Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 752

Chapter 748: The Imperial Guards Have to Apologize to Us

The Imperial Guards are certainly not in a good mood.

There are actually alien sleeper cells in the palace!

That’s a huge scandal!

Shameful!

Marshal Yan Xinzhen only exchanged a few words with Gu Hang, his tone calm.

But looking back, he was furious!

Immediately, the Imperial Guards Marshal summoned many tribunes and Golden Shield captains for a meeting.

The theme of this meeting was to review what the Imperial Guards had been doing every day for such a long time. Had the Imperial Guards degenerated? Were they no longer able to perform their duties and protect the Imperial Palace properly?

Otherwise, how could there be aliens lurking inside the palace?

No excuse would make sense!

As for Zhang Yulin, the captain of the Golden Shield, he should have been the protagonist of this meeting. He and his company were responsible for the routine defense of the residence of the representative of the chairman of the Devouring Star Universe. With such a big mess, he was the one who would be called to the meeting.

However, just as he was about to attend the meeting, Marshal Yan, via public communication, told him not to come.

“Clean up your mess, or you won’t be back.”

Hearing this, he hurried to the scene, dusty and dusty.

Of course, he wouldn’t go to the extreme of bringing an entire company of Custodians. His company’s defense area was quite large. If he moved rashly, what if something else went wrong?

So, he personally led only twenty Custodians.

That was more than enough.

One Custodian soldier could be as powerful as ten thousand men. And this “ten thousand men” was being compared to the most elite troops.

Furthermore, unlike Space Marines, Custodians were more than just combat specialists. As genetically engineered superhumans of a higher order than Space Marines, they not only possessed a nearly ageless body, but also possessed a robust learning ability and enhanced mental fortitude. Besides combat, they often possessed one or more other specialties.

Criminal investigation, mathematics, art, administration… the list was endless.

No matter what the situation, twenty Imperial Guards were more than enough to handle it. Even if they weren’t, there was nothing in the world that could instantly eliminate twenty Imperial Guards. Within the palace, they were fully capable of holding out until more reinforcements arrived.

But clearly, there wasn’t anything here that particularly needed the Imperial Guards’ attention.

Zhang Yulin could only come and have an awkward conversation with Gu Hang.

He was quite afraid of Gu Hang.

First, he knew how powerful Gu Hang was, so powerful that he might have to swallow some of his Imperial Guards arrogance and admit that there were indeed things in the world that could instantly eliminate twenty of them—such as this Governor Gu before him.

Second, Gu Hang was treated differently by the Marshal, who even gave him a device that allowed him to communicate directly with the Marshal.

Now he had been blamed for this, and this stain might have made him lose face within the Imperial Guards for decades, even centuries to come. Now, his only concern was to make amends, and Gu Hang’s position was crucial.

He was the one who discovered the problem. If he had said something like, “These Dark Eldar are so easy to spot! I saw them right away. I don’t understand why the Imperial Guards let them go for so long,” it would have been a disaster.

Zhang Yulin was also a man of integrity; he wouldn’t do something like coerce Gu Hang into colluding with him.

However, Gu Hang’s demeanor during the conversation did give him some relief.

At the very least, Gu Hang was stating that the Dark Eldar’s concealment techniques were truly exceptional, a level never before seen, without even a single questioning of the Imperial Guards.

His main concern was his concern for the current situation of the Star Devouring Domain Chairman.

This was related to the aborted but rather bizarre assassination attempt Gu Hang had previously faced. Yu Jinwen’s intelligence indicated that the assassination was indeed an order issued by him to the Assassin’s Court in the name of Chairman Yas. However, that wasn’t his own initiative; two factors contributed to it.

First, it was a request from the Dark Eldar sleeper advisors; second, it was also an order from Asdai.

The aliens’ assassination of an Imperial hero was perfectly natural. After all, it was perfectly normal for the hateful aliens to do anything that was against the will of Heaven. However, since Asdai had issued the same order, did this mean that Asdai himself was connected to the Dark Eldar, perhaps even bewitched and corrupted?

These sleeper advisors around Yu Jinwen weren’t just a latent addition to replace the Devouring Stars’ advisors; rather, the Devouring Stars had been problematic from the very beginning, and were these sleeper advisors simply brought in?

As a member of the Imperial Guard, Zhang Yulin possessed a keen political acumen. He immediately realized that Gu Hang was attempting to stoke a fire under High Lord Yasdai,

and he seemed intent on using the Imperial Guard as the catalyst.

In the past, attempts to use the Imperial Guard to interfere in Imperial politics were met with strong warnings, or even outright repression. Such attempts often resulted in more harm than good.

But in this case, Zhang Yulin could only follow Gu Hang’s lead.

He lacked the necessary confidence.

As the two conversed, waves of people arrived.

From the Ministry of Justice, the Inquisition, and later, high-ranking officials, even envoys from Prime Minister Qi Bodu.

What was happening here was destined to be the starting point for the upcoming political storm.

However, all inquiries were rebuffed by the Imperial Guard.

“Matters here are under the control of the Imperial Guard. No information will be communicated.”

This resolute attitude abruptly rebuffed all inquiries. But those big guys could only go back in disgrace.

Gu Hang was very satisfied with this situation.

This was exactly the effect he wanted.

If you have any problems, don’t come to me, go to the Imperial Guards.

However, Gu Hang could ignore others, but he still had to take care of Qi Bodu.

He asked Zhang Yulin if he could leave if there was nothing else. He had to go to the Prime Minister and give him an explanation for what happened here.

Zhang Yulin thought about it and didn’t object, but asked Gu Hang to wait a little longer.

Gu Hang readily agreed without asking what to wait for.

It was guessable.

What he had just said was his one-sided story. Whether it was the Dark Eldar spies or Yu Jinwen, they had now been handed over to the Imperial Guards. They also had sufficient and mysterious means to dig out what they wanted to know.

It had to be compared with what Gu Hang had just said. Even

if we take a step back, the Imperial Guards had to be ruled out. Couldn’t this whole thing be Gu Hang’s own behind-the-scenes drama?

This kind of investigation will not even be conducted only on the alien spies and Yu Jinwen. After all, some conspiracies do not necessarily have to be carried out in such a directly assigned way, and it is very likely that there will be many layers. It is also possible that the people who were directly captured did not know that they were being used.

The Imperial Guards also have enough means and wisdom to distinguish them.

Gu Hang was not worried about this, as he had a clear conscience.

Let’s investigate.

About twenty minutes later, the Golden Shield Company Commander was called out by his colleagues. A moment later, he came back and said to Gu Hang:

“Governor Gu, I’m sorry to have delayed you for so long. You can leave now.”

The Imperial Guards will also apologize.

(End of this chapter)