To be honest, Ye Zhen's admiration for Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long's keen insight was simply beyond words.
Ye Zhen had merely requested that the evidence be reexamined, yet Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long had seen through the true purpose behind that request—buying time.
Since the Heaven Temple had been able to produce the evidence, no major flaws could be found in it. Ye Zhen had made that request solely to buy time—time for his own rescue.
Ye Zhen had thought he would need to put in some effort, but a few exchanges between Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long, Grand Celestial Master Wu Yu, and the others had won him precious time.
Someone might ask, then, "Ye Zhen, what were you doing before this?"
Hadn't Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long given Ye Zhen three months to prepare?
Why hadn't he prepared to save himself then?
At the time, Ye Zhen had not expected the Heaven Temple's resolve to be so firm. More importantly, the method of self-rescue he had long planned had to be carried out under the noses of both Great Zhou and the Heaven Temple in order to prove that he was innocent.
Only then could Ye Zhen successfully save himself.
As Baili Fei had demanded, once court was dismissed, Ye Zhen would be placed under surveillance—double surveillance.
Ye Zhen could move freely within Luoyi's inner city, but wherever he went, experts from the Heaven Temple, Great Zhou's Ministry of Justice, and the Heavenly Patrol Division had to accompany him.
The moment Ye Zhen deliberately left the sight of those monitoring him, it would be deemed flight out of fear of punishment.
Thus, experts surrounded Ye Zhen on all sides.
Great Zhou had dispatched two Heavenly Patrol Generals, more than fifty Heavenly Patrol Divine Hunters, and fifty Ministry of Justice experts. There