Zhang Weiyu said coldly, "I'd like to see just how much preparation Jiang Wang made for this day—and what evidence you can produce!"
Before so many people, he naturally could not say anything to stop Dugu Xiao from presenting her evidence.
Nor did he believe that this loyal hound, utterly devoted to Jiang Wang, could truly produce any evidence capable of helping Jiang Wang escape his predicament.
Still, he cautiously added the phrase "Jiang Wang's preparations," leaving himself an opening to destroy this evidence.
Just as Dugu Xiao was about to speak, Chongxuan Sheng raised a hand to stop her.
This Young Master born of a top-tier Name Gate looked at Zhang Weiyu and said with unusual solemnity, "By Lord Zhang's reasoning today, one of Great Qi's national Prodigies has secretly colluded with Sea Fishing Tower?"
"I must correct two errors of yours," Zhang Weiyu said. "First, Jiang Wang is indeed a national Prodigy, but he is not the only national Prodigy. Second, whether he colluded with Sea Fishing Tower is not a matter of my reasoning, but of what the evidence shows. I can neither control Jiang Wang nor interfere with Sea Fishing Tower. I am merely enforcing the law impartially."
Even while holding the advantage, Zhang Weiyu remained exceedingly cautious.
Perhaps the only "carelessness" in his leading this search mission to Green Sheep Town had been holding that talisman in his hand, thereby incurring an enormous debt.
"You really do grow braver with every setback." Chongxuan Sheng shook his head with a laugh, then asked, "There was word from the court this time that an investigation was to be conducted in Green Sheep Town—into whether Jiang Wang had ties to the Yang Clan remnants, as well as his entanglements with Equality State and Hell's Gate. Those three were