Before taking up his post, Ye Zhen intended to stir up some trouble for Western Patrol Envoy Xi Qiangu—create a few complications, tie up Xi Qiangu's attention, and keep him from leaving Luoyi for a short time. At the very least, Xi Qiangu could not leave Luoyi before Ye Zhen reached his fief in North Sea Commandery. Ye Zhen had settled on this plan long ago.
But once it came time to put the plan into action, anyone would find it incredibly thorny, perhaps even unable to find a place to begin.
Who was Western Patrol Envoy Xi Qiangu?
He was the spy chief who controlled a third of the Heavenly Patrol Division's manpower, and that was only his overt strength. Central Patrol Commander Jing Zhan even suspected that Xi Qiangu had infiltrated the forces under the other four great patrol envoys of the Heavenly Patrol Division—the Eastern, Southern, Northern, and Central Patrol Envoys.
Beyond that, the Xi Family had the powerful support of the Heaven Temple behind them, while their connections and influence at court were even more tangled and complex. Even Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long could not easily deal with Xi Qiangu.
How could someone like that possibly be handled by a mere Viscount like Ye Zhen?
To put it bluntly, if Xi Qiangu truly wanted to leave, even Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long would be unable to hold him back for long.
Thus came Ye Zhen's problem: how could he tie up Xi Qiangu's attention and prevent him from leaving Luoyi anytime soon?
After pondering bitterly for a long time, Ye Zhen still failed to come up with an answer.
However, when Ye Zhen was considering how to find heavenly spiritual objects that could replenish Little Demon's origin power, he suddenly had an idea.
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