Chapter 201 Investigation Results and Surprises (6K)

As soon as Qian Shougang died, Zhao Xing rushed back to Long Xiao's place.

At this time, Long Xiao had also dealt with the remaining Black Dragon Guards on the warship.

"How is it?" Long Xiao asked.

"died."

Long Xiao said: "That's good, should we withdraw?"

Zhao Xing said: "We must take this warship back even if we retreat. We are chasing the enemy now, and it would be unreasonable not to take the spoils with us."

Long Xiao hesitated and said, "Didn't you say that reinforcements are coming soon? My five hundred men can't defeat tens of thousands of people."

The Black Dragon Guards are no ordinary bunch, and King Liang’s private army is also a strong one.

It took them a lot of effort to deal with Qian Shougang. It can be said that Long Xiao and Zhao Xing tried their best.

Although Qian Shougang was a sixth-rank official, he was only the commander of a thousand men in the Black Dragon Army, and there were many sixth-rank officials who were stronger than Qian Shougang.

"We're here." Zhao Xing pointed in a certain direction.

Five black dragon warships appeared in the eastern sky, and one of them landed quickly at the place where Qian Shougang died.

The two warships spawned many flying boats, which surrounded Zhao Xing, Long Xiao, and the five hundred men, as well as the warships.

The other two ships suddenly headed north on alert.

"What should we do now?" Long Xiao looked solemn.

"Don't panic." Zhao Xing said, "Our people have also arrived. Raise the flag and say that the Shenwei Army is destroying the enemy."

After killing a sixth-rank warrior and thousands of Black Dragon Guards, Long Xiao felt a little weak after the brain heat, but Zhao Xing was very calm.

Why did he insist on killing them all, instead of just punishing Qian Shougang and being done with it?

One reason is that if Qian Shougang were alive, even if he defeated him now, Qian Shougang was a strong soldier of the sixth rank, and he would inevitably take revenge in the future. Whether it was an open revenge or a secret trick, the trouble would be endless.

Zhao Xing’s approach was to directly cut off the source of the trouble, and it would be best to solve it once and for all.

Second, the sudden rise of the Shenwei Army, coupled with the fact that they had planted the Earth Fire Lotus, magnified the speed of the Shenwei Army's rise.

As the saying goes, when you are famous you are prone to gossip.

Qian Shougang's "forced expropriation" was successful today, and nothing happened.

Tomorrow there will be 'Li Shougang', 'Wang Shougang'... endlessly, and anyone can come and bully us.

Then Zhao Xing can forget about making any meritorious service, because just as you cultivated the Earth Fire Lotus and gained military merit, you were forcibly conscripted the next moment. Your military merit was directly deducted and you were used as a wedding gift to others. What's the point then?

Please note that Qian Shougang’s call was not a normal conscription, but a forced conscription that did not comply with the procedures, which was no different from robbery.

The normal process requires a "divine contract" witnessed by the gods, which clearly states how much is borrowed and when it is agreed to be returned.

Qian Shougang only had the password, he didn't even invite the gods, and the temple in City No. 98 was not built. He just wanted to default on his debt in the future and didn't plan to pay it back.

In this way, City No. 98 will lose military merits, but Qian Shougang can gain a lot of military merits with this batch of Earth Fire Lotus.

A weak general could not argue with Qian Shougang, who came from a strong army.

In wild wars, there are often situations that are beyond supervision. Even military merits have to be counted from multiple sources, with both human and material evidence required. Finally, they have to be comprehensively considered by the people above and calculated using the Creation Plate.

During a war, there are many cases where two armies compete for merit and victory.

To kill Qian Shougang, you have to strike him with one punch to avoid a hundred punches.

Zhao Xing understood this principle, and Liao Rulong also understood it.

So he immediately led his army there quickly.

Since the clouds in the sky were controlled by Zhao Xing, the Black Dragon Guard reinforcements and Liao Rulong's troops arrived almost at the same time.

"The commander of my Black Dragon Army, Qian Shougang, is dead. This area will be blocked soon. Please ask the Shenwei Army to cooperate with the investigation." On a Black Dragon warship, Commander Zheng Liu gave orders to the fleet of warships ahead.

On the warship, Chen Shijie raised his eyebrows when he heard the news.

Zhao Xing...has killed a commander of the Black Dragon Army?
On the way here, Liao Rulong also learned the whole story, which was analyzed by Pu Zhong.

At this moment, my heart skipped a beat. This brother is too fast.

Despite his thoughts, Liao Rulong still reacted quickly.

"The Divine Might Army is chasing after the alien enemy. This is our battle zone. Please leave immediately!"

His attitude was also very tough, and he insisted that the Shenwei Army was chasing after foreign enemy troops.

Nowadays, all these procedures have to be checked afterwards. Liao Rulong is also a veteran in the army, and with Pu Zhong and Chen Shijie by his side, he naturally knows what to do.

The two sides passed flags back and forth.

Liao Rulong reiterated it three times, and the warship began to move forward.

Seeing that Liao Rulong had a large number of people, the first batch of five Black Dragon warships that came to support did not dare to act rashly and withdrew from the area above Zhao Xing's head.

Because they didn't understand why Qian Shougang died here, and the Shenwei Army was under the guise of killing the enemy.

The first batch of five warships was led by a commander named Zheng Liu. He was a relatively upright man and had no idea that Qian Shougang was coming.

Seeing that things were strange, he had to give up checking Qian Shougang's ship. He just collected Qian Shougang's body, called his superiors on his own ship, and confronted the Shenwei Army.

Huh~ A fifth-grade top-grade dragon-bone ship landed on the hill.

Qian Shougang's Black Dragon warship was only a mid-level fifth-grade warship. Compared with Liao Rulong, who had upgraded his weapon to a more advanced one, his warship was like an old hen standing next to an elephant.

"Zhao Xing, Dragon Sign." Liao Rulong, Chen Shijie, Yu Ziqi, and Pu Zhong flew down from the boat, while Wen Shaoyang and Jiang Ming sat in charge of Huolong Pass together.

Liao Rulong bought five fifth-order top-grade keel warships, and now he has directly sent three of them over, which can be said to be a sign of his great importance.

"Are you two okay?" Liao Rulong asked. He looked at the broken arms and limbs all over the ground and couldn't help but feel shocked.

Damn, how much was cut?
"It's alright, thank you for your concern, Captain." Zhao Xing said. "They are all dead bodies of the enemy."

Liao Rulong asked in a deep voice: "Are there any survivors?"

Zhao Xing glanced at Liao Rulong. No wonder the Shenwei Army could rise. All of their members are ruthless.

The second thing Lao Liao asked was whether there were any survivors.

If there are still survivors, deal with them immediately.

"No, the enemy has been completely wiped out." Zhao Xing said. "The treasures of the supply city that were looted are all on this ship."

"Open the records on the dragon bone warship, and ask the statue in the marching hall to come out and take charge." Pu Zhong said, "Keep the battlefield as it is."

Pu Zhong began to prepare for the aftermath. As a counselor, he knew very well that the death of a sixth-rank general was no trivial matter.

Now they have to try their best to handle this matter in a reasonable direction.

A quarter of an hour later.

The Black Dragon Army shouted to Liao Rulong again.

Attitudes also hardened.

Because the one who was shouting was no longer Zheng Liu, but Zheng Liu's superior, the sixth-rank Yangwei Duwei 'Xie Kuiguang'.

"How dare the Shenwei Army kill our sixth-rank general?"

"Law enforcement team, take the criminal and the evidence back for trial!"

Xie Kuiguang's voice spread across the sky, and the warship was aimed at the location of Zhao Xing and Long Xiao.

"Let's see who dares!" Liao Rulong flew into the sky, and thousands of people drew their swords at the same time, blocking the front of the team sent by Xie Kuiguang with murderous intent.

"Liao Rulong!" Xie Kuiguang shouted. He had already known Liao Rulong's name from Zheng Liu, and even the names of Zhao Xing and Long Xiao. "Are you going to shield a criminal?"

"Asshole, who are you? How dare you come to accuse my Shenwei Army?" Liao Rulong's temper was even worse than his.

"This place has been turned into a temporary war zone for the Shenwei Army. There are still hundreds of thousands of troops on the way. Try to touch me!"

"You killed a sixth-rank general. Are you planning a rebellion with the Shenwei Army?!" Xie Kuiguang shouted angrily.

"Attacking the friendly forces' war zone, are you planning to commit treason?" Liao Rulong responded sharply.

Tensions.

The machine crossbows on the warships on both sides were also loaded, and a bloody battle formation gathered in the sky.

It has to be said that after defeating the Wolf God Tribe and taking over the Fire Dragon Pass, Liao Rulong's Shenwei Army's momentum is no less than that of the Black Dragon Army.

For a moment, Xie Kuiguang really didn't dare to take action.

The same is true for Liao Rulong.

The two are now evenly matched and are just exchanging empty words.

Once a real fight breaks out, no one will be able to bear the consequences.

But Xie Kuiguang couldn't let Liao Rulong and the others leave.

Since Qian Shougang and a thousand Black Dragon Guards died right under his nose, how could he let them go easily?

"Ang~"

A clear sound of a dragon's roar was heard in the distance, and it was Xia Jing and Li Que's troops that had arrived.

When Xie Kuiguang saw that Liao Rulong indeed had reinforcements behind him, he immediately felt that the situation was in trouble.

Moreover, why are the Xuanjia Army and Zhenhai Army here as well?
Xie Kuiguang knew that Qian Shougang bullied the Shenwei Army, but he really didn't expect why it would cause such a big fuss.
"The wings of the Shenwei Army are really strong..." Xie Kuiguang knew that he might not be able to take down Zhao Xing and Long Xiao's group.

It is also impossible to take Qian Shougang's warship away.

If he could take the lead and seize Qian Shougang's warship and Zhao Xing and Long Xiao's brave battalion, then it would be beneficial to his Black Dragon Army.

Now, it’s hard to explain.

"Xie Kuiguang." Xia Jing came to the middle of the two armies on a flying boat. "What's going on? Why are you attacking friendly forces?"

"Prince." Facing Xia Jing, Xie Kuiguang's tone softened. He could ignore Liao Rulong and Yang An behind him, but he had to treat Xia Jing's father, Xiahou, King Liang as guests of honor.

Because Xiahou was known as the strongest fourth-grade Yuanpo warrior and had once killed a third-grade Yuanhun demon.

"A sixth-rank general and a thousand Black Dragon Guards from our army died here. They are suspected to have been killed by the Divine Might Army." Xie Kuiguang said, "We must bring them back for questioning..."

"You don't look like you want to interrogate him." Xia Jing interrupted, "If there were fewer Shenwei soldiers, would you have taken action?"

Xie Kuiguang said nothing, he really thought so.

"Xie Kuiguang, you are a sixth-rank officer, and Commandant Liao is also a sixth-rank officer. There is no difference between the two. You have no right to order other military commanders." Xia Jing said calmly, "What is the matter? Ask the military supervisor to intervene."

Xie Kuiguang's face was gloomy, but he also knew that he couldn't handle this matter, so he could only report it. Liao Rulong also reported it to Jia Pu and Yang An.

The matter became a big deal, but the highest rank on the battlefield was the sixth rank, so the wrangling matters could only be left to the higher-ups.

Xi'er County, the headquarters of the commander-in-chief of the Shenwei Army.

"What? He killed a sixth-rank soldier from the Black Dragon Army?" Jia Pu stood up with a bang. "What happened?"

Pu Zhong and Liao Rulong were standing in the marching hall. At this time, their shadows also appeared in the commander-in-chief's mansion of the Shenwei Army, and they reported everything to Jia Pu.

The story was still the same: City No. 98 was attacked by the enemy, the main general defending the city, Wang Ji, was seriously injured, several deputy generals were injured, and the precious supply Earth Fire Lotus was robbed.

Zhao Xing and Long Xiao led the brave battalion to rush to the rescue, caught up with the alien enemy troops pretending to be the Black Dragon Army, and killed them all.

Unexpectedly, this is the real Black Dragon Guard.

Liao Rulong swore, "General, this cannot be blamed on Zhao Xing and Long Xiaowa. If it was our Great Zhou army, why would they attack City 98 and rob us of the fifth-rank earth fire lotus that we had so much trouble to obtain? Who could have thought of this!"

Jia Pu: “…”

Looking at Liao Rulong's poor acting skills, Jia Pu was speechless.

If you don’t know, who would believe it?

But saying it out loud is one thing, and objective facts are another.

Jia Pu inquired about the process in detail and found that Zhao Xing's actions from rescue to murder were entirely based on this set of objective facts.

This provides favorable evidence for the military trial.

Nice job.

Jia Pu glanced at the detailed reports of the two and exclaimed in his heart.

It is hard to imagine that this was done by Zhao Xing, who had only been training and in the army for less than two years.

"I understand." Jia Pu said, "Stay where you are, don't make any moves, restrain your men, and don't cause any more conflicts."

"Yes." Liao Rulong nodded, and the shadow disappeared.

The people were killed on September 27th. On that day, the Shenwei Army and the Black Dragon Army, totaling 120,000 soldiers, confronted each other near Xixianling.

The confrontation between the two armies naturally attracted considerable attention.

The Fire Demon leader of Xixian County was frightened. He thought the two armies were acting and actually wanted to attack him.

Immediately withdraw the troops, defend the position strictly and do not move out.

Naturally, the military community quickly discovered this anomaly.

However, it was not until October 1st that people from the Judicial Yinshen Department and the Supervisory Department of the military world intervened.

Xixianling, on an ordinary hill.

Zhao Xing waited quietly.

At this moment, a cold wind blew and the sky suddenly darkened.

"Huwu~"

The sky howled, and a hundred-meter-tall shadow appeared between heaven and earth.

It looks ferocious, holding a scimitar and carrying many command flags on its back.

"The third-rank judicial Yin God, Deng Gang." Zhao Xing looked at the Yin God and couldn't help but stand up.

Next to them, there are six smaller figures.

Zhao Xing knew three of them.

The first is Fan Zhaoli, the director of the Institute of Geology, who is also the fifth-rank minister of agriculture in Yangcheng, the military world.

The second is Liu Tianning, who is a member of the "Supervision Department".

The third is Tan Taiming. Tan Taiming is a fourth-rank military minister of Jiutian Yingyuan Prefecture. Today, the Xixianling war zone is under his jurisdiction.

All three of them are qualified to participate in this investigation, and it seems that only Fan Zhaoli and Zhao Xing are somewhat related.

In fact, they are all the results of gaming.

When Fan Zhaoli, Liu Tianning, and Tan Taiming looked at Zhao Xing, their eyes were relatively gentle.

The other two looked at Zhao Xing with scrutiny.

It is obvious that it is the faction of King Liang.

Zhao Xing took a look and found that these two were fifth-rank generals, and the remaining one was a fourth-rank priest.

"Greetings, my Lords." Zhao Xing bowed.

"Zhao Xing, the commander of the Ninth Camp, is now investigating your killing of Qian Shougang." A fifth-rank general said coldly. "We need to ask you a few questions, and you must answer them truthfully."

Tan Taiming said, "The matter has not been determined yet, how can we use the word ambush? Let the Yin God Deng Gang summon the soul first, Lord Shen, thank you for your trouble."

The fourth-rank priest Shen Yiheng nodded: "It should be so."

"The Yin God is summoning spirits, and the momentum is unstoppable." Fan Zhaoli waved his hand, and a shadow was cast on the ground. Suddenly, a vigorous and lush tree grew out. "Lord Dan, please let Zhao Xing wait here."

"Yeah." Tan Tai Ming nodded.

Zhao Xing bowed and stood under Fan Zhaoli's big tree.

It's true that it's nice to sit under a big tree and enjoy the shade.

After Zhao Xing stood next to Fan Zhaoli, the cold feeling disappeared and was replaced by a cool feeling.

"Soul, come back~"

The Yin God Deng Gang held a soul lamp, danced with his hands, and a unique tone came out of his mouth, echoing between heaven and earth.

I shouted three times, but there was no response.

The Yin God Deng Gang looked at the priest Shen Yiheng and said, "It is impossible to summon the soul."

"Why is this happening?" asked the fifth-rank general next to him. "Where is Qian Shougang's soul?"

"When people die, they become ghosts, and when ghosts die, they become ghosts."

"I can feel that the souls of Qian Shougang and the Black Dragon Guard have turned into ghosts and cannot be summoned."

Shen Yiheng immediately looked at Zhao Xing: "It's fine if he killed someone, but you also crushed his soul? This was not an accidental killing. You killed Qian Shougang knowing his identity!"

Tan Taiming looked at Zhao Xing and asked, "How do you explain Lord Shen's question?"

Zhao Xing was not in a hurry, and a breeze appeared in his palm: "Sir, I know the advanced method [Evil of Yin Wind]."

"My magic attack is just like this. Facing the southern barbarians, Lord Shen, do you think I should show mercy?"

The evil of Yin wind is a spell that targets souls.

"Why don't you confirm his identity?" a fifth-rank general said in a low voice.

Zhao Xing replied: "The situation is critical. Once we meet, it will be a life-and-death battle. How can we have time to confirm our identities?"

"And why did you rob City 98 of its precious supplies?"

Another fifth-rank general said, "It's a conscription."

Zhao Xing asked: "If it is a conscription, where is the contract with the gods? Why did you hurt people?"

"To put it another way, if he is really Qian Shougang, why doesn't he surrender?"

"..."

The two were speechless when asked.

It was clearly them who came to question Zhao Xing, but now they are treated like the criminals.

The general was a little angry and said, "This is just your one-sided statement!"

Zhao Xing said calmly: "Then please ask the lord to summon Qian Shougang's spirit and ask him."

"you……"

Nowadays, money is in a scarce state.

If one wants to summon Qian Shougang for questioning, there is only one possibility: ask the First-Rank Lord of Rebirth to summon his soul and turn Qian Shougang into a ghost god.

But Qian Shougang did not have a million military merits. He came to the battlefield relatively late, and his military merits were not as good as many seventh-grade ones.

If he had a million military merits, he wouldn't have come to steal the Earth Fire Lotus from the Shenwei Army.

The rules of the Yin God system are here, and it is impossible to let the first-class Lord of Rebirth come to summon souls when investigating a case. Otherwise, everyone will die in this way in the future and become a Yin God.

Isn't this a disguised way of destroying the Yin Shen system?

Seeing Zhao Xing's calm answer, Fan Zhaoli couldn't help but smile.

In fact, it was Qian Shougang who broke the rules in this matter. As long as Zhao Xing insisted that it was an accidental killing and not intentional, the punishment would be minimal.

If it was intentional, then it wouldn't work. Qian Shougang's crime does not deserve the death penalty, and it is not Zhao Xing's turn to punish him.

However, the people from King Liang's faction did not expect that Zhao Xing actually mastered nine kinds of high-level magic and did things so flawlessly.

There is no temple in City No. 98, and in the southern wilderness, the Yinshen supervision system is not as effective as in the Great Zhou. Even the determination of military merit requires a comprehensive consideration of many factors, let alone this situation?
Therefore, the Ministry of Supervision’s Sikou had to conduct visits, collect evidence and conduct investigations.

After asking the people in City No. 98 and looking at Wang Ji's injuries.

Soon, the Military Supervision Department issued a preliminary result:
Qian Shougang brought this upon himself by not following procedures when requisitioning supplies for the Shenwei Army.

He used his authority as a superior to injure the commander-in-chief defending the city and forcibly seized the precious supplies of the Shenwei Army, which was tantamount to robbery.

As a result, Zhao Xing, Long Xiao and others mistook them for enemy troops in disguise as barbarians, and they were killed by Yu Xixianling.

After the preliminary investigation results came out, they were reported to Jiutian Yingyuan Mansion, Shiyang Dongtian, Bingjie, King Liang, the commander of the Shenwei Army and other parties for review.

Seven days later, the final investigation results came out: Zhao Xing, Long Xiao and the Xiaoyong Battalion were not guilty, and they did not even need to be punished for their military merits.

As soon as this result came out, it caused quite a stir.

Even Zhao Xing himself was a little surprised:

"Huh? This is the result?
"I expected both innocence and minor offenses, but how come they didn't even punish him for his military achievements? What happened?"

　I won’t write today. I’ll adjust it and write more during the day tomorrow.

　　At the end of the month, I will check how much I have paid and how much I still owe.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)