As one of the ten provincial cities in the Xuanqing Empire, Haijin City is the core city of the eastern metropolitan area. In this city with a permanent population of over 100 million, there are also millions of monsters living here.
Not just this city - looking at the entire Xuanqing Empire's nearly 25 million square kilometers of land, every city has a considerable number of monsters living in it.
No human country allows over 100 million monsters to exist like the Xuanqing Empire, because monsters, especially Warcraft, have too many unstable factors: low quality, bad temper, estrus, hibernation...
This led to the gradual instability of the society of the Xuanqing Empire due to the existence of alien non-human species.
The people of this country don't like monsters, but there is nothing they can do about it - because this is the policy of the imperial family and the cabinet.
Although they did not want the country they ruled to have these unstable factors, the decay within the empire and the threat of external partition made the emperor and the cabinet hit it off with the plan of introducing monsters.
Not all monsters are eligible to be introduced. Those that can be introduced are monsters that have formed countries, tribes, and are backed by the Demon King.
The emperor and the cabinet hope to alleviate threats from the outside in this way: by absorbing monsters from monster countries to maintain relations with the devil behind them, so that other countries dare not go too far and take direct action, thereby buying time to achieve their own goals. .
The imperial family wanted to re-centralize power and once again command and obey the empire as if it were the ruler of the world.
The cabinet wants to complete the constitutional monarchy or abolish the monarchy through reforms, and then implement the New Deal directly through the cabinet.
However, the two parties that initially cooperated to reduce external threats failed to reach a stable balance, resulting in a long tug-of-war.
In this process of competing for power, because they were worried that the other party would get closer to the monsters and obtain more capital, they gradually relaxed the conditions for introducing monsters. As a result, the situation is now somewhat uncontrollable.
Because they all want to maintain a certain friendly relationship with the devil behind the monsters, they are not so strict in dealing with monster crimes.
The battles between the cabinet and the imperial family, coupled with the intensification of violent crimes committed by monsters, have resulted in internal conflicts that have not only failed to be brought under control, but have intensified.
As for Kaijin City, which is fully controlled by the cabinet, more than a million monsters live here today. Because there is no need to continue to fight against the imperial family here, although the number of monsters in this metropolis is large, the security is considered good. .
Especially now, when the whole city is under martial law and the cabinet has made clear its attitude of strict investigation, the whole city is calm for a while.
The roof of the office building of Haijin City's [Demon Trial Agency].
Because His Royal Highness Prince Zhao Mingjing had not arrived yet, Su Yuxi came here holding Maomao, who was sister Shaoshao at this time, and looked at the night view of the city.
"The imperial family and the cabinet really want to win back the people's support through political achievements, but unfortunately the policies gradually change at the local level. The people below are just following the rules and criticizing each other, which leads to the inability to implement the policies and deepens the people's resentment."
Su Yuxi, who was talking to himself, naturally knew that the emperor and the cabinet had made a lot of efforts to change the status quo, but the results were not even as expected.
Because they are both wary of each other taking advantage of the situation when their strength is temporarily weakened due to too in-depth reforms, occupying more high positions, resulting in the fact that they will be completely annihilated by the other party even if they complete the reform.
Thinking about it, Su Yuxi couldn't help but chuckle. The situation in the Xuanqing Empire was more complicated than that of any human country, because the imperial family represented magicians, while the cabinet was made up of ordinary people.
The imperial family believes that in the age of magic, magicians should be in charge of power, while the cabinet feels that magicians are not omnipotent.
Naturally, both parties understand the principle of each performing their own duties, but neither is willing to grasp that balance point.
Because of mutual distrust: ordinary people in the cabinet felt that magicians would not care about the needs of ordinary people once they were completely in power, while the imperial family felt that ordinary people would just be obedient and protected as weaklings in the age of magic.
Nowadays, the conflict is getting deeper because they are worried that the failure of one party will lead to the complete purge and suppression of the other party.
Su Yuxi knew very well the key reason why both sides were unable to break the balance: insufficient strength.
Although the members of the imperial family are all magicians now, their strength is not as strong as the royal family of Amaterasu Co-Prosperity Kingdom and Holy Light Theocracy. How can Emperor Xuan'an, who is not even a sage, have the authority of the Nine-Five Supreme?
Therefore, there is no way to suppress the cabinet and local governments as in the past.
Although the cabinet has the support of some magic families, this support is very limited: magicians realize that they are the 'chosen ones' and do not want to listen to the orders of ordinary people.
The country that handles these contradictions best is the United States of God's Choice, but the core key to handling them well is also strength.
Just like when the Xuanqing Empire was founded, Taizu's tyrannical magical power and iron-blooded strategizing methods steadily suppressed the ambitions of all parties and kept the national institutions active.
Su Yuxi lowered her eyes slightly and looked at the motorcade driving into the courtyard. When she knew that Zhao Mingjing was coming, she snorted coldly.
The Xuanqing Empire has developed to this point, and you can't change anything if you stand on the side of the imperial family or the cabinet, because there are too many careerists in each other.
Therefore, tearing down and rebuilding is the most direct and brutal way.
As for what will happen to the country in the future...that is not something I need to consider.
The dragon slayer does not become a dragon, it is the dragon slayer's followers who become evil dragons.
Su Yuxi's idea is simple. The selfish desires of both humans and monsters cannot be eradicated - just like himself.
I am not doing it for any lofty dreams, everything I do is just to be my brother's confidence. After all, my sisters-in-law not only have the strength but also the territory, how can I fall behind?
"Sister Rao Rao, you are so cute~" Su Yuxi, whose mentality changed very quickly, lowered her head and buried her face in the warm fur, stroking her back and forth.
"Meow~" Shao Shao patted Su Yuxi's head gently with her little paws, acting like a big sister.
Although she simply felt that the way Yu Xi knew her identity was too shy, this kind of thing was not that important... the important thing was that she could also be called 'sister'.
"Humph, brother still hasn't confessed your identity to me." Su Yuxi took a deep breath: "Do you think I'm a fool?!"
Shao Shao quickly patted Su Yuxi's face to comfort her. Su Yuxi smiled, turned around and walked away and said, "I don't know what my brother is doing with Sister Yu Shuang now...it must be!"
"Sister Yu Shuang will look for opportunities and make me mad!" Su Yuxi said while unzipping the down jacket: "Sister Rao Rao, you will be in my clothes soon."
Rao Rao shook her head and said that she could just follow him secretly - she was Yu Xi's 'sister', how could she be taken care of by her younger sister?
"Come on, come on, it's getting warm~"
Rao Rao still refuses.
Seeing Sister Raorao's inexplicable tough attitude, Su Yuxi had no choice but to give up. Looking at the big cat that disappeared when she walked into the stairs, she straightened her clothes and took a step forward.
meeting room.
As Prince Zhao Mingjing walked in, the atmosphere instantly became serious.
Although the high-level officials of Haijin City present all belong to the cabinet faction, the imperial family is always the ruler of the empire, and the prince naturally has the power and status second only to His Majesty the Emperor.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince."
"Your Highness the Crown Prince."
The participants stood up to maintain respect for the prince. Zhao Mingjing lowered his hands and spoke very quickly: "Everyone is here to solve the case, so there is no need to waste time on these false gifts... Where is the team leader?"
Zhong Hanfeng, the chief executive of Haijin City, and the person in charge of the [Anti-Demon Judgment Agency] looked at each other calmly. His Royal Highness's attitude was very humble.
"Sorry, I went out to get some fresh air."
Su Yuxi opened the door and walked in, nodded politely towards Zhao Mingjing, and then sat down on the main seat without hesitation.
Zhao Mingjing smiled and sat down on the other side of the long table facing Su Yuxi. He picked up the detailed information on the Haijin Massacre on the table and read it.
Beside him, Qinghe Marquis Liu Shu spoke in a low voice beside Zhao Mingjing without hesitation.
As the people around him took their seats, Su Yuxi glanced at the people present, feeling like he was playing Werewolf.
Cabinet officials are not necessarily cabinet officials. For example, Zhong Hanfeng's true identity is a royalist, but what about the others?
Su Yuxi glanced at Zhao Mingjing. As the crown prince of the empire, Zhao Mingjing was excellent both in terms of magic and the way he handled government affairs. As a prince under the suspicious Emperor Xuan'an, he did not suffer any fear. On the contrary, Xuan'an was a prince. Emperor An attached great importance to his son and spared no effort in cultivating him.
Trust to a somewhat unreasonable level.
However, Su Yuxi could judge based on the intelligence collected that Emperor Xuan'an did not trust Zhao Mingjing, but was letting Zhao Mingjing share some of the pressure from the cabinet.
The more outstanding Zhao Mingjing was, the more the cabinet targeted him, because the cabinet did not want a prince who was more talented than Emperor Xuan'an to come to power.
As for another reason for Su Yuxi's judgment, that is, although Zhao Mingjing is very important, he does not have a true princeling team around him.
The capable person on his mother's side seems to be in a high position, but in fact his power is limited.
In this situation, with Zhao Mingjing's talent, he should be able to detect this, but he still spared no effort to help Emperor Xuan'an share the pressure.
Accumulate reputation?
But the reputation was vulnerable to the Praetorian Guards.
Or is it that he has already been secretly colluding with the cabinet?
Su Yuxi sorted out the information in her mind and couldn't help but feel a little regretful. If only she had known that she could control the sky, she would have more information for reference.
"Team leader, where do you think we should start checking?" Zhao Mingjing looked at Su Yuxi and asked.
Su Yuxi said modestly: "I'm not good at handling cases. Being a team leader only has the role of supervising the case handling process. It's better to leave it to professionals... But the detailed process must be reported to me."
Zhao Mingjing smiled slightly, knowing full well what the cabinet's plan was to launch Su Yuxi first, but it was a pity that it was wrong.
After all, Su Yuxi was a member of the royalist party. Even if he 'solved the case', he would not be able to become a member of the cabinet. The cabinet wanted to use this method to sow discord... I can only say that it was too beautiful.
I believe that Su Yuxi already has some information on this case, and must have judged that this case is closely related to the imperial family, but at this time, she said that she would not participate in the process of solving the case, which was already an attitude.
It is even more impossible for the cabinet to make an issue out of what she said, because she said she would supervise all processes.
It's just that my cheap cousin is really clever. When I choose him out in one sentence, I won't offend the cabinet too much.
Of course Zhao Mingjing didn't believe that Su Yuxi was not on the side of the royalists, but the Haijin tragedy was really difficult, and one mistake would ruin his reputation.
As the princess of the Chang'an Kingdom who has been resisting monsters in the north, if her reputation is ruined because of a case, it will really outweigh the gains.
Thinking about it, Zhao Mingjing looked at the two heads of the Demon Trial Agency and the Sitian Bureau.
As the leaders of the Haijin City Magical Violence Agency, the presiding judge Wang Hanyu and the director Chen Jishu are both magicians at the level of the Grand Magister. Let’s not talk about their strength. As members of the cabinet party, they must be eager to find out the truth and ruin the reputation of the imperial family.
"What do you two think?" Zhao Mingjing asked.
"Find Sha Yuan and the truth will be revealed." Wang Hanyu answered concisely and to the point.
"This demon king blood descendant was almost taken out of the country by Bureau Chen's men." Zhao Mingjing's face suddenly darkened, and he slapped the table hard: "There is such a big problem within Si Tian Bureau, who invited you to participate in this From the meeting?!”
Chen Jishu narrowed his eyes, then stood up and said calmly: "Deputy Team Leader Zhao, I am just here to explain to you that the traitors within the Sitian Bureau have absolutely nothing to do with me, and the Sitian Bureau will not continue to be involved in this case. but……"
He looked at Zhao Mingjing and spoke slowly: "Sha Yuan is a direct blood descendant of Demon King Daiming, and he has a close personal relationship with His Majesty. I wonder if His Majesty has any oral instructions that you need to convey?"
Zhao Mingjing looked at Chen Jishu expressionlessly. After Chen Jishu glanced at Zhong Hanfeng and Wang Hanyu, he walked out of the conference room with a calm expression.
boom!
Looking at the closed door, Su Yuxi leaned on the back of the chair and turned her head quietly to look out the window. It didn't matter what the truth about the members of the Sitian Bureau escorted Sha Yuan to the airport. What mattered was that the Sitian Bureau was now eliminated.
With insufficient manpower, it is even more difficult to find the murderers.
'boring……'
Su Yuxi sighed softly in his heart. At this point, he was already sleeping with his brother.
It was obviously hard to meet my brother once, but once again I didn’t get the right to sleep with him...
Sister Yu Shuang is definitely having a close relationship with her brother now, will it be until tomorrow morning?
Unfortunately, I didn't have time to install surveillance cameras in my newly bought house, and I didn't control other main systems of 'Sky', so I couldn't hack into electronic devices quietly.
'Ah...I'm so envious. '
Su Yuxi thought uncomfortably, and involuntarily recalled the live broadcast that she had secretly watched before...
Quickly pinching her thigh to get her attention back, Su Yuxi took out her mobile phone and looked at some surveillance footage of Sitian Bureau personnel escorting Sha Yuan to the airport.
Opposite me, Zhao Mingjing's smile returned to his face: "Father did have an oral message for me to convey..."
"No need to stand." Zhao Mingjing quickly pressed his hands, then looked at Zhong Hanfeng and said, "Father said that any means can be taken against the suspected monsters in Haijin City. I hope the cabinet can do its best."
After a pause, his smile became brighter: "Father has issued an edict, and everyone will know the heavy responsibility on your shoulders at dawn."
Listening to Zhao Mingjing's voice, Zhong Hanfeng's eyes drooped slightly. This was putting the cabinet that manages Haijin City on the fire... Who wants to offend so many monsters?
It's a pity that I am from Chang'an country and I am not afraid of offending monsters at all.
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