Secular Immortal of the Nine Realms Chapter 59: An Explanation

“Commander Xiao, it’s rather presumptuous of you to one-sidedly insist it isn’t a coincidence. Yes, I did meet Vice Minister Qin that day, but he left in a hurry. As for where he went, neither my eyes nor my ears are keen enough to tell,” Fang Chen calmly replied.

Xiao Shence frowned.

His instincts told him that Fang Chen was involved in Qin Dong’s disappearance, but he simply couldn’t figure out what could have prompted him to make a move on a second-grade official. Would he really make a move on Vice Minister Qin over a missing maid?

“Your Majesty, Fang Chen’s words make sense. It’d be premature to conclude that Fang Chen has kidnapped Vice Minister Qin just because Fang Chen previously investigated a related case and had met him on the same day,” the Fifth King suddenly spoke up. “As far as I know, there’s no ties between Fang Chen and Vice Minister Qin. There’s no reason for Fang Chen to blatantly disregard our laws and make a move on Vice Minister Qin. That’s a crime punishable by death!”

“The Fifth King makes sense…”

The officials whispered among themselves.

“Fifth King, that’s not necessarily the case.”

A middle-aged man with facial features resembling Tao Yu’s took a step forward. He was the Minister of Rites Tao Mingsheng, as well as Qin Dong’s direct superior.

Tao Mingsheng first cast his gaze across the imperial court before he turned to the emperor, clasped his fist, and said, “Your Majesty, Fang Chen is a fourth stage Ki Manifestation martial artist. Experts of his caliber tend to be reckless in their behavior. It was due to his arrogance in the Three Realms Mountain five years ago that we lost many of our soldiers.”

Tao Mingsheng paused for a brief second before turning to the crown prince. “Even the crown prince was once slapped by Fang Chen. With his audacity, it’s not unthinkable for him to inflict harm upon the Vice Minister of Rites.”

The officials fell silent.

They were aware of the matter, but at the same time, the crown prince wasn’t the crown prince then. Instead, it was the Third

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