Chapter 893: Liberating Longyou Shuangzixing (3)

Longyou Shuangzixing, Mi-You Star, Liuli City, Shangcengqu.

Aolusi paced back and forth in his luxurious study.

"Liquidate the oppressors," he wondered?

Beneath the wealth and power he had accumulated over the past few decades, the bones of quite a few miners were surely buried.

"I cannot sit here and wait for death... I must find a way..."

Through his observations over these past few days, Aolusi discovered a Cadian Lieutenant who could potentially be bribed.

The man would often slip some not-so-valuable trinkets into his pockets right under his nose.

Hah, a bunch of bumpkins; they could actually set their sights on jewelry of this caliber?

However, if there was a weakness, he had a chance to break through.

Through the speaking tube behind a hidden compartment, Aolusi contacted his son, who was under house arrest in the adjacent area.

"My child, listen, I have found a path... The officer guarding us... perhaps we can... establish a connection."

"Father? Have you lost your mind? Those people are..."

"Shut up! Listen to me! This is our only chance! I need you to contact everyone we can reach immediately... Tell them, if they want to live, bring out all the 'hard currency' they can move!"

"Jewelry, rare Elemental materials, encrypted credit chips... anything will do! Concentrate them here with me! Quickly!"

"Un... understood, Father."

Soon, some small pieces of jewelry, a few high-purity Spirit Element crystals, and several bearer encrypted credit chips recording massive sums were concentrated in Aolusi's hands.

In the evening, when that Cadian Lieutenant led a team on patrol, passing not far from the window of Aolusi's study.

Aolusi tapped the window lightly to attract the Lieutenant's attention.

The Lieutenant signaled for his soldiers to wait a moment, walked over, and said in an arrogant tone.

"What is it?"

Aolusi squeezed out a fawning smile and spoke.

"Respected officer... sorry to disturb you... I see that you officers are on duty day and night, it is truly exhausting... I have some... little things here, perhaps they can help you officers ward off the chill..."

As he spoke, Aolusi pushed a small bag wrapped in expensive silk out through the gap in the window and explained.

"This is just a little... a little token of my appreciation... if... if the officer could make things convenient, give an honest man like me... a little bit of... leeway, for example, an early review, or... arrange a more... more quiet residence... I... and my friends, will certainly reward you handsomely!"

After a few seconds of Silence, the Lieutenant reached out, picked up the small bag, and pinched it with his fingers.

Then, the corners of his mouth curled upward, and he spoke.

"Oh? 'Friends'? How many more 'honest men' like you are there?"

It was working!

Aolusi was ecstatic.

He had guessed correctly.

These soldiers, as long as the price was right, there was no one who couldn't be bought.

"Not many! Not many! Just... a dozen or so! All honest business people, some... some family assets, all willing to... express our gratitude for your hard work!"

The Lieutenant nodded and muttered to himself.

"Hmm... early review, arrange a quiet residence... fine. Gather all your 'tokens of appreciation'. The people too. At midnight, beside the third flower bed in the back garden, there is an entrance to an abandoned maintenance tunnel, you know it?"

"I know! I know!"

"Bring your people and the 'tokens'. Wait there. I will arrange for someone to 'meet' you and take you to a... 'safe' place for 'priority review'. Understand?"

"Understand! Completely understand! Thank you, officer! Thank you, officer!"

The Lieutenant said no more, stuffed the bag of jewelry into his pocket, turned, and left to continue his patrol.

After the Lieutenant left, Aolusi immediately passed on the "good news."

This news spread quickly within the small circle of nobles.

In the end, nearly twenty nobles and their core family members decided to take the gamble.

At midnight, the Shangcengqu of Liuli City was deathly silent.

Aolusi led a group of men, women, and children carrying heavy boxes to the designated flower bed in the back garden.

A soldier wearing a Cadian uniform emerged from the darkness, gestured to them, and whispered.

"Follow me. Keep quiet."

"Right, don't worry."

Aolusi and his group entered the maintenance tunnel; the tunnel was pitch black, and they could only hear each other's breathing and footsteps.

After about ten minutes, the leading soldier stopped and pushed open an Iron Gate.

Outside the door was an empty space, with gusts of cold wind.

"We're here. Wait here, the officer will be here shortly."

The soldier said this and retreated into the shadows to the side.

Aolusi and the others looked around curiously.

"Is this... the safe house?"

A noble muttered in a low voice.

"Perhaps it's for concealment..."

Aolusi looked around, a trace of unease rising in his heart.

This place... didn't look like a comfortable "safe house," it looked more like...

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Several searchlights lit up from all around, illuminating the entire platform.

And exposing the twenty-some nobles in the center of the platform, carrying their treasure boxes, to the harsh light.

"What is going on?!"

"Ah! My eyes!"

"A trap! It's a trap!"

The nobles were in a chaotic mess; the high corridors surrounding the platform were filled with Cadian soldiers holding Laser Guns.

Their gun barrels were pointed at the nobles below.

At the same time, the passage they had come through was also blocked off by soldiers.

The "soldier" who had led them earlier stepped out from the shadows, revealing a face with a mocking smile.

It was precisely that Lieutenant who had accepted the bribe!

The Cadian Lieutenant looked at this group of nobles and said with a smile.

"Good evening, you 'honest folks' and 'dutiful businessmen.' Thank you for being so cooperative, gathering here voluntarily, and even bringing... uh... 'tokens of appreciation'."

The jewelry box in Aolusi's hand hit the ground with a "clatter," scattering various gems and credit chips everywhere, and he pointed at the Cadian Lieutenant to question him.

"You... you lied to me!"

A trace of a smile appeared on the Lieutenant's lips as he spoke.

"Lied to you? I only promised to bring you and your 'friends' to a 'safe' place for 'priority review.' Is this place not safe enough? As for the review..."

The Lieutenant stepped aside to make way.

At the other end of the platform, a gate slowly rose.

Outside the door was a dense crowd of people!

It was thousands of civilians summoned from the Lower District!

At the front of the civilian ranks were several Blood Angels Space Marines wearing red Power Armor.

One of the Techmarines was adjusting a Holographic Recorder, which began to scroll through and play records of these nobles' past crimes from various databases.

"This is your priority review! Lord Primarch Sanguinius has said that the Xiuluo Holy Star Alliance needs to settle accounts with the oppressors and needs to give an explanation to all those who have suffered!"

The Lieutenant waved his hand and gave the order.

"Take them!"

The Cadian soldiers rushed up, dragged these nobles away, and carried out the execution order.

As Aolusi was being dragged away, he saw the light of hope bursting forth from the eyes of those civilians he had once viewed as mere blades of grass.

The Cadian Lieutenant watched all of this, took the bag of jewelry Aolusi had bribed him with out of his pocket, weighed it in his hand, and then casually tossed it into the box for confiscated supplies.

His Task was complete.

The Xiuluo Holy Star Alliance needed judgment, needed a sense of ritual, and needed to let the people see hope.

The reckoning had only just begun.

The new order of the Xiuluo Holy Star Alliance did not need these parasites who lived off the flesh and blood of the people.

Their wealth was confiscated, their privileges were crushed, and they themselves would also face judgment, paying the price for their past crimes.