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Chapter 507 Young Detective!

"Yes, he was hacked to death. That's why he didn't struggle. But the question is how could he be hacked to death without struggling? Of course, he was poisoned. As for what poison it was, I think it was belladonna."

After listening to this, Xia Lin continued to ask: "But belladonna smells bad, how can we cover up the smell and make the victim eat it?"

"I saw from the file that the deceased's family was from Ningshao. There is a famous dish in Ningshao called stinky red amaranth. This dish has an extremely strong odor and a deep color. If belladonna is added to it, it can kill people without them even noticing. Anyone who knows their eating habits must be someone they are familiar with. And from the sentence in the file, 'six knives in the body, four of which left no trace of bones', it means that this person was already exhausted when he arrived here. So I infer that this person is most likely a woman or a young boy."

Benchu ​​swung his legs and laughed, "So I paid attention to the neighbors around the deceased. Three of them were suspicious. One of them only had a girl and a boy. Judging from their ages, the boy was only 11 or 12 years old when the deceased died, which is most consistent with the exhaustion syndrome."

Xia Lin nodded: "Go on."

"But this alone is not enough to explain anything. There are three reasons that really make me sure that this orphan and widow did this. First, I asked the neighbors around. The orphan and widow were from the same hometown as the deceased's family. The two families went to Beijing to make a living at the same time. Later, the man of the other family died suddenly. The orphan and widow relied on the deceased's family for help to survive. This can explain why they are so familiar with the deceased's family's daily life and diet."

"Repaying kindness with hatred?"

"Haha, not really. Secondly, I heard from the neighbors that the man of the deceased's family was willing to help the widow and orphan because he coveted the beauty of the woman. I guess there is no smoke without fire. He was somewhat involved, but it cannot be used as evidence. The real evidence is that a package originally belonging to the suspect's father was found in the deceased's home. I guess the deceased's family also committed murder for money. Then the man of the deceased used some means to coerce and lure the woman into submission, which became the motive for his son to commit the crime."

Benchu ​​raised three fingers towards Xia Lin and said, "As for the third reason, it is based on the description of the knife marks in the file. The file said that it was unknown what kind of knife it was, but I recognized it at a glance. It was the knife used to chop herbs. Sir, I have been chopping herbs in Zhongnanshan for ten years..."

Xia Lin suddenly laughed when he heard this: "Okay, okay, go on."

"Both families were originally medicine merchants who came to the capital to sell herbal medicines. They were originally in a cooperative relationship. The widow's family made medicines, and the deceased's family sold medicines. So even the women and sons in his family are probably familiar with medicine knives. But the deceased's family does not have such a knife."

Xia Lin nodded repeatedly after listening to this: "So you sent someone to inquire about the orphan and the widow's family, and then forced his son to show up under the pretext of taking the woman away."

"How can a man who committed murder for his mother when he was a teenager endure his mother being taken away by the vicious police officers and tortured? If he doesn't come out, it can clear him of suspicion."

Xia Lin was silent for a moment after hearing this: "Benchu ​​is Yuan Shao's pseudonym, right?"

"Lord Xia's wisdom is one in a million, and Benchu's sword is not bad either." Benchu ​​smiled and stood up: "My real name is Yuan Benzhi. After reading Lord Xia's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, I changed my name to Benchu."

After saying that, he turned around and looked at Xia Lin: "Master Xia, please don't be Dong Zhuo."

"Hahaha." Xia Lin laughed: "Little bastard."

"Rabbit is good, rabbit is good." Benchu ​​shook his head and walked forward: "In troubled times, being a rabbit is better than being a dog."

Just like that, the first case was solved easily, which greatly boosted morale. Benchu's joining was like pouring fuel on the dying flame, bringing out the vitality of the entire organization.

"This kid really has a bit of your flavor when you were a rookie." Lao Zhang hid in the corner holding a pancake and whispered to Xia Lin, "Interesting."

"It seems like he came out just to challenge me." Xia Lin held up a small ceramic bottle filled with warm rice wine: "Okay, let him challenge me."

"Hahaha, that's a good thing." Lao Zhang laughed and said, "But I don't think he can do it. Compared to you, he lacks a very important thing."

"what?"

Lao Zhang patted his chest and said, "Me."

"You are nothing."

"You are a piece of shit. Why are you cursing at me for no reason?"

Xia Lin glanced at Lao Zhang, then picked up the wine pot again and took a sip: "What he lacks is not wisdom, but vision. He only thinks about how to beat me, but he doesn't know that if he wants to beat me, he has to become me."

But I have to say that Benchu's ability is really amazing, and he doesn't have that many constraints, so he just lets go and does his best. Among the more than a hundred cases, he solved three in one day at most.

But the good days passed too quickly. The case became more and more difficult as time went on, and it even started to involve high-ranking officials and royal relatives.

Xia Lin watched Benchu ​​scratching his head more and more every day, but he didn't care and just came every day to listen to his reports.

It was not until Benchu ​​encountered a case that was so serious that it made him tremble with anger, that is, the murder of the 17 members of the Zhou family, that he finally could not hold back any longer.

"The Zhou family originally had fifty acres of land and was a wealthy family in the local area. Later, a group of horse bandits suddenly came overnight and wiped out the Zhou family. But where do horse bandits come from in the capital? Horse bandits under the imperial city? What a joke, what a joke!" Benchu ​​was furious in front of Xia Lin: "And his family's fifty acres of land is now in the name of a man named Sun, and this man is actually the brother-in-law of Fei Jing, a fifth-rank doctor of the Ministry of Revenue. Isn't there something wrong here?" Xia Lin supported his chin with one hand: "Then do you dare to investigate further?"

"Investigate!" Benchu's face flushed. "With my master Xia Daosheng at my back, I will investigate even if there is a hole in the sky!"

Xia Lin didn't waste any words and threw the six large files in front of him: "Check!"

Benchu ​​picked up the files and looked through them, and suddenly his scalp tightened. He had always thought that Lord Xia was helpless, but who knew that Lord Xia Daosheng had already thoroughly investigated the six most difficult cases.

Now that this thing is here, the only thing left is to capture the person.

"Sir...this...all of this is for me?"

"Who else should I give it to?" Xia Lin laughed, "It depends on whether you can handle it. Xiao Beiyun, come in."

At this time, the eunuch Xiao Beiyun, the chief commander of the secret department of the Inspection Bureau, walked in. Although this man had a feminine temperament, he was not a sissy. Even Benchu ​​was frightened by his gloomy murderous aura and took two steps back.

"Si Hou." Xiao Beiyun bowed and said, "Please give me your orders."

"From now on, you will fully cooperate with the young man beside you. Catch those who should be arrested and kill those who should be killed!" Xia Lin slapped the table and said, "Just do it. I will hold up the sky for you!"

"Understood!" Xiao Beiyun saluted expressionlessly: "Does Si Hou have any other instructions?"

"No, let's go."

Benchu ​​now felt pressure for the first time. These six cases involved four departments and nearly thirty officials. The oldest was a third rank official and the youngest was a fifth rank official.

Any one of them has great power and authority.

But although Ben Chu felt pressured and even his hands and feet were shaking, his trembling was not from fear but from excitement.

This will undoubtedly be a cleansing, and for Benchu, it is equivalent to a genius from a novice village facing the team's wild boss as soon as he walks out of the village gate. This impact and oppression makes his adrenaline soar, and his hands and feet naturally tremble uncontrollably.

At this moment, with the deepening of the investigation, more and more officials involved realized the problem. They are now in a dilemma. Especially when Yuan Benchu ​​began to investigate the murder of 17 members of the Zhou family and obtained key evidence, some people began to panic.

Now they finally knew Gao Shilian's ability. After Gao Shilian stepped down from the position of head of the aristocratic family, the new guy named Situ something was totally useless. He could not win in a battle of wits or negotiations, and even a lot of his connections were compared to Gao Shilian.

However, this is not the end. Xia Lin had already said when he signed the military order that if anyone dared to interfere, he would punish the person by military law.

Now both ways out were blocked, but sitting there and waiting for death was definitely not an option, so they gathered together again to discuss how to overcome this difficulty.

Their best option at the moment was to send someone to destroy all the key witnesses and evidence, and preferably get rid of Xia Lin and the arrogant Yuan Benchu.

Of course, they didn't dare to get rid of Xia Lin, but getting rid of Ben Chu became their top priority.

This is their old routine, whoever is the organizer will be eliminated to intimidate the people who are doing the work behind them. And they continue to exert pressure in public opinion and the court to make things come to nothing.

"Prime Minister Ma, we can't investigate further."

The Minister of Personnel hurriedly met with Prime Minister Ma late at night. Ma Zhou was still awake and was drafting documents overnight. After hearing what the Minister of Personnel said, he asked, "It was you who wanted to start, and it is you who want to stop now. It would be fine if it was someone else, but now it's him, how can you stop?"

"Prime Minister Ma, the people in the court are in a panic right now. If we continue investigating like this, something bad will happen. We are already short of talent, and if we continue with this, the court of Wei will be empty."

"It's a waste, it's not a big deal." Ma Zhou lowered his eyelids: "If you don't want to drive him crazy, you should prepare now, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Justice. When he made a bet with me, you were the ones who watched the fun. Now that I'm about to lose, you're backing off?"

"But Lord Ma, if you continue like this, you will really lose. You will no longer have the right to speak in the dispute between the floating parties."

"That's my business." Ma Zhou put down his pen. "I, Ma Zhou, am willing to accept defeat. Since he has the ability to do it, then I naturally have nothing to say. If a prime minister doesn't even have this much tolerance, how can I convince the people?"

(End of this chapter)