Hearing his son's voice at the door, the head of the Jiang family stood up reflexively, and then strode out to greet him.

At this time, Jiang Cheng outside the door had broken away from the maid's support. He staggered into the door with his hair disheveled. Then as soon as he saw his father, he suddenly fell to his knees at his father's feet, crying and shouting.

, "Father, you must help me. Fang Ze is bullying others too much!"

Seeing Jiang Cheng like this and hearing Jiang Cheng's words, the head of the Jiang family looked stern and his eyes were filled with distress. He supported Jiang Cheng and said, "Cheng'er, don't be anxious. Stand up and speak slowly.

"

Hearing his father's words, Jiang Cheng didn't get up at all. He was obviously in his thirties or almost forty years old, but he hugged his father's legs like a child, crying and saying, "Father.

I have never suffered so much grievance."

"That night, I was lying on the bed at home sleeping, but when I opened my eyes, I found myself in a completely unfamiliar place."

"And my abilities are banned and my strength is controlled. I can't resist at all."

"And Fang Ze appeared in front of me, looking at me eagerly."

"I had no idea what was going on, so he arrested me..."

Speaking of this, Jiang Cheng showed an unbearable expression on his face, and said with a bitter look on his face, "Then I was hung up by him... all kinds of humiliation."

Hearing Jiang Cheng's words, Jiang Cheng's father used his arms to lift Jiang Cheng up and push him onto a chair nearby. He took a deep breath and said with an ugly face, "Are you sure it's Fang Ze?"

Jiang Cheng nodded vigorously and said, "I'm sure! I can recognize him even if he turns to ashes!"

Jiang Cheng's father's eyes flickered. For a moment, he looked at Jiang Cheng, and then asked, "Then how did you escape?"

Hearing his father's words, Jiang Cheng couldn't help but hesitate on his face. He said confusedly, "I don't know either."

"I only know that Fang Ze has been torturing me these past few days. But something suddenly happened today. At night, for some reason, the chains binding my wrists suddenly broke and I fell off the torture device. When I opened my eyes again,

Just returned home.”

"Maybe the way he trapped me has a time limit?"

Jiang Cheng's father narrowed his eyes slightly, lowered his head and began to think, not knowing what he was thinking about.

After a moment, he raised his head and asked for more details about Jiang Cheng's disappearance in the past few days. Jiang Cheng followed Fang Ze's request and told the story of the past few days, half truthfully and half falsely.

Jiang Cheng's father was obviously not someone who was easily deceived. He kept questioning Jiang Cheng for almost an hour before he stopped asking. After that, he comforted Jiang Cheng and told Jiang Cheng that he would definitely seek justice for him.

He called the maid to take Jiang Cheng down and asked Jiang Cheng to rest first and talk about it tomorrow.

After watching Jiang Cheng leave, Jiang Cheng's father slowly narrowed his eyes. After a moment, he suddenly said to the empty room, "What do you think?"

After hearing Jiang Cheng's father's inquiry, a gentle scholar wearing Hanfu and holding a folding fan came out of the dark corner of the room. His brows were furrowed, and he was obviously analyzing everything Jiang Cheng had just said.

After a moment, he bowed slightly towards Jiang Cheng's father and said slowly, "Master, I think there is something hidden in this matter. It is probably a trap."

Hearing the scholar's words, Jiang Cheng's father said "Oh?" noncommittally and asked, "Why do you say that?"

The scholar analyzed, "First of all, there is the mysterious disappearance of the young master and the equally bizarre appearance. If you want to silently break through the family's layers of defense, you will definitely have to take action from a demigod."

"The only demigods still alive in Xidazhou are our ancestors and the old man of the Bai family."

"It is impossible for these two Your Majesty to do such a thing for Fang Ze."

"So if it was really a demigod who took action, it would probably be an outsider demigod who secretly came to Cedar State or a noble from another state."

"The second thing is that the young master said that Fang Ze has been torturing him for three days."

"But after the young master disappeared, we immediately monitored Fang Ze. He has been performing secret tasks for the Security Bureau for the past two days. As a result, the situation in the entire state capital was messed up and people were panicked. He didn't have any

time."

"Moreover, he just met you today and sent the young master back in the evening. Isn't this a bit too coincidental? Coincidences all seem to be deliberately arranged..."

"Finally, the young master..."

Having said this, he couldn't help but stop.

Jiang Cheng's father glanced at him expressionlessly and said coldly, "Don't worry. Keep talking."

"Yes." The scholar agreed, and then analyzed, "What the young master just said seems to be okay at first glance. But when you think about it carefully, it cannot stand up to scrutiny. There are too many loopholes and unclear places."

"And... the young master is really bad at lying. When he lies, he likes to rub the fingers of his left hand, and when he said this, his left hand almost didn't stop."

"So to sum up, I think there must be something hidden in this matter."

After hearing the scholar's words, Jiang Cheng's father also took a deep breath, and then exhaled heavily.

He asked with stern eyes, "Then why do you think there is Cheng'er's aura on Fang Ze?"

The scholar said calmly, "Deliberately framed."

Jiang Cheng's father was silent for a while, and then he spoke, "I have the same idea as you. This matter is too coincidental, and the method is too crude."

"If Fang Ze really did this, then he has no reason to let Cheng'er back. This will only increase his suspicion."

"Furthermore, even if this thing is really done by Fang Ze, it means that he has the support of demigods behind him, so we don't dare to take action!"

"And if Fang Ze didn't do this, then things would be interesting."

His eyes flickered, "It should be impossible for Mr. Bai to do this. Then the man behind the scenes is likely to be an outsider demigod or a noble family from another state."

"The purpose should be to intensify the conflict between us and Fang Ze. To cause chaos in West Dazhou, or... to suppress Fang Ze."

"or..."

When it comes to this, he himself is a little bit speechless, "This is all a play directed and acted by Chenger."

"The purpose is to let the family suppress Fang Ze and help him vent his anger."

Hearing Jiang Cheng's father's words, the scholar smiled and said nothing. Apparently he also thought of this, but it was just not convenient for him to say it...

After all, there are three possibilities:

1. There was a demigod behind Fang Ze, who broke through the Jiang family’s defenses and kidnapped Jiang Cheng, and then accidentally let Jiang Cheng run away.

2. In order to disrupt Xida State or suppress Fang Ze, demigods from outside the territory or from other states broke through the Jiang family's defenses, planned such a crude kidnapping, and deliberately let Jiang Cheng go.

3. Jiang Cheng secretly hid himself in the manor so that no one could find him. He showed up again two days later and framed Fang Ze.

Of these three possibilities, the easiest to implement and the most reasonable is actually the third one.

Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng's father rubbed his temples, and then sighed, "This child is almost forty years old. When will he grow up?"

After saying that, he waved his hand a little tiredly and said, "Take him to check tomorrow. After making sure there is no problem, I will put a silence order on this matter and no one is allowed to talk about it."

"If it is really the first two possibilities, Fang Ze and those demigods will not be able to do it just this once after seeing that it has no effect."

"If it's the last one..."

After a moment, he sighed deeply, "Hey."

After hearing what Jiang Cheng's father said, the scholar quickly bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

After the two of them finished talking about this, Jiang Cheng's father suddenly asked, "What do you think of Fang Ze welcoming back the Si family's old team today?"

When talking about this, the scholar's expression became more solemn. He said, "At the beginning, because the Si family controlled the federal garrison and had special abilities, the affiliated forces were the strongest in the entire eastern jurisdiction."

"In addition, the old man of the Si family has always had an ambiguous stance towards demigods, so each family has a tacit agreement to suppress them and inhibit the development of the Si family."

"I didn't expect that only a few people escaped back then, but they have become so powerful now."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh, "In addition to not having top experts, the current Si family has a solid aristocratic background. Give them a few more years, it's really hard to say who has the final say in West Dazhou.

."

Jiang Cheng's father also said with a gloomy expression, "Yes. The strength that Fang Ze showed today really shocked us."

"Nine Huayang-level people. This is still a case of lack of resources. As time goes by, there will be two or three more Tuian-level people..."

He didn't say any more, but the expression on his face proved his worry...

Maybe his emotions infected the scholar. The scholar stood there, waving his fan and thinking deeply...

...........

Fang Ze still didn't know that his strategy of advancing before retreating successfully resolved the crisis of Jiang Cheng's disappearance. After sending Jiang Cheng away, he started tonight's investigation.

The target of his investigation is the second traitor congressman: Councilor Xu.

Fang Ze's purpose is very simple, he just wants to see if he can get more information from Councilor Xu about Big Black Garo and the fifth traitor...

I investigated step by step for two hours...

After the investigation, Fang Ze disconnected the link from Councilor Xu, who was still immersed in his dream, and then closed his eyes to sort through the information he had obtained.

"It turns out it's him..."

After making sure that nothing was missing, Fang Ze opened his eyes with a smile.

I strolled over to the table, and there was already a strange silver pocket watch-like thing on the table, which was obviously today's harvest.

Because the value of the information obtained tonight was quite good, Fang Ze was also looking forward to this harvest.

With this in mind, Fang Ze picked up the pocket watch and waited patiently for two minutes.

For a moment, the information about this pocket watch appeared in his mind.

[Hostile Pocket Watch]
To be continued...