"Don't kill me, I'll tell you everything... don't kill me!" Another secret policeman screamed in fear.
"From now on, I will be your subordinate, and I will absolutely obey your orders. Give me a chance... Please!"
Raoul Rigault smiled and nodded, "Very good, you are very smart... Don't try to lie to me, now tell me who are the superiors and subordinates who are in contact with you?"
"From today on, I completely accept your line..."
Raoul Rigaud has very rich experience in fighting the Paris police. He fully understands the routines and tactics of these police, and he also understands how to fight for power.
He was the police chief himself, but the Provisional National Defense Government did not recognize him at all and even wanted him!
He didn't care, he just snatched the rosters of all the secret police in Paris at the most turbulent moment. These secret files were his trump card for controlling the plainclothes.
If you find a secret plainclothes person, you can force him to obey your orders. If you don't open your eyes, you will naturally threaten the plainclothes wife and children.
When it comes to the safety of family members, 90% of people cannot bear it. If he encounters a lonely person or someone with no important value, Li Gao will not be stingy with a bullet, just like the one he just shot.
The killings and threats were real. As long as a plainclothes officer confessed his secret, it would be a clue, and Li Gao could follow the diagram and control the entire Paris secret police one by one.
From the time the Republic was announced to the present, in just a few days, Ligao has controlled more than 600 plainclothes policemen. Now there are no secrets in Paris for him.
He had been eyeing Eugene and Andrew's business from the beginning. At first, he didn't expect these two people to be so bold. But as Andrew bought three more pawn shops, Li Gao felt that he had to take action.
Collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country is a serious crime, and not turning over money is an even worse crime. What the National Guard is short of now is military spending. If we don't kill you, a fat sheep who has come forward, who else will we kill?
However, Li Gao did not order the killing in the end, not because he cared about these two businessmen, but because he cared about the Chinese outside the city!
Li Gao was not the highest-ranking person on the left. He had only vaguely heard some rumors. It was said that there was a secret agreement between the top management and the Chinese.
Even Li Gao didn't know this level of intelligence. It was precisely because of such hidden worries that he saved the lives of Eugene and Andrew.
Black bags were put on the heads of the two men, and they were sent to a secret prison without being able to distinguish between east, west and north. All kinds of people were imprisoned in the dirty, dark and smelly prison.
No one even untied the ropes on the two of them, and no one took off the black cloth bags on their heads!
"Are we going to die?" Andrew said desperately.
"No... God will not abandon us... We will never die..." Eugene was extremely pious at the moment, as if he had forgotten that he had personally sold a 13th-century sterling silver cross to a pagan the day before yesterday.
While the two were desperately waiting for the final trial, Raoul Rigault met Blanqui and reported the operation to Blanqui in the old tavern.
"Dear teacher, I have captured two businessmen who are collaborators with the enemy, Eugene and Andrew, who are the bosses behind the pawn shop that has been in the spotlight these days..."
Li Gao reported to Blanqui in detail the crimes of these people secretly selling national treasures to the Chinese, and strongly demanded that they be shot. However, to his surprise, Blanqui remained silent.
This gray-haired old revolutionary fell into deep meditation. No one knew what he was thinking. Maybe he was fighting against his own idealism!
From the perspective of a patriotic nationalist, the two businessmen who betrayed the country for profit are absolutely killable. How can France's artistic treasures be handed over to the Chinese?
It’s obvious that Xiao Letian is taking advantage of the situation!
But if you abandon the idea of nationalism and simply consider success or failure, the advantages of keeping this secret pipeline will still outweigh the disadvantages!
After all, he and Xiao Letian have reached a cease-fire agreement. If he kills the Chinese tentacles that infiltrated Paris, wouldn't he tear up the agreement?
Block this last escape route with your own hands? Blanqui fell into deep thought!
Raoul Rigault felt strange. Normally, such a simple decision shouldn't be so difficult. Why didn't he say anything for a long time?
Are those secret rumors true? Is there really a private agreement?
"Li Gao... go release those two businessmen and ensure their safety from today... But we will charge 60% tax on all trade between those two people. You can handle this..."
"Ah?" Li Gao never expected that he would end up like this after working for several days. He wanted to continue asking, but Blanqui turned away and left.
Li Gao didn't dare to talk anymore, his guess was proved!
After being held for four hours, Eugene and Andrew were dragged out of the prison by a group of big men. They were so scared that they wet their pants.
"Don't kill me... We are willing to donate military resources. Please let me go... We will give you money..."
"For God's sake, don't kill me..."
The black cloth was torn open. Raoul Rigaud looked at the two panicked businessmen who were peeing their pants and said disdainfully, "Don't think I don't know what you are doing. You are doing this kind of business...well... Why not pay taxes?”
"Say! Why don't you pay taxes?"
ah?
Eugene and Andrew didn't expect that they would be caught because they didn't pay taxes? The two of them opened their mouths for a long time, not knowing what to say.
Li Gao waved his hand, "Go away, remember that starting from today, we will collect 60% tax on all your businesses, and I will collect it in person on a regular basis!"
"Don't try to make false accounts, let alone run away... I will keep an eye on you two until death..."
Neither Eugene nor Andrew knew how they got home. This night was like a dream. They walked around the prison and found nothing in the end. Even the cultural relics were sent back.
After each person drank a large bottle of wine, the two of them finally understood, "Do it! I finally figured it out in my life, the most dangerous thing is actually the safest..."
"Others who collaborate with the enemy and betray the country will be shot, but if your level of collaboration with the enemy and traitor reaches a certain level and you can control very large interests... then you are qualified to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country!"
"Oh God! It's not a question of whether collaboration with the enemy is a sin or not. It depends on whether your betrayal is big enough!"
"If we have the ability to sell the entire Louvre to the head of state... not only will we not die, we will even become human masters!"
"That's right... Starting from tomorrow, we will continue to buy up those pawn shops that are on the verge of bankruptcy... and spend a lot of money to dig out thieves and robbers in Paris..."
"We can steal the treasures that the pawn shop cannot accept! How many opportunities can a person have in a lifetime? There is no shop like this after passing this village!"
