Capítulo 1367: Chapter 1352: A Helpless Deal
The Qiankun Palace of Luoyi was in chaos, but the Holy Son of Heaven, Great Zhou, announced an end to the confrontation with his commanding voice.
However, this matter was far from over; it had only just begun.
Imdiately, Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long dispatched the Imperial Guard to Haiyuan City to blockade and investigate.
A favored princess, who had just received so mysterious legacy, almost got killed, and a Marquis who had been conferred a title was dead. This matter required an explanation.
Various investigations, both overt and covert, comnced comprehensively.
Ye Zhen himself, due to the order from the Ren Venerate Emperor, was interrogated layer upon layer by the Internal Affairs of Great Zhou, the Imperial Guard, and the Heavenly Patrol Departnt.
The questioning from the Internal Affairs and the Imperial Guard was still just routine, rely asking Ye Zhen to describe the incident in detail, which was considered normal questioning.
However, the interrogation from the main office of the Heavenly Patrol Departnt was straightforwardly an ordeal.
The one interrogating Ye Zhen was Xio Feng, one of the Junior Heavenly Officers of the Heavenly Patrol Departnt. The departnt’s main structure consisted of a Grand Celestial Official, two Junior Heavenly Officers, the Five Directions Patrol, and the Dark Patrol.
The fact that the Heavenly Patrol Departnt directly sent a Junior Heavenly Officer showed the high level of importance they placed on this matter.
Ye Zhen guessed that, judging by the situation at the Qiankun Palace that day, if it weren’t for the matter of face, Grand Celestial Official Wu Yu might have personally co to question him.
For if the situation were confird, the Heavenly Patrol Departnt would be in big trouble.
Imagine, if a dog were to bite its master back, what would be the outco?
This Junior Heavenly Officer Xio Feng was thin and lean, with a sinister appearance, looking exactly like soone who has long been engaged in underhanded, sneaky matters.
But this na alone gave Ye Zhen a bad feeling; Xio Feng and Xio Qiangu, could they be family?
The initial interrogation was exactly the sa as that of the Inner Eunuch and the Imperial Guard, all proceeding along the sa lines without any anomalies. After these questions were finished, Junior Heavenly Officer Xio Feng’s line of questioning abruptly shifted.
“Captain Ye, as Princess Changle stated, was it true that you annihilated Heh Xunfeng Envoy and all the elite of the Heavenly Patrol Departnt he led using the Small Five Elents Mixed Yuan Divine Thunder?”
Ye Zhen nodded.
“However, as I know, the Small Five Elents Mixed Yuan Divine Thunder is extrely mysterious and divine. In the world today, the number of individuals capable of wielding it does not exceed twenty. Coincidentally, our Ancestor God Temple has two such individuals. Before I ca here, I consulted them, and based on Captain Ye’s cultivation, it is impossible for you to wield the Small Five Elents Mixed Yuan Divine Thunder.
Even if there were ten of you, Captain Ye, you still wouldn’t be able to wield the Small Five Elents Mixed Yuan Divine Thunder. How do you explain this, Captain Ye?” Xio Feng asked sinisterly.
“Divine Skill Secret Techniques each have their own legacy. How I wield them is none of your concern, Junior Heavenly Officer.” Ye Zhen realized this guy was just finding fault and imdiately lost interest in complying.
“But there are laws under heaven, all phenona have their laws, and so things cannot happen out of thin air! Since Captain Ye is unwilling to explain, then can this old man assu that Captain Ye colluded with the Demon Clan, and a master sent by them stealthily activated the Small Five Elents Mixed Yuan Divine Thunder, and then Captain Ye falsely….”
Hearing this, Ye Zhen suddenly stood up, “I ca here to be interrogated, not to be frad and falsely accused by you. If that’s the case, then farewell!”
“How dare you!”
With Xio Feng’s stern shout, dozens of powerful auras imdiately erged from the corners of the hall. Before Ye Zhen could make a move, four of these auras swiftly pinned him down, and soone pulled out a set of instrunts of torture, directly restraining Ye Zhen.
“Junior Heavenly Officer is really bold! His Majesty holds rit to reward, yet you dare to lay a hand on ?” Ye Zhen fearlessly laughed instead of being afraid.
“Holding rit to reward, so what? There may be no less than a thousand Marquises who have died by my hand, at least eight hundred of them, not to ntion a re Captain like you!
As long as this old man opens your mouth and gets evidence of your collusion with the Demon Clan, let alone using torture, even reporting that you died from a mundane divine soul collapse would be reasonable. At most, this old man will receive a few reprimands!”
“Boy, you better think it over!” Junior Heavenly Officer Xio Feng grinned ferociously, “Go on, you guys, let him experience our Heavenly Patrol Departnt’s thods properly!”
Several attendants, holding various strange and unusual instrunts with fierce expressions, approached Ye Zhen with sinister grins.
Upon seeing this, Ye Zhen suddenly chuckled lightly, “Junior Heavenly Officer, exactly as I expected, you indeed want to lay a hand on during the interrogation!”
As he spoke, Ye Zhen’s tongue lightly rolled, and a Spirit Talisman abruptly shattered.
Xio Feng’s expression initially changed, but then a sneer appeared on his lips, “Are you notifying the people outside to save you? Should I say you’re naïve or silly? You’re informing that Princess, aren’t you?”
“Let tell you frankly, at our main office of the Heavenly Patrol Departnt, no one has dared to intrude for so many years! Without an Imperial Decree, let alone a petty princess who is nothing, not even a Prince or the Crown Prince would dare!”
“I advise you, boy, to confess honestly! Spare yourself from suffering!”
“What if it’s your own people?” Ye Zhen asked with a face full of mockery.
“Our own people?”
Xio Feng was stunned, “That’s even more impossible. You’ve put our Heavenly Patrol Departnt in such a passive stance, how would anyone speak for an outsider like you!”
“Who says he’s an outsider!”
The tightly shut door of the grand hall was suddenly thrown open, and Jings Zhan from the Central Patrol burst in.
“Jings Zhan, what are you doing? I am following the decree to question soone. Do you want to disobey orders? Guards, throw him out!” Xio Feng shouted.
“Young Master Xio Feng, let remind you, it’s a decree for inquiry, not a trial. Ye Zhen is not just not a criminal, but also one of our own in the Heavenly Patrol Departnt!”
“I don’t need you to teach how to do things, Jings Zhan. What are you, anyway? Get out before I…”
Before Xio Feng finished cursing, Grand Celestial Official Wu Yu appeared like a whirlwind next to Ye Zhen, holding Ye Zhen’s shoulder and asking, “Ye Zhen, are you really our Wind Patrol Envoy in the Heavenly Patrol Departnt?”
“Wind Patrol Envoy?” Xio Feng was stunned, but Ye Zhen nodded.
“When did you join, secret archives, quickly pull the archives from when he joined!” Grand Celestial Official Wu Yu roared. Ever since he got this news from Jings Zhan, he felt that whether he could jump out of this quagmire and retreat unscathed depended entirely on this Ye Zhen.
Soon, the secret archives were brought in. After just a glance, Grand Celestial Official Wu Yu laughed heartily, “He joined before Princess Changle set out. Excellent, excellent!”
“Release whoever tied up Ye Zhen, release him! Jings Zhan, I’m entrusting him to you. I must imdiately enter the palace to see His Majesty!” Saying this, Grand Celestial Official Wu Yu left like a whirlwind.
A few monts later, under Xio Feng’s murderous glare, Jings Zhan left with Ye Zhen.
“Xio Feng, the seventh uncle of Xio Qiangu! He’s also one of the two people currently holding high positions for the Xio Family in the Heavenly Patrol Departnt. It is said that the Xio Family’s earliest origin was from the Royal Servants, and because of this, their power in the Heavenly Patrol Departnt is the most formidable!”
Ye Zhen was no longer a naive child. When questioned by the Internal Affairs and Imperial Guard, he had already thought of many contingency plans.
This ti, he had pushed the Heavenly Patrol Departnt into an extrely perilous situation. Thus, the Heavenly Patrol Departnt would certainly co after him.
In the Great Zhou, whoever provoked the Heavenly Patrol Departnt was akin to provoking thousands of vengeful spirits.
With Princess Changle’s current situation, a real power departnt like the Heavenly Patrol Departnt dare not offend her, but dealing with those below her would be a piece of cake.
With the shaless thods of the Heavenly Patrol Departnt, if they really wanted to target Ye Zhen, he would have no way to hide.
After thinking it over, Ye Zhen rembered his identity as the Wind Patrol Envoy and secretly contacted Jings Zhan, leading to the scene just now.
According to Jings Zhan, with Ye Zhen’s identity as the Wind Patrol Envoy, it would an that Princess Changle was still rescued by their Heavenly Patrol Departnt. No matter what the West Patrol under Heh Shen did, this achievent would be enough to absolve the Heavenly Patrol Departnt.
It’s a sort of trade, really. Ye Zhen agreed to this statent, and Jings Zhan proved that Ye Zhen was one of their own, so the Heavenly Patrol Departnt would no longer target Ye Zhen.
This was an inevitable trade. Compared to Xio Qiangu and Xio Feng, Ye Zhen was still too insignificant.
However, because of this deal, Ye Zhen learned a lot of internal affairs. For instance, even with Princess Changle’s accusation, Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long still hasn’t taken imdiate action against West Patrol Xio Qiangu, but instead ordered a thorough investigation.
To so extent, this already represented the attitude of Ren Venerate Emperor.
“Kid, let tell you another piece of news. The Five Great Patrols of the Heavenly Patrol Departnt are supposed to rotate every hundred years by custom, but Xio Qiangu has been in the position of West Patrol for six hundred years!
And for the candidate of West Patrol, for over thirty thousand years, more than seventy percent of the ti, they had the surna Xio, do you understand?
Moreover, the Human Demon Battlefield also falls under the jurisdiction of the West Patrol!
Not only that, among the registered personnel in the Heavenly Patrol Departnt’s records, Xio Qiangu of the West Patrol controls one-third of them! And that’s just on the surface!”
Jings Zhan’s words made Ye Zhen instantly realize one thing.
The Heavenly Patrol Departnt indeed functions like a dog of the Royal Family. It should be said that the Five Great Patrols are the five dogs of the Royal Family, but the West Patrol is an exceptionally robust and irreplaceable dog.
Jings Zhan’s brief words revealed that the Xio Family has been entrenched in the position of West Patrol for tens of thousands of years, especially concerning the Human Demon Battlefield. To completely replace the Xio Family, anyone in power would need trendous courage.
It also reveals the factional struggles within the Heavenly Patrol Departnt.
“Jings Patrol, previously, Her Highness the Princess ntioned that of the three thousand people from the Heavenly Patrol Departnt brought by Heh Shen to Haiyuan City that day, I only managed to take down about half. The rest all took advantage of the chaos to escape.
If we could just catch a few back, with a Soul Search, wouldn’t we have all the evidence?” Ye Zhen suddenly asked.
Jings Zhan suddenly halted his steps, looking into the distance with a bitter expression, “Do you think that old fox Xio Qiangu would leave such a significant flaw for you?”
“They’re dead! Before the Imperial Guard and our people arrived, all those survivors were already dead! And they died in a way without any apparent flaw!
To be precise, before Xio Qiangu reached Luoyi, his loose ends had already been completely dealt with!”
A chill suddenly surged from Ye Zhen’s feet to his head. Ye Zhen finally understood what kind of opponent Xio Qiangu, whom they were going up against, was!
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