Chapter 235 - 233: The Ones Who Killed Them Weren’t Human! (Second Update)

Chapter 235: Chapter 233: The Ones Who Killed Them Weren’t Human! (Second Update)

Xu Jing immediately moved swiftly as instructed by the voice and lay down on the ground. In the next moment, she saw a stone the size of a pigeon egg bounce and land not far from her.

Simultaneously, there was the sound of trees swaying and swords being drawn behind her.

As soon as Xu Jing stood up, one of the guards she brought rushed over anxiously and said, "Miss Xu, are you okay? That kid was so bold, he actually shot a stone directly at your head!"

If Miss Xu hadn’t dodged in time, it wouldn’t have been just a minor injury!

Xu Jing brushed off the dust from her body and said, "I’m fine. Have they caught the person?"

"Caught!"

The guard couldn’t help grinding his teeth and said, "I didn’t expect it was just a brat who hasn’t even fully grown yet!"

Xu Jing raised her eyebrows slightly, and not until the other two guards brought the person in front of her did she understand what the guard meant.

It turned out to be a kid who looked only thirteen or fourteen! Thin and short, wearing the robe of the Imperial College that seemed empty on him, just as Jade described!

Xu Jing couldn’t help but blink, "Is the food at the Imperial College... really that bad?"

The boy looked timid and weak, seeing that Xu Jing seemed easy to deal with, he bit his lip and said, "You... let me go, I didn’t do anything..."

The guard beside Xu Jing immediately glared at him, "You little brat! You almost hurt Miss Xu just now and still dare to say you did nothing! The slingshot you used is still in my hand!"

The boy immediately shrank his shoulders in fear. Xu Jing quietly observed him for a while and asked, "Why did you attack people investigating this case?"

He gave a slight shudder, looking timid yet keeping his eyes down and saying nothing.

His uncooperativeness was expected by Xu Jing, who slightly leaned down, forcing eye contact with him, and asked, "Do you know who committed these crimes?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw his eyelashes tremble slightly. In the next moment, he stammered loudly, "I... I know nothing! I just hate those scumbags! I wish they were dead! I don’t think it’s wrong for the murderer to kill them! That’s why... I can’t stand you investigators! Why don’t you catch the real villains! Instead, you go after people who have been pushed to the brink!"

"Oh?"

Xu Jing suddenly narrowed her eyes and said, "How do you know that murderer was someone pushed to the edge?"

The boy suddenly realized he had misspoken, raised his eyes in panic, and looked at Xu Jing with a face full of horror.

Xu Jing’s lips curled into a slight smile as she said, "You really do know who that person is."

"I... I..."

The boy was flustered and confused, suddenly he shouted, "Give up! The ones who killed those people aren’t humans! They are ghosts! Even the ghosts couldn’t stand those scumbags and dragged them to hell themselves! You can’t catch him! No one can!"

Ghosts?

Xu Jing was slightly taken aback and said calmly, "There are no ghosts in this world."

"There are! Believe it or not! The ones who killed them are ghosts! If you insist on going against him, he’ll take revenge on all of you sooner or later!"

The short boy kept speaking as if he imagined that scene, suddenly curling his lips into a strange smile and saying, "Yes, you who help those villains will inevitably face retribution! Who would’ve thought that it would end up needing ghosts to carry out justice, haha! How ironic! Truly ironic!"

Everyone beside Xu Jing was bamboozled, and the guard closest to Xu Jing couldn’t help but say, "Miss Xu, this is a madman!"

He didn’t seem to be rambling nonsense but genuinely believing that the murderer was a ghost!

Xu Jing frowned slightly, seeing that it was impossible to get any useful information from his mouth for the time being, stood straight, and said, "Take him to a secluded place first, make sure he’s not seen, and then get Young Madam Zhao and Zhao Jiulang over here."

The people from the Ministry of Justice are also looking for this kid. If they find out he was the one who attacked them, they might capture him as a suspect too.

Soon, they reached a secluded corner of the Imperial College. It was already dinnertime, Zhao Shao Hua and Zhao Jing’an quickly arrived, and upon seeing the short boy held by the guards, Zhao Jing’an’s face slightly changed, and he blurted, "Yu Yang! How come you’re here?!"

Xu Jing immediately looked at Zhao Jing’an, "You know this kid?"

"Of course, I know him!"

Zhao Jing’an was obviously surprised, "He’s in the same class as me, only fourteen this year, a real prodigy, but I’m not very close to him. Although he’s good at studies, he’s very introverted and doesn’t want to interact with others..."

"I don’t want to associate with you!"

Suddenly, Yu Yang exclaimed, "You... you are all high-nosed bastards who look down on ordinary people just because your families hold some power! You’re only a little better than those four scumbags!"

It seems that although Yu Yang can read books, he is worse than ordinary people in other areas.

Just a real bookworm.

No wonder he did such a foolish thing as attacking officers investigating a case.

Zhao Shao Hua gave him a not-so-good look and said with a low voice, "Jing’an, don’t tell me you are also one of those bullies at the Imperial College?"

"Of course not!"

Zhao Jing’an said a bit nervously, "However... because Yu Yang’s family is just ordinary farmers, and since he always timidly avoids contact with others, his classmates don’t really like him, and there are quite a few who bully him..."

Xu Jing suddenly asked, "Have the three deceased and Jiang Zhengdao bullied him?"

Zhao Jing’an was stunned, "Probably not. The teachers at the Imperial College usually pay special attention to us Upper Residence Students. Plus, our classes and dormitory are separate from the Outer Students, so I rarely hear about Upper Residence Students being bullied by those four.

But I don’t follow Yu Yang all the time, so I can’t be completely certain."

"Oh, that’s strange then."

Xu Jing suddenly glanced at Yu Yang and said in a cool voice, "Even if those four bullied you, why do you hate them so much, along with the investigators, while many others who’ve been bullied by them don’t involve themselves in this matter?"

There are plenty who have been genuinely bullied by them in the Imperial College, and even more who can’t stand them.

But no one else has got involved at such a sensitive time, let alone attacked government officials investigating the case.

Someone who would do this must harbor an extraordinary grudge against those four.

Yu Yang bit his lip hard, glaring at Xu Jing.

But this time, he was smart enough to keep his mouth shut, fearing Xu Jing would catch something from his words again.

"Let me guess, you hate those four so much not for yourself but for someone else, am I right?"

Seeing Yu Yang’s face change slightly, Xu Jing already had her answer.

Fortunately, this kid didn’t have deep thoughts, and he should be grateful to have fallen into her hands instead of those at the Ministry of Justice.

Xu Jing continued, "The murderer is related to the person you’re standing up for, right? Or are they the same person?"

Yu Yang’s face went almost stiff, yet his eyes were increasingly frantic.

Xu Jing suddenly took out a paper with the names of people who had grievances against the four and filtered through them, saying, "Let me guess who the person you’re standing up for is. Could it be Zheng Chengxiu? By the look on your face, it’s not him. So, is it... Cao Wanyi?"

Yu Yang’s eyes widened suddenly, looking at Xu Jing in disbelief, and said hoarsely, "How... how do you know about Miss Cao!"

Impossible! Impossible! The truth about Miss Cao’s death hasn’t even been figured out by the officials!

How does this woman know!

So it was Cao Wanyi.

He had been shouting about ghosts killing people, and of the names on this list, only Zheng Chengxiu and Cao Wanyi were no longer alive, which is why she mentioned these two names first.

Xu Jing’s eyes flickered slightly, and Zhao Jing’an suddenly said, "Speaking of this Cao Wanyi, Xi and I just heard some things about her. Her situation turned out to be even more miserable than Zheng Chengxiu’s."