"Qi Xia." Zhang Chenze wrapped his hands around his body and said expressionlessly, "The first person Han Yimo called out after he was injured was you, did you guys know each other before?"
Qi Xia didn't even raise his eyelids, his right hand holding his forehead as he replied, "Don't know each other."
"Then do you have any clue about his death?" Zhang Chenze continued to ask.
Qi Xia stopped answering and instead examined the giant sword on Han Yimo's body.
The sword was ancient, like a fine work of art.
There were battle scars on it, and it looked like it had gone through many fights.
But in this day and age, who would hold such a huge sword to fight with someone?
"Qi Xia, I'm asking you." Zhang Chenze said without any good humor, "Aren't you going to explain anything?"
"What do I need to explain?" Qi Xia asked, "You want to say that I killed Han Yimo?"
"Whether the murderer is you or not, you have to say something to clear your name, right?"
Qi Xia still didn't answer, instead reaching out to draw his sword.
"Hey!" Officer Li rushed up when he saw this, "Qi Xia, whether the murderer is you or not, let's protect the crime scene! Or else ..."
"Or else what?" Qi Xia interrupted, "Or else it will be easy to lose evidence when you police come to investigate?"
Officer Li's mouth moved slightly, speechless.
Now there was no need to say wait for the police to come and investigate, even whether he could get out alive was a problem.
Qi Xia saw Officer Li's silence, so he exerted both hands and continued to draw his sword.
It was almost as if he used all of his strength to completely draw the sword off the ground.
Seeing this, Qiao Jiajin also went up to help, and only then did he realize that the giant sword was heavier than he had imagined, the blackened ancient sword was made of some unknown metal, and weighed around one hundred and fifty pounds, equivalent to a strong adult man.
Qi Xia panted heavily and threw the iron sword on the ground, making a loud noise.
After a while, Qi Xia stabilized his breathing before he finally opened his mouth and said to Zhang Chenze, "Lawyer Zhang, let me confirm with you, this iron sword is one man long and weighs more than a hundred pounds, do you now suspect that it was me who lifted this iron sword and killed Han Yimo, who couldn't even move, silently at dawn, and that I also plunged the sword's body deep into the ground? "
Zhang Chenze pursed his lips, his face not looking too good.
"And before that, in order not to let you guys find out, this iron sword has been hidden in my pants pocket, right?" Qi Xia asked again.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit unpleasant, Officer Li stepped forward to round up the situation, "Qi Xia, since you didn't kill Han Yimo, why did you have to pull out the sword?"
Qi Xia didn't tangle with Zhang Chenze, instead, he looked down at the huge sword that was stained with blood.
He examined it carefully, shook his head, and turned the iron sword over again.
Sure enough, at the hilt on the other side, the three small words 'Seven Black Swords' were engraved.
There wasn't much useful information in what Han Yimo had said just now, and it seemed like he had been trying to come to terms with something all along, only for him to die not having figured it out.
And the only information in this passage that Qi Xia could remember was the three words "Seven Black Sword".
"This sword is called the 'Seven Black Swords'?" Qiao Jiajin asked from the side.
Qi Xia slightly stroked his chin and muttered, "These three words are on the other side of Han Yimo's body, which means that he shouldn't have known the name of this sword when he was impaled. But why would he mention the 'Seven Black Swords'?"
"I think you have a very alternative way of thinking." Officer Li shook his head and said, "Why bother with the name of a murder weapon? Shouldn't the issue at hand be considering the cause of Han Yimo's death?"
Qi Xia glanced at Officer Li and added, "The sky was bright when Han Yimo was stabbed.
Even if he was sleeping at the time, he would definitely have opened his eyes after being so traumatized, and theoretically he should have seen the murderer, but he didn't say a word about the murderer's name, and instead mentioned the 'Seven Black Swords' twice... Isn't that strange?"
"But he called out your name ...," Xiao Ran whispered from the side, "No matter what kind of sword that was, Han Yimo did call out your name in the first place... ..."
"So?" Qi Xia asked.
"So you're the murderer ah ..." Xiao Ran was a little timid, she hid behind Officer Li, not daring to look at Qi Xia.
Qi Xia also did not argue anything, just staring at Xiao Ran. It seemed to be judging whether this woman was the real murderer or simply stupid.
"And our companion died, you're not sad at all, but you calmly analyzed it here, but you're a liar! What's the use of your analysis?!" Xiao Ran said almost with a sobbing voice, "Who among us would believe you?"
"'Grief'?" Qi Xia frowned as if he was somewhat confused, "Are you saying ... that I should grieve for this person I've known for less than a day?"
"You're so cold-blooded, that's why I said you look like a murderer!" Xiao Ran's voice grew louder, "Didn't you want to leave last night? Why did you have to spend the night here? If you think about it, you deliberately stayed just to kill someone, right?"
Qi Xia had roughly understood at this point that the woman in front of her was not necessarily a murderer, but she must be stupid.
She had also shouted something similar to 「Why should we believe this liar」 in the room at the beginning.
To her 'logic' was of little use, she only believed in the outcome of what she wanted to believe.
Qiao Jiajin couldn't listen to her anymore and said to Xiao Ran, "Hey, stupid girl, if you don't like to use your brain, don't interrupt people. I think Cheat Boy's analysis makes sense."
"But you three weren't good people in the first place!" Xiao Ran retorted aggressively, "We have a human life here, and you three are the most suspicious, right? So what if I'm stupid? I won't do anything bad even if I'm stupid!"
This sentence was aimed at not only Qi Xia, even Qiao Jiajin and Sweetie on the side were included.
Yeah, the three of them, they weren't really good people in the first place.
Qi Xia nodded and replied, "You're right."
He gave up on checking out the corpse and the giant sword and instead slowly stood up, "There's no point in continuing to look, I'm the one who killed the people."
When the crowd heard Qi Xia say this, they were expressionless.
Only Xiao Ran looked a little excited, "Look guys! He admitted it himself! He was just babbling a whole lot to try and divert attention with the name of that sword!"
Officer Li frowned at the side, not knowing what he was pondering.
"Hey..! Liar boy!" Qiao Jiajin was a little too comprehensible, "Who would believe you even if you admitted it? There's no need to talk about you, there's no way this sword wouldn't make a rattling sound even if you and I moved it together."
Zixia waved her hand and walked out of the convenience store.
"Doesn't matter, it's only ten days anyway, what's the point of being labeled as a murderer? Besides, I don't like arguing with stupid people."
Hearing Qi Xia say that, Qiao Jiajin also skimmed his lips and followed.
Then there was Sweetness, who had decided to go with Qi Xia and Qiao Jiajin from the start, and now there was even less of a need to stay.
Ringo turned back and gave Officer Li a meaningful look, as if he wanted to say something, but still didn't say anything, shook his head, and walked away.
The group of only eight people left split into two teams.
The four people who stayed behind all had somewhat complicated faces, only Xiao Ran looked like she was letting go, "Great ... those few bad looking people are finally gone ..."
"Xiao Ran, we seem to have forgotten something ..." Dr. Zhao whispered to Xiao Ran from the side.
...
Xiao Ran ran out of the house and called out to the four.
"Stop!"
Qi Xia coldly turned back, not knowing what the other party was going to do.
"Are you guys forgetting something?" Xiao Ran asked, "Where is the 'Dao'?"
"The "Dao"?"
"That's right, four 「Dao」, the 「Dao」 that the nine of us fought for our lives to win back, we can't let you take them all, can we?"