but the housekeeper found this near the gate."

Bilbohm placed a button on the table, exactly like the one in the file bag.

"He didn't make it, but he never lost it, which made me realize that he might have been kidnapped."

"Can I take a look?"

Bilbohm made a gesture of please, and Ann took the button in his hand to examine it carefully.

"Did the prisoner ever ask for a ransom?"

"No, that's what I don't understand the most."

Bilbom shook his head and answered Breeze Bazooka's question.

The purpose of kidnapping and kidnapping a rich man's son, of course, is to demand ransom, or to use it as a blackmail to achieve some purpose, but Bilbo said that since his son disappeared, he has not received any letters or messages from the bandits, which is very intriguing, what is the purpose of the prisoner who did these things?

An Yizhi looked at the buttons, scraped the gap with his fingernails, scraped some dark powdery objects out of it, and then said:

"He was in some danger, there was dried blood in the cracks of the buttons, someone must have wiped the blood stuck to the buttons and threw it in front of the gate."

He put the button back on Bilbohm's desk and analyzed:

"It may be that he was attacked in front of the gate and the blood stained the buttons, but it doesn't make sense why someone would wipe the buttons clean, so I speculate that the person who wiped the buttons clean and put them in front of your house wanted to use this method to remind you that your son is in danger, but he seems to be a little distressed and can't directly warn or help him, so you can judge that this person should be an accomplice with the kidnappers, at least someone who knows, but there is a bit of a complicated relationship that looks like a god."

Bilbom paused for a moment, and then patted whom:

"You live up to your name, Mr. An Yizhi, it seems that I didn't choose the wrong person."

At this moment, there was a knock at the door from the butler, and after obtaining permission, the old butler came in with a cart containing teapots and teacups.

"You can ask the housekeeper for the rest of the situation, I have already arranged it."

As he spoke, Bilbohm removed his coat and yarmulke from the coat rack near his desk, straightened his appearance in the mirror, and headed for the door.

"I have a meeting to attend, I'll be out of here for a few days, and hopefully I'll get good news when I get back."

"The carriage is waiting for you at the door, master."

"Well, greet the guests for me and try to meet their needs."

After instructing the butler, Bilbom left a "lost company" and walked out of the study, leaving the four players looking at each other.

The sons are missing, and it seems to be a bad luck, in this case, Bilbohm, as a father, is still in the mood to take care of the meeting?

Or is it that for people in the upper class, sons can be reborn, so it is not as important as making money?

"Ladies and gentlemen, you can ask me about the commission, and the master has already arranged it."

The old butler poured a cup of tea for each and said.

"Isn't the relationship between Padridge and his father, Mr. Bilbohm?"

Apple Tea asked what everyone wanted to ask the most.

"It's not bad."

The old butler said:

"The relationship between the master and the young master cannot be described as a simple 'good' and 'bad', the young master is still very young and aggressive, he hopes to make a career on his own, but the master knows how difficult it is, he doesn't want the young master to suffer this hardship, and wants him to take over the family's business step by step according to his own plan."

"But Mr. Bilbohm doesn't seem to care."

"Oh, that's what he showed to outsiders, few people know how worried the master is every day in the past few days when the young master has been missing, I'm worried about his physical condition, the master hasn't closed his eyes for several days."

All in all, these two fathers and sons are very typical of neither of them convincing the other, and Mr. Bilbot is not the kind of person who expresses his concern, so he gave Ann a a sense of 'father-son indifference'.

In fact, from the conversation with Bilbohm just now, you can see his relationship with his son, you know, from the perspective of the background of the copy, he has traveled thousands of miles to invite people to come and look for his son's traces, which is not like a weak feeling.

Putting aside the feud between the two fathers and sons for the time being, the players have other things to ask, and since BilBohm is gone, they can only ask the butler.

"Did Padridge have a vendetta against anyone?"

"No, although the young master is a little dissolute, he is kind and kind, no matter what the identity of the other party is, he can always get along very well, and I have never heard of the young master making enemies with anyone."

Since it wasn't Padridge who had a feud with someone, could it be that Bilbohm's business rival was responsible?

The old butler's answer was still no.

As the saying goes, shopping malls are like battlefields, and Bilbohm's business will inevitably lead to disputes with some people, but it is far from the point of kidnapping or killing people.

In addition, the old butler also said that Padrich had never left the town, and they had asked the people at the train station and the port, and there was no sign of Padrick leaving.

Even if the prisoner packed Padridge into a box or bag and quietly transported it away, it would not be so easy to carry a large living person away, and since the town was surrounded by mountains, it was absolutely impossible to transport him out without anyone noticing.

So the old butler insisted that Padrick was hiding somewhere in town.

"Where do you frequent? And we also need a map, the more detailed the better. ”

It was a necessary thing, and the old butler had been prepared for it.

He took out a scroll from his bosom and handed it to Red, who was questioning:

"I've marked some of the places that the young master frequents, and I hope to give you some help."

The map given by the old butler was already very detailed by the standards of this era, and several places were deliberately indicated in red handwriting, and the location of this mansion was also marked with great care, so that everyone could determine the direction.

"Mr. Bilbot seems to be very influential in the town, does he hold any public office?"

The old butler explained the problem of An Yizhi.

Bilbom was originally the son of a down-and-out aristocratic man, and when he was younger, like many young people in small towns, he chose to go out and find work. However, Mr. Bilbot was very capable, and with the bonus of opportunity and ability, he quickly revived the family. When the business grew, he returned to his hometown, the town, where he opened several factories and led the government in laying the railroad.

The income of the factory is not high, not to mention the human favor transactions required to take the lead in laying the railway, etc.

From a profit point of view, it is a completely loss-making transaction, so this move is purely to return to the hometown.

His actions were indeed very beneficial to his hometown, and almost all the people in the town had found jobs or benefited from the railroad and the factory, so in the town, Bilbohm's reputation was much higher than that of the mayor or something, and his words were very useful, after all, if he closed the factory, nine out of ten people in the town would lose their jobs.

It stands to reason that with such a prestige, his son will naturally be the focus of attention, and it can be said that such a high-profile guy has disappeared in the town, which can be said to be quite difficult.

The group asked the old butler for a recent photo of Padridge, and then prepared to leave for the town to collect clues.

Before leaving, the old butler gave each of them a button of the same style, and warned them to act as 'relatives of Bilbom's nephews', supposedly because the town still retains a problem peculiar to remote areas, that is, xenophobia.

Although it was a bit of a disadvantage to recognize an NPC as an uncle for no reason, considering the convenience of action, everyone had to pinch their noses and admit it.

The old butler told them that they could even use the button to get the police to cooperate with them if necessary, which shows how prestigious Bilbom is in the town.

There was a pin behind the button, which felt more like a badge or something, and the four of them hung it on their chests, then opened the map and discussed it for a while, deciding to go to the bar first.

Not only was it the last place Padrick was seen, but it was also the place he frequented, and with the crowd of people in the bar, someone might have seen Padrick's whereabouts.

The destination was decided, but there was a problem, they did not have the means of movement.

The only carriage left with Bilbohm, and without a second, the group had to march on foot.

It sounds a bit miserable, coming in a luxury carriage and leaving the town on foot, but in fact, the main means of transportation for people in this era is still by legs, although there is a horse-drawn carriage service similar to a taxi, but the price is too expensive, so the vast majority of people choose to walk, even when the average aristocratic lady goes out, it is said that many women in this era walk for an average of about two or three hours a day.

It can be seen that the wide and heavy dresses that were popular in this era are not only for the sake of looking good, but also have the meaning of covering the thick legs of ladies.

- That's a bit of a bad thing to say......