"City Lord!"

Suddenly, a soldier came running up from the Bai Han Building, looking anxious and knocking over quite a few people along the way.

"What's going on?"

Ye Lin turned around, looking at this subordinate in confusion, but felt a sudden chill in his heart.

Could it be that a new demon has appeared in Han Yue City?

After the last incident, he has become somewhat hypersensitive to these kinds of matters.

"City Lord! The clerk we sent to report the situation to the Imperial City has been killed!"

"Killed!? Impossible! Who would have the time to kill a mere messenger? Mountain bandits? And besides, he was escorted by our elite City Guard Army. Even if he encountered robbers, they definitely wouldn't have succeeded!"

"No, it's not like that! Our, our men... were... killed by His Majesty the Emperor!"

"What!?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Lin was stunned, then suddenly realized.

The current Emperor had indeed said, "The world knows no Dao!"

This time, he had people report everything that happened in Han Yue City, thinking it was the right thing to do. But how would others perceive it?

It essentially sounded like saying, "This world has demons and Taoists, and Emperor, what you said before was actually wrong!"

Saying the Emperor was wrong is virtually no different from directly slapping him in the face, isn't it?

So, the execution of this batch of messengers is actually not so surprising.

"But..."

Ye Lin pondered momentarily, then shook his head. Things shouldn't be this simple.

If the Emperor wanted to seal off information because of this, that was obviously not possible either.

After all, with over a million citizens in Han Yue City, it's impossible to dismiss them all with a simple claim of "nonsense."

With so many people, such a huge change in the city, the news would quickly spread to surrounding cities and then throughout the entire Dafu Dynasty.

By then, everyone would know what happened here, and even if the Emperor didn't want to believe it, what difference would that make?

Moreover, Ye Lin was certain that with His Majesty's means, there was no way he didn't know what recently transpired in Han Yue City.

It's been ten days since the Blood Worm incident.

The Emperor must have already learned about the situation in the city through his channels, so there should be no reason for disbelief.

"Then... why is he doing this futile action...?"

Ye Lin's face was full of questions, unable to comprehend.

Just then, another soldier came running in panic.

His urgency surpassed the previous one by far, rolling and crawling, his face full of fear.

"City Lord! City Lord!"

Dust-covered, he sprinted over, and then, failing to stand properly, fell to his knees with a "thud," crying:

"City Lord! We... we've been attacked! A large army is... advancing towards us!!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Lin's hand that was reaching out to help froze, an expression of disbelief appearing on his face, and he asked:

"What did you say? A large army? From where? Speak clearly!!"

Someone nearby quickly handed over a bowl of water.

The man, hands trembling, took it and drank the water in the bowl in one gulp.

After a long while, he took a deep breath, calmed down a bit, and said:

"City Lord, I am the reconnoitre chief of the Fifth Legion of the City Guard Army, responsible for scouting the bandit hideouts outside the city... Today, we were given a reconnaissance task, operating a hundred li to the west, but unexpectedly encountered an attack..."

"It wasn't bandits who attacked us, but a standard reconnaissance team! I could recognize them; their uniforms were those of the Jinlin Army! No mistake!!"

"Upon meeting them, I intended to greet them, but unexpectedly, they took the initiative to attack us, catching us off guard, and many brothers were lost..."

"Later we fought desperately and managed to reverse the situation..."

"But unexpectedly, a large army appeared in the distance, all Jinlin Army... they came prepared, targeting our direction!!"

"Our horses were gone... in the fight, we managed to seize one at great difficulty, but only I ran back, all the other brothers... "

This reconnoitre chief recounted the story in one breath.

Listening to this, Ye Lin frowned deeply, hardly able to believe his ears.

The Jinlin Army, they are the Emperor's personal troops!

Known for their prowess during the Emperor's campaigns throughout the land, the entire Capital is manned by them. How could they suddenly appear over here?

"Are you certain you didn't see it wrong? That it truly was the Jinlin Army?"

Ye Lin, a bit incredulous, reconfirmed, but received the soldier's unwavering affirmation.

After asking about more details, he dismissed most of the people, leaving only a few trusted subordinates by his side.

"What on earth is happening...?"

In the hall of the Bai Han Building, Ye Lin paced back and forth with a frown.

"City Lord, could those Jinlin Army soldiers have received news of danger in Han Yue City and came to help deal with the monster? However, because the distance from the Capital is far, by the time they were a hundred li away, they didn't know that the monster here had already been subdued by the Immortal..."

One subordinate analyzed and asked.

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