Chapter 1729 Cross-Examination

I'm afraid we're in some trouble.

Xie Chunshui's words made Zhou Fan's face become a little more subtle. He knew that Xie Chunshui was right. The four old men died suddenly in the Prime Minister's Department. They were all in the Prime Minister's Department yesterday, so they were inevitably listed as suspects.

After all, the four old men were all traveling, so they couldn't be the servants who served.

"But Brother Zhou, don't worry too much, we'll be fine." Xie Chunshui said with a bitter face: "Who are you saying is so cruel, Daoyou Lu and the others are obsessed with miscellaneous books, and there is no conflict with the people from the Jie Laohui, who would Want to kill them?"

Xie Chunshui didn't know, Zhou Fan had only been here for a few days, and he only knew the names of the four old men. He didn't even know who they were or who they knew. How could he know?

"What agency is in charge of this case?" Zhou Fan thought about it and asked.

"Timing the Criminal Division." Xie Chunshui said in a natural tone.

Jie Laohui’s Criminal Division is similar to those in some countries. They are all specialized in criminal and prison cases. However, Jie Laohui’s Criminal Division is not responsible for small cases, but strange cases that are controversial or cannot be solved by the practice sect. When the Criminal Division asks for help, the Jie Laohui mentions that the members of the Criminal Division are not necessarily good at investigating cases, but rather provide powerful combat power to participate in these major cases.

However, now that such a big case has occurred in the Jie Laohui, it is still under the management of the Criminal Division.

Zhou Fan's face was slightly condensed. He has not been idle these days. He has been inquiring about some things. Now the person in charge of the punishment department is the Tailing Sect Master Lin Haoqian.

He can only hope that the Sect Master Tailing is not in the Jie Laohui, otherwise, he will definitely pay attention to such a big case and discover his existence as a cultivator from Dawei.

The situation in the prime minister's hall has been shielded by the Fu array, and Zhou Fan can't see the death of the four old men inside.

"Brother Xie, has there been a case where a cultivator was killed before in the Jie Laohui?" Zhou Fan asked.

"It should be rare, at least I have been here for so long, and I have never heard of it." Xie Chunshui frowned, "Brother Zhou, it is very difficult to kill a traveling monk without causing any movement, let alone four one."

Zhou Fan certainly understands that even if it is him, unless he arranges a shielding talisman in advance, and then let the four old men fall into his illusion, it is possible to do it quietly.

The death of these four people is too strange.

"Old Meng Jie has already had someone inform him that he will come back as soon as possible." Xie Chunshui suddenly said again.

When the two were talking softly, the talisman formation in the main hall of Prime Minister Si had been withdrawn, and the corpses in the hall had been covered by white shrouds.

In order to avoid arousing suspicion, Zhou Fan did not dare to send out his spiritual thoughts to observe the shape of the corpse. After all, there was a traveling cultivator in the hall who had brought up the punishment department. If his spiritual thoughts spread, he would definitely be detected.

A little old man came, and he said to Zhou Fan with a straight face: "Zhou Daoyou, Xie Daoyou, if you are all right, please come with us, we want to ask you something."

Of course Zhou Fan and Xie Chunshui couldn't say no, they both nodded their heads.

Zhou Fan and the two cooperated, and the people who brought up the Criminal Division did not dare to embarrass them, and they did not impose any restraints on them.

However, the people in the Criminal Division must be secretly guarding Zhou Fan and Xie Chunshui.

Zhou Fan didn't know what Xie Chunshui was thinking, but he had certain vigilance in the face of Xie Chunshui in his heart. The four old men died for no reason. He was sure that he did not kill the four old men, but Xie Chunshui?

Did he do it?

He and Xie Chunshui had only known each other for less than five days, and at best it was a strange peer relationship. Of course, he would not completely trust Xie Chunshui.

He was even full of vigilance against everyone in the Jie Laohui.

Everyone went all the way to the Department of Justice and Punishment, and after entering the Department of Justice and Punishment, Zhou Fan and Xie Chunshui were separated.

The person in charge of interrogating Zhou Fan was a thin middle-aged man. He said gently, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, this is the rule of the Jie Laohui. Please forgive me if I offend you when you ask questions later."

"This is all to find out the murderer, I will definitely cooperate well." Zhou Fan said with understanding.

The thin middle-aged man first took out a jade ball device that could store sound images and activated it before questioning.

He asked Zhou Fan's name and origin, why he joined the Jie Laohui, and how long he had joined the Jie Laohui. After asking these basic information, he said with a serious expression: "Zhou Daoyou has just entered the Prime Minister's Division for less than five days. How is your relationship with the four deceased people? What do you usually communicate with?"

"Fellow Daoist Lu and the four of them usually focus on studying classics and ignore world affairs. After I joined, there was almost no communication with them..." Zhou Fan answered truthfully.

"Then did you find anything unusual about them yesterday?"

Zhou Fan pondered for a while, and then described the events of yesterday in detail.

"Tang Yuanji?" The thin middle-aged man frowned and said, "What is this?"

"I'm not very clear. Listening to their communication, it seems to be a historical year." Zhou Fandao.

"That is to say, Daoyou Xie left first, and then when Daoyou Zhou left, the four of them stayed in the Honour Department to study the historical year, right?" The thin middle-aged man asked again.

"Yes." Zhou Fan nodded and said, "I don't know what happened after that. After I left, the Prime Minister still has servants. You can ask those servants."

The thin middle-aged man just nodded slightly, and did not intend to reveal any case to Zhou Fan. He asked other questions, and after Zhou Fan answered them one by one, the thin middle-aged man asked him to stay here, then turned and left.

Zhou Fan frowned slightly. The four old men should have been preparing to study late at night. If this is the case, the Prime Minister will definitely have servants serving by the side. Maybe the servants will know more than them, but even if he doesn't say it, he will be punished. Will also try to understand those servants.

He closed his eyes and waited patiently for half a stick of incense before the thin middle-aged man came back. Zhou Fan opened his eyes and looked at him calmly.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, you can go back, but before the case is over, you must come and tell us if you want to leave the Heavenly City of the Barbarian Realm, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstanding." The thin middle-aged man reminded.

Zhou Fan said that he knew, he stood up and took his little sister out of the court of punishment.

Xie Chunshui was waiting outside the door of the court of punishment. He quickly stepped forward and glanced inside the court of punishment. He didn't rush to speak, but his eyes signaled Zhou Fan to leave first.

After Zhou Fan and Xie Chunshui were far away from the Criminal Division, their spiritual thoughts did not spread, but they also knew in their hearts that the Division of Criminal Justice might send someone to monitor them.

"Brother Zhou, what did they ask you about?" Xie Chunshui asked.

"What else can I ask? They just asked about what happened yesterday." Zhou Fan said calmly.

"Did they ask me?"

Zhou Fan glanced at Xie Chunshui, but he didn't see anything on Xie Chunshui's face. He nodded and said, "Ask, they asked me if I saw any quarrel or conflict between you and fellow Daoist Lu?"