Chapter 215: Suspicion

"My Lord!"

After Shen Yu returned, Liang Ruyue immediately handed over the organized documents; the industries of the Feng Family from top to bottom had basically been sorted out.

The people of the Feng Family who should be arrested were arrested, and those who dared to resist were executed on the spot. Once the vast majority of the Feng Family's experts were dead, the Feng Family's resistance became negligibly weak.

The massive Feng Family, which had dominated Xichuan for many years and was second only to the Hua Family, vanished into thin air in a single day, directly shocking the entire martial arts world.

At the same time, investigations targeting the Feng Family began to unfold rapidly; there were few who offered help in times of need, but those who kicked a man when he was down were definitely everywhere. You wouldn't know until you checked, but some things were shocking once investigated.

The main lineage of the Feng Family was fine, as they knew to keep their actions under wraps. But as for those manors outside the city and the like, the people inside were not necessarily so.

In a large forest, there are all kinds of birds, let alone a place like the Feng Family where the upper beam is crooked.

"My Lord, when we attacked the Feng Family's manors outside the city, we discovered that the Feng Family had been harboring a group of major outlaws; these people should have already been arrested by the Capture Gate or the Black-Clad Guard and sentenced to death."

"Yet these people appeared in the Feng Family openly and without the slightest concern. It is evident that the Capture Gate and Black-Clad Guard of Xichuan are likely..."

"If you have something to say, just say it. Hesitating like this doesn't look like you!"

"My Lord, your subordinate requests a thorough investigation into the cases in Xichuan over the past few years. Furthermore, the Xichuan Capture Gate and Black-Clad Guard should also be purged from top to bottom!"

Gritting his teeth, Liang Ruyue spoke his mind directly. To fully control Xichuan, not only must the civil and military officials be in Lord Shen's hands, but the Black-Clad Guard and Capture Gate must also be under his control.

The Black-Clad Guard monitors all regions, and the Capture Gate is responsible for dealing with those major outlaws; their reach extends everywhere, and their secret agents are countless.

Their Lord Shen is a free-spirited person; who knows when he might suddenly decide to investigate something, and that is when the utility of these two local snakes would become apparent.

And if they were to pay lip service while acting in opposition at that time, it would bring no small amount of trouble to his own work.

Therefore, even if nothing else in Xichuan is kept, these two must be grasped.

Lord Shen has high moral character and is not greedy for power, so he ignores these things, but as his subordinate, he must do it for him.

Otherwise, if something is needed in the future and he suddenly finds that the manpower cannot be mobilized at all, that would be truly embarrassing.

"Very well, go ahead and do it!"

"Thank you, My Lord!"

Following by Shen Yu's side, Liang Ruyue continued to speak as they walked, "My Lord, during this period, just within the Feng Family alone, your subordinate has discovered quite a few people using the Feng Family's name to bully men and women."

"And in the face of a behemoth like the Feng Family, the local government dared not intervene at all, and even deliberately handed down wrong verdicts to maintain their relationship with the Feng Family."

"Besides this, there are many Feng Family members who, holding a Feng Family Name Post, forcibly intervene in government cases."

"As long as the money given is enough and the price paid is high enough, even those sentenced to death can be fished out, just like those major outlaws harbored in the Feng Family!"

"It is evident how many unjust, false, and wrong cases there are in Xichuan; if they are not dealt with, who knows how many people will suffer grievances."

"Now that you have come to Xichuan, My Lord, it is the perfect time to help them clear their grievances!"

"Oh ho, your awareness is quite high!"

"It is all thanks to your guidance, My Lord!"

"Understood. You should coordinate with others on this matter; do not wrong a single person!!"

"Yes, My Lord!" Having received Shen Yu's affirmation, Liang Ruyue left joyfully and then began to take drastic measures.

Soon, the Xichuan Black-Clad Guard and Capture Gate became the focus of Liang Ruyue's attention; the operations were clean and efficient, without any dragging of feet.

Previously, Shen Yu had only targeted the civil and military officials of Xichuan, and these two had not been touched. Acting suddenly now caught them off guard.

As for resistance, these two departments were sensible enough not to even think about it, and they cooperated very well to help Liang Ruyue with the purge.

With Shen Yu presiding over Xichuan, resisting would be courting death, the kind where not even a scrap of bone is left.

Before long, these two departments were mostly cleaned up, and all their power was completely used for his own purposes.

Some things are better left uninvestigated, but once probed deeply, almost no one can escape.

What surprised Liang Ruyue was that the entire Xichuan Black-Clad Guard and Capture Gate had become like a sieve from top to bottom; loopholes and people with ulterior motives were everywhere.

The Commander of the Xichuan Black-Clad Guard and the Chief Constable of the Capture Gate were simply two pieces of trash who only knew how to eat.

Thinking about it, it makes sense; if they weren't useless enough, why would these people in Xichuan keep them both instead of replacing them with their own people long ago?

Throughout the entire process, Shen Yu did not intervene at all, letting Liang Ruyue handle it himself. Liang Ruyue is a talent; he knows how to do things to achieve the best results.

As for Shen Yu himself, he returned to a peaceful life. Reading books and traveling through mountains and waters in his spare time, he seemed to be living very calmly.

But everyone knows that this Lord Shen is not a person who stays idle; he likes to wander around, and this is what is fatal.

Do you not see how many people he has beheaded and killed along the way while wandering around in his spare time?

Who can guarantee that their own backside is completely clean, and who can guarantee that there are no dirty dealings under their own governance, and that those dirty dealings won't happen to be seen?

Knowing where this Lord Shen is is actually not scary; even if he comes to inspect tomorrow, I can clean everything inside and out in one night.

What you can't see is the most terrifying; the fear is that he might launch a surprise attack, and that is what is fatal.

However, at this moment, Shen Yu was not strolling in a big city, but was observing a mountain valley.

This is the place where Xue Muchen obtained his inheritance back then, and this was also searched from his memories.

There were indeed remnants of an Array in this valley, but this Array had long been dilapidated and had lost all its power; one could not see anything unusual about it.

As for the inside, perhaps it was once filled with various powers, but at this very moment, it was just an ordinary cave, without a single trace left behind.

For some reason, Shen Yu always had a feeling of urgency.

A tiny Xichuan has actually had so many inheritances appear, turning a perfectly good place into a state of turmoil; this is not normal.

First, He Yuan and others were invaded by negative energy, causing the entire Xichuan to be on the verge of misery, with complaints everywhere.

And then there was Xue Muchen, stirring up trouble in secret and even wanting to perform a Blood Sacrifice on the common people.

If he hadn't come to Xichuan, it wouldn't be long before a great turmoil would inevitably occur in Xichuan.

First, the long-term oppression of the people by the government made everyone in Xichuan unable to bear it, nearly collapsing.

After that, the common people in several major cities could potentially all be subjected to a Blood Sacrifice, and the people of Xichuan would suffer heavy casualties.

If someone were to pin the Blood Sacrifice of the people on the imperial court at this time, it would be the straw that broke the camel's back. If someone were to raise their arms and shout, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Perhaps the entire Xichuan would follow suit in a massive wave of momentum, and it is possible that the entire Xichuan would be swept into it.

And once the imperial court suppresses it, it will surely be a river of blood, with blood and resentment everywhere.

If it were in the past, it was not as if there had been no instances of the common people rising up in rebellion, but now is the most sensitive of times.

Anyone in the pugilistic world with a modicum of insight knows that Mu Zishan cannot hold on much longer, and the Spiritual Qi Surge is about to occur.

For such a situation to arise at this moment, was it done deliberately by someone, or is it merely a coincidence?

If it is a coincidence, that would be fine, but if it was done deliberately by someone, then they must be plotting something grand. To have stirred up such a massive commotion, it surely cannot be just for the sake of power or the like.