Chapter 1330: Choice
Artists of all kinds express the complexity and unpredictability of human beings in various forms, and human beings themselves often become elements used as metaphors for certain things in certain works of art.
So how complex and unpredictable is the human thing?
It's easy to explain, for example, many people think it's fake when they first hear that Holmes may be the main cause of Bowers falling downstairs.
He does not have to do this, and in criminal acts, purpose, or motive, is often used as one of the criteria for anchoring a criminal suspect and filing a case.
In layman's terms, it is "why did he do this" and "what kind of benefit will he bring by doing this", and the motive is higher than the human and physical evidence in the sequence of investigators' investigation!
In some very classic court arguments in the past, the defense of criminal cases in which the "lack of necessary motive" was used as the counterpoint to subvert the final judgment has occurred more than once, and the establishment of motives can have a more clear and intuitive impact on whether the defendant is likely to do so than indifferent physical evidence and human evidence that may be fraudulent.
When Bowers talked about these things, everyone knew that Holmes's motives were inadequate, that there was no need for him to hurt Bowworth, that there was no conflict of interest between them, and that hurting Bowers would not bring him any benefit.
Yes, Bowworth's inability to work would leave a position vacated by the New Party Committee as vice chairman, and it seems to satisfy Holmes's motivation to do so – to become vice chairman of the New Party?
At the same time, the rumors circulating also portrayed Holmes as a renegade, a traitor, and it seemed that he had more reason to do so.
But those who can learn more know know that none of this is there, and that someone is trying to discredit Holmes.
Both the first and second motives are pure nonsense, and the benefits from these motives are too small and insignificant to be worth the hands of someone like Holmes.
Naturally, this is a lie, a scam, and everyone can confidently confirm that this is a splash of dirty water.
But when people know that it was Bowers himself, they will begin to question their previous accurate judgment, after all, as one of the parties involved, there is no need for Bowers to throw dirty water on others.
His motives for denigrating Holmes in this way are unclear, and the two have no previous feuds, perhaps...... He was telling the truth, and he had no reason to frame Holmes.
As events develop further, these people may revert to their original positions and hold on less firmly, while others may turn to the other side entirely, all of which is a conspiracy.
So people are always complex and unpredictable, and Durin makes good use of this, and there is nothing more authoritative and shocking than Holmes himself saying "murderer".
Even if there are not many people who believe it, at least the media will publicize it, and then those cute and easily demagogic people at the bottom of society will believe it, and set off a frenzy of public opinion.
Durin's serial punch Holmes has been completely understood, of course, it is understood and understood, there is no way or no way.
If you know how to do something clearly, you won't have the frustration of slapping yourself in the mouth after you win.
Now Holmes is faced with two choices, to retain his strength, or to fight with Doolin.
The semi-public investigation of the mayors of several important industrial cities in Woodland by the Imperial National Security Council, coupled with the fact that the Imperial Directorate of National Taxation sent a commissioner to begin investigating Woodland's taxes, all foreshadowed that Dohrin was copying his back.
Woodland is where Holmes started, and this place is so important that it can be said that without Woodland, he will have nothing.
This is no joke, the power he now wields, his status and prestige in society, the cohesion of his own small group, including more power that can be attached to him, all come from his current status, the governor of Woodland.
This state is the foundation of all his own, and if it is lost, the consequences will be unimaginable.
But if you want to keep these things, you must let go of the competition that has been laid out for a long time, and he is not reconciled.
Just when he was in the midst of a fierce ideological struggle, Du Lin did not stop, this set of combination punches was far from the end, this time he did not come forward in person, but made a phone call, the police.
He claimed to have found a young lady asking for help from a window in the manor when he passed through Homs's manor in the imperial capital, and that he had called the police out of a sense of justice and responsibility, but of course in order to ensure that his safety was not violated, he chose to hide his name, and only used "social well-wishers" as the end of the final inquiry.
The Imperial Capital Police Station is also very entangled after receiving the report, they have already found out whose house is the destination and what is happening there.
The Imperial Police Chief is not a particularly high-ranking position, but it is of a very special nature, and the current Imperial Police Chief is a confidant of Kubar, who made a phone call about a few minutes after receiving the report.
In the phone he explained the issues, including his own concerns about whether the old party would be involved in the struggle within the new party.
Holmes and Doolin dog-eat-dog were all happy, such a buzz had not been seen before, and it was unlikely to happen in the future, and it would be better if the contradictions between the two men could be combined to split the new party.
Kubal's attitude towards this was peculiar and firm, and he applied Dühring's words - all men are equal before the law.
Then the chief of police immediately asked some thorns in the bureau and a calm deputy chief to drive to the estate in Homs to investigate the illegal acts reported by the whistleblower.
At this time, the outside of the manor was still overcrowded, and the reporters who came before had not left, and another group of reporters came again, and even several interview cars and live broadcast vehicles appeared.
Enthusiastic members of the public called the major newspapers and the channel offices of the limited television group, claiming that the police were about to take compulsory action to enter the estate of Holmes to rescue Dohrin's ex-girlfriend who had been kidnapped by Holmes.
The news was so powerful that even if many reporters realized something, it still couldn't stop them from wanting to get first-hand information!
Holmes, who knew the news, had realized that from yesterday to today, it was definitely not the beginning of the war between him and Doolin, but it had entered a white heat, and he was already behind Doolin.
After thinking about it, he said to the butler on the phone, "Delay the time, don't let them see Paula and Miss Melissa, and find a place to hide them first and get through the current difficulties." ”
The butler answered twice and hung up the phone, Holmes put down the receiver and put his hands into fists under his nose, and Durin was tired of dealing with the continuous exertions, and he knew that he had lost.
It was difficult for him to even defend himself, let alone fight back.
At this time, Melissa was watching TV with her daughter, and according to Holmes's original plan, they should meet with the media in the next few days and break the scandal of Doolin.
But because of Durin's preemption, the two women who were supposed to be his Achilles' heels became red-hot slag in Holmes's hands.
Hold it in your hand...... There were reporters outside, and there was no way to leave, but not letting them go was also a problem, and now this trouble is being detonated.
Melissa was suddenly stunned when she looked at the TV, she put her daughter on the bed, her stomach went to the window and looked down, outside the manor, seven or eight policemen stopped at the door, the policemen were communicating with the people of the manor, and the reporters had already surrounded the gate.
Before she could think about it, the door to her room was opened from the outside at the same time as there was a knock.
The butler stood outside the door with a cold face, not shorter than a horse's face, full of ravines and a serious face, like a mule that had not been able to defecate normally for several days, and the corners of his mouth fell downward, giving people an intuitive feeling that he was unreasonable and difficult to speak.
"Ladies, we've got some troubles, and in order to avoid escalating them, we're going to ask you to stay in the cellar for a while. He wasn't asking for the opinion of Melissa and the others, so he took a step back after speaking, and the two bodyguard-looking people standing behind him crowded into the room, one standing next to the bed and the other behind Melissa.
"Please...... Lady ......", the housekeeper finished and got out of the way, and a bodyguard tried to pick up the child, but was pushed away by Melissa.
She took the child in her arms, glared at the two men, and silently followed the butler out of the room, down the stairs, and into the cellar.
In the cellar, she saw Paula.
Paula is not surprised by Melissa's arrival, she is smarter and more exposed to things than Melissa, and she already knows what is going on.
The two looked at each other for a moment, but did not speak, and the butler was very satisfied, he nodded, "I hope the two ladies can be quiet...... next", he glanced at the child in Melissa's arms, "Including this lovely little girl, we don't want anything terrible to happen, so you better understand and understand what I'm saying." ”
"When this is over, I will let you go and apologize formally, and I hope there will be no misunderstanding between us in this last time, and I will see you later, ladies!", the butler bowed slightly, and left, although he looked like a proper gentleman, he was a bastard.
Although the butler is gone, there is still a bodyguard in the cellar watching them, so as not to let these women be ignorant and blindly arrogant, and want to do something stupid.
Of course, although someone was watching them, it didn't stop them from talking, and apart from the dinner, they didn't dismiss each other too much, which made them very curious about each other.
Paula had been keeping an eye on the little girl in Melissa's arms, with black hair and a lovely appearance, and there were indeed deep traces of Gualts on her.
"She's very cute and quiet, just like you!", this sentence is not what Paula is saying, the little girl has indeed never been bitter until now, very demure.
Two-year-olds are at their most mischievous, and Paula knows this very well, and her sister's children are very noisy.
And it has nothing to do with boys and girls, as we all know, under the age of ten, after the age of sixty, there is no distinction between men and women.
She followed up and asked, "What's her name?"
Melissa looked at Paula and whispered, "Alella......"
"Not a bad name......", Paula nodded in agreement, in fact, she didn't think the name was good at all, it wasn't cool at all, and it was a bit awkward.
Suddenly, her brow furrowed slightly, and she vaguely seemed to have heard of the name somewhere, and she couldn't remember it for a while.
Aela is actually the name of the goddess of watchman in the Guarte god lineage, and during her time of fascination with Durin, there are some stories about Gualt traditions.
Unlike other girls, others may have the impression that Durin is very rich, powerful, statusful and even fashionable, but Melissa always has a feeling that Durin is actually a very serious and traditional person, but what he shows is completely different from what he hides.
In order to curry favor with Dorin, she had a lot of things from the old traditions, even though they were of little use to her now.
When the two were about to continue talking, the bodyguard suddenly made a silent movement, and after a few seconds, there was a continuous sound of footsteps above their heads, and they could faintly hear the noisy voices through the vents.
The two girls glanced at each other and saw something in each other's eyes...... Something special.
The upstairs policemen, accompanied by the ugly-looking butler, meticulously searched all the rooms in the manor, including the master bedroom and the study - they did not enter the room in these two places, but stood outside the room and instructed the housekeeper to push a loading cart with movable bust mirrors, move back and forth in the room, adjust the angle, and use the principle of reflection to inspect these two special places.
The manor is very large, but fortunately, there are a lot of people with me this time, and some reporters have been temporarily recruited, and it took more than an hour to check all the places on the ground of the villa.
At this time, there was a hint of arrogance and contempt on the butler's face, "I look forward to the expression of your chief when he explains this to my master, gentlemen!"
The two policemen's unafraid thorns were about to attack, and the deputy chief who led the team coughed and asked softly, "Where is the entrance to the cellar, basement, underground storage room, etc.?"
The butler glanced at the deputy director a few times, and the atmosphere became a little tense, and after about twenty seconds, he snorted lightly, "Please come with me, gentlemen, but I need to be reminded that there are a lot of works of art in the basement, and you can't all go in, only no more than five people......"
In fact, before that, there was a place where they didn't notice, a servant had already run quickly towards the cellar, and he had to hide the girls in the cellar before the police arrived, and it was in everyone's interest in the manor!
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