After that, Sades winked at Church. Church nodded calmly and smiled at William. "Hi, William, long time no see. I didn't expect to see you here."
"I didn't expect to see you here either," William said happily as he shook hands with Church. "I didn't have time to say goodbye to you in Black Mountain. I've been regretting that for a few days. It's nice to see you again."
"Me too." The two chatted for a while before Church returned to the main topic. "Can you tell me why you're here? I don't think you'll be interested in this party. "
"Oh, you're wrong, Church. I'm very interested in this party." He then pointed at Abigail, who was not far away.
Church followed William's gesture and looked at Abigail, who was crying. He understood and asked, "That girl?"
William nodded.
Church looked at William strangely and teased, "Don't you have a girlfriend? What's her name again? William, you're shameless. "
"No, Abby is my new subordinate. I'm going to hire her to be my antique purchasing assistant and curator of my private museum," William said.
Church and Sades looked at each other and were disgusted by William's shamelessness. They looked at William with disdain, as if saying, "Only an idiot would believe you."
"God, Abby is really not my girlfriend. She has a deep understanding of Chinese antiques, and I'm obsessed with Chinese antiques, so I hired her with a salary of fifty thousand dollars a month."
Sades immediately asked his subordinate to question Abigail to see if William was telling the truth.
After that, Sades said to William, "I need your cooperation, Mr. Devonshire. You're now restricted from leaving the country. Please hand over your passport."
"Passport?" William said in surprise, "Sorry, I have foreign affairs. If you want me to hand over my passport, you can talk to the head of foreign affairs in England. And gentlemen, if this is a formal inquiry, I need to wait for my lawyer to arrive."
Before he could finish, Seth and the church's faces darkened. William smiled and said, "Of course, I'll cooperate with you, but only as an ally or a friend. If I'm a suspect, I have the right to have a lawyer present."
When they heard that William was not completely shirking his responsibility, Sades and Church's expressions softened. They only wanted to find the lost Declaration of Founding the Nation. They did not care about anything else.
After the church said something to Seth, Seth thought for a moment and said to William, "Okay, Mr. Devonshire, thank you for cooperating with our investigation. During this time, you can't leave my sight. Do you understand?"
"No problem, but I need to talk to the people in charge of foreign affairs in England, in case you don't admit it in the future."
"Okay, but before you're cleared of suspicion, you're restricted from leaving the country. Any other questions?"
William shook his head and took out the phone he always used. Seth waved his hand and ignored William's protest. He confiscated William's phone and asked his subordinates to find out who William was talking to.
Fortunately, this phone was used in his daily life. William had always kept his other secret phones in his storage space. Every time he used them, he would change the card or throw them away.
In this era, there was no need to register to buy a phone card. If you had money, you could buy as many cards as you wanted. Therefore, William often bought a few phones and a dozen phone cards at a time.
Seth took out his phone and dialed the number he got from his subordinates. He called the head of foreign affairs in England and explained William's situation to the head of foreign affairs.
After he finished speaking, he handed the phone to William. The head of foreign affairs in England explained to William his authority and the areas that needed to be kept secret over the phone. He also specifically told William that he would send someone to ask for authorization from the Special Task Force to protect William's rights and interests.
After that, the two of them agreed to meet and play golf when they returned to London. They chatted enthusiastically for more than ten minutes.
Looking at Seth and the church beside William, they cursed in their hearts that rich people were troublesome. However, when they thought about how the heads of foreign affairs sent by their own country to other countries were also rich people or helpers of the chief executive before he took office, the two of them felt a little dispirited.
William smiled and hung up the phone. "Okay, ask whatever you want. As long as it's something I can say, I'll tell you."
Seth felt helpless. He hated meeting people like William who had money and status.
"Tell me about the treasure thief. How did you find out that he stole the Declaration of the Founding of the Nation, and how did you get the fake Declaration back?"
William talked to the two of them about how he knew Abigail and how he met Ben Gaetz at Point Barrow and found a clue that pointed to the Declaration of the Founding of the Nation. Because it involved the Declaration of the Founding of the Nation, William had to give up looking for the treasure.
How did he manage to persuade Ben Getz to give up looking for the treasure in Washington? How did he manage to snatch the replica from Abigail?
These were all clues that could be easily found. As soon as he finished talking, he saw the subordinate that Seth had just ordered walk over and whisper in Seth's ear.
Seth listened and compared what William said to him. Although he did not trust William completely, he was relieved. Now that he found Ben Gaetz, he could get the Declaration of the Founding of the Nation back.
As long as William was not involved, Seth was confident that he could catch Ben Gaetz within three days.
Seth led William and the church into the surveillance room of the archive. On the screen was the scene of Ben Gatz being stopped by a salesman and paying for two copies of the manifesto with his credit card. This would explain where the copy that William and Abigail had taken back came from.
The Special Task Force had already compared it with the list in the souvenir shop. The replica was the one that was sold that night.
Then the screen changed to several hidden cameras at the side door of the archive. One of them recorded the whole process of William and Abigail getting the replica back.
Seeing this video made William's heart beat faster. His back was sweating, but he did not dare to make any unnecessary movements. Church was by his side the whole time, staring at him from time to time.
After bracing himself and watching it, William breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the camera was blocked by Riley's car when he was changing the Declaration. Even more fortunately, he immediately fell to the ground after being hit by the car to block the real Declaration.
Then he put the Declaration into his storage space. The video only showed him lying on the ground for a few seconds, then getting up and dusting off his hands and clothes.
This action showed that William had never come across any real or fake Declaration. Seth's gaze on him was not as sharp as before.
Only Church, who knew William very well, was a little confused. He knew how good William was.
William was scared by Ben Gaetz's pretentious waving of his arms. This made Church wonder if William already knew that the real Declaration was in the car when Ben Gaetz and Abigail were fighting.
Thinking of this, Church quickly said to the security guard, "Play the video again."
Seth was happy to hear this. He asked, "Church, what did you find?"
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