Western Patrol Envoy Department Attendant Chi Jingshan directly pinned that list of the Second Route Wind Patrol Envoy's local undercover agents, secret spies, and strongholds on the dead Second Route Wind Patrol Envoy Wang Ling, making it impossible to verify with the dead.
Yet Ye Zhen was not anxious in the slightest. He had long anticipated this. It was absolutely impossible to smoothly obtain that crucial list from the Western Patrol Envoy Department.
"Attendant Chi, although Ye has not been in the Heavenly Patrol Division for long, I am fairly familiar with its internal rules!"
"According to the Heavenly Patrol Division's regulations, every list of undercover agents, secret spies, hidden strongholds, and the like developed by each route's Wind Patrol Envoy must be submitted to the Household Administration Division of the respective Patrol Envoy Department, where it is sealed and archived. Moreover, as the number of spies changes, all additions and removals must be submitted each year for sealing and archival!"
"By Attendant Chi's account, it seems the Household Administration Division and its people neglected their duties!" As he spoke, Ye Zhen's gaze turned toward the Household Administration Division's two chief envoys and junior envoys, his expression contemplative.
"I recall that five years ago, the Seventh Route Wind Patrol Envoy under the Southern Patrol Envoy submitted supplementary records for seven secret spies to the Southern Patrol Envoy Department. The Household Administration Division personnel carelessly forgot to add them. Later, the Heavenly Patrol Division punished the two junior envoys of the Southern Patrol Envoy Department's Household Administration Division by confiscating their households, while all their family members were exiled into slavery!"
"Then, nine years ago, the Household Administration Division of the Northern Patrol Envoy Department lost the documents on thirteen hidden strongholds belonging to its Fourth Route Wind Patrol Envoy. By