Chapter 35: Trial by three parties!
"'Shadow' is a force that has only recently emerged. It's normal that you don't know about it. Even I only learned about it from the minister not long ago." Long Tian said.
"It is said that this force has penetrated deeply into the three major forces! Now the three major forces are working hard to investigate the people in this force!"
"Let's not talk about anything else. The key now is whether you have evidence to prove that He Zhizhou from the Holy Fire Team was not killed by you?" Long Tian asked while looking at Lin Bao, Li Weiyi and others.
"There was no one else present at the time. Apart from our Liuguang team, there were only people from the Holy Fire team." Lin Bao said, "I just don't know if the people from the Holy Fire team will testify for us."
"Among the Holy Fire Team, except Wang Xiaodong, no one else has returned!" Long Tian shook his head and said.
"did not return?"
Li Weiyi and the others looked at each other, but they didn't know what happened and why the members of the Holy Fire Team didn't come back. You know, the members of the Holy Fire Team escaped from the men in black that day, and until now, they haven't seen the members of the Holy Fire Team come back, and Li Weiyi and the others don't know what happened to those people.
"By the way! Instructor Long! Where is Wang Xiaodong?" Li Weiyi raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Wang Xiaodong is now recuperating in the cultivator hospital. As for you, the current situation is very unfavorable to you!" Long Tian looked at Li Weiyi with a serious expression.
"Huh? Not good for me?" Li Weiyi didn't understand what Long Tian meant.
"Well! Now, Wang Xiaodong insists that his uncle He Zhizhou was killed by you. You have to find a way to get rid of this 'stigma'!" Long Tian looked worried.
"Instructor Long! He Zhizhou was not killed by Li Weiyi! He was killed by that man in black!" Zhang Pengfei said immediately.
"Yes, Instructor Long! He Zhizhou was killed by the man in black!"
"We can testify to this!"
…
Lin Bao and others immediately guaranteed for Li Weiyi.
"Okay! Stop arguing!" Long Tian waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said: "I can believe you, but will others believe your words?"
"Okay! You guys think about the countermeasures first, and I will go negotiate with the people from the other two forces." After saying that, Long Tian stood up, waved his hand, and turned to leave the reception room.
After Long Tian left, Li Weiyi and the others were detained again.
"Captain! What should we do now? This Wang Xiaodong is framing our 'only' one!" Zhang Pengfei said hatefully.
"I really shouldn't have been so careless at the beginning. I let this kid run away and brought about such trouble!" Zhao Wenbo was very angry.
"Everyone, don't worry about me. Now Wang Xiaodong said that I killed He Zhizhou, but that's just his words. It can't prove that I killed He Zhizhou. So, after listening to Wang Xiaodong's words, they are just suspecting me!" Li Weiyi smiled and comforted Lin Bao and the others.
"Well! There is no evidence now, so let's wait for the tripartite trial!" Lin Bao nodded.
So, Li Weiyi and his friends discussed countermeasures while taking a break...
Branch of the Association of Practitioners.
After Long Tian came out of the East District Detention Center, he went straight to the branch.
"Minister! Do you still remember Li Weiyi? The one from the last beast tide! You said you wanted to have a drink with him!" Long Tian said with a smile.
"Li Weiwei?...Oh!? It's that guy! Haha! I've been so busy these days that I forgot about him. I'll go find him for a drink in two days!" After Jing Longtian said this, Lu Hong remembered the interesting young man again.
The only way Long Tian knew that Lu Hong was going to drink with Li Weiyi was because Lu Hong had told him once in his ear.
"Minister! The kid is in some trouble now, I'm afraid he can't drink with you!" Long Tian shook his head and said.
"Oh? What's wrong?" Lu Hong asked with raised eyebrows.
"Alas! He is now being held in the detention center, waiting for the tripartite trial to give the final result of the trial!" Long Tian sighed.
"What's the crime?"
"Killing other practitioners! But I don't believe he would do that!"
"You want me to come forward and protect him?"
"Well! I hope the minister can come forward and protect Li Weiyi. This kid is a genius and will definitely become a figure like the president of one of the three major organizations in the future!"
"Oh?" Lu Hong was slightly surprised. He didn't expect that Long Tian would have such a high opinion of Li Weiyi.
"Then you can follow me to visit the other two major forces!"
"Then Long Tian will thank the Minister on behalf of Li Weiyi!"
Then, Long Tian followed Lu Hong out of the branch of the Cultivator Association and went to the other two major forces.
…
Li Weiyi and his companions stayed in the detention center for two days, and were then taken out by the guards and taken to the Practitioner Judgment Center.
The Practitioner Judgment Center is not far from the branch of the Practitioner Association. It is a department jointly managed by the three major forces. Its purpose is to judge practitioners who have committed serious mistakes.
And today is the day when Li Weiyi and others will undergo a tripartite trial.
Below the staircase hall sat the judges from the three major forces, with each major force occupying one seat.
The leader of the Practitioners Association is Liu Bin, the instructor of the West District, a middle-aged man with an untidy beard, who also serves as the judge.
The judge of the Chamber of Commerce is Bai Jian from the Bai family. He is in his thirties and is a powerful Qi realm expert known as the "Sword God". In terms of strength, he is second only to Lu Hong in Survival Base No. 7.
The judge serving here in the Alliance Government is the highest military official, the commander of the army of Survival Base No. 7, Jin Yaohua, who is in his forties. He is in charge of the troop mobilization within the entire survival base. Within Survival Base No. 7, his position is second only to Liu Longshan, and he is truly a powerful figure.
After Li Weiyi and the others were brought in, they were taken directly to the front row.
After a while, Lu Hong came with Long Tian and some people from the Practitioners Association.
Seeing Lu Hong coming, the three judges all stood up and nodded to Lu Hong. Lu Hong waved his hand and sat in the left row with the people from the association.
Next, people from the Chamber of Commerce and the Alliance Government also arrived.
People from the three major forces were seated in three areas. The people from the Practitioners Association were on the far left, the people from the Alliance Government were in the middle, and the people from the Chamber of Commerce were on the right.
After a while, Wang Xiaodong was also brought in. He was brought to the opposite side of Li Weiyi and the others, looking at everyone with an innocent look.
The members of Liuguang Team saw Wang Xiaodong's expression and were filled with hatred.
"Everyone stand up! Let us pay tribute to the martyrs!" Liu Bin stood up and shouted.
This is a ceremony at the Judgment Center. Whenever someone needs to be judged, the first thing to do is to pay tribute to the martyrs and thank the ancestors for overcoming difficulties and obstacles to build the current survival base. Secondly, the trial begins.
As Liu Bin finished speaking, everyone in the hall stood up and bowed deeply in front of them.
"sit down!"
"Now, the trial begins!"
Liu Bin was still the first to speak.
"Wang Xiaodong accused Li Weiyi of killing his uncle, He Zhizhou, and the people from the Liuguang Squad were hunting Wang Xiaodong."
"Do you admit this crime?" Liu Bin pointed at Li Weiyi and the others, waiting for their answer.
"Your Honor! I, Li Weiyi, did not kill He Zhizhou. He was killed by the man in black!" Li Weiyi replied loudly.
"Then do you have any evidence to prove that you didn't kill that person?" Jin Yaohua asked.
"My evidence is the other members of the Holy Fire Team. They can prove that I didn't kill anyone!" Li Weiyi replied.
"Except for Wang Xiaodong, none of the other members of the Holy Fire Team have returned since that day, so they cannot serve as evidence!" Jin Yaohua said sternly.
"Does the judge have any evidence to prove that I killed He Zhizhou?" Li Weiyi asked in return. Li Weiyi felt that Jin Yaohua seemed to be targeting him.
Jin Yaohua ignored Li Weiyi and turned to look at Wang Xiaodong, waiting for Wang Xiaodong's answer.
“Judge! This… this…” Wang Xiaodong looked frightened. He calmed down a little before saying, “He has an A-grade sword. My uncle’s wound will never be cut smoothly with the sharpness of a C-grade sword!”
"Yes!" Jin Yaohua nodded and said, "Get the photo of He Zhizhou's wound!"
As soon as Jin Yaohua finished speaking, someone came over with a few photos and placed them in front of the three judges.
The three of them immediately picked up the photo and examined it carefully.
Liu Bin took the photo and took a look at it. With his eyesight, he could tell that the smooth wound in the photo was definitely not the effect that a so-called C-level sword could produce. Liu Bin couldn't help but frowned. The current clues were very unfavorable to Li Weiyi.
"Mr. Li Weiyi! Excuse me! How did you get the A-level sword in your hand ?" Jin Yaohua looked at Li Weiyi with a stern look again, "According to our investigation, Mr. Li Weiyi can't afford such a weapon with his financial resources!"
"This sword was given to me by a friend!" Li Weiyi told the truth.
"Oh? A friend gave it to you? What kind of friend would give such a valuable blade to Mr. Li?"
"He's just a friend, can I not tell you?" Li Weiyi didn't want to involve Bai Weiwei.
"What do you think?" Jin Yaohua looked at Li Weiyi coldly.
Li Weiyi looked into his eyes and could feel the coldness in Jin Yaohua's eyes.
Li Weiyi couldn't help but frown.
"I have never offended Jin Yaohua, and my life has never had any intersection with him. Why would he target me like this?" Li Weiyi narrowed his eyes, but couldn't figure it out.
"Is this friend of yours also an accomplice of yours? Why does he ask you to protect him like this and not reveal his name?" Jin Yaohua asked until he was done, as if he didn't want to let Li Weiyi go at all.
"Li Weiyi! Just say it! If your friend has nothing to do with this matter, others cannot get involved even if they want to." Liu Bin frowned slightly, glanced at Jin Yaohua with some displeasure, and nodded slightly to Li Weiyi.
Li Weiyi understood what Liu Bin meant, and said, "My friend's name is Bai Weiwei, the daughter of the head of the Bai family, one of the top ten families in the Merchant Alliance!"
"Excuse me, judge! Does my friend have the ability to give me an A-level sword?" Li Weiyi asked Jin Yaohua with a frown.
"Weiwei?" Bai Jian, who was sitting in the middle of the three people, his eyes lit up looked at Li Weiwei with some surprise.
"I didn't expect that Weiwei would give her A-level sword to this kid! Could it be..." Bai Jian's eyes turned slightly, as if he thought of something.
"Hiss~ It seems my sister has finally come to her senses?" Thinking of this, Bai Jian couldn't help but smile.
"The daughter of the head of the Bai family! Bai Weiwei!?" Jin Yaohua was extremely surprised when he heard this. He didn't understand how Li Weiyi got the daughter of the head of the Bai family, one of the top ten families in the Chamber of Commerce.
