Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2438 Blind Detective

Bow Street scout White Shavit had worked under Sheriff John Fielding, the son of Bow Street scout founder Henry Fielding, who was convinced that if he could hire a group of People who get paid to "dedicate themselves to" investigations and detectives can change the law and order in London, so he hired a group of Westminster patrolmen to track suspects.

   He was funded by the Secret Service to manage a standing army consisting of 6-8 officers. At this time, the work of the Bow Street scouts was mainly to arrest prisoners and search for prisoners according to the descriptions of the victims. In the era of John Fielding, he focused on training "detectives", not only identifying criminals through witnesses, but also looking for clues like closing your eyes and listening to the sound of the wind blowing through the strings in the dark, Uncover the truth of the case with the subtlest details of the crime.

John's work model inspired other sheriffs, and soon courts in areas such as Whitechapel and Crackenville followed suit, and the results of the Bow Street investigation were also included in the evidence of the criminal court. The London sheriff 35% to 40%. % of cases are submitted by Bow Street.

   Detectives gradually have a formal structure, and there are rules that must be followed, such as detectives cannot be cruel or unfair. In fact, not everyone can comply like John. White Shavit often accepts bribes. As long as a homicide case is not filed, it will not be investigated. The standard for a homicide case is a corpse, and no body can only be counted as missing.

This kind of behavior is very common in scouting. The thief will accidentally touch the red line of the law in the process of arresting the criminal. There was once a sailor who jumped into the icy Thames to escape. Unfortunately, he was tall He underestimated his strength, underestimated the coldness of the river, and finally froze to death in the river. His body was found on Canis Island only after the spring of the second year.

   Or the process of catching a thief caused a group fight. In short, if you catch a thief improperly, you will get yourself into it. Therefore, the thief catching system involves three rings of amnesty, rewards and informants, but each ring is easy to breed fraudulent behavior. Henry didn't go deep into it when he was alive. The scale of the scouts expanded rapidly, and John became a lot stricter, resulting in a small organization. In addition, he was blind, and more people left.

  John had a problem with alcohol like Henry, which led to his blindness. In addition to policing the chaos, he helped philanthropist Jonas Hanway form the marine society to take children off the streets to prevent them from being harmed or joining criminal organizations.

But there is one kind of child that is very difficult to protect. Before Louis XIV promoted street lamps, he thought of a way to light up Paris, that is, to hire lantern bearers. People who live at night only need to pay a sum of money to get lighting. In London, too, but the job is done by little boys.

  In the 1750s, there were many cases of missing young boys in Paris, which led to the death of the police chief in Paris. From about 1790, the boys with lanterns in London also disappeared, but not everyone was outraged.

These children are missing. They don't put the bodies of the victims on the street like Jack the Ripper. What's more, they are just missing. They may go to the factory or other places, and they will suddenly appear in two years. This era is not uncommon.

At the same time, because they haunt at night, they will see things that ordinary people can't see. White was fired because he failed to protect a key informant, causing a criminal who should have been hanged to escape punishment, and the informant It happened to be a lantern boy.

   The little boy did not want to be a witness, but John persuaded him to agree. Anyway, White left England and first went to America, where he met Stanley, who was selling threshers to Washington. He later returned to Europe, and when he heard that the thresher was making a big splash at the Industrial Fair in Paris, he found Stanley again.

   It can’t be said that White’s eyes are open to money, he is at least better than Fouche and Dubois, and he won’t be wearing a policeman’s coat and doing things like blackmailing casinos.

But to say that he is a righteous and kind person also praised him. He concocted several assassin identities in a short period of time. These "robbers" can be manipulated as "daggers" for various reasons. Similarly, Bona Ba can file a complaint as a victim according to his own needs, just like the previous Bow Street scouts arrested prisoners based on the description of the victim.

   At present, White has become a "special officer" and is "protected" by a French army. At the same time, he also conducts an inventory of some backlogs. When he needs to send someone out to investigate, he can issue orders like a police chief.

The    round of punishment, under the reformation of Frederick the Great, was only used to execute serial killers and the most heinous people, and only after the prisoner was hanged. But some people think that heavy sentences can act as a deterrent, with the purpose of preventing crime, which is different from the specimens used for exhibitions and ticket collections at the Academy of Fine Arts.

Human reason is sometimes so wonderful. After signing the document, Georgiana went back to the box to continue watching the opera. At this time, the coloratura soprano had already sung, and the later episodes had already been seen, and not many people cared about it. Full of buzz.

  On stage, the bird catcher has a woman in his arms, and she beats him, then turns away.

The prince    came over and looked down at the bird catcher with a schadenfreude smile on his face.

   "Oh~ I won't say a word again." The bird catcher covered his mouth when he finished speaking.

This is the rule of the Trial Hall. You must keep silent, but the bird catcher can't control his mouth. He is struck by lightning first, and then beaten by a woman. The appearance of a woman is the second stage of the trial - be wary of women. trick.

  The sun mirror has infinite magic power. It creates a woman to be the wife of the bird catcher, but if she beats him, the bird catcher can feel the pain. This is not just a "shadow" or "phantom". In addition, there was no water and food in the hall of trials. At this time, three children fell from the sky. They brought water and food to the two, and announced that they had passed the trial and returned the magic flute and music box.

  The prince blew the magic flute, and not long after the princess heard the flute, the prince thought she was a phantom, a part of the trial, and did not speak to her. The princess asked the bird catcher in a hurry, and the bird catcher learned a lesson and chose to remain silent.

  The princess uttered a weeping dirge, but the prince remained unmoved. Finally, she left. At this time, everyone stepped onto the stage and announced that the prince had cleared the customs and became one of them.

   At this time, the real princess stepped onto the stage, but the prince could not believe that she was real. He thought the trial was not over, and continued to remain silent.

   It's really sad to say goodbye. The prince decided to leave. He listened to the Queen's request to rescue the princess, but when he no longer believed in "women's tricks", then what reason did he have to act according to the Queen's tricks?

After the    trio was over, the scene was over, all the actors left the stage, and the audience applauded enthusiastically.

  Georgianna looked at Sarastro, who was the last to leave, and his gorgeous costume always reminded her of Louis XIV, the Sun King.

   When he also disappeared behind the curtain, the three night queens walked up to the stage and paid tribute to everyone. The audience under the stage shouted the names of the actors they supported, as if it was a contest of who was the loudest.

  The Goddess of Justice in front of the court often holds scales and covers her eyes with a piece of cloth, and John Fielding also covers his eyes with a black belt. For a blind man, hearing is an important way for him to understand the world. But in such a noisy environment, can he hear a faint voice?

   "I want to go back," said Georgiana to Edgeworth.

   "The opera is not over yet..."

"You didn't hear how the opera was sung?" Georgiana interrupted Edgeworth. "Don't covet what a woman shouldn't covet, it's your job to take care of yourself and your daughter, this is the advice of a wise man, I If I want to take care of myself, I have to go back early, and I shouldn't stay outside late at night."

   Edgeworth was speechless.

   "Do you want to stay, Padma?" Georgiana asked again.

   "No." Padma stood up.

   Then Georgiana also got up and left the box.

   (end of this chapter)