Chapter 38: All in vain
Liu Yan could no longer bear the stimulation. He raised his head suddenly like a frightened bird and stared in the direction of the footsteps.
Seeing that it was his confidant Wang Meng, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Without waiting for Wang Meng to approach, he eagerly asked, "How is the investigation going?"
Wang Meng was the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice. He and Liu Yan had been partners for many years and had already formed a tacit understanding.
As soon as he saw Liu Yan kneeling on the ground, he knew what was going on, so after paying his respects to Ye Linghan, he reported directly: "Your Majesty, I have found that person."
All three of them were stunned. Who was the person that Xia Mansion’s steward was talking about?
"Who is it?" Ye Linghan spoke first.
"It's the coroner Chen Lin!" Wang Meng replied hurriedly, then pointed to the door: "He's just outside the door!"
He took the masked man's portrait and investigated secretly, but was recognized by a sharp-eyed guard, who said he was Chen Lin's friend and often came to Chen Lin for a drink.
Ye Linghan raised his eyes and looked towards the door. Chen Lin had already been brought in by the guards holding his arm.
Chen Lin's face turned pale. When he saw Ye Linghan, he immediately knelt on the ground and asked in a trembling voice: "Regent, I didn't do anything, why are you arresting me?"
Ye Linghan was too lazy to listen to Chen Lin's chatter and pointed directly at the portrait in Wang Meng's hand: "Do you know this person?"
Chen Lin's face flashed with panic the moment he saw the portrait, but he quickly calmed down: "The Regent is asking about Li Si?"
Ye Linghan didn't say anything, but just stared at him with a gloomy expression.
"Reply to the Regent." Chen Lin's heart trembled, and he hurriedly explained: "I and Li Si just met each other while drinking together, we are not even friends. I have no knowledge of his affairs, let alone involvement."
"Did the prince tell you that he had committed a crime?" Ye Linghan's tone suddenly dropped: "Or did Minister Wang tell you?"
The reason why he dared to ask this was that he was sure that Wang Meng would not make such a low-level mistake, otherwise he would not have the chance to do his job as Minister.
Sure enough, Wang Meng immediately said seriously: "Reply to the Regent, I only asked Chen Lin whether he knew the person in the portrait, and I didn't say anything else."
As soon as these words were spoken, Chen Lin began to tremble like a sieve, and cold sweat instantly rolled down from his forehead to his chin like rain.
He looked at Ye Linghan anxiously and said, "No, I am just guessing. The Regent King doesn't know. Li Si has a bad temper and is impulsive. I have always felt that he would get into trouble. Plus, Minister Wang and you both asked me that, so I..."
After saying this, he hurriedly lowered his head, knocked his head heavily on the ground, and swore: "Everything I said is true, please believe me, Regent!"
Chen Lin's explanation was reasonable, and he spoke with great sincerity. If it were someone else, they would probably have believed it.
After all, there is no evidence that Chen Lin has any connection with the kidnapping case.
Unfortunately, the person he was facing was Ye Linghan, and since this clue was related to that case, he would not trust anyone easily.
"Whether it's true or not, you'll know if you check..." Ye Linghan's tone was filled with a terrifying threat: "But Chen Lin, seeing that you've worked for the Ministry of Justice for so long, I'll give you a chance now. Regardless of whether you're involved in this matter or not, as long as you tell me now, I'll spare your life. Otherwise... you should know my methods. By then, whether it's you or your family... it won't be as simple as death..."
Everyone in the room was shocked by Ye Linghan's words. The bone-chilling chill instantly surged up from the soles of everyone's feet and reached their heads in an instant, making them tremble uncontrollably.
Chen Lin was particularly terrified. His already pale face was now covered with a layer of terrifying deathly gray, and cold sweat almost soaked his collar.
"Prince Regent..." His lips trembled, his teeth trembled, and there was a sound of teeth knocking against each other when he spoke: "Your humble... Your humble servant..."
His lips opened and closed for a long time, but they always stayed on those two words. The fear on his face became more and more intense, accompanied by a deep struggle.
After a while, he seemed to be determined to give it his all, gritted his teeth, and shouted in despair: "Damn it, my humble servant!"
It really has something to do with Chen Lin!
Except for Ye Linghan whose expression did not change, Su Xing, Liu Yan and others were all stunned.
The Ministry of Justice is actually involved... How terrifying must the person behind the scenes be...
"What did you do?" Ye Linghan asked in a gloomy tone.
Chen Lin trembled for a while before he managed to utter, "I... was resentful that Master Su stole the limelight during the autopsy... When we were drinking, I mentioned it to Li Si, and Li Si suggested that we teach Master Su a lesson... I thought he was joking, so I agreed..."
After saying this, he curled up and trembled continuously.
Su Xing was shocked. He never thought that this was the reason. They wanted to kill him just because he found out the cause of death?
This is ridiculous. No matter who finds the cause of death, isn't it all about solving the case?
As an investigator, he actually cares about this kind of thing. This is simply...
Besides being angry, Su Xing felt more lost.
In this case, his kidnapping had nothing to do with the conspiracy, and it was entirely due to his personal reasons that led to his death.
Thinking of this, he looked at Ye Linghan nervously. It was he who provided the direction of the investigation, but in the end, all his work was in vain.
Ye Linghan must be very angry...
If he was going to be punished, he would have nothing to say, for he was afraid that Ye Linghan would suspect that he said that on purpose so as to find out who wanted to harm him.
When he thought of this, Su Xing's heart began to beat wildly uncontrollably.
No way?
Ye Linghan wouldn’t think so, right?
At this moment, Ye Linghan suddenly looked at him. No emotion could be seen in his unfathomable black eyes, but it was definitely not happiness.
Su Xing felt a chill all over his body and quickly withdrew his gaze, not daring to have any contact with Ye Linghan again.
The room was quiet for a while, until Ye Linghan spoke up: "Lock him up first."
After the words fell, footsteps were heard. Su Xing secretly looked up and found that Ye Linghan had actually left.
He hesitated for a moment, but still gritted his teeth and followed.
After leaving the Ministry of Justice, it was already dark. The evening wind was a little cold, but Su Xing's heart was even colder.
After getting on the carriage, Su Xing carefully sat in his old seat with his head lowered, looking obedient and timid.
As soon as Ye Linghan got in the car, he leaned against the window and closed his eyes. He seemed to be resting, but his tense face showed that he was in deep thought.
This is his habit. When he encounters something difficult, he will close his eyes and think quietly.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes.
The moment he opened his eyes, something flashed across those handsome eyes.
Then he turned his head and looked at the corner of the carriage, and his brows suddenly frowned.
Su Xing was silently waiting for Ye Linghan to attack, when he suddenly felt a cold light shooting towards him.
He shrank back, and it was coming...
So he plucked up the courage to raise his head. No matter what, it was indeed his fault and he should bear the consequences.
But what caught his eyes was Ye Linghan's extremely disgusted look: "You can't handle this little setback?"
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