supreme deity

Chapter 324: The Devil's Test
The next morning, when Lin Rui brought Wang Sen and Li Li to the Censorate, many ministers had already gathered there.

This was because Yu Wendan came forward at the Nancheng Post Station and reported to the commander of the Anti-Traitor Bureau that Zhao Yang, a veteran minister of three dynasties, might be a demon from outside the domain. This news had spread throughout the capital, causing turmoil in the government and the country.

Anyone with a keen eye would have noticed that someone was clearly behind the scenes fanning the flames.

Before the commander of the Anti-Traitor Bureau, Lin Twelve, even started investigating the case, the matter had already become known to the whole city. This was clearly an attempt to create public opinion to force the court to conduct a strict investigation into Zhao Yang.

Therefore, not only many of Zhao Yang's former students and upright officials gathered in the Censorate today, but also institutions like the Cabinet, the Ministry of Justice, the Dali Temple and so on, all sent people to see what was going on.

The scene at the entire Censorate, filled with dignitaries, was almost as grand as Lin Rui's apprenticeship banquet yesterday, except that the scale was a little different. Most of the people were wearing green or blue robes.

The emperor and the three divine messengers also sent their close associates to investigate the situation.

The ranks of these people were not high either, the highest being the seventh rank.

Before confirming that Zhao Yang was suspected of being involved with the devil, these bigwigs standing at the top of the Song Dynasty would not pay too much attention to this matter, or at least would not show too much concern.

Lin Rui even saw the 'King of Han' Zhou Buqi, whom he hadn't seen yesterday.

This prince has a very good appearance, with a handsome face, a dignified and solemn demeanor, and his every move and gesture exudes a natural nobility.

Lin Rui cared a lot about this man. He was almost killed by King Han's lackeys when he was in Yinyue County.

Lin Rui specifically asked her senior sister what the grudge between King Han and the Third Divine Envoy was, and why he had used the Divine Heart Tea to plot against Master not long ago.
Meng Weiyun said that the real person behind the King of Han was still the emperor.

The emperor may not intend to do anything to their master, but if the King of Han can defeat the third divine envoy, the emperor will not care, and may even be happy to see it happen.

Moreover, His Royal Highness the King of Han is very close to the two candidates for divine envoys.

Lin Rui immediately understood what was going on and thought to himself, how could this be possible?
How dare a mere prince, relying on the emperor's authority, challenge his master? This is simply beyond the law.

When King Han saw Lin Rui, his face looked unhappy.

He received news yesterday afternoon that Lin Hao took office after the apprenticeship banquet, and the first order he issued was to have the 20th prison to torture Yuan Chengkai and interrogate the former Shazhou governor to see if he was colluding with the demons.

The second instruction was related to King Han. Lin Hao said that he had listened to public opinion. There were rumors that King Han was arrogant and extravagant, bullying the villagers, plundering and annexing in the capital area, and doing all kinds of evil. Therefore, he ordered the Ninth and Tenth Supervisors to investigate the illegal activities in King Han's Mansion.

The supervisors of the ninth and tenth prisons were the emperor's henchmen in the Imperial City Bureau. They were usually on good terms with the King of Han and treated each other as brothers. Lin Hao actually let these two supervisors investigate him. He was so sinister and vicious.

King Han Zhou Buqi knew that these two supervisors must be having a headache now. If they investigated the case impartially, they might offend their good brother. If they did not investigate, or investigated carelessly, then if he committed a crime in the future, these two would be in big trouble.

When Zhou Buqi heard this, he was shocked and angry, and he was so angry that he couldn't sleep all night.

When King Han came, he also saw Lin Hao's guardian demon. The Blood Knife Princess was standing behind Lin Hao. She had a purple outer aura unique to emperor-level demons, which made King Han's heart ache.

But now he cares more about today's demon test, which is very important to King Han Zhou Buqi and many of his friends.

The person who presided over the demon test for Wang Sen, Li Li and Yu Wendan today was a fourth-rank imperial censor named Song Lian.

This person sat upright in the hall, not only with a solemn expression, but also with a distracted look in his eyes.

The Assistant Censor was very happy when he agreed to let two of Lin Rui's subordinates do the Heavenly Demon Test. It was just a Heavenly Demon Test. The Censorate had special formations and altars and magical instruments, so there was no need for any additional arrangements, so it didn't require much effort.

Why not do a small favor for the new commander of the Anti-Traitor Bureau?

Song Lianwan never expected that he would get into such a thing and be involved in this turmoil that shook the entire court.

Now, the future of the Censorate and many upright officials, including him, depends on the result of Yu Wendan's demon test.

After Lin Rui arrived, he was arranged by the people from the Censorate to sit on the left side of Song Lian, almost parallel to Song Lian. Below him sat several third and fourth rank officials of the Censorate, as well as a group of nobles including King Han, but no one felt that this was wrong.

Over the hundreds of years since the establishment of the Bureau of Assassination of Traitors, officials from both the government and the public have become accustomed to the lofty status of the "Commander-in-Chief of the Bureau of Assassination of Traitors."

If the three divine envoys are God's messengers, then the commander of the assassination bureau represents the will of the three divine envoys and the dragons of the Shenlong Hall.

Therefore, when the "Commander-in-Chief of the Bureau of Assassinating Traitors" of each generation left office, their future prospects were not comparable to those of ordinary officials of the Imperial City Bureau.

They all entered the third rank directly, and either served as the "Guardian Envoy" of a certain military town, controlling the imperial guards of several states and competing with the military governors; or held important positions in the Imperial City Administration in the capital and wielded great power.

What is surprising is that just when the demon test is about to begin.

A young girl with a graceful and charming face, supported a white-haired and skinny old man wearing the robes of a second-rank official as he walked into the Censorate.

The girl was none other than Zhao Yingxu, whom Lin Rui had met once. As for the old man, he should be the second-rank Chief Censor Zhao Yang.

After this man arrived, all the officials in the hall stood up, most of them respectfully addressing him as "Old Master". Even Lin Rui stood up and raised his hand to bow, and the Imperial Censor Song Lian even wanted to give up his seat to Zhao Yang.

Zhao Yang smiled and waved his hand. "No need for that. I came here today because I heard someone had accused me of being a demon from outside the realm. I was curious and wanted to see what was going on. Who is trying to offend me and frame my entire family? Today's demon test will proceed as it will. I dare not interfere or disturb them. Song Lian, just arrange a place for me to observe."

Then he politely returned the greeting to Lin Rui: "I am sorry to trouble you with my affairs. Please bear with me, Lord Lin."

He looked at Lin Hao's unusually young face and felt a sense of emotion. He never expected that the future life and death of himself and his family would depend on this man.

Zhao Yang knew that as long as he was unwilling to bow to the Jin family, his identity would be exposed and he would definitely not be able to withstand it.

Whether the Zhao family can escape safely depends on the commander of the assassination bureau.

The ability of Lord Lin and the intensity of his pursuit determine the life and death of the entire Zhao family.

Zhao Yang has a lot of evidence against the emperor and the first and second envoys of God in his hands. Once this is reported to the gods, these three people will be in great trouble.

This was enough to make the three of them afraid to investigate further.

The third envoy of God is very young. He has been in this position for less than 50 years, and for most of these 50 years he has been sidelined and has no power.

Being young means being clean and innocent, and Zhao Yang has no effective means to control it.

"No problem!" Lin Rui's expression was cold and distant, and his voice was also indifferent: "Assassinating the traitor and suppressing the demon is Lin Hao's responsibility. Why bother talking about it?"

He immediately sat down and urged the Imperial Censor Song Lian beside him: "Imperial Censor Song, it's getting late. Let's get started early. Let's start with my two subordinates."

When everyone in the hall saw this scene, they all nodded slightly, thinking that the character of this commander of the Anti-Traitor Bureau was indeed as upright as the rumors said, that he was not afraid of the powerful and had firm and pure conduct.

Only King Han had a gloomy expression. He knew that Lin Hao was not only a tough guy, but also a vindictive man with a vicious and cruel heart.

The first person to do the Heavenly Demon Test was Wang Sen. He was a little nervous at first, but when he stepped into the altar, he calmed down completely and began to take it easy.

What's there to worry about? When a person dies, the birds fly back to the sky. Death lasts forever.

The key point is that Lin Rui performed surgery on him last night, which also gave Wang Sen confidence.

Brother Rui's attainments in surgery and magic arrays are indeed quite impressive.

I remember that when he was in Wangcheng County, Lin Rui only knew some mid-level magic arrays, the hand-drawn talismans were crooked, and he was a little new to surgery and stumbled a lot.

Yesterday, when Lin Rui performed surgery on the two of them, he was swift and efficient. The process of engraving the high-level magic circle under his skin was also done in one go, and all the runes were completed in one stroke, with incredible skill.

In addition, the magic master Zhou Yunfei invited also exceeded expectations. He was actually an 8SS level, a two-star marshal.

It seems that he is Zhou Yunfei and Professor Han’s teacher, and also Lin Rui’s great-grandmaster. This time he personally took action on behalf of Lin Rui.

The magic he cast was not aimed directly at the Censorate and himself, but used special methods to confuse and obscure the perception of the war dragons in the Shenlong Hall from a distance, to prevent their Heavenly Demon Test from rising to the maximum level.

The subsequent test process went smoothly just as Lin Rui had said.

Wang Sen relies on the special advantages of his own 'Black Tortoise Holy Body', which allows his flesh and soul to be in a 'dormant' state, close to animal hibernation, thereby reducing the chance of being discovered by the demons to have any abnormalities in his body and soul.

The magic array and medicine provided by Lin Rui further reduced the possibility of him being discovered.

At this moment, Lin Rui's expression suddenly changed and he looked forward.

There was a national protection dragon seal on his forehead, and he had just clearly sensed the consciousness of a war dragon descending towards the Censorate.

However, just as the will of the war dragon approached, it changed direction again, as if it was trapped in a maze, wandering in the sky.

Was it that master who took action? This technique is quite impressive.

What surprised Lin Rui was that he was able to trace the source of the magic through the will of the war dragon and vaguely sense the approximate location of his master.

After Wang Sen passed the Demon Test, the next was Li Li, who also passed safely.

Yesterday, Lin Xi took over his shift, allowing Li Li to return to the house for surgery.

Li Li's accumulation is much deeper than Wang Sen's, but he is over the age limit and has no future in the Imperial City Bureau. In the future, he will mainly help Lin Rui handle various official affairs. If necessary, he can be recommended by Lin Rui to hold an official position in the court.

The last one was Yu Wendan. At this moment, everyone's eyes became cold and they all looked at the yellow-faced middle-aged man who was wearing shackles and was escorted here by several captains of the Imperial City Department at the door.

(End of this chapter)