Chapter 2474: Weeding out the traitors

Ye Chen's guess was correct.

When he and Duan Liye arrived at the top floor, the middle-aged man took the two into his office.

Following them in were the young man at the Second Heaven of the Dark Realm, as well as those few Ming Realm experts.

The moment the door closed, the young man took a step forward to Duan Liye, suddenly bent his knees and knelt on the ground, kowtowed heavily, and said with a choked voice, "Special Envoy, please have mercy and save our three thousand seven hundred and more lives here!"

Others also immediately followed the young man and knelt down, choking, "Special Envoy, please have mercy!"

Duan Liye was caught off guard for a moment.

The psychological suggestion Ye Chen gave him was to follow the usual practice and meet these people.

However, these people suddenly knelt in front of him and begged for mercy, which made him somewhat at a loss for what to do.

The current Duan Liye was more like a machine executing orders. If this order was recorded in his system, he could execute it immediately, but if it was not recorded, he would enter a state of program error.

This was also the biggest drawback of psychological suggestion.

Ye Chen saw that Duan Liye was a bit stuck, so he asked, "Are you worried that the English Lord will use the means of twenty years ago to punish others to punish you?"

As soon as Ye Chen said this, several people were shocked!

They didn't expect that the attendant who had been following the special envoy without saying a word would take the initiative to speak today.

Moreover, as soon as he spoke, he hit the fear in their hearts!

Several people looked at each other, and then the young man suddenly realized something, crawled to Ye Chen's feet, and choked, "Please forgive me for having eyes but not seeing, failing to realize the special envoy's identity early, and please punish me!"

Seeing this, others also realized it, and they crawled to Ye Chen's feet one after another, begging piously, "Please punish me, Special Envoy!"

Ye Chen was slightly startled, and then quickly recovered, thinking to himself, "It seems this group of people mistook me for the real special envoy."

The internal information of the Poqing Society is strictly isolated, and they like to set off smoke bombs to the outside world. Just like what Duan Liye said, in those enterprises controlled by the Poqing Society, the chairman on the surface is generally not the real person in charge, and the person in charge may just be an inconspicuous assistant or accountant beside the chairman.

Just like this copper mine, when outside, it looked like the middle-aged man was the person in charge here, while the young man was just a secretary beside him. But once in this office, the young man immediately became the leader among them, and everyone followed his lead.

Therefore, the young man seemed to have mistaken himself, this special envoy's assistant, for the real special envoy.

Seeing these people kneeling in front of him and begging, Ye Chen smiled slightly and asked, "If the English Lord really decides to kill everyone here, do you dare to fight back before you die?"

Hearing this,

The young man in the lead, terrified to the extreme, blurted out, "Special Envoy, with the gods as my witness, this matter is entirely due to my own incompetence and failure to live up to the Lord's trust and expectations. Even if the Lord were to order me to die this instant, I would have absolutely no complaints!"

The others also immediately chimed in, "We are willing to die for the Lord!"

Ye Chen let out a scoff and said with disdain, "Others are trying to wipe you all out, yet not only do you have no intention of resisting, you are kneeling on the ground like slaves, pledging your loyalty. Do you have no backbone at all?"

Hearing Ye Chen's interrogation, the group was so frightened that their souls nearly left their bodies!

They assumed Ye Chen was testing them on purpose; in such a moment, how could they dare to show any defiance? One by one, they kowtowed incessantly in terror.

The young man in the lead choked out, "Special Envoy, please see the truth. Such a treasonous act is something I wouldn't even dare to imagine..."

Ye Chen looked at his terrified expression and could tell that the man was indeed filled with fear, with not a shred of intent to resist.

However, upon carefully considering their identities, Ye Chen was not surprised.

After all, according to what Duan Liye said, apart from the dead soldiers, the Cavalry Guards, and their families, most other members of the Anti-Qing Society joined voluntarily.

Especially those martial artists eager to quickly break through their cultivation realms; they joined the Anti-Qing Society to achieve a leap in their cultivation, so they held no deep-seated hatred toward the organization.

This young man before him had a decent cultivation level and was a Regional Commander, responsible for the operation and management of the entire dead soldier base, so his rank was likely not low.

He might even have been trained in the Huben Camp.

Such people, besides being blindly obedient to the Anti-Qing Society, might even feel a sense of gratitude.

Therefore, deep down, they would not want to oppose the Anti-Qing Society.

Thinking of this, Ye Chen lost interest in turning these few people. He looked at them and said indifferently, "Bergen's failure has indeed made the Lord very furious, but the Lord also knows that the responsibility for this failure does not lie with you, so you need not worry too much."

Upon hearing this, the group immediately let out a long sigh of relief.

The young man in the lead said with immense gratitude, "Thank you, Lord, for your magnanimity, and thank you, Special Envoy, for your great kindness! We will surely learn from our shame and strive for excellence, dedicating our lives to the organization until our last breath!"

Ye Chen nodded, reached out, and patted his shoulder lightly. As a trace of spiritual energy was channeled into the man's brain, Ye Chen said calmly, "Very good. But from now on, you will do whatever I say. Do you understand?"

The young man's eyes glazed over, and he immediately replied without hesitation, "I understand!"

The people behind him were still somewhat confused at this moment, not knowing why this Special Envoy would say such things to the Regional Commander.

After all, in the Anti-Qing Society, the Lord was the only supreme existence; no one was allowed to defy him, let alone overstep their bounds. Yet, the Special Envoy's words seemed to imply he wanted to cultivate his own confidants within the organization.

Seeing the group hesitate, Ye Chen deliberately sneered and asked, "What? Are you not willing to pledge your loyalty to me like him?"

The middle-aged man replied without hesitation, "I follow only the Lord's lead!"

Ye Chen nodded with a smile and said indifferently, "Truly commendable loyalty! Seeing how loyal you are to the Lord, I can rest easy."

Ye Chen's words made the group relax slightly, assuming he was merely testing their loyalty to the organization.

Ye Chen then walked up to them and shook hands with each one. After channeling spiritual energy into everyone's brain, he cleared his throat and said sternly, "From now on, your only mission is to pledge your loyalty to me. Do you understand?"

"Understood!" The group, now completely under Ye Chen's psychological suggestion, answered respectfully.

After controlling these people, Ye Chen began to prepare for his plan.

Through his understanding of the Anti-Qing Society, he could conclude that the dead soldiers and their families must be filled with hatred toward the organization deep down.

Therefore, as long as he could cure the deadly poison in their bodies, they would certainly be turned by him.

However, the Cavalry Guards were a group that required more caution.

Because although the Cavalry Guards also came from the dead soldiers, some had already gained relatively free status and had entered the promotion ladder tailored for them by the Anti-Qing Society. Therefore, there must be some among them whose hearts had turned toward the organization and who had decided to rely on their own efforts to make a name for themselves within it.

Thus, Ye Chen came up with a plan to weed out the traitors.

He intended to have these managers call the various levels of leaders among the Cavalry Guards here first and have them take the medicine collectively.

After they took the medicine, he would quietly give them an opportunity to have a face-to-face talk with him, their "Special Envoy."

Once these Cavalry Guards took the antidote Ye Chen brought, the deadly poison in their bodies would instantly dissolve. At that point, if anyone kept it a secret and left silently, they were surely still loyal to the Anti-Qing Society.

However, if anyone came to report to him immediately after taking the medicine, that person's heart must have completely turned toward the Anti-Qing Society.

Through such a method, although he couldn't determine if those who kept it a secret were truly at odds with the Anti-Qing Society, he could at least screen out the traitors among the Cavalry Guards first.

Thus, he asked the Regional Commander, "How many leaders are there at each level of the Cavalry Guards?"

The Regional Commander replied without hesitation, "The Cavalry Guards have one Commander, three Flag Leaders, nine Battalion Commanders, and twenty-seven Team Leaders."

After saying this, he added, "However, the last mission resulted in the loss of one Commander, and the disappearance of one Battalion Commander and two Team Leaders."

Ye Chen nodded and said indifferently, "Divide the remaining ones into three groups. Bring the first group here first, prepare a room for them next door, and have them take the medicine there."

The Regional Commander immediately said respectfully, "I will arrange it at once!"

Ye Chen gave a hum and instructed, "After you bring the people, come find me here."

"Understood!"

After waiting for about a few minutes.

The Regional Commander returned in a hurry and said respectfully to Ye Chen, "Special Envoy, the first group of twelve has arrived. Please move to the conference room!"

Ye Chen nodded, wrapped in his black robe, and led by the Regional Commander, he arrived at the large conference room next door.

At this moment, twelve anxious middle-aged men were already sitting in the conference room.

These people were all leaders at various levels of the Cavalry Guards.

When Ye Chen stepped inside, their expressions were all very tense.

Ye Chen walked to the head of the conference table, looked at the twelve Cavalry Guards, and said indifferently, "Gentlemen, thanks to the Lord's benevolence, a new antidote has been specially provided for all Cavalry Guards. Calling you here today is in the hope that you can be the first to try this new medicine."

Upon hearing it was a new antidote, everyone's expression tightened.

At this moment, they were all very surprised in their hearts.

Because, in their memory, they had never heard of the organization changing to a new medicine.

Ye Chen continued, "The situation has changed rapidly recently, and I believe you have all heard some rumors. The Cavalry Guards will face more arduous tasks in the future, so the seven-day efficacy of your previous medicine is clearly insufficient. Therefore, the Lord has prepared a new antidote for you. The efficacy of the new medicine will be extended from seven days to fifteen days."

Hearing this, the twelve men's doubts were significantly dispelled.

Ye Chen took out the antidote he had prepared and said indifferently, "You will take the medicine here this time. After taking it, I will have a one-on-one talk with each of you in the next room. At that time, I need you to tell me truthfully how you feel after taking the medicine. I will record your accounts and present them to the Lord after I return!"