Chapter 54: A Troublesome Case

There wasn't much of note in the case file. Overall, it gave Shen Zhiyu the impression that the victim's life had been completely happy and fulfilled, leaving zero reason to abscond with the funds.

Since absconding with the funds was out of the question, the probability was extremely high that the victim had been murdered!

The serial robber and murderer she had just arrested always struck right out in the open on the streets, and the bodies of those victims had never vanished.

Therefore, this case most likely had nothing to do with that culprit.

"How are you progressing with the case file?"

In truth, during all those repeated campaigns leading the people of Diwei to attack the Water Palace, she had never once expected to return alive. To have survived until now was, in her view, quite enough.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Decaz struck a raw nerve in Frederick III. From beginning to end, the German navy was incapable of going toe-to-toe with the British alone, so out of sheer necessity, they had accepted the Phalanx Plan, aimed at developing a joint fleet with France. Consequently, Paris was now utilizing this exact plan to hitch Germany firmly to its own war chariot.

After coming down from upstairs, Zhang Yueshan had kept talking exclusively with Lu Ran, leaving Mo Yu and Meng Yue completely out in the cold. With an attitude like that, anyone could easily tell what was going on.

This bidding war had captured the attention of almost the entire Qinghang Province, and indeed the entire southeastern half of the region. Tycoons from as far away as the coal city in the northwest had even come over trying to stick a foot in. Qiao Donglin asked me how my financial preparations were coming along.

An'an pressed herself against her bedroom window, peering through a narrow gap in the curtains at the two figures sitting beneath the tree shade not far away, her eyes flashing with a bright, mischievous curiosity.

"Alright then!" I nodded, pulling Liang Yuanyuan over to sign the documents before pressing her fingerprints and official seals onto them.

Yet, could the fact that Nangong was an eccentric with a bizarre personality serve as evidence to prove her innocence?

"So what if it does?!" Lin Tao had no intention of hiding it and admitted it outright. Nowadays, wiping out the Wolf Gang was a matter he could accomplish in mere minutes.

Their auras and foundational origins had at this moment transformed into those of orthodox righteous cultivators whom everyone recognized. Charging all the way through, no one detected any abnormalities.

I gave Xin Wan a look. Xin Wan made the first move, handing over the backpack she had brought along, followed by surrendering her cell phone and other personal items.

During that great battle, a rumor went that countless people had died, and even Yin Kaishan had returned to the Martial Ancestor Sect bearing severe injuries. Some even claimed that had the Crimson Flame Blood Demon been born a decade earlier, he might have been able to stand toe-to-toe with Mo Linyuan—though Qin Wan sneered at such a notion.

The hearts of Hua Mo and the others also rose into their throats; clearly, the root of the entire incident stemmed from this very idea harbored by Huatang.

The night passed without incident. Early the next morning, Mo Wen and Qin Shu arrived together, both wearing expressions of barely concealable strangeness.

Tang Chun had already been kicked to the ground by Zhang Yi, though Zhang Yi's condition was hardly any better. Lacking any prior fighting experience, and being only fourteen years old at the time, facing three grown men in their twenties—knocking down two and kicking down one was already quite impressive. Vanity instantly caused Zhang Yi to become blindly arrogant.

Emperor Dewu nodded with implicit approval and said nothing more. Stepping onto Leng Wuxi's back, he mounted his horse and laughed, "I'll grant you this favor, haha." Leng Wuxi hurriedly scrambled to his feet, smiling cheerfully as he led the horse toward the inner palace. The main army remained stationed outside, followed closely by the generals, with the other officials trailing in the rear.

The middle-aged man who had suddenly spoken raised his head to glance around alertly, abruptly noticing that Qin Meng was listening to their conversation with rapt attention, whereupon he instantly clamped his mouth shut.

Throughout the ordeal, the onlookers from the common folk were utterly stunned, for they heard nothing but continuous shrieks followed by the sight of the magistrate, bailiffs, and others paralyzed on the ground, wailing in agony.

"The Wolf Fang Army may appear menacingly aggressive, but upon closer inspection, anyone can easily see that they don't even have a single siege weapon!" Everyone present was a military man, so they were thoroughly versed in such matters.

Martina was equally clever, not leaking a single slip of the tongue. Her words were watertight, rehearsed in anticipation of these very issues—a routine task for Martina, who had nothing better to do all day.