Chapter 421: Sorry, I Was Too Impulsive

Ji Kongliu took the confession and glanced at it before handing it to Li Zhong.

After Li Zhong finished reading, he said to Yun Buchuan:

"Yun Buchuan, take your men and surround the Wu residence. Go to Director Wu's study and bring back the Immortal God Sect's explosives."

Yun Buchuan immediately left with his subordinates in haste.

The vast courtyard fell into a deathly silence.

The Eldest Princess took the confession from Li Zhong and read it, her expression turning incomparably grim in an instant.

The old woman beside her also took a look, her brows furrowing slightly.

Han Changyuan and the others hadn't expected to encounter such a matter upon visiting the Ironclad Department today. Their eyes were filled with gravity or worry.

Looking at Wu Yanjun, his face was written with shock. He stared at Wu Xiaoshuai in utter disbelief, unable to snap back to reality for a long while.

He couldn't understand how his son had suddenly become entangled with the Immortal God Sect.

Just recently, he'd heard that Kong Xinghu of the Ministry of Personnel's Merit Evaluation Division had died, and there was some connection to the Immortal God Sect.

He didn't know the specifics, only that Xu Wenjun, the Director of the Third Division in the Command Division, had been kicked down to become Director of the First Division, Bandit Apprehension Division because of this case.

Although he retained his Fourth-Rank official status, the power in his hands had already plummeted dramatically.

That man was the son of a Third-Rank Grandmaster Supreme, held a Fourth-Rank official position himself, and was a Fifth-Rank Lesser Master. Even someone like that ended up in such a state from being implicated.

He was merely a lowly langzhong at the Ministry of Revenue, an unremarkable existence among the Fifth-Rank. What would happen to him?

"So Yingying was instigated by you to come find trouble with Yang Ling."

The Eldest Princess's eyes were ice-cold.

Wu Xiaoshuai nodded with a flushed face, not daring to look at her, nor at his own father.

"Eldest Princess, this matter is only Wu Xiaoshuai's word for now. Everything still needs to be verified with evidence."

Li Zhong said with a faint smile.

The courtyard grew very quiet. Wu Yanjun tried several times to speak, but was stopped each time by the Eldest Princess's freezing gaze.

"Chief Constable Yang, since it's been confirmed that Yingying has nothing to do with this matter, why not release her?"

The Eldest Princess said calmly.

Yang Ling didn't respond. He simply looked at Ji Kongliu, and only when Ji Kongliu nodded did he have his men bring Zhao Yingying and the others out.

The moment Zhao Yingying saw the scene outside, she immediately rushed to the Eldest Princess with a grievance-filled face.

The Eldest Princess embraced her shoulders and whispered a few words in her ear.

The grievance on Zhao Yingying's face vanished instantly. She looked at Wu Xiaoshuai in disbelief.

"Wu Xiaoshuai, why would you do this? Blow up Tong He? How could you even think of such a thing!?"

Her words made Wu Yanjun's heart tremble.

Han Changyuan and the others showed looks of surprise.

They had only assumed Wu Xiaoshuai was connected to the Immortal God Sect.

They hadn't been qualified to see that confession, but now Zhao Yingying's words...

"Wu Xiaoshuai was going to blow up Tong He?"

Han Dongdong and the others exchanged glances, not understanding what turn of events had occurred.

But recalling how Yang Ling had separately interrogated Wu Xiaoshuai earlier, they now guessed a hint of the truth.

"Princess Zhao, you're a princess. Every time you return to the Capital, everyone treats you with great respect and speaks to you politely."

"Even Tong He would desperately flatter you when he saw you."

Wu Xiaoshuai sneered coldly. "But what was his attitude toward me? Disdain? Contempt? Indifference? He looked down on me!

He believed I would never have a chance to advance to Sixth-Rank in my entire life.

So I want him dead!"

Zhao Yingying remained silent.

Wu Yanjun completely lost his strength, utterly dejected.

"In your confession, you said that in two days, you would place the explosives at the Four Directions Lodge."

"That day, not only would Tong He be there, but all the martial artists participating in the Sixth-Rank Top Hundred Battle would be there as well."

The Eldest Princess smiled. "The Emperor also ordered me to personally deliver words of encouragement, so I would be there too."

Wu Xiaoshuai's face instantly turned deathly pale. Beads of sweat the size of beans kept dripping down.

Wu Yanjun's eyes revealed utter despair.

This news was like a bolt from the blue!

Ji Kongliu and the other Ironclad Department Directors wore grave expressions.

"Four Directions Lodge? Two days from now?"

Xu Wenjun's face sank. He glanced at Xu Qingnian behind him.

Xu Qingnian wore a strange look on his face. Two days from now, he would also be at the Four Directions Lodge.

"Eldest Princess, are you saying... the Immortal God Sect and the Heavenly Wolf Guard are targeting you this time?"

Li Zhong asked in a deep voice.

The Eldest Princess seemed lost in thought. "I'm not sure. Who knows what they're thinking."

"Ji Kongliu, this case is being handed over to our Command Division."

Li Zhong instructed. "You and Yang Ling will cooperate with our Command Division to sort through this case and capture the Immortal God Sect members and Rong Tribe spies."

Ji Kongliu immediately accepted the order.

Yang Ling felt that the Immortal God Sect might not actually be targeting this Eldest Princess.

Because what he saw on the Eldest Princess was a string of question marks.

This indicated that the Eldest Princess was herself a Fourth-Rank Grandmaster.

A powerhouse like that couldn't be harmed by a mere packet of explosives.

But he wouldn't bring this up. He would simply go along with the flow.

That way, he could use the Ironclad Department's hands to deliver a proper blow to this group of madmen.

"Wu Xiaoshuai's visit today was timely after all. With this matter as a catalyst, Zhao State will inevitably go after the Immortal God Sect with the same ferocity as the Heavenly Wolf Guard."

"Even if certain existences in the Capital have dealings with the Immortal God Sect, they won't dare to openly show favoritism."

Before long, Yun Buchuan and the others had returned, handing over a packet of explosives they'd found.

The packet of explosives was detonated in an open area far away.

Fierce flames surged into the sky.

Terrifying shockwaves swept across the surroundings.

It took several full breaths before the dust in the air gradually dispersed.

Everyone present had a strange look in their eyes, including Yang Ling.

Because the power of this packet of explosives exceeded his imagination.

"If it exploded at close range, this packet of explosives could at least kill a Lower Sixth-Rank martial artist."

"If a Seventh-Rank, Eighth-Rank, or Ninth-Rank martial artist were nearby, as long as they approached within six or seven meters of it, they'd either die or be severely wounded."

"It's far more powerful than the explosives I've seen before."

"The Immortal God Sect has already upgraded their explosives manufacturing."

Yang Ling's expression was unprecedentedly grave.

Because he knew that in reality, some explosives had terrifying power.

Blowing up an entire building was nothing to them!

Wu Xiaoshuai looked at the power of the explosives, and a thought suddenly crossed his mind: if Tong He had been there, he should have been blown to pieces by now.

Zhao Yingying and the others all felt a lingering fear.

If that packet of explosives had appeared at the Four Directions Lodge two days later, who knew how many Sixth-Rank martial artists would have died that day.

"With that blast just now, killing a few Sixth-Rank martial artists wouldn't be a problem."

The Eldest Princess mused.

Li Zhong and the others nodded slightly in agreement.

With conclusive evidence now at hand, Li Zhong had already ordered Wu Xiaoshuai and his father to be arrested and locked in the interrogation room for immediate questioning.

"Yingying, you were too impulsive this time. The Rong tribe was trying to use you to cause trouble for Yang Ling."

The Eldest Princess looked at Zhao Yingying with slight indulgence:

"You didn't notice at all. If Yang Ling were unable to participate in the Sixth-Rank Top Hundred Battle because of you, that would be a loss for Zhao State."

Zhao Yingying's face turned bright red.

"Apologize to Chief Constable Yang. Even though we are royal members, we still follow reason."

The Eldest Princess said with a faint smile.

Zhao Yingying was silent for a few breaths, then bowed toward Yang Ling:

"I'm sorry, I was too impulsive."

As she bowed, she felt her arms still aching, and a trace of indignation involuntarily welled up in her heart again.

"No harm done. If not for your visit, Princess, I wouldn't have caught Wu Xiaoshuai."

Yang Ling said with a smile.

The Eldest Princess's gaze fell on Yang Ling. For the first time, she carefully appraised this Sixth-Rank Ironclad Department agent who had no background, yet whose reputation had been growing more and more prominent recently.

"How did you discover that Wu Xiaoshuai had a problem?"

She asked curiously.

Everyone's eyes fell on Yang Ling in unison.

Even Li Zhong himself was full of questions at this moment.