Chapter 2115 - 2100: The Emperor’s Reprimand

Chapter 2115: Chapter 2100: The Emperor’s Reprimand

At dawn, the entire Eastern War Zone was on high alert, with the alert level already raised to the highest tier, as elite units scoured sky and earth.

Meanwhile, Gu Yue, who served as a strategist at the Human Demon Battlefield Grand Commander’s Mansion, just left Ye Zhen’s Heavenly Wave Army camp with a gloomy expression.

There was nothing to be found!

When he arrived at the North Sea Heavenly Wave Army camp, Ye Zhen, the Marshal, was there with a bunch of commanders, standing stately within the military camp as if standing by a flagpole, waiting for possible orders.

As the chief advisor to the Human Demon Battlefield Grand Commander, Gu Yue had access to some of the mysterious forces under Grand Governor Ji Yuan’s command.

This mysterious force included peculiar individuals skilled in rare Divine Power Secret Techniques with strange effects.

However, through Gu Yue’s probing conversations, nothing was discovered.

Even though the Grand Governor had a peculiar individual who could discern truth from lies, confirming that Ye Zhen hadn’t spoken entirely truthfully during questioning.

But what could be done about it?

With only suspicion, without evidence or direction to find evidence, they couldn’t act against Ye Zhen.

This is one of the unwritten rules of the officialdom of Great Zhou!

Ye Zhen, watching Gu Yue leave, had a cold smile at the corners of his mouth.

The arrival of this team signified suspicion from the Grand Commander’s Mansion but could only remain as suspicion!

"Prepare yourself, in two hours, we go to the Grand Commander’s Mansion to report and then confirm the location for joint defense." Ye Zhen ordered.

"Master, just got a secret message from the Imperial Palace, stamped with the private seal of Chief Eunuch Yu!" Liu Feng’s voice rang out.

"Oh? Bring it here!"

At this time, receiving a private secret slip from Chief Eunuch Yu Chao’en, sent through communication channels with the Imperial Palace, gave Ye Zhen a bad premonition.

Taking a glance at the Jade Scroll, Ye Zhen was stunned.

As expected.....

"Ye, I ask you, is the Demon Clan Dao Realm who murdered the military judge last night related to you? Answer honestly without any concealment!" This was the original message sent within Yu Chao’en’s Jade Scroll.

Rather than Yu Chao’en asking, it might as well be the Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long asking.

This left Ye Zhen in a bit of a daze.

He anticipated, and thoroughly considered, the reaction from the Human Demon Battlefield Grand Commander’s side.

However, he never expected the reaction from the Imperial Palace of Luoyi.

Unexpectedly, it triggered such a strong response from the Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long, who directly asked through Yu Chao’en.

The most crucial point is, on the Human Demon Battlefield Grand Commander’s side, Ye Zhen could bluff and refute at will.

After all, without evidence, there’s nothing you can do to me.

But Luoyi’s side is a different story.

One might say Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long is currently Ye Zhen’s greatest supporter and one of the reasons Ye Zhen could openly oppose Prince Ji Yuan.

If even he started to suspect Ye Zhen of colluding with the Demon Clan, Ye Zhen’s unfortunate days wouldn’t be far off.

After much deliberation for an hour, Ye Zhen finally decided—to tell the truth!

Honestly revealing in the Jade Scroll the matter of the Mystical Mechanism Avatar, stating it was a corpse refined from a Demon Clan Dao Realm, and now that military judge Huyan Ku, coincidentally seeking to deliberately create trouble for Ye Zhen, was eliminated by the Mystical Mechanism Avatar.

Ye Zhen believed, since the Luoyi side quickly learned about the situation here, they should also be very aware of military judge Huyan Ku deliberately targeting the Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea.

Under such circumstances, telling the truth was the best choice.

To deny it would mean to think that the Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long, able to maintain his throne for so many years, would be a fool?

Soon, Yu Chao’en’s reply proved Ye Zhen’s decision was correct.

However, the reply was somewhat amusing.

"Audacious! You better watch yourself, if you truly get caught, I won’t save you! Also, know that today’s Jade Scroll has been completely destroyed by me.

Remember, I never inquired about this from you!"

This was Yu Chao’en’s reply.

Upon reading this, Ye Zhen just laughed.

The attitude of Yu Chao’en represented the attitude of the Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long.

At the same time, in the Hot Spring Hall of the Imperial Palace of Luoyi, Great Zhou, Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long sighed softly amidst a mist, "Ye Zhen, that kid, is rather honest, and his abilities are indeed surprising. He even managed to acquire a Demon Clan avatar, causing my Brother Wang to be terribly vexed!

Hmm, take note, in three days, if there’s still no clue about that Demon Clan Dao Realm, issue a decree of censure, and inform Wud Yu, take this opportunity to have him cleanse the Heavenly Patrol Department’s branch in the Human Demon Battlefield, it’s a rare opportunity!"

"Yes, this old servant will remember!"

"What a good knife! Truly, a good knife it is!" In the mist, Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long continued to praise repeatedly, but the latter part of his praise grew increasingly low, "A good knife it is, just without a sheath, used for long, afraid it might cut its..."

The latter part of the sound was no longer audible, but Yu Chao’en’s expression unknowingly changed slightly.

On the same morning, details of the Command Level Military Judge of the Eastern War Zone being attacked and killed by a Demon Clan Dao Realm spread among all mid-to-high-ranking commanders across various war zones.

Moreover, alert levels in all war zones were raised to the highest, with proactive engagement and full alert.

This was the reaction among the high-ranking commanders in the various war zones, but the incident had a different effect when it reached the ears of the Command Level Military Judges in the various zones.

"Curious, this event is too curious!" commented Shao Han, Command Level Military Judge of the Northern War Zone, shaking his head repeatedly after hearing the full account.

"To a Demon Clan, a Command Level Military Judge holds no assassination value, even assassinating a strategist from the zone’s Governor’s Mansion would have much more value than a Command Level Military Judge.

This is too curious!"

"Sir, could it be related to the internal message Lord Huyan Ku sent to the entire military legal system yesterday?" a strategist suddenly said.

"Internal message? The internal message fully targeting the Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea?" murmuring, Shao Han’s expression, Commander Level Military Judge of the Northern War Zone, suddenly became indecisive, his gaze for a moment became complex to the extreme.

Similar things and dialogues were occurring at the residences of Military Judges across the Southern, Western, and Central War Zones, temporarily imprinting the phrase Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea and Ye Zhen heavily into the military legal system of the entire Human Demon Battlefield!

A mark that all military judges faintly dreaded!

....

"Report! Marshal Ye Zhen of the Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea, seeks an audience with the Grand Governor, here to submit orders!"

When the Messenger Soldier’s report sounded, the brooding Grand Governor Ji Yuan didn’t even look up, only his strategist Gu Yue replied with four words.

"Make him wait!"

This wait kept Ye Zhen waiting from early morning until the sun was slanting westward!

Ye Zhen was prepared for this outcome.

If Prince Ji Yuan didn’t give him a hard time, that would be strange indeed.

Yesterday’s deliberate targeting by Huyan Ku was probably an attempt at intimidation or a chance to get rid of Ye Zhen but was unsuccessful.

Today, upon Ye Zhen’s arrival at the gate, the only tactic left was to keep him waiting like this.

Regarding this, Ye Zhen was well-prepared.

Bringing cooked food, bringing a tea stove and small bowls, sitting across from Liu Feng on one side outside the Grand Governor’s Mansion, leisurely sipping tea and enjoying savory roasted meat.

As for alcohol, Ye Zhen dared not drink.

Blatantly violating military discipline, this was something Ye Zhen would not do.

It’s said, when Ye Zhen and Liu Feng were leisurely having tea outside the Grand Governor’s Mansion, a junior officer sent to deliver tea to the Council Hall caught the undeserved wrath of Grand Governor Ji Yuan and was lashed ten times.

This wasn’t because Grand Governor Ji Yuan was petty or lacked culture.

He was simply being overwhelmed by the entire matter.

Despite his efforts, not even a shadow of the Demon Clan Dao Realm had been found, yet dispatches from the Military Department and Heavenly Patrol Department had already arrived, their language being extremely sharp.

It’s said, many Imperial Censors in the court were already preparing memorials, placing him in a very passive position.

But what made Grand Governor Ji Yuan even more anxious was that since the dispatches from the military department and the Heavenly Patrol Department had already arrived, then the Emperor’s edict might not be far behind?

Once the Emperor’s edict is issued, it won’t be merely a formal censure!

And it’s precisely for this reason, that Grand Governor Ji Yuan had been keeping Ye Zhen waiting without seeing him.

Until Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long’s edict, along with the special envoys from the military department and the headquarters of the Heavenly Patrol Department arrived.