Inheriting A Divine Cultivation Clan At The Start, All My Juniors Are Empresses

Chapter 395: Chapter 205: Dedicated Wanyan Chunjing! Confused Song Dabeiren!_5

”There’s really not a drop left,” Song Yinghan mimicked Yuchi’s words, looking at the empty kettle.

Yuchi nodded.

Feeling the expectation in the beauty’s eyes, he took out two chopsticks and said, ”There are two main points of doubt regarding this matter. Once we understand these two doubts, the case will be solved.”

Song Yinghan nodded eagerly.

Yuchi placed one chopstick down first: ”First, the person from the Demon-slaying Bureau, why did they kill Ling Huzhong? You must know this kind of thing is extremely risky.”

He then placed the second chopstick in front of Song Yinghan: ”Second, does this matter really have nothing to do with the missing persons case? Are those files really just for show?”

Song Yinghan immediately went into a contemplative state, staring at the chopsticks with a brain completely blank, her ability to think already stalled.

A little while later, as Yuchi refilled the kettle, she said bitterly, ”Mr. Yuchi, take your time, I can’t keep up with you.”

That’s exactly right, my questions are tough, bear with me for a moment, Yuchi chuckled, ”Let’s address them one by one. For the first question, do you think Ling Huzhong was killed by that person from the Demon-slaying Bureau?”

Song Yinghan thought for a moment, then immediately said:

”Yes, he was the person Ling Huzhong trusted the most. Otherwise, it’s impossible for someone to get him outside of Canglan City, and a normal person couldn’t kill Ling Huzhong. We can completely hypothesize that he’s the killer, and slowly investigate to prove this conclusion. If we really can’t prove it, then we can overthrow it and start anew; he’s our suspect for now.”

Still aware of the suspect? Yuchi nodded: ”Then why did the person from the Demon-slaying Bureau kill Ling Huzhong? Isn’t he afraid of death?”

Yuchi asked, eating peanuts, leaving this question for Song Yinghan to ponder deeply.

Indeed.

Isn’t it fearless for someone from the Demon-slaying Bureau to kill Ling Huzhong?

Regarding the first point of doubt.

Song Yinghan could understand the Demon-slaying Bureau killing demons, but why attack someone from the Celestial Capital Department? Especially when such a matter could truly remain hidden? It definitely couldn’t be hidden; there are so many eyes in Canglan City. Even from just the testimonies of the Celestial Capital Department people, they could help find him.

”Mr. Yuchi, I don’t know.” Song Yinghan immediately shook her head.

Yuchi popped a peanut into his mouth, took a sip of tea, and seeing Song Yinghan’s slightly urging look, he chuckled and said, ”By taking such a huge risk to kill Ling Huzhong, this person must have a compelling reason.”

Song Yinghan asked curiously, ”A reason?”

Yuchi: ”Yes, and in many cases we can understand it as ’leverage’. It means this guy had a very scary piece of leverage in Ling Huzhong’s hands, and he had to kill him no matter what. At least after killing him, there’s hope, but not killing means there’s no hope at all.”

Of course, a simple act of revenge is impossible. Would there be such revenge between the Celestial Capital Department and the Demon-slaying Bureau? Everyone is smart, not like cultivators in stories who easily resort to backstabbing with a few words; they’re not that stupid. Everyone has painstakingly cultivated and is quite careful with their lives.

Song Yinghan: ”The other party had leverage in Ling Huzhong’s hands, so they had to kill him.”

Yuchi nodded:

”This should be combined with the second point I mentioned earlier.”

”Regarding the second point of doubt.”

”Ling Huzhong disappeared because he was investigating the missing persons case. So, was the case itself crucial? Is the case related to the people from the Demon-slaying Bureau? Meaning they played the same old trick of turning these missing people into demons? Then Ling Huzhong found out about it and used it to blackmail them?”

After Yuchi finished speaking, he looked at Song Yinghan, as if inviting her to answer.

Song Yinghan’s eyes twinkled: ”It might be like this. Ling Huzhong used this to threaten the other party, so they killed him. After all, the Demon-slaying Bureau wouldn’t want such matters to be known, it’s very serious.”

Yuchi: ”No.”

Song Yinghan: ”...”

Then...why?!

Why?

Clearly, you said there was leverage, I agreed with you, but now you’re saying I’m wrong, why?

Are you toying with me?!

If we were on a couch, I might tease you, but not now—Yuchi shook his head, ”What you said is possible, but the likelihood is very slim. Would Ling Huzhong really dare to threaten such big shots with this kind of thing? And once he told the people from the Demon-slaying Bureau, wouldn’t he see himself getting killed by them eventually?”

Song Yinghan suddenly realized: ”Ah, so that’s how it is.”

”What ’ah’, do you understand, with just this ah-ah-ah-ah?”

”...”

Song Yinghan clutched her head, blushing in embarrassment, and said painfully, ”I don’t know.”

Yuchi then pinched her delicate and tender face, on one hand thinking Miss Song had gained weight, while on the other hand, offering a different approach, ”Let me give you an example, maybe you’ll understand.”

”What example?” Song Yinghan didn’t slap away the salty pig hand pinching her face but rather grinned curiously.

Yuchi: ”Suppose I’m Ling Huzhong, and you’re the suspect, that so-called big shot from the Demon-slaying Bureau.”