Chapter 229
Chapter 229: The Empire’s Commander in Chief Is Her Lover Dragon, How Cool Is That
Cai Xi Chao’s words fell like a heavy bomb, blowing up the minds of every yellow Dragon Clan member and police officer present until their heads buzzed.
They had thought Jin Lin storming in with his friend Jiang Tea Tea was a matter of personal revenge. They thought the Commander in Chief was only here out of regard for Jiang Tea Tea, and maybe to save a few people of the yellow Dragon Clan if he could.
They never imagined that Chong Luo Han was suspected of working with foreign illegal research institutes and selling his own nation’s racial genetic and supernatural ability data for profit. That was selling out the country.
Personal grudges might still be undone.
Selling the country, harming the interests of the nation and the common citizens, was a capital crime with no way out.
Chong Ming’s gaze was as sharp as a blade, his voice even colder: “Minister Cai, how many years do his actions cover?”
Cai Xi Chao answered loudly with respect: “Reporting to the Commander in Chief, based on the information I have investigated, his cooperation with foreign illegal research institutes has gone on for more than two hundred years.”
“As for selling our country’s beastmen and pure humans’ genetic and supernatural ability data, that is what he has been doing in the past fifty years. He has been very secretive. The amount of data he sells each year ranges from one million to ten million sets.”
“He has eleven fake identities and fake light-brain wrist terminals. He has special information database managers, more than five of them.”
“His information data managers are not on the Capital Planet. They are on Bang Star. I have already locked onto his information database managers and notified the Security Department on Bang Star to arrest them.”
“For everything he has done, his son, the yellow Dragon Clan’s clan leader Chong Ling Lan, has always known and helped him hide it. His wife, Huang Yu Ling, handles all the clan finances and all outside communication.”
“Huang Yu Ling is currently on a business trip to Aba Planet. The reason she gave for her trip was to promote civilian cooperation between the two countries in the field of supernatural ability research.”
“I have already notified Huang Yu Ling and ordered her to return to the Capital Planet. She is being tracked and locked on. About ten minutes ago, she bought a space jump ticket back to the Empire of Zhenlin’s Capital Planet. She will arrive in Capital Planet space within twelve hours.”
Chong Ming’s gaze fell on Chong Luo Han’s face. He gave Cai Xi Chao an order: “Notify the Security Department to sweep every yellow Dragon Clan member on the Capital Planet. No matter who they are, what industry they work in, or what job they do, gather them all in the yellow Dragon Clan’s territory.”
“Then notify the Special Service Police Bureau to go to the Capital Planet space station. Bring every yellow Dragon Clan member returning from anywhere straight here.”
Cai Xi Chao answered with a heavy “Yes,” then went to pass on the Commander in Chief’s orders. That night, the Security Department headquarters, the Special Service Bureau, and the Central Public Security Bureau all called back their people from rest and vacation to work overtime.
Chong Ming spoke again, calling names directly: “Chong Luo Han, Chong Ling Lan, Chong Xing Qi, do you have anything to say about what Minister Cai has found? Any doubts left?”
Father and son, Chong Luo Han and Chong Ling Lan, were both kneeling and lying on the ground. They were filthy and miserable, not a trace of their former glory, like drowned dogs. They stayed silent and accepted it all by default.
Chong Xing Qi clutched his chest and stared at his father and grandfather. It took a long time before he found his voice: “Grandfather, Dad, haven’t you always told me that, as members of the yellow Dragon Clan, we must bring honor to the Empire and to our family, and must never do anything that harms the Empire, harms our clan, or harms the people?”
“You told me to study at the royal military Imperial Academies. You told me to become a soldier useful to the Empire. I listened to you. I trusted you both so much. How could you, for the sake of supernatural abilities and long life, use other people as research subjects and hurt them?”
“And how could you, for money and research, sell as many as one hundred million sets of data to foreign countries? Why? Tell me why.”
Under his son’s and grandson’s hoarse questions, Chong Luo Han and Chong Ling Lan kept their heads pressed to the floor. Their bent spines could no longer straighten.
Chong Xing Qi tugged at the corner of his mouth in a bitter smile uglier than crying. His faith and ideals shattered. “Grandfather, Dad, from the moment I understood anything, I admired you. I loved you. I respected you.”
“Even when this beastman called Jin Lin, who is neither snake nor dragon, stormed in and shouted questions at you, I still stood on your side.”
“I even, even in my heart, blamed Commander in Chief Chong Ming for not standing with our yellow Dragon Clan, for only standing with Jin Lin and Jiang Tea Tea.”
“How ridiculous. So ridiculous. The elders I admired, the elders I respected, the elders I was proud of, are the ones hurting their own nation and bowing to foreign countries.”
“You were born in the Empire of Zhenlin and grew up in the Empire of Zhenlin. What did the Empire of Zhenlin ever do to you to make you treat it this way?”
Facing their son’s and grandson’s questions, Chong Luo Han and Chong Ling Lan were so ashamed they did not even dare lift their heads to look him in the eye.
Chong Ming stood up and walked over to Jin Lin. His voice was calm, carrying polite discussion: “Your Excellency Jin Lin, it is a fact that you were locked up and harmed by Chong Luo Han for three hundred years. He has admitted it. It was all his fault.”
“But his whole family is also involved in treason and has violated the Empire’s law code. I know you want to kill him to relieve your hatred of many years. I ask you to wait a bit.”
“Wait twenty-four hours. When every yellow Dragon Clan member has been gathered and I have triple-checked the crimes of Chong Luo Han’s whole family, then after twenty-four hours, he will be left for you to deal with as you wish. As for the others who are involved, how you want to deal with them will also be up to you. How about that?”
Jin Lin looked at the golden dragon in front of him, who was not shorter than him, stronger than him, better at fighting, and whose aura surpassed his own. The man’s long golden hair shone. Two large golden dragon horns grew from his head.
Jin Lin pointed at Jiang Tea Tea standing beside him: “For her sake, and because of her, I will agree and give you twenty-four hours to handle all of this.”
“But every yellow Dragon Clan member here right now is not allowed to leave. If anyone tries to leave, I will kill them. Is that a problem?”
Chong Ming nodded slightly. “Of course not.”
The two sides made their agreement. Chong Ming’s gaze moved to Jiang Tea Tea’s face. His cold voice carried a gentle question: “You have not eaten dinner yet, and neither has your friend. Would you like to bring your friend onto my warship to wash up, change clothes, and have a meal?”
From the corner of her eye, Jiang Tea Tea glanced at Chong Xing Qi. “If I bring my friend onto your warship, the yellow Dragon Clan will say you are biased toward me and my friend, that you are abusing your power and letting us harm yellow Dragon Clan members.”
“They will not,” Chong Ming answered. “Everything must be based on evidence. To make random accusations without evidence and to say things out of nothing is slander.”
“According to the Empire’s law code, serious slander can be punished by exile for more than three years and less than five, plus a huge fine.”
“If anyone slanders you and you wish, you can file a lawsuit and have the Empire’s court order them to apologize and compensate you.”
Jiang Tea Tea knew Chong Ming was saying this on purpose for the yellow Dragon Clan to hear. He wanted them to understand that a great purge was coming for the yellow Dragon Clan.
How harsh that purge would be would depend on whether, among the over one hundred thousand dragons of the yellow Dragon Clan, anyone besides Chong Luo Han’s family had committed crimes.
“Fine, I will take my friend to your warship,” Jiang Tea Tea said, following along with Chong Ming’s words. “I also hope you will not let any bad person go.”
Chong Ming promised her: “Of course.”
Jiang Tea Tea had saved and helped Jin Lin. She was also the only demon in this world whose scent he recognized as demonic. So he trusted her naturally.
Jiang Tea Tea brought Jin Lin onto Chong Ming’s warship.
Jin Lin was like a country bumpkin entering the city. He was barefoot and bare-chested, with only something wrapped around his waist. His messy long hair almost dragged on the floor.
His one black and one gold eye kept looking all around. Sometimes his hand would tap the walls of the warship. His strength was huge. Every time he tapped, a dent appeared.
The guards on the warship stared so hard their eyes almost fell out. They could not believe that wherever he casually tapped, the metal caved in.
After Jin Lin and Jiang Tea Tea walked past, the guards rushed over to check. Once they saw the dents, they hurried to call the repair department to fix the walls.
Jiang Tea Tea took him to the warship’s school cafeteria. It was not mealtime, but everyone on the ship had already received the Commander in Chief’s orders. Before the two of them came in, the cooks had already started working with their ladles.
Once Jiang Tea Tea and Jin Lin sat down, several dishes were placed in front of them: cold salads, steamed meat, steamed fish, and a few more plates.
Jiang Tea Tea asked Jin Lin: “Do you want to use chopsticks or your hands?”
Jin Lin answered simply and neatly: “My beast form.”
As soon as he finished speaking, his head turned into a giant flood dragon head. He picked up the basin of cold salad with one hand, opened his mouth wide, tipped the basin, and poured the food straight down in one gulp.
He was so bold and rough. On top of that, he had been half-starved for three hundred years, sometimes full, sometimes hungry. And he was also a demon from her own homeland. What could Jiang Tea Tea say?
She could not say anything. She could only run off to tell the cooks that they did not need to cook the seafood. It just needed to be fresh and still jumping. The meat did not need to be braised or stewed, only fresh. As for the fruits and vegetables, washing them was enough. Washing was not even necessary.
To the cooks, such simple requests were like having no requests at all. They brought out baskets and baskets of seafood, neatly cut and sorted fresh meat, and freshly washed fruits and vegetables still dripping with water. Then they started dumping them by the basketful into Jin Lin’s mouth.
Jin Lin did not even need to move his own hands. He only had to open his mouth and swallow.
He ate like that for almost twenty minutes.
Twenty baskets of seafood, fifty basins of fresh meat, and fifteen baskets of fruits and vegetables.
The total weight came to about three thousand jin.
After eating all that, he let out a burp, and his stomach was still flat.
Jiang Tea Tea was not surprised. For a demon of one thousand three hundred years, whose true body was over a hundred meters long, eating three thousand jin of food was very normal.
After she thanked the cooks, she took him to wash up. Deputy Officer Ai brought over simple long pants, a shirt, and underwear.
When Jin Lin finished washing, put on the clothes, and tied up his hair, his true face was revealed. His looks were rough yet still handsome, with a bit of wicked charm. His one black and one gold eye were especially domineering.
Jin Lin came to stand in front of Jiang Tea Tea. “Fellow countryman, your monster spiritual power is vast and strong. You know many magic spells. But you still feel a bit lacking. Is that because of that lover dragon of yours downstairs?”
Jiang Tea Tea choked on her own saliva. “What lover dragon? Can you talk properly?”
Jin Lin blinked. “You are covered in dragon scent. It is very similar to his. The two of you have not formed a partner contract. If he is not your lover dragon, then is he the emergency rations dragon you are raising in this world, or a tonic dragon?”