"Members of the Hall of Criminal Law can directly handle interrogations too? Wouldn't that throw everything into chaos?" I asked in surprise.
Zhu Daohe said, "The Three Interrogation Offices under the Hall of Rectification were originally established to select officials with suitable ranks from various departments to serve as interrogators. Once their terms ended, the Hall of Criminal Law would select outstanding interrogators to specialize in this work. However, they didn't dare call themselves the Three Interrogation Offices, or they wouldn't be called the **units. These evil gods were the cream of the crop among interrogators. Of course, you absolutely couldn't describe them as interrogators—they should be called execution officers, because once they caught someone, punishment would usually follow. If they were mobilized, the criminal's sentence had already been decided!"
"They are rather unusual." I dragged Zhu Daohe along as we fled, while a large group of frontier troops from the Divine Firmament Prefecture surrounded us from behind. The spectacle was truly imposing.
"That's not all. The execution officers responsible for maritime pursuit are the elite of the elite. Usually, they come in groups of three, but whether in their choice of Dao Artifacts or in strength, they are generally one or two ranks higher than the criminal," Zhu Daohe said.
"Then, judging by the time, even if they use the express passage, it will still take them quite a while to get here. Let's avoid this wave first and talk later." I didn't take it too seriously. After all, distance was a major problem.
"You think only the Kunpeng Token can shorten the distance? The Imperial Court's Office of Celestial Observation also has large cross-boundary Dao Artifacts! Once the maritime arrest warrant is issued, the **units will receive the mission and come to apprehend us in several groups. We