PS: Sorry for the delay. I've been writing for a few days straight. I can't take it anymore. I'll take it easy today and resume tomorrow.
Chu Li frowned. "A monk disciple of the Tempest Temple …"
He shook his head. "I don't think so."
"This is obviously a confession!" Chen Donghai said impatiently.
He gripped the paper as if he was holding a hot potato.
The Tempest Temple and the Secret Guardians Hall were sworn enemies. They fought each other every year and fought in secret. Even if there were no deaths, there were many who were severely injured or had their martial arts crippled. The Tempest Temple was not as humble as they looked and did not have the magnanimity of a monk.
The Secret Guardians Hall would have the guts to fight against other sects but it was a headache for the Tempest Temple.
Commander Gu was very wary of the Tempest Temple because he had not been able to gain any advantage from them ever since he took office. The Tempest Temple had steadily suppressed them, and the Secret Guardians Hall had turned into a defensive stance. Now, they did not dare to provoke the Tempest Temple.
Chu Li glanced at him and looked at Gu Yu. "The confession might not be true. We need to ask carefully and patiently. If this person has ulterior motives, the first confession must be false."
"You think he has ulterior motives?" Gu Yu frowned and looked up at him. "It's not a vendetta?"
Chu Li said, "It doesn't seem like a vendetta. If it was a vendetta, they wouldn't have died so easily. Although it's satisfying to kill all thirty-five of them, it's too quick for a vengeful person."
"What's his identity then?" Gu Yu frowned.
Chu Li shook his head. "We'll need the Secret Guardians Hall's interrogation experts to get to the bottom of this. He might be an enemy of the Tempest Temple."
Chen Donghai nodded. "That makes sense!"
Gu Yu sized Chu Li up and said, "Chu Li, as far as I know, you're best friends with Fa Yuan from the Tempest Temple. You won't protect the Tempest Temple because of this, will you?"
Chu Li could not help but laugh. "Alright then, I won't say anything else. I don't want people to suspect that I'm siding with the Tempest Temple. However, I'm guessing that this person is indeed a disciple of the Tempest Temple.
"Since he's a disciple of the Tempest Temple, what else is there to say!" Gu Yu scoffed.
Chen Donghai said, "Chu Li, you're saying that he's a traitor of the Tempest Temple?"
"Yes, that's about right." Chu Li nodded.
Gu Yu frowned and remained silent.
Chen Donghai hurriedly asked, "Even the Tempest Temple has a traitor?"
It was not as if the Secret Guardians Hall had never tried to instigate the disciples of the Tempest Temple, but none of them had succeeded.
Chu Li smiled. "Which faction doesn't have traitors? Let's see if we can find the opponent's weakness. As long as we can find the weakness, we can betray them! "
"You make it sound nice!" Chen Donghai shook his head. "We haven't been able to instigate the Tempest Temple to defect."
"The Secret Guardians Hall is too weak. They can't defeat the Tempest Temple, so how can we allow the disciples of the Tempest Temple to rebel? They'll definitely die if they rebel. If it's a stronger sect, it won't be difficult to incite them to rebel," Chu Li said.
"Alright then, get someone to examine it more carefully," Gu Yu said slowly.
Chen Donghai said, "I'll inform them."
Chu Li picked up his teacup and took a sip. He then put the teacup down and fist saluted. "Since the case has been solved, it's time for me to retire. Farewell!"
"Wait!" Gu Yu said in a low voice.
Chu Li frowned at him.
Gu Yu said, "The case isn't really solved yet. Didn't you say that there's a mastermind?"
"That's the Secret Guardians Hall's problem." Chu Li said plainly, "Can't you do that?"
Chen Donghai rushed in and said, "Commander, that guy is dead!"
Gu Yu's face darkened. "Dead? How did he die? "
"He couldn't endure the torture," Chen Donghai said.
"B * stard!" Gu Yu slammed his teacup on the table and yelled, "How could they kill him? What were they doing!"
Chu Li coughed softly and asked, "Centurion Chen, how many people were in charge of the interrogation?"
"Three." Chen Donghai said, "They're the interrogation experts in the House!"
Chu Li frowned and pondered.
Gu Yu scoffed. "Why? Do you think they're suspicious?"
Chu Li looked at him. "Are they not?"
"Let's go and take a look!" Gu Yu scoffed.
The three of them exited the hall and walked to the back, arriving at a spacious underground stone chamber.
As soon as they entered the stone chamber, they were greeted with an eerie aura. There were all sorts of torture instruments with bloodstains all around. The stench of blood assaulted their nostrils, sending chills and fear down their spines.
A stone pillar was erected in the stone chamber and a person was tied to it. He was no longer breathing.
The other three middle-aged men stared at the person with gloomy expressions.
When they saw Chu Li and the others coming down, the three of them fist saluted.
"What happened? You're not new to this. How could you make such a mistake?" Gu Yu was furious as soon as he arrived. He said in a low voice, "Don't you know that a confession is useless if the person is dead?!"
If the person was dead, the confession would be useless. The dead could not speak, so they could fabricate any kind of confession. Therefore, no one would believe it, not even the Emperor.
The three of them smiled bitterly. "Commander, we don't know what happened to him. Why did he suddenly stop breathing?"
"Did he commit suicide?" Chen Donghai asked.
Chu Li said, "I've crippled his martial arts. It's impossible for him to commit suicide."
"Then what happened?" Chen Donghai looked at the corpse in confusion.
Chu Li's gaze wandered over the three middle-aged secret guardians.
The three of them looked at him calmly.
Gu Yu and Chen Donghai were puzzled when they saw Chu Li's gaze.
Chu Li smiled. "Seems like it's a coincidence."
Gu Yu and Chen Donghai frowned.
The three of them looked calm and did not feel guilty at all.
One of the middle-aged secret guardians said, "Centurion Chu, are you suspecting us?"
Chu Li said, "I didn't expect the Secret Guardians Hall to be infiltrated."
"What do you mean, Centurion Chu?" Chen Donghai quickly said, "Are the three of them really suspicious? Don't joke around! "
The three middle-aged secret guardians had entered the Secret Guardians Hall when they were young, so their backgrounds were definitely clean.
Chu Li said, "Are they disciples of the Holy Church of Light?"
The three of them frowned and stared at him.
Chen Donghai's expression changed. He took a step back and said, "Disciples of the Holy Church of Light?"
He had a deep understanding of how terrifying the disciples of the Holy Church of Light were. They were a group of lunatics who did not care about their own lives and would easily perish together with their enemies.
Chu Li looked at the square-faced middle-aged man among the three and smiled. "You've really hidden yourself well. I've been in the Secret Guardians Hall for so long but I didn't notice. You're really amazing. I'm impressed!"
The square-faced middle-aged man frowned. "Centurion Chu, please don't joke around. I've never offended you!"
Chu Li said, "The dead ones are disciples of the Holy Church of Light, right? Why did the Holy Church of Light kill the Minister's entire family and frame the Tempest Temple? What's your motive? … Forget it, you might not know! "
The square-faced middle-aged man shook his head. "Centurion Chu, why are you accusing me!"
Chu Li said, "I have no grudge against you, why would I accuse you? However, the Holy Church of Light massacred the entire family of the imperial court's officials, not even sparing a three-year-old child. How disappointing!"
The square-faced man quickly said, "How strange, how did I become a disciple of the Holy Church of Light!"
Chu Li turned and glanced at Gu Yu. "Investigate this person. I don't need to do the rest, right?"
"Is he really a disciple of the Holy Church of Light?" Gu Yu asked.
Chu Li smiled. "Believe it or not, it's up to you. Goodbye!"
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