Chapter 1068: Chapter 598: My Words are Scripture Chapter 1068: Chapter 598: My Words are Scripture The governnt officers heard this and imdiately directed their gaze toward Logan on the ground.
They sized him up, noting his plain attire that did not suggest he was wealthy.
Logan was not known to be from any wealthy family with the surna Logan; he must be just an ordinary civilian, sufficient for handing over to et their obligations.
Thus, the officers quickly surrounded Logan, appearing very angry.
“So, Logan, who are you? What is your relationship with the Princess? Is today’s incident your doing?”
Hearing these consecutive questions, Logan felt sowhat embarrassed.
“Uh…”
How should he answer such questions?
“I indeed have so connection with the Princess, but I did not kill her.”
Finally, he stood up, brushed off the nonexistent dust from his clothes, and replied indifferently.
“Nonsense, if not you, then who else? You are the only one here acquainted with the Princess, and you are a new face; you are the most suspicious.”
Perhaps everyone was trying to deflect suspicion from themselves, so they clung to the person with the most suspicion and would not let go.
The others also chid in, as if they had already convicted Logan.
Logan remained calm throughout, simply repeating his statent.
“I truly did not do this; I had no reason to harm the Princess.”
The officer glanced at the Princess, then at Logan, and at the other nobles, and imdiately ordered his n to encircle him.
“I don’t care who you are, or whether this incident involves you, you were by the Princess’s side and you are a new face, so you are the most suspicious. Take him away; you must co with today!”
It wasn’t just about taking him for a while; unless absolutely necessary, chances were that he would not be released.
Logan pursed his lips, unable to hide a trace of irritation between his brows.
What a ss.
If he had known earlier, he would have never attended this accursed poetry event; now not only had sothing happened to the Princess, but he had also been dragged into it.
If it had not been to repay a favor, he would never have been in such a troubleso situation.
But ultimately, Logan did not protest, and let the officers take him away.
The innocent are innocent, and the guilty are guilty.
If he had resisted letting them take him away, it would have made him seem guilty.
As soon as Logan and his two companions were taken away, the others heaved a sigh of relief.
They began discussing the incident involving the Princess.
“What to do, such a severe incident has happened; could it possibly involve us or our families?”
“Not at all, it definitely won’t. Have they not already pulled out a scapegoat?”
The words of this person made almost everyone else understand his point.
“Are you saying…”
“Exactly, as long as we all agree that it was that Logan, the higher-ups won’t trace it back to us, and we can naturally escape responsibility.”
“But we still can’t be sure if it was that new face who did it.”
“Regardless of who did it, there has to be a scapegoat; otherwise, the investigation will harm us all. To resolve the matter thoroughly, the official residence will just pass the bla around. Since it’s not our fault, they will pin it on us anyway, better to push everything onto that new face to at least save ourselves.”
With this, everyone fell silent, essentially agreeing to the plan.
Hence, they variously indicated to the governnt officers that Logan was extrely suspicious, and he was very likely the murderer.
The officers, eager to close the case, would no doubt treat them as part of the criminal gang.
Thus, Logan and his companions were imprisoned.
Little White rested his chin on his hand, his small face filled with dissatisfaction.
“Master, weren’t we supposed to go out shopping? How did we end up imprisoned just like that? I don’t want to be a prisoner at all; why don’t we use a spell to leave?”
“No, Little White, I know you can escape, but we can’t just leave randomly. If we run now, I won’t be able to clear my na.”
Seeing that he was stopped, Little White pouted, looking very unhappy and even more resentful.
“So what do we do? Are we just going to sit here in this prison and await death? This awful prison is not a good place to be.”
“Don’t worry, I won’t let anything happen to you; I’ll find a way to get you out.”
Although not by breaking out, Logan still had his own thods.
When the officer ca to interrogate him, he looked coldly at him.
The officer was suddenly startled by the gaze.
Then, rembering the disparity in their statuses, he quickly beca bolder again.
“Hmph, what are you glaring at? You treasonous assassin, to think you dare glare at governnt officers! Don’t assu you’re great just because you have a high cultivation level. I’ll tell you, once we report this to the Emperor and he sentences you, you’ll be torn apart by five horses, unable to live or die!”
A cold smile tugged at Logan’s lips.
Far from being intimidated by the officer’s words, he even seed amused.
Seeing his eager reaction, the officer’s heart skipped a beat.
This person, is there sothing wrong with him?
It was the first ti he had seen soone who was not afraid of being locked up, even having the mood to smile.
“Fine, then why don’t you report this to the Emperor, quickly, then see if the Emperor will order my execution, and whether you dare to carry it out?”
Perhaps because of his assured deanor, the officer hesitated slightly.
“You, who exactly are you?”
He had heard from those nobles at the poetry event that this man was brought in by the Princess, and she even said personally that he was her friend.
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