Shadow of great britain

The sky in London is foggy, but through the changes in light and dark light of the sun behind the clouds and fog, you can still see that the sun has already passed the center line. As time goes by, it will gradually tilt westward until it is submerged in the Thames. The river's dark level.

On the avenue of Baker Street, a black open-top carriage decorated with gold was driving steadily. On the seat of the carriage was a British gentleman with a stern expression and a sleek back hair.

The hard wide stand-up collar washed and dyed white with starch paste is tied with a standard yet novel and elegant bow, and between the bow and the dark black waistcoat, you can also see the lace pleated placket used to decorate the chest of the white shirt. .

The outermost layer of them is a streamlined black slim-fitting tuxedo, with an open stand-up collar like lily petals, and an elaborate design that tightens at the waist to accentuate the wearer's figure like a glass vase. In addition, The tapered trousers are also as black as ink, as well as the shining silver brocade gloves on the left hand and the brand new cane held in the naked and slender right hand.

At first glance, it seems that this gentleman has an indescribable aura of nobility all over his body.

The cold wind at the end of October blew by, and the water vapor in the air covered Arthur's face, making him feel a strong chill. He couldn't help but pick up the black hat on his knees and put it on again, and took a deep breath. breath, and then slowly exhaled.

The Red Devil was lying on his side on the seat opposite him. Agares looked at his outfit carefully and nodded with satisfaction.

"Arthur, this is a great outfit. You will wear this for all future banquets. I guarantee that you will be able to charm those aristocratic ladies who are not familiar with the world and cry for you."

Normally at this time, Arthur would laugh at Agares' compliments, but now, he really wasn't in the mood.

He only felt that this dress made him feel more uncomfortable than the Scotland Yard uniform. Perhaps it was because when he ordered this dress before, he specifically emphasized the importance of this dress to the tailor, so in order to pursue an absolute fit and beauty, the tailor The shoulders, abdomen and other parts have been tightened.

At this moment, Arthur was a little doubtful that if his biceps exerted force, the clothes would be completely torn, causing him to have to go topless in the crowded Baker Street.

If it's just uncomfortable to wear, that's it, but it's also very difficult to put on this outfit, especially the bow part of the stand-up collar. He specially asked the dinner expert Alexandre Dumas to tie it for him. He couldn't get such a thing by himself. .

For Arthur, instead of asking him to tie an exquisite bow and make a ruffle, it might be easier to use a thin sword to carve a dragon and a phoenix on the criminal's body.

What's more serious is that the price of this outfit is far beyond Arthur's psychological expectation. The top and bottom clothing together cost him a total of 15 pounds and 6 shillings.

Even though he was now a Scotland Yard superintendent with a weekly salary of 2 pounds 12 shillings, having him spend more than a month's salary on clothes still made him feel that it was too much luxury.

Agares saw the corners of his twitching mouth and understood what he was thinking.

The red devil said with relief: "Arthur, since you care about money so much, why do you have to develop the bad habit of visiting bookstores? The "London Social Guide" you bought yesterday cost 23 shillings a copy. Just take it. For two or three volumes of novels, I dare to charge you two or three pounds, forty or fifty shillings.

And you actually own a large box of books in an extravagant manner. Although I appreciate the greedy thirst for knowledge of this little villain like you, sometimes you have to properly control your insatiable desires.

Don't you understand yet? Like reading is also one of the reasons why you were once poor. "

Arthur endured it again and again, but after hearing this, he finally couldn't bear it anymore.

He counterattacked calmly: "Agares, if you can solve all the mysteries in the world, don't you allow me, a humble human being, to properly explore the areas you already know? In other words, you want to I remain ignorant so that you can continue to enhance your own worth?”

When the red devil heard this, he couldn't help covering his mouth and snickering: "Oh, Arthur, do you think too highly of the knowledge you humans have? You have read so many books, so you should understand a truth.

The more a human being knows, the less he knows. The less a human being knows, the more he thinks he knows a lot.

That's why I don't like to make contracts with ignorant humans, because even if you teach him the truth, he will think you are farting. "

When Arthur heard this, he couldn't help but reply: "Isn't that what you want? To deal with that kind of people, you only need to follow their words and you can gain their trust. It's easy to deceive their souls."

Agares picked his ears with his little finger and said, "That's not fun. Arthur, to a certain extent, you and I have the same personality. We both like challenging work. Not only is there no meaning in human life, but even the life of the devil is meaningless, so we all have to find some fun for ourselves and live simply for the sake of living. What is the difference between a human and a monkey?"

When Arthur heard this, he couldn't help complaining: "Don't mention monkeys anymore. This word has been so used recently that I began to doubt whether Charles's research results are that significant. Alexander, Elder, Charles, and I were attacking each other with monkeys every day, only to find out in the end that the monkey was me, sitting up in shock while dying of illness.

In addition, Agares, I must also remind you that you and I are not of the same personality at all, and I don’t like challenging work. My greatest wish in life was, is, and will be in the future to be able to sleep peacefully. The reason why I'm where I am today is because of you.

If you had let me go to the American colonies safely, I might have made my first pot of gold by selling water or sewing jeans. With this money, I can go to California to buy some family property, such as a large piece of land in the Santa Clara Valley. In this case, no matter what Apple, Google, or Facebook will be in the future, it will all depend on our Hastings family. face. "

Agares frowned. He stared at Arthur with an expression like he was looking at a fool: "Wake up, Arthur, I think you are just crazy about studying. Facebook is out. I think you are worse." Learn more from Elder and read more Erotology Book.

And you are doing well now. As a young superintendent of Scotland Yard, if you are embarrassed, wouldn't it be easy to make five or six hundred pounds a year? "

When Arthur heard this, he just wanted to loosen the tight collar, but when he put his hand on the collar, he realized that it was inappropriate to do so.

He said helplessly: "What you said is easy."

When Agares heard this, he couldn't help but smile: "Look, you said you wanted to lie down, but you felt guilty in your heart. Don't you understand why you put yourself like this?

You, like me, want to make money while standing. Because of this, I was cast out of hell. And if you don't correct yourself in time, you will make the same mistakes as me before long. You are still resisting entering that area that you should have entered a long time ago, but Arthur, I have to tell you, you should belong there.

You have to understand that civilization is the work of a few elites, and they are the top of the pyramid. The purpose of the bricks that fall on the bottom is just to raise them higher so that they can get closer to the sun.

You can reason with one or two bricks, but you can never reason with a group of bricks because they are all weird and jagged.

So, in order for them all to understand, you can't tell them, 'We are square bricks or we are round bricks,' you can't even tell them, 'We are bricks,' because some of them feel like they are not bricks.

All you can do is shout at them, 'We're all going to the top,' and you can only be accepted using this simple, ridiculous logic.

Even if you want to drive them, you must not talk to them about the complexity of the world, nor explain or explain. At this time, intelligence will often shake their minds, thereby weakening their fighting ability.

Because all the universal beliefs in the world are fictions, they never stand up to inspection, and will be fatal if examined.

After all, as you know, there is only so much space on the top of the pyramid. If every brick was piled there, it would not be called a pyramid, but a foundation that everyone could step on. "

When Arthur heard this, he stared at Agares and couldn't help but ask: "Agares, I have to say, I can't understand you more and more. You devil, what do you want from me?" get something?"

The red devil didn't answer when he heard the words. He just sniffed the parchment roll in his hand, and then passed away in the wind.

When his figure solidified again, Agares had already appeared not far away, at the spire of the Gothic bell tower of the Royal Academy of Music, which was made of red bricks.

He watched Arthur's carriage disappear at the end of the street, then he picked up the quill tucked into the parchment roll with great interest, and took out a dried ink bottle from his pocket.

He glanced into the ink bottle with wide eyes. He had already used up all the ink inside.

Seeing this, Agares took out a fresh small colorful ball from his pocket and threw it in.

There was only a painful cry that could tear apart the soul, and then, a drop of bright red ink finally condensed in the dried ink bottle.

Agares dipped the quill gently into the ink bottle, then stared at the pitiful drop of ink on the bright red pen tip for a long time, then glanced at the blank parchment in his hand, and finally couldn't help it. He cursed.

"Fuck, it still doesn't work... If you let him continue like this, sooner or later he will end up in a losing business... No, through this banquet, I have to give him something new..."