Once, I wanted to be a good person-Chapter 797 - 196. Repel an Ascension-level Expert! (7000 words!)

Chapter 797: 196. Repel an Ascension-level Expert! (7000 words!)

Seeing Sima Liu walk out from inside the manor, everyone present was momentarily stunned.

After all, the reason the Sima family had come here tonight was to rescue Sima Jin and Sima Liu. Now, not only was Sima Liu unharmed, but he also seemed to be following Fang Ze’s commands? This truly took everyone by surprise.

Several members of the Sima family looked at Sima Liu in astonishment and then asked, “Elder Liu, how can it be you?”

“Elder Liu, are you alright?”

“Elder Liu, if you’ve been kidnapped, blink your eyes.”

Hearing the increasingly absurd comments from the Sima family, Sima Liu glared at the speaker and snorted coldly, “I’m fine.”

Seeing that Sima Liu could speak freely, the Sima family members hurriedly wanted to continue questioning. But at that moment, Fang Ze interrupted them, “Enough, I didn’t call Elder Liu out for you to catch up.”

At this point, Fang Ze looked towards Sima Liu and asked, “Elder Liu, the words I just mentioned, are they true or not?”

Once Fang Ze’s question was asked, the scene became utterly quiet. Whether it was the Sima family, the Si family, the gossiping Jia family members, or the many other powers watching from not far away, all eyes turned to Sima Liu, quietly waiting for his response.

But at this moment, Sima Liu seemed to be frozen, he looked at Fang Ze, fell silent for a while, and did not speak.

Seeing Sima Liu in this state, the Sima family members suddenly felt reassured, they protected Sima Liu by standing around him, then looked towards Fang Ze and shouted, “Fang Ze, don’t slander without evidence!”

“Our Elder Liu is not falling for your tricks, nor will he stand by your side.”

“You’d better think about how to respond to us!”

At this point, the three aristocrats from the Directly Governed State looked towards Fang Ze, and the female aristocrat among them slowly said, “Family Head Fang Ze, Elder Sima Liu has not come out to testify for you, could you explain what this is all about?”

Because of Sima Liu’s “defection,” the scene became highly chaotic, but the expression on Fang Ze’s face remained unfluctuated, he directly ignored everyone else, but only looked at Sima Liu and said, “Elder Liu. You seem to have forgotten again what I told you.”

“With these matters already known to me, do you think it’s still possible to cover them up?”

“I have a hundred ways to find clues, evidence, and make Sima Jin confess.”

“Your delaying now only makes things more complicated.”

Upon hearing Fang Ze’s words, the scene once again involuntarily quieted down, and everyone’s gaze fell back onto Sima Liu.

This time, Sima Liu’s expression fluctuated continuously and he opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but just then, suddenly an old voice rang in everyone’s ears, “Wait a moment.”

Though the voice clearly came from afar, it landed directly in everyone’s ears, allowing each person, no matter where they were, to hear it clearly.

As the voice spoke, the door of a car in the fleet behind was pushed open from the inside, and several vassals of the Sima family hurried over to greet the speaker. Following them, an old man with white hair, white eyebrows, and beard stepped down from the car.

He had dignified facial features that still displayed unmistakable pride and arrogance. Just by looking at his features, one could tell he must have been extremely handsome when he was young, but the marks of time were heavy on him now, leaving only his sharpness apparent.

As he arrived among the group, the Sima family members quickly paid their respects, and the aristocrats from the Directly Governed State also gave a half bow.

From everyone’s actions, Fang Ze also knew that the person before him must be the Ascension stage practitioner brought by the Sima family this time.

And from the old man’s pure purple attire, along with the Directly Governed State’s three aristocrats all paying respects and bowing in advance, it appeared that the old man was an aristocrat of considerable status in the Eastern Administrative Region.

He likely belonged to the same generation as the Demigods of yesteryears.

While Fang Ze thought this, the old man’s sharp eyes were looking at Fang Ze, and then he spoke sternly, “Our Sima family will discipline our own, it’s not your place, an outsider, to speak.”

He pointed at Sima Liu and said, “He had clearly already answered your question with his silence, yet you kept pressing him! Can such questioning produce any valid results?”

“Is this not leading the witness, or coercing a confession?”

“You’ve solved so many cases in Xida State, were they all done this way?”

The old man’s identity was already special, and together with a series of accusations, the atmosphere became extremely oppressive.

Even though he had not released any Ascension stage aura, the heavy pressure still weighed down on everyone present.

Seeing this, the three families of the Directly Governed State exchanged glances and then slowly spoke to Fang Ze, “Family Head Fang Ze, Sir Tai Shan has a point. You can’t repeatedly coerce a Mortality-Shedding expert into answering your questions with words.”

“Moreover, under your continuous questioning, the authenticity of his testimony is also questionable.”

Hearing the old man and the three aristocrats from the Directly Governed State, Fang Ze smiled. He asked, “Are you suggesting I’m leading the witness?”

“Well, that’s simple. Let’s take this matter straight to the Noble Court, and invite the Special Service Department to intervene.”