Evil of all ages

Chapter 17 Pressure
"You're still honest. If you said you didn't even have the thought of cursing them, then there would be a big problem with you."

Di Qingtian said calmly.

"My lord, I dare not."

Ren Zhengnian was glad that he had told the truth.

"Now there are two problems."

"First, you have a grudge against them after all. Now that they are dead, you have to prove that their deaths have nothing to do with you."

"Second, if their deaths have nothing to do with you, who do you think killed them?"

Di Qingtian asked casually.

"My lord, I wasn't in the prison last night; I was in the Yihong Courtyard, which is the closest to our prison."

"Sister Hong from the brothel and the girl who served me all night can both testify for me."

Ren Zhengnian produced his alibi.

“I will send someone to verify this. Tell me, in your opinion, who is the real culprit who killed them.”

Before searching for Ren Zhengnian, Di Qingtian already knew that Ren Zhengnian and the other two were not in the prison last night, and he had also sent someone to the brothel to verify this.

The question was redundant; it was merely an attempt to find a flaw in Ren Zhengnian's reply.

Unfortunately, there was no flaw.

It was as if the deaths of Shi Boyi and the others had nothing to do with Ren Zhengnian.

"Sir, I'm just a jailer, how would I know who the real culprit is?"

Ren Zhengnian smiled wryly.

"I'm just letting you guess whatever you want; you just need to give me one answer."

Di Qingtian said in a calm tone.

Helpless, Ren Zhengnian could only turn around and observe the corpses of Shi Boyi and the others. Although he already had a conclusion in his mind, he hesitated on his face.

I don't know whether I should say this or not.

"If you're asked to answer, just say it boldly; no one will blame you."

When Di Qingtian saw Ren Zhengnian's hesitant expression, he knew what Ren was worried about: he was afraid of saying something he shouldn't have and angering them.

"Sir, this method is not human; no human could do this. So the real culprit may not be human."

Ren Zhengnian wanted to extricate himself from this bizarre case.

If this was done by a person, not a gang, then it was done by a certain force.

To achieve this level of success, the person behind him must be someone he absolutely cannot afford to offend. He wouldn't dare to suspect or speak recklessly about anyone.

If he's right about something, he'll definitely die a horrible death.

If he blames everything on ghosts and monsters, he'll at most get a scolding from his superiors.

If demons and monsters truly exist in this world, then the deaths of Shi Boyi and his companions were indeed the work of evil spirits.

Then all we can say is, we have to leave it to fate.

"Bold"

Upon hearing Chang Xingde's loud shout, Ren Zhengnian wisely lowered his head even further.

“Lord Di, the people below are ignorant and short-sighted. Don’t bother with them. There’s nothing unclean in this world.”

Chang Xingde wasn't being protective of his own. Even though he sometimes thought about demons and monsters, he was just a nobody and couldn't make decisions on many things.

Those who have the power are the ones in charge.

If those in power say there are no ghosts in the world, then there are no ghosts in the world.

If those in power say there are ghosts, then even if there are no ghosts in the world, they will create one.

The higher-ups have sent Di Qingtian here, and their intention is quite clear: they don't want the people to be thrown into panic by rumors of demons and monsters.

"Send him out, and send someone else on his behalf."

Di Qingtian's face remained expressionless as he ordered someone to take Ren Zhengnian out.

……

"Old Guy, where's our leader?"

When Gao Zhiming and the others saw Zhu Fanggai arrive with his men again, but couldn't find the leader, they asked impatiently.

“You are veterans in prison, you should know how to prevent prisoners from colluding to give false testimony.”

Upon hearing this, Gao Zhiming and the others immediately realized that they were not going to see the end of the matter for the time being.

"It's your turn. Come with me."

Xu Dai saw that Zhu Fang had pointed at him and had no choice but to go with him.

After Huang Taichu finished watching Uncle Xu being interrogated by Di Qingtian, he thought he would be next, since the three of them had gone to a brothel the night before. But it wasn't him; it was Uncle Gao.

"This is putting me last."

Huang Taichu narrowed his eyes slightly, placing it last implying the strongest suspicion. He didn't care about that; instead, he became slightly interested.

"Now there's only one person left. I hope he has the clues I need."

After failing to gain any insights from interrogating Gao Zhiming and Old Insect Master, Di Qingtian was not discouraged and held a glimmer of hope for the next challenge.

However, before announcing Huang Taichu's arrival, he first made arrangements with He Rongjiang and Chang Xingde.

Tell He Rongjiang and the other man to keep their expressions to themselves; they can look, but they shouldn't speak, to prevent Huang Taichu from noticing anything.

What Di Qingtian didn't know was that when he spoke to He Rongjiang, it was as if he were speaking to Huang Taichu face to face.

By the time Huang Taichu was brought over, Di Qingtian was already in the zone.

"Why did you only feel a moment of fear upon seeing such a gruesome corpse, and then calm down so quickly?"

Di Qingtian stood up, walked up to Huang Taichu, stared into Huang Taichu's eyes and asked.

"Sir, they've bullied me for a year, I hate them to death. When they die, I'll just clap my hands and cheer."

“Especially since he died so tragically, I feel even more pleased.”

Huang Taichu practically made it seem like they deserved to die.

"Is this your reason for killing them?"

Di Qingtian shouted, suddenly grabbing Huang Taichu's wrist. His internal energy entered Huang Taichu's body through the grabbed wrist to examine him, his eyes looking as if he had caught the real culprit.

Yin Tianyong was already beside Di Qingtian, his hand gripping the hilt of his sword, as if Huang Taichu would draw his sword and kill Di Qingtian if he did anything slightly amiss.

"Sir, are you saying I am the real murderer who killed them?"

Huang Taichu asked, somewhat bewildered.

Di Qingtian circulated his internal energy through Huang Taichu's meridians and found that Huang Taichu had no internal energy at all, and was not even a martial artist.

Undeterred, he carefully examined Huang Taichu's face, even pinching it with his other hand to confirm that it was not a human skin mask, but Huang Taichu himself.

Despite the test results, he still maintained the facade that you are the real culprit.

"You are timid and introverted. Apart from acquaintances, you can hardly say a word to strangers."

“You can now converse so fluently with a complete stranger like me.”

"Don't tell me that people change and grow."

"I believe in these things, but it takes time. No one grows up overnight."

"Your personality has changed so much so suddenly, unless you've experienced something extreme."

"For example, you were at the murder scene last night, or you participated in the killing of them."

Di Qingtian released Huang Taichu's hand, attempting to break through Huang Taichu's psychological defenses with words.

“Sir, I was in a brothel last night. Miss Xiao Ke can testify for me.”

Huang Taichu wanted to cry but had no tears.

What kind of expression is that? Does he think I'm going to make him a scapegoat?

Di Qingtian was a little annoyed by Huang Taichu's expression, which was a sarcastic jab at his character, but now that things had progressed this far, how could he stop?

"You have an accomplice, is it so hard to find someone to impersonate you and go to a brothel?"

Di Qingtian continued to apply pressure.

"If you want to find fault, you can always find a pretext. Since you, sir, have already determined that I am the real culprit, I will accept my fate."

"However, I have a favor to ask of you, sir. I will admit to any crime, but Uncle Ren and the others are innocent. Please do not make things difficult for them."

Huang Taichu sighed, revealing an attitude of resignation.

"Don't pretend with me, I don't believe you don't know anything."

"If you don't confess, even if everyone around you is innocent, they won't escape."

"Because whether it's the matter of the prisoners or the deaths of these five people, one person simply cannot accomplish it."

"It's certain that he has accomplices."

"If you don't confess, the people closest to you will be your accomplices."

"If you want to harm the people around you, then you should say nothing."

Di Qingtian threatened and intimidated.

"My lord, I know nothing. What am I supposed to say?"

Huang Taichu said in a mournful tone.

(End of this chapter)