Luke and Selena stared wide-eyed: "The city of their family...?"
Elsa nodded slightly: "Back then, their ancestors dug a gold mine there, and then there was the city of Esworth. They also became one of the upper-class families in California, and it has been passed down to this day."
Selena gasped.
This kind of family that has lasted for more than a hundred years, as long as it has not fallen, is not easy to mess with.
Judging from the social status of the father and son, Sheldon and Henry, it cannot be said that their family has declined anyway.
Luke: "So...?"
Elsa: "So this case is not urgent, you can investigate other cases first! There is no absolute certainty... No, once the Esworth family is involved, you must notify me first, and don't disturb them."
Luke looked at her for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "Okay, Elsa."
Elsa is not suppressing him, she is more aware of the power of these families in the local area, and knows what is the bottom line of the other party.
When she said this, it was equivalent to taking a large part of the responsibility and danger, which was not a smart approach.
However, this is indeed a boss that Luke admires very much.
You can't help your subordinates take the blame at critical moments, and don't expect your subordinates to work hard at critical moments.
After going out, Luke went to find Sonia: "How is the intelligence investigation of the Bearded Nick group? We will make an appointment with this big guy later,"
Sonia looked away from the screen in front of her, raised her head, and lowered her voice: "There is something wrong with this group of people. I checked their information in recent years, and there are no fewer than thirty complaints about their abuse of violence every year."
Luke hehe: "That is to say, each of them will receive almost one complaint every quarter?"
Sonia: "That's just abuse of violence complaints, counting other more minor complaints, everyone is not idle every week. But..."
"However, they can fight." Selena said.
Sonia nodded helplessly: "These guys are basically transferred by the special police, or they are retired from the army, but they don't want to go to the special police department, and now they are staying in the serious crime team of the county police station. They are really good at violent crimes. There is a way, sometimes even the special operations team of the county police can do things without them, so the county police department turns a blind eye to some of their small actions."
Of course Luke understood.
If you can handle cases and fight, then you can no longer ask for other aspects to be equally good, such as excellent conduct and strict discipline.
If there is such a perfect person, why should he stay in the county police station! There must be better places for people to go.
The lesser of two evils, the top executives of the Los Angeles County Police Department tolerated Nick and his gang.
After all, there are really not many police officers in the county police station who are capable of fighting to the death with yesterday's group of professional robbers.
There are ten or twenty ordinary policemen in the past, and they will definitely be taught how to behave by those robbers who retired from the Marine Corps.
Luke leaned against Sonia's table and pondered for a moment: "In other words, this Nick's status in the county police station is actually not bad? Then yesterday's work was not in vain."
Sonia shrugged: "Yes. Their energy is not small, and they are well-informed in all aspects."
Luke smiled: Black and white take all! It's not difficult to understand, those guys don't look like serious police officers. Well, for a decent young police detective like myself, no one would believe black and white.
He checked the time, and it was eleven o'clock, so he called Nick the Bearded.
After saying a few words, Luke got up: "Let's go, but I can only ask Alexandria and me later."
Selena and Sonia looked puzzled, but said nothing, went to the parking lot and drove away.
In the car, Selena asked: "What does Elsa mean?" She was a little strange to Elsa's words just now.
They haven't even started handling the case of the girl in pajamas being killed.
If there is trouble, there is no need to investigate. Why do you have to remind them, but you didn't say you can't touch it.
Luke pondered for a moment, then sighed softly: "With power, of course there are enemies. Maybe we are a tool of temptation."
Selena let out an ah, but she didn't expect to hear this kind of answer: "Then, shall we continue with this case?"
Luke nodded: "It's our responsibility to handle the case, we should go or go."
But how to start and even how to end is up to me. He wouldn't be foolish enough to be someone's pawn.
Elsa's performance just now also hinted at his situation.
But she obviously couldn't afford to offend people who could match up with the Esworth family, and she couldn't say it clearly. She could only add an insurance to let Luke ask her opinion before getting involved in certain matters.
This is the background of the old police detective!
Compared with Dustin and Elsa, his foundation here is still too shallow, and he is not so sensitive about many things involving power struggles.
However, in a year or two at most, he should be able to develop his personal connections, and then it will not be possible for anyone to take advantage of him.
The two cars quickly arrived at their destination. Selena looked at the sign and stared wide-eyed: "You didn't have enough last night? Did you come here early in the morning?"
Luke: "This is the meeting place Nick chose, ok? Besides, I'm very strong, what's one night?"
Selena was speechless.
So-and-so is really not so horny, come to this kind of place early in the morning.
It was true that he felt refreshed every time he went to see Ginny or Jimena.
Luke got out of the car and said, "You and Sonia are here, I will turn on the voice connection, and you should also pay attention to the movement around you."
Selena hummed, crawled over, and took over the driver's seat.
Luke called Alexandra, and the two reported Nick's name to the security guard at the gate, and entered the club called South American Jungle.
After entering, the venue was very quiet.
It's only past ten o'clock, which is the rest time for this kind of place.
The security guard at the door shouted to the two of them and pointed to a corner next to them.
The two walked in that direction, passed through a passage, and arrived at a place similar to a box.
"1024, this is it." Luke looked at the number on the door and knocked.
A moment later, the door clicked open.
Nick, in jeans and a tank top, opened the door.
Luke could only reduce his sense of smell, and tried not to touch the bearded man in front of him.
But what left him speechless was that the smell inside was even worse.
For the sake of safety, he can't turn off his sensitive sense of smell, he can only control its sensitivity as much as possible.
Nick opened the door to meet the two, looked at Alexandra: "Your buddy?"
Luke glanced at Alexandra beside him and nodded, "Yes."
Nick moved out of the way: "Come in."
The two entered the room.
This is a suite, with a living room of more than 30 square meters connecting four or five rooms.
The room is not particularly luxurious, but the grade is not low.
Some wine and food leftovers on the table and everywhere fully demonstrate the first-class consumption level here.