With Cao Yuanbai’s angry rebuke, a terrifying aura filled the room, causing the crowd, who were already very tense, to feel their pressure multiply.
Some of those who were timid even fainted when they felt Cao Yuanbai’s aura.
This was the terrifying aura of Cao Yuanbai, who had been in a position of authority for many years!
With Cao Yuanbai’s angry rebuke, Cao Jincheng hurriedly kowtowed again and again.
“My son is telling the truth, I wouldn’t dare to conceal anything! If I tell a false word, I will be struck by thunder and lightning!”
Cao Jincheng said in a serious manner.
If it wasn’t for what he had just seen with his own eyes and the fact that everyone had heard about the character of this Grand Duke Cao, they would have thought that Cao Jincheng had been wrongly accused!
At the same time, the crowd was almost able to see a general picture.
This Grand Commander Cao seemed to have a righteous look, but in reality, he was just trying to take advantage of the opportunity to overturn his son’s case!
The Cao family, father and son, were deliberately putting on a show for everyone to see!
In fact, this was exactly what Cao Yuanbai intended to do.
Cao Jincheng was his son, and he naturally knew very well his son’s nature and what he had done or not done.
But now, he, Cao Yuanbai, wanted to overturn his son Cao Jincheng’s case in front of all the hot people.
Once Cao Jincheng’s case is overturned, then Li Nan, the nine-thousand-year-old, will be the one who is the most unreasonable.
If he had no reason to do so, he would be able to do justice to his son, and then expand the case to the emperor’s side and commit treason!
Although Cao Yuanbai thought that he was in full control of the situation with his own strength, everything had to be done with a reputation, and this was especially true of rebellion!
So, in Cao Yuanbai’s opinion, he had to go through the motions.
Cao Yuanbai then snorted coldly and looked at Cao Jincheng with a gloomy expression, “This is a very important matter, so I can’t take your word for it! If you have really done those treacherous things, I will never forgive you lightly. But don’t worry, if you have never done those things, but have suffered an injustice, I will definitely seek justice for you!”
After Cao Yuanbai said this, he did not forget to look at Li Nan at the side, obviously this was meant for Li Nan’s ears.
In response to Cao Yuanbai’s words, Li Nan only gave a cold smile.
“Oh, I wonder what Grand Commander Cao wants?”
Li Nan was also eager to see what other tricks this Grand Commander Cao could perform.
Only to hear Cao Yuanbai snort coldly and say, “It’s simple, everything has to be about a proof! If my son had really said and done what he said and did, as the Nine Thousand Elders said, then someone would have seen it, right? If someone is willing to testify, then naturally I have nothing to say! But if not ……”
Although Cao Yuanbai did not finish his sentence, the malicious expression on his face was already enough to explain everything.
After that, Cao Yuanbai looked at the people around him and shouted in a cold voice, “Among you, did anyone see my son Jin Cheng do something out of the ordinary?”
A powerful pressure pervaded at the same time.
The words fell.
Silence!
The huge Hengdian Street, tens of thousands of people, was deathly quiet!
Those people who were on the sidelines all had incomparable scorn on their faces.
Are you kidding, asking them to testify against Cao Jincheng?
It would be better to kill them!
Under such circumstances, anyone who dared to come forward to testify would be making an enemy of Generalissimo Cao!
Not only would the person who came forward to testify be killed, but even his family and even his clan would be affected!
Under such circumstances, how could anyone dare to come forward to testify?
Not to mention testifying, at this moment, the crowd did not even dare to utter a cough, lest they might be mistaken for someone who wanted to take the lead, and if they got into trouble for that, it would be too bad!
At this moment, Cao Yuanbai looked at those people in front of him, who were quiet and honest like quails, and the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but reveal a smug sneer.
The reaction of these people had naturally been expected by Cao Yuanbai.
As far as Cao Yuanbai was concerned, if he couldn’t subdue these people with his name as the Grand Commander, then he had lived all these years in this imperial capital for nothing!
It was precisely because he was so sure of himself that Cao Yuanbai dared to be so unafraid!
“It seems that no one saw it? In that case ……”
As he spoke, Cao Yuanbai’s face turned abruptly gloomy, and his gaze towards Li Nan was filled with a sinister look, clearly intending to settle accounts with Li Nan.
And just at that moment.
“I saw it!”
In the midst of the silence, a voice sounded out abruptly.
Everyone’s gazes, one after another, looked towards the direction from which the voice came.
Only to see that the person who spoke was no other than Xu Jiao Ran!
“What did you just say?!”
Cao Yuanbai looked towards Xu Jiao Ran, his voice filled with killing intent.
Xu Jiao Ran, however, still had a calm expression and said again, “I said, I saw it just now! I saw how Cao Jincheng came in the air, how he falsely accused others, how he used the Dragon Might Arrow, and how he screamed that this entire Great Qian Empire is under the rule of your Cao family!”
Xu Jiao Ran said all these words in one breath, without being condescending.
As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding crowd was in an uproar.
They didn’t expect that this little girl in front of them, knowing that she would face a trap from Grand Commander Cao, would dare to stand up for herself!
Even Li Nan, looking at Xu Jiao Ran in front of him, had a look of surprise on his face.
But then, the corner of Li Nan’s mouth also revealed a slight smile.
Yes, this soft-looking girl had never been this stubborn and fearless, never compromising!
It was precisely because of this that she had become the one that she had always admired when she was a teenager!
At this moment, Xu Jiao Ran also seemed to have noticed Li Nan’s gaze, and was also showing a light smile towards him.
The reason why Xu Jiao Ran was willing to stand out was actually quite simple in thought.
Just now, if it wasn’t for the timely appearance of this Ninth Millennium, then I was afraid that I would have already met an untimely end.
Now, when the other party needed her, how could she stand by and do nothing!
At this moment, Cao Yuanbai looked at Xu Jiao Ran in front of him, his face was gloomy and a hint of killing intent flashed in his eyes.
And just at that moment.
“I saw it too!”
A voice rang out once again.
The crowd looked at the sound, only to see that the person who spoke was none other than Liu Xueya!
“And us!”
All of Liu Xueya’s bodyguards also came forward.
This time, the crowd completely boiled over.
Even Jin Feng, who was at the side, had a look of surprise on his face.
Jin Feng was not present for those things that had happened earlier, so he could not testify.
However, there was a thought in Jin Feng’s mind just now as to whether he would have dared to come forward if it was himself.
As a result, there was no answer in his mind.
Or rather, the lack of an answer already indicated the answer.
So, at this moment, when he saw that these people dared to come forward to testify, Jin Feng’s heart was still full of admiration!
The same was true in Li Nan’s heart, and he was equally surprised that Liu Xueya and these bodyguards had come forward to testify.
“Grand Commander Cao, do you have anything to say now?”
Li Nan looked at Cao Yuanbai and said with a cold smile.
Cao Yuanbai’s face had long since turned ugly at this moment.
Immediately afterwards, Cao Yuanbai, however, laughed out coldly.
“Ninth Thousandth Year, I know that you are also someone who wants to save face. However, there is really no need for you to bring in these people to round things up for you.”
Cao Yuanbai said with a cold smile.
“Rounding up? I wonder what Grand Commander Cao means by that?”
Li Nan asked.
Cao Yuanbai looked at Xu Jiao Ran Liu Xue Ya and the others in front of him, and then said, “If I’m not mistaken, these should all be people from the secular world, right?”
Without waiting for Li Nan to speak, Cao Jincheng, who was kneeling at the side, hurriedly said, “That’s right, not only are they all from the secular world, but they are all friends of the Nine Thousand Years!”
Cao Yuanbai sneered, “That’s right! Nine Thousandth Year, since these are your friends and relatives, I’m afraid it’s difficult to convince the public if they come forward to testify! Anyway, I, Cao Yuanbai, am the first to refuse!”
At this moment, Xu Jiao Ran said in a cold voice, “Why can’t we testify? Although we are from the secular world, we have never met this Ninth Millennium before, nor are we his friends! If you don’t let us testify, you are clearly being a thief!”
Xu Jiao Ran was very straightforward, and almost without thinking, she said all the words in her heart.
As soon as Xu Jiao Ran said this, Cao Yuanbai’s face suddenly turned completely sinister.
“How dare you!”
Cao Yuanbai shouted angrily like a thunderstorm, scaring Xu Jiao Ran’s body into a shiver.
Cao Yuanbai looked at Xu Jiao Ran with a vicious look in his eyes.
“How dare you speak to me like this, a mere pariah of the secular world! It was enough for you to bear false witness, but now you dare to be rude to me. If I don’t show you something, you really think that my Cao family is easy to bully!”
Cao Yuanbai’s words were addressed to Xu Jiao Ran as well as to Li Nan.
As soon as the words left his mouth, he saw Cao Yuanbai take a step forward and grabbed Xu Jiao Ran’s neck with a tiger claw!
“Hiss ……”
When the surrounding people saw this scene, they could not help but suck in a breath of cold air.
At this moment, Cao Yuanbai was really like an enraged tiger, with a murderous aura.
Even the crowd could feel that Cao Yuanbai’s tiger claw was clearly intended to put Xu Jiao Ran to death!
The crowd was horrified, and they naturally understood that Cao Yuanbai was taking this opportunity to take revenge on the girl who dared to testify!
He was trying to make an example of her, so that no one would dare to speak out again!
Cao Yuanbai was so fast that he was in front of Xu Jiao Ran in almost an instant, and was determined to break her neck in an instant!