Chapter 420 Is he the mastermind behind this?
Zhao Shuo's face turned pale, but he couldn't even utter a word of rebuttal.
At this moment, Jiang Yao stared at him for a while, then suddenly asked, "Tell me, who are you trying to bribe to convict me?"
Zhao Shuo was stunned for two seconds, and his cheeks suddenly turned red.
"What do you mean? I admit that I made an error in my judgment this time, but as a professional investigator, how could I accept bribes? If I did, such a thing would be discovered immediately, and my future would be completely ruined. Therefore, I did not accept any bribes from anyone!"
"You didn't accept any benefits, so you simply dislike me. The first time you saw me, you couldn't hide the disgust in your eyes."
Jiang Yao slowly stood up and looked at him sharply, "Could it be that you hate the rich, that's why you can't stand me so much?"
"How is that possible? I was..." Zhao Shuo suddenly stopped talking midway.
"Someone told you a lot of bad things about me!" Jiang Yao seemed to see through everything, "You said you didn't accept any benefits, which means you were instigated by others to have such a big prejudice against me.
Did someone give you the idea to quickly assign blame to me so that the problem can be solved?"
Her words frightened Zhao Shuo.
That kind of look seemed to have the power to penetrate the human soul, revealing all the darkness in the human heart.
"Xiao Zhao, was there really someone instigating you? You must not hide such a thing. Tell it out, maybe your punishment can be reduced. Otherwise, your future will be uncertain!" The leader also persuaded him.
Under the gazes of the three, Zhao Shuo broke out in a cold sweat, but he finally told the truth. "I admit, someone has been saying bad things about Jiang Yao in my ears recently. That person is my high school classmate. When we met at the last class reunion, she talked a lot about the hurt she suffered at Jiang Yao's hands. It sounded very pitiful. We kept in touch often afterwards..."
“Who is that person!”
"Xu Yueyao."
When this name appeared, Jiang Yao found that he was not too surprised.
In fact, she had known for a long time that Xu Yueyao had no good intentions since she appeared.
But she didn't expect that she would be so unscrupulous. In order to frame herself, she would not hesitate to cause a factory explosion and hurt so many people. She had simply reached a point of insanity.
But at the moment, they have no evidence.
This time Xu Yueyao learned her lesson. No matter whether it was the mysterious man in the surveillance video near the explosion site that Li Beiting had previously investigated, or other aspects, she did not personally get involved.
Is there someone helping her behind the scenes?
Then it would be difficult to catch her fox tail.
"Zhao Shuo, I'll give you a chance to make amends. I wonder if you are willing to cherish it." Jiang Yao's eyes moved, with a cunning light in them.
…
That evening.
Zhao Shuo made another appointment with Xu Yueyao to meet, and the two went to a private room in a bar.
When Xu Yueyao came in, she saw Zhao Shuo drinking bottle after bottle of beer by himself, his cheeks flushed, and his expression full of irritability and gloom.
"Zhao Shuo, what's wrong with you? Is your work not going well?" She quickly stepped forward and asked with concern.
"Nothing."
Zhao Shuo didn't want to keep silent at first, but he couldn't stand Xu Yueyao's indirect questioning. Maybe it was because he had been drinking, he seemed to have lost his guard.
"It's still Jiang Yao. She's actually innocent. The explosion was actually man-made. The higher-ups found problems with the fuel report and are suspending me."
"What?!" Xu Yueyao jumped up from the sofa excitedly.
She planned everything carefully, just to make Jiang Yao disgraced and trapped in a dead end, and then she would give him a fatal blow.
As a result, Jiang Yao escaped again.
How can this be!
No, that's not the time to think about that.
What she should worry about now is whether she will be suspected.
What if the investigation leads to her?
Although she destroyed a lot of evidence this time, there is no guarantee that there will not be any loopholes!
"So, do you have any suspects now?" she asked cautiously.
"Not yet, but the person behind this will be found sooner or later." Zhao Shuo said drunkenly, "I really don't understand what this person's mentality is. Why would he deliberately cause the explosion? Is it to bring bad luck to Jiang Yao? Is he her enemy?"
The more he thought about it, the clearer his thoughts seemed to become.
Xu Yueyao's heart was pounding, afraid that he would suspect her. In a hurry, she immediately said, "Actually, if you ask me about someone who hates her, I do know one."
"Who?" Zhao Shuo's eyes seemed to light up.
"I'm not sure it's him, but he has been holding a grudge against Jiang Yao for all these years."
Xu Yueyao seemed to hesitate for a while, but finally said the man's name, "His name is Huo Yishen."
Uncle, oh uncle.
Since you are cruel to me, don't blame me for being ungrateful.
In order to get rid of suspicion, she will fabricate "evidence" of Huo Yishen's crime.
She shared some seemingly useful information, and Zhao Shuo seemed to have taken her words to heart. "Okay, thank you for helping me. I will investigate based on this information and try to make amends and get my credit back."
He stood up and staggered away. When he passed by her, he stumbled and almost fell. Fortunately, Xu Yueyao supported him in time. "Be careful."
Zhao Shuo chuckled at her twice.
After leaving the bar and returning to the car, Zhao Shuo instantly regained consciousness and told the two people in the back seat the information he had just obtained.
Jiang Yao in the back row crossed his arms and thought, "Huo Yishen..."
It's him again.
Since when, he was like a shadow, appearing in her life anytime and anywhere.
Just like Yao Yuanxin last time, she is also related to the Huo family.
But she couldn't possibly believe Xu Yueyao's one-sided statement.
The explosion must have something to do with her.
As to whether Huo Yishen was involved behind this, we still need to investigate and confirm the final result.
At this moment, her hand was grasped by the hand beside her, and their fingers were tightly intertwined.
A constant warmth came from the palm of my hand.
She turned her head and met Li Beiting's gentle eyes. Although there was no words of comfort, Jiang Yao understood what he meant and felt extremely relieved.
"By the way, Mr. Zhao, thank you for your help in testing this time." She then thanked the people in the front row.
Zhao Shuo gave a wry smile, "If we can really make amends and find the real culprit, that would be the best."
He also felt that he had gone too far before, as if he had been put under a spell and had repeatedly believed Xu Yueyao's instigation.
However, it was also because of his stupidity that Xu Yueyao relaxed her guard against him, which is why things just went so smoothly.
Next, Jiang Yao and Li Beiting began to investigate the connection between the factory explosion and Huo Yishen.
As a result, we actually found several clues that pointed the way forward.
There seems to be a breakthrough.
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