Chapter 421 Clumsy Slander

According to the original itinerary, Li Qian was planning to go outside the city today to see if he could catch any other rat pets.

However, after hearing Bai Bingbing say that he could record other relics, statues, stone carvings and murals, he was no longer polite and started working with great interest.

After breakfast, he put on VR glasses and went into the temple complex. Because he had seen it yesterday, his scanning efficiency was particularly high.

It only took Li Qian about an hour to record all the statues and stone murals that he had spent most of the day looking at yesterday.

When returning to the camp near the stone tower, Li Qian saw that most of the people had disappeared, so he asked, "Where are Teacher Liang and the others?"

"They have entered the underground palace again." Bai Bingbing replied.

"Let's go in too." Li Qian was planning to go outside the city today, so he didn't delay and walked straight to the stone tower, wanting to record the statues and stone murals inside as soon as possible.

In addition, Li Qian also plans to ask Teacher Liang about the strange dance on the mural.

Soon they entered the corridor of the stone tower, and before long, they arrived at the underground palace they had visited yesterday.

At this moment, the underground palace was very lively. Led by three teachers, Mr. Yang, Mr. Huang, and Mr. Liang, and surrounded by a large group of students, they were giving explanations.

When Li Qian saw this scene, he had no intention of going closer. Although the content of these teachers' lectures was important, in comparison, recording the content of the statues and stone murals was more urgent.

So he turned on his VR glasses and started scanning carefully, while Bai Bingbing joined Teacher Liang's explanation team and started listening to the class.

Irina found a corner and closed her eyes to rest. She was not interested in the lessons taught by the teachers or the statues and stone murals in the underground palace.

Li Qian looked around without paying attention to the surrounding environment. He scanned the contents of the stone murals in the underground palace and entered the first stone chamber.

But as soon as he turned in and took a glance, he was dumbfounded and stood there in a daze, because he saw that on one wall of the first stone chamber, the stone mural had been scratched with several scratches.

The stone murals on this wall have been damaged a lot and the complete content can no longer be seen.

And from the marks, it can be seen that these scratches were probably made not long ago.

Li Qian was a little confused. Which idiot did this? There was a large team doing archaeological work inside the underground palace. Wasn't he afraid to go in and operate the sewing machine?

"Li Qian, why are you destroying the mural!" Just when Li Qian was a little confused, someone suddenly shouted.

Li Qian subconsciously turned around and saw a fleeting figure. Li Qian thought about it and it seemed to be someone from the Shazhou Defense University team.

Seeing this scene, the corner of Li Qian's mouth couldn't help but twitch. He never thought that such a cheap trick of framing would happen to him.

"I..." Li Qian shook his head helplessly, thought for a while, and probably had a goal. At this time, he didn't make any other moves and just stayed where he was.

At this moment, if he left, it would be hard to explain. And he couldn't leave after being yelled at by that person.

Soon, the large group came over. They also saw the scratches on the mural, and then looked at Li Qian with strange eyes.

"Li Qian, why are you destroying cultural relics? You should know that destroying cultural relics is a serious crime!" A boy with a horse face shouted loudly.

"Yeah, this guy doesn't look like a good person at first glance!"

"I have disliked him for a long time. He has a shifty look."

"..."

"An archaeological site is an important place. It is irresponsible to allow someone who knows nothing to mess around."

The last sentence was said by the team leader of Shazhou Defense University, also known as "Teacher Huang".

Li Qian couldn't help but frowning as he listened to these abusive and slanderous voices.

Without knowing the truth, it's fine that they just follow the crowd and say that I destroyed the relics and cultural relics here, but to say that I have shifty eyes is a bit too much. This is a personal attack.

And there is Teacher Huang, who jumped to conclusions without any basis in facts. He not only slandered Li Qian, but also implicated Teacher Liang. He is not a good person at all.

No wonder the upper beam is crooked and the lower beam is crooked.

Yes, at this moment, Li Qian had almost thought it through and had locked on several targets who were trying to frame him.

Li Qian glanced at everyone coldly, and then walked over and said, "Just now, you were the one who was shouting, right?"

Even with just a quick glance, Li Qian roughly determined from the outline of the figure that the person who just shouted should be the horse-faced boy in front of him. "What's wrong? The truth has been exposed, do you still want to kill people to silence them?" The horse-faced boy saw Li Qian looking at him with burning eyes, and he suddenly panicked because he had something to hide, but soon he gathered his courage and confronted Li Qian.

Li Qian chuckled and took a few steps closer. "I haven't summoned a single pet, so why are you trying to silence me? Besides, there are three teachers and people from the Investigation Bureau here, so they will definitely investigate the right and wrong. I haven't destroyed any ruins, so why should I be afraid?"

"You said you didn't destroy the ruins, so how do you explain this situation?" Teacher Huang pointed at the scratched stone murals and asked.

Li Qian looked at Mr. Huang and smiled contemptuously. No matter why this guy was targeting him, he would just retort, "Mr. Huang, what does this mean? You can't just say I pooped because you saw a pile of shit in front of me!"

Many students couldn't help but frown after hearing this, thinking that this was extremely rude.

Li Qian didn't care at all. After all, his words were rough but his point was true. He continued, "I would like to ask, classmate, have we met before?"

"No." The horse-faced boy nodded blankly, not knowing why Li Qian asked this.

Li Qian continued to ask, "Since we have never met before, how did you call out my name just now?"

"I heard from others that it's not possible, and what does this have to do with you destroying the ruins?" The boy with the horse face insisted that it was Li Qian who destroyed the ruins.

Li Qian looked directly into the other person's pupils and asked in a somewhat joking voice, "Are you sure you saw that I destroyed the ruins here with my own hands?"

"Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, you were the only one in there at the time." The horse-faced boy's tone shrank a little, and his momentum weakened a little.

He didn't know where Li Qian's confidence came from. He was just doing things for others in exchange for money. If he got himself involved, it would be a loss, so he didn't say anything.

However, at the end, he realized that he had fallen into Li Qian's rhetoric trap.

This answer proved that the person who just shouted was indeed me, and it would not be so easy to get away silently.

Li Qian stared at the horse-faced boy and said in a lukewarm voice, "In other words, you didn't see me destroy the ruins, but you only saw me staying with the destroyed ruins?"

"Is there any difference?" the horse-faced boy asked subconsciously.

Li Qian's mouth twitched, feeling sorry for this guy's IQ. "It's a huge difference. There's a world of difference between being at a crime scene and being a criminal."

"But you were the only one at the scene. If you can't prove your innocence..." Teacher Huang began to support his students.

Although he didn't finish his words, his meaning was expressed very clearly.

At this moment, Teacher Liang walked out of the crowd and said in a neutral voice: "Li Qian, are you sure these scratches have nothing to do with you?"

"Yeah." Li Qian nodded, responding to Teacher Liang's question, but at the same time, a hint of doubt arose in his heart.

Although the contact time was not long, Mr. Liang should know me to some extent. Thinking of this, he added, "I can't find any reason to destroy this place!"

"I also feel very sorry and even heartbroken about the destruction of these relics."

The horse-faced boy glanced at the crowd and saw that some of them seemed to be persuaded. He immediately followed Li Qian's words and continued to slander, "Who knows why you want to destroy the ruins here? Do you have any ulterior motives that you won't tell us?"

"I believe in Li Qian!" As soon as the horse-faced boy said this, Bai Bingbing stood up and supported him without hesitation.

"I also believe in classmate Li Qian!" A girl who had a good relationship with Bai Bingbing also stood up.

"It's useless to believe it or not. The right and wrong will be determined by themselves!" Teacher Huang spoke again, his voice quite serious.

At this moment, Mr. Yang, a male teacher who looked to be in his early thirties, who had been standing nearby and watching the show, suddenly said, "Everything must be based on evidence."

"Yes, everything must be supported by evidence, so I hope that, whether it's Li Qian or other students, if one of you really did it, you'd better take the initiative to admit it. In this way, we can give you a lighter sentence. If you wait until the evidence is brought up, you will have to bear the consequences yourself." Teacher Liang continued. Her words were already a subtle threat.

If she hadn't brought Li Qian in with her, Teacher Huang would have protested by now. Of course, even if she protested, it would have been useless.

"Don't think that just because this archaeological excavation is about to end, we don't have any protection measures for these cultural relics?" Teacher Liang said calmly.

Her words made the horse-faced boy tremble with fear, worrying that the truth would be exposed. However, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that the archaeological team would definitely not be able to produce any evidence, so he decided to hold on to his claims.

Li Qian would not give up. He said confidently, "Teacher Liang, I did not destroy the ruins here. When I came in, the ruins here had already been destroyed!"

"Okay, very good, since you have chosen to fight back, then I can only ask for evidence!" As she spoke, she waved her hand, and a furry pet about the size of a puppy, covered with white hair, and looking like a snowball appeared in front of everyone.

Teacher Liang pointed at the little beast that looked like a snowball and said, "This pet is called the 'Elf of Time'. It is an extremely rare time-related pet that can go back in time within a certain range."

(End of this chapter)