Blackstone Code

"Ms. Vera, there is a gentleman named Gap who asked me to call you. He said that there is something very important that needs to be told to you and Mr. President..."

Vera was a little surprised when she heard the news on the phone. She had not heard from Garp for a while. Of course, she also knew that Garp was currently living a happy life in a federal prison.

Before Gap was arrested, they had already completed the property division. It can be said that Gap protected their property to the greatest extent from being auctioned by the federal court to fill the financial loopholes that still existed in the Ristoin fraud case.

Garp is definitely a qualified accountant. He knows very well what should be done and what should not be done. Divorce from his wife was also the first thing he initiated.

He never thought that because he was about to be imprisoned, he would drag his wife and children into hell with him, so when Vera heard the news about this man, she would not be as emotional as an ordinary divorced couple. change.

After a brief silence, she asked, "Did he say anything else?"

"Yes, Ms. Vera, Mr. Garp left a phone number. I hope you can call back as soon as possible..."

Then her assistant reported the number and hung up.

"What's wrong?" Lin Qi came up from behind her and naturally put his arms around her waist, giving her a certain sense of security.

Ever since the tax bureau contacted Vera, she has been in a state of uneasiness. This state is quite normal. She is alone at home, and no one can comfort her or say anything to encourage her. Only herself.

Women's sensibility will make her more and more frightened. Fortunately, Lynch came over in time and calmed her emotions.

"It's Garp. He said he had something very important and he wanted me to call back..." Vera didn't hide it, because when her assistant talked about it just now, she also mentioned Lynch.

She looked at Lin Qi, who tilted his head slightly, "Why don't you try calling back?"

"Maybe he does have something very important, and it's not an easy job to make a phone call inside."

Vera heard the words and called back the phone number, while Lynch's attention was on her feet, "I saw a bug on your shoe, oh, my god, it's crawling up!"

Vera lowered her head in shock. The call was connected at this moment. Garp had been waiting in front of the phone. This call was very important to him.

The moment he picked up the phone, he heard the voice of that attribute exclaiming, "Oh, damn bug, where did it go?"

"Do you need me to wait for a moment?" Garp asked calmly and in a gentle tone.

"No...my assistant just told me that you have something very important to tell me?" Vera returned her attention to the phone call, but at this time, Lynch was doing other things.

"Yes, people from the Federal Taxation Bureau came to see Michael just now. He said something to the people over there. It can be seen from his expression when he came back that he should be very excited." An accountant's observation was very subtle. Yes, after all, his job is to try to find something wrong in a bunch of numbers.

He observed Michael very carefully. Through Michael's emotions, he could feel that he was full of energy now. In addition, he no longer minded talking about some things in the past. Garp believed that this matter must have something to do with Lynch.

In the past, Michael was not willing to talk about how he got in, nor was he willing to talk about his work problems, but in fact, Gap still knew Michael's situation very well.

He was a local tax investigator. During that time, Lynch and his case became public knowledge. The tax bureau investigators once again illegally enforced the law without any legal procedures and harmed innocent people. Michael was exposed by public opinion.

But he was unwilling to go into more details. There must be some other things involved.

"Um...", a sound like a slap suddenly came from the receiver, and Garp was a little strange, "What's wrong with you?"

It was a normal concern. After all, the two were still husband and wife before. Vera explained, "Just now a bug crawled onto my leg, and I killed it."

"Besides these...is there anything else?"

Garp thought for a moment and said, "You have to remind Lynch that this is probably for him. Also, if possible, mention me to him. Is there any chance that I can leave earlier?"

"You are actually very aware of the situation on Ristoian's side, and I am also innocent. Now that the storm is almost over, it shouldn't be that difficult to get me out?"

"I can use my work to pay some remuneration. You know my abilities. I can do many things. I have my own methods for this industry and my connections... Are you really okay?"

Through the receiver, he heard Vera's breathing becoming a little heavy, as if she was uncomfortable.

Vera gritted her teeth and said, "It's nothing. The temperature in Bupen has risen very quickly recently. You know, I'm a little hot now..."

Although Garp felt a little strange, he didn't say anything. The only thing he wanted now was to leave this damn place as soon as possible.

Although the warden and prison guards here are very respectful to him, he can come in and out of any place here at will, even the warden's office, but a prison is a prison, and criminals here are at the lowest level.

He didn't want to waste his best time in this damn place. He wanted to get out, no matter what he did, as long as he could get out of here.

"Okay, help me remind him of my role in this and...thank you."

After saying this, both of them were silent. About ten seconds later, Garp asked, "How is the child?"

"He is very good. Now he has changed to another school. The educational resources here in Bupen are very complete and the best in the federation. He is much more cheerful now and has made many new friends in the school."

"If you can come out, I don't want you to see him, you know what I mean!"

When it came to the child, Vera's tone became tougher. Before Garp was arrested, the Bureau of Investigation and the Tax Bureau continued to harass her and her child, leaving the child in a state of nervousness and fear. There was even a period of At that time, autism and aphasia appeared.

This is an overreaction. In the words of a psychiatrist, he was greatly stimulated and unwilling to contact the outside world.

Fortunately, he received timely treatment after this happened and the current environment has returned to normal, but this does not mean that similar things will not happen in the future.

Hearing Vera's sudden change in mood, Garp also became silent.

Ten minutes later, Vera suddenly said, "If there is nothing else, I will hang up the phone. I will talk to Lynch about your matter, but I don't know what the result will be."

In the end, she hesitated and gave her office phone number. If he discovered anything new, he could call the office directly.

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For more than ten minutes, Vera breathlessly told Lynch in detail what Garp had said, and he had generally understood the specific situation.

"Will it threaten you?" Vera was a little nervous. She didn't want to experience what she had experienced before. It would be a disaster for her and the child.

Lynch was as confident as ever, "Of course not. Even if they find something they think is key, they can't knock me down. No one can make me lie down except myself and you."

Michael was involved in only so many things. The masthead was dead, which he saw with his own eyes. The other newsboys who were involved in the matter also formed an adoption relationship with him.

And with the relationship with the Brothers Grimm, he is not worried about what these children will do to affect him.

The Brothers Grimm can be described as "famous" at a certain level in Sabine City. This reputation has no meaning to the middle and upper classes of society, because these classes can easily make these bottom forces disappear into thin air through various methods.

But when dealing with the underlying forces themselves, these reputations are very useful. The more they see darkness, the more they fear it.

As for what Garp said about wanting to be released as soon as possible... let's do it a few months earlier than the original prison sentence plan.

Despite this, Lynch still called the Brothers Grimm that night and asked them to keep this in mind.

After Green-skinned Face got the important clues from Michael, he didn't go back to the state tax bureau in the capital. Instead, he went directly to the Sabine City Tax Bureau.

In his opinion, neither the masthead nor the newsboys could be a big problem in this matter.

You know, mastheads themselves are a gray profession. They use child labor intensively through various means, which is illegal.

Newsboys are children who have been oppressed or even hurt for a long time. As long as they take down the newspaper, these children will naturally tell the truth.

It does not even require the support of the state tax bureau. The power of the local tax bureau is enough to complete this most important evidence collection, and time waits for no one.

It was already evening when he arrived in Sabine City. After he communicated with the new director of the Sabine City Taxation Bureau, the two went to the regional Sabine City Police Station to wait for further news.

But what they were waiting for was not good news.

"What, the masthead is missing?" The green-skinned face stood up in surprise, "When did this happen?"

The policeman responsible for "requesting" the masthead recalled, "It has been a year or two, and we usually don't pay much attention to these people."

"People in this industry are relatively mobile, and they instinctively avoid us. Even if we pay attention to their whereabouts, it is not easy."

The green-skinned face looked a little gloomy, "What if the scope is expanded?"

"If we expand the search scope to the whole city and the surrounding areas, will there be any new discoveries?"

The police detective in the office looked at the director, who shook his head slightly.