Chapter 121 Is it me who is funny?
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Ning Fengzhi took the letter of accusation, glanced at it, and handed it to Flender without saying anything.
After reading it, Flender immediately said dissatisfiedly:
"Master Salas, can this also be used as evidence? A letter of accusation written by someone unknown, and there are traces of tampering on the name.
"If people can be convicted based on this, then I will immediately write a hundred or eighty copies, and tomorrow morning the streets will be full of murderers.
"Here, take a look for yourself, tell me if what's written on it is ridiculous. A student killing Shi Nian?"
Tang San took the letter of accusation, confirmed the handwriting, and confirmed the paper. He was very sure that this was the letter he had secretly dropped at the guard's feet... But, what's with this suspect?
Tang San?
I'm accusing myself?
His expression was strange with a hint of confusion. The letter must have been tampered with, and the traces of alteration weren't even concealed. It was done extremely crudely.
Did that deacon tamper with it when he took it in? If it was him, what was his reason for doing so? I haven't offended him.
Because Tang San's mental power was strong, Amon's act of stealing his own "sense of presence" had little effect on him. He could still clearly remember the deacon from yesterday.
Tang San echoed Flender: "Dean is right, how could a student possibly kill a Soul Sage? It's utterly ridiculous."
After saying this, Tang San suddenly remembered that he was the one who wrote the letter, and Amon, who was originally accused, was also a student.
The ridiculous thing is, was it originally me?
Ning Fengzhi also chuckled, "Your Excellency Salas must have made a mistake, and the accused person in this letter clearly has traces of alteration. The authenticity is obviously questionable."
He showed obvious protection towards the Shrek side.
"I compared it to your signature on the registration form. The handwriting on this letter matches yours... Do you have any explanation for this?" Salas took out Tang San's registration form again.
Tang San revealed a hint of disdainful smile:
"What can this prove? If it's the same as my handwriting, wouldn't that mean that the person who wrote this letter of accusation is me? Would I accuse myself? Can't Master Salas even think of this?"
Salas was stung by him, but he was not angry. Instead, he said with a smile:
"Just as you said, the person who wrote the letter of accusation is you, and you wouldn't accuse yourself... And this letter has been tampered with."
Hearing this, Ning Fengzhi glanced at Salas with some surprise. How could he, who usually made trouble even when there was no reason, be so easily persuaded this time?
"Then, student Tang San, can you tell me, who exactly is the accused person? Who were you originally exposing when you wrote this letter of accusation? You should know the real murderer..." Salas revealed his true colors.
After examining the scene and Shi Nian's body, Salas knew that what the letter of accusation said was probably true. Some key points were written accurately. In that case, the Soul Bone was also likely to be real!
Because of the sudden rise of the Northern Academy, which completely overshadowed the original glory of Shrek Academy, Salas didn't have much intention to suppress Shrek.
But he couldn't give up the information about a Soul Bone! And Tang San, mentioned in the letter, was obviously a starting point.
Tang San guessed one thing very accurately: the Spirit Hall would indeed go to war because of the Soul Bone, but something went wrong in the process, and the spearhead was aimed at himself.
Hearing him ask this, Tang San broke out in a cold sweat. Putting himself in his shoes, if he killed someone and was discovered, he would definitely silence the witnesses.
Can I say Amon's name? No!
Tang San had no doubt that if he said Amon's name here, it would mean that he saw the scene at that time, and then he would be coerced by the organizing committee to confront Amon.
As long as there was no sufficient evidence to prove that the other party was the murderer, it would probably end without a conclusion, and he would face revenge.
When he reported Amon, he originally had the mentality of trying his luck, regardless of the Spirit Hall's final investigation results, it would definitely bring some trouble to Amon.
But he absolutely didn't want to stand directly against Amon and antagonize a dangerous person who could kill a Soul Sage!
Moreover, after forming a grudge with the other party, it would be even more difficult to sneak attack and kill them.
Tang San's face became a little unnatural, and he said dryly:
"I didn't say that I wrote the letter. It's also possible that someone learned my handwriting from the registration form and then imitated it."
"The only people who have seen the registration form are your academy's teachers, students, and the people from the organizing committee. Are you suspecting the organizing committee?" Salas said coldly.
Tang San suddenly fell into a dilemma.
"Since you can't give a reasonable explanation, then please come to the Spirit Hall as a guest and cooperate with our investigation." Salas's eyes were stern.
Ning Fengzhi suddenly said: "Take him down!"
The two guards he brought immediately rushed up and grabbed Tang San's arms on the left and right.
"What do you mean by this?" Salas frowned.
"Your Excellency Salas, the royal family is also one of the organizers of the Spirit Master Competition. In addition, such a terrible murder occurred in Heaven Dou City, it should also be handed over to the royal family for investigation. Since Tang San has an unclear connection with the case, then I can naturally take him back." Ning Fengzhi said lightly.
Tang San knew that Ning Fengzhi was protecting him, so he didn't resist and let the two ordinary guards grab him.
"I provided the key clues, so the person involved should be taken away by me. Do it."
Two Temple Knights stepped forward, pushed the guards away, and grabbed Tang San.
The latter did not surrender, but used "Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track", and slipped back like a loach.
"Very good, you dare to resist, then don't blame us."
Receiving Salas's signal, the other Temple Knights also rushed up.
At this moment, Grandmaster stood in front of Tang San and raised a token with a calm expression.
Salas's pupils shrank when he saw it.
He quickly shouted: "Stop!"
The Knights turned their heads in confusion.
They saw Salas bowing respectfully, "Greetings, Elder."
"Can we talk properly now?" Yu Xiaogang's tone was calm, but with a hint of sarcasm.
"Of course." Salas smiled obsequiously. He knew that Yu Xiaogang had some connection with Bibi Dong, but he didn't expect that the latter would even give him the Pope's Order.
"Tang San is my disciple. He will definitely cooperate with you if you want to know anything, but I will not allow you to take him away." Yu Xiaogang said lightly.
"Okay, we'll do as the Elder says." Salas didn't have much hostility towards Shrek. Yu Xiaogang took out the Pope's Order, and it might also involve Bibi Dong, so he restrained his arrogance.
Flender suddenly said: "Little San really doesn't know what's going on with this letter. If you don't have other leads, you can go to Northern Academy and ask.
"I know a little about Shi Nian. He is relatively radical and narrow-minded. Canghui Academy's next opponent is Northern Academy.
"Shi Nian may use all off-court methods to interfere with the outcome of the match."
Flender also knew that Salas valued this matter so much, it was definitely not for so-called justice, but more likely for the Soul Bone mentioned in the letter, so he gave his own guess to divert the other party's attention.
Salas understood his meaning and cupped his hands, "Thank you."
After the people from the Spirit Master Competition's organizing committee left, Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang San:
"Little San, can you tell me now, what exactly happened?"
Flender also stared at Tang San with burning eyes, waiting for his answer. In front of outsiders, he would do his best to protect his students, but behind closed doors, Tang San must also give him an explanation.
Tang San said helplessly: "That letter, I did write it."
"Ah?" Flender's face showed surprise.
"Little San, tell me your reason." Yu Xiaogang believed that his disciple would not do things without measure.
"But of course, I didn't accuse myself, but the captain of Northern Academy, the person named Amon. Shi Nian died at his hands." Tang San said with a solemn expression.
"What? Are you saying he killed a Soul Sage?" Yu Xiaogang couldn't quite maintain the calmness on his face.
Tang San nodded: "I saw it with my own eyes."
He roughly recounted the course of events, concealing his original intention to assassinate Amon, saying that he saw Shi Nian sneakingly following Amon, became curious, so he followed, and then witnessed the murder scene.
"The power shown by Amon is too strong. No matter what others do, with him, we can't win the match.
"So I wrote a letter of accusation, hoping to use the power of the Spirit Hall to make him withdraw from the competition. But the result went wrong. I don't know why his name was crossed out and my name was written on it."
Flender opened his mouth, but didn't say anything. He was so shocked by what Tang San said that he couldn't add anything.
What genius can kill a Soul Sage at this age?
Yu Xiaogang took a deep breath, calmed down, and exchanged glances with Liu Erlong and Flender, and said in a heavy tone:
"Little San, you did this without enough consideration... Now things are still unclear, full of doubts. Why was your letter of accusation tampered with? Why did the person who tampered with the letter frame you?
"And it also involves a dangerous person who can kill a Soul Sage. Your situation is very dangerous. Stay in the academy recently, try not to go out, and don't be alone when you go out."
After being told by Yu Xiaogang, Tang San left.
The remaining Golden Triangle looked at each other, their faces solemn.
Flender and Liu Erlong knew how difficult it was to kill a Soul Sage.
Even for them, it wouldn't be easy to kill someone who had just entered the Soul Sage level.
After a long while, Flender finally opened his mouth with difficulty: "How could such a monster appear in the academy competition?"
Yu Xiaogang said softly: "Admit defeat when you meet Northern Academy in the preliminary round. We have some conflicts with them, and we can't rule out the possibility that they will be ruthless in the arena."
"Surrender without a fight?" Liu Erlong frowned. She didn't like this approach.
Yu Xiaogang explained: "It's just a reasonable tactical arrangement. In case they are beaten so badly that they can't get out of bed, like the vice-captain of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, they will miss the finals.
"First ensure qualification, and as for meeting in the finals, just fight. Anyway, the Spirit Master Competition doesn't allow killing, so there's basically no need to worry about life-threatening dangers.
"I hope that after encountering such a monster, it won't undermine their confidence."
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