Longxi Prefecture, Zhongzhou Province...
A faint white line had just appeared in the eastern skyline while the Faerie Dragon Star in the east was giving out brilliant brilliance before the dawn. At this moment, before the dawn, the entire land was silent.
A grey airboat longer than 500 m had just flown out of the stratosphere from tens of thousands of meters in the air silently and entered the troposphere. Closely after that, the entire airboat penetrated through the clouds and flew towards the southeast of Longxi Prefecture like a sharp arrow or a ferocious beast diving for its prey.
At the prow of the airboat, an old man with silver hair in a black robe and a Xiezhi crown was watching the land in the distance with his hands clasped behind his back. Behind the old man, a team of knight-level powerhouses of Zhongzhou Provincial Court was standing solemnly. The old man didn't open his mouth for over 10 hours. The prow of the airboat was in dead silence. Everybody just watched the broken clouds outside the airboat and the land under their feet rapidly retreating.
Compared to the other provincial courts in Taixia Country, Zhongzhou Provincial Court, as one of the 9 immortal provinces in Taixia Country, was evidently much more powerful than the other provinces. Given these knights at the prow of the airboat, Youzhou Province was a lower province in Taixia Country.
Youzhou Province was a lower province in Taixia Country. Since Youzhou Province was established, Zhang Tie had been in charge of the Provincial Court of Youzhou Province as a black iron knight. Across the entire system of the Provincial Court of Youzhou Province, Zhang Tie was the most respected one. There was no other knight-level powerhouse. However, there were over 20 black iron knights in the Provincial Court of Zhongzhou Province. The chief justice of Zhongzhou Provincial Court was a well-known earth knight.
Over 10 hours might be very hard for commoners; however, it was not hard for these knights who might enter secluded cultivation for a couple of months.
Although they remained silent, they had some doubts inside. Until now, the knights of Zhongzhou Provincial Court still didn't know why the chief justice suddenly summoned them to travel 10,000 miles by airboat overnight. However, the chief justice was always strict and unpredictable. Therefore, those who knew the chief justice's temperament didn't ask about it. Because they all knew that the chief justice would tell them if he wanted them to know; if he didn't want them to know, he must have his reasons.
At this moment, besides the chief justice, almost half of the knight-level powerhouses on duty in Zhongzhou Provincial Court had arrived. Besides, the most elite Bi'an Camp of Zhongzhou Provincial Court had all gathered on the airboat.
Nobody knew where they were going and what they were going to do. However, everybody knew that the chief justice was going to handle a major case. If it was not a major case, the chief justice would not mobilize such a great force. Over the past 10 years, the chief justice had not mobilized such a great force across Zhongzhou Province.
"Direction 9, full speed ahead and suspend in 5 minutes..."
After being silent for 10 hours, the chief justice opened his mouth at this moment. He adjusted the flight route of the airboat and had it make a big turn in the air. After this adjustment, all the knights who were guessing the destination of the airboat became confused as they didn't know where the chief justice wanted the airboat to go.
Commoners could barely determine their precise location without asking the captain of the airboat or navigator across Zhongzhou Province; however, as for the chief justice, he seemed to know every grasses, every tree, every mountain and every rock across Zhongzhou Province. As long as he threw a glance at the bottom of the airboat, he would be able to determine the precise location of the airboat. This point alone was admirable enough for him.
After the chief justice opened his mouth, it meant that the riddle that they had been covering their heads for one night was going to be revealed. All the knights who were familiar with the style of the chief justice became spirited as they chested out and waited for the chief justice's order.
As was imagined...
"Yesterday afternoon, the castellan of Jinwu City, Yanghe Prefecture, Youzhou Province was assassinated..."
It was the second sentence of the chief justice.
After hearing this reply, many knights of Zhongzhou Provincial Court faintly frowned. In the eyes of these knights, the assassination of the castellan of a small city in a lower province was almost trivial. The chief justice of Youzhou Provincial Court should be in charge of it. How could the chief justice of Zhongzhou Provincial Court be in charge of it?
"The castellan of Jinwu City is called Zhang Ping. He has a son called Zhang Tie..."
After hearing the third sentence of the chief justice, everyone's heart pounded once again as if he knew what they were thinking about.
Yanghe Prefecture, castellan of Jinwu City, these terms were too distant and trivial for these knights who belonged to the provincial court. However, over the past 4 years, the name of Zhang Tie had become a heavy boulder that the entire judicial system of Taixia Country had to face. As time passed by, this boulder grew heavier and brought greater stress to the entire judicial system of Taixia Country.
The tragedy in Fuhai City 4 years ago had become the No. 1 unsettled case in Taixia Country. It was even said to be the No. 1 unjust case in Taixia Country. As the protagonist of this unsettled case or unjust case, the name of Zhang Tie was well-known in the judicial system of Taixia Country. His fame was even greater than that of the chief justice of Taixia Country, one of the top 9 chancellors in Xuanyuan Hill. Although many bottom-level personnel in many remote places might not be familiar with the name of the chief justice of Taixia Country, they were all familiar with Zhang Tie. The tragedy in Fuhai City and the name of Zhang Tie became the most attractive two names in the judicial system of Taixia Country.
The judicial system of Taixia Country paid attention to the name of Zhang Tie not only because of the twists and turns of the tragedy in Fuhai City, but also because this person was the chief justice of Youzhou Province, a member of the judicial system of Taixia Country. As the former Tiger of Youzhou Province, he had been brilliant the moment he appeared. During the period when he served as the chief justice of Youzhou Province, he had inflicted heavy losses on the Heavens Reaching Church in a short period, which shocked the entire judicial system of Taixia Country. During the period when he served as the chief justice of Youzhou Province, the Provincial Court of Youzhou Province almost became the model of all the Provincial Courts in Taixia Country...
Even after being wanted, this person's article in Mountain of Brightness shocked the entire human knights' world. The song "Beloved Ones" could almost be heard across Taixia Country. The conspiracy and conspiracy behind the tragedy in Fuhai City that this person exposed in his article might be involved with demons and the remnants of Bloody Soul Temple, which shocked Xuanyuan Hill even more. As a result, many moguls had sleepless nights and tasteless meals.
Because of this name, the entire judicial system of Taixia Country was like being roasted on the fire. Many people swore that all the subordinates in the Supreme Court of Taixia Country were good-for-nothings who could only frame loyal and honest people; instead of catching demons.
To put it bluntly, after reading the "Epitaph of a Despicable One", many of these knights had already determined that Zhang Tie was innocent even though they were officials of the judicial system. However, the national law was iron-clad. The evidence had formed a complete chain of evidence in front of them. Before the evidence that could overturn the evidence, it was nothing but a joke to revoke the arrest order of Zhang Tie.
'This guy's father was assassinated... '
Many people were thinking about the connection behind this information.
"According to the news from Youzhou Province, the assassins who assassinated Zhang Ping came from Zhongzhou Province, which is under our jurisdiction. Additionally, the culprit on the back of the assassins is the culprit who created the tragedy in Fuhai City and framed Zhang Tie..." After hearing the fourth sentence, all the knights of Zhongzhou Provincial Court held their breath.
"Lord, it's not a trivial news. Now that those assassins arranged to assassinate Zhang Ping in Jinwu City, they must have made a comprehensive preparation. No matter whether they succeeded or not, they must have dispatched dare-to-die fighters to assassinate an important figure of Huaiyuan Palace in the territory of Huaiyuan Palace. They would not leave any clue easily. How did Youzhou Province know that these assassins came from Zhongzhou Province in such a short period and were related to the tragedy in Fuhai City?" A knight in the front of those knights of Zhongzhou Provincial Court asked in a muffled voice.
"We don't need to care about how Youzhou Province knows about this!" The chief justice of Zhongzhou Provincial Court turned around with snow-white eyebrows and a solemn and dignified look, "If the intelligence is wrong, the Supreme Court and Huaiyuan Palace will demand an explanation. The three yamens of Taixia Country are not private weapons that could be used casually. If the intelligence is true, the Supreme Court of Zhongzhou Province will exert its full efforts to wipe out the evildoers in Zhongzhou Province like a lion catching a rabbit!"
After exchanging a glance with each other, all the knights of Zhongzhou Provincial Court felt their hearts pounding.
Only after a few minutes, the airboat had already stopped. There was a valley covering 60 square miles on the ground. There were some castles and manors in the valley. It seemed to be a small place in Longxi Prefecture, Zhongzhou Province. Those castles and manors were the forces in this small place.
Such places could be seen everywhere in Zhongzhou Province. That was the pattern of local tyrants or small sects in small places.
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem At this moment, the eastern sky gradually turned white as a golden line appeared in the eastern sky. The thin mist in the valley was gradually dissipating. The airboat was behind a cloud. As the color of the airboat matched with the cloud, it could barely be discovered by people on the ground. It was definitely a pleasure to watch the sunrise from the airboat at this moment. Pitifully, the people on the airboat were not in the mood to appreciate the sunrise at this moment.
"It's Pingsha Valley down there. Go down there and dig 100 m into the ground. Don't miss any inch. Arrest all the people in Pingsha Valley, male or female, old or young. If anyone dares to resist arrest, kill him. Am I clear?" The chief justice of Zhongzhou Provincial Court ordered with a strong killing intent.
"Yes, sir!"
"Let's take action then!" The chief justice of Zhongzhou Provincial Court waved his hand, "I will stay on the airboat. If you encounter a powerful enemy, just release your battle qi smoke and I will solve them myself..."
"Yes, sir!"
In the next minute, all the knights flew out of the open hatch of the airboat and charged at those castles and manors below. The airboat slowly circled around Pingsha Valley in the sky while over 8,000 criminal hunters of Bi'an Camp affiliated to Zhongzhou Provincial Court jumped off the airboat one after another like sowing seeds. When they were dozens of meters away from the ground, they opened their rotary-wing parachutes. The moment they landed on the ground, they had rushed towards Pingsha Valley like wolves and tigers and surrounded the entire Pingsha Valley...
The first ray of light appeared on the ground...
On the ground, the battle qi totems and roars of the fighters of Bi'an Camp in Zhongzhou Province started to appear, causing chaos in Pingsha Valley...
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