Screening the True Culprit

All thirty-two suspects were gathered into the largest prison and stood together in chains.

In front of them, there was a small table with a few pieces of white paper on it, and a pen and inkstone next to it.

Luo Jun came to the table and looked at the prisoners in front of him. Most of them were ordinary people. They all looked depressed. Some were still coughing and shaking. They didn't look good.

It has only been seven or eight hours since Great Shaman was murdered. These guys were locked up for at least half a day, and they ended up like this? It seems that prison is not only a physical torture for these ordinary people, but also a kind of mental torture.

Luo Jun sighed and folded a few pieces of paper in half. Looking at how busy he was, Lord Lu, Tie Jingang, Liu Song and others outside the cage didn't know why...

Finally, Luo Jun divided the paper into thirty-two pieces, then took out a small bottle from Hundred Treasure Box, hid it in the palm of his hand, poured some transparent liquid from it and dropped it into the inkstone, and then used an ink block to soak the liquid and grind it into ink.

Then, he asked the suspects to come forward one by one, write their names with the ink, and at the same time say, "I am not the murderer of Great Shaman."

"Um... I can't write..." One suspect coughed and raised his hands.

"Then..." Luo Jun rolled his eyes. "Then press fingerprints. Everyone should press fingerprints."

The prisoners came forward one by one, pressed their fingerprints, and finished speaking.

Very good!

"How did you know?" Tie Jingang frowned and asked, "What are those liquids?"

However, this thing can only hold water, even if it has trace impurities, it will be purified into pure water when poured in... But if there are too many impurities, such as sea water, beer, and beverages, it cannot be filled in at all... So the only function of this thing is to serve as a water storage device, which can provide water sources in some extreme environments. It is useful, but in places like Savage Wilderness where there is no shortage of water sources, its role is really limited, otherwise it would not be used to set up stalls to exchange money.

Logically speaking, there should be a lot of such low-level functional treasures, and experienced explorers like Tie Jingang have probably seen them, so Luo Jun was afraid of being found out, so he hid them in his hands. No one saw the appearance of the bottle. Seeing how he was babbling, he didn't even think that the liquid was ordinary water...

Luo Jun sighed, shook his head, wiped the remaining ink in the inkstone with paper, and then threw it into the brazier to burn it.

Although it was confirmed that there was no real murderer in the prison, Hundred Rivers Sect and Lord Lu believed in it, but they could not convince Southern Borderlands people. So these suspects had to remain in prison... However, Lord Lu took care of Warden and tried to treat them as kindly as possible.

"Ding, the event is Mandatory Event, it cannot be determined, the number of times is reduced by one!"

Seeing those pieces of paper burned to ashes, Luo Jun finally came to a conclusion.

This thing was also collected by Luo Jun from Savage Wilderness. The name is simple and easy to understand, it is called Water Storage Bottle, Fine-level Treasure Item. Although it is only the size of an egg and cannot be seen in the hand, it can hold more than fifty liters of water.

This confirms that the real culprit is indeed not among these people.

But this is not over yet. Tie Jingang and Liu Si behind them are still watching. I wonder what Luo Jun is doing by asking them to press their fingerprints and talk.

At this time, Luo Jun shuffled the pieces of paper and stacked them together, and then activated Dice of Heavenly Secrets in his mind.

"That's Water of Truth, a consumable item. When you use it to sign or press fingerprints, if you tell a lie, Water of Truth will burn... I asked them to say that they are not the murderer, but no one's fingerprints burned, which means they are telling the truth."

How can ordinary water be taken out of Hundred Treasure Box? Because the real Noble Phantasm is not these liquids, but the small bottle filled with water.

"Pull out the fingerprints of the real murderer of Great Shaman!"

"Well, there is no real murderer among these people..."

"Is there such a treasure?" Tie Jingang also gained knowledge. Because he knew that Luo Jun had an unusual relationship with the dean and Old Yuan, he did not question Luo Jun The origin of these treasures. As for the Liu Si behind him, he was even more impressed by Luo Jun. He didn't expect that this little junior brother who didn't even have Gang Qi could actually hide so many treasures?

How did they know that this so-called Water of Truth was just made up by Luo Jun, and what was just sprinkled on the paper was just water...

"Since it is confirmed that it is not the Central Plains people, then it is the Southern Borderlands people?" Returning to the reception room, Lord Lu breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay if it's not us... I will contact Fifth Elder later and ask him to bring the suspect identified by Southern Borderlands for verification, and the truth will be revealed!"

"But Southern Borderlands people may not agree with the conclusion given by our Law Treasure." Hou Song shook his head. "And if there is no real murderer among the suspects at Southern Borderlands, they still won't give up!"

"If you want to calm down the incident, it's best to produce decisive evidence, and it's best to go to the scene to see it." After being wrongly accused, Hou Song was very concerned about solving the case.

"Going to the scene... no problem!" Lord Lu nodded. "I can arrange for someone to take you there... Fifth Elder I have already said hello before and agreed to your intervention in the investigation."

Indeed, if Fifth Elder had not agreed, he would not have cooperated with Lord Lu in such a play before.

"We must go to the scene, but before that, Lord Lu, can you show us the information of the current investigation?" Luo Jun suggested. "Even with Law Treasure's help, there must be a clue to solve the case."

"Okay, okay." Lord Lu immediately ordered, and soon, the investigation information about the assassination case of Great Shaman was sent to several people.

Southern Borderlands Great Shaman Wujida, fifty-two years old, is the highest officer of the Southern Borderlands area in Yunzhou City. He came to Yunzhou City three years ago and is proficient in Gu Technique. His martial arts is also very Gao Qiang, at the level of the Heart Refining Realm.

Yesterday was the day for Wujida to take concubines. This guy is lustful by nature. He has married more than a dozen wives after coming to Yunzhou City. Yesterday's bride's name was A Li. She moved to Yunzhou City not long ago and lived alone. A few days ago, Wujida met this girl by chance while shopping. After falling in love with her at first glance, he wanted to kidnap her on the street. However, A Li forced her to Death Omen, saying that it was not impossible for her to commit herself to her, but she had to follow the etiquette of Southern Borderlands to come to propose marriage.

Wujida happily agreed, and sent someone to keep an eye on the girl. Then he immediately prepared a betrothal gift and arranged for someone to come to propose marriage, and so yesterday's wedding took place.

It can be said that from the first time Wujida saw A Li to the time the two got married, it took less than three days.

It's no wonder that when everyone saw the wedding procession yesterday, everyone else's faces were full of joy, but the bride was unhappy...

Because it had become a habit for Wujida to take concubines, it was not known to the whole city. Only Southern Borderlands people were invited to the wedding banquet. This guy also drank a lot, and finally walked into the bridal chamber with the help of everyone.

However, it didn't take long for A Li's screams to be heard in the bridal chamber. At first, everyone just thought it was Great Shaman having fun and didn't care, but soon, A Li clearly shouted "Help" "Killing people." Everyone realized something was wrong. After breaking in, they found Great Shaman lying on the ground with a dagger stuck in his chest, and A Li was being pinned down on the bed by a man in black, struggling to resist...

The man in black's good deed was interrupted, and he immediately broke out of the window. When everyone chased him out, they found that this guy Lightness Skill was so awesome that he disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye...

The above is the entire process of the case. After the incident, Fifth Elder immediately blocked the Southern Borderlands area and controlled all the guests attending the wedding banquet that night. At the same time, a thorough investigation was carried out with Great Shaman Southern Borderlands people who had some troubles and might have motive for killing also reported to the government and asked Lord Lu to search for the murderer among Central Plains and the highlanders.

According to the recollections of eyewitnesses, the murderer can be determined as being of medium height, thin, male, and possessing considerable strength.

After all, Great Shaman is not weak in martial arts. Even though he was drunk, this master still had the basic ability to protect himself. There were almost no traces of fighting in the room, indicating that he was killed in one blow. At the same time, he was able to escape the pursuit of many Southern Borderlands masters, which showed that Lightness Skill was quite good at hiding and hiding.

"Could it be someone from the Highlands who did it?" Tie Jingang suddenly asked after looking at the case file.

"We are also investigating on the Highlanders side... but they are not very cooperative." Lord Lu sighed, "But neither I nor Fifth Elder think this matter has anything to do with the Highlanders."

"Why?" Tie Jingang asked curiously.

"Because the highlanders are very religious and must abide by the teachings in daily life. Although they do not abide by the laws of Central Plains, they have their own set of principles." Lord Lu introduced, "In their teachings, except for the husband, a woman on the wedding day is not allowed to have contact with other men. Even talking to her is a taboo and will be punished by God. So even if the highlanders know how to kill, they will not molest the bride."

"In addition, Wujida is a bit of a bully. Although he dominates Southern Borderlands and Central Plains, he never dares to provoke the highlanders, so there should be no motive for committing crimes there..." Hou Song also added

"Southern Borderlands people can just do it on their own..." Luo Jun snorted coldly, "Central Plains people are not under his Southern Borderlands Great Shaman's jurisdiction. How come they become soft persimmons in others' eyes and can be bullied at will?"

"This..." Mentioning this, Lord Lu also felt a little ashamed. "It was my poor management... that caused the people under my rule to suffer..."

Luo Jun shook his head and stopped pursuing the topic. "What about Murderous Weapon? Why is it not mentioned in the case file?"

"Well..." Lord Lu said, "When our official officers arrived, Murderous Weapon had already been taken away by Southern Borderlands people. They said they would use witchcraft. Curse The owner of Murderous Weapon, so we haven't seen it. According to the description, it is just an ordinary Fine Steel Dagger, with good quality, but nothing special..."

"That's a little strange..." Luo Jun looked through the case files. "There is a big doubt here..."

(End of chapter)