Chapter 66: Only One Man Caught
Zeqi finally breathed a sigh of relief and stopped, but his body was overdrawn and crumbling. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Seeing this, the captain of the info guard, Yaheng, slowed down his pace and ran over to support him.
"How are you, alright?" asked Yaheng.
"Captain Yaheng, I'm fine, you go chase those two bad guys. Zeqi gasped, but he was anxious to catch the murderer as soon as possible.
"Okay, you take a break. Yaheng put Zeqi on the ground and chased in the direction of the two men.
After a while, White, Jessica, Gavin, and others also came. While they looked after Zeqi's injuries, they learned about the situation just now.
After a while, the captain of the guard and two manor guards returned with one of them.
Zeqi saw that this person was the same person who took out the dagger and killed himself, he was tied with his backhand, and his eyes glared at Zeqi viciously.
"How?" asked White as he turned to the captain of the guard.
"Only one person was caught, and the other was still on pursuit. I found this from this man. "The captain of the guard threw something to White.
White opened it and saw that it was a scroll, and said, "Sure enough, it's plant wilting." ā
White leaned closer to the captured murderer and said, "You're Alva from the branch next door, I'm not wrong." ā
"So what?" Alva knew that now that he had been caught, it would be a matter of time before he was recognized.
White smiled slightly: "Heh, if I'm not mistaken, the other person should be your brother Alvin." ā
"You!" Alva's face changed drastically, and he quickly said, "No!"
White laughed even more, "Don't quibble, you two brothers have a very good relationship and often stick together, besides, I heard Zeqi say that the other person used to call you "brother", so it's not who he is." ā
Alva bowed his head and said nothing.
"Say it!" cried White, "why are you doing this, and who is behind it?"
Alva was stunned, and the others were also surprised. And the mastermind behind the scenes?
"There is no mastermind. Alva hurriedly exclaimed, "It's us, no, it's me who did it myself." ā
"Where can you brothers get the plant wilting technique, and if you do, why do you have to do it to frame me?"
"Hmph, don't do anything here, since you came, the income of our slaves has decreased, and who of us doesn't hold a grudge against you? I framed you? I am for the people!" Alva said righteously, as if it were true.
White was stunned, and then said lightly: "Since you don't want to say it, then go to the manor court and say it." ā
That night, everyone chased all night, but did not catch another murderer. Since that night, Alva's younger brother Alvin has never returned home, and seems to have disappeared.
After a night's rest, Zeqi's injury has basically recovered.
Early in the morning, he suddenly sat up from the bed and couldn't help but shout, "I remember!
Because he got up so quickly, that he affected the injuries on his body, he couldn't help but scream in pain.
Jessica hurriedly came over to see him, and said angrily: "Don't worry, slow down!"
"Mom, it's okay! I'm much better. Zeqi shook his arm and moved his neck.
"You kid, don't move if you're not completely well. By the way, what did you just say?"
"Mom, do you remember when I told you about the night I was practicing magic on my own farmland and was almost discovered by two people?"
"yes, what's wrong?" Jessica was puzzled and suddenly thought of something, "Could it be that these two people are the ones who came to frame us yesterday?"
"Yes, it sounded like that, and I remember when they said they were going to their house in Georgia to discuss something. Zech struggled to recall.
"Could it be Georgia?" Jessica thought, "I'll have to tell Director White about this possibility."
The manor cell.
Alva was tied to a stake, and many blood-red whip marks could be seen on his bare upper body, and at this time, he was being interrogated by Chief White, and the captain of the guard, Yaheng, was staring at him fiercely with a long whip in his hand.
"Well, Alva, have you figured it out, and as long as you confess to being behind it, I can drop the charge of intentional homicide, and only charge you with intentionally obstructing the production of the estate and destroying the estate's property. You have to think clearly, the former is to be hanged, while the latter is at most sent to a remote mine to work as a coolie. "Chief White explained to Ah Wa the powerful relationship between confession and leniency and strictness in resistance.
Alva spat out a mouthful of blood and said weakly: "I did this thing alone from beginning to end, if you want to kill it, hurry up." ā
White frowned, he didn't know why Alva insisted so much, whether it was because the mastermind behind the scenes had a great favor to him, or if he was coerced.
At this point, Jessica walked in and whispered something to White.
White smiled with satisfaction, and turned to Alva and said, "Alva, I already have a rough idea of the mastermind behind the scenes, and now I give you one last chance, you will take the initiative to say his name, what I just said will still count." ā
Quiescence.
Alva remained silent.
"Do you want me to keep pumping him? Captain Yaheng said as he picked up his whip.
"No, I already know who is behind the scenes, and what I need to figure out now is the evidence, and ...... , alas......" White sighed meaningfully, and continued him, "and why they hate me so much that they want to frame me at the cost of their lives." ā
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It took about three days for Zeqi's injuries to almost heal. Not to mention Jessica and White, even Zeqi himself wondered why he was recovering so quickly. If it were someone else, I'm afraid it would take ten days and half a month to say the least.
The apple trees in the experimental site are still under the management of Jessica, and now she is not worried about the destruction of the experimental site again, because even if it is destroyed again, it can be justified that someone else deliberately framed it, not that White and others mismanaged it.
And Zeqi, although everyone asked him to continue to recuperate for a few days, he insisted on going back to the main house to work.
One day, Zeqi was checking the accounts in the accounting room.
At this moment, a familiar look, but Zeqi had no dealings with, appeared in front of him.
"Father Angelo, are you looking for me?" Zeqi looked at the man in front of him curiously. Although they live together in the same main house, Zechi and Father Angelo do not usually have any intersections.
Father Angelo spends most of his time in the main house praying in the shrine of the main house, taking care of and treating the injuries and illnesses of the Nord family, as well as officiating at festivals and weddings, and the injuries and illnesses of the slaves are not treated by him.
"You come with me, I need you for help in an emergency. Father Angelo's face was slightly anxious.
"Okay!" Zeqi hurriedly put down the ledger and followed Father Angelo, wondering in his heart what would happen to Father Angelo looking for him in such a hurry.