Chapter 3961
Chapter 3961: Framing up
Translator: 549690339
Lin Yi looked at him and said faintly,”Lin Yi, a new disciple of the pavilion.”
“Where were you when the mine collapsed?” Ma Jian continued to ask with a cold face.
“The tenth Kuangqu.” Lin Yi replied.
“Very good. So you were with Meng jueguang at the time of the incident?” Ma Jian asked with a deeper meaning.
“Not bad.” Lin Yi nodded. The two guards saw it, and there was no way to hide it. There was nothing to hide.
“It’s good that you admit it. ” Ma Jian smiled gloomily and then asked,”Do you have any explanation for the sudden mine collapse? As far as I know, the 10th Kuangqu happened to be the source of the mine collapse, which means that the people closest to the mine collapse at that time were only you and Meng jueguang. ”
Lin Yi shook his head faintly, “I’m sorry, I’m not a professional. I don’t have any clue as to why the mine collapsed. It didn’t matter how close I was at that time.”
“No clue?” Ma Jian sneered at Lin Yi,”Then I’ll reluctantly tell you. According to the professionals of the spirit Jade Hall, the direct cause of the mine collapse this time is the explosion of spiritual energy. However, with the concentration and activity of spiritual energy in the tenth Kuangqu, not to mention a spiritual energy explosion, even the lowest level of protection array could not be destroyed. The only explanation for this abnormality is that someone did something to it, which eventually led to the explosion of spiritual energy.”
Lin Yi didn’t say anything, but his heart was moved. He didn’t know if it was true or not, but at least Ma Jian’s words seemed to make sense.
If that was the case, the plan to use the mine collapse to bury Meng jueguang seemed to have been a great success, but it could not be said to be perfect. At the very least, there was still a flaw.
“Oh? It looks like I’ve hit the main point, right?” Ma Jian’s eyes brightened and he immediately smiled smugly. Then, he changed the topic again, “It’s not a secret in the welcome Pavilion that you and Meng jueguang don’t get along. Moreover, you two happened to be together at the time of the incident. Moreover, it was in the 10th Kuangqu, which was deserted all year round. This really makes me very curious. Tell me, what were you two doing at that time?”
“Mining,” Lin Yi didn’t even bat an eye.
“Mining?” Ma Jian was stunned for a moment, and then the corner of his mouth couldn’t help but curve into a mocking arc.”Lin Yi, I think I forgot to tell you that joking around is a big taboo in the Hall of Justice, especially a suspect like you. You’ll die a horrible death!”
Mining in the Kuangqu was the most standard answer, but it also depended on who the person was. For someone of Meng jueguang’s level to personally go to the mining area to mine, and in the godforsaken mining area No. 10, what was this if not a joke?
“Lord law enforcer, you seem to have misunderstood something. I was indeed mining at the time, but I didn’t say that Meng jueguang was included.” Lin Yi said faintly.
“Then what was Meng jueguang doing at that time? You’re not trying to tell me that you guys were having a friendly conversation, or that he was cheering you on?” Ma Jian said with a sneer.
Lin Yi looked at him, his face as calm as before. “He’s threatening me. He said that he’s going to be promoted to the third Pavilion master of the welcoming new pavilion, so he’s trying to force me to be his subordinate. Otherwise, he’ll remove senior martial brother ku and replace him with Murong Zhen and Meng Tong. Then, we’ll never be able to rise up again. ”
“Oh? If that’s the case, then the atmosphere between you two shouldn’t have been very good at that time. If it were any normal person, they wouldn’t have swallowed their anger after being threatened like that, let alone you, the number one newcomer of the welcome Pavilion. It’s said that Meng jueguang had been unable to suppress you before, so it’s obvious that he won’t be able to subdue you with a few words this time, am I right?” Ma Jian said with a sinister smile.
“What do you want to express?” Lin Yi squinted his eyes-Ma Jian’s plan was about to be revealed.
As expected, Ma Jian immediately said with ill intentions,””Can I assume that because Meng jueguang forced you into a corner, you harbored a grudge against him, or perhaps you wanted to eliminate the threat, so you secretly destroyed the protective formation of the tenth Kuangqu, causing a spiritual energy explosion and killing Meng jueguang with the collapse of the mine?”
“Pa pa pa!” Lin Yi laughed and clapped a few times before replying unhurriedly,”You have a good imagination, but isn’t it a little too bold to blame a once-in-a-Millennium mine collapse on a newcomer like me? Moreover, I remember that the law enforcement Hall only looks at evidence. If you can’t produce any evidence, can I take your words as slander and Sue the higher-ups of the law enforcement Hall?”
“You want evidence?” Ma Jian suddenly laughed hideously,””Then I’ll give you the evidence. Although there are not many people in the tenth Kuangqu, you probably forgot one thing. At that time, besides you and Meng jueguang, there were two guards in the mining area who witnessed everything! They personally confessed that before the mine collapsed, you were uncharacteristically wandering around the 10th Kuangqu and did not mine properly at all. Needless to say, this was your preparation to trigger the mine collapse. Is this evidence not enough?”
Lin Yi fell silent. Although the starting point of everything Ma Jian said was undoubtedly Xu lingchong’s orders to mess with him, it was also because of this that it was like pinpointing the murderer by accident. No matter how far-fetched the speculations and so-called evidence seemed, they were almost the same as the truth in the end.
Until now, Ma Jian himself still didn’t realize that his efforts to frame him was actually a fact.
A hidden killing intent flashed past as Lin Yi raised his head and looked at the man,””I’ll say it again. You have a rich imagination, but it’s a pity that it’s too rich. The only reason I’m wandering around is because Meng jueguang has been bothering me. He doesn’t want me to mine the ore and keeps tormenting me. I have no choice but to give in.”
“Hmph, you’re still trying to quibble in the face of a great disaster. You’re simply delusional. Do you think I’ll believe you?” Ma Jian sneered.
Lin Yi looked at him with a half-smile,”It doesn’t matter if you believe me or not. I’m just a newbie, and I just casually walked around the tenth Kuangqu, and in the end, I caused a mine collapse. I even used it to kill Meng jueguang. If this kind of ridiculous logic were to be spread, why don’t you guess what other people would think?”
Although this was indeed the truth, no normal person would believe such a ridiculous fact. If a mere newcomer could easily destroy the layers of protective arrays and cause a mine collapse, then the good-for-nothing people of the Spirit Jade Hall would have been disbanded by the elders Guild long ago.