what do you think sherlock

Chapter 131 The Coming Commission

Inside the University of Manchester Auditorium.

"We must provide opportunities for young people. If the political and civil officials of the imperial government are all old men like me, then the empire will lose its wildness and courage to pioneer and enterprising."

Gladstone's right hand waved up and down along with his passionate words, and one after another young students in uniforms in the audience listened carefully to the speech of His Excellency the Prime Minister.

"Reforming parliament is about ensuring elections. I want to make a promise to you on behalf of this government that over the next two years, we will gradually promote parliamentary reform bills, lower the barriers to entry for voting, and make it possible for every worker to vote. have MPs who represent their interests."

Gladstone's voice was always so powerful, like the roar of a lion.But as he was talking, the Prime Minister suddenly noticed that his chief secretary was looking at him with strange eyes and making hand gestures with him.

Years of political experience made Gladstone aware that something bad might have happened, but he was not going to stop speaking at this point, because on the one hand he was confident in his ability to deal with problems, on the other hand he I am also worried that the interruption of the speech by unexpected events will be interpreted by supporters as a lack of stability and reliability.

"Abolishing corrupt electoral districts is a necessary step to reform the Imperial Parliament. We need to allow members of the House of Commons to truly represent the interests of every imperial citizen. It is imperative to reduce the number of parliamentary seats in areas with population loss."

According to common sense, there is nothing wrong with Gladstone's choice, but when he relied on his strong concentration to maintain the rhythm of the speech, there were some unsatisfactory voices among the students listening to the speech. Natural clutter.

As the speech progressed, such noisy and chaotic responses became more and more common, and even showed a tendency to spread.

"Choosing the Liberal Party is choosing a more equal, open and inclusive Great Britain."

After the last sentence fell, Gladstone's speech finally came to an end, and he walked off the podium with a somewhat displeased expression.

Your Excellency the Prime Minister originally had high expectations for this event at the University of Manchester, but judging from the response on the spot, I am afraid it will be difficult for him to achieve the results he wants.

"Mills, what happened?" Gladstone tried hard to control his anger, but he had to get a definite explanation at this moment.

"The Earl of Granville was suspected of sexually assaulting a theater performer at the Windmill Theater, and was caught by the people of Scotland Yard." Mills hurried to Gladstone's side and whispered.

"Granville's useless" Gladstone's face instantly became extremely gloomy when he heard the news, but he still held back the emotion of cursing and tried to calm himself: "Is the evidence conclusive? Why are you notifying me now? "

"I heard that they were captured on the spot." Mills' expression was a little subtle, and it could be seen that the scene described in the news from London must not be very good-looking: "In addition, you need to know that because the current Foreign Secretary is involved, Scotland Yard dispatched The standards of the investigators are very high, and Superintendent Gu Luo personally took over."

"Guro," Gladstone immediately remembered the owner of this name, the stubborn old Conservative Party man. Disraeli pushed him out to take over the crown case before, and after the Crown was returned, the Conservative Party According to the pre-arranged script, the legendary story of how Gu Luo heroically regained the crown from other countries was widely publicized in the media, which made the reputation of this stubborn old man rise instead of falling, even more famous than before the crown was lost.

Of course, from the perspective of the evaluation criteria of the civil service system, Gu Luo can only be regarded as a crime of merit, which is actually more than merit; but from the perspective of a political officer, he has jumped out of the stereotype of a civil official and has the qualifications to become a politician. potential.

After all, for a politician, it is more important for the public to think that you have done a very important thing than that you have actually done a very important thing.

In short, with Gu Luo's prestige and ability, although it is impossible to intercept this news, it can indeed delay the delivery of the complete news, and then the Conservatives can take advantage of this gap to quickly notify those few conservative media With these old-fashioned tricks, Gladstone can guess how the other party operates without witnessing the process with his own eyes.

But right now it is not important to see through the opponent's tricks, what is important is how to respond properly, Gladstone pondered for a moment, stretched out his hand and ticked Mills and said: "Cancel all the trips for today and tomorrow, we will rush back to London immediately .”
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In the room at 221B Baker Street, Di Renjie picked up the newspaper he just bought with great interest, and enjoyed it with a cup of fragrant coffee and a piece of egg yolk bread.

"Big news, Sherlock." The headline on the front page of the newspaper immediately attracted Di Renjie's full attention.

"Is it the thing we did yesterday?" Sherlock walked out of the room in pajamas, with hair that hadn't been dried, holding a towel.

"I'm disappointed. Now everyone's attention is attracted by Mr. Foreign Minister." Di Renjie smiled and handed the newspaper to Sherlock: "I think tonight's party has enough talk."

Sherlock read the newspaper very quickly, and sighed a few times while reading: "A political scandal with a strong lace atmosphere, really worthy of being the minister of the empire."

After a few glances, he handed the newspaper back to Di Renjie. To be honest, he has never been very interested in this kind of political news.

"By the way, John, you know F.." Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, Sherlock wiped his hair twice, and asked a question that he was somewhat concerned about, but also somewhat embarrassed to ask.

However, before he could finish his question, he was interrupted by a lazy voice:
"Are you talking about me?"

this familiar voice
Di Renjie and Sherlock turned their heads in surprise and astonishment to look at the direction of the sound. It was the bookshelf in the living room, and in a compartment of the bookshelf, a brass pocket watch was quietly opened, revealing the The oil painting under the watch cover shows a man in a classic aristocratic judge's robe, holding coffee and eating snacks leisurely.
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In the morning, outside Scotland Yard, Patrick, who had been dragged to take notes all night, finally got permission to go home.

He was very exhausted at this moment. If counting the time spent being chased and hid at the bottom of the lake yesterday, it can be said that he had not rested at all this night. At this moment, there was glue between his upper and lower eyelids. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pull it apart.

"Cheer up, Patrick, one night has been wasted." Alena's voice sounded in Patrick's mind. As a soul, she doesn't need sleep, so she still has spirit.

"Alena, don't you mean, let me go to the Windmill Theater to look for clues now?" Patrick's voice was full of exhaustion.

At this moment, Aliena also realized that her request seemed a little too much, so she thought about it and said, "Then why don't you go home and rest for a few hours?"

Patrick rolled his eyes silently, his current state could not be adjusted by resting for an hour or two, but he felt that this reason would definitely not be able to convince Aliena, so he had to change it to a more favorable explanation.

After thinking hard for a few minutes, an electric current flashed through Patrick's mind. He clapped his hands violently, and said to Aliena excitedly: "Alena, do you remember? You originally wanted to find justice for Queenie, That led to your death. But last night we saw that Director Wang Delei took the initiative to protect Queenie. If Director Wang Delei really wanted to protect Queenie, he would not have given him to Mr. Hickman. This shows that they must Some sort of shady deal was made after your death."

"That makes sense." After a few seconds of silence, Aliena had no choice but to agree: "You are smarter than I thought, Patrick, so your opinion is that in addition to searching the office of Director Wang Delei, we also need to Go check on Queenie?"

"No, that's not what it means." Patrick showed a confident smile:

"Actually, what I really want to say is that I think the complexity of this case has far exceeded our initial expectations. It is definitely not the kind of case that we can go to Director Wang Delei's office and simply search around. .

"In other words, Aliena, I don't think the two of us can solve this case, we need to find a real professional to help us.

"It just so happens that I know a professional of such renown, and it's even more coincidental that I'll be meeting him at a party tonight."

PS: My body temperature has dropped this afternoon. Although my head still hurts and my blade throat has not recovered, I can barely write a little bit.I only wrote one chapter today, and I hope to resume two updates tomorrow. I originally planned to put it on the shelves yesterday, but I communicated with the editor in charge and postponed it until next Friday. In this way, I can update some free chapters as compensation~~~~~
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