Yet the three big shots couldn't even be bothered to look up at Cao Zhengchun's "warm welcome."
Elder Xu Anbang merely glanced at him with eyes that had witnessed a century of upheaval.
His gaze was calm, but it seemed to see straight through people.
Cao Zhengchun felt exposed inside and out, every dark scheme in his heart laid bare.
Zhao Mengsheng, the most hot-tempered of the three, gave a cold snort.
"Cao Zhengchun, you still have the nerve to ask what brings us here?"
He pointed at the shattered crystal coffin, then at Cao Longxiang's body lying on the ground. His voice rang with undisguised disgust and contempt.
"Crown Prince Specifications? Closing off Changping Street? Thousands kneeling to see him off?"
"What a grand display of power! What a spectacle!"
"What, do you think a son of the Cao Family is more precious than a martyr who died for his country?!"
Every word from Zhao Mengsheng struck Cao Zhengchun like a resounding slap across the face!
His old face flushed crimson, but he didn't dare argue.
"War God Zhao, you... you've misunderstood..."
He could only force a smile and try to explain.
"Misunderstood?"
Zhao Mengsheng's eyes widened, and a battle-hardened killing aura erupted from him!
"What have I misunderstood?!"
"All I know is that my brother's son was interrogated here like a criminal!"
"While the real killer hid behind the Cao Family's protection and put on a touching show of brotherly love!"
"Cao Zhengchun! The Cao Family has really outdone itself!"
Those words were harsh!
He might as well have pointed in Cao Zhengchun's face and accused him of sheltering a criminal and twisting right and wrong!
Cao Zhengchun's face shifted between green and white. Cold sweat streamed down his forehead.
He knew the situation had slipped completely beyond