"Ridiculous nonsense?"
Vice Commander Chu was taken aback and couldn't help asking, "What do you mean, sir? Are you saying that everything Lin Yue has said is completely untrustworthy?"
Baili Fengzhi spoke coldly, "Nothing but a self-proclaimed smart aleck. His deduction is entirely based on the premise that Old Daoist Tu killed people to silence them. But if even this starting point is wrong, how could it possibly be true?"
Vice Commander Chu nodded slightly.
He pondered for a moment and then asked, "Sir, is it possible that Lin Yue knows the secret that 'once Young Master Xia Lie dies, the whole world will know'?"
"Impossible."
Baili Fengzhi said indifferently, "This is a top-secret matter, if there was no need for your help in the investigation, I wouldn't have told you. Even Xia Lie himself doesn't know what will happen after his death; therefore, even if Old Daoist Tu had caught him, he would have no way of knowing this secret."
Vice Commander Chu was at a loss for words.
Then he asked with confusion, "Sir, you haven´t told Young Master Xia Lie either?"
"I have intentionally concealed it."
Baili Fengzhi narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly, "Xia Lie grew up in the Xia Residence since he was young, suffering much bullying, and is rather sensitive. If he knew, once he fell into enemy hands, he might consider ending his own life to retaliate, so I didn't inform him."
Vice Commander Chu suddenly understood.
In his heart, he couldn't help but speculate, what kind of background did Xia Lie have that his death would be known by the whole world?
"But now there are no clues left."
Vice Commander Chu slightly frowned and said, "Sir, what should we do now?"
"Let's just wait for now, anyway, the suspects can't escape." Baili Fengzhi's expression was nonchalant, "Judging by the time, in at most a month, Xia Lie should come of age, and then he will naturally understand."
"Coming of age?"
Vice Commander Chu looked at Baili Fengzhi with puzzlement.
Baili Fengzhi didn't explain further but simply ordered, "Just keep an eye on Old Daoist Tu, you needn't concern yourself with anything else."
"Yes," Vice Commander Chu saluted.
At that moment, he suddenly saw Baili Fengzhi extend a hand and place it on the table, slowly spreading out her fair and slender hand, palm up.
On her palm, floated a droplet of bright red blood.
"Sir, this is..." Vice Commander Chu was somewhat puzzled.
"It's a drop of blood I just took from Lin Yue."
Baili Fengzhi quietly watched the droplet of Blood Pearl and suddenly said, "Bring me a Spirit Seed, I want to see if Lin Yue's talent is real or fake."
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...
When he returned home, it was already evening, twilight approaching.
Lin Yue, following his daily routine, checked without revealing any flaws the traces he had left before leaving.
Thankfully, after Vice Commander Chu's investigation last time, it seemed he had stopped paying attention to Su Ziqiu, so no one had come to scrutinize today.
After all, in the eyes of people like Baili Fengzhi and Vice Commander Chu, the young woman lying in this room was just Su Ziqiu, an innocent victim of unwarranted misfortune.
As long as Su Ziqiu wasn't conscious, Lin Yue wasn't worried at all about someone discovering her impersonation.
Even if the person most familiar with her were to strip her naked and scrutinize every inch of skin, even going deeper into her body, they would only come to one conclusion—
She was Su Ziqiu.
"At this point, my suspicion in the eyes of Baili Fengzhi must have become negligible."
In the kitchen, Lin Yue squatted in front of the stove, gradually adding kindling to the newly ignited fire, while silently pondering.
"Although I don't know how much Baili Fengzhi knows about Xia Lie, she must be aware that 'once Xia Lie dies, the whole world will surely know' otherwise she would not be so convinced that Xia Lie is still alive."
"I have tested Xia Lie, and even he himself is unaware of this secret."
"In the eyes of Baili Fengzhi, naturally, I would be even less likely to know this secret."
"If we ignore Xia Lie's special circumstances, the logic of that deduction was reasonable enough to convince her that I truly wanted to put the old drunkard to death and that I truly know nothing..."
"Good thing the old drunkard is cunning enough."
"Although he is still the prime suspect, I have already fallen out with him, desiring nothing more than to see him dead. Baili Fengzhi will only think that I can no longer be used to threaten him."
"Sigh... I can breathe a sigh of relief for now."
"As long as Xia Lie is alive, Baili Fengzhi won't be in a hurry. Now with only the old drunkard as a breakthrough point, she won't harm him in the short term..."
At this thought, Lin Yue suddenly frowned slightly.
Something didn't feel right to him.
"Come to think of it, while Baili Fengzhi is concerned about Xia Lie, her demeanor doesn't seem to be anxious or nervous?"
"Alas, if only I knew more about Baili Fengzhi, I wouldn't be so passive."
Lin Yue let out a silent sigh and continued to stoke the fire.
The dry wood crackled in the fierce flames as the fire licked the dark bottom of the pot.
Suddenly—
"Clang!"
A sound like a great tolling bell abruptly exploded in Lin Yue's mind!
At the same time, everything in sight seemed to freeze in an instant.
The leaping flames in the stove were like a paused frame, the sound of flames consuming the kindling also vanished, and there was total silence except for the resonating, grand bell sound echoing through his mind.
"The call has come today."
Lin Yue's heart leapt with joy, and he immediately listened intently, "How many tolls?"
"Clang!"
"Clang!"
Two more resonant, majestic bell tolls sounded, followed by a faint, ethereal whisper, which softly spoke in his mind—
"Do you know? Baili Fengzhi originally had a great future ahead, but the half of her bloodline that doesn't belong to the Human Clan has determined that neither the Three Religions nor the court's departments could accept her. Therefore, she dares not break through and has instead placed all her hopes on Xia Lie, the Prince lost among the common people."