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She gave a slight bow to the three men and then said, "Elder Pang, Speaker Qiu, Speaker Huang."

"Miss Xue'er is still a virgin, and an examination of her body using the 'Cataclysmic Artifact' confirms that she has not had a single drop of any male fluid on her body in the past 48 hours."

Upon hearing the female director's words, Huang Shangzong was shocked, and even Elder Pang looked at Qiu Tu in surprise.

After a moment, Huang Shangzong seemed to have thought of something and suddenly spoke up, "You just said that you stayed overnight at Xue'er's villa last night."

"Nothing happened between you and Xue'er..."

"Then... the enemy's daughter... ah... oh..." Huang Shangzong stopped mid-sentence as if he had just realized something.

However, it was clear that everyone present could understand what he was saying.

Qiu Tu kept his eyes down, focusing on his own thoughts, trying his best to be an extra.

Old Pang glanced at him with a hint of surprise, his expression unchanged, but he was overjoyed inside!

Qiu Tu didn't eat Xue'er last night, but he ate Yan Yan?

So... Huang Shangzong's arrival with his troops was a complete farce without any reason whatsoever!?

As the state legislator, he blindly trusted intelligence from unofficial sources and led troops into another state! He angrily rebuked the other state legislator and even besieged the state capital!

This is a very serious offense.

As for Qiu Tu... although he didn't fall for the trick and eat Xue'er, he secretly ate Yan Chen's daughter, Yan Yan?

Originally, Old Pang used this dirty and vicious scheme to try and control Qiu Tu by using one wolf to devour another.

The best outcome that Pang Lao had in mind was that Huang Shangzong would use his connections in Dongye Prefecture to cause trouble for Qiu Tu and prevent Qiu Tu's orders from leaving the prefecture.

Afterwards, Qiu Tu, enraged, may also use his connections in New South Wales, such as Tang Feifei and Liu Xiongyuan, to hinder Huang Shangzong.

As a result, Xinzhou and Dongyezhou, Qiutu and Huangshangzong will inevitably be tied down and worn down, leaving them no time to do anything else.

At this point, Elder Pang can unleash his second and third killing moves, gradually dragging Qiu Tu and Huang Shangzong into the mire.

As it turns out... he only got to the first step. Huang Shangzong collapsed on his own.

But Qiu Tu still managed to provoke a jackal...

'Double happiness!'

Thinking this, Elder Pang was overjoyed, but his face turned ashen as he looked at Huang Shangzong and angrily rebuked him, "Speaker Huang! What kind of mess have you made!"

"You'll see what happens when the shelter is held accountable!"

After saying that, Pang Laoqi flicked his sleeves and walked straight toward the convoy.

Huang Shangzong stood there dumbfounded, as if he had never expected this to happen.

Having witnessed this dramatic reversal, both Pang Lao's confidants and the female director were thoroughly entertained.

They were also afraid of being silenced by Huang Shangzong in his rage, so they quickly took advantage of Huang Shangzong's lack of reaction and secretly ran towards Elder Pang's convoy.

Seeing this, Qiu Tu ignored Huang Shangzong and walked towards his own convoy.

At this moment, Huang Shangzong seemed to finally come to his senses. He looked at Elder Pang with a deep expression, then at Qiu Tu, before dejectedly heading towards the camp of his several thousand soldiers.

Because the soldiers' camp was in the same direction as Qiu Tu's convoy, and because Huang Shangzong took large strides, Huang Shangzong passed Qiu Tu in just a few seconds.

Just as their figures crossed, Huang Shangzong said softly, "Thanks."

The words were barely audible; Huang Shangzong didn't even open his mouth. But Qiu Tu heard them clearly.

However, he didn't answer, but instead let out a soft "hmm" through his nose, seemingly unconsciously...

The farce ended in a lose-lose-lose situation.

There are no walls in the world that cannot be sealed.

In just one afternoon, various departments of the state government updated the shocking news of the day.

Qiu Tu's enemy's daughter was not Huang Shangzong's daughter Xue'er, but was suspected to be... Yan Chen's daughter Yan Yan.

This sudden reversal almost caught the onlookers off guard.

And that's not the end.

The farce was quickly reported to the shelter.

The shelter's leaders were furious.

In particular, Huang Shangzong's act of leading troops to other states based on false information was extremely egregious and could almost be considered a rebellion.

So, in less than two hours, an appointment and dismissal letter was sent from the asylum to New South Wales.

Hwang Sang-jong was removed from his post as Speaker of the New State Assembly and replaced by Bae Kyung, another Vice Speaker from the "academic faction" who was in charge of the "military system" in North Unju.

Qiu Tuji issued a "warning" once.

Perhaps it's because there have been too many problems in East Asia and New South Wales in the past two years.

The shelter established a temporary position called "Commander of the Two Prefectures," which was concurrently held by Pang Lao, to oversee all military and political affairs in Dongye Prefecture and Xin Prefecture.

For a time, Elder Pang's prestige and influence reached their peak in both states.

Meanwhile, in the office of the Speaker of the Dongye State Legislative Assembly.

Qiu Tu leaned back in his chair, completely shrouded in darkness. He closed his eyes and began to unravel the hidden details of the entire incident, and... the political maneuvering of Elder Rao and Elder Tang...

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In fact, Qiu Tu had already sensed something was amiss when Guan Xiao brought him the information earlier today.

It wasn't that the news somehow reached Huang Shangzong's side—Huang Shangzong had just stepped down as the Speaker of the Dongye Prefecture Council, and his intelligence network was largely composed of his people.

Instead... Huang Shangzong was furious after learning about this, and even led his personal guards to confront Qiu Tu!

Qiu Tu and Huang Shangzong had worked together for a period of time. Huang Shangzong was indeed prone to acting impulsively and without considering the consequences, and his political acumen was rather low.

However! When it comes to military matters, Huang Shangzong remains incredibly calm.

Otherwise, Huang Shangzong wouldn't have become the speaker based on his military abilities.

Besides understanding Huang Shangzong's personality, another thing that convinced Qiu Tu that something was wrong was...

Qiu Tu informed Huang Shangzong about this last night!

Qiu Tu isn't like the male and female leads in some disgusting TV dramas, who hide everything until things explode before revealing the truth.

When Xue'er was poisoned and sent to his bed, Qiu Tu, of course, would inform Huang Shangzong immediately, ensuring his own safety.

So... after taking Xue'er back to the villa and settling her in, Qiu Tu asked Yan Yan to make a phone call to Huang Shangzong.

When Huang Shangzong learned that his daughter had been through such a thing, he was furious and worried!

Then he instructed Yan Yan to take out a special cataclysmic artifact that could make video calls from Xue'er's safe and directly dialed the video call.

Therefore, he clearly saw Xue'er's current situation in the video and realized the urgency of the situation.

We also saw Qiu Tu feed Xue'er the potion, and Xue'er returned to normal (due to the effect of the Order Space), then slowly fell asleep...

Afterwards, Yan Yan stayed inside to take care of Xue Er, while Qiu Tu and Huang Shangzong went outside to continue their conversation.

During the chat, Huang Shangzong was clearly furious about the incident, and even his voice betrayed his suppressed anger.

His first suspect was... the evil god of the Cataclysmic Zone.

After all, Qiu Tu's strength is not weak; he has already reached the fifth rank and is a top combatant in the 8th Shelter.

The fact that someone could quietly deliver Xue'er to Qiu Tu's bed shows they must be incredibly capable.

So, it's highly likely that they also possess the strength of a fifth-tier being. Therefore... the probability of an evil god causing trouble increases significantly.

As for the motives of the evil god, there are too many to list.

In the past two months, Qiu Tu and Huang Shangzong have joined forces to defeat the evil god.

One killed and captured three or four evil gods, and the other destroyed 13 cities under the control of evil gods.

Although the two have not yet continued to advance towards the cataclysm, the evil gods within the cataclysmic zone have clearly begun to fear Qiu Tu.

Furthermore, Mu Ye's abilities are so versatile that he must have close ties with many evil gods.

Therefore... it's quite possible that an evil god is taking revenge on the two of them.

His second suspect was the delegation from the 6th Sanctuary.

Especially Kou Yu in the delegation.

The main reason is Kou Yu's strength.

Because he had just stepped down as the Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly of Dong Yeh State, and Tai Yu Kang had also single-handedly cultivated the security bureau system of Dong Yeh State.

Therefore, the intelligence network of Dongye Prefecture was almost entirely open to Huang Shangzong.

He naturally learned that Kou Yu was suspected to be a fifth-tier Cataclysm.

In addition, the 6th Sanctuary delegation was suspicious in every way, so he naturally suspected that Kou Yu might be behind it.

As for the motive... Huang Shangzong suspects it is very likely related to Qiu Tu.

Huang Shangzong knew that Qiu Tu was never idle and always stirring up big news. In his opinion, Qiu Tu was likely involved in the Sixth Shelter's affairs again, which was why Kou Yu warned Qiu Tu or... wanted to frame him.

Of course, Princess Xi is also a suspect, after all, she may have framed Kou Yu in order to win over Qiu Tu.

Last night, after carefully listening to Huang Shangzong's doubts, Qiu Tu actually felt that there was some truth to them.

After all, Huang Shangzong didn't have a god's-eye view and lacked some key information, so it was reasonable to focus his suspicions on the evil god.

Especially since... evil gods are of high status and use covert methods, but it takes a huge price to descend into the real world.

This makes more sense in the logic of "he could have infiltrated Qiu Tu's side, but he only sent Xue'er to Qiu Tu's bed".

Qiu Tu even felt that this was precisely the backup plan that Elder Pang had prepared.

Thinking this through, Qiu Tu considered the relationship between Huang Shangzong and Elder Pang, hesitated for a moment, and then said casually, "Old Huang..."

"Your analysis is indeed very reasonable."

"But... I still feel like something's not right."

If it were the old Huang Shangzong, upon hearing Qiu Tu's rude address and ambiguous reply, he would have already angrily interrupted him.

However... Qiu Tu is now not only the same as him in strength, but also in position. Except for being half a rank lower in the shelter, he is now considered an equal.

In addition, Qiu Tu had just saved Xue'er, so Huang Shangzong had no temper at all.

He asked, "Does Speaker Qiu have any other guesses?"

Qiu Tu certainly couldn't directly accuse Elder Pang, so he smiled and said, "No."

At this point, he changed the subject, "But...you know, I always have a very good intuition, and I always felt that this matter was not so simple."

It has to be said that Qiu Tu now holds a certain place in Huang Shangzong's heart.

Even if Huang Shangzong lacked the ability to judge character, when someone who had repeatedly created miracles stood before him, he would still unconsciously consult Qiu Tu's opinions more.

Therefore, Huang Shangzong couldn't help but frown and ponder.

He pondered what other forces in Dongyezhou and Xinzhou could do such a thing.

However, due to the problem of "blind spots," Huang Shangzong couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried.

Huang Shangzong's expression suddenly turned serious just as Qiu Tu was about to hang up the phone.

At that time, Qiu Tu had already guessed that Huang Shangzong had some suspicions.

However, just as Qiu Tu dared not speak openly, Huang Shangzong certainly dared not directly mention Elder Pang's name.

And so, in this eerie atmosphere, the two hung up the phone.

After that, Qiu Tu and Yan Yan went next door to play Jenga, and Yan Yan deliberately left the door open for Xue Er, trying to seduce her...

Originally, Qiu Tu thought that since the misunderstanding between him and Huang Shangzong had been resolved, he would wait for the enemy to make a move and then take it one step at a time.

As a result, when Qiu Tu saw that Huang Shangzong was not playing by the rules and pretended not to have consulted with him before bringing his troops to see him, Qiu Tu knew that... Huang Shangzong had finally figured it out.