The information Ying Zhengye referred to had naturally come from Cai Andao. In truth, if possible, Cai Andao had wanted to bring this matter up himself.
However, there was an unwritten rule within Xuanming Department: Zhu You personnel were involved in research and did not directly participate in the organization's internal affairs, let alone matters as important as the appointment or removal of a branch chief.
Thus, this "secret weapon" aimed at stopping Luo Yan from rising to power was brought up by Ying Zhengye at this moment.
As a branch chief, Ying Zhengye was fully qualified to raise the issue.
Moreover, the nature of this issue was extremely serious.
Why?
As an unofficial civilian organization, Xuanming Department had meddled in the Ruins Return, researched the Charm Fiend, and carried out a large number of prohibited development projects.
The Strategic Affairs Department would naturally never agree to that. Once discovered, Xuanming Department would certainly be dealt with severely, until it was shut down entirely.
Xuanming Department was also an organization with notoriously lax internal management. Every department and branch chief possessed a great deal of autonomy.
As long as they completed the tasks assigned from above, the higher-ups in Xuanming Department generally would not question what they did in their daily lives. These people, in turn, were unwilling to be absorbed into the official system for various reasons.
Under such circumstances, once they learned that Luo Yan came from the Strategic Affairs Department and was one of the Tiangang Dragon Riders, it was impossible to expect them to look kindly upon him.
When their own interests were involved, even the eyes of someone like Wei Guozheng, who had never been particularly motivated to do anything, were no longer dull. Instead, they gleamed with sharpness.
If the first two trials failed