The biggest news in Johannesburg in March was the suicide of MP Adam Stephen in his home.

At the end of last year, Councillor Adam Stephen was in trouble because of his greed for ink, and finally the city council had to intervene to avoid affecting the reputation of the entire council because of Adam Stephen.

The Socialist Party has an ambiguous attitude at this time, it is said that Adam Stephen is a member of the Socialist Party, and the Socialist Party should do its best to protect Adam Stephen, but the Socialist Party does not seem to care about Adam Stephen's life or death, and does not express much opinion on Adam Stephen's affairs.

"Adam Stephen didn't commit suicide at all, he had multiple fractures on his body, extensive skin ulcers, signs of being burned at the stake, and he was severely tortured before he died, and the cause of his death was not suffocation at all, but from multiple internal organ failure—" Li De was indignant, not for Adam Stephen, but for some people to do whatever they wanted.

"Adam Stephen was under house arrest by Steven Hewlett for a long time before his death, and a carriage was used to stop at Adam Stephen's parents on the night of the 25th, and we have reason to believe that Adam Stephen was sent home after his death, and then faked the scene, and there is no doubt that Steven Hewlett is the biggest suspect." Sam's conclusion can be mutually verified with Lide's words, and the truth is almost coming out, but it's a pity that Roque can't do anything.

"What's Director Spencer's opinion?" Roque is not in his position, and solving the case is not within Roque's responsibility.

What Roque can be sure of is that Adam Stephen made a lot of money when he was the general manager of the gold mine, which was technically stolen and that Adam Stephen should pay the price.

The problem is that a local prince or princess certainly doesn't have the power to enforce the law, and the RAND Bank hasn't even received a request to cooperate with the investigation of Adam Stephen's account, which shows that those people are not trying to recover the money at all, but are bent on killing Adam Stephen.

For the big financiers behind it, it really doesn't matter how much money there is, the key is the final result, whether it can have enough deterrence for some people, this is the key to the problem.

"Director Spencer has started investigating Steven Hewlett and handed over all the evidence to the Governor's House, now it's up to the Governor's Office to say what the Governor's Office says, if the Governor's Office wants to pursue it, then Director Spencer will arrest Steven Hewlett for further investigation, and if the Governor's Office doesn't want to pursue it, then this matter may end here." Although Li De is unwilling, he also knows objective factors.

In the era of the supremacy of imperial power, many cases were untraceable, and it was really not that the police were not effective, but that if the results of the investigation involved the royal family, the resistance was beyond imagination.

Even if everyone knew that Adam Stephen had been murdered, if the Governor's Office didn't want to pursue it, the matter would have ended up in vain.

If you want to investigate, only Ade expresses concern about this case, and the Johannesburg Police Department has the motivation to investigate, otherwise it really doesn't dare, Harry Spencer Even if he has a strong background, he is not as big as the royal family.

"This is the case, don't worry about Adam Stephen, he deserves to die." Roque also knows that this kind of thing cannot be avoided in the twenty-first century, let alone the beginning of the twentieth century.

"Sir, supper is ready—" Bella came to report, and Reed and Sam were immediately beaming with joy.

The Baron's House in Nyasaland is famous for its dinners, and Marvin's restaurant in Johannesburg is now one of the most exclusive restaurants in Johannesburg, with an average cost of more than £10 per person, and although expensive, it is worth the money.

Roque's Barony's Court was staffed by chefs from the Qing Dynasty and Paris respectively, and offered both a wide variety of Chinese cuisine and French cuisine, which rivaled Chinese cuisine in Europe.

I don't know when it started, the dinner party in the Baron's Palace in Nyasaland was rumored to be amazing, but in fact, it was not very delicious, the key was to be able to rub Roque's meal, which in itself was enough to brag for a while.

Of course, Roque doesn't care, Li De and Sam are also Roque's henchmen, and Roque is happy to buy people's hearts with a meal.

Phyllis usually only appears when eating, Gavin Locke, who is only a few months old, will definitely not be picked up, Anna is the best housekeeper in the world, and she stays by Gavin Locke's side every day, and the affairs of the Baron's Mansion are handed over to Bella. Bella is indeed very powerful, arranging the affairs of the Baron's Mansion in an orderly manner, the servants are conscientious, and Phyllis has recently mentioned to Roque many times that she wants to solve Bella's marriage problem in the Baron's Palace.

This problem is not easy for Roque to interfere with, Bella was by Roque's side when she was in Cape Town, Roque treats Bella like his sister, and it is really not easy to solve Bella's marriage problem.

The key is that most of the people around Roque have already started a family, such as Anton and Barker, and there are already several children, and the younger ones such as Li De and Gordon are either married, or they are lingering all day long, considering Bella's identity, it is really not easy to find a suitable partner for Bella.

Fortunately, Bella is still young, and now she is not yet 20 years old, and Roque still has time to find it slowly.

Dinner is actually very simple, and it does not match the rumors outside, the simple four dishes, one soup, two meat and two vegetables are not much more delicious than Marven's restaurant, but Li De and Sam are happy and full of praise for every dish.

What is there to praise about peanuts?

Roque was speechless, probably sticking the words Baron Nyasaland, boiled water can get people drunk.

After dinner, Lide and Sam were not in a hurry to leave, and accompanied Roque to walk their dog at the Baron's Mansion.

The big guy is now panting when he walks a few steps, but when he meets the female dog, he is full of energy, and his children don't know how many now, it's just a blessing.

"Be careful during this time, don't do anything and don't show off, before the Transvaal generally implemented democratic representative system, Johannesburg was the focus of the whole of southern Africa, Adam Stephen died when he died, he also deserved to die, no one else's fault, the key is not to let people think that after Johannesburg implemented democratic representative system, the privileges of the nobility were restricted, Johannesburg was still Johannesburg of the British Empire, this cannot be changed." Roque reminded Sam and Reid that many people thought that after Johannesburg's democratic representative system, London lost its influence in Johannesburg, but this was not the case at all.

Within ten or eight years, not to mention Johannesburg, even Southern Africa will not be able to break away from the British Commonwealth, so Roque still has to restrain his subordinates and not be caught.

Sam and Reid glanced at each other, they didn't expect that Roque would be so cautious, this is actually not surprising, Roque protects the interests of the aristocratic group, in fact, he is protecting his own interests, even in Britain, the aristocracy has the privilege of transcending the law.

In fact, the Governor's Mansion and the city government reacted more strongly to this matter than Roque had imagined.

Ade was also the first to learn that Adam Stephen had committed suicide.

Or he killed.

Then Roque was called to Pretoria.

"What do you think about this?" Ade first asks Roque's opinion, which is the annoyance of the superiors, they will easily not take a stand, but will synthesize the opinions of their subordinates, and finally compromise it.

Even if Roque is disgusted, he must be firm at this time: "There is no doubt that Adam Stephen committed suicide. ”

"Suicide?" Ade doesn't look at Roque, but sorts through the papers on the desk.

"Yes, there is no doubt that it was suicide, and even if there were more doubts, Adam Stephen was also suicide." Roque is so adamant that even if everyone knows that Adam Stephen's death is suspicious, Roque will be stubborn.

Ade looked at Roque's expression a little complicated, relieved and disappointed, he probably didn't expect that Roque would transform so quickly.

Ade has always admired Roque, although Roque's youth is a little small, Ade still cultivates Roque as a successor, even after Ade leaves office, Roque can't come up in time, and Roque is also the best candidate to serve as governor in the future.

Now Roque is growing at a speed beyond Ade's expectations, and the previous Roque, even if he will not get to the bottom of the Adam Stephen case, will at least find out the direct murderer and bring him to justice.

Now Roque's attitude is obvious, choosing to be consistent with the aristocratic group, which makes Ade relieved and surprised at the same time, Ade seems to see that Roque is also as hateful as the local nobles.

As for the relief, it was because Roque unconditionally chose to protect the interests of the royal family and be consistent with the royal family, which gave Ade a new understanding of Roque.

"What exactly did Johannesburg's democratic representative system bring to Johannesburg?" Ade finally put down the document in his hand and placed his fingers crossed on the table, a gesture that was hiding his true thoughts.

"Vitality and vitality, after the implementation of the democratic representative system, Johannesburg really became Johannesburg people, whether it is the local officials, or the new immigrants who moved in later, after the implementation of the democratic representative system, they really have a sense of belonging to Johannesburg, it is difficult to explain this feeling in words, including me, even if I have a lot of property in Johannesburg, after the implementation of the democratic representative system, I feel that those properties really belong to me." Roque is definitely in favor of democratic representative system, although it is not good enough, but for now, it is the most suitable system for Johannesburg.

Ade looked at Roque and nodded slightly, in the Transvaal and Orange, Ade is actually in an awkward situation now, although Ade is the founder of the Transvaal and Orange, but now almost everyone is looking forward to Ade stepping down as soon as possible.

This really embarrassed Ade.

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