Chapter 503

But at this point, he could only leave it to fate.

Soon, everyone returned to the great courtyard.

Du Li and Master Mu Chang led their people into the courtyard.

Zhao Quan also brought Zhao Tan and Zhao Mu in.

Du Li said loudly: "Last night a noble was killed. The suspects are the lords of a few nearby villages, so the higher-ups are taking this very seriously. But don't misunderstand — what they're taking seriously isn't the noble himself, but the act of killing a noble!"

Hearing his words, the Zhao family finally understood what today was about.

But they were somewhat puzzled by the second half of his sentence.

Only Zhao Chi understood.

He had previously guessed that Zhao Ji and Zhao Quan were from the same family, and that had just been confirmed.

Du Li clearly and Zhao Quan clearly couldn't stand each other.

So what he meant was, what mattered wasn't whether Zhao Ji lived or died, but the identity of someone daring to attack a noble.

Zhao Quan was indeed glaring at him.

But Du Li couldn't care less: "Master Mu Chang, you may begin."

Master Mu Chang nodded: "Go ahead."

That squad of alien soldiers walked in from both sides.

They examined each of the lords one by one.

A short alien came up to Zhao Chi, and Zhao Chi noticed his eyes were somewhat red.

But his gaze was full of killing intent.

Zhao Chi wasn't afraid of that killing intent — he was only afraid of what they might be able to detect.

The alien before him simply stood in front of Zhao Chi, stared at him for a while, and sniffed at the same time.

Then he left.

That's it? The examination's done?

Zhao Chi was very puzzled.

But he saw that the others beside him were all the same.

After those soldiers left, they stood before Master Mu Chang.

Master Mu Chang nodded: "Understood."

Soon, Du Li seemed to receive something.

He reached out and said: "You, you, you, and you, and you — all of you, come here!"

He pointed at nine people in a row.

Seven men and two women — nine lords.

Zhao Chi was among them.

Zhao Chi's heart was in turmoil, but he forced himself to stay calm.

The other lords walked up, and Zhao Chi also stepped to the front.

Master Mu Chang said: "All of these people have been to Thick Fragrance Food Street, and among them these six have extremely abnormal strength — something's off."

Zhao Chi was among those six.

A surge of anger rose unbidden in Zhao Chi's heart.

He very much wanted to snap Master Mu Chang's thick fingers off.

Du Li glanced sidelong at Zhao Quan: "Is this what you call finished examining? What did you find?"

Zhao Quan frowned: "So what if they went there? Just fine them some gold coins."

Du Li said: "What about these six then? Their abilities have abnormally increased — they're the prime suspects!"

Prime suspect my ass.

Zhao Chi thought darkly.