If Heaven hadn't given birth to me, I would be arrogant.

Looking into Zongze's sharp eyes, Cherte felt a chill run down his spine. To be honest, as a small-time hoodlum, fighting and intimidating others was commonplace for Cherte, but Zongze, who had taken a life with a single move, still frightened Cherte!

“This is Mudd’s mother, and this is his grandmother! This, uh… is his uncle…” With no other option, Cherte had to bite the bullet and randomly match couples together!

Zongze remained silent, simply watching Cherte introduce the people with a smile. Sometimes, Zongze would even flash an even brighter smile at the people being introduced, until Cherte finished pointing and introducing each person randomly, at which point Zongze stopped smiling!

The smile vanished, replaced by a chilling expression, his tone so cold it seemed to freeze one's heart and lungs. Having observed that none of the people present were mages, Munenori, already seething with rage, added a touch of ice magic to his voice!

“Chert just said that you are all family members of Mud, whom I killed! I would like to ask one last time, is there anything wrong with Chert’s introduction?” Zong Ze said coldly. Before anyone could reply, Zong Ze continued, “I think you all know the laws of the Empire. Falsely accusing and deceiving a nobleman will have a very miserable end!”

"Zongze..." Upon hearing Zongze's words, Long Xiaotian hurriedly interrupted him. Although he himself was not smart, Long Xiaotian, who had been tricked by Zongze three years ago, knew a little about it. Zongze was very clever, and he was afraid that Zongze would frighten these "family members" who had been bought with copper coins with just a few words!

Therefore, he had no choice but to speak up: "Zong Ze, what are you doing? Are you threatening the people of our Dragon Soaring Empire? They have already lost Mude and are heartbroken. They never expected to be threatened by you now. Do you really want our Dragon Soaring Empire to issue a letter of credence?"

"Your Highness, Third Prince!" Although he was interrupted, Zong Ze remained calm and composed: "As a prince of the empire, do you not even know that interrupting others is a very impolite thing to do? Or are you afraid of something?"

“I…” Long Xiaotian was speechless for a moment: “What do I have to be afraid of? Ask me!”

"Thank you!" Zong Ze bowed again, then continued to address the crowd: "I, Zong Ze, am an Imperial General and a Marquis. Now, I will ask you one more time: are you Mude's family? Remember, this is your last chance!"

To be honest, Zong Ze's words, especially the last sentence, made everyone a little uneasy. However, these people were all hoodlums who had spent their lives making a living by impersonating the relatives of the deceased to swindle money. Although they were afraid, no one stood up. Moreover, Mu De's mother said fiercely, "Debts must be repaid, and murderers must pay with their lives. You killed my son, and I'm going to fight this case with you!"

"Good! Very good!" Zong Ze suddenly laughed, turned to Long Xiaotian and said, "Third Prince, do you have anything to add? If not, then I'm about to begin. You should know that I'm very smart!"

"Start...start what?" Long Xiaotian asked nervously!

However, Zong Ze ignored Long Xiaotian and turned to Cherte, saying, "Cherte, I ask you, why are all of Mude's family members in the Rune Empire? Did your Third Prince bring you to the Rune Empire to study, and also bring your families with him?"

“No way!” Cherte tilted his head back. “They only came to the Rune Empire after I informed them of what happened to Muld.”

"Oh? Is that so!" Zong Ze nodded, then turned to look at Mude's mother: "Respected lady, may I ask how such a large group of you managed to travel all the way from the Dragon Empire to our Rune Empire?"

“I…we…” Mud’s mother couldn’t speak, but his grandmother replied promptly, “We came with a merchant caravan that came to the Rune Empire to do business!”

"Oh! It seems everyone has had a tough journey!" Zong Ze continued, nodding. "Then could you tell me which merchant company's caravan you're following? You know, the journey from Longteng Imperial Capital to Luen Imperial Capital is long, and small caravans wouldn't normally travel that route. It must be a large merchant company's caravan!"

“Yes! It’s a very large business!” the old lady quickly replied. “We were so upset about Mude’s situation on the way here that we didn’t pay attention to which business it was!”

“Alright! I understand!” Zong Ze nodded again, then turned to Director Fox with a smile and said, “May I ask, are you currently Director Fox of the Academy, or Lord Fox of the Imperial Foreign Affairs Office?”

“Of course it’s the Foreign Affairs Department’s Director, Tes Fox!” Fox hugged his sagging belly and answered arrogantly, “I am now representing the Foreign Affairs Department to handle your case of killing a viscount of the Dragon Empire!”

"Good!" Zong Ze's smile grew even brighter, a smile that sent a shiver down Long Xiaotian's spine: "You've been saying you have witnesses, but actually, I have witnesses too! Since Lord Fox is handling the case, I think I also have the right to call my witnesses to testify, don't I?"

After saying that, Zong Ze ignored everyone, turned around and went to the office door, finding one of the students watching: "Excuse me, I'd like to ask you for a favor!"

"Please speak, Mr. Zongze!" Zongze is now a minor celebrity among the students, and the person he asked for help from is a third-year female classmate. When she saw Zongze asking her for a favor, the girl blushed bright red!

"Please go to the main gate of our academy and inform the guards that General Zong Ze of the Imperial Divine Machine Battalion has ordered all soldiers of the academy's guard battalion to assemble in the office of the Director of the Political Education Department within ten minutes! Okay? Thank you, beautiful lady!" Zong Ze lifted the girl's right hand and kissed the back of her hand!

"Ah!" The little girl blushed even more, let out a soft "ah," turned and ran away. It wasn't until she reached the stairwell that she seemed to remember something: "I'll go call them now. Please remember my name, my name is Alice!"

"Zongze, what are you doing? Why are you calling for soldiers? Do you want to rebel?" Fox was a little nervous when he heard Zongze call for soldiers. He knew all about this. His nephew had already told him about Long Xiaotian's plan to frame Zongze. Otherwise, how could Mude and Cherte have suddenly become auditors at the academy?

Originally, according to his plan, Long Xiaotian and Little Fox should take this opportunity to get revenge on Zong Ze and vent their anger, since Zong Ze had really killed someone! But now that Zong Ze has suddenly called for soldiers, how could Fox not be nervous?