Tuo Zhan's face was contorted with ferocity.
His heart seethed with boundless rage and murderous intent.
Ever since the Tuo family became the magistrate of Guangling County,
no one had dared to disregard the Tuo family.
Chen Nan, on the other hand,
had first slain a super expert of the Ghost Realm second layer from the Tuo family,
and now he had brought the Demon Suppression Division to raid the Tuo family.
He truly showed no regard for the Tuo family!
"Magistrate Tuo has quite a temper!"
A playful voice sounded.
Chen Nan, clad in a black brocade robe, strode in with an energetic demeanor.
Behind him followed a group of experts from the Demon Suppression Division.
Each of them was clad in armor and brandished sharp weapons,
exuding a palpable aura of grim determination.
Tuo Kai roared, "Chen Nan, what is the meaning of this?"
"Do you know the penalty for unauthorizedly leading people to encircle the family of a Level Five Yin Messenger?"
"Who gave you the gall to dare invade my Tuo family?"
Chen Nan ignored him, his gaze fixed on Tuo Zhan, and calmly asked, "Magistrate Tuo, do you know your crime?"
Tuo Zhan's face was indifferent. "Chen Nan, do you know the penalty for slandering a court official?"
Chen Nan sneered. "You should know in your heart whether it is slander or not, shouldn't you?"
Tuo Zhan: "If this official is guilty, then present your evidence."
"If you have none, then please take your people and leave the Tuo family."
"I will report the events of tonight to the Great Emperor and request the Emperor to uphold justice."
His face was flushed with anger,
giving the impression of being exceptionally wronged.
"Magistrate Tuo's acting skills are quite good," Chen Nan chuckled. "Since you don't know your crime, allow me to remind you a little!"
"After the suppression of the Rebellious Heaven Sect, a total of eighteen thousand two hundred commanders of the Demon Suppression Division died under bizarre circumstances."
"Do you dare say that this case has nothing to do with your Tuo family?"
Tuo Zhan's pupils trembled violently.
He had never expected Chen Nan to bring up this matter.
Nor had he anticipated that Chen Nan would investigate the Tuo family.
Before he could speak,
his son Tuo Kai's voice rang out, roaring furiously, "Chen Nan, you are spewing baseless accusations!"
"My Tuo family has no enmity with the commanders of the Demon Suppression Division."
"Why would we harm them?"
"If my Tuo family is involved in this case,"
"may all our family members be struck by divine lightning and perish..."
Before he could finish speaking,
Tuo Zhan roared, "Enough!"
Tuo Kai looked bewildered.
Why did his father stop him from taking such a solemn oath?
"Magistrate Tuo, why did you stop your son from swearing?" Chen Nan's lips curved into a slight smile. "Are you feeling guilty?"
Tuo Zhan retorted angrily, "The innocent will remain innocent. My Tuo family does not need to use oaths to prove its innocence!"
"If that's the case, then I shall reveal all the crimes committed by your Tuo family!" Chen Nan waved his right hand, and a chair from the Tuo family's living room floated to his side.
He casually sat on the chair. "Two years before the Rebellious Heaven Sect rebelled, the commander of the Demon Suppression Division, Han Dongliang, went to Fengdu City to revise and compile the Hundred Family Surnames."
"It was in that edition of the Hundred Family Surnames that your Tuo family was removed."
"You were excluded from the Hundred Family Surnames."
"As a result, your Tuo family harbored murderous intent towards Han Dongliang."
"Because Han Dongliang was the highest-ranking Yin Messenger involved in the revision of the Hundred Family Surnames."
"Therefore, you also harbored hatred towards the position of commander of the Demon Suppression Division."
"Hence!"
"You vented all your resentment for having the Tuo surname excluded from the Hundred Family Surnames onto the commanders of the Demon Suppression Division."
"Making the position of commander of the Demon Suppression Division a curse."
"Whoever took office would not live for more than half a year."
"I have reviewed the biographical summaries of the Demon Suppression Division commanders who died under bizarre circumstances."
"And discovered a very interesting thing."
"The higher the surname ranked in the Hundred Family Surnames, the earlier their death occurred."
"I have considered many possibilities."
"Who would kill based on the ranking of surnames?"
"Besides your Tuo family, which was excluded from the Hundred Family Surnames,"
"it is unlikely anyone would do such a pointless thing!"
Upon hearing this,
Qi Ye and Kuang Tu were greatly astonished.
They had been investigating the case of the mysteriously deceased commanders of the Demon Suppression Division in their spare time,
but they had not discovered this clue.
Yet Chen Nan, upon taking office, had already uncovered this crucial lead.
It seemed Chen Nan's strength far surpassed theirs,
and his ability to solve cases was also far superior.
Resistance...
seemed futile!
Tuo Zhan gritted his teeth and roared, "You are right, my Tuo family does not like this position of commander of the Demon Suppression Division."
"If it weren't for Han Dongliang,"
"our Tuo surname would not have been excluded from the Hundred Family Surnames."
"Because he had a personal grudge with my Tuo family ancestor,"
"he excluded the Tuo family from the Hundred Family Surnames."
"I wish I could skin him alive and grind his bones to dust."
"But what does that prove?"
"Even if we wanted to kill the commanders of the Demon Suppression Division to vent our anger, do we have the ability?"
"You indeed do not have the ability!" Chen Nan stated.
"However,"
"the Book of Life and Death has that ability!"
Tuo Zhan's brow furrowed. "If I understand you correctly, you are implying that our Tuo family used the Book of Life and Death to kill the commanders of the Demon Suppression Division?"
"Chen Nan, Chen Nan, the Book of Life and Death is the foremost treasure of the Underworld!"
"It is guarded by the Great Emperor."
"How could my Tuo family possibly use the Book of Life and Death to kill the commanders of the Demon Suppression Division?"
"However, during the rebellion of the Rebellious Heaven Sect, five pages of the Book of Life and Death were accidentally lost," Chen Nan's lips curved upwards. "If I recall correctly, your Tuo family's ancestor once went to Fengdu City."
A hint of horror flashed in Tuo Zhan's eyes. "How do you know my Tuo family's ancestor went to Fengdu City?"
"Naturally, your Tuo family's ancestor appeared in my dream," Chen Nan said with a smile.
The fact that the Tuo family's ancestor had visited Fengdu City was unknown to ordinary people.
Neither the ancient texts of the Demon Suppression Division nor the ancient texts provided by Song Linhui mentioned it.
But Chen Nan had an even more formidable network.
That was the hall masters of the Rebellious Heaven Sect.
He had obtained this information through the communication wooden tokens of the Rebellious Heaven Sect.
After all, those people from the Rebellious Heaven Sect were ancient monsters who had lived for tens of thousands of years.
"You say my Tuo family's ancestor appeared in my dream?" Tuo Zhan roared. "Nonsense! Why would my Tuo family's ancestor appear in your dream? Do you take us all for fools?"
He absolutely did not believe his ancestor would appear in Chen Nan's dream.
Who the hell are you?
The Tuo family's ancestor had died over ten thousand years ago.
He would appear in your dream?
He naturally did not believe Chen Nan's claim of a dream.
But Chen Nan had mentioned the enmity between the Tuo family and Han Dongliang,
and that the commanders of the Demon Suppression Division died due to those five pages of the Book of Life and Death.
This still gave him an ominous premonition.
Moreover, he had investigated Chen Nan.
This young man had an extraordinary disposition and was profoundly cunning.
Since he dared to lead people to encircle the Tuo family, he must have discovered some clues.
Otherwise, he was bluffing!
Thinking of this,
he said, "Lord Chen claims my Tuo family murdered the commanders of the Demon Suppression Division. If that is the case, then present your evidence!"
"Although I, Tuo Zhan, dislike court struggles,"
"I will absolutely not tolerate a junior like you bullying the Tuo family!"
A cold smile played on Chen Nan's lips. "Since that's the case, then I will make you accept it wholeheartedly!"
"Qi Ye, Kuang Tu, heed my command!"
"Your subordinate is here!"
Chen Nan roared, "Go to the Tuo family ancestral hall and bring the Tuo family genealogy!"
Upon hearing this,
Tuo Zhan's face instantly turned as pale as wax, and a chill shot up his spine, making him tremble all over!
As if he had fallen into an ice cave in the bitter cold of midwinter!