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"There's no need for you to speak with such sarcasm."

Zhao Chonghong said calmly, "Do you dare to affix your fingerprint to everything you just said?"

"Why wouldn't I? It's still better than being falsely accused of being a Rong Tribe spy by some snot-nosed brat!"

Wangzhi smiled at Yun Ruo and said:

"Little lady, just write down everything I said. I'll affix my fingerprint."

Zhao Chonghong nodded slightly:

"Record it."

Seeing this, Yun Ruo immediately began taking notes.

Wangzhi was stunned. He looked at Zhao Chonghong:

Do you know that the Third Prince once studied under the academy head for several years of his youth?"

Zhao Chonghong said with a faint smile, "Of course I know."

"Since you know, why do you still dare to investigate this case?"

"By clearing the area, aren't you admitting that you're afraid?"

Wangzhi continued, "This case involves a prince, a Third-Rank Grandmaster Supreme, and a Fifth-Rank official from the Ministry of Personnel!"

"Does it have any connection to Director Xu Wenjun?"

Zhao Chonghong asked casually.

Wangzhi's face darkened as he slowly shook his head:

"This matter has nothing to do with him!"

By this time, Yun Ruo had finished writing the case record and handed it to Wangzhi:

"Affix your fingerprint."

Wangzhi remained motionless, staring intently at Zhao Chonghong.

"Aren't you trying to use this to clear your Wang family of suspicion of colluding with the Rong tribe?"

"If you don't affix your fingerprint, how can you prove the things you said?"

Zhao Chonghong said with a faint smile.

Wangzhi took a deep breath and said earnestly:

"I don't know who killed Director Kong, but as things stand, it's very likely that Director Kong was silenced.

Let's set that matter aside for now.

But what about those vagrants? For their sake, does Director Zhao really want to make this matter so huge?"

Zhao Chonghong's eyes narrowed slightly:

"It's not that I want to blow this out of proportion, but you've been pilfering right under my nose all these years, and I could pretend not to see it.

But you've gone too far this time, using over a hundred lives to force me out of Xiangfeng Prefectural Capital?

Whoever came up with this idea is either stupid or evil!"

"You just said this idea came from Kong Xinghu's junior martial brother? Which junior martial brother?"

"A junior named Luo Kai."

Wangzhi's voice was somewhat hoarse:

"He recently became a disciple of the Star Observation academy head, becoming his personal disciple."

Luo Kai? A flicker of thought passed through Lu Yunchen and Yun Ruo's eyes, but neither had any impression of that name.

Still, being accepted as a disciple by a Third-Rank Grandmaster Supreme meant he certainly had exceptional qualities.

Yang Ling had already pieced together a clear thread in his mind, and he had grasped the end of that thread.

"Gu Weizhou once said that the Third Prince had studied at the Star Observation Academy for a few years. I didn't think much of it at the time.

But that statement was probably a subtle hint that the Third Prince is the personal disciple of the Star Observation Academy head."

"So what Gu Weizhou meant was that his junior martial brother is none other than the Third Prince of Zhao State."

"Kong Xinghu is the Third Prince's senior martial brother."

"Luo Kai... has also become the Third Prince's junior martial brother."

"So he's able to offer strategic advice to Third Prince Zhao Fu."

"So he believes he holds every advantage of time and position, and even if he goes up against me, he'll come out victorious."

"That's why he acted so confident."

Yang Ling could fully understand Luo Kai's state of mind at this moment.

With a Third-Rank Grandmaster Supreme as his master, senior martial brothers who were either wealthy or powerful, including a Fifth-Rank official from the Ministry of Personnel and heavyweights like the Third Prince.

The resources at his disposal far exceeded those of any other player.

Even Yang Ling himself didn't have resources as abundant as Luo Kai's.

"Luo Kai... looks like we need to investigate him thoroughly."

Zhao Chonghong muttered softly to himself.

Wangzhi said in a deep voice, "The Star Observation Academy has a Third-Rank Grandmaster Supreme holding it down.

The Ironclad Department doesn't even have the qualifications to enter. Even that Department Head wouldn't dare force his way into a place like that.

How are you going to investigate the personal disciple of someone like that?

As for the Third Prince, you have no authority to investigate him either.

So even if I affix my fingerprint and admit guilt, so what?

Who exactly can you investigate?"

By now, He Dongqing was drenched in cold sweat from head to toe.

He was Wangzhi's trusted confidant, but he knew nothing about the many things behind all this!

This matter had already provoked the Third Prince and a powerhouse like the Star Observation academy head.

Even with the Ironclad Department around, could he possibly survive?

At the thought of this, He Dongqing felt the world spinning around him, his vision went black, and he fainted from sheer terror.

"Whether to investigate or not isn't up to you, nor is it up to me, and it's certainly not up to the Ironclad Department.

It's up to His Majesty."

Zhao Chonghong's tone was eerie.

Wangzhi was left speechless.

Yun Ruo said, "Affix your fingerprint."

Wangzhi's hands trembled as he refused to affix his fingerprint.

He had said all those things just now, hoping to find a sliver of a way out, but...

"Everyone, can't we just make this matter blow over quietly?"

"My son-in-law Xu Wenjun is the Director of the Third Division of the Command Division in the Ironclad Department. Let him handle this case, and it can be closed without any trouble."

"Compared to the Star Observation academy head, compared to the Third Prince, what does Kong Xinghu amount to? What do those hundred-plus vagrants amount to?"

"Can't we just let this case go?"

Wangzhi looked at Zhao Chonghong with hopeful eyes, then at Lu Yunchen and Yang Ling.

He only hoped that among them, there would be one smart person who understood what consequences this case would bring.

"I've already said it. Whether to investigate is up to His Majesty. Everything you've said today must be affixed with your fingerprint."

Zhao Chonghong said calmly:

"Let me remind you of something. If you refuse to affix your fingerprint, then this case will be pinned on your Wang family.

Then you can wait for the entire household to be executed, not a single soul spared!"

"Father, affix the fingerprint! Your son and Xingsu know nothing about these matters. You can't ruin us!"

Wangzhi's son suddenly spoke with a sobbing voice.

Wang Xingsu snapped back to his senses, staring intently at Wangzhi with eyes full of desperate hope.

Wangzhi looked at them, let out a soft sigh, and a hint of tenderness appeared in his eyes:

"My son, my grandson, this matter was indeed committed by me alone. It has nothing to do with you."

Having said that, he immediately affixed his fingerprint on the case record Yun Ruo had given him.

The next second, his teeth clamped down on his own tongue.

Yang Ling gave a light tap, and Wangzhi's yellow, stained teeth shattered across the floor as blood gushed profusely.

"Big Shopkeeper Wangzhi, if you're going to die, now is not the time."

"If you die now, aren't you afraid this case will ultimately still fall on your Wang family's head?"

"You affix your fingerprint and then try to kill yourself. Do you really think this trick can frame the Ironclad Department? Have you no regard for Director Xu Wenjun's reputation?

He is your son-in-law after all."

Wangzhi stared blankly at Yang Ling, and slowly the realization dawned on him. He spoke with a slurred voice:

"Director Yang, why didn't you say so ear-..."

Yang Ling couldn't be bothered to respond.

Lu Yunchen suddenly asked, "Who really killed Kong Xinghu?"

Yun Ruo's expression shifted as she too pondered the question.

Zhao Chonghong said, "He's dead. Who benefits the most? If Wangzhi's testimony wants solid evidence, it must be corroborated by Kong Xinghu's own statement."

Wangzhi gasped sharply, his eyes bulging wide.

Lu Yunchen's face turned pale as he instinctively looked around, terrified of being silenced on the spot!

Who benefits? This case involves two major figures, one being the Third Prince and the other the Star Observation academy head.

The Third Prince is a direct member of the imperial family. Even if something like this happened, the most he'd get is a period of solitary reflection.

Wasn't the culprit who beat Kong Xinghu to death as clear as day!?

Yang Ling's expression turned grave, and his tone was solemn:

"The culprit has been found."

"So it was the Star Observation academy head who killed Director Kong!"