"Mrs. Jia announced her candidacy for the Fourth District Councillor? The former Fourth District Councillor Cao Ying is running for the Third District?"
Lu Ming smiled and said, "It's quite interesting."
Murong Xue nodded beside her, but she felt a little nervous, because standing behind Madam Jia was the Baclo family, and old Baclo was the chief member of the Beiguan Seven-member Committee.
It was obvious that Mrs. Jia was preparing to run for councillor in the third district, but she was defeated by a silent attack from her boss.
After all, Yang Guiren couldn't go to the door to collect the mooncakes and vouchers that had been distributed, which would only make things even more chaotic.
Now, Mrs. Jia goes to the fourth district and Councillor Cao comes to the third district.
The Baklo family will certainly do their best to help Councillor Cao in his campaign for the third district, because that would mean that Councillor Cao would give the fourth district to the Baklo family.
Councillor Cao Ying is a writer and current affairs commentator with a good reputation. He often speaks for ordinary people in newspapers and magazines.
If it's a political debate, boss, you may not be his opponent. After all, Councillor Cao is in this line of work.
However, during the interview with the TV station, questions about appearing on TV were asked, and the program had already been aired. The boss expressed his willingness to debate with any candidate on TV about each other's community policies, political views, etc.
So, by supporting Cao Ying's campaign in the third district, is the Bucklo family preparing to defeat their boss miserably in a televised debate
"Let's just follow our pace. I've been a bit busy these two days. You guys have worked so hard!" Lu Ming waved his hand.
Murong Xue was helpless. Running for councillor was not the top priority on her boss's agenda. How could she seek justice
But naturally, he and the campaign officials bowed together and saw his boss off.
…
On the desk, in front of Lu Ming, there were two photos.
They are all half-length photos. They are wearing the kind of white shirts commonly seen as servants in wealthy families. One is a male servant and the other is a female servant, and both look to be in their thirties.
On the photo of the male servant, it was written "Zhao Si", and on the photo of the female servant, it was written "Gao Sao".
On the desk, the huge shadow was the body of Sherlock Holmes cast under the light.
"Master, I have sorted out the past few days and checked the backgrounds of all the servants of the Gao family. I feel that these two are the most suspicious."
"I think Sister Gao is the most suspicious. She is Gao Yulong's wet nurse. She raised Gao Yulong. She once had a son who was the same age as Gao Yulong, but most of her milk was given to Gao Yulong. Therefore, her son was weak since childhood. Moreover, he died suddenly four years ago when he was five years old. At that time, Gao Yulong was in Sister Gao's hometown. Because Gao Depei always hoped that his son would endure hardships and work hard, he often asked Sister Gao to take him to the countryside when he was a child, which is Sister Gao's hometown."
Lu Ming nodded and listened.
Fu Mosi pointed at Zhao Si again, "He was originally a bricklayer who repaired the house for the Gao family, but his son is studying at Marfa University. You should know that the tuition at Marfa is very high because of the low score. The school is considered the top second-rate in Donghai. Moreover, Zhao Si's son has an apartment outside the university and lives very well, so I think it's a bit strange."
"Logically, even if Gao Yulong did those things, at least his father shouldn't have known about it before, otherwise, there would have been some unusual changes in his education, but there wasn't any. So, if his father didn't know about it and Zhao Si was really helping him, Gao Yulong was only nine years old. How could he have the money to repay, or reward, Zhao Si?"
"Master, I'm going to go to Xihuang. Gao's hometown is in Xihuang."
Xihuang is one of the satellite towns of the East China Sea.
Lu Ming nodded: "That's right." It took a few days to find out so many things. I'm afraid that Fu Mo Si's special identity also played a role.
"As for Zhao Si, I have arranged for someone to get close to Zhao Si's son to see if we can get anything out of him."
Lu Ming nodded.
At this time, Fu Mosi chuckled, "That's right, I need to pay more for the informant, Master, you have to take care of it. The prostitute I chose is very beautiful, and the price is not low, but I am optimistic about her. She is very good at acting and can also trick people. Moreover, if it is really useful, I think she can definitely make the fourth Zhao family boy willing to be a witness."
Lu Ming waved his hand. "You can check the information, but if it involves evidence that may be brought to court, then whether the other party is willing to testify in court in the future, our informants are not involved in these things, and are not allowed to interfere or instigate. Some of the methods you used in the Federal Statistics Bureau are not applicable here, and you need to change them. As for the funding, I will talk to Minister Liu and give your investigation room an extra quota."
"Okay! I understand!" Fu Mo thought for a moment and said, "Stuart's murder case looks simple. Maybe he was framed, right? But it's hard to clear him of suspicion."
Lu Ming nodded. Indeed, it seemed very suspicious, but in fact, unless the real murderer was found, based on the current evidence, he could only say that Stewart killed the person. If there were no new clues for a long time, he would have to prosecute him. The same would happen if he became a prosecutor.
Besides, to be honest, I am willing to believe him. The former nobleman, Pamela's father, should not be a murderer.
But who can say for sure what will happen in this world
"The clues you are looking for may be able to help him, if he is really innocent." Lu Ming smiled: "Okay, go ahead and get busy. Thank you for your hard work."
With Formosus, I do feel much more relaxed. In the past, I probably had to do these things myself to find out the truth.
I stood up and looked out the floor-to-ceiling window. The sky was getting dark and the street lights were on.
At the gate, trucks were coming in and out, carrying a lot of tables, chairs, benches and the like, and many people were moving into the building.
We are already in the process of merging with Liu Hanming's law firm. In two days, the lawyers from Liu Hanming's law firm will officially come here to work.
The day after tomorrow, I will cut the ribbon with Liu Hanming and announce the establishment of the new firm.
Of course, there were also two of Liu Hanming’s former senior partners who were dissatisfied with the small amount of equity they were offered because they could not agree on the salary and have decided to terminate the contract.
There was a gentle knock on the office door.
Lu Ming responded, and the door was pushed open a crack, and the person who peeked in was Tie Xiaojia.
His second apprentice, nicknamed Tiepao, was introduced by Fourth Brother Wen.
"Xiao Jia, come in!" Lu Ming smiled.
These three disciples are just left alone, especially recently. I haven't visited them for a long time, even though they are in the West District of the Liberty Building.
"Master, are you free today? A few of us would like to invite you to dinner." Tie Xiaojia said, sticking out his tongue. He probably felt that his request was too much. Master, you are too busy.
"Forget about the meal!" Lu Ming waved his hand. "It's just like this. From now on, write me your thoughts on handling cases every week and I will give you comments. Every month, I will think of a case and you three will hold a mock trial. I will be there to judge."
"Okay!" Tie Xiaojia's face was immediately full of surprise, "Long live Master!" He seemed really happy.
Lu Ming thought for a moment and said, "Oh, I have a eucalyptus now. If any of you three don't have a eucalyptus, you can come and help me."
"Xiao'e and I don't have any eucalyptus!" Tie Xiaojia said without thinking.
Lu Ming shook his head: "You guys just want to bully Qinghua, and you want to hand over all the cases on hand to him, right?"
Tie Xiaojia stuck out her tongue.
"All three of you come here. I'll tell Daan to let someone else handle the case you're dealing with."
"Okay, I'll go tell Xiao'e right now!" Before closing the door, Tie Xiaojia whispered, "Long live the Master! The Master is the best!" Then he closed the door and left like the wind.
Lu Ming smiled and looked at the files on the table. This case should be quite a training for them.
Of course, they are just participating and giving opinions based on the existing evidence, but they have no power to investigate anything.
The phone rang. It was the operator at the switchboard. The voice was sweet. "Boss, it's Councillor Gao Depei calling. Are you there?"
The secretary's office outside Lu Ming's office was empty as there had been no suitable candidate. Murong Xue took over for a while at the beginning, but after the election got on track, she naturally focused all her energy on the campaign office.
The secretary position has always been vacant.
Therefore, if anyone calls Lu Ming’s office extension number, the switchboard service will be stuck.
In addition, there is a direct line in the office. If anyone knows the direct line number and calls, Lu Ming will naturally answer the call.
After thinking for a while, Lu Ming hummed, "Let's get it in."
Soon, Gao Depei's loud voice came from the microphone, "Commissioner Lu, are you free tonight? Can we get together?"
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Sorry, Speaker Gao, I have an appointment tonight!"
In fact, it was already late outside, and making an appointment at this time was not sincere at all. Besides, I did have an appointment in the evening. I had to go home for dinner to celebrate Bis' eighth birthday.
"No, I'm here. Mr. Bucklo is here. Are you really not coming?" Gao Depei said drunkenly.
It sounded like they were in a nightclub, quite noisy, with women's sweet voices, and they had probably been drinking since this afternoon.
I could hear a voice faintly, "Tell him, if you don't come, don't come again!"
The Central Plains dialect sounds a bit stiff, and you can tell at once that the speaker is not a native Central Plains person.
Gao Depei smiled and said, "Commissioner Lu, Mr. Bucklo has warmly invited you!"
Lu Ming hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll stop by and say hello to Mr. Bucklo, but I do have an appointment, so just sit for a few minutes." Bucklo's voice sounded very young, not like a man in his fifties or sixties.
"Haha, okay, I'll wait for you!" The moment Gao Depei hung up the phone, he heard someone say, "How dare he disobey, haha!" But it was not Baklo, but someone else's voice.
Lu Ming smiled, loosened his fingers holding the microphone, and the microphone fell on the fork, shaking slightly.
However, it is normal for the person on the other end of the line to feel good.
For an amateur who has not yet run for senator, being able to participate in the meeting where Chief Councillor Bucklo is present is indeed a great honor.
Gao Depei, it may not even be a malicious act of showing off one's power, but more likely a way of winning you over. He wants you to participate in gatherings of our circle, which means that if you agree to some of our conditions, we may accept you, and it will greatly elevate your status.
Should he be asked to give up the election in District 3 and be given a remote constituency like District 49
Lu Ming pondered for a while, then stood up and walked out.