Ark, they don't revolve around you

"Doctor, now that you have entered the Flame Land, please do not mention my code name too much. You should at least call me Lin Qingyan."

Lin Qingyan acted in a businesslike manner with a cold expression, "Although I have experience on Rhodes Island, I am now an imperial envoy."

"Congratulations on your promotion." Zhuang Ning smiled slightly.

Looking at the smile on that face, Lin Qingyan frowned and subconsciously wanted to say something, but in the end he just opened his lips lightly: "I came here for three things."

"First, Lord Liang, Lord Ning, you all played a role in defeating the Shanhai Clan. Now that the Shanhai Clan has been pacified, His Majesty intends to hold a ceremony, and you must all be present."

"Two." She looked at the slightly messy cinema, "As for the remnants of the Shanhai faction who are fleeing, entrust them to the Imperial Guards. You don't need to continue."

"Finally." Lin Qingyan hesitated for a moment, pursed his lips and said helplessly: "Regarding Doctor, you are indeed suspicious in this incident and need to be investigated by the authorities."

"Some officials..." Zhuang Ning smiled, not surprised by the result. "They sent you to tell me this?"

There is no need to think too much, the official is the Supervisory Office where Lin Qingyan is.

Zhuang Ning is an outsider after all, not a Dayan person. Is this just a formality, or does he have other intentions...

"Don't think too much." Lin Qingyan snorted coldly, "Don't think that I will bend the law for personal gain just because of your relationship. Doctor, come with us to the capital. If you are innocent, you will have nothing to worry about."

“But when I get to the capital, who can tell whether I am black or white?” Zhuang Ning sighed and suddenly stretched out his hands.

"What does this mean?"

"Put on the shackles." Zhuang Ning said calmly, "I'll have to put them on sooner or later anyway. Although I'm innocent now, something bad will happen to me sooner or later, right?"

He knew that Yan was going to get rid of him, but this was ridiculous. Who gave Yan the confidence and courage to think that the matter was over and he could start the settlement?

Even if you kill the donkey after it has finished grinding the grain, right? The Shanhai Clan arrested people as soon as they announced the end. The speed of their change of attitude is no different from turning the pages of a book.

"This is just a routine investigation. The Grand Tutor asked me to do this. He specifically told me to do this!" Seeing the suspicion in Zhuang Ning's eyes, Lin Qingyan rarely lost his composure. "If you don't trust others, that's fine. Why don't you trust me? The Grand Tutor asked me to come here, which means he trusts you!"

"Yes." Zhuang Ning smiled more gently, "You were once my subordinate for a period of time. The Grand Tutor sent you here because of this. This shows his trust in me."

"But the investigation itself has other implications. If it causes suspicion among outsiders, even if the Grand Tutor protects me, I won't be able to do it."

Lin Qingyan's eyes widened with anger: "Are you questioning His Majesty?!"

"Your Majesty... I have heard this term many times, and I have also seen many so-called Your Majesties." Zhuang Ning sneered, "Don't make any insinuations. Ignore the above matters. Miss Shaoqing, listen to me and put the shackles on me as soon as possible."

He whispered, "At least then neither you nor I will be too embarrassed."

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In the darkness of the night, a loud noise tore through the silence.

That was the sound of blocks connecting to each other. Standing on the city wall, Pingshou Hou Zuo Xuanliao looked down quietly.

His son stood behind him and saw this magnificent scene. The two steel-forged beasts roared at the same time. At that moment, the whole world seemed to burst out with inexplicable power.

"Is it spectacular?" Zuo Xuanliao asked.

"Yes." Zuo Le sighed.

As the candle holder of Simaitai, he has been very busy recently. Fortunately, the mountains and seas have been pacified, and the next task has been handed over to other officials. Zuo Le finally has the leisure to accompany his father.

The father and son were not talkative people. After a moment of silence, Zuo Xuanliao pointed to the capital and said softly, "The capital has changed."

"The capital is changing very fast, with each passing year seeing new changes."

"But in my impression, the capital is still the same capital, and it will always be so prosperous."

"Aren't you happy, father?" Zuo Le was surprised. With Yumen connected to the capital, the foreseeable wealth and glory were right in front of them, but Zuo Xuanliao's brows were even tighter.

"This is a dragon's lair. If a real dragon gets angry, millions of people will die. Even I have to be careful. There is no place like Yumen."

"Father, be careful what you say."

"...I thought I had spoken out of turn." He rubbed his son's head.

At this moment, a dark shadow passed by, and there was darkness under the hat.

"Force?"

"Your Majesty has issued a secret order to impose martial law at Yumen, especially to guard against Rhodes Island."

"Rhode Island." Zuo Xuanliao stroked his beard. "It broke away from Yumen a month ago. Now, it has probably gone to the wasteland outside."

"Is there such a thing?" The imperial guard frowned, "Why didn't you report it?"

People like him were neither humble nor arrogant towards Zuo Xuanliao, and one could even hear oppression in his voice.

This is the capital city, where there are countless people with titles, and the imperial guards represent the emperor's will.

"Rhodes Island was an ally at that time. How could we not listen to our allies?"

"I will report this to the True Dragon." The Imperial Guard handed over another secret letter, "Please have a good rest, Your Excellency. The True Dragon has not seen the general for a long time."

In the blink of an eye, the imperial guards disappeared.

Zuo Le was shocked and said with a little displeasure: "If the imperial guards come, it will definitely be bad news."

That touch of black is an ominous sign in the Great Yan court. Although the imperial guards, the emperor's personal guards, and the minions of the real dragon sound good, most of the things they do are inevitably tainted with blood.

Zuo Xuanliao tore open the letter from the Imperial Guards, read it for a few minutes, and sighed deeply. Although it was expected, he couldn't help but sigh that the royal family was ruthless.

"Father, what is it?" Zuo Le asked in a low voice.

"When the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog is cooked." Zuo Xuanliao suppressed his emotions. He knew that he would no longer be at ease in Yumen. He had to keep a stern face and be cautious at all times to avoid falling into the abyss.

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Zhuang Ning woke up after a shaking.

After acquiring the ability to insomnia, he rarely fell asleep, but yesterday he still lifted this ability and took a short nap.

From the moment he was brought into the car, only Lin Qingyan had been with her, and it seemed like a long time ago.

"You can actually sleep, Doctor?"

"I'm so tired." Zhuang Ning yawned, "Where are we?"

"We have already arrived in the capital." Lin Qingyan had a cold face and emphasized for the umpteenth time, "I know you are suspicious, but I will only handle the case impartially. If Rhodes Island has done a favor for Da Yan, I will not be vague."

"I am indebted to Dayan... Lord Lin, you are not a little girl anymore. You have been in the Dali Temple for so long, how can you say such things with such confidence?" Zhuang Ning looked at the girl and couldn't help but sneer.

He and Lin Qingyan met because of the Longmen incident. The Integration Movement invaded Longmen, and in order to ensure that the city was safe, Da Yan sent three special envoys, and Lin Qingyan was one of them.

Logically speaking, this should have nothing to do with Rhodes Island, but Lin Qingyan took a liking to an elite operator of Rhodes Island, Huang, at first sight.

Zhuang Ning didn't understand the dispute between the two and didn't want to get involved. Rhodes Island had hundreds of operators and a lot of work to do. As long as it didn't get out of hand, he generally wouldn't ask about it.

What was unexpected was that when I saw Lin Qingyan again, this former official would actually devote himself to Rhodes Island.

In her words - this is self-exile. She made a mistake, and although the Great Yan court could not punish her, she had to do it herself.

Zhuang Ning really wanted to complain about when Rhodes Island became a place of exile, but considering the opportunity to establish a relationship with Yan, he finally agreed.

But he secretly knew that this girl would leave sooner or later. Nonsense, leaving a good career behind and exiling himself, could he expect it to last forever?

Sure enough, Jingzhe went back afterwards, and she was quite angry when she left. At that time, Zhuang Ning was still troubled by various affairs and didn't pay any attention to her at all.

They met again in Dayan, but the result was like this. Zhuang Ning thought it was ridiculous. He lowered his eyelids and secretly glanced at Jingzhe.

Jingzhe was also glancing at him.

The two looked at each other, and the girl was still so serious and unsmiling.

"What are you looking at?" she complained first.

"You stole glances at least ten times just now." Zhuang Ning said lightly, leaning back.

Apart from anything else, Dayan's car is still good, better than I thought.

"Doctor, you really don't want to believe me?"

"Trust you? I do." Zhuang Ning recalled the reason why Jingzhe left Rhode Island and smiled softly, "If you can't enforce the law impartially, wouldn't I become a joke?"

That was a long time ago. The memory was lost in a lot of events, and it wasn't until I saw her again that I recalled some of it, like an electric shock.

During that period of time, Jingzhe had just arrived on the island, but her popularity was not very good. As a talented woman with a proud temperament from an aristocratic family, the heir of the Tianshi Mansion, and the iron-faced judge of the Dali Temple... any combination of these elements was not a good thing.

It's not that she's annoying, it's just that she's too strict. Most people would stay away from people like this, right? Besides, this person's identity is too special.

So the person he naturally dealt with became the doctor, but Zhuang Ning didn't know what to tell her to do, so he simply kept her by his side for a while.

At that time, Rhodes Island was in its rising period, and new offices were set up in various places. From morning to night, he had only to deal with the snowflakes of intelligence sent from the offices.

Later, some of these tasks were shared by Lin Qingyan, and the two of them were more like colleagues than superiors and subordinates.

Some people once doubted whether it would be a bad idea to let an outsider see the intelligence about Rhodes Island. Zhuang Ning even spoke for Lin Qingyan, saying that she had been with us for a year and had long been known as a real Rhodes Island operator.

There was no way around it. Rhodes Island was short of people, and most of the information was unimportant anyway, so we could only accept it.

Even now, there are still not many people in Rhodes Island who can handle major matters and are trustworthy. Who from the civil service system would have the leisure to come here specifically? Therefore, as outstanding elites among the civil service, Zhuang Ning and Lin Qingyan get along quite well.

As for what caused Rhodes Island to lose such a talent as her, Zhuang Ning thought hard for a long time before he could remember anything.

He only remembered that it seemed to be an afternoon when the girl suddenly rushed in, slapped a line of paper in front of him, and was extremely angry.

He was probably overworked and thought about injecting himself with some medicine while taking the paper.

An application to leave the ship permanently, with two copies in common language and Great Yan language. As expected of a Shaoqing, the preparation is very detailed.

Zhuang Ning only glanced at the reason and whispered, "Because... it's unfair?"

"It's not fair!" the girl angrily said.

"Oh." Zhuang Ning nodded, interrupting the girl who was about to say more, "Because it's unfair."

He signed and gave the paper to Jingzhe, with a smile on his face: "Goodbye, Jingzhe, it's not impossible to come back and play occasionally."

Then he quickly left the office.

Thinking of this, Zhuang Ning couldn't help but sigh, so that's why, why did I feel more tired on weekdays, it turned out that the person who could share the clerical work had left.

However, too many people left Rhodes Island at that time. Although Jingzhe was in a high position and had great power, Zhuang Ning still treated him perfunctorily. In his eyes, he never thought that Jingzhe would stay for long, and he never thought about having a better relationship with Jingzhe.

He even remembered now that he had signed Jingzhe's resignation letter.

Zhuang Ning sighed, but Lin Qingyan became even more angry: "I will be fair."

"Your Excellency, you are not a repeater. I know you will be fair."