Lin Yi looked at him and said lightly, "Lin Yi, a newcomer to Blue Cloud Pavilion."
"Where were you when the mine collapsed?" Ma Jian continued to ask with a cold face.
"Mine number 10." Lin Yi answered.
"Very good. Then at the time of the incident, were you with Meng Jueguang?" Ma Jian asked with a deeper meaning.
"That's right." Lin Yi nodded immediately. This was something that the two guards had seen, so there was no way to hide it. In fact, there was really nothing to hide.
"It's good that you admit it." Ma Jian smiled darkly and then asked, "Do you have any explanation for the sudden collapse of the mine? As far as I know, mine number 10 happened to be the source of the mine collapse, which means that the people closest to the mine collapse were only you and Meng Jueguang. "
Lin Yi shook his head lightly and replied, "I'm sorry, I'm not a professional. I have no clue as to why the mine collapse happened. It's useless no matter how close I was at the time."
"No clue?" Ma Jian glanced at Lin Yi mockingly and said with certainty, "Then I'll reluctantly tell you. According to the professionals of Spirit Jade Hall, the direct cause of the mine collapse was the explosion of spiritual energy. However, with the density and activity of spiritual energy in mine number 10, not to mention an explosion, even the lowest level of protection array would not be able to destroy it. The only explanation for this abnormality is that someone tampered with it, which ultimately led to the explosion of spiritual energy."
Lin Yi didn't say anything, but he couldn't help but feel a slight fluctuation in his heart. Although he didn't know whether it was true or not, at least Ma Jian's words sounded quite reasonable.
If this was really the case, the plan to use the mine collapse to bury Meng Jueguang seemed to be a great success, but it couldn't be said to be perfect. At least there was a trace of flaw.
"Oh? It seems like I've hit the nail on the head, right? " Ma Jian's eyes lit up, and he immediately smiled proudly. Then, he changed the topic again, "You and Meng Jueguang don't get along. This is no secret in the Welcome Pavilion, and at the time of the incident, the two of you happened to be together. Moreover, it was in the deserted tenth mining area. This really makes me very curious. Tell me, what were you two doing at that time?"
"Mining," Lin Yi replied without batting an eyelid.
"Mining?" Ma Jian was stunned for a moment, and then the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curve into a mocking smile. "Lin Yi, I seem to have forgotten to tell you in advance that joking is a taboo in our Law Enforcement Hall, especially for a suspect like you. You will die very miserably!"
Mining in the mining area was the most standard answer, but it also depended on who it was. A person of Meng Jueguang's level actually went to the mining area personally, and he even did it in the godforsaken tenth mining area. If this wasn't a joke, then what was?
"Sir, you seem to have misunderstood something. I was indeed mining at that time, but I didn't say that it also included Meng Jueguang." Lin Yi said lightly.
"Then what was Meng Jueguang doing at that time? Don't tell me that you two were having a friendly conversation, or that he was cheering you on? "Ma Jian said with a mocking expression.
Lin Yi looked at him, and his expression was as calm as an ancient well. He said, "He was threatening me, saying that he was going to be promoted to the third pavilion master of the Welcome Pavilion, so he wanted to force me to be his subordinate. Otherwise, he would remove Senior Brother Ku and replace him with Murong Zhen and Meng Tong as the new managers of the Blue Cloud Pavilion, so that we would never be able to make a name for ourselves."
"Oh? If that's the case, then the atmosphere at that time wasn't very good. Any normal person wouldn't swallow such a threat, let alone you, the famous number one newcomer of the Welcome Pavilion. I heard that Meng Jueguang couldn't suppress you before, so it's obvious that he wouldn't be able to subdue you with just a few words this time. Am I right? "Ma Jian smiled evilly without a trace.
"What are you trying to say?" Lin Yi narrowed his eyes. At this point, Ma Jian should finally reveal his true intentions.
As expected, Ma Jian immediately said with evil intentions, "Can I speculate that because Meng Jueguang forced you, you held a grudge against him, or perhaps you wanted to eliminate the threat, so you secretly destroyed the tenth mining area's protective formation, causing a spiritual energy explosion, and used the collapse of the mine to kill Meng Jueguang?" Pa!
Pa! Pa! Hearing this, Lin Yi smiled faintly and clapped a few times. Then, he said unhurriedly, "Your imagination is not bad, but to blame a mine collapse that only happens once in a thousand years on a newcomer of my district, isn't this speculation a little too bold? Moreover, I remember that the Law Enforcement Hall only looks at evidence. If you can't produce any evidence, then can I take your words as slander and report it to the higher-ups of the Law Enforcement Hall? "
"You want evidence?" Ma Jian suddenly smiled sinisterly, "Then I'll give you evidence. Although there weren't many people in the tenth mining area, you probably forgot one thing. At that time, besides you and Meng Jueguang, there were two other guards in the mining area who witnessed everything! They personally confessed that before the mine collapse, you were wandering around the tenth mining area abnormally and didn't mine properly at all. Needless to say, this was your preparation to cause the mine collapse. Isn't this evidence enough? "
Lin Yi immediately became silent. Although everything that Ma Jian said and speculated was undoubtedly because he was instructed by Xu Lingchong to mess with him, it was precisely because of this that he accidentally locked onto the murderer in advance. No matter how far-fetched such speculations and so-called evidence seemed to be, in the end, it could almost be equivalent to the truth.
Until now, Ma Jian himself still didn't realize that his racking his brains to frame Lin Yi was actually the truth.
A deeply hidden killing intent flashed across Lin Yi's eyes. He suddenly raised his head and looked straight at Ma Jian, "I'll say it again, your imagination is really rich. Unfortunately, it's too rich. The reason why I wandered around was purely because Meng Jueguang had been bothering me. He didn't want me to mine properly and kept tormenting me. I had no choice but to endure it."
"Hmph, you still want to quibble when a disaster is imminent? You're simply daydreaming. Do you think I'll believe you?" Ma Jian sneered.
Lin Yi looked at him with a faint smile and said indifferently, "It doesn't matter whether you believe me or not. I'm just a newbie. I casually wandered around the tenth mining area and caused a mine collapse. I even used it to kill Meng Jueguang. Why don't you guess what other people would think of such a ridiculous logic?"
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