"Your Majesty, it was not only Ye Patrol Envoy who had been investigating the Soul Demon King that infiltrated this place. I, too, had been investigating it all along," Western Patrol Envoy Xi Qiangu said.
"However, Your Majesty had once instructed me to give Ye Zhen more guidance. Thus, I ordered my men to investigate in secret and not alert Ye Patrol Envoy, to see just how capable he truly was!"
"I must say, Ye Patrol Envoy was indeed exceptionally capable. His mind was meticulous and his conduct steady. He had kept tightly on the trail of that Soul Demon King, but..."
At this point, every court official within Qiankun Hall pricked up their ears. Whoever believed Western Patrol Envoy Xi Qiangu's earlier praise of Ye Zhen was a fool. These two words, "but," were the real point.
"However, Ye Patrol Envoy had ultimately suffered from his youth and lacked a few measures of old cunning! After that Soul Demon King arrived at Shahe City, he did not immediately begin investigating the situation within Shahe City.
"When I received my subordinate's report, I ordered my men to make up for Ye Patrol Envoy's oversight and investigate the suspicious persons within Shahe City in the shortest possible time!"
"After swiftly conducting an inspection, my subordinates discovered that the background of Gao Xiu, the commander of Shahe City's garrison, was somewhat suspicious. They discovered that, before he had made his name in his early years, he had actually sold several specialties originating from Devil Race territory.
"My subordinates immediately dug deeply into this matter and discovered that Gao Xiu, commander of Shahe City's garrison, was very likely a spy controlled by the Devil Race.
"Just as my subordinates were preparing to use Gao Xiu, commander of Shahe City's garrison, as bait to