Chapter 18: Injustice
The bone soul heard the unkindness in Zhao Shi's words, "It seems that the general doesn't trust you at all. He may be pointing the cause of the incident to you. ”
Ding Qin didn't think so, "What are you afraid of? Judging from the facts alone, it is impossible for me to kill the dean." He is two levels higher than me, and I don't think I can do it if I want to kill him but there is no movement. ”
Bone Soul said, "Child, you are still young. Let's go, let's go check it out first. ”
Ding Qin didn't show any special performance, followed behind Zhao Shi, and followed a few soldiers to the spiritual seminary. As they were on the way, several professional inspectors caught up and went with them to conduct on-site surveys.
As soon as I entered the office of the abbot of the seminary, a bloody breath rushed towards me. The dean fell to the ground in front of his desk, a dagger stuck in the left side of his neck. The blood had mostly dried up, but it had not yet clotted on the ground.
As soon as he saw this dagger, Ding Qin's heart jumped suddenly.
The handle of this dagger is quite familiar to Ding Qin. Because this is its own dagger.
This dagger was given to him by his father when he was ten years old. For a long time after that, Ding Qin carried him with him. After he returned from Tongbao City this time, because he was only active in Kaiyuan City, and he wanted to meet the abbot of the spiritual monastery and the general who guarded the city, he took it down and put it in the dormitory of his spiritual seminary.
Unexpectedly, it would appear here and become a murder weapon!
The bone soul knew what Ding Qin was thinking, and he sighed directly, "It's over." It seems that this is an out-and-out blame-grooming. ”
The general looked around the room, then turned to the investigators behind him, "Quickly survey the scene and see if the murderer has left any traces of worms." ”
Ding Qin stood to the side, his mind buzzing. He wanted to calm himself down, but it was hard for him to calm down in the face of such facts.
The dean's newly acquired jade waist pendant appeared on his body, and his dagger was the murder weapon that killed the dean. There were no witnesses to the scene, and there were no gaps in the timeline for me to clarify.
After thinking about it over and over again, while the others were still inspecting the scene, Ding Qin suddenly stepped forward, "General." I have something to say. ”
The general turned around and looked at Ding Qindao, "What's the matter?"
Ding Qin took a deep breath, "General, the dagger around the dean's neck is mine." However, I didn't kill people with it. Originally, this dagger should have been in a cabinet in my spiritual dormitory. ”
A strange light flashed in Zhao Shi's eyes, "Ding Qin, are you sure the knife is yours too?"
Ding Qin said, "That's right. The General may send someone to my dormitory now to see if there is such a dagger in my cupboard. If not, then this knife is mine. ”
When Ding Qin said this, the bone soul sighed in the sea of knowledge, "Alas, this kid, don't take the initiative to send it to the door." People are typically digging a pit to make you jump, and you don't even dodge, so you jump in......"
Zhao Shi's face became a little gloomy, and he waved his hand, "Come on, go to Ding Qin's bedroom and look for any similar daggers." ”
After speaking, he turned to Ding Qin, "Ding Qin, the situation is not good for you now." In terms of time, you are the last person one can confirm to have seen the dean. From the physical evidence, you have the dean's waist on you, and the knife that killed the dean may also be yours. And in terms of motivation, between you and the dean, I heard, there have been some bumps. ”
Ding Qin's face was calm, "What the general said is right. But please believe me, General, I didn't kill the dean. Moreover, I am now in the first order of spiritual power, and the dean's spiritual power is in the first order and third level, and the gap between these two layers is well understood. ”
Zhao Shi shook his head and avoided Ding Qin's gaze, "Sometimes, empty words are unsubstantiated and inconclusive." ”
As soon as he said this, a surveyor came over and said, "General." ”
Zhao Shi nodded, "Say." ”
"The results of the inspection inside the house are as follows. The dean was inserted diagonally from the neck into his chest cavity with a dagger, and all the major blood vessels were severed, almost fatally with a single blow, so there was little struggle. There were no signs of forcible entry into the house, and no other signs of fighting were found. ”
So, there are two possibilities. First, a master infiltrated and killed the dean directly while he was unprepared. The dean was powerless to fight back. The second possibility is that an acquaintance committed a crime and killed him with a knife when the dean did not pay attention. ”
After the surveyor finished speaking, Zhao Shi nodded, "Okay, I know." ”
The person sent to Ding Qin's bedroom also returned at this time, holding the scabbard of a dagger in his hand, "General, in Ding Qin's bedroom, only this scabbard was found, not the dagger." ”
Zhao Shi took the scabbard in his hand and looked at it, and then looked at the handle of the dagger that killed the dean, and the styles of the two matched very well.
He turned his head and asked Ding Qin, "Is this the one?"
Ding Qin nodded, "That's it." ”
"Ding Qin, now ......" Zhao Shi paused, "The situation is unfavorable now." If you don't have enough evidence to prove your innocence, then you can only be presumed guilty. ”
Ding Qin's face was a little ugly, but he still held back his emotions, "I hope the general can see clearly." The person was not killed by me Ding Qin, and the murderer must be someone else. ”
"My husband, my God......" As soon as Ding Qin's words fell, a woman with a disheveled hair broke in outside, stumbled into the house, and rushed straight to the dean's body, "My husband, why did you leave like this......"
As soon as she entered, several soldiers immediately framed her and did not let her touch the body of the dean. She immediately lay on the ground and cried, pulling the general's trouser leg with one hand, "General, general, you must arrest the real murderer, and you must avenge my husband!"
Zhao Shi sighed, "Mrs. Wang, the matter has come to this, you still have to mourn." ”
Only then did Ding Qin recognize that this person was the dean's wife, Wang Meiru. She was actually many years younger than the dean, the second wife of the dean, and it was once rumored that she was just a fireworks girl from another city.
Wang Meiru unintentionally turned her head at this time, suddenly trembled all over, and pointed at Ding Qin and said, "He, he, he, Ding Qin! My husband has always said recently, after this Ding Qin comes back, he must find trouble with him, and told me to be more careful, I didn't expect that he actually did something to my husband!"
Ding Qin couldn't help but be a little excited at this time, "Mrs. Wang, please don't talk nonsense." ”
Wang Meiru seemed to be crazy at this time, "I'm talking nonsense? Why am I talking nonsense? Isn't it that you are going to trouble my husband when you come back? Isn't it that you are embarrassing my husband everywhere? You little bastard, I ...... it?"
As she spoke, she threw herself on Ding Qin, wanting to tear Ding Qin, but Zhao Shi dragged her back, "Stop!
Wang Meiru shouted at the top of her voice, "General, this person's heart is like a snake and scorpion, he must be my husband who he killed, and he must not be kept!"
Zhao Shi frowned, and motioned to his subordinates to take Wang Meiru down to settle down first. After that, he turned to Ding Qin and said in a deep voice, "Ding Qin." Things have come to this point, and there are some things that I can't do anymore. Now, you are the most suspect in this case, and it stands to reason that you should be sent to prison pending trial. ”
Ding Qin's mind was a little messy now, although the bone soul had been telling him how to deal with it more properly, he didn't have the heart to listen at all.
After all, he was just a kid under the age of nineteen!
In the past three years of wandering at sea, although he has experienced countless dangers, he has not faced people once.
And the biggest difference between people and other things is that people have brains.
It will be more efficient to solve one thing with your brain. In the same way, it is more dangerous to use your brain to harm someone.
It's just that Ding Qin needs more human experience to experience this.
The expression on his face was like a dark cloud, and he asked Zhao Shi, "General, I didn't kill anyone, I hope the general will investigate." ”
Zhao Shi sighed again, "Then, can you provide any clues, can you identify who the murderer is?"
Ding Qin shook his head, "No, I can't. I suspect a kid put it on me, but I can't remember what it looked like. I don't know who stole my dagger. ”
The corners of Zhao Shi's mouth rose slightly, as if he was smiling, but the expression on his face was very cold. "If you can't provide clues and evidence, then I can only act according to the law. What else do you have to say?"
Ding Qin clenched his teeth tightly, and the muscles in his cheeks protruded. He clenched his fist vigorously, "Not anymore at the moment." ”
"Don't don't...... Bone Soul shouted in the sea of knowledge, "Don't say what you haven't said, you have to do your best to defend yourself, and strive not to be imprisoned pending trial......
However, Ding Qin did not take his advice.
In Ding Qin's heart, a thought was extremely strong.
That is, to be a person with a clear conscience, why not be afraid of ghosts calling the door!
Zhao Shi waved his hand, "Someone." Ding Qin was given a torture instrument, brought back to the prison, and awaited trial at a later date. Someone here will be kept for further investigation, and report to me when they have enough detailed evidence. ”
After saying that, he turned around directly and left alone.
Two soldiers stepped forward and pressed Ding Qin's shoulders one left and one right. Another person came over, took a wooden flail, and locked Ding Qin's head and hands.
There was a special formation in the wooden flail, and after wearing it, a force rushed through the neck to the meridians, and all the spiritual power in Ding Qin's body was instantly frozen.
Ding Qin was not half afraid. All he could do was anger and reluctance in his heart now. He didn't know why, someone would blame him for the matter. But he knew that if he found out the truth, he would definitely let this person pay back at double the price!
"Let's go!" the soldier pushed Ding Qin and escorted him out of the dean's office.
Along the way, seeing Ding Qin being detained, people were shocked and puzzled.
This is Ding Qin, who has just returned from Tongbao City, won the championship of the Thirteen Towns in the North, and was also admitted to the Royal Spiritual Academy!
How could it be that in just one day, he fell from the pride of the sky to the prisoner of the stairs?
By the next morning, the news had spread in Kaiyuan City.