After Chen Wei sorted out the household affairs and soothed Yang Chan's emotions, he got down to business.
In the main hall of Wuzhuang Temple, he had made a grand boast before Great Immortal Zhenyuan and Sun Wukong.
The Heavenly Court might favor papering over disputes, but when mighty beings made requests, every last detail had to be handled properly.
Besides, investigating embezzlement and confiscating illicit gains fell squarely within the Discipline Inspection Court's duties.
Back at the Censorate's government office, Chen Wei had barely warmed his chair before issuing an arrest warrant and assigning the task to Ma Muzhi, without so much as an extra word of ceremony.
Empower the subordinates. Put concrete measures into action.
Ma Muzhi's eyes lit up when he received the warrant.
The Censorate had been investigating hidden accounts lately, and the men's hands had long been itching for action. Now that the Court Head had ordered them to get serious, how could they not give the lords of the Revenue Department an immersive law-enforcement experience?
Without a moment's delay,
Ma Muzhi assembled a squad of the Censorate's finest immortal officials.
Every man wore black robes and dark armor, with a Standard Immortal Sword at his waist and an Immortal-Binding Rope in his hand, specially designed to restrain an immortal official's divine soul.
They did not even take a Flying Boat, instead riding Auspicious Clouds straight toward the Revenue Department's government office under the Finance Department.
Meanwhile, inside the Revenue Department's hall.
The Revenue Department occupied a rather peculiar position within the Heavenly Court.
Its titular chief official, the Director of the Revenue Department, held a nominal post in the Finance Department year-round, collecting his salary without doing any work. As a result, every departmental matter, large or small, was managed by Right Commissioner