The waiter's eyes were red as he accused her hoarsely, "No matter what you say, you killed my shopkeeper!"
In the face of such unreasonable trouble, Lin Mengya was too lazy to fight back. She just slightly moved her wrist.
Not long after, the skinny man and the young man who had suggested last night walked in front of her with a complicated expression.
Lin Mengya narrowed her eyes and looked at them with a sneer on her lips.
"You two seem to have slept well?"
The two men's faces were not good.
They were the ones who had suggested to tie her up, and they were the ones who had treated her as a murder suspect.
But after a night, they were actually safe and sound. The unlucky one was someone else. This matter was a hard slap to their faces.
Lin Mengya glanced at them and said coldly, "I wonder if I can prove my innocence from now on?"
Her words were cold, and the two men couldn't take it no matter how thick their skin was.
The two men no longer grabbed her tightly, but vaguely didn't say anything.
The waiter cried very sadly. Lin Mengya didn't take the opportunity to kick him when he was down. Instead, she calmly asked, "How did your shopkeeper die? And when did you find out? "
The waiter sobbed and said, "My shopkeeper was fine last night, but when I passed by this morning, I found that the shopkeeper's door was unlocked. My shopkeeper has always been cautious, and he is definitely not such a careless person. And last night, I saw my shopkeeper lock the door with my own eyes. I thought the shopkeeper had already gotten up, but when I entered, I saw … "
The waiter burst into tears. He was crying for his shopkeeper's misfortune, and also for his own bitter fate.
Not long after, the shopkeeper's body had been carried to the courtyard.
The way he died was no different from Sun Biao's, but Lin Mengya noticed one detail.
The dead man's clothes were neat, and even his shoes were still there. But the soles of his shoes were covered with wet mud.
Thinking of the digging sounds she heard last night, it seemed that this person must have been involved.
Was it internal strife caused by the uneven distribution of the loot? Or was there someone behind the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind?
Lin Mengya calmly withdrew her gaze, because the owner of the guest house had already notified the sheriff.
The sheriff's face became even worse. Even though he wanted to use Lin Mengya as bait to lure out the real murderer behind the scenes, the successive deaths had disrupted all his plans.
Lin Mengya didn't give him any face. If it weren't for him, she wouldn't have to suffer like this.
The sheriff was also quite helpless. He didn't expect things to develop to this point.
Now, even if he wanted to investigate, he didn't know where to start, because there was never just one murderer.
Because the contract had been signed, the pressure on the owner of the guest house was greatly reduced, and he didn't have to frown when he saw him again.
After reporting the incident to the sheriff, he hid in a corner with his men.
After learning that Lin Mengya had been tied up by the two men last night, the sheriff narrowed his eyes and looked at them sharply.
"I told you she wasn't the murderer."
The two men's faces suddenly changed. The young man hurriedly forced a smile and explained dryly, "We were just too scared. Boss Bai, I'm really sorry. Please forgive us."
Lin Mengya didn't expect that the sheriff would speak up for her. Oh, was it God who opened his eyes, or did he have a guilty conscience?
In short, she didn't get the slightest benefit.
It was the usual practice of people like them to be bribed and give a slap and a carrot.
Moreover, the sheriff was far from what he looked like on the surface. Although everyone in the Immortal City praised him for his good governance and said that he was impartial and fair, Lin Mengya felt a little uncomfortable.
Now, everyone in the Immortal City was in danger. If he was wholeheartedly for the people, then he would at least come up with some compromise.
Instead of turning the Immortal City into a big prison like now.
Why did she suddenly tremble here?
She finally understood why she had reservations from the sheriff from the beginning.
Looking at the man collecting confessions one by one, she suddenly felt a little chill.
This was not an investigation at all, but a fight where only the final winner could go out alive!
If the sheriff really didn't want the killing to continue, then he would have isolated them all after the first night.
Not only did he not do so, but he also asked the city guards to guard outside.
Just as she had mistakenly thought before, this was a Shuraba. Whether it was her or those people, they were all victims.
Just like the previous times, after the sheriff finished asking the confessions, he was ready to leave with the people.
On the surface, it seemed that he really had no way.
But this time, Lin Mengya was not going to continue to cooperate with his cruel plan.
"Sir, please wait."
The sheriff turned to look at her. Lin Mengya bowed deeply to him and said, "Sir, when can we go out?"
The sheriff seemed a little impatient. After all, it was not the first time he had to answer such a question in the past few days.
"When the matter is investigated and the murderer is caught, you will naturally be released."
"When is that?"
She had been silent for the past few days. Today, she suddenly asked a question, which caught the sheriff off guard.
"Unless you can identify the murderer immediately, you still have to wait."
These words were simply unreasonable.
She was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, so she said straightforwardly, "I really don't know who the murderer is, but you trapped us here. Do you want the murderer to kill us one by one?"
Although she was not angry, her attitude was a little aggressive.
The sheriff narrowed his eyes, and his voice gradually became cold.
"What do you mean? Is there anything wrong with me protecting you? "
"Protecting? You call this protection? "
It was simply the biggest joke in the world. She sneered and accused mercilessly, "If you really want to protect us, then at least let us away from the murderer. But since we came in, many people have died, but where is your protection? "
Probably because few people would talk to him like this, the sheriff's brown eyes were flowing with coldness.
"My people are now outside. They protect you day and night. Unfortunately, the murderer is too cunning. Maybe someone here is deliberately covering up for the murderer. If you have this time, you might as well think about who is the most suspicious. "
These words made the crowd burst into an uproar.
Everyone looked left and right. Everyone looked suspicious and seemed like an accomplice to the murderer.
Lin Mengya naturally knew that he could see that everyone was tense. As long as he used some tricks, he could make them doubt and suspect each other. And thus neglected the most important point.
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"Even if we have accomplices here, most of us say that we're innocent, right? If you really want to protect us, why don't you let your subordinates lock us up in the house? Although we won't be able to find the murderer this way, we won't let everyone die in vain. "
She looked straight at him, and the sheriff, who had a look of "I don't understand his painstaking efforts" just now, changed his expression.
None of them were fools. They often traveled far and wide, so they could easily understand these problems.
All of them chose to stand behind Lin Mengya and said at once, "Mr. Bai is right. If you send people to lock us up, at least the murderer won't have a chance to do it again."
"That's right, Sheriff. We don't ask you to find the murderer immediately. We just want you to protect our lives."
Everyone's attention was drawn to this by her. As the crowd became excited, the sheriff's face became darker and darker.
In the end, he suddenly revealed his true face.
"Anyone who blasphemes God shouldn't leave here alive."
His eyes were cold, and his face was without warmth.
Everyone suddenly realized that something was wrong, especially Lin Mengya.
"What do you mean, Sheriff? The people here have never done anything blasphemous. "
"Don't you?"
The sheriff raised his lips and showed a cold smile.
"Every one of you here has committed a sin. It's God's guidance that makes you here as a sacrifice for God. On the day that all your sins are rejoiced, you will be forgiven by God and given a new life. "
Lin Mengya saw the fanatical worship in the sheriff's eyes. She finally figured out one thing in a flash.
Why did the sheriff value her so much when she and Wang Dagui's men swore to God at the same time?
He also claimed that he would find out the truth for them and put them in prison, but he didn't make any judgment.
The reason was that from then on, she was afraid that she would become a part of the sacrifice.
That was why the sheriff locked her up in the prison and temporarily let her wait for the day when the offerings would gather in a state of ignorance.
The people next to him were anxious and asked loudly, "Sir, what do you mean by this?"
The sheriff finally revealed his true purpose.
"In the past few decades, there has never been such a massacre in Immortal City. However, after the few of you entered the city, accidents happened one after another. I've secretly investigated and found that all of you are hiding secrets that no one knows about, so you're all sinners who have angered the gods. "
The sheriff spoke eloquently, but she was surprised.
She looked at the people around her and found that everyone's face was not good.
Could it be that what he said was true? Were these people not businessmen with simple purposes?
It suddenly made her feel that everyone was acting, and they all thought that others didn't know the absurdity.
The sheriff looked at them with a very cold expression on his face.
"No one can lie in front of God. You think you can deceive anyone, but I have already seen through you when you entered the city."
He was high and mighty, as if he had already grasped the lifeline of these people.
He said in a playful tone, "As long as you can find the murderer before you die, I will let you go."
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