As Zeng Anmin questioned him, Bai Ziqing spread his hands.
"I don't know either, so I ruled out the Princess."
"Go on."
Zeng Anmin rolled his eyes at him.
"Then there are the two Commanders of the Imperial City Department, east and west."
"They're both renowned Fourth Rank experts in the capital, but they also have solid alibis."
As Bai Ziqing said this, a flicker of hesitation crossed his face.
Zeng Anmin keenly caught that hesitation.
"And then?"
"Then there's me." Bai Ziqing's expression was exceedingly grave.
"I've been stuck at the Fourth Rank for more than ten years. I've long since reached the peak of the Fourth Rank Martial Artist realm, only one step away from becoming a Third Rank Martial Artist."
"If I truly faced Xiang Wangxian, I'm confident I could decide his life or death within ten moves."
"Brother, we're solving a case right now, not listening to you brag." Zeng Anmin's mouth twitched speechlessly.
He glared at Bai Ziqing.
"I want to hear your analysis of the case."
"The analysis is..." Bai Ziqing paused, then said hesitantly, "I'm highly suspicious."
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Huh?
Zeng Anmin wore the expression of a man surrounded by question marks.
No, brother.
Are you messing with me?
"What do you mean?"
Zeng Anmin stared at Bai Ziqing's face.
"I'm currently a major suspect in Xiang Wangxian's case."
"I don't have an alibi."
Bai Ziqing hesitated before saying, "And that night, I happened to leave home and go to the imperial city..."
"Most importantly, after leaving the imperial city, the time I returned home happened to be when Xiang Wangxian was fighting the killer."
"And most importantly..." Bai Ziqing rubbed his head and tugged at his hair.
"One of the cases Xiang Wangxian was investigating before his death involved a member of my