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

"Ah!" Upon hearing Zong Ze's words, Long Xiaotian was instantly dumbfounded. He had considered many questions, but he hadn't expected Zong Ze to find a clue in Cherte's accent. In fact, it wasn't that Long Xiaotian and the two Foxes hadn't thought of this issue!

Firstly, time was of the essence, and Long Xiaotian simply did not have time to transfer people from the Longteng Empire. Secondly, the accents of the Longteng Empire and the Luen Empire were not very different, and it was impossible to tell them apart unless one listened carefully. Thirdly, no one on the Holy Word Continent had ever thought of using accents when investigating cases!

Just as Long Xiaotian was wondering what to say, a voice came from outside the crowd: "Who says that the attendants of the princes of the Dragon Soaring Empire can't have the accent of the Rune Empire?"

The speaker was none other than Little Fox. How could he not come to such an important event? However, out of fear of Zong Ze, he had been secretly observing from outside the crowd. Now that he saw Zong Ze suddenly turn hostile and raise issues, Little Fox had no choice but to step forward to help his cousin out of the predicament!

Pushing through the crowd and bypassing Zong Ze, Little Fox finally stood before his uncle, Tes Fox, and said to everyone, "As you all know, Prince Long Xiaotian is my cousin, and his mother, the Imperial Concubine of the Longteng Empire, is my aunt!"

Upon hearing this, the people around nodded in agreement. Although those with a bit of common sense knew that Fox's sister-in-law's becoming a concubine to the Emperor of the Dragon Empire was a political deal after the war, they had also heard that Long Xiaotian's mother was very favored in the Dragon Empire and rose all the way from an ordinary concubine to a Noble Consort!

There are even rumors that the current Empress of the Dragon Empire seems to be in very poor health and is on her deathbed, and that the Emperor of the Dragon Empire intends to make Long Xiaotian's mother the Empress!

This is why, although the Fox family has been operating in the Rune Empire for generations, Fox only served as the Empire's Minister of Finance and did not rise to a higher position. After all, Lan Qizhan also had to be wary of Fox, since his sister-in-law might be able to sit on the throne of the Dragon Empire's Empress.

Seeing everyone nod, Little Fox smiled smugly and said, "Chelte's parents were my aunt's dowry attendants when she went to the Dragon Empire. They gave birth to Chelte there. What's wrong with Chelte following his parents' accent? Is that really evidence for you, Lord Zongze?"

"Yes! That's it!" Long Xiaotian was overjoyed and quickly said, "Their parents came to our Dragon Soaring Empire with my mother. I've heard their parents speak, and they always have the accent of the Rune Empire, so Cherte has always had the accent of the Rune Empire!"

"No rush! I'm not done yet!" Although Long Xiaotian thought that Zong Ze had run out of tricks after his cousin's words, Zong Ze remained calm and unhurried: "Then let me ask you one more question, were these people also those who went with your mother back then?"

Zongze was referring to that group of so-called Mude's family members!

"Uh... this!" Long Xiaotian was about to say no when he was gently touched by Little Fox next to him. He then realized that these people also spoke with the accent of the Rune Empire. He quickly said, "Yes, they all do. My two attendants were brought here by my mother from the Rune Empire!"

After saying that, Long Xiaotian looked at Zong Ze triumphantly, thinking to himself, "Let's see what excuse you have now. It's just an accent problem, right? I'll just say they came to Longteng as part of the dowry. Go ahead and check in Longteng if you dare! Even if you do check, I can easily tell you something and make you look like a fool!"

But to everyone's surprise, Zong Ze coldly ordered the guards again: "Tie up all these swindlers, and hand them over to the garrison for thorough interrogation, along with that Cherte. I want to know everything about their possessions, including what they've eaten these past few days!"

"Zongze, don't go too far!" Tes Fox shrieked, "Who gave you such power? His Highness the Third Prince said that all these people came to the Dragon Empire with my sister when they married. Even if their accents are from the Rune Empire, it's normal. What gives you the right to order their arrest?"

Although Director Fox was screaming, the soldiers ignored him and rushed forward, untying the ropes around their waists and quickly binding the so-called family members together like a string of gourds!

"Hmph!" Zong Ze sneered, "At this point, you still insist on holding on. Don't blame me for not giving you face. Do you really think I arrested them because of their accents?"

After saying that, Zongze suddenly pointed at the old woman who had hugged his leg and wailed twice before and asked, "I heard you are Mude's grandmother?"

The old woman nodded.

Zong Ze suddenly smiled: "You only found out that I killed your grandson after receiving a notification from Cherte, and then your whole family came to the Rune Empire with the caravan, right?"

The old lady continued to nod!

Zong Ze's smile deepened: "Because you've been deeply saddened by the passing of your grandson, you haven't paid attention to which merchant caravan you were following along the way. You only vaguely remember that the merchant caravan was very large, am I right?"

He nodded again!

Zong Ze's eyes nearly squinted with laughter: "I killed your grandson four days ago, and you received Cherte's message that same day, didn't you?"

Keep nodding!

"Slap!" Zong Ze stopped laughing, but instead reached out and slapped the old lady hard across the face. "I don't want to hit women, but I can't help but want to hit people like you. You're capable of making money by causing trouble over the dead. It's just a pity that you've picked the wrong target this time!"

Before anyone could react to Zongze's actions, Little Fox slapped his forehead, and large beads of cold sweat began to stream down his forehead!

"Hehe!" Seeing Little Fox's performance, Zong Ze walked up to him and Long Xiaotian, held up his right index finger and waved it from side to side in front of Long Xiaotian: "You're no good at playing tricks. In this respect, you can't even catch up with your cousin. He already understands what's going on, and you're still standing here like an idiot!"

"Fox, what's wrong? Why are you sweating so much?" Although Long Xiaotian knew that something must have gone wrong, he couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried. He only saw Zong Ze ask the old lady a few questions, and the content was consistent with what he had just said. Then Zong Ze suddenly slapped the old lady, and his cousin was sweating profusely!

"Cousin!" Little Fox tried his best to calm himself down, and then said in a trembling voice, "From the Dragon Empire to the capital of the Rune Empire, even if you ride a fast horse and travel day and night without eating or sleeping, it will take at least ten days!"