"As for the rest..." As she spoke, her face remained expressionless, "If you have complaints, lodge them. If you want to reduce authority, propose it. Let's see if you have enough votes!"
Hearing Lan Bing's words, some of the lower-ranking council members present immediately dared not speak. Even some of the higher-ranking, powerful council members, though also scared to speak, showed eyes burning with rage.
The eyebrows of the three executive councilors also slightly furrowed.
At this moment, suddenly Fang Ze's voice rose from the crowd, "Everyone, please calm down, don't rush."
Hearing Fang Ze's words, the council members just suppressed by Lan Bing suddenly looked towards Fang Ze.
Under the watchful eyes of dozens of council members, Fang Ze showed no signs of nervousness. He smiled and said, "Everyone, the investigation is not over yet. Isn't it a bit too anxious to get angry now?"
Hearing Fang Ze's words, the council members exchanged glances. One council member said, "The investigation is not over? All the council members present have already been investigated. Are you suggesting that the 25 council members who were not part of today's investigation don't count?"
Although other council members didn't speak, their constantly flickering gaze toward Fang Ze showed that their opinions were similar to that council member's.
Seeing such a big reaction from the council members, Fang Ze shook his head with a smile. He said, "Everyone, don't get excited. I certainly trust the investigation led by Director Lan and the experts from the Si Family. So, there will be no second round of investigations."
"However, what I mean is... there are 63 council members here. We have only investigated 60. There are still 3 council members who have not been investigated. Besides these three, there are another six council members who have not been investigated."
"If there is going to be a commotion, shouldn't we wait until after these council members have been investigated?"
Hearing Fang Ze's words, the council members present were initially stunned, then looked at him in shock!
There are indeed 63 council members here! But three of them are executive councilors! And the other six council members who have not been investigated are also executive councilors!
Although executive councilors are also council members, their status is quite different. In the absence of a formal legislature session and the chairperson, they are the highest authorities of Xida State.
Investigate them? Is Fang Ze crazy?
Moreover, if investigating council members yields no results, the first-ranked council member among them can suppress the situation. But if investigating executive councilors yields no results, only the intervention of the Bai Family Head or Old Mr. Bai can calm things down.
Furthermore, among everyone present, the three executive councilors hold the highest status and power. Who has the right to investigate them?
As expected, upon hearing Fang Ze's words, the faces of the three executive councilors darkened. Councilor Wu among the three even snorted coldly, scolding, "Nonsense! How dare you think you have the right to investigate an executive councilor!"
Just as her voice trailed off, a sudden elderly voice erupted out of thin air, "Let him investigate. I want to see if he can find anything."
Upon hearing that voice, all the council members present were shocked. The faces of the three executive councilors also changed slightly.
"Chairperson." "Chairperson." In a brief moment, under the lead of a few council members, all the council members, including the executive councilors, slightly bent toward the void in a bow.
But after leaving that statement, He Weidao did not speak again.
Seeing this, although the three executive councilors were unwilling, their eyes blazed with anger as they looked at Fang Ze, "Councilor Fang, since the Chairperson has spoken, then go ahead and investigate."
Fang Ze smiled, "Don't misunderstand, sirs, I only proposed the idea. Investigating is not my job."
Saying this, Fang Ze gestured towards Lan Bing and Black Shadow.
The rapid turn of events was somewhat unexpected for Lan Bing, but after years of witnessing many storms, she quickly calmed down after the initial surprise.
Gazing deeply at Fang Ze upon hearing his words, she then indicated to the three executive councilors, "Please."
As the director of the State Security Bureau, she naturally stood her ground, so after speaking, she led the way into the guest room.
The three councilors exchanged glances and simply walked in together.
Black Shadow, Nan Yi, and Little You followed closely behind.
In a moment, the door of the guest room was closed from the inside, isolating the interior from the outside.
In the corridor, the council members glanced at each other, then cautiously cast sidelong glances at Fang Ze, curious about his reaction after shifting the investigation towards the executive councilors.
At this moment, even though Fang Ze's surface projected a worried expression, internally, he felt relaxed.
Already last night, after extracting the truth from Councilor Xu's mind, he knew the final insider was an executive councilor. He had anticipated this outcome.
He just hadn't expected the coincidence of the insider being on duty, which saved him quite a bit of time.
If not for the need to act out the situation completely, he would have skipped the 25 council members and gone straight to investigating the three executive councilors!
While he was pondering this, suddenly the elderly voice resounded again in the void, "How bold! How dare you rise up and attack!"
"Wu Xiuli, I never thought it would be you!"
Clearly seeing nothing in their view, everyone seemed to witness an immense hand descending from the heavens, slamming heavily on the tightly closed guest room!
With an earth-shattering "boom," along with a scream from Councilor Wu, the guest room exploded from within. Dust filled the air, and fragments of Law Prohibition decrees and stones flew everywhere.
Seeing this terrifying strike, Fang Ze's pupils slightly contracted.