Chapter 247 Clear Yourself

Faced with Bi Lei's questioning, Shen Cheng did not rush to explain, but waved to Yi Xu, indicating that he should hand over the wanted warrant.

"Because I have seen the man you think is the murderer, and I know him."

Shen Cheng took the wanted poster from Yi Xu and looked down at himself on it: "The drawing is good, the similarity is about 80%."

He looked up at the two of them and asked, "Do you know who this is?"

Bi Lei was very dissatisfied: "If you have something to say, just say it. Don't keep me in suspense."

Shen Cheng didn't care about his bad attitude and gave the answer with a smile: "This person is called Shen Cheng, a Star Ranger. He has been wanted by the Tailing City Government and the Hanyun Prefecture branch. You can look for him online. There should still be a wanted warrant for him circulating."

Yi Xu immediately took out his cell phone and started searching. Bi Lei hesitated for a moment and also took out his cell phone to do the same.

Soon, the two found Shen Cheng's wanted warrant one after another.

Although the wanted order for Shen Cheng had been cancelled by Zhao Nanxing, there are still many records and legends about him on the Internet.

Seeing that the Star Ranger Shen Cheng on the wanted list looked exactly like the strange young man they saw next to Zhu Jing's body last night, both Yi Xu and Bi Lei were speechless and had to admit Shen Cheng's words in their hearts - the murderer was indeed not Shen Cheng.

This statement sounded a bit awkward, as if Shen Cheng was clearing himself up himself, but the two people on the other side believed it.

The Star Rangers will indeed use every possible means when dealing with evil forces, but they have one characteristic, which is that they will never hide what they have done. Instead, they will admit it generously, because there is no justice that cannot be seen by others.

Since the Star Ranger said last night that he was not the murderer, then it really wasn't him.

Seeing that Yi Xu and Bi Lei looked completely convinced, Shen Cheng once again felt how useful the Star Ranger alias was. Every word he said was full of value and basically no one would doubt it.

"Back to the topic."

Shen Cheng spoke to draw Yi Xu and Bi Lei's attention back: "Last night when I rushed to Zhu Jing's home, I saw the dead Zhu Jing and the murderer. The murderer was wrapped up so tightly that it was impossible to tell who he was."

Yi Xu fell into deep thought, but Bi Lei immediately pointed out: "Your master was killed in front of you, don't you plan to keep the murderer?"

"I do intend to do it."

Shen Cheng shook the wanted order in his hand and said, "But when I was about to take action, this Star Sea Ranger broke in. He had a conflict with the Hanyunzhou branch, and I don't want to be attacked from both sides."

Yi Xu asked: "What happens next?"

Shen Cheng continued, "The murderer left when the Star Ranger came in. The Ranger began to examine Zhu Jing's body. Then you showed up and mistook him for the murderer. I took the opportunity to leave. This is what happened."

After Shen Cheng finished speaking, Yi Xu and Bi Lei remained silent, silently pondering the truthfulness of Shen Cheng's words and what impact they would have on the current situation.

Neither of them found any suspicious points or contradictions in Shen Cheng's words, so there was no need to doubt its authenticity for the time being.

As for the impact, it is huge.

If the murderer wasn't the Star Ranger from last night, then who could it be?

Last night, Yi Xu, Bi Lei and the other two examined Zhu Jing's body and the scene, and they all came to the same conclusion - this was a crime committed by an acquaintance, there were no signs of fighting or destruction at the scene, and the murderer had accurately grasped Zhu Jing's period of weakness due to the sequelae.

If the murderer is not Star Ranger, then it must be someone in the headquarters who is very familiar with Zhu Jing.

For a moment, Yi Xu couldn't help but cast a suspicious look at Bi Lei.

If we were to say who is most likely to have committed the crime, it would definitely be Bi Lei and Gong Ye Si, who had intense conflicts with Zhu Jing.

Noticing Yi Xu's suspicious look, Bi Lei cursed in his heart, "Look at me, you bastard. If we talk about suspicion of committing the crime, aren't you, the person who is most familiar with Zhu Jing, also suspected of committing the crime?"
When the two were suspicious of each other, Shen Cheng broke the silence: "I came to the headquarters for two purposes this time. The first is to catch the murderer and avenge Zhu Jing. The second is to retrieve the stolen Eternal Blood. After all, I retrieved it bit by bit from all over the Federation. Now that Zhu Jing is dead, the Eternal Blood should be returned to me."

If Shen Cheng said that he came back specifically to avenge Zhu Jing, it would seem a little bit pretentious, but when he later added that he wanted to take back the Eternal Blood, it became much more reasonable.

It is very rare to find people who are dedicated to the public or loyal. They are easily suspected of having ulterior motives. It is better to be a little vulgar.

However, no matter how reasonable it is, Yi Xu and Bi Lei may not accept it.

In their opinion, since Zhu Jing is the vice president of the headquarters, the Eternal Blood that was taken away from him should belong to the assets of the Scarlet Dinner. How can you, an outsider, be qualified to get involved?

Even if you are Zhu Jing's servant, you can't do that.

"If you want to avenge Zhu Jing, we can't do anything about it."

Bi Lei knocked on the table with his hand and said in an unquestionable tone: "But Zhu Jing's Eternal Blood belongs to our Red Banquet's assets. We have the final say on how to deal with it."

Shen Cheng asked back: "Now that the Eternal Blood has been taken away by the murderer, what do you have the final say?"

Bi Lei's face darkened: "I'm talking about what happens after we take it back."

Shen Cheng leaned back in his chair, folding his hands, "What if I take the Eternal Blood back from the murderer first?"

"Then you can only give it back to us."

"What if I don't return it?"

"You can try."

Seeing that the two were getting more and more heated, Yi Xu had to come out to smooth things over: "You two, calm down. Don't start a fight before you find the murderer."

Seeing someone giving him a way out, Shen Cheng took it.

After all, his character came for the Eternal Blood. If he easily gave up the ownership of the Eternal Blood, everyone would be suspicious.

Seeing that the two had stopped arguing, Yi Xu looked at Shen Cheng and said, "I personally agree with your desire to avenge Zhu Jing, and I welcome it. As for the matter of the Eternal Blood, why don't we compromise and consider the ownership of the Eternal Blood after we catch the murderer? How about that?"

Shen Cheng thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, I have no objection."

Yi Xu looked at Bi Lei again: "What about you?"

"Oh, you already agreed, why do you still need to ask for my opinion?"

Bi Lei snorted and stood up: "Since you two are so easy to talk to, then Yi Xu, you should be responsible for entertaining him. I'm sorry I can't keep you company."

After saying that, he turned away and left the reception room.

Yi Xu could only say to Shen Cheng helplessly: "I'm sorry, Bi Lei has always had a bad temper."

"He's not just in a bad mood, is he?"

Shen Cheng chuckled: "It's because of my relationship with Zhu Jing that he treats me so badly." Yi Xu smiled bitterly: "It seems that your relationship with Zhu Jing is better than I thought. He told you everything, even when he was in the most dangerous time, he only asked you for help, but refused to tell me."

There was even a hint of jealousy in his words.

If Shen Cheng hadn't seen in Zhu Jing's memory that he and Yi Xu were just friends, just based on what Yi Xu said now, a female author could have written a three million-word story full of gay love between them.

The reason why Zhu Jing did not ask Yi Xu for help was very simple. In Zhu Jing's observation, his good friend should have been affected by the Eternal Blood, and his personality had shown subtle differences compared to before.

Therefore, Zhu Jing was afraid that Yi Xu would embezzle while helping him and would attack him.

After all, even father and son may become enemies because of the eternal blood.

Judging from Zhu Jing's memory alone, Yi Xu is actually also a suspect of being the murderer, but he is the least likely one.

However, Shen Cheng needs Yi Xu's help now, so of course he won't say that Zhu Jing is also suspecting you, and he even has to make up for Zhu Jing.

"Zhu Jing told me that the main reason he didn't ask you for help was because he was afraid that Bi Lei and Gong Ye Si would find out and then sabotage him in secret. After thinking it over, he finally decided that it would be safer to ask me for help. It's not that he doesn't trust you."

"Haha, after hearing what you said, I feel much better."

Yi Xu smiled, not sure whether he believed what Shen Cheng said.

Shen Cheng was very tactful and did not discuss this issue any further: "Where are the other two vice presidents? Do I need to meet them?"

In addition to Bi Lei, there is also Gong Ye Si and a female vice president named Fang Wei.

Yi Xu shook his head: "Gong Ye Si and Bi Lei are allies, and they have the same stance. It doesn't matter whether you meet him or not. As for Vice President Fang Wei, she keeps a distance from all of us and rarely communicates with us. I'm afraid you won't be able to meet her even if you want to."

"What about the president?"

"He has been retired and living in seclusion for many years, and has long since stopped caring about things."

As he said this, Yi Xu couldn't help but sigh.

The entire Red Banquet headquarters is filled with a bunch of incompetent people, some of whom are indifferent to affairs or are dragging their feet.

How can we catch the murderer with such a group of insects?
"But don't worry, my goal is the same as yours, I want to avenge Zhu Jing."

Yi Xu cheered himself up and assured Shen Cheng: "As long as I am here, no one can stop you from investigating the murderer."

"I can't do it alone."

"That's right, I will do my best to assist you."

Shen Cheng nodded. The reason why he came here today was to get Yi Xu's assistance and have a chance to intervene in this matter openly. Now he has successfully achieved his goal.

After nightfall, Yi Xu specially held a welcome reception for Shen Cheng at the headquarters.

There were quite a few vampires attending the cocktail party, including several senior executives and dozens of middle-level executives, as well as a large number of female vampires who were called in to liven up the atmosphere.

Without Yi Xu's introduction, Shen Cheng knew that this group of vampires were all members of Yi Xu and Zhu Jing's forces.

None of the vampires loyal to Bi Lei and Gong Ye Si came, and those who stood on a neutral stance would not join in the fun, so the scene was a bit shabby.

After reading Zhu Jing's memories, Shen Cheng was familiar with the personalities of most of the vampires here. He easily blended in and enjoyed the flattery and admiration of these vampires.

At the same time, on the other side of the federal capital, a small gathering was also taking place.

There were only two participants, Bi Lei and Gong Ye Si.

After listening to Lei's account of what happened at the headquarters today, Gong Yesi snorted coldly.

"Humph, you've been fooled. If Zhu Jing really had a branch director as a servant, how could he be murdered so easily? I think this is because Yi Xu saw that Zhu Jing was dead and he couldn't handle it alone, so he called in helpers overnight to pretend to be Zhu Jing's servants."

Gong Yesi's words made Bi Lei feel very unhappy.

You actually said that I was cheated. Are you deliberately mocking me for being stupid?
However, Bi Lei felt that Gong Ye Si's words made some sense.

Everything that Shen Cheng was able to prove his identity as a servant was based on his familiarity with Zhu Jing.

But Yi Xu was also very familiar with Zhu Jing, and the two had been friends and allies for many years.

If Shen Cheng was really the helper Yi Xu found, then it was possible that Shen Cheng's familiarity with Zhu Jing was taught to him by Yi Xu.

"I admit that what you said makes some sense, but the timing doesn't match."

Bi Lei frowned and retorted: "Zhu Jing was killed last night. The next day, Yi Xu could arrange for a branch director to come all the way here and pretend to be Zhu Jing's servant. If he has this ability, what can't he do?"

Gong Ye Si was just saying it casually, but he didn't expect Bi Lei to take it seriously.

He had to make excuses for himself: "Who told you that Zhong Yun was arranged after Zhu Jing's death? Couldn't Yi Xu have arranged it in advance?"

"Then according to what you said, doesn't that mean Yi Xu already knew that Zhu Jing would die?"

Bi Lei subconsciously refuted, but his expression changed immediately: "You mean to say that Yi Xu is the murderer of Zhu Jing?"

I didn't say that, you made that up.

Gongye Si refuted in his heart, but he suddenly felt that this statement seemed to be correct.

After Zhu Jing's death, Gongye Si had long wanted to take this opportunity to kill Yi Xu as well and seize the power from these two outsiders.

Anyway, the old president has stopped caring about the matter a long time ago, so they won't be blamed no matter what they do.

If we put the hat of murderer on Yi Xu now, wouldn't it give us an extra opportunity to take action with justification?

"Yes, I have long suspected that Yi Xu was the murderer of Zhu Jing."

Gong Ye Si followed Bi Lei's thoughts and continued, "You and I have both examined the scene of Zhu Jing's death, and we can both tell that it was an acquaintance who committed the crime. In the entire Red Banquet headquarters, apart from Yi Xu, who else is so familiar with Zhu Jing? Could it be you and me?"

Bi Lei nodded subconsciously.

"The man named Zhong Yun must also be an assistant secretly trained by Yi Xu. Yi Xu and him may have teamed up to kill Zhu Jing. Then Zhong Yun pretended to be Zhu Jing's servant to confuse us and let us down. Then Zhong Yun will definitely disguise himself as the murderer to attack us. Together with Yi Xu, they will catch both of us in one fell swoop."

The more Gong Ye Si spoke, the more he felt that his guess was most likely the truth. Regardless of whether Bi Lei believed it or not, Gong Ye Si had already successfully convinced himself.

(End of this chapter)