At noon, the scorching summer sun hangs high in the sky.

The imperial study in the Star City Palace was constantly leaking cool air at this time. This was the Emperor's prerogative, but instead of carrying ice cubes from the ice cellar to cool down as before, he directly used the heat-reducing weapon called the air conditioner sent by the Dragon Society. For this reason, the members of the logistics department of the Dragon Club in the Star Emperor's headquarters did not hesitate to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to pull a wire from the Dragon Club's Star Emperor's headquarters into the palace.

The ruler of the Star Emperor State, the Emperor of the Star Emperor State, Xing Heng, was staying in the imperial study at this time, enjoying the coolness brought by the air conditioner, while watching the secret report from the capital of Suzhou Province.

After Xuanyuan Qingtian left, Xingheng immediately mobilized his intelligence organizations all over the continent, and while the Extreme Phantom-level cultivators on the side of Dragon City were still afraid of each other, he had already received a secret report describing the entire battle.

However, his face was a little gloomy, and his hand holding the secret report was a little trembling. This was obviously a sign of anger, not only because his baby daughter was almost captured, but also because the two extremely important military towns of Dragon City and Spring City were silently infiltrated by the Longquan Empire. This secret report is like a slap in the face and crackling in the face!

The Longquan Empire alone has been able to penetrate to such an extent, but what about the Dragon King Empire, which is even more powerful than the Longquan Empire? And the Wind and Snow Empire, which is across the sea from the Empire in the south of the Empire and is eyeing the Empire? What is the astonishing extent of their infiltration of the Empire?

After the anger, Xingheng was deeply afraid in his heart. Fortunately, the Longquan Empire couldn't bear to make this happen, otherwise he would still abide by that absurd convention, and when these three empires attacked the Star Emperor together, then it would be too late.

At this moment, Xingheng made a decision, and this decision was bound to cause a shock throughout the empire and even the entire continent. But he will not regret it, because it is for the Empire to know the hidden dangers that can destroy the whole country.

Therefore, Xingheng decided not to follow the conventional rules anymore.

"Someone, inform Xingzheng, Chen Ziang, Lin Zhengkun and Li Siming to come to my study. ”

Outside, the sound of the eunuch's response and the sound of footsteps at trotting were heard. When the eunuch heard Xingheng call out the names of these four people, he knew that something big was going to happen, so he trotted to pass the word.

In fact, he was right, and something big was going to happen.

The four people summoned by Xingheng are not small people. Xingzheng is the prime minister of the three dynasties of the empire, in charge of all the affairs of the prime minister's office; Chen Ziang is the chief military officer, but the number two boss of the military department, except for Xingheng himself, he is the person with the most voice in the military department; Lin Zhengkun is the chief procurator general of the imperial inspection department, managing the affairs of the inspection department; and the last Li Siming is the chief magistrate of the Ministry of Justice, in charge of the empire's justice.

The four of them are the rulers of the three departments of the imperial court, and the real important ministers of the court above 10,000 people under one person.

The general yamen of the three departments of the government are distributed in the four directions of the imperial palace in the Star City, and this layout means the supremacy of imperial power, and the three departments of the government support the authority of the emperor at any time.

These four important ministers of the imperial court all possessed phantom-level strength, so it didn't take long for the four of them to come to the imperial study one after another.

The four of them entered the imperial study and first saluted Xingheng, and then found their seats and sat down, drinking tea while waiting for the rest of the people to come.

Among the people present, Xingzheng is undoubtedly the most respected, he has been the prime minister of the empire since Xingheng's grandfather's generation, and has now become a veteran minister of the Three Dynasties. With his qualifications, in private, even Xingheng, the emperor of the empire, had to respectfully call Xingzheng a senior.

The second is Chen Ziang, who was an important minister of the military department who emerged during the reign of His Majesty Xingyao, and was valued by His Majesty Xingyao, and was trained to serve as the military affairs chief of the military department. Fifty or sixty years have passed since the day he served as the commander-in-chief of military affairs. Although in the Star Emperor Kingdom, military power has actually always been firmly in the hands of the emperor, but Chen Ziang also lived up to his name as the commander-in-chief of military affairs, and when Xingheng was unwilling to deal with the affairs of the military department, he managed the military department in an orderly manner.

Lin Zhengkun, who is the chief procurator and chief magistrate, is very young compared with Li Siming, one of them is fifty-four years old, and the other is sixty-one years old, which is extremely young at the top of the imperial court. They were promoted by Xingheng, and when they were young, they were all members of Xinglian's team in the academy like Xingheng, and in this relationship, they can be regarded as Xingheng's cronies.

The Imperial Study was large because it was expected to be a meeting place for the emperor and his ministers from the very beginning, so when the Imperial Study was built, in addition to the necessary space, the craftsmen also prepared enough space for ten people to deliberate in it.

After Lin Zhengkun, who came the latest, was seated, Xingheng handed the secret report to Xingzheng and asked them to circulate it. At the same time, he also said: "The matter of Dragon City has come to an end for the time being, and now it is certain that the 23,610 people of the Quancheng City Defense Army, including the commander Lin Ge and the deputy commander Yun Conglong, are the soldiers placed by the Longquan Empire or the imperial soldiers who have been bewitched by the Longquan Empire, and the identity of the remaining two deputy commanders and 14,42 soldiers of the city defense army in Quancheng still needs to be investigated." And the Longcheng City Defense Army has been confirmed by General Lin Daonan of Mingzhi City, and there is no treason tendency. The latest information is that Ringo has been captured by the three first-level supervision envoys of the military department, and the special supervision envoy Zong Jue is now returning to Star City with Yun Conglong and Chu Kexuan. And the temporary city defense army of Dragon City has been controlled by Master Xuanyuan, and I have already sent someone to take them over. Li Siming, when Ringo and these people are sent to your prison department, notify me, and I will personally interrogate them. Well, that's about it. ”

Xingzheng handed the secret report to Chen Ziang, and then said: "This is a trap? Just to catch the little doll called Ren Tianxiang and His Royal Highness the Princess? I have a little impression of this Ren Tianxiang, in the academy, his performance is not bad, and he is not considered to have fallen into the name of Master Xuanyuan." ”

"That's not the point, is it?" Li Siming said, "I don't care about the reason why they want to arrest Her Royal Highness, now the question we have to figure out is, how did we fall into their trap, or in other words, who ...... Arrange for Her Royal Highness the Princess to carry out the tasks that should belong to the Supervision Department?"

Everyone's eyes shifted to Chen Ziang, who was burying his head in the secret report. Although Li Siming did not name who it was, everyone knew very well that in this matter, the only person who could arrange the Xuanyuan Liuli team to carry out the affairs of the Supervision Department was Chen Ziang except Xingheng.

Chen Ziang also felt everyone's gaze and slowly raised his head. His expression didn't change, and he seemed to be frank and unrestrained. In front of everyone, he handed the secret report to Lin Zhengkun, and then said calmly: "If you are speculating that there is a spy at the top of our military department or that I directly betrayed the empire, it is better to forgive it." I can assure Your Majesty that there is absolutely no problem with the top level of the military department, and it was proposed by Master Xuanyuan to let Xuanyuan Liuli and them carry out the task of the Supervision Division. At that time, when we got the news of Chu Kexuan's treason, Master Xuanyuan was discussing the supply of Xuanyuan Hall this year in the military department, and he happened to hear the news, so he put forward this opinion. And Master Xuanyuan said that he would personally tell His Majesty about you, so I didn't report it. ”

Hearing this, Lin Zhengkun raised the secret report in his hand and said: "Master Xuanyuan rushed over from Star City as soon as possible and saved Her Royal Highness the Princess, I don't think Master Xuanyuan thought that such a thing would happen, and Master Xuanyuan should not put his closed disciples and granddaughter in danger." In this way, Longquan arranged the manpower very early, and as for this trap, it should be an arrangement made after getting the news. ”

"I think so. Xingzheng sat up slightly and said. He heard the hidden meaning of Lin Zhengkun's words, and also realized the seriousness of the problem.

"That's what I'm here for. Xingheng said.

"Li Siming, dispatch all the commissioners of the Criminal Prison Division, I will give you a list later, I ask that you personally lead the team to arrest the people on the list, and then conduct a review in accordance with the practice of the Criminal Prison Division. ”

"Lin Zhengkun, you dispatch all the inspectors of the inspection institute to investigate all officials at or above the provincial level, and you must investigate at the same time, and don't give them any time to pass on the news. Once treasonous tendencies or spies arranged by the other three empires are discovered, they will be arrested and handed over to the Dali Department of the Ministry of Justice or the Criminal Prison Department according to their importance. ”

"Chen Ziang, the Supervision Department of the Military Department also dispatched all members to start the investigation from the four major border cities and important military towns in various places, and no one can be let go. At the same time, the Secret Language Department of the Ministry of War launched an intelligence network to collect information on the three empires about the planting of spies. Also, Chen Ziang, I need you to go to Mingde City in person to see those four generals, and make sure that they are under our control at all times. But don't be too harsh on them, after all, they are also the generals of our Star Emperor Kingdom. ”

"Also, all three of you have taken care to check within the divisions before carrying out the task I have given you, and then go to investigate the target after making sure that there are no problems with the investigators. ”

"There are also Xingzheng seniors, this time our movement will be very large, and many people will definitely die, so I hope that the Prime Minister's Mansion can appease the people. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, this incident has made me realize that the Empire has been infiltrated by the three major empires. What we are doing here is for the future of the Empire. I hope that you, at all costs, will eradicate the hidden dangers of the empire. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

"The last thing, Chen Ziang and Xingzheng and the two of you have to personally supervise it. The rebellion of the Changfeng Army led by Chu Kexuan in Dragon City has exposed the problems of the imperial border administrative system. I ask you to immediately start preparing to replace the city lords of all the northern cities except the four border cities, and within a month, I ask all the city lords of these cities to be replaced by the people of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and as for the previous city lords, either let them return to their original army to continue the frontier, or let me return to Star City and do some civilian work in the military headquarters.

Ladies and gentlemen, Chu Kexuan's problem has passed, and I want to use this incident as a starting point to prepare for our plan. Whether the four border cities can return to the hands of the empire is up to you. ”

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After the four of them left, Xingheng looked at the secret report on the table and couldn't help but sigh. In this operation, he expected that at least one percent of the officials in the empire would be eliminated, and the administrative units in various parts of the empire might have to be busy for a while, and it would be much better when a new batch of officials came out.

"Zhang Ying, you go to Dragon City and bring Ling'er back. Star Emperor said.

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

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