Chapter 61: Until Disorder Is Established, It Must Not Serve as Evidence of Rebellion!
"Chaos Evidence."
As Zhao Xuan uttered those two words,
the character [Disorder] on the Clear Gate Register moved first.
It emerged from the cracks in the little [Judgment-Ready] seal and pressed straight toward Chaoge Old Trace.
Beneath the name Chaoge, that old smear of red darkened another shade.
The mortal-world fortune under Wen Zhong's name tightened as well.
Holy Mother Jinling's gaze turned cold.
She did not draw her sword.
But her hand had settled on its sheath again.
Zhao Xuan glanced at her.
"First, see clearly how it becomes evidence."
"Then be angry."
Holy Mother Jinling gave no answer.
But her sword intent stayed inside the sheath, no longer surging outward.
Zhao Xuan raised his brush.
[Whence comes Chaos Evidence?]
As that question settled,
gray-white qi seeped from the edges of [Disorder].
The first line of fragmentary words surfaced.
[The Royal Capital may be disturbed.]
Then came the second line.
[The Borderlands may fall into disorder.]
The third line surfaced next.
[The Feudal Lords may be suspect.]
The final line was the faintest.
[Popular Grievance may gather.]
Once those four fragmentary lines appeared, Chaoge Old Trace seemed pinned beneath four slender nails.
It was not already in disorder.
It could be disturbed.
It was not already in rebellion.
It could be suspect.
But if those words fed into the little [Judgment-Ready] seal, they would suffice.
Because they did not need to prove Chaoge was already guilty.
They only needed to prove Chaoge could be written down as being on the brink of disorder.
Zhao Xuan looked at those four lines.
"The Royal Capital may be disturbed."
"That means someone can disturb it."
"It does not mean Chaoge is guilty."
The Vermilion Brush descended.
[Susceptibility to