Chapter 524 The Wheel of Time
Since Lin Wen's arrival, the efficiency of solving cases in the Serious Crimes Court has skyrocketed. Countless difficult and important cases have been solved in an instant. Their working methods are even more brutal and unreasonable: they just find people, torture them, and make them confess, and that's it.
But this process was too excessive and was complained by many elders and dignitaries.
Li Longxing made a special trip to talk to Lin Wen and told him that he should establish a correct legal system and not use punishment instead of investigation, as this method is unsustainable.
“Even if you are 100% correct, what about others?”
"Lin Wen, this is extremely detrimental to the new imperial law. Although you are right, your actions are no different from those of the Council. Others will think, 'Isn't this just the Council from before? Isn't it just Yu Zhongxian replaced by Lin Wen?' Then we'll just have to deal with it as usual."
"Then I've completely failed."
Li Longxing is right.
Lin Wen was very puzzled by this. It was not that he didn't want to be fair, but now [Yuu no Sora] had not recovered yet, so it was a loss to cast spells. It would cost too much to use spells to find evidence.
What should I do?
Lin Wen went over the matter again.
Without over-relying on magic, his greatest advantage is his ability to judge whether people's words are true or false. With just one sentence "Are you the murderer?", he can directly find the murderer in 99% of cases.
So what if I want the full process?
Based on this ability, Lin Wen expanded his associations and carefully recalled the process of Detective Conan solving the case.
Suppose Conan could accurately know whether what everyone said was true or false, how would the reasoning process change?
Gradually.
A smile appeared on Lin Wen's lips.
I didn’t watch more than a thousand episodes of Conan in vain.
He knew what to do.
As expected, my genius IQ is the key factor that has brought me to where I am today, and plug-ins have only accelerated the process.
"Haha, I really am the child of destiny."
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In the following days, the efficiency of the Serious Cases Court slowed down.
But this slowness is what all friends want to see, but what all enemies don't want to see.
In the eyes of all friendly forces, Lin Wen transformed from an incomprehensible charlatan into an admirable great detective.
He can always dig out the truth from the slightest clue and always find a turning point in desperate situations.
No matter how confusing the case is, it becomes as simple as unraveling an onion under Lin Wen's reasoning.
In order to gain the bonus of being a hero, Lin Wen deliberately held a pipe in his mouth and wore a Sherlock Holmes jacket with three big words "primary school student" written on the back, a crescent moon printed on his forehead, and called the blond man next to him Yuan Fang, Liu You Gongsun Ce, and Guan Ling Watson.
Their process of solving the case is extremely bizarre, but also reasonable. The wisdom shining in it is amazing.
The few incomprehensible strokes of genius interspersed in the process, such as suddenly finding key evidence without any clues, or the criminal suddenly telling the truth, etc., are considered to be flashes of wisdom, blessings from God, and the favor of the goddess of luck.
It also adds a touch of legendary color to them.
In most cases, Lin Wen only uses [Observing the Qi and People]. When he encounters a dead end, he will use the ultimate move [Asking the Way from Heaven] or [Immortal Pointing the Way].
But this does not mean that he can relax and rely solely on spells.
You have to know that the soul is limited, and obtaining more clues can greatly reduce consumption.
Otherwise, Lin Wen would not be able to afford the huge consumption.
The other three followers also played a certain role. Although the blond man was rough, he was smart and could always turn things around in unexpected places to open up the situation.
Liu You was worldly-wise and well-versed in human nature.
Ling is bold and careful, and is very sensitive to discord. Once a case goes astray, she can always immediately realize that something is wrong.
Thanks to the efforts of the four of them, countless mysterious cases were solved. Not only that, even murder cases, unsolved cases, headless cases, and cases without any evidence were solved by them.
Countless criminals who had been at large were brought to justice, countless injustices were redressed, and countless mysteries were revealed.
The classic image of the foursome rushing to different places to investigate cases has become deeply rooted in people's hearts in the years that followed, and has even become a legend, been brought to the screen, and provided material for many literary works.
For a moment, the dark clouds over the empire seemed to disperse a little, and the sun shone down with a bit of justice and fairness.
The new council was presented to everyone in such a perfect way.
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Shenjing.
Elders' Mansion.
Everyone looked uneasy.
Li Longxing's liquidation of the Council made everyone feel that he was a huge threat.
Lin Yabo said grimly, "He has shaken our foundation. If the Council cannot enforce the law impartially and instead favors those peasants, our corrupt behavior will be greatly restricted."
"It's more than that."
Luo Nuo smoked hard on his cigarette.
"Our arms trafficking and slavery activities will most likely be discovered. Then, Li Longxing can accuse us of selling out the empire."
Cheng Wei's expression was even more terrifying.
"Once they've cleaned up the redundancies, won't they also investigate logistical corruption, intelligence leaks, and arms deals outside the empire?"
"If that little bastard keeps investigating like this, none of us will be in any good."
Moseli's huge body was squeezed into the chair, and for the first time, there was no appetite on his fat face.
Although the Evolutionary Sect's biochemical base survived, it has already felt the harsh winter, and with the Empire's further research on anti-biological and chemical weapons, it is not certain that it can be preserved.
“My children have lost a lot.”
Moxley said in a thick nasal voice.
"No more, we must kill him."
"How to kill him?" Cheng Wei asked coldly. He hated Lin Wen the most.
Lin Wen killed his own son. He once maintained some superficial relationship with the Royal Faction, but now, he has completely stood on the opposite side.
Mo Xili laughed loudly and said, "I found a lot of materials. Yu Zhongxian helped me find them before he died. I now have nearly a thousand third-level pure ones, and there will be more in the future."
"Also, Yu Zhongxian gave me many trump cards before he died. As long as he leaves Shenjing, I can kill him."
Lin Yabo shook his head: "No, the time is not right, don't act rashly."
"Once the Supreme Council is alerted, everything will be over."
"What should we do now?" Cheng Wei's tone was filled with deep dissatisfaction.
Lin Yabo pondered for a moment and said, "The imperial faction is powerful. We should not confront them directly. Instead, we should secretly accumulate strength to undermine Li Longxing's reforms. If they continue to act this way, they will alienate themselves from the people and will eventually fall."
Mo Xili said in a heavy nasal voice: "Li Longxing will only shrink and take away everyone's interests. They can't do that."
Luo Nuo smiled and said, "Power comes from below, not from above. Li Longxing doesn't understand the immense power he faces. The entire empire's bureaucracy won't support him. When he dies, we'll have to divide the First Princess's position."
The meeting ended in laughter.
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Yaojing.
The booming economy makes everything seem like it's on fire.
In the capital's government hall, Mayor Changsheng cautiously accompanied him while his two immediate superiors, Elder Ye Nantian and Elder Xu Chengguo, were talking.
Elder Ye said dully, "Your Majesty's reforms are a bit hasty..."
Xu Chengguo frowned. "The proposal to increase unemployment benefits and the Imperial Citizens' Insurance is too radical. Every penny in the Imperial Treasury right now represents the future wealth of the many Imperial dignitaries who have purchased war bonds."
"This is a huge step."
"He shouldn't have brought it up so early...at least he should have waited until the Council was fully reorganized."
"What should we do?" asked Elder Ye.
Xu Chengguo sighed, "Just wait and see. If the empire's economy can create a miracle, then there's still a glimmer of hope."
Elder Ye hesitated for a moment, "Is it possible that the empire will improve?"
"It's difficult. The victory over the Papal States brought no benefits to the citizens of the Empire. The lion's share of the profits went to the major corporations. The war did not bring the expected benefits. Due to the frantic preparations for war, the Empire's economy has actually worsened."
Outside the City Hall, Elder Ye's daughter, Ye Lingyue, was eavesdropping on her father's conversation while taking care of her delicate skin in front of the makeup mirror.
Beep...beep...
The phone rang again, and the lit screen displayed a line of words.
177.61.12 Xiao Xiao.
"Oh, so annoying."
Click, Ye Lingyue turned off her phone, picked up her bag, and planned to forget about all these troubles and go play with the handsome boy she had just discovered.
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Longjing.
Duke Wang Wen, the elder of the empire and leader of the reformists, was leading his troops to meet with the emperor's special envoy.
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Mingzhou.
Ren Zhengqing, the elder of the empire and leader of the capitalist faction, accompanied by Mingzhou Governor Ge Guanglin, inspected his pride in the neat military formation.
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Shenjing.
compound.
The great elder, who had temporarily retreated behind the scenes, quietly looked at the chess pieces on the chessboard.
After a long time, the largest chess piece with a crown finally fell down.
Bang.
(End of this chapter)
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