Don't talk nonsense, this is the Emperor's Banner

Chapter 236 The old principal speculates

As the last student left.

The two security guards slowly closed the school's iron gate like door gods.

The old principal said to Xiaoyue beside him, "There's no one here now, do you want to go in and take a look?"

Xiaoyue just looked through the iron gate at the empty school without saying anything.

"I know that this school has left you with many unpleasant memories, but after all, you have been here for several years, so you should have some good memories too..."

"Do you still remember the ginkgo tree next to the playground? The first time I saw you was under the ginkgo tree. You were so young, with a frown on your face, and it seemed like there were countless knots in your heart that you couldn't untie..."

"Do you like ginkgo trees very much? I often see you standing under the tree..."

"Your class teacher, Mr. Sun, is too snobbish. His teaching level is not high, but he is good at scheming for personal gain. He puts all his thoughts on this... What excellent teacher... Alas, the evaluation of advanced teachers and professional titles is not a matter of sharing the fruits..."

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Xiaoyue walked into the school with an expressionless face.

Maybe he was persuaded by the old principal, or maybe he was annoyed by his nagging.

Although school is over, there are still some students in the school. These students are those whose parents are too busy to have lunch at noon, so they stay in school to eat at the canteen.

The so-called small dining table is actually the school cafeteria. Teachers who do not go home for lunch also eat here.

However, for such a large campus, the few students make it seem extremely empty.

Xiaoyue came to a ginkgo tree next to the playground just as the old principal said.

Looking at the ginkgo tree in front of her with a crown like a canopy, Xiaoyue reached out and touched the trunk.

"This ginkgo tree was planted by my principal when I was still a student. It was Arbor Day then, and many other trees were planted around it. But after so many years, only this one is left..." The old principal said with some emotion.

Xiaoyue looked at him in surprise. The principal's principal, that should have been a long, long time ago.

"The school back then was different from the one now. There was no playground this big. This was a small forest..."

As the two were talking, Zhao Xuerong came over.

She was surprised to see the old principal.

It was obvious that she knew the old principal, but she only knew him from a photo. When she came to the school, the old principal had already passed away.

"Principal Wei?" Zhao Xuerong called out uncertainly.

"Hello, Teacher Zhao." Principal Wei greeted Zhao Xuerong.

"Do you know me?" Zhao Xuerong was a little surprised.

Principal Wei nodded. "Because I come to school often, I basically know all the teachers in the school. However, this is the first time we have met you since Teacher Zhao's accident..."

Zhao Xuerong heard this and said, "I came to the school once, and then I never came again."

"Is it because other teachers edited your words?" Principal Wei asked.

Zhao Xuerong remained silent after hearing this.

Principal Wei continued, "If you are not envied by others, you are a mediocre person. In fact, people like you, Teacher Zhao, are the most suitable to be a teacher."

Zhao Xuerong looked at him with some confusion.

Principal Wei explained: "Because you become a teacher purely to teach children knowledge, not for treatment and salary, so your mind will be spent on the children, not the identity of a teacher itself..."

Zhao Xuerong felt a little embarrassed by his praise and even wondered to herself, Am I really that good?

But in fact, she was just following the arrangements of her family. Xiaoyue was listening to this with a little impatience.

So he asked Zhao Xuerong: "Have you found the person who killed you?"

Zhao Xuerong shook her head. It was not that easy. It was noon and the teachers were all having lunch. They could neither enter dreams nor discuss these things in private.

She came to the school simply because she wanted to come back and take a last look. After all, she had been a teacher at the school for several years and had some feelings for it.

And after ruling out her best friend as a suspect, her husband Ding Zhihao became the biggest suspect in her mind.

"Hey, your death was not an accident?" The old principal was very surprised when he heard this.

Zhao Xuerong nodded and told the old principal that she was feeling unwell at the time.

The old principal lowered his head and pondered after hearing this. After pacing a few times, he asked, "Are you taking any medications for a long time?"

Zhao Xuerong shook her head upon hearing this: "I'm in good health and don't need to take any medicine. I even rarely drink alcohol."

"You said your heart was beating fast and you felt dizzy. Have you ever had these symptoms before?" the old principal asked again.

Zhao Xuerong thought about it after hearing this, then shook her head.

"It doesn't look like chronic poisoning, otherwise you would have certain symptoms. And you're in school, could it be that a teacher in school poisoned you?"

"I thought so too, but I couldn't understand why the other party would do this? In the past few years at school, I have never had any arguments with other teachers, so I think the biggest suspect may be my husband..."

"That's not right..." Principal Wei disagreed with her.

"If you really committed homicide, the murderer should still be in school. We should find him. If he can kill you, he can kill others. There are so many children in the school. This is very dangerous..." Principal Wei said seriously.

But then he sighed again, and said sadly: "Even if we find the murderer, there is nothing we can do. Humans and ghosts are on different paths..."

"Principal Wei, don't worry about this. If the murderer can really be found, I have a way." Zhao Xuerong said.

Upon hearing this, Principal Wei looked at her in surprise.

Then he turned to look at Xiaoyue, and finally his eyes fell on the chain and Sanqing Bell tied around Xiaoyue's waist.

He had felt it was very abrupt before, but he hadn't thought much about it. Now, after hearing what Zhao Xuerong said, the old principal, who was rich in life experience, immediately suspected Xiaoyue and vaguely understood something.

The old principal met Zhao Xuerong's expectant gaze and asked, "On the day you had the accident, did you go home for lunch? Or did you eat in the school cafeteria?"

"We eat in the school cafeteria."

"Besides eating in the cafeteria, did you eat anything else that day? Especially anything given to you by other teachers."

"No." Zhao Xuerong said with certainty.

She had thought about this question before, but she remembered that day that she didn't eat anything handed to her by anyone.

"Then there are only two possible places where the poison could have been placed. One is the cafeteria, and the other is your water cup. You must have drunk water that day, right?"

"No." Zhao Xuerong said again.

Principal Wei: ...

"That's the cafeteria? But everyone eats the food in the cafeteria at noon, why am I the only one who is poisoned? Is it specifically targeting me? But I don't remember offending anyone in the cafeteria. I am not familiar with the people in the cafeteria and have never had any contact with them..."

Zhao Xuerong also suspected the cafeteria, but this answer only flashed through her mind and then she directly ruled it out because she thought it was simply impossible.

“Sometimes the most unlikely answer may be the correct answer,” Principal Wei said meaningfully.

(End of this chapter)