Chapter 414
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Chapter 414: Unwelcome Trouble
“Um, Your Majesty, what do you think about getting married after spring?”
“…”
Luo Ji stared at He Liang’s brazen face, almost asking him, “Do you even remember what you said a few seconds ago?”
It seemed He Liang was, after all, a bit eager in his heart.
Thinking this, Luo Ji nodded with amusement.
“Alright, you and Little Ye discuss the exact date yourselves. Once you’ve decided, let me know. I’ll give you a month off in advance so you can properly prepare.”
As he spoke, Luo Ji seemed to remember something and reached into his system inventory, taking out a ‘peace buckle’ carved from jade.
“Here, I happen to have some good jade on hand. Consider this peace buckle my wedding gift to you.”
He Liang wasn’t foolish.
He recognized the priceless peace buckle.
While he was usually formal and reserved in official matters, this was Luo Ji giving him a gift, especially considering their years of camaraderie through life and death.
To refuse now would truly cause him regret.
With that thought, He Liang quickly accepted the peace buckle with both hands.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
Watching He Liang carefully place the gifted peace buckle close to his body, Luo Ji nodded in satisfaction, then waved his hand.
“Alright, it looks like you don’t have your mind on standing guard here. I’ll give you half a day off. Go back and pick the date with Little Ye first.”
With the conversation at this point, He Liang naturally didn’t dare refuse.
At the same time, he was eager to go, so he quickly nodded in agreement.
“Then many thanks, Your Majesty. This subordinate will take his leave.”
“Go on, go on.”
Luo Ji feigned impatience, gesturing for him to leave quickly.
Watching He Liang happily scurry away, Luo Ji and the other guards in the office shared another burst of laughter before he unhurriedly resumed reading the report before him.
Time quietly slipped by.
Just then, a commotion suddenly erupted outside Luo Ji’s office, halting his report reading.
“Zhou Cang, go out and see what’s happening.”
“Yes.”
Zhou Cang, also a member of the guard squad, replied.
He jogged out of the office and, a short while later, ran back, holding an additional report.
“Your Majesty, it’s an urgent report from Azure Water Fishing Village.”
“Fishing Village? What could possibly be happening there that warrants an urgent report delivered directly to me?”
Luo Ji frowned.
“Let me see.”
As he spoke, he quickly took the document from Zhou Cang and instinctively glanced at the marked report level.
His eyelids twitched.
“A Level 4 report?”
With Luo Ji’s current system of categorizing all reports from most to least severe using Arabic numerals 1 to 10, a Level 4 report was considered highly urgent.
For instance, the previous barbarian harassment near White River City’s borders resulted in a Level 5 report from Liu Meng, yet this one was marked Level 4.
This made Luo Ji even more curious.
What could be happening at Azure Water Lake Fishing Village that prompted a Level 4 report?
With this thought, Luo Ji quickly opened it.
His eyebrows immediately furrowed.
The content of this report, under normal circumstances, wouldn’t even qualify as a Level 7 report.
Simply put, it was a fight.
Where there are people, minor disputes are inevitable, and even Luo Ji’s Myriad World Civilization wasn’t immune to such troubles.
It was, in essence, a civil dispute.
Such matters were usually handled by local patrol teams.
Generally, they wouldn’t even require notifying the city lords, let alone an urgent dispatch reaching Emperor Luo Ji himself.
So, this incident was unusual, and its unusual aspect lay in the fact that one of the parties involved in the fight was a Kobold.
This matter could be minor or major.
If controlled well, it was a small incident of fighting.
But if it escalated, it could turn into a racial issue.
Although Luo Ji didn’t particularly care for these fickle Kobolds, there could be no order without rules.
As the ruler of Myriad World Civilization, he always prioritized law and order.
He had to position himself as fair and just, at least in most matters.
To put it bluntly, whether Human or Kobold, if they lived according to his rules within Myriad World Civilization, no one would trouble them.
But if anyone broke the rules, he was always unforgiving.
Moreover, this incident directly involved both humans and beastmen.
For Luo Ji, who was diligently working towards the integration of human and beastman societies, this emerging problem felt like an unwelcome headache!
To make matters worse, the report from Azure Water Lake was vague and unclear about the incident.
It simply stated that the Kobold had provoked trouble, overturned a fishing villager’s fish stall, and injured many people.
The report claimed the Kobold was extremely fierce, and the patrol team within the fishing village couldn’t subdue it, requesting Luo Ji dispatch troops to suppress it!
Reading only this report would make it seem almost entirely the Kobold’s fault.
But Luo Ji, having held a high position for a long time, wouldn’t simply trust such one-sided accounts.
With that in mind, Luo Ji decisively summoned Luo Jin.
“Your humble servant Luo Jin greets Your Majesty!”
“Rise.”
Luo Ji said, gesturing for Luo Jin to dispense with the formalities, while instructing Zhou Cang to hand the report to Luo Jin.
“Read this carefully, and tell me your thoughts when you’re done.”
“Then this humble servant shall be so bold.”
Luo Jin said, quickly reading the report in his hands right in front of Luo Ji.
As the head of the Mirror Division, serious cases were their responsibility, making Luo Jin inherently more sensitive to such matters.
Upon seeing that one of the warring parties was a Kobold, he immediately recognized the gravity of the situation and knew it had to be handled with utmost care.
With that thought, Luo Jin immediately focused all his attention, reading the report thoroughly from beginning to end.
After confirming he had missed nothing and understood completely, Luo Jin’s brow furrowed even tighter.
“Begging Your Majesty’s pardon, but between the lines, this report seems to show a suspicion of bias. It appears to recount the incident, but in reality, it barely mentions the fishing villagers.”
“Mm.”
Luo Ji nodded softly, then looked at Luo Jin below him with a very serious expression.
“I’m entrusting this matter to your Mirror Division for investigation. I want a just answer, understand?”
Luo Ji clearly emphasized the word “just.”
Hearing this, Luo Jin’s heart tightened, and he immediately responded.
“Please rest assured, Your Majesty. The Mirror Division deals only with evidence, not with favoritism!”
“Very good, now go.”
