Chapter 296 The murderer is responsible for the case
Prince Vinos was murdered in an underground chamber.
This quickly became the most explosive news in the Imperial Star.
Not only because Prince Vinos was of high status, he was the elder brother of the current emperor and the one with the highest status among the contemporary nobles. He had also served in the Council of Elders and served as a supervisor, and had his own faction in the Council of Elders.
It’s because…
He died wearing a skirt, and his male lover became one of the suspects in the case.
The news quickly became distorted and developed in a direction that satisfied human curiosity.
By the time Yang Ming heard the news from Catherine, the version had already changed to "The prince died tragically at the hands of his partner because of his unique hobby."
For a time, public opinion on the Imperial Star was in an uproar, and the Council of Elders forcibly suppressed the news and did not let the news leave the Imperial Star.
One hour after the incident.
His Majesty the Emperor was furious and called seventeen or eighteen people in charge of the outer security of the Imperial Star to the main hall. He removed the official hats of several old men on the spot and promoted several young men.
The Imperial Planet is under full martial law. Due to the lack of manpower in the Surface Security Bureau of the Imperial Planet, a large number of defense forces have been mobilized to search for the murderer on the surface of the planet.
Just three hours after the incident.
The heads of various government departments stationed on the Imperial Star, the princes, emperors, princesses, and great nobles who had lived on the Imperial Star for a long time, all accepted investigation and questioning by the Public Security Bureau.
The twelve elders and more than a hundred elders of the Council of Elders who lived on the Imperial Star were also greeted by the officers of the defense forces.
For a time, people were in panic and all kinds of rumors appeared inside and outside the Imperial Star.
The palace module, where the emperor's bedroom lies.
More than a dozen dancers swayed their waists. The emperor closed his eyes and listened to the melodious music. His fingers danced lightly on the armrests. The smile on the corner of his mouth slowly bloomed and then quietly disappeared.
A maid was kneeling beside her, whispering something.
The emperor opened his eyes, raised his hand and waved, and the dancers in front of him lowered their heads and retreated.
"Let the elders come in... notify Viscount Hanton and ask him to come over now."
The maid took the order and left, trotting barefoot on the warm ground.
Two minutes later, more than a dozen white-haired elders entered the palace. They had just finished their greetings and before they had time to say anything, the emperor waved his hand and said slowly:
"Sit down, everyone, and stay here with me."
Maids on both sides activated more than a dozen seats, which became suspended in the air and were pushed slowly forward by the maids and arranged in two rows.
After expressing their gratitude, the elders took their seats in order of priority.
The Great Elder asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Prince Venos..."
The old emperor raised his right hand and sighed softly.
"I know," he said slowly, "I am still immersed in great grief at the moment. This is my brother, do you understand? This is my brother."
"Your Majesty, we must strengthen the defenses of all parts of the Imperial Star and catch the murderer!"
"Let's mourn for him first."
The old emperor interrupted the elder's cry, and the look in his old eyes was somewhat sharp. The elder who was speaking immediately lowered his head and dared not breathe.
The hall became quiet and solemn.
The maids hid in the corner, breathing very slowly.
This silence lasted for nearly twenty minutes. Several elders nearly had a heart attack, and two elders had cold sweat on their foreheads.
The emperor suddenly laughed and said, "What are you doing standing at the door? Come in."
"Yes, Your Majesty," Yang Ming's voice came, and the elders felt relieved.
Yang Ming walked in with a backpack on his back, walked straight past the elders, stopped two meters in front of the emperor, and gave a standard military salute.
"Your Majesty, you are looking for me."
"Have you heard about my second brother's death?" asked the emperor.
"I heard about it," Yang Ming sighed, "Please accept my condolences."
"What's the use of condolences?"
The emperor said coldly:
"Someone on the Imperial Star, the most heavily defended Imperial Star in the empire, killed my brother, the second brother of the emperor of this country!
"What is this? This is a disgrace! It is a disgrace to you warriors who boast of your bravery every day!
"Someone is humiliating you, Hanton! And you tell me to mourn! What is the most important thing for you to do now?"
Yang Ming: …
Damn, they didn’t even give me the script in advance.
Yang Ming shouted at the top of his voice: "Catch the murderer! Fill the gap in the security defense of the Imperial Star!"
"Good! That's it! Very spirited!"
The emperor smiled, glanced at the elders below, then looked at Yang Ming, his eyes narrowed slightly:
"Hanton, tell me, what was it like when my second brother died? Was he peaceful?"
"Uneasy," Yang Ming said in a deep voice.
"Oh? What happened?"
"Your Majesty, I haven't investigated the scene yet, so I can't say for sure, but I heard rumors..."
Yang Ming said in a deep voice:
"The more outrageous rumor is that the prince was wearing women's clothes, had women's makeup on his face, and was surrounded by some drugs that stimulated his nerves and senses.
“Moreover, it is said that the prince’s male lover is right beside him… This is really damaging to the image of the empire.
"Also, I heard that the prince's heart was stabbed many times and his death was not peaceful."
"Tsk," the emperor raised his hand and rubbed his brow, "This is really a tragedy. His children are all on their way back to the Imperial Star. Great Elder?"
"Your Majesty," the elder's voice trembled for some reason, "Your Majesty, please give your orders."
"Suppress the news," the emperor sighed, "Don't let these rumors reach the ears of my nephews and nieces. My second brother is a man who cares about his reputation and has a strong sense of self-esteem. When the case is closed later, prepare a grand funeral for him."
The Great Elder stood up and saluted: "Yes! I'll arrange it right away!"
"Also, I remember there was a famous detective named Hui Saka, who solved many major cases in the past few years," the emperor said, "Let's transfer Hui Saka over here and let him investigate this matter."
Yang Ming coughed dryly and said, "Your Majesty, I am Hui Saka. I deceived the military and became an undercover agent of the military. I used the alias Hui Saka to fish and catch myself."
The old emperor looked a little dazed: "This is a bit messy."
Yang Ming briefly described the process of his plotting against the empire's secret forces, and the old emperor almost laughed out loud.
In fact, the old emperor was too lazy to even go through all the information about White Ghost. He just saw that Hui Saka was a fake identity of White Ghost.
"This is truly a wonderful thing," the old emperor said slowly, "Then I'll leave this case to you, the famous detective Hui Saka, my royal knight."
Yang Ming saluted: "I will not let your majesty down!"
"That's it for now, everyone go and get busy, I'll chat with Hanton."
The elders quickly stood up, bowed to the emperor, and left the hall quickly.
The emperor raised his hand slightly, and the maids moved the suspended chair forward and activated the main shielding system of the hall.
"Hahaha! Hahaha! Wearing a skirt! And with a male lover!"
The old emperor almost laughed to tears and sat there slapping his thigh.
"Hanton, you are amazing! How did you come up with such a dirty trick? My second brother has always been very proud of himself, but now he has become a big joke in the aristocratic circle. Hahaha! Well done! Uh, why do you have this expression?"
Yang Ming pursed his lips, spread his hands, and shook his head slightly.
"It wasn't you who did it?" the old emperor asked with a smile.
Yang Ming said: "The skirt incident was not my idea, it just happened to happen."
"Uh," the old emperor stopped laughing and sat there in deep thought. He couldn't help but mutter, "Have they played so much? Aren't they taking me with them as their entertainment evolves?"
"Your Majesty, this is just because you get too much pleasure on a daily basis. Without that sense of anticipation, the same degree of stimulation will gradually disappear, so you seek more stimulation through novelty."
Yang Ming whispered, took off his backpack, and respectfully held it in front of the old emperor.
"Your Majesty, this is the murder weapon. It has the fingerprints and biometric information of six other people. They all had contact with these two daggers before they took action."
"Yeah?"
The emperor smiled with narrowed eyes, took the backpack, opened it and took a look, then dodged back.
"I can't stand seeing this kind of bloodshed... Is there a problem with handing this case over to you?"
"No problem."
"Well, you hold off for a few days. I'll see which guy I don't like, and then I'll identify him as the murderer."
The old emperor waved his hand, threw his backpack behind the seat, then leaned back into the cushions, his eyes full of memories.
"This feels really good, Hanton. I just realized that the unfettered imperial power is really intoxicating. This is the best way to feel pleasure."
Yang Ming said nothing.
He didn't want to get involved in such morbid topics.
The old emperor suddenly said, "Do you want to know what happened to my history teacher? The one who was raped by this bastard."
"Was he murdered?"
"Ah, the reason why my history teacher is so fascinating is that she is elegant, pure, knowledgeable, and never messes around with the imperial nobles. She is the daughter of an earl and has a fiancé.
"After she was raped by my second brother, she angrily went to the Council of Elders to report it, but was judged to be a false accusation by the Council of Elders. The earl was also interviewed and pressured, and her fiancé also disappeared during a voyage.
"Later, her mental state deteriorated and she was sent to a mental hospital."
The old emperor sighed softly, with a look of reminiscence in his eyes:
"Look over there, in that corner, there are two cute twins. They look just like my teacher, but they are still a little different. After all, they are the third generation of clones."
Yang Ming: …
The old emperor lowered his head and wrote something, then clicked OK and sent the order through the emperor's dedicated network.
"Okay, your appointment has been issued. You can transfer to any of the hundreds of police stations on the surface of the Imperial Star at will.
"Go ahead, Hanton, you did a great job this time.
"My second brother's granddaughter is also a good girl. I will arrange for her to enter the palace later and become a history teacher for my grandson."
"Yes, Your Majesty, if you have no other instructions, I will take my leave now."
Yang Ming lowered his head, took two steps back, and walked out of the old emperor's sight with big strides.
The old emperor waved his hand, and the dancers and maids returned to their original positions. The melodious music floated from the corner again.
…
An hour later.
Yang Ming sat in the conference room of the headquarters of the Imperial Star Surface Security Center. In front of him were more than a dozen "bosses" of the surface security system. They were all wearing white police uniforms and did not look old.
The Imperial Star Security Office is directly responsible to the Council of Elders, and the Imperial Star Defense Force is directly responsible to the military.
Now, the emperor took advantage of the prince's death to purge a wave of old people in the public security system, replaced them with a group of middle-level cadres, and arranged Yang Ming to lead the public security system. Naturally, Yang Ming did not need to ask much about his intention.
Yang Ming threw the case file on the table, exhaled lightly, and put his legs on the edge of the table in front of these people.
He opened his right hand and a pen flew over to him, which he played with repeatedly in his hand.
This group of middle-level cadres were shocked by this method, but when they thought about the man in front of them, who dared to chop down the Zerg Queen with only a lightsaber and a mecha, they were not so shocked.
"Is that all?" Yang Ming asked with a frown.
The newly promoted head of the Public Security Center whispered, "Master Ghost, this is the evidence we have collected so far. The murderer is very cunning, and this matter is too, too strange."
"Is it strange?"
Yang Ming smiled and said:
“Isn’t it clearly written in your case file?
"All the guards of the Prince's Palace were knocked unconscious by drugs within a few minutes. A large amount of drug residue was detected in their bodies. The alloy door of the underground secret room was forcibly broken open. It is suspected that it was done by a robot equipped with offensive equipment. The Prince's heart was stabbed several times. The murder weapon should be two metal daggers.
“Isn’t this a team crime?”
"Yes sir, but!"
A police officer at the back frowned and said:
“There is no ordinary surveillance equipment in the Prince’s Palace. We retrieved the surveillance system on the street outside the Prince’s Palace, but found that all the data had been destroyed in advance.
“In addition, we wanted to restore the memory of the module where the Prince’s Palace is located to identify the real culprit, but the supercomputer group corresponding to the module began maintenance at the same time, and there happened to be no backup records left.
"Also, the defense force's satellites should have been able to take bird's-eye photos of the gang, but when the murderer gang was committing the crime, these satellites were taking photos of the universe! There are more than 30,000 powerful satellites outside the Imperial Star, half of which have the function of monitoring the surface, but not a single one captured the relevant information!"
Yang Ming nodded and frowned, saying, "This is indeed a bit strange."
Another police officer smiled bitterly and said, "This may not be a fight we can intervene in. There are only two companies that can accomplish this and mobilize so many resources."
Yang Ming asked: "Which two?"
"You are asking even though you already know the answer. It's really hard for us to tell you."
"It's the Council of Elders or the defense forces."
Yang Ming leaned back and said, "What you mean is that if we want to catch the murderer, we must first find out who tampered with the satellite data and the surface module data."
A police officer said: "No valuable clues were detected at the scene."
"Master Ghost, will we be dragged out to take the blame? In the end, the case will be dropped, and we will be accused of incompetence?"
Yang Ming said sternly: "Those who are in charge of administration should stay, and those who are handling the case on the front line should gather the elites you know and organize an investigation team of 500 people."
"yes!"
Half the officers left the meeting room.
Yang Ming tapped his badge with his pen and said slowly, "Everyone, my appointment should have been sent directly to you. You should understand what this means."
"Yes, Master Ghost."
Yang Ming said: "Then tell me in detail what it means."
"Your Majesty personally issued the appointment... bypassing the Council of Elders, which shows that the great Majesty does not trust the Council of Elders."
"That's right," Yang Ming said gently, "This matter is of great importance. You may see it as a crisis, but I see it as an opportunity for you, an opportunity to take a few steps forward. This matter is not about who you find out, but about doing it beautifully and doing it right."
The responsible persons seemed to be thinking about something.
Yang Ming said slowly, "Later I will lead the 500 people to form a special task force to investigate and collect evidence from various places. You should know what to do and follow the rules."
"Mr. Ghost, could you please enlighten us a little more? We really have no experience in this area."
Yang Ming smiled and said, "Let me give you an example. If the Council of Elders or the military asks you about the progress of your case, what would ?"
"Tell me the truth... This is a case that your majesty is personally involved in. I have nothing to say."
"Not bad."
Yang Ming raised his eyebrows and said softly:
"Make up a copy of the case file, your suspicions, and our previous discussions, and send it directly to the palace. Later , report everything to the palace every few days.
"Don't be afraid of external pressure. The Imperial Star Security Office is the only legal violent agency besides the Imperial Star Defense Force. Who dares to put pressure on you?
"Okay, I've said this, you guys should get busy."
Several responsible persons looked at each other, then immediately touched their chests, lowered their heads, and said in unison: "Thank you, Master Ghost, for your advice!"
Yang Ming waved his hand and left the meeting room with a smile.
