Phil was stunned.
In the darkness not far away, a woman was also stunned.
"There's an expert..." She held her breath, carefully stepped back a few steps along the corner of the wall, and gradually disappeared into the shadows.
"It's an assassin, an assassin who came specifically to kill you." Kashu glanced at Phil, who was pale in the distance, and said slowly.
"What kind of business does your family run?"
In the night, the yellow light of the street lamps blends with the shadows.
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"Is this your home?" Kaxiu looked over there from afar.
In front of me was a gray-white manor with tall walls and forged iron gates. I could vaguely see the treetops and the towering spires of houses in the distance. My sight shifted to the left and right, and this seemed to be a villa area.
Most of the wealthy people in Shirakawa City own a property here.
"Yes, but I don't usually live here. I usually live on Honeysuckle Street, which is closer to the school. This is where my brother usually lives, and my mother comes here to live occasionally."
Phil spoke word by word, and it was obvious that his brain was a little slow, probably because he was frightened just now.
"Then let's go."
Kaxiu scratched his nails and found a layer of blood stains inside.
Half an hour later, in a brightly lit and cozy hall, Phil was sitting on a brown leather sofa, holding a white porcelain cup and drinking the hot coffee in it.
The panic seemed to have subsided a lot.
The whole hall was decorated in a low-key and luxurious style, with a very bright crystal lamp hanging from the ceiling. Light golden thorn flower patterns could be seen everywhere on the walls, as if they were printed on wallpaper. Above the patterns, there were also colorful and blurred landscape oil paintings.
There were wooden tables and chairs, velvet cushions, glass coffee tables, and several beautiful maids who served tea and water from time to time.
It can be seen that Phil is indeed not an ordinary family. According to him, his father and brother both run several cross-city companies.
Kaxiu sat next to Phil, in front of him was a transparent coffee table with three milky white coffee saucers placed on it, with the edges inlaid with gold. Opposite him was also a sofa, on which sat a handsome young man with a refined and elegant temperament.
Matthew, Phil's older brother, is twenty-six years old.
His facial features were majestic, deep and three-dimensional. His brown hair was combed back, revealing a full forehead. He wore a pair of half-moon-shaped gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, and his skin was a healthy copper color, not white. Matthew was wearing a white shirt, and there seemed to be a silver-white metal chain of a pocket watch hanging in his chest pocket.
"I have sent people to deal with the bodies. This time it is really thanks to Mr. Levi being here, otherwise Phil would be in great danger." Matthew gently put down the coffee cup in his hand.
"It's no problem. It's just a piece of cake."
Kaxiu took a sip of coffee and swallowed it slowly.
"Brother, why would someone want to assassinate me? It's really scary! When I saw the dagger, I was shocked and my mind went blank. Fortunately..." Phil glanced at Kaxiu next to him with gratitude in his eyes.
"Since you asked, I won't hide it from you." Matthew glanced at Kaxiu and said, "Mr. Levi doesn't need to avoid it either."
What Matthew said next was very informative.
In short, the company run by Phil's family is not an ordinary company, but a gray company, somewhere between black and white. And the company's main business is also very simple, one word: "wine".
You should know that the Red Lebanese Federation clearly implemented the prohibition law from February 130 to June 151, and wrote the law into the constitution. This law was called the Trent Prohibition Act and was implemented on February 18, 130.
According to this law, it is illegal to manufacture, sell or even transport beverages with an alcohol content of more than 0.6%. Drinking at home is not illegal, but drinking with friends or holding a banquet is illegal, and violators will be fined.
The maximum penalty is a fine of 3,500 Red Lebanese Federation coins and six months in prison. Only people over 20 years old can buy alcohol, and they need to show proof of age, and they can only buy it in limited places.
This law was intended to advocate prohibition of alcohol and reduce social crime. However, the prohibition of alcohol led to the proliferation of illegal alcohol, and many people enriched themselves by selling illegal alcohol. The prohibition of alcohol also led to the prosperity of certain mafia organizations, which made huge profits.
After June of the 151st year of the Federal Calendar, the federal government abolished this decree and lifted restrictions on private liquor sales.
In theory, anyone can start a company and sell alcohol after obtaining a sales order. But in reality, some organizations have become deeply rooted in alcohol after 20 years of development.
Their power reaches into the dark corners and is intertwined.
So in fact, if a liquor company wants to sell liquor in a county or a city, it will definitely not be able to bypass those organizations and must agree on a profit-sharing agreement with each other. And when conducting other businesses, it is inevitable to deal with them.
The Connan Company founded by Phil's father is backed by a large black organization in Beiliu County: Spade Ace. This is one of the largest organizations in Beiliu County, covering a wide range of areas. On the surface, the formal industries include selling alcohol, tobacco, transportation, etc.
Privately, they resell prohibited items, such as firearms, antiques of unknown origin, medicines, etc. Of course, sometimes Spade Ace also provides protection or assassination services, which are very expensive.
Generally speaking, no one would mess with a local tyrant like Ace of Spades in Beiliu County. But in recent months, an organization called Sand and Dust suddenly appeared in Beiliu County. The Sand and Dust organization was quite aggressive, and its subordinates were very aggressive.
Several other major organizations in Beiliu County have suffered losses at the hands of the Sand Dust Organization, and this time, they have set their sights on the Ace of Spades.
As a result, even companies like Conan that had business dealings with Spade Ace suffered an unexpected disaster. They were very accurate in capturing the key points and picked Phil, who was the easiest to attack.
"I see." Kaxiu took a sip of coffee.
Phil next to him was even more shocked than him. Phil originally thought that his family ran a transportation company or a beverage company. Unexpectedly, the main business was alcohol, and it was related to some organizations.
Ten minutes later, Phil came to his own room in the villa and found the purple wooden cane in the corner.
Phil was not very interested in antiques, so he didn't play with the cane carefully after Matthew gave it to him.
Coach Levi saved his life and was an antique lover, so it was only fitting that he should be given this cane.
Thump thump thump…
Phil walked down with a purple cane as long as his arm in his hand and handed it to Kasu without any hesitation.
Kaxiu clicked his tongue and took it solemnly.
The moment his fingers touched the cane, the bitter taste in Kaxiu's mouth reached an extreme level, even bitterer than sugar-free coffee.
“Finally got it…”