The waiter who came over had red eyes and accused in a hoarse voice: "No matter what you say, it was you who killed my shopkeeper!"
Faced with such unreasonable trouble, Lin Mengya was too lazy to fight back and only moved her wrist slightly.
Not long after, the thin man and young man who had proposed last night walked up to her with complicated expressions on their faces.
Lin Mengya squinted at them, a sneer forming on her lips.
"You two seem to have slept well?"
The faces of those two people were not good.
They were the ones who proposed to tie her up, and they were the ones who regarded her as a murder suspect.
But after one night, they were safe and sound, but it was someone else who was unlucky. This incident hit them hard in the face.
Lin Mengya glanced at them and said coldly: "I wonder, will I be able to prove my innocence from now on?"
What she said was so cold and cold that the two of them were so embarrassed that no matter how shameless they were, they couldn't bear it.
The two of them no longer held her tightly, but remained vaguely silent.
The waiter was crying very sadly. Lin Mengya did not take the opportunity to add insult to injury, but asked calmly: "How did your shopkeeper die? And when was he discovered?"
The clerk sobbed and said: "My shopkeeper was fine last night. When I passed by this morning, I found that the shopkeeper's door was ajar. My shopkeeper is always cautious and careful, and he is never such a careless person. And last night I was I saw my shopkeeper locking the door. I thought the shopkeeper was already up, but as soon as I entered, I saw... "
The waiter cried "Wow", not only because of his shopkeeper's misfortune, but also because of his own misfortune.
Not long after, the shopkeeper's body was carried to the yard.
The way of death was the same as that of Sun Biao, but Jin Mengya noticed one detail.
The deceased's clothes were neatly dressed, and even his shoes were still there, but the soles of his shoes were covered with wet mud.
Reminiscent of the sound of digging she heard last night, it seemed that this person must be involved.
Is it internal strife caused by uneven distribution of spoils? Or is there a mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind
Lin Mengya calmly withdrew her gaze because the owner of the guesthouse had already notified the Sheriff.
The Sheriff's expression became even worse. Even though he had wanted to use Lin Mengya as bait to lure out the real culprit behind the scenes, the deaths one after another disrupted all his plans.
Lin Mengya didn't give him a good look. If it weren't for him, he wouldn't have suffered this crime.
The Sheriff was also quite helpless, and he did not expect that things would develop to this point.
Now even if he wanted to investigate, he couldn't do it, because there was never just one murderer.
Since the contract had been signed, the hostel owner's pressure was greatly reduced, and he didn't look so gloomy when he saw him again.
After reporting the matter to the sheriff in a polite manner, he hid aside with his assistant.
After learning that Lin Mengya was tied up by those two men last night, the Sheriff narrowed his eyes and looked at the two men with sharp eyes.
"I told you before that she was not the murderer."
The faces of the two people suddenly changed. The young man was busy laughing and explained dryly: "We are also so scared that we are dizzy. Boss Bai is really sorry. Please forgive us if you have a lot."
Lin Mengya also didn't expect that the Sheriff would actually speak for her. Haha, is this God opening his eyes, or is he having an uneasy conscience
In short, she was not bribed by him for this little benefit. Giving a sweet date a slap in the face was a common practice for people like them.
Moreover, the Sheriff is far from what he seems on the surface. Although everyone in Xiancheng praises him for his good governance and says that he is impartial, impartial and strict, Lin Mengya feels a little inconsistent.
It can be said that everyone in Immortal City is in danger now, and there is a lot of uncertainty. If he is dedicated to the people, then he will at least come up with some compromise.
Instead of turning the fairy city into a big prison like now.
Why was she suddenly shocked here
She finally understood why she had had reservations about the Sheriff from the beginning.
Seeing the man collecting confessions one by one, she suddenly felt a little shuddering.
This is not an investigation at all, but a fight in which only the winner can get out alive!
If the Sheriff really didn't want the killings to continue, he would have sequestered them all after the first night.
Instead of doing this, he asked the city guards to guard the outside.
Just as she thought by mistake before, this is a Shura field, and she and those people are all victims.
Just like the previous times, after the sheriff asked for the confession, he was ready to leave with the people.
On the surface, it seemed like there was really nothing he could do.
But this time, Lin Mengya was not prepared to continue to cooperate with his cruel plan.
"My lord, please stay."
The Sheriff turned to look at her. Lin Mengya bowed deeply and said, "Excuse me, sir, when can we go out?"
The Sheriff seemed a little impatient. After all, this was not the first time he had answered such a question in the past few days.
"When the matter is investigated clearly and the murderer is caught, I will naturally let you out."
"When is that?"
She had remained silent in the past few days, but today she suddenly asked questions, which caught the Sheriff off guard.
"Unless you can identify the murderer right away, you'll still have to wait."
This is simply unreasonable.
She was too lazy to talk nonsense and said straightforwardly: "I really don't know who the murderer is, but by trapping us here, do you want the murderer to kill us one by one?"
Although she was not angry, her attitude was somewhat aggressive.
The Sheriff narrowed his eyes and his voice became colder.
"What do you mean? I protected you. Is it wrong?"
"Protection? You call this protection?"
It is simply ridiculous. She sneered and accused mercilessly: "If you really want to protect us, then at least keep us away from the murderer. But since you came in, many people have died. , but where is your protection?”
Probably because few people would speak to him like this, there was a chill in the Sheriff's brown eyes.
"My people are outside now. They are protecting you day and night. Unfortunately, the murderer is too cunning. Maybe someone here is deliberately covering up the murderer. If you have this time, why not think about it carefully? Who is the most suspicious?"
These words made the crowd explode.
Everyone was investigating one after another, and now they looked at everyone as suspicious and as if they were accomplices of the murderer.
Lin Mengya naturally knew that he saw that everyone's emotions were tense, and he could make them doubt and distrust each other with just a few tricks. Thus overlooking the most critical point.
"Even if we have accomplices here, most of us say they are innocent, right? If you really want to protect us, why don't you let those under you lock each of us in the house? In this way, although we can find If we don’t find the murderer, we won’t let the big guy’s sacrifice be in vain.”
She looked straight at the other person, and the Sheriff's expression changed as he said "She doesn't understand his painstaking efforts" just now.
We are not fools, and we often travel around. These problems will be understood with a little bit of glass.
All of them chose to stand behind Lin Mengya and asked nonstop: "Boss Bai is right. If you send someone to lock us all up, at least the murderer will not have another chance to commit crimes."
"Yes, Sir Sheriff, we don't ask you to find the murderer immediately, we just want you to protect our lives."
Everyone's attention was drawn to this by her. As the crowd became more excited, the face of the public security officer became darker and darker.
At the end, he suddenly revealed his true colors.
"Anyone who blasphemes against God should not leave this place alive."
His eyes were cold and his face had no warmth.
Everyone suddenly realized that something was wrong, especially Lin Mengya.
"My lord, what do you mean by this? Our people here have never done anything blasphemous."
"Don't you have any?"
The Sheriff raised his lips and showed a cruel smile.
"Everyone of you here has committed a sin. It is the guidance of the gods that you are here to become sacrifices to the gods. On the day when all the sins on your body are rejoiced, you will receive forgiveness and new life from the gods. "
Lin Mengya saw the fanatical admiration in the Sheriff's eyes, and in a flash of lightning, she finally figured out something.
Why did the Sheriff take it so seriously when she and Wang Dagui's man swore to God at the same time.
He also claimed that he would find out the truth for the two of them and put them in prison without making any judgment.
The reason is that from then on, she became part of the sacrifice.
That's why the Sheriff locked her up in jail, temporarily letting her wait for the day when the sacrifices would be gathered.
The person next to me became anxious and asked loudly: "Sir, what do you mean by this?"
The Sheriff finally reveals his true purpose.
"In the past few decades, Fairy City has never seen such killings. But just after you entered the city, accidents happened one after another. I have secretly investigated and found that you all have unknown secrets hidden in your bodies. Secret, so you are sinners who have offended the gods.”
The Sheriff was very convincing, but she was surprised.
She looked vaguely at the people around her and found that everyone's faces were not pretty.
Did he really say this? Aren't these people businessmen with simple goals
She immediately felt that everyone was acting and they all thought others didn't know about it.
The Sheriff looked at them with a grim expression on his face.
"No one can lie in front of God. You think you can deceive anyone, but you were already discovered by me when you entered the city."
He was so high that he seemed to have grasped the lifeblood of these people.
He said in a joking tone: "As long as you can find the murderer before you die, I will let you go."