Chapter XXXV. Interrogation

The room is gray, and the walls are piles of stones, with rough cracks and haphazardly filled with stone mortar. If you want to use an analogy, the architectural style here is probably exactly the same as that of a pigsty.

Roach sat behind an obsidian-faced table, his gaze falling on the wall of a dripping stone slurry that solidified as it flowed out of the cracks, and the wall remained incredibly unscathed for a moment.

His hands rested naturally on the obsidian-faced table, his fingertips unconsciously rubbing against the slightly cool, smooth tabletop. Obsidian is also a solidified liquid, and the hot magma rushes out from the depths of the earth, solidifying into a dazzling black stone in the cold world, and the ancient magicians called obsidian dragon crystal. It is said that the dragon crystal has always been used as a talisman, but that is the content of the advanced course, and Roach has not yet learned it. He only knew that the obsidian-faced table would not be placed here without purpose, and he also knew that such a gorgeous table was very abrupt in this house.

"Ahem," a throat clearing sound came from across the table.

Roach glanced at the man, then moved his gaze back to the wall, where there seemed to be a pattern drawn on the stone, and when he tilted his head, it looked like a grinning cat face.

"Kid." The way the middle-aged mage speaks always has a tone of subdued and frustration in it, as if he is holding the victory, and he is never in a hurry. "What are you looking at?"

Roach turned his head, his hands removed from the table, his spine relaxed, and he leaned back casually in his chair. "Mr. Lai," he turned his gaze to the second person at the table, "Mr. Zhao." ”

Zhao Zhiyan is not the same as Luo Qi's impression, even when he was beaten by Du Zhengyi, he could still smile and look smooth, but now he was full of righteousness, and he glared at Luo Qi angrily. It's as if he suddenly swore an oath in the past few days and swore to be a righteous partner.

Roach was in a bad situation, but he still couldn't help it and smiled at him. His face was full of horror, he glared at Roach in disgust, and raised his chin to scorn Roach as if Rocky were a stinking.

"Do you know what this place is?" Li Xu said gently, retrieving his attention.

Rocky looked at him in silence.

"This is the underground of the Supreme Council of Mages, Qionglin," Li Xu said, "to imprison magicians who are highly dangerous to society. ”

Luo Qi still looked at him in silence, and Li Xu sighed, "What do you think about this?" ”

"I'm proud of myself." Roach said.

Li Xu's expression changed, as if he realized that talking to Roach would not be as simple as he thought. He paused, and continued with Roach's words, "Indeed, based on your school grades, you shouldn't be able to get here even in another hundred years." ”

Roach's face was haggard, but when the smile flashed, it still made his pale face regain a lot of blood. He was not provoked, and there was a hint of cunning flashing in his dark eyes, and he looked thoughtfully into the eyes of the old mage, and when his eyes met, the young half-mage did not flinch.

A hint of annoyance flashed across Li Xu's face, "Have you noticed the two mages who are locked up near you?" ”

"They're so crazy that it's a little hard not to notice, right?" Luo Qi asked rhetorically, and added another sentence after speaking, "Actually, what I'm curious about is whether the two of them were locked up after they went crazy, or were they crazy after they came in?" ”

Li Xu stared at him, his lips curled into a slight arc, and his expression showed that he was satisfied after eating a delicious meal. Luo Qi's face sank, and he began to look at Li Xu seriously, "Who are you?" ”

"I'm a first-level execution mage." Li Xu said, "The main job of the Mage Security Department is to investigate magicians who may endanger public safety. ”

"So you can identify who has strong magical abilities," Luo Qi pondered, "and that's why you're interested in Du Zhengyi and Ma Jiang?" ”

Li Xu said with a smile, "Our department is responsible for recording all the people who are doing well in school, and of course, we are also responsible for locating those who are not so good, but they are a little crooked. ”

"You found that tavern that night based on the whereabouts of Du Zhengyi and Ma Jiang?" Luo Qi understood a little, and felt a little shocked, "The Supreme Council is tracking and monitoring all the high-level mages? ”

Li Xu made an ambiguous expression of humor, didn't say yes, didn't say no.

"You don't have that much manpower." Roach's mind spun around and said wisely.

Zhao Zhiyan interjected and interrupted him, "You still care about yourself!" Your heart is big enough. ”

"What's wrong with me?" Luo Qi asked in an unkind tone, turning his head to glare at him, "Because a monk is scared when he sees me, then I have a problem?" Maybe I'm demon-possessed. Why don't you find someone to dance for me? ”

"You'd better be honest," Zhao Zhiyan said with a straight face, "You are the most suspicious in this whole thing, how did you know that there was a corpse buried in that courtyard?" ”

"I went to my mistress's house for a field trip, and the soil in the yard was not the right color, and it looked like something was buried." Roach said, "You should have gone to that yard to check a long time ago, but you are not diligent, and I found no clue for yourself, so you are angry and fall on me?" ”

Zhao Zhiyan let out a laugh, as if grabbing Luo Qi's tail, "In that case, why were you so nervous at that time?" Why was he scared like that, and deliberately asked Guan Xinyue to inform Du Zhengyi to go over immediately. ”

Luo Qi looked at him silently, seeing that Zhao Zhiyan was a little mad with annoyance, he sighed and said, "I was shocked when I saw a corpse for the first time. What's wrong? No way? ”

"Kid." Li Xu raised his hand to signal Zhao Zhiyan not to talk to Luo Qi anymore, "Your ability is not as good as Zhao Zhiyan, but your mouth is much higher than him." ”

"What did I say?" Roach said indignantly, "Do I still listen to him convict me and not explain a word myself?" ”

"Kid." Li Xu stretched out his hand on the black table and made a slight downward motion, this time he was appeasing Luo Qi. "Let's talk about something else first.

Roach was caught in the attention, he closed his mouth and looked at the two of them.

"Let's talk about your friends first," Li Xu said, "Let's talk about Du Zhengyi." ”

"So what's there to talk about?" Roach looked at him suspiciously, "If you want to know him, you can go to him yourself, or you can go to his teacher." ”

Li Xu smiled slowly, his fingertips lightly tapping on the obsidian table, "His teacher? Do you mean Pei Shu? If one day Pei Shu is also suspicious, then he will also have to come here and sit in your position. ”

Roach didn't speak, and for a moment he felt a tremendous oppression. Li Xu was warning him, maybe when he first came here, he still expected to be able to contact Pei Shu to help him, and Li Xu had already known about it, and he was making him die by the way. In fact, he didn't really expect that the archmage who only had a one-sided relationship would be able to help, he just felt that Archmage Pei was more like an understanding person than others, and maybe he could trust him more.

"I heard that Du Zhengyi once took a semester off when he was in the fourth grade." Li Xu continued, confident that he could control the situation firmly and occupy a dominant position. "How much do you know about this?"

"I haven't heard of it." Rocky said dryly.

"I didn't expect to learn much from you." Li Xu said, "You can casually talk about it, what characteristics does Du Zhengyi have, and what are his preferences?" Say whatever comes to mind. ”

Roach raised his hand and grabbed a handful of his hair, sneering, "You have a daughter his age?" Your daughter has a crush on him? Mr. Li, if you find a teahouse at random, you can buy me a pot of tea and I can talk to you for an afternoon. But now we are under the ground of Qionglin, and I am not in the mood to chat at all. ”

"You are the son of two doctors, you should be able to observe the sequelae of Du Zheng's body." Li Xu was impatient with his nonsense, his voice was unconsciously a little higher, ignoring his interruptions, and continued on his own route completely, "What type of serious injury did he have three years ago?" ”

"I don't know!"

"Why did they choose you to team up with Du Zheng?"

Roach was about to explode, "Damn, I don't know, everyone comes to ask me, I'm also annoyed!" If you find out the reason one day, please don't hesitate to give me advice! I'll pay ten bucks for your answer. ”

"What happened to you and Du Zheng after they teamed up?" Running out of patience, Li Xu stood up and circled the table towards Roach. "Why did you suddenly leave the Guan family's old mansion? What happened that night? Dr. Majiang's large dose of medical magic is used on you, right? You were seriously injured and survived? Isn't it? What did you get hurt about? ”

Roach pursed his lips tightly, leaned back in his chair, and raised his head to resist the tremendous pressure that Li Xu had exerted on him. "Do you want me to falsely accuse Du Zhengyi of being a high-energy sociopath?"

Li Xu sneered, tilted his head and looked at Luo Qi with pity, "I haven't thought about it that much. But this crime, Du Zhengyi can really afford it better than you. How long do you think you're here, and how long you won't go crazy? ”

"I'm feeling pretty good right now," Roach said, shrugging his shoulders and saying quite seriously, "I'm sane, and I'm proud of myself." ”

"I've got a lot of things I haven't done to you, kid." Li Xu said, "I don't want to be too cruel to a child, you don't understand anything at all." ”

"Thank you." "You're such a good person," Roach said. ”

Li Xu took a deep breath in annoyance, and a hand fell on Roach's shoulder, "I hope you can cooperate, you must know that we are just investigating all suspicious mages, this is just work." You don't have to be so hostile. ”

Luo Qi looked at Zhao Zhiyan who was staring at him across the table, in fact, as long as Zhao Zhiyan appeared in this room, the situation had become very hostile.

"Okay," Li Xu took a step back and persuaded, "You can just choose a son-in-law for my daughter, and you can only pick up those words that you think are beneficial to Du Zhengyi." Whatever it is, I'm willing to take the time to listen to it. ”

"Then I have to see how your daughter looks first, whether she is a beautiful woman." "I've got to be true to my buddies." ”

"Your buddy?" Li Xu laughed.

Roach ignored him, making up his mind that he would ignore even if they turned over the flowers.

"You're thinking too much, kid." Li Xu said in a low voice, "I have already talked to Du Zhengyi's students of the same level. I heard that he was a refined egoist, a notoriously selfish ghost among the graduates, and he didn't even have a friend. ”

Roach was taken aback.

"What? Do you think a little idiot like you can be his buddy? Why? Because your ability is too low, can following him cover up his high-energy radiation and help you become invisible? ”

Li Xu teased Luo Qi indifferently, and in the end, he couldn't help but laugh. Opposite Luo Qi, Zhao Zhiyan also looked at him sarcastically, crooked his lips to hide his smile, and tried his best to maintain his character in today's interrogation.

"If he really regarded you as a friend, Archmage Pei Shu should have shown up a long time ago, right?" Li Xu continued, bombarding Roach's defenses.

Roach tilted his head and sighed, "Whatever." ”

"Going to talk?"

"I heard that the best interrogation technique should be one singing white face and one singing red face," Roach said slowly, "I don't know what happened to the two of you, didn't you say it in advance, both of you sing the same role, and choose to disgust me together?" I'm sorry, my master is in a bad mood, so I don't want to talk to you because of this. ”

"In that case, let's stop pretending to be civilized." Li Xu straightened up beside him, and the hand on his shoulder was taken away, "I heard that you and Zhao Zhiyan were a little unhappy a few years ago?" ”

Roach froze, as if choking on the air. He looked at Zhao Zhiyan with apprehension and disgust, and the latter smiled triumphantly. Zhao Zhiyan has not forgotten him. Li Xu also knew, and he didn't shy away from it, and he didn't care.