Chapter 315: Chapter 107: 7 Culprits_3
"Princess! Marshal! Lord Ke Xing!" Although the Minister of the Military had a respectable position and seniority, Du Xixi and the others weren’t much inferior, so the Minister didn’t put on airs and was the first to greet them.
This wasn’t the first time the Minister of the Military had seen Du Xixi. He had already met this seemingly frail yet mistake-free new Marshal’s Wife at the previous National Day ceremony when he attended on behalf of the Military Department.
The Minister of the Military saw Du Xixi nod her chin gracefully, carrying the elegance of the Imperial Family with her fine manners, and thus felt an increased respect for her. He said solemnly, "These seven people are the culprits involved in the poisoning incident!"
A poisoning incident with seven culprits — it’s not hard to guess that this must have been a collaborative effort. One wonders what roles they each played in this incident.
Du Xixi coldly glanced at these seven people several times, but interrogation wasn’t something a cook like her excelled at. Needless to say, both Ke Lian and Ke Xing were proficient in interrogation, so Du Xixi simply squinted her eyes and sat back on the sofa, witnessing the Minister of the Military’s interrogation process.
"Speak! What exactly was your motive for the poisoning? How did you do it?" The Minister of the Military’s imposing presence had intimidated countless new recruits, and his anger was now even more fearsome than usual.
The seven culprits tried to endure without speaking, but once they saw the Minister’s furious glare, they were so frightened their legs went weak. Without time to coordinate their stories, they started spilling everything out truthfully, one by one.
Du Xixi watched with her jaw dropping, not expecting the Minister’s interrogation to be so straightforward and rough, without the severe torture she had imagined. Just a frown, and the truth was out?
While listening carefully to their confession, Du Xixi turned her mind to observe Ke Xing and Ke Lian, curious about how they would handle an interrogation.
Compared to the Minister of the Military, Ke Lian and Ke Xing were no less effective: ...
When the seven people stammered out the truth, Du Xixi and the others were still somewhat skeptical, the word "doubt" clearly written on their faces.
If what these seven people said was true, then the truth behind the poisoning incident was indeed shocking, for this poisoning wasn’t orchestrated secretly by any Empire but by a small organization formed by these seven individuals engaging in a social terror movement!
Such social terror movements had occurred before; they were always antisocial violent individuals who loved stirring public panic. The more panic among the masses, the happier they were.
All seven had awakened their spiritual talent, whether in sound waves, consciousness, or directly enhancing physical functions.
This time, Yiyi and Er Er were poisoned silently, all because of a skillful individual among them — an invisible genius capable of hiding and masking their presence and temperature!
Their interest in Du Xixi’s two children stemmed from the belief that if something happened to Yiyi and Er Er, the subsequent exposure on the Star Network would incite maximum public panic. After all, if even the Imperial Marshal’s two children, under the protection of the Imperial Guard, could be poisoned to death, it would undoubtedly be big news!
Du Xixi sipped from a cup of warm water to moisten her slightly parched mouth. Taking a deep breath, she looked at the invisible talent among the seven, but spoke to them all: "Is what you’re saying true?"
The seven of them nodded eagerly.
"Then, is that everything?" Du Xixi asked further.
The seven nodded again, but almost visibly, hesitation and doubt surfaced in their eyes. Du Xixi smiled; the Minister of the Military stomped his foot, releasing a powerful pressure on the seven.
This was the Minister’s spiritual talent, capable of enhancing atmospheric pressure within a specified range, immobilizing the specified targets, or even directly pressing into their minds to suppress their spiritual power.
This was a very powerful and useful spiritual talent.
Sure enough, the seven couldn’t withstand the dual pressures on body and mind, and the invisible talent first gritted their teeth, conceding: "I confess! We do have more to tell!"
The pressure released, and the bound seven collapsed to their knees, drenched in cold sweat as if they’d just escaped death.
"It’s the Chengjian Empire; its Majesty paid us to poison Yiyi and Er Er, with everything else afterward not our concern." Having said this, the individual exhaled a sigh of relief and continued without pause, "The ’Needle Grinding’ toxin and the media manipulation on the Star Network were all handled by the Chengjian Empire; we were just hired hands."