The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman

Benjamin stood silently in the middle of the reception room. After thinking for a long time, he finally spoke: I don't know, do you know about the accident of the mayoral election two years ago...

The mayor of a metropolitan city is a very important position. The state legislature is often very cautious in selecting candidates. Generally speaking, there will be no more than four candidates, and it is the same as all mayoral elections. One or two of them are Those who come to make up the number, and the rest are competitive.

But that election for mayor of the metropolitan area was very fierce. There were a total of 12 candidates, each representing different parties and forces.

Schiller looked at Benjamin with a frown and asked, Why are there so many people? How did the state legislature pass it?

Benjamin also looked at Schiller. He stared into Schiller's eyes and said: The reason why this election was held is because the mayor of White's predecessor was assassinated. This is an urgent election.

The state legislature is concerned that there are not enough candidates and that the election may be manipulated by people with ulterior motives, so the review criteria have been relaxed, he said.

The state legislature thought that at least 10 of the 12 candidates were just trying to add a little luster to their resumes and didn't really want to compete for this position, but who knew, they were all fighting for this position.

Benjamin's tone became more and more low, he said: Perhaps from this time on, there have been signs.

In the beginning, it was just normal election competition, including speeches, contesting votes, and attacking opponents...

However, the situation has become worse and worse since then, with election bribery, rumour-mongering, harassment, and revelations. Two candidates even got into a car accident for no reason and had to be admitted to the hospital.

Seeing that the situation is out of control, the governor wants everyone to sit down and talk about it, so as not to make this matter too ugly.

And the method is the same as the tradition for many years. Hold a banquet, let the middleman talk to the right person at the right time, and eliminate the turmoil invisible.

Benjamin turned his head back, looked up and down the reception room, and then said: In order to calm this group of people and to convince the public, the state legislature also invited many famous people, including Metropolitan, the famous entrepreneur , well-known scholars and professors, artists and media people.

The place they chose for the banquet is here—the Metropolitan Mayor's Mansion.

And then? Schiller asked.

After that, everything just got out of hand.

Benjamin turned his head to look at the snow that was getting bigger and bigger outside the window. The snowflakes were flying in the storm, like a white bird going upstream in a tornado, and at the end of the skyline, it turned into a rising and rolling white mist.

Along with Benjamin's narration, Schiller also turned his head and looked out the window. His gaze passed through the vast snow, as if he saw another mayor's mansion that was exactly the same, which appeared two years ago today.

Faint warm lights swayed in the blizzard, and the mayor's manor was full of people.

The dancing steps move lightly, the cups touch each other, the light of the candles flickers on the silver candlesticks, the tassels of the gorgeous tablecloths fall down, and the people in formal dresses are talking with their wine glasses, their faces are full of elegant and decent smiles.

The host of the banquet smiled and nodded to the small group of people who were chatting. They moved out of the way, and the host stood in the middle of the banquet hall. The host cleared his throat lightly, and everyone stopped their hands. movement, turned to look at him.

Ladies and gentlemen! Thank you for being together on such a night! Although the wind and snow outside the window is very strong, it is with our hearts!

First of all, I would like to invite the host of this banquet, the deputy speaker of the Delaware State Assembly, a famous social activist, philanthropist, and author-Nelson Perez!

With a loud bang, a corpse fell from the sky.

Accurate, humorous and full of drama.

Time flies between the flying snowflakes, passes through the hazy white mist, stops in the warm light from a window, looks in through the glass covered with ice, and is looking at Schiller.

Schiller paused and turned his head back. He heard Benjamin say: ...like a humorous joke, when the host pronounced the name of the deputy speaker, his body fell from the sky.

At this moment, Bruce turned his head to look at Schiller. Schiller moved his eyes slightly. The moment he met Bruce's eyes, he lowered his head and buried himself in the study of the pattern on the handle of his umbrella.

But this is just the beginning... Benjamin's tone became as cold as the weather outside.

After the deputy speaker died, the police arrived. They sealed off the scene. In order not to let the murderer escape, everyone was driven into the guest room. Soon, the second victim, the third victim...

One after another, the way of death is different...

In the end, out of the 12 candidates, only 4 were left, and 8 of them were brutally murdered.

This incident shocked the entire east coast. The FBI sent agents to investigate, but the final conclusion was that the people who came to the banquet were mixed with spies from various countries. They only acted in order to shake the political situation on the east coast. kill.

Benjamin raised his head, but lowered his eyelids, his eyeballs rolled down, and looked at Lionel's body, he said: It involves spies, I was transferred to the Metropolis to investigate this matter, and when this job fell on me , I just realized that things are not that simple.

The murderer who killed the eight candidates is not one person. Their goals are different, but there is no doubt that they are all the top killers, the most troublesome kind of high-intelligence criminals...

Benjamin's tone trembled at the end. Obviously, his mood was not calm. Even after two years, recalling the situation at that time still made him feel stressed.

During subsequent investigations, I discovered that the mayor's manor at that time seemed to have become a hunting ground for those perverted serial murderers.

They used their best methods to create a series of murders. After they were intertwined, they formed a mystery that could not be solved by any investigation...

Schiller's fingertips holding the handle of the umbrella paused, and he looked at Benjamin and asked, So, have you found anything?

Benjamin was silent for a while, then he shook his head and said, We can only speculate that there were four murderers, and one of them killed two targets.

Have you found out who it is?

Benjamin shook his head. He looked down at Lionel's body and said, At that time, Luther was also at the scene. I think he killed Mayor White and Old Pike in order to imitate the murderer who killed the deputy speaker. .”

He did a poor imitation, Schiller began.

Indeed. Benjamin affirmed this, and he said, Even if he didn't admit it in the bathroom, I've already locked him in. The method he used is actually very simple.

As he spoke, Benjamin looked up and looked at the ceiling of the reception room. He said, The roof of this old manor is very high. There is a space above and below the ceiling.

He bought the building next to the mayor's mansion, sneaked in ahead of time, set up a trap in the attic, knocked out the target in advance, and brought it up.

The sound of people and music in the banquet hall covered the sound of the muffler pistol firing, and the mechanism has a delay, so when shooting and killing, Lionel can appear in any place where there are bystanders, for himself Make an alibi.

I would like to call this method a classic, but it should be more old-fashioned. Schiller concluded, he looked at Benjamin and asked: The agents should have found his in the space above the ceiling. The murder weapon?

Actually, earlier than you think.

Now, Benjamin doesn't intend to pretend anymore, he said directly: We are not the idiots of the FBI. We won't wait until everything is over before making a long speech.

Then why didn't you arrest him immediately? Selena asked, frowning. In her opinion, if Benjamin had done it earlier, maybe they wouldn't be trapped in this manor.

Benjamin snorted coldly, and said, I told you so much just to explain this matter.

I didn't arrest Lionel right away, just to see what he was up to.

I'm not a witness to the incident two years ago, but in subsequent investigations, I found that the four murderers who committed the murder seemed to be looking for something.

Luthor participated in the banquet two years ago. He seems to have gotten some clues from it. I don't know if he mentioned to any of you that he was looking for a treasure...

This is exactly the clue he got at the banquet, during the interval between the murders.

Treasure? What is that? Schiller asked very straightforwardly.

Benjamin gave him a meaningful look, and said bluntly: There is no definite answer, but I suspect that it is Philby's list.

You want to let Luthor go find that so-called treasure, and then arrest him when he finds it, so you can kill two birds with one stone, Schiller said, then. He turned his eyes to Lionel, and went on:

But it looks like your plan has failed.

Benjamin also set his eyes on Lionel, he said: That's because, he is really an idiot.

I saw him in the reception room. He cursed everything crazily, as if he had lost his mind, and then wanted to attack me, so I knocked him out.

But... Benjamin changed the subject, then turned his head to stare at Schiller, and said, During the conversation with Lionel, he told me the truth. Do you know what it is?

What? Schiller looked at him and asked.

You are the murderer who killed the deputy speaker. Moreover, you killed two people and dismembered one of them. He saw it with his own eyes.

In an instant, the atmosphere in the reception room condensed, everyone had different expressions, a storm spread from between Schiller and Benjamin's line of sight, and their auras began to clash.

In an instant, amidst the howl of the wind, the cold snow flakes like knives.

Back in time again, back to when Selena knocked Lionel to the ground

After Selena finished all this, she left without looking back. After returning to her room, she pretended to be intimate with Bruce and drove Benjamin out.

Regardless of how Bruce and Selena implemented the monitoring plan afterwards, Benjamin, who left the room, wanted to find Lionel immediately.

He stopped the agent who was guarding the corridor, and the agent told him that Lionel had gone to the reception room and hadn't come out until now, so Benjamin went to the reception room, and he wanted to talk to Lionel.

When Benjamin came to the reception room, Lionel had barely gotten up from the ground.

Selena swung the vase and hit him in the face. Although it looked like a lot of movement, it was actually not very lethal, except that the fragments of the wine bottle scratched the skin on his face, and the heavy blow injured his nasal cartilage In addition, the skull and brain were not injured. Lionel lay on the ground for a while, then got up and started looking for something to stop the bleeding.

When Benjamin walked in, he was stunned for a moment when he saw this scene, and then he stepped forward and asked Lionel: What's going on here? Someone attacked you??

Lionel, who was wiping the blood with a tissue, turned his head and glanced at Benjamin. From his eyes, Benjamin saw endless anger and malice.

Go away, you annoying fly! Lionel had completely lost his simple and kind pretense, and the irascibility and greed in his nature were undoubtedly revealed.

Before Benjamin could continue to say anything, Lionel cursed: You guys are the same as the police! I pay so much tax every year, but I only feed you trash, and I can't provide me with any money. A little help, just buzzing like a fly!

And that shit and White! He forgot who paid a lot of money to get him in the first place after the assassination scandal!

I just asked him to cooperate with me in killing a few people, but he dared to ask me to help him enter the state assembly?!

Does he think he is a treasured resource?! As long as I have money, I can promote anyone! And he, not only his career, but his life has also come to an end!

Oh... old Parker, that damn dealer! Keeping prices down every year! He's targeting a couple of my farms in Kansas! I know he's taking money from my competitors, but that's ok, I can kill him!

Lionel gritted his teeth viciously, all kinds of curse words spilled out of his mouth, blood stains and fragments of a vase that hadn't been wiped off stuck to his face, making him look like a cornered animal The trapped beast looked extremely embarrassed.