Chapter 1996: Interrogation
Gu Zhiqi nodded, casually closed the file, and added, "This Lin Ruoxue is friends with Xiao Yixue, and also knows Ling Muyan. There’s a chance she might provide false testimony."
After speaking, Gu Zhiqi pondered for two seconds, then looked at Su Yunling and continued, "Can I meet her?"
Su Yunling nodded and then took out his phone to send a message.
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After just finishing reviewing the image data, the two left the surveillance room.
Just as they exited the surveillance room, someone reported that Ling Yilin and Ling Zhiyu had arrived.
So, Gu Zhiqi went to meet them.
Upon seeing Gu Zhiqi, both Ling Yilin and Ling Zhiyu were somewhat surprised, "Master Gu?"
Gu Zhiqi nodded at the two of them.
After the four sat down, Gu Zhiqi asked Ling Yilin and Ling Zhiyu some questions.
The first question was about their whereabouts when the Great Elder and Third Elder died.
Ling Zhiyu: "When the Great Elder died, I was in the Scripture Pavilion, and in fact, I stayed there the entire day."
After hearing Ling Zhiyu’s reply, Gu Zhiqi asked, "Before that day, hadn’t you been staying in the Scripture Pavilion for several days in a row?"
Ling Zhiyu’s eyes flashed with surprise, "How did Master Gu know that?"
Gu Zhiqi didn’t answer her question but continued to ask, "Who else knows about you staying in the Scripture Pavilion for several consecutive days?"
Ling Zhiyu tilted her head and thought for a moment, "If someone was paying attention, quite a few people should know. After all, people come and go in the Scripture Pavilion every day, and there are many disciples."
"However, those most aware would be the disciples who keep the records."
"Every day I went to the Scripture Pavilion, I would always register."
Saying this, Ling Zhiyu’s brows knitted slightly with confusion, "The day the Great Elder died, I was clearly in the Scripture Pavilion the entire time, yet there were two entries recorded."
"One was when I went in myself, and another was not long after the Great Elder died."
"The surveillance outside the Scripture Pavilion also captured it; I was recorded going in and out that midday, but I distinctly went in during the morning and didn’t come out until the evening."
After speaking, Ling Zhiyu looked up at Gu Zhiqi, "Could it be that someone disguised themselves as me?"
Because of the previous incident, Ling Zhiyu finally understood the Disguise Technique.
Gu Zhiqi listened and nodded, "That seems to be the case."
After answering Ling Zhiyu, Gu Zhiqi said to Chubby Chiu, "Check the surveillance of the Scripture Pavilion, look for the impersonator based on body shape and walking pattern."
"Alright."
Chubby Chiu responded and went to work.
Because it involved the possibility of his own promotion, Chubby Chiu was particularly motivated.
After questioning Ling Zhiyu, it was Ling Yilin’s turn.
"That day I was in the courtyard practicing Alchemy, never left, yet the guards insisted I did. Moreover, the surveillance also captured it; I was actually seen leaving the courtyard, it’s baffling."
"Even if someone secretly entered my courtyard and disguised themselves as me, the surveillance shouldn’t have captured nothing, but the fact remains that that day, apart from the fake me, no one else entered or left my courtyard."
At this point, Ling Yilin cradled his face with both hands, depressedly pulling down on his cheeks.
After hearing Ling Yilin’s account, Gu Zhiqi pondered for two seconds and said, "Perhaps the person who entered earlier also used an Invisibility Talisman."
However, if the ones impersonating Ling Zhiyu and Ling Yilin are the same person, it likely wasn’t someone who entered in advance.
Because the Great Elder died at noon, and the Third Elder died in the afternoon.
This means that the person impersonated Ling Zhiyu at noon and then Ling Yilin in the afternoon.