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"This is your ticket. You can go to the Ministry of Revenue to pay the fine when you have time."

Wang Tianhou pulled out a fine notice and an arrest warrant bearing the official seal of the Demon Suppression Division from his red robe and handed them to Su Yan, saying, "The arrest is fine. However, the finances are not under the jurisdiction of our Demon Suppression Division. If you have any objections to the fine, please file a protest with the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Personnel within three days of receiving the fine notice."

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Su Yan stared at the ticket in astonishment, then at Aunt Wangtianhou with a dumbfounded look, before turning to her aunt who was drinking tea and eating pastries nearby, and said, "Does the Demon Suppression Division deliver tickets so early now?"

The notice actually concerned Su Yan's fight on the roof of the Treasure Appraisal Pavilion yesterday.

Su Yan couldn't trigger the penalty mechanism, but Elder Tao Hong clearly used the abilities of a cultivator at the Earth Immortal Realm, so both Su Yan and Elder Tao Hong received a penalty from the Demon Suppression Division.

Out of consideration for their relationship, Aunt Wangtianhou exempted Su Yan from the punishment of going to jail. However, financial matters had nothing to do with the Demon Suppression Division. The Demon Suppression Division only had the power of inspection and arrest. Matters such as fines were always handled by local authorities and the Ministry of Revenue.

Therefore, Aunt Wangtianhou couldn't operate it either.

"It's not Old Cat's place to deliver the ticket. No, Little Fox, you should frame this ticket. It must be the first time in the history of the Demon Suppression Division that the Commander of the Demon Suppression Division has delivered a ticket to you." Auntie teased Su Yan's experience with a mischievous smile.

"I was just delivering the ticket because it was on my way."

Aunt Wangtianhou looked at Su Yan and said, "Your mother and the nine-tailed foxes arrived in Xia Yu last night. However, due to some reasons, Su Qing couldn't come out, so she asked me to come and invite you and Lao Chong to have dinner together."

The fox mother arrived in the Xia Yu imperial city last night; she had already wanted to come see her son.

However, since the Su family patriarch had restrained her, and it was unacceptable for a guest to run around in someone else's home, the fox mother could only ask Wangtianhou, who had received her the previous night, to convey her message that she had arrived in Xia Yu.

"Has Mother arrived in Xia Yu? So quickly?" Su Yan asked, his face showing surprise.

Is the tripartite meeting happening so quickly? I'm afraid Dad won't even have time to prepare the bride price!

"Yes, that's why I've come to pick you and Old Bug up. We'll go to the palace together for breakfast later." Aunt Wangtianhou said to Su Yan, "But we have another place to go before we go to the palace."

"Recently, there have been five reports of swarms of rats and maggots appearing in Xia Yu City."

"I'm going to skin that Rat King alive."

"One cup of tea is enough to kill him."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 464 Reasoning with me? Are you kidding me?

At the end of the sewage pipes of Xia Yu City, at the foot of a mountain outside the west side of the city, within the cultivation world, although there is no sewage sorting system, Xia Yu Dynasty, as the most agriculturally developed dynasty in the cultivation world, possesses a super-large composting workshop.

The raw materials for the composting workshop were domestic wastewater and withered leaves and vegetables from Xia Yucheng's sewage pipes.

The "Rat King" that Aunt Wangtianhou mentioned was an official appointed by the imperial court to manage composting workshops and epidemic control.

Led by the commander of the Demon Suppression Division, several town officials and a dozen members of the Demon Suppression Division sealed off the composting workshop without saying a word, and drove all the demon and human workers inside out of the workshop, leaving only the management personnel inside.

"Ahhhhh!"

A series of shrill squeaking sounds erupted from the composting workshop, creating a cacophony of noise.

The workers outside the workshop instinctively climbed onto the wall and peered through the glass windows. The workshop manager, Rat King, was tied to a chair. The town magistrate of the Demon Suppression Bureau did not make any announcement or tell Rat King any crime. He took out a blunt weapon and gave the composting workshop managers a beating.

After beating all the higher-ups at the composting workshop to the point of paralysis, the magistrate of the Demon Suppression Division calmly announced the charges:

"The Black Rat of the Big Rat Clan is incompetent in his work, causing five rat infestations in Xia Yucheng in one month. Seven restaurants have been found to be robbing vegetables, fruits and sauces, and at least thirty-two people have been treated for diarrhea at the West City Medical Center."

"The Black Rat is hereby fined three months' salary, and ordered to pay 60,000 catties of spirit stones as compensation and subsequent treatment costs, as well as 40,000 catties of high-temperature allowance for the investigators of the Demon Suppression Division, totaling 243,600 catties of spirit stones. Please go to the Demon Suppression Division to pay the compensation within three days of receiving the fine notice."

"Auntie, is this considered robbery?" Su Yan asked his aunt in a low voice.

"It's just normal procedure." Auntie waved her hand and said, "The Demon Suppression Division never acts reasonably because they are authorized by the emperor to act first and report later. As long as they receive a report, they can investigate and pronounce judgment regardless of whether it is true or not."

"This is why officials below the rank of third-grade minister can feel fear upon hearing news of the Demon Suppression Division."

As the inspectorate of Emperor Wusheng, the Demon Suppression Division mainly targets officials of the Xia Yu Dynasty and the vicious Nightmare Suppression Sect. Reason and human sentiment are never a concern for the Demon Suppression Division. Its duty is to severely punish those who are ignorant and disobedient.

Therefore, when investigating cases, the Demon Suppression Division usually first gathers its colleagues inside the division to create overwhelming force, then arrests the highest-ranking official and tortures him to death before revealing what he has done wrong.

Alternatively, if the evidence is irrefutable, the highest-ranking official could be beheaded and his property confiscated, while the second-in-command could be arrested and subjected to fear and intimidation education to make them understand that the rule of the Demon Suppression Division is that there are no rules.

"Your humble servant obeys."

The Rat King, who had almost been beaten unconscious, lay on the ground, trembling, and reached out his hand to accept the punishment order.

"We will be cracking down on your population if the number of complaints about rodents and maggots exceeds the limit again next month."

Standing to the side, watching Wang Tianhou being violently tortured throughout the composting workshop with an indifferent expression, he said calmly, "Not only will you die, but your seven concubines, 147 children, and your mistress, the field mouse, who lives 600 miles away in the western suburbs, will also die with you!"

"Yes Yes Yes"

The black rat quickly covered its head, looking at the Xia Yu Dynasty's giant cat with a face full of fear.

It didn't want to be an official at first, but the Xia Dynasty didn't care about its thoughts and forcibly ordered the big rat to serve here, with a monthly salary of two thousand spirit stones, as well as subsidies for relatives, tax reductions, and dividends at the end of the year.

At first, I took the job because the pay was pretty good. Then my family members also benefited. Xia Yu's taxes are not low. Now, because Black Rat is in charge, other rats in the clan can enjoy a 60% tax exemption when doing business or other things!

The black rat cannot resign; if it does, the rats in its household will be the first to betray it.

"Pay the fine and tea fee on time." As Wang Tianhouming was about to leave, he glanced at it lightly.

The black rat quickly scrambled to its feet, expressing its gratitude profusely, fearing that Xia Yu the cat would think it was disrespectful and subject it to another round of torture.

After the entire Demon Suppression Division left, the Black Rat opened his storage ring, took out a large number of healing pills, swallowed them, and briefly circulated his energy to heal his injuries. Then, with a furious expression, he stood up from the ground, his body rapidly expanding in size, and roared angrily:

"Fuck your mother! Notify them! Notify every rat within a ten-thousand-mile radius! Call out my eldest uncle, second uncle, and third uncle! I'm going to fucking kill them!"

After catching his breath from the inhuman torture he suffered at the Demon Suppression Bureau, the Rat King immediately vented all the grievances, insults, and fear he had endured on the person in charge of managing the rats in Xia Yu City.

I have clearly ordered all rats to go to the composting plant to collect their food. Any rats that have received favors from the rat clan must bite and kill cockroaches when they see them. What are you all doing?

The enraged Black Rat King roared, sending a message to the surrounding rats: gather them all! If it didn't kill some greedy rats now, no one would remember who had brought them the preferential policies!

How dare you try to scam me!

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On the main road outside the composting workshop.

"The Rat King manages the rats and catches the worms hiding in the ditches. An excessive number of unclean rats and worms can cause disease outbreaks. There are also three Insect Kings in charge of mosquitoes and other insects, mainly to prevent poisonous insects and locust plagues from invading Xia Yu, and incidentally to drive away insects."

Wang Tianhou answered Su Yan's question, then looked at his aunt and said, "I had already written a letter of recommendation for Lao Chong to help her get a job, but she took the letter with my seal to the Ministry of Rites and went to the west of the city to get a piece of land for free to open a brothel."

“The Insect Queen has a greater responsibility and receives a substantial share of the insect control tax every year, but she refuses to do it.”

"Yes, yes, yes, I'd be a pest control king for Xia Yu. Why would I bother with something like this?" Aunt rolled her eyes and said, "Let's not talk about anything else. Just consider my family's mountain bandits and bullies. If they knew how well I was doing in Xia Yu, they might just set up another bandit den in Pingfeng Mountain around Xia Yu."

Being the Insect Queen not only involves managing subordinates and ordering insect demons to drive away insects, but also means that if any subordinate makes a mistake, the Insect Queen herself will be the one to suffer.

Moreover, my aunt's family background is complicated, and there are many policy benefits for those who work in the imperial court. Tax exemption is one of them, and they can also get huge discounts when purchasing daily necessities. My aunt is really worried that her inhuman flower girls, swindlers, cunning tricksters and bandits will come and take advantage of these benefits.

If something happens to me, Old Cat will suffer too.

It's better to just honestly hold a leisurely job and live off the welfare provided by the Xia Yu Dynasty. It's not bad to find a quiet and safe place to gradually cultivate and improve one's cultivation level.

"By the way, could we go to the Princess's residence later? The Princess invited me to lunch this morning last night, but now..."

Su Yan turned to look at Aunt Wangtianhou and said.

Princess's lifestyle was similar to Su Yan's; she would sleep until nine or ten in the morning, then wash up, dress up, and it would be eleven or twelve by the time she finished.

The breakfast the princess mentioned was actually lunch, but since he was about to go to the palace, he might not be able to have lunch with the princess, so Su Yan wanted to go and tell her.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 465 features the Su Clan Ancestor

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"Why did you come so early? Is it because you've gotten used to my presence and are so eager to receive my morning caresses?"

Sitting in the dressing room, Princess Wuxi, dressed in a dress, rested her feet on the dressing table and read a book in her hands. Three maids stood behind the low-backed chair and combed Princess Wuxi's hair.

At that moment, a maid rushed into the dressing room from outside and told Princess Wuxi that Su Yan had arrived downstairs at her dressing room.

Princess Wuxi was taken aback upon hearing this, then revealed a lewd grin and began to make teasing remarks.

"No, Princess, I saw that Young Master Su was followed by a group of officials from the Demon Suppression Bureau. I didn't dare to ask about what was going on, and Young Master Su didn't explain the Demon Suppression Bureau behind him either."

"Please go out and take a look. Young Master Su, perhaps he has committed some offense and needs your help." Seeing the maid of the Demon Suppression Division looking flustered, she explained somewhat incoherently.

"Demon Suppression Division?"

Princess Wuxi's lewd smile faltered slightly as she recalled the battle that had erupted at the Treasure Appraisal Pavilion the previous night. She muttered to herself, "Could it be... I'm going to end up in jail?"

Princess Wuxi thought to herself, then waved away the maids who were adorning her hair, walked out of the dressing room, and went up the stairs to the first floor of the dressing building, where she saw two members of the Demon Suppression Division in front of the door and Su Yan in the main hall.

"Have you done something wrong?"

Princess Wuxi, dressed in a long dress, came down the stairs and looked at Su Yan, asking him directly what was wrong.

"Huh? You didn't do anything wrong!"

Just as he was about to speak, Su Yan was interrupted. He turned around and looked at the two members of the Demon Suppression Division at the door. He explained with a wry smile, "My mother arrived at the Xia Yu Imperial Palace last night, but for some reason she couldn't get out. So she asked the brothers of the Demon Suppression Division to find me in the brothel so I could come into the palace to see her."

"Well, in the words of the Demon Suppression Bureau, I am now a person escorted by the Demon Suppression Bureau. According to the internal rules of the Demon Suppression Bureau, no matter where I go now, as long as I am not escorted to my destination, the Demon Suppression Bureau will send two members to protect me even if I mate."

Those who need to be escorted by the Demon Suppression Division are either very important figures to the Xia Yu Dynasty or high-ranking members of the vicious Nightmare Suppression Sect. Therefore, there are naturally some rules that must be strictly followed within the division.

Even if Su Yan goes to Princess Wuxi's residence, the Demon Suppression Division must still act according to its internal rules.

"Your mother? The big fox!"

Princess Wuxi pondered for a moment, then her eyes lit up and she said, "Your mother is currently in a high position? Would you be interested in taking a position in my sect? I'll give your mother the title of Celestial Fox Elder."

"My mother probably won't be available, right?" Su Yan said with a dark expression, "She's preparing to hold a make-up wedding banquet now, and she and my father will probably leave me aside and happily make little fox dragons."

"I've come to let you know that I may not be able to make it to lunch. How about we reschedule for another day?"

"Why change the date? Bring your mother along, and we'll go directly to the Inner Court to eat."

Upon learning that another fox had appeared, Princess Wuxi quickly gestured for Su Yan to wait a moment. She then hurriedly ran back to the dressing room on the second floor, selected her favorite clothes from the wardrobe on the left, changed into them, tidied her appearance, and ran back downstairs. She then pulled Su Yan and headed straight out of the princess's residence.

"Prepare the carriage! Head to the palace!"

Princess Wuxi dragged Su Yan into the carriage bearing the emblem of the Demon Suppression Division. The female officials and maids, looking helpless, followed the carriage with hair ornaments and utensils, preparing to dress up the princess again inside.

"By the way, you should take a detour later and avoid passing by the Prince's Mansion and the Grand Tutor's Mansion. Otherwise, I'm worried that it will take you an hour or two to get out."

Princess Wuxi looked at Su Yan and the Commander of the Demon Suppression Division and said, "My old man and Grand Tutor Jin seem to be drinking and having young ladies wash their feet right now. After watching Su Yan's photos last night, they both seem very interested in Su Yan's performance yesterday."

"However, they are not important now. Let's speed up and bypass the two mansions to find the fox!"