Xia Hou's expression turned heavy as the pressure he exuded was terrifying.
The many vice governors and attendants also understood that Di Tian was borrowing the Realmlord's power. Disobey? Kill without mercy? Who gave him such great authority? He was using his position as the supervisory commander to seek revenge. However, he had a good reason to do so. If someone disobeyed, what if Di Tian really killed them?
Given Di Tian's combat prowess as the top ranker in the martial competition, most probably Governor Xia Hou wouldn't be able to stop him.
"Governor Di, what do you treat my governor's manor as?" Xia Hou's face turned ashen. If it wasn't for the fact that he knew he wouldn't be able to win against Di Tian, he would have directly started a fight.
"This is my duty. If this matter is investigated thoroughly, I will naturally allow them to return. I won't make things difficult for them." Di Tian spoke. Xia Hou's expression turned heavy. If these people were brought back to the Emperor Pavilion, there would definitely be trouble. Now that they were in Di Tian's territory, wouldn't he be the one who had the final say?
"Who knows what methods you will use." Xia Hou coldly spoke.
"This time around, I've invited the grand governor's personal guard to testify. There are also people from the various governor manors. They will bear witness to the entire process. Guard Yun, tell Governor Xia Hou about this." Di Tian spoke. An immortal emperor walked out from the side. Xia Hou glanced at him with an unsightly expression. He naturally knew who the head guard of the Grand Governor Zhuge Xiong was.
"Governor Xia Hou, the Grand Governor believes that Governor Di will investigate this matter impartially. He hopes that Governor Xia Hou will cooperate." Guard Yun spoke. Xia Hou's hands trembled, he was angered to the extreme. Right now, did the Grand Governor Zhuge Xiong already publicly stand on Di Tian's side?
"Governor Xia Hou, I've already given you face. If you continue to obstruct me from doing things, don't blame me for being impolite." Di Tian directly threatened. "I'll only give the vice governors and attendants of the governor's manor the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. If they don't come, I'll go in myself."
The central governor's manor was completely shaken. Di Tian was too overbearing, the Lifire Empyrean didn't care and even the grand governor, Zhuge Xiong, stood on Di Tian's side. As for the other governors, other than Yin Qiu who was expelled by Di Tian because he spoke out for Governor Xia Hou, the other governors all supported Di Tian. The situation was completely one-sided.
More and more people came here, they were all vice governors and attendants of the governor's manor. Di Tian was too domineering, they didn't dare to not come. If not, even their lord governor Xia Hou might not be able to protect them.
Seeing everyone appear, Xia Hou clenched his fists tightly, feeling extremely aggrieved.
Not long after, the people who should have come were all here. Di Tian glanced at them and spoke, "Many thanks for everyone's cooperation. Since all of you are vice governors and attendants, I will naturally treat you politely. Follow me to the Emperor Pavilion."
Qin Wentian said and turned around. He was indeed very polite. Everyone glanced at Xia Hou. Xia Hou glanced at a few of them with a hint of warning in his eyes.
"Governor Xia Hou, back then when you came to my Emperor Pavilion, were you like me today?" A voice rang out in Xia Hou's mind. It was Di Tian's voice transmission. Cracking sounds rang out, Xia Hou clenched his fists even tighter. Clearly, Di Tian came here for revenge.
Di Tian brought Qin Wentian away. The news of this rapidly circulated around the central city regions. This Grandmaster Di Tian was truly tyrannical, incomparably domineering, directly heading to the central governor's manor to capture Qin Wentian.
In the Emperor Pavilion, the vice governors and attendants of the central governor's manor were all brought here. The experts in the surroundings were as common as the clouds, causing them to feel immense pressure. Di Tian glanced at everyone as he spoke, "I'm sure everyone has heard of the incident that happened in the Emperor Pavilion back then. Let me ask all of you, does anyone know who the mastermind is?"
Everyone stared at Di Tian. This fellow truly wasn't reserved at all, he was actually so direct with his questions, not beating around the bush at all, getting straight to the point.
Naturally, no one replied. How could they say this out loud?
"It's fine if you guys don't want to speak. But if in the future, I find out who the mastermind is and there's someone who doesn't report …" Di Tian smiled at everyone. "Cripple that person's cultivation base."
Many people felt their hearts trembling but they still maintained their calm on the surface. If they didn't say anything, they didn't believe that Di Tian would know.
"I'll give you all the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to consider. For those who know, just take a step forward." Di Tian laughed. After that, he stood up from his seat and paced back and forth as though nothing had happened. He glanced at Mo Junyi who was at the side and asked, "Has the person from the northern governor's manor not been invited over yet?"
"Governor Qin has agreed, he's already here." Mo Junyi replied.
"Mhm, quickly invite him over." Di Tian spoke. Mo Junyi walked out and an instant later, she returned. Not only that, beside her, there was a terrifying lion that exuded an imposingness. The eyes of this lion gleamed with a jade-green light. That jade-green eyes of his swept over everyone, causing the hearts of everyone to tremble. Even their souls were trembling, as though they were no longer under their control.
"Senior Evil Emperor, thank you for your hard work." Di Tian politely spoke.
This lion was none other than the Evil Emperor. He casually nodded his head as a reply. His jade-green eyes were still staring at everyone, causing the hairs of those people to stand on end.
"This bastard." Some people were already cursing Di Tian in their hearts.
"Evil Emperor, Qin Wentian truly wants to deal with Governor Xia Hou and asked the Evil Emperor for help. If we don't say anything, would Di Tian really use the Evil Emperor to control us and force us to speak?" Some people felt conflicted in their hearts, their expressions were no longer as calm as before. Given the domineering aura Di Tian displayed, there was truly such a possibility.
"Guard Yun, you are a subordinate of the Grand Governor. Be a witness for me. I guarantee that I won't ask too much about their private matters and will only investigate this matter." Di Tian spoke to Guard Yun. Guard Yun silently cursed at Di Tian for being shameless. Was he trying to scare Xia Hou's subordinates to death?
And as expected, there were quite a few people who were already trembling unstably. If Di Tian really used the Evil Emperor to interrogate them, Di Tian would cripple them and everything would be over.
Di Tian didn't seem to be in a hurry. After a few steps, he inclined his head and stared at everyone. He smiled, "There's still the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn. As long as you take the initiative to confess, I guarantee that I won't pursue this matter any further. If not, I'll do as I said before. Everyone, please consider this carefully."
After speaking, he no longer spoke. He paced back and forth in front of everyone, his footsteps were crisp and clear. The atmosphere was so silent that even a pin drop could be heard. The jade-green eyes of the Evil Emperor grew increasingly demonic and terrifying. Finally, an attendant took a step forward. The time it takes for an incense stick to burn was almost up, he didn't dare to take the risk.
With someone taking the lead, another attendant stepped out. Very swiftly, three people walked out consecutively. Di Tian coldly laughed when he saw this scene. How brazen was Xia Hou back then? He didn't hide anything at all, allowing more than three attendants to know about this matter. From this, one could very well imagine how brazen Xia Hou was. He didn't care about this at all.
Finally, two vice governors and four attendants walked out. When Di Tian saw this scene, he laughed and spoke to them, "Explain yourself in front of Guard Yun. Who is the mastermind behind the chaos in my Emperor Pavilion? Both of you, transmit a voice transmission to me and Guard Yun. You guys are not allowed to say anything. If you guys don't agree with each other, we will have to investigate further."
"What a sinister fellow." Everyone stared at Di Tian. The people in the surroundings didn't expect Grandmaster Di Tian to have such methods. As expected, he brought the mastermind to the Emperor Pavilion. Xia Hou was most probably finished now. Grandmaster Di Tian had already made his preparations. From the start to the end, Xia Hou had no way to resist at all.
Numerous voices rang out in the ears of Di Tian and Guard Yun. After that, Di Tian and Guard Yun communicated via voice transmission. After that, Di Tian's eyes flashed with a cold smile as he continued to ask, "In that case, Governor Xia Hou already knows everything. Although he didn't take the initiative to act, in truth, both parties have already colluded. Am I right?"
The attendants exchanged glances as they continued to transmit their voices. Di Tian's eyes were cold. Finally, he turned to the Evil Emperor and spoke, "Senior Evil Emperor, can I trouble you to control this attendant and ask him if his words earlier are true? Did they send voice transmissions to each other to lie to me and Guard Yun?"
The Evil Emperor's jade-green eyes turned to the weakest attendant, a peak-stage immortal king. Very swiftly, he controlled that attendant and questioned him. That attendant was very honest, everything he said was the truth.
"Since this is the case, the evidence is clear. Let me report what everyone told me and Guard Yun earlier. Back then, the Yan Clan, Han Clan and Wei Clan of the central city regions paid a visit to Governor Xia Hou and joined forces to deal with my Emperor Pavilion. The City Lord Manor pretended to investigate but in truth, they didn't do anything. In fact, they even secretly sent news to the three aristocratic clans. Am I right? If there's a problem with what I said, please correct me. " Di Tian slowly spoke. Nobody refuted him. The others all felt shock in their hearts as a voice rang out in their hearts. Governor Xia Hou was finished.
This Di Tian was determined to take revenge on him. And now, the evidence was clear.
"There are people from the various governors' manors here, including the Grand Governor himself. Since the truth is clear, what do you all think?" Di Tian stared at everyone as he spoke.
"We have to report this matter to the Lord Governor." Guard Yun and the others spoke. Di Tian nodded, allowing them to make the report. A moment later, Guard Yun replied, "The Grand Governor said that he will immediately report this matter to the Empyrean. As for the three aristocratic clans, the Grand Governor said that from now on, they are to be forbidden from expanding their power in Lifire City forever and all the businesses they control will be shut down."
"I have no objections to the Grand Governor's suggestion. As for the matter regarding Governor Xia Hou, I will wait for the Empyrean's orders and see how the Empyrean would reply to the Grand Governor. As for the other three aristocratic clans, they have already violated the laws of the governor's manor. Not only will their businesses be shut down, they will also be confiscated." Di Tian laughed, but his eyes gleamed with coldness. Everyone here felt their hearts trembling when they heard this. They all understood that Governor Xia Hou was finished. The three aristocratic clans were in dire straits as well.
Back then, the three aristocratic clans offended Grandmaster Di and wanted to annihilate the Emperor Pavilion. Given Grandmaster Di's personality, he most probably wouldn't show mercy!
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