Ye Zhen entered the Supreme Court alone, but when he left, he took four people with him.
The four he took away all looked somewhat bedraggled, with even bloodstains on their bodies.
These four were none other than—
Marquis Taichuan Liu Ye, Bai Pin Feng, and the others whom Ye Zhen had rescued from the Supreme Court.
Ye Zhen had intended to come to the Supreme Court after today's grand court session. He had come to press his advantage, riding the momentum of victory.
However, Minister of the Supreme Court Tao Ya was no fool. Letting Ye Zhen take Marquis Taichuan Liu Ye and the others away today was not because Tao Ya feared Ye Zhen or had been intimidated by his threats.
He had merely gone with the flow and descended the slope when offered a way down!
As Minister of the Supreme Court, Lord Tao's work was precisely the sort that offended people. Especially in a place like Great Zhou, where might ran rampant, how could he afford not to be cautious?
He protected his family with the utmost care.
At the same time, as a high official such as the Minister of the Supreme Court, his family naturally had dedicated guards protecting them.
To put it bluntly, Ye Zhen's supposed threat against Tao Ya's family and children had not actually been very effective.
What Minister of the Supreme Court Tao Ya feared was Ye Zhen himself!
It was simple. Tao Ya's most important family members all lived in Luoyi's inner city.
Under normal circumstances, no one dared assassinate the children of officials within Luoyi's inner city.
If such a thing happened, it would be investigated to the bitter end and severely punished!
This was one of Great Zhou's political rules. Whoever touched it would be the one