Standing behind Ling Xin'an, Duan Qing and Dou Kai had never felt such tremendous pressure as they did now. He was standing there like a towering mountain, making them feel fearful in their hearts.

Overnight, all major families and the industries behind them were almost uprooted.

Jiangzhou City has changed!

In the past, Jiangzhou City was full of fireworks at this moment, and people on the streets started to be busy for the day, but at this moment, the entire Jiangzhou City was so quiet that it made people feel palpitating.

Over the entire Jiangzhou City, the dark clouds were low, as if a storm was brewing, and it was so oppressive that it made people breathless.

"Secretary Duan, Chief Dou, what do you think Ling should do next?" Ling Xin'an's faint voice sounded.

Duan Qing and Dou Kai quickly lowered their heads, not daring to breathe.

"Captain Dou, there is some information here, take a look." After that, he threw it over.

Dou Kai quickly caught it, opened it, and saw that his face was pale. He immediately knelt down and said, "My lord, I don't know this despite my humble position."

"Since you don't know, then you tell me what to do? Or what do you think should be done?" Ling Xin'an still said coldly.

The sinuses are open and the forehead is sweating.

What he saw in his hands was naturally the matter of Dou Mansion's housekeeper going to buy Kongxin Powder. He really didn't know about this, but Ling Xin'an was able to present this information, which was obviously not to frame him.

He was awake when something happened in the city last night, but as soon as he went out, he saw the men who were following him sternly warning him not to step out of the gate, otherwise the Lord would never forgive him.

The same goes for Duan Qing.

At this point, they still don't understand that Ling Xin'an's so-called military exercise is just to use military exercises to paralyze all the big families and then uproot them.

Ling Xin'an had only one purpose in doing this, which was naked revenge. He had not forgotten the fact that he was assassinated twice.

Dou Kai's hands were shaking. How many of the heads among the corpses below were he didn't recognize?

"Sir, can you allow me to go back and investigate, and then give you an explanation?" Dou Kaidao said.

"Go back, find the relevant people, and bring their heads over. I won't touch your family, and this matter will be over." Ling Xin'an said.

"Thank you, sir." Dou Kai kowtowed quickly, took the information and immediately ran downstairs towards his residence.

"Master Duan," Ling Xin'an said.

"My lord, this is my humble duty."

"How do you think it would be better to deal with the remaining people?"

Duan Qing's face also turned pale and bloodless, looking down at Ling Xin'an's back, making him feel fear.

Silence, on the city tower, Hu Bing and Guo Song leaned against the wall, looking down, silently.

"Kill!" Duan Qing gritted his teeth and replied.

"There are nearly a thousand people below." Ling Xin'an pointed at the thick crowd below.

"Not killing is not enough to appease your lord's rage," Duan Qing said.

Ling Xin'an asked: "Could it be that Chief Duan thinks that I killed so many people just out of anger?"

Duan Qing was stunned and fell silent again.

"Do you know why I let you and Dou Mansion live?" Ling Xin'an said again.

"I don't know what a humble job is."

"You actually know it in your heart." Ling Xin'an did not look at Duan Qing, but said calmly: "You have been working in Jiangzhou Prefecture for too long, but one thing you have done well is that you have never taken the initiative to murder me."

Duan Qing's face became even paler.

"Master Duan, you are very smart. I like smart people, but I am afraid of disloyal people. So, Master Duan, what do you think we should do with the remaining people?"

Duan Qing bent down deeply, took a deep breath and said: "Sir, Duan please resign."

Ling Xin'an waved her hand and said: "The government office cannot be without you, Chief Duan."

"Sir, I am ashamed of my humble position!"

"Master Duan, there is a saying that breaks before establishing. I mentioned to you at the beginning that I have the final say in Jiangzhou Prefecture. Have you ever thought about why?"

Duan Qing was silent, but his heart was in turmoil.

Of course he remembered that Ling Xin'an once said that the capital city could be rebuilt after it was ruined, but he did not allow anyone to point fingers in his capital city.

"You, you have forgotten the situation when the five tribes ravaged my Zhou Dynasty. You couldn't imagine it when my Zhou people were slaughtered like livestock by them. Now it is just a short-term peace, but many people have forgotten it.

Be prepared for danger in times of peace."

Duan Qing opened his mouth and looked at Ling Xin'an, but couldn't say a word.

Yes, the Zhou Dynasty is much weaker than the era of Emperor Wu, but it is still able to firmly guard the country and has been at peace for decades.

Peaceful ones make too many people think that the rebellion of the seven kings and the chaos of the five tribes are just historical events that happened so long ago that even I feel sentimental when I am just reading history.

"I have learned a lesson from my humble duty, sir." Duan Qing bowed his head and said.

At this time, under the city tower, Dou Kai, with a dark face, tied up five people. Their clothes were messy, their mouths were bleeding, their noses were blue and their eyes were swollen, and they struggled all the way to the bottom of the city tower.

Looking at the hill-like body, the strong smell of blood rushed straight into the nose, and the blood formed a stream. Crows had begun to circle in groups in the sky, waiting for a gluttonous meal.

Those five people had never seen such a bloody and terrifying scene. Their feet suddenly went weak and they struggled desperately, shouting loudly for mercy. They were really scared.

"Sir, I have found out that these people are the ones who want to murder you, sir?" Dou Kai lowered his head and knelt on the ground.

Blood seeped into the uniform, and the cold blood continued to flow on his knees. The strong smell of blood was a hundred times stronger than when he dug out his spiritual veins.

Ling Xin'an looked at the people behind him, including the housekeeper who had bought the Kongxin Powder, and four young men. One of the four was staring at him closely, his eyes filled with hatred.

Looking at him, Ling Xin'an had no impression at all. He didn't know this young man at all.

"Why did they want to assassinate me?" Ling Xin'an asked.

"He is a cousin in the humble office, sir, you should know him." After speaking, he pointed at the young man who was staring at him and said: "Dou He, I think you should know me, sir. You were classmates at the same time, but I am jealous of your ability.

Caizhi, that’s why he is jealous of you. It was he who asked the housekeeper to buy Kongxin Powder and then murder the Lord. We in the Dou Mansion definitely have no intention of murdering the Lord." After saying that, Dou Kai lowered his head again.

Ling Xin'an looked at the young man who looked at her with hatred, and frowned slightly. She must not have been impressed, but it was Ling Zhian who was impressed.

Ling Xin'an didn't want to take action against Dou Mansion, firstly because Ling Xin'an lacked manpower for Dou Kai, and secondly to give him face.

"You make the decision." Ling Xin'an said.

"Humph, Ling Zhian, Dou refuses to accept it, so using the Ling Mansion to seize Dou's official position, what's the point of it?"

Ling Xin'an looked at him, sighed inwardly, and waved her hand. He didn't even bother to explain to such a person.

Although he didn't know what happened, Ling Xin'an could guess a thing or two based on what Dou He said.

The knife rose and fell, and blood spurted out.

The people of Jiangzhou who were watching from a distance shrank their hearts again and felt cold all over.

Looking at Master Ling on the top of the city, they felt fear again.

Dou Kai once again stood behind Ling Xin'an, holding another piece of paper in his hand: "Sir, please read this letter from my humble father to you."

Ling Xin'an took it. The letter was indeed written by the head of the Dou family. The letter apologized sincerely for what happened, and repeatedly assured that this was not the intention of the Dou family. At the same time, she hoped that Master Ling would not remember the villain's fault and would come to apologize someday.

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Ling Xin'an didn't say anything, she just put the letter away without saying a word.

"Sir, the major gambling dens in the south of the city have been cleared." At this time, Centurion Huang appeared from the south of the city with a group of soldiers, covered in blood, and a strong murderous aura condensed in the sky. The crows in the sky felt it.

The murderous auras flew higher one after another.

Ling Xin'an nodded.

"All the guilty family members of the major wealthy families were demoted to slavery, the women were sent to official prostitution, the men were sent to official factories, and the same is true for those in gambling houses."

After all, Ling Xin'an was not a native of this era and was not implicated, but despite this, what happened last night was still horrifying.

Tolerant, ferocious, and resolute, those fallen big families never imagined that a small county government official who could assassinate twice without being killed, but did not dare to take action, would be so terrifying. It is a pity that they will never feel it again.

arrive.

Naturally, those who felt this were those families who were already on good terms with Ling Xin'an or were far from each other. Seeing the information that the servants kept reporting back, they immediately sent people to deliver heavy gifts to the government office.

Shuang'er also woke up early in the morning and learned that such a major event had happened. In addition to being shocked, his eyes were full of admiration. His master has become more and more courageous and capable. Compared with when he heard that he came here to take office, he had an affair with the head of the family.

He is too powerful when he is angry.

Now, he seems to be a prominent figure in Jiangzhou Prefecture.

Soon, someone reported at the front door that there were families coming to see the Lord, two or three families. More and more families and merchants were queuing up in front of the government office to wait.

Shuang'er was dumbfounded, but he immediately went to ask Ling Xin'an, and the latter only said: Take it.

Soon, the government office had never been so lively. This situation continued until the next day, and more families and merchants sensed business opportunities.

And the news that Ling Xin'an had eradicated those big families that were hostile to him overnight spread quickly throughout Qingzhou and the five states under its jurisdiction including Xinzhou, Ezhou, Huangzhou, Yuanzhou, Qingzhou Prefecture, and an angry

The roar was accompanied by the sound of broken ceramics: "Come here, call me immediately to the Jiangzhou government office to see me. Who gave him the courage to dare to slaughter the local wealthy and prominent families in such a bloody manner?"

The other four prefecture government offices stood up in horror after hearing the information reported by their subordinates. Their lips were trembling and their faces were pale, as if they had encountered a ghost.

The same thing happened in Jinling City. When the news reached the Ling Mansion, the current master of the Ling Mansion, Ling Zhian's father Ling Shang, suddenly stood up, his face was dark, his expression was extremely shocked, and in a flash he was extremely furious: "

What does this evil beast want to do? Come and prepare your horses!"

In the palace, in the Shen'an Hall, a square of silk stretched vertically in the air, faintly revealing a golden bed. A figure was sitting in it. His appearance could not be seen clearly, but the aura he exuded had the power to swallow the sky, even if he stood far away.

, still makes people feel the terror of the aura exuded by that figure, which stretches endlessly, and makes people feel fearful like a dormant dragon.

"I know." The voice lingered in the hall for a long time.
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