I'm just an ornamental fish in the water.

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"

The Dragon King of the Wei River, clutching the dossier, suddenly stood up, his eyes filled with absurdity and disbelief.

What does it mean to have countless vengeful spirits emerge from the Wei River?

What does it mean that the Wei River is powerless and requests assistance from the Wushan City God's Office?

What does it mean that the entire Wushan City God's Mansion mobilized to the Wei River?!

"This is slander! This is a frame-up!"

Ao Bing's face flushed red with anger, and he slammed his fist on the table.

"My lord, I, Xiaolong, have served as the River God of the Wei River for 235 years, and have inspected the Wei River no less than 50 times! All records of the cleanup of evil spirits and ghosts within the Wei River are available for verification!"

"Even over all these years, the total number of drowning ghosts, trapped spirits, and vengeful souls has been less than ten thousand! This can be verified through the records of the Patrol Division over the years!"

"The Wei River Magistrate's Office keeps detailed records of all communications with local City God offices and the exchange of information regarding the vengeful spirits within the Wei River!"

"The records of delivering vengeful spirits to the Wushan City God Temple number less than fifty!"

Ao spoke rapidly, instinctively starting to explain and respond: you bring up the case file, I'll use the case file to explain; who doesn't have a few pens at home?

At the same time, countless thoughts flashed through my mind.

He simply couldn't understand why the Wushan City God's Mansion would produce such a file.

Isn't that pure nonsense?!

If ten thousand vengeful spirits suddenly appeared overnight in the Wei River, he, the Dragon King of the Wei River, could go straight to the Dragon-Slaying Platform.

As for his future, he might not even be able to be reincarnated!

What does this thing even mean?

Is the City God's Palace vying for power with the Water Palace?

Political infighting?

The Heavenly Court's Water Department and the Water Official's Palace had a major conflict with the Heavenly Pivot Academy, which affected the lower realm.

No way, I haven't received any messages at all.

Moreover, isn't this method rather clumsy? How can such a obviously fake record be used as evidence?

"In short, everything at Xiaolong's place is recorded and verifiable in the files. Everyone within the Water Mansion is at your disposal for questioning, sir. This matter is absolutely fabricated nonsense!"

Ao Bing couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he could only say this.

Feng Mu didn't speak immediately, but just looked at him quietly.

Ao Bing felt a little uneasy.

If this person is truly determined to take this case file and convict him of negligence and dereliction of duty, his position as the Dragon King of the Wei River will be in serious jeopardy.

But why?!

"Ao Shuiguan".

Feng Mu slowly opened his mouth and asked, "Did you think that I brought this file here to investigate your dereliction of duty and disgrace to the Water Gods?"

No...isn't that right?

Even Ao Bing, one of the most outstanding dragon sons of the Four Seas Dragon Clan in the present era, was stunned at this moment.

According to the records of the Wushan City God Temple.

The sudden appearance of tens of thousands of vengeful spirits in the Wei River can be attributed to dereliction of duty and negligence. Adding the fact that the Wei River cannot handle the situation and requests assistance from the City God's Office further reinforces the conclusion of incompetence.

If we elevate this to the level of the Water Department and the Heavenly Pivot Academy, we must add another one: causing the entire department to lose face.

Each sin is greater than the last.

"That's not the case."

Feng Mu shook his head slightly.

Ao Bing was completely dumbfounded.

Is that not enough?

Are we really going to send him to the execution platform right today?

"My lord, no, Your Highness! Even if such a thing were true, my Wei River patrol division alone has six thousand naval troops. If Little Dragon needs it, a petition can be sent to the East Sea Dragon Palace, and Lord Ao Guang will certainly not hesitate to dispatch at least three thousand elite Dragon Palace troops to assist!"

"Following the Yellow River, we can reach the Wei River in no time!"

"Even in a one-on-one confrontation, Xiaolong is fully capable of dealing with tens of thousands of vengeful spirits."

"How could we possibly seek help from the City God's Office? Even if we were to ask for help, it would be from the City God of Chang'an, not from the City God of a county."

Ao Bing, with great earnestness, first and foremost had to explain the label of incompetence he was being accused of.

"The Wushan City God Temple is gone."

Feng Mu suddenly said.

"Even if it's gone, it can't be... what's gone?"

Ao Bing subconsciously followed the conversation and said half a sentence, then suddenly realized what was happening and looked at Feng Mu with a blank expression.

Jiang Li stepped forward and approached Ao Bing, whispering, "The dossier you see is the last record of the Wushan City God's Office."

"After that, the entire Wushan City God Temple mobilized, and then fell silent. Now, the Wushan City God's small world has been reduced to ruins."

"All those under the jurisdiction of the Wushan City God Temple have disappeared, their fate unknown."

Upon hearing this, Ao Bing suddenly laughed and said, "My lord, you must be joking. How could that be?"

As they spoke, Jiang Li and Feng Mu both looked serious, and their smiles vanished instantly.

Ao Bing's mind was churning like a stormy sea; his thoughts were in utter turmoil.

What does it mean that the fate of all the ghosts and gods in Wushan City God Temple is unknown, and the last record in the case file is that they came to the Wei River?

Are you trying to frame me by taking the lives of all the spirits and deities in the City God Temple?

Do I have that much influence?

Ao Bing took a deep breath, looked at Feng Mu, and said, "Your Highness, there are many strange things about this matter. If Your Highness suspects me, I will gladly ascend to heaven and accept all inquiries."

When things got really serious, he calmed down.

"But Xiaolong truly knew nothing about this matter."

"Such a thing has never happened on the Wei River, nor has it been sent to the Wushan City God Temple."

No matter how vast the Wei River is, if tens of thousands of vengeful spirits were to wander about, the commotion would be immense, and he couldn't possibly be unaware of it.

As the Water Palace, he always personally delivers messages to the City God Palace, which is not under his jurisdiction. It is unlikely that he will have any contact with the Wushan City God Palace in the near future.

"The City God Temple of Wushan is not stupid."

Jiang Li said softly, meeting Ao Bing's puzzled look, and continued, "Lord Ao, as you just said, even if there are tens of thousands of vengeful spirits, the Wei River Water Palace is fully capable of handling it on its own. At most, we can inform the City God's Palace afterwards and ask them to send someone to clean up the mess."

"It is a connection, and also a connection with the City God's Palace in Chang'an."

"After all, Wushan County is just one of the counties along the waterway in Guanzhong that is nourished by the Wei River."

Ao nodded in agreement, understanding Jiang Li's meaning.

"You know these things yourself, and the Wushan City God's Mansion must know them too. It's impossible for a local city god not to see the strangeness in this."

"But that's exactly what the City God of Wushan did. He mobilized his entire force and headed towards the Wei River. After that, the fate of all the ghosts and gods in the entire prefecture became unknown."

Upon hearing this, Ao Bing's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

"Xiao Long understands that there must be something involved that has misled both Weishui and Wushan, and given the Wushan City God an absolutely compelling reason that cannot be questioned or doubted."

"The specific reason is unknown, but it is definitely related to the Wei River."

This was an unexpected disaster for Ao Bing, because he genuinely had no idea about it, but at this moment he took the initiative to take responsibility.

Because he knew that now, this had become an opportunity.

An opportunity to work with the human princess.

If handled well, the future will be even brighter.

"check!"

Ao Bing made a decisive decision.

"Investigate the Wei River's water administration first, then thoroughly investigate the entire Wei River!"