Chapter 422: Night Dogs and the Man Behind the Scenes
When the horse-faced boy saw the pet summoned by Teacher Liang and heard her introduce it as the "Elf of Time" that could go back in time within a certain range, he instantly panicked.

He knew very well that these scratches were not caused by Li Qian at all, and he was just slandering him.

But thinking back, even if Teacher Liang found out, the most I could do was apologize and say I had read it wrong.

"Liu Zhi, you have to think clearly whether it was Li Qian who destroyed the relics?" At this time, Teacher Huang also spoke, with a hint of advice in his voice.

He was unhappy with Li Qian and felt that Liang Huaizhen was just fooling around by bringing down such a young boy who knew nothing.

He even felt a little resentful towards Liang Huaizhen. Of course, jealousy was also a factor. He was jealous that he was not as good as Liang Huaizhen, and he was jealous that the person leading the team was just a woman.

However, no matter how much he complained or was jealous, he still had some understanding of Liang Huaizhen's character and the personality of his student.

If there is no evidence, he can still stir up trouble and take the opportunity to embarrass Liang Huaizhen, but if the evidence is solid, it will be difficult to do so and he may end up in great embarrassment.

After being questioned by Mr. Huang, the horse-faced boy named "Liu Zhi" lost his confidence and even became a little timid. "Well, I'm not sure. I saw Li Qian alone in there at the time, so I naturally thought..."

"Teacher Liang, you see, Liu Zhi had good intentions. He was eager to protect the cultural relics, so he started shouting and yelling before he had even investigated the situation clearly..." Teacher Huang began to speak for Liu Zhi.

There was no way. If there was something wrong with Liu Zhi, he, as his mentor, would also be to blame.

Teacher Liang looked at Teacher Huang and said in a serious tone: "Teacher Huang, whether Li Qian did this or not is still too far away. We can't wrongly accuse a good person, but we can't let a bad person go either."

Teacher Huang chuckled, his tone softened, and he quickly expressed his attitude clearly, "Since Li Qian was brought up by Teacher Liang, I will definitely trust his character unconditionally."

After hearing this, Li Qian couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

The change in attitude was even faster than turning the pages of a book. It was a bit shameless. He was the one who wanted to lock himself up just now, and now he is the one who says he believes in himself. No wonder he can be a mentor.

Since you want to act, I will act with you to the end. Thinking of this, Li Qian spoke directly, indignantly saying: "Teacher Liang, this matter must be thoroughly investigated. Clearing my name is only secondary. After all, the innocent are innocent and the turbid are turbid. However, the person behind the scenes is so hateful that he actually destroyed the stone murals here. You know, every pattern and every text of the murals here may bring us precious discoveries. Now it is destroyed like this. It is really a pity!"

When saying this, Li Qian also put on a look of deep sorrow, and he looked even more distressed than them, the archaeologists.

Seeing Li Qian's grief-stricken look, the people who couldn't help but say MMP in their hearts became Teacher Huang and Liu Zhi.

How could Li Qian, a student who is not studying archaeology, have such strong feelings towards relics and cultural relics? This guy is just acting.

It's just that they can't expose this kind of "acting". After all, they are all studying archaeology or teaching archaeology. They can't say that they don't care about the relics and cultural relics.

Teacher Liang glanced at Li Qian and a strange look emerged on his face, as if to say that the acting was a bit too much.

"Then let's go back." Seeing that no one stood up, Teacher Liang shook her head in disappointment. She looked at the Time Elf and gave an order.

As the order was given, a faint fluorescent light suddenly appeared around the Time Elf, which was like a snowball.

Seeing this scene, both Liu Zhi and Teacher Huang were a little nervous, and the figure in the dark was even more worried.

Now, he could only pray that Teacher Liang's Time Elf could only go back to the time of this area, so that he could continue to hide.

As the Time Spirit began to perform skills, water ripples suddenly appeared in the air about two meters above the ground in front of everyone.

The ripples on the water dissipated, and a picture like a surveillance camera appeared in everyone's field of vision.

The scene was very magical, just like watching a movie, and the scene was exactly Stone Chamber No. 1.

Under the control of the Time Spirit, the picture began to regress. It was obvious that the stone murals had been destroyed before Li Qian came in.

At this point in the scene, Li Qian has actually been cleared of suspicion, but clearing suspicion is only one of the goals. The more important thing is to find out the mastermind behind the scenes.

So the picture did not stop and continued to rewind. Finally, at a certain period of time, a clue was discovered. A pitch-black canine pet suddenly rushed in from outside the stone chamber.

The black dog stretched out its sharp claws, scratched the mural on the wall twice, and then quickly left the stone chamber.

At this point, the truth has finally come to light... What the hell, a nocturnal dog inexplicably appeared here, waved its two paws, and then left. Even a fool could see that there was definitely something fishy going on.

"It's actually a night hound!" "Night hounds have the ability to remain invisible for a long time at night, so it's not difficult for them to sneak in!"

"This nocturnal dog should have an owner."

"..."

Seeing that it was a nocturnal dog that destroyed the ruins, everyone started talking about it.

Based on what happened today, the students have basically concluded that someone is deliberately framing Li Qian.

And this matter is most likely related to Liu Zhi, but when looking back in time, no obvious evidence was found.

Liu Zhi, Teacher Huang, and the figure in the dark all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this scene. At this point, Teacher Huang could basically guess who was behind this incident!
If that person was caught, he would lose face, feel very embarrassed and awkward, so he hoped that this would be the end of it.

"Teacher Liang, you see, the skills performed by the Time Elf seem to only be able to see the scenes in this stone chamber, but at least it can prove that classmate Li Qian was indeed wronged..." Teacher Huang smiled and said.

He wanted to ease the atmosphere at the scene. His purpose was very obvious. After all, he was just about to define Li Qian as a criminal without any basis in reason.

Now that Li Qian had cleared his name, he naturally had to express his gratitude. However, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Teacher Liang. "Don't worry, Teacher Huang, there's no need to worry. The mastermind has not been found yet!"

Without stopping, she continued, "Okay, this is your last chance. I hope the person behind the scenes will come forward!"

However, in the face of her final exhortation, there was still no reaction at the scene. The people behind the scenes seemed to be certain that they would not be exposed and Teacher Liang would not be able to obtain evidence.

Seeing this, Teacher Liang's face quickly darkened, and she directly gave the second order to the Time Spirit, "Time Spirit, go ahead and expand the tracing range to the entire camp!"

After hearing what Teacher Liang said, Liu Zhi, Teacher Huang, and even the hidden figure all skipped a beat.

They couldn't believe that the Time Spirit could actually trace back to such a large range. What kind of power was this!
Before they could recover from their shock, fear and horror, ripples began to appear again in the air.

Then, the picture appeared again. This time, the picture was no longer limited to Stone Chamber No. 1, but covered the entire underground palace and even the camp area.

When Liu Zhi saw this scene, he was so frightened that he froze in his tracks, like a log. After a moment, he knelt down with a plop, and then he turned himself in to Teacher Liang in tears: "Teacher Liang, Teacher Huang, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was blinded by greed, I want to repent, I want to turn myself in, and... I want to report it!"

Seeing that Teacher Liang's Time Elf could actually cover the entire underground palace and the camp, Liu Zhi no longer had any hope. Thinking that it was only a matter of time before he was exposed, he simply surrendered himself.

Maybe you can get lenient treatment.

So he focused his eyes directly on a figure in the crowd, and then shouted loudly: "It's Liu Qingyuan! He gave me money to slander Li Qian!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone turned their heads and looked at the slightly thin figure in the crowd. The figure was sneaky and was about to leave.

However, before he could take a few steps back, Teacher Yang appeared beside him.

"Young man, you can't leave until the matter is clarified!" Teacher Yang said in a gentle voice.

But at this moment, to Liu Qingyuan's ears, it sounded like the whisper of a devil.

Knowing that he couldn't escape, Liu Qingyuan bit back, "No, no, you are slandering me, Liu Zhi. I have no grudges against you in the past or in the present. Why are you slandering me like this?"

"I didn't contract the Night Hound. The ruins were destroyed by the Night Hound!"

When Li Qian saw Liu Zhi pointing out Liu Qingyuan, an expression of "as expected" appeared on his face, and he couldn't help but complain in his heart, "You are such a jerk!"

At this moment, watching the two of them fighting each other, Li Qian said nothing, just watched coldly.

Neither of them is a good person, and neither of them can escape.

At the same time, seeing that Liu Qingyuan actually opened his mouth to bite him back, Liu Zhi was extremely angry. He directly exposed it: "Don't believe him, he planned all this, he is the mastermind behind it. Although he doesn't have a contract with the night hound, the beast-controlling ball must still be on him. You will know if you search his body!"

Liu Zhi's expression was quite excited, he almost roared, and Liu Qingyuan's face turned pale when he heard that.

(End of this chapter)