Reason told Zeng Anmin that he could not let personal feelings cloud an investigation.
Before the truth came to light, everyone was a suspect.
But no matter what, he could not believe his own father was the true mastermind behind the Child Trafficking Case.
His old man had far too much style for that.
Trafficking children?
Bullshit.
So Zeng Anmin had never placed his father among the suspects.
"I spend every day with my father. If he had done anything like that, there was no way I wouldn't have noticed."
Zeng Anmin stared at Bai Ziqing.
Bai Ziqing hurriedly nodded. "Duke Wenqing could never do something like that."
He had never suspected Zeng Shilin either.
"Then now..."
Zeng Anmin looked at the records detailing matters great and small from five years ago, rubbing his chin as he speculated.
"Only Dean Shi of Qilin Academy and Ji Qing, the current Director of the Imperial City Department, remain."
"The two of them went to the Northern Territory Demon Suppression five years ago."
Zeng Anmin narrowed his eyes, a hint of contemplation in his voice.
"Ji Qing in particular fits the killer's profile extremely well."
"He wielded considerable power in the capital, knew the Bai Family very well, and he went to the Northern Territory five years ago. That also matched the condition that there was a one-year gap in between."
"After all, since he wasn't in the capital, any normal person would definitely wait and observe for a while first. Only after confirming there wasn't the slightest rustle of wind or movement of grass would he begin having his subordinates commit the crime..."
"What rank is Ji Qing?"
Zeng Anmin looked up at Bai Ziqing.
"Third Rank."
Bai Ziqing answered without hesitation. "Ji Qing broke through to Third Rank fifteen years ago."