Chapter 474: A thief with a changeable personality
Finding an unlocked room on the first floor, Ronald and Conse easily rummipped in. Only the sofa and low table were faintly discernible in the dark room, and it looked like it was an idle one
"Luo ...... Ronald, let's look in this room first! β
Standing in the dark room, Conse was still not as bold as Ronald, and looked at the light through the door lock hole with some fear, and there was no logic in his words, as if he only wanted to delay time.
And Ronald, who came in earlier, had already put his ear to the door, listening carefully to the movement in the corridor outside.
Sensing the sound of Constance behind him, he immediately put his finger to his mouth, and said as low as he could:
"Shhhh
"There's movement outside."
Constance lost any thought for an instant.
At this moment, the room where the two of them were located was so quiet that they couldn't even hear the sound of breathing.
Keep it that quiet.
Ronald finally heard what was going on outside.
Two sets of unpaced footsteps come from far and near, passing through the corridor on the first floor and finally disappearing into the distance. In between, there are also staccato conversations that can be heard.
"You...... He's ...... sir. We'll ...... tomorrow Get off work early, right? β
"Who knows...... our job is much easier than those workers anyway!"
"But it's rare for the lord to entertain guests so late tonight."
"I heard that the adult brought a book written by a Scotsman, which was just written this year, and it seems to make a lot of money?"
"Read this book...... can make money, so ...... we? β
ββ¦β¦ And illiterate, think about these ......"
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The people outside went from being far away to disappearing, but Ronald did not change his posture.
Leaning against the door with a frown, he pondered the conversation between the two men just now, and his mind was already beginning to speculate about what might happen.
After all, this is the trial of the original text, a pure illusion made of the original text.
What can be ignored under normal circumstances, Ronald can't ignore the past now, after all, this kind of thing may be the key in the trial.
At the same time, Conse, who was still lowering his voice, finally couldn't help but whisper again after several suppressed breaths:
"Ronald, how is it now, are the people still there?"
"The people are gone, let's continue."
Answering Conse's question, Ronald cautiously opened the door to reveal a gap, and then quietly observed the situation in the hallway.
Within visual range.
The situation in the office building is exactly what Ronald had assumed.
Although it looks brightly lit from the outside, there are very few people inside the building, and there are no people passing by in the corridors now.
Refer to the conversation between the two people who just passed by......
If you guessed correctly, the owner of this factory, Matthew Bolton, was entertaining a distinguished guest, so most of the human resources were called in his vicinity.
Giving Constance a look behind him, Ronald immediately walked ahead and left the room.
"Cons, remember not to be afraid when you meet someone, just think that you are a subordinate of the guest who has come here, and don't leak an expression of weakness or anything like that. If the drawings of the steam engine were placed here, it would have been an office or something, and we would always find it if we looked slowly. β
"I ...... I know. β
Conse nodded his head in understanding, and then followed Ronald, who was walking ahead.
At this point, he didn't really have much other choice.
Since you have embarked on the road of stealing, it is only a matter of time before you face such a situation.
As for now......
Ronald at least looks trustworthy.
Listen to his orders first, and then see how the situation changes.
What follows is the slow exploration process of the two of them walking around the office building. Under Ronald's cautious and bold command, it took them only twenty minutes to successfully inspect all the rooms on the first floor that could be inspected.
Regarding the drawings of the steam engine, the result was nothing of the least ideal.
Although there are things in the office building that have anything to do with the steam engine, they are far from the actual drawings, and at most the letters that Matthew has stored mention his vision for the future.
Of course, there is something special about this process for Ronald.
After identifying the letters and some written records, he figured out the time point where the illusion was.
It's 1776.
An important year to ponder.
If the inference in Ronald's mind is true, then the malice of this canonical trial towards the person who accepts the trial is almost outrageous. It's not so much a trial of the canon as it is a deadly trap for killing people.
Just as Ronald's face became more and more ugly, and at the same time he began to approach the stairs leading to the second floor, Conse, who had only made up his mind, could not resist it again.
This guy has the psychological qualities that are perfectly in line with the level of a thief.
At the end of twenty minutes of exploration, not a single drop of the courage he had summoned to break the jar and break it had leaked.
Pulling his voice trembling with fear, Conse continued:
"Ronald, are we going to continue?"
"There are a lot of people up there!"
Although Ronald looked bad, he immediately vetoed Conse's retreat:
"Let's keep looking! If you think about it, this time the pay is a full thirty pounds, how long does it take for the average person to work to save such wealth? Don't let cowardice give up the important opportunity in front of you. β
"If you get this money, will anyone laugh at you for being kicked out of the factory? As long as you have money, all this will no longer be a problem! β
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Ronald's words hit the nail on the head of Cons's psychological weakness.
He froze in place, his eyes changing and changing.
Finally the thief's expression stabilized, and as he walked past Ronald's position and headed up the stairs, he said viciously:
"Okay, Ronald, I listen to you! Let's continue to the second floor! β
"If we don't find it on the second floor, let's go to the third floor and look for it. Tonight no matter what, we're going to put that boiling water, the steam engine blueprint ......"
Suddenly, Conse's expression froze on his face.
At this moment, he was walking in front of the stairs, and then turned his head to look at Ronald behind him. But in Cons's sight, Ronald, who had a calm face, suddenly became extremely serious, and his pupils were still tightly locked on the stairs behind him.
As if sensing something, Conse stiffly turned his head to look behind him.
Just above the stairs, a little girl dressed as a maid was standing there, looking at herself blankly.
"Chirp chirpβ"
Suddenly, an even more unexpected change appeared.
At this moment, outside the office building, there was a nightingale's cry suddenly sounded.
Three people who went to another building......
They succeeded?!