When Inspector Doster said, "Feel free to investigate as you wish," Feng Bujue received the notification that he had completed the mission, Interrogating John Herbert's Murder Case.
Even though he had no idea how the system defined this, it was clear that Brother Jue's action of joining the investigation had not been approved by the system.
The appearance of Zuo Yan, or rather, the appearance of the two 'opponents', Zuo Yan and Vidocq, officially kicked off the competition between the detectives and allowed the scenario to move on to the next stage.
The system did not give any further hints as to what the 'next stage' should be. The chain of sub-missions under the main mission ended there.
In other words, Feng Bujue's focus was back to completing the scenario with thirty-three chapters. In the next fifteen chapters, how to stop Zuo Yan and Vidocq from solving the case and revealing the truth was the main problem that Brother Jue had to face.
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At 3: 07 am, inside one of the rooms on the first floor of Herbert Mansion.
There were only two people sitting in the room.
"Hmm … This wine is not bad." Feng Bujue took a sip of the red liquid in the wine glass and gave a very pertinent comment.
At this moment, he was sitting on a sofa with his legs crossed, leisurely swirling the wine glass in his hand. On the coffee table in front of him, there was a bottle of red wine that had already been opened.
"Ha … Of course, I was planning to give this bottle of wine to the Pope this Easter …" In contrast, Brother Jue had a 'are you kidding me' expression on his face. He was sitting on the sofa opposite of Brother Jue. There was a hint of bitterness in his tone as he replied to Brother Jue's careless compliment.
"Oh?" When Feng Bujue heard that, he raised his eyebrows and smiled. "Is that so … Then, I have to sincerely thank you for your hospitality, Mr. Herbert."
"You're welcome …" John said in a low voice. "My manor hasn't entertained guests for a long time. It's rare that Mr. Feng is someone who knows wine … I'll make the best use of this bottle of red wine."
Even though he said that, in reality, John's heart was bleeding.
Ten minutes ago, when Feng Bujue asked John to take a bottle of red wine from the wine cellar to try, John responded with a condescending smile. He thought to himself, 'I thought this kid was someone important, but the first thing he said was that he wanted to take advantage of the rich. Humph … Oh well, since you have not seen much of the world, I will let you choose.'
At that time, John thought that people like Feng Bujue and Doster were at the same level. With their guts and knowledge, they would at most cheat him of one or two bottles of red wine that were worth about a thousand pounds.
Unexpectedly, after Brother Jue got permission, he went into the wine cellar and picked out the most expensive bottle of wine in the whole of Wales.
This bottle of wine was brewed and bottled by a famous winery in France ten years ago. That year, the weather, soil, grape harvest, and other factors that would affect the quality of the wine were all perfect. It was said that it was a once-in-a-century event. Hence, many good wines were produced. This bottle of red wine called "Flower Bud" was the best of the best.
A few years ago, John spent hundreds of thousands of pounds to buy this bottle of "Flower Bud" at an auction. Of course, when he bought it, he did not plan to drink it himself. He bought it for special occasions.
Many people had a misconception about wine, that "the older the wine, the better." In fact, that was not the case. Wines that were said to have been stored for one or two hundred years had long since gone bad. Even if they were bought, they could only be put on display. If one really opened it and drank it, even if one did not die from drinking it, the taste would not be that good.
The best drinking period of red wine after it was bottled was usually not more than fifteen years. Most of them were in the range of four to ten years. This year was the best year to drink this bottle of "Flower Bud". It was because of this reason that John planned to give this wine to the Pope as a gift on Easter this year.
However, what he did not expect was that tonight, his "investment" of hundreds of thousands of pounds was picked up by Feng Bujue. This was simply daylight robbery. However, the promise to "pick whatever you want" was given by John himself, so he could not do anything.
"Haha... enough joking." Feng Bujue, who was swirling the wine glass, gradually stopped smiling and continued, "I know you feel bad. If it were me, I would feel bad too."
His words tore off the last layer of disguise on John's face, making the owner show a rather gloomy expression.
"Before I entered the wine cellar, you thought that I did not have the knowledge to find that bottle of wine, nor the courage to take it out." "And when I took out the wine and opened it as if nothing had happened, you suppressed your anger and blamed yourself for being unlucky while telling yourself … 'This kid is just lucky. He doesn't know the value of this bottle of wine.'" Feng Bujue paused for a moment, then continued to say, "And when I took out the wine and opened it like nothing had happened, you suppressed your anger and blamed yourself for being unlucky.
At this point, Brother Jue paused, "Haha... in this world, how can there be so many coincidences and luck? Even if there is... I am afraid that it does not belong to me. " He proudly picked up the wine glass and took another sip, "Mr. Herbert, I can tell you clearly... Today, when I entered your wine cellar, I was looking for the most expensive bottle. The moment you promised me that I could pick whatever I wanted, you had already given away hundreds of thousands of pounds... Hmm... If I am not wrong, this should be the price... You had already given away hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of red wine to someone else.
"Of course, I did not do this purely to cheat you of this extremely expensive bottle of red wine. I just wanted to use this thing... This thing that can be measured by the values that you are familiar with, to convey some information to you.
"The things that you think I can't do or don't dare to do, I can actually do them without any pressure. Ten minutes ago, your opinions, prejudices, judgments, and so on about me were as worthless as my 'thanks' and 'compliments' to you just now."
"Looks like … I have to pay for my 'underestimation' of you." Hardedef glared at Brother Jue and uttered the words one by one.
"Humph..." Feng Bujue snorted and replied, "You should be glad that I gave you this opportunity to pay for your 'tuition'..." He shrugged and said, "Every one of us learns and grows by making mistakes, and these 'mistakes' are bound to come with a certain price... This time, the price you paid was money, which is insignificant to you. But next time, if you make a mistake again, you might have to pay more than just money. "
"What you said..." John had regained his composure. He even listened carefully to what Feng Bujue said, "I will remember it well..."
At this point, there was a sudden knock on the door. The person outside did not need to say anything, and Brother Jue already knew who it was.
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