116: Kill the Nine Clans

Chapter 115 Execution of the Nine Familial Exterminations

Disregarding the wailing and crying of this group of the Eight Great Merchants of Bing, Liu Chengen strode out of the military camp and arrived before Cui Xiawu.

"General Cui, I have successfully fulfilled my mission; the handwritten letters of this group of rebels have all been obtained."

"Using these handwritten letters, we can trick open the gates of this group of rebels and occupy their fortresses and large courtyards without spilling blood."

Liu Chengen excitedly handed this stack of letters to Cui Xiawu, and Cui Xiawu also received them with both hands.

"Rest assured, Liu Chengen, our men have long been guarding outside the grand residences of the Eight Great Merchants of Bing; I will immediately send a carrier pigeon message to let them act!"

"Bing Province is a border region to begin with. For self-defense, this group of the Eight Great Merchants of Bing built their Family courtyards with high walls and deep courtyards, and some even constructed fortresses."

"If the likes of us rashly enter, we will certainly encounter resistance. Although we have the advantage of firearms, we are also afraid of harming others."

"Being able to trick open the gates of the fortress is for the best."

Liu Chengen took a deep breath and said, "Take action; this humble servant still has to watch this bunch of people and not let them react."

"As for the Datong Wang Family, I will leave it to you, General Cui."

"Understood!"

Cui Xiawu flipped onto his horse and immediately led his personal guards to charge out.

At the same time, more than a dozen carrier pigeons soared into the sky, flying off in different directions.

Half a day later, Cui Xiawu led his troops to arrive outside the main gates of the Datong Wang Family residence.

He was not in a hurry to enter, but intentionally waited outside the city for a while, letting his subordinates calculate the time.

He wanted to wait for the New Army and Jinyi Guard of other counties and prefectures to carry it out simultaneously.

Just as the sky was growing faintly bright, he immediately brought the New Army and Jinyi Guard to the front of the Datong Wang Family residence.

"Bang, bang, bang! Open the door! Open the door quickly!"

Cui Xiawu raised his head to look at this massive Datong Wang Family residence, and his heart could not help but feel somewhat surprised.

The Datong Wang Family, with a Legacy of over three hundred years, started out in the two places of Bing and You, and the entire Datong Wang Family residence was constructed just like an imperial palace.

The outer wall of the Datong Wang Family residence alone was a zhang high, entirely composed of bluestone and thick tiles, with a wall thickness of three paces, enough for three people to walk side by side upon it.

The buildings extended for thousands of rooms, and those living inside were entirely members of the Datong Wang Family residence, domestic servants, menial workers, and so on.

In the entire Datong Prefecture city, the buildings of the Datong Wang Family residence alone occupied one-third.

It could be said that the Datong Wang Family was the sky of the entire Datong Prefecture!

"What people? What are you knocking for? Don't you know this is the Datong Wang Family residence!"

With a creak, the main gate was opened by someone, and a domestic servant poked his head out, instantly discovering rows of fully armed soldiers.

Before he could even react, the leading Jinyi Guard kicked out, kicking open both the door and the person.

The remaining Jinyi Guard and New Army filed inside.

At the same time, in places like Qi County, Taigu Prefecture, and Quanyang Prefecture, commanders of the New Army and Jinyi Guard received the carrier pigeon messages and letters, and immediately arranged for their subordinate soldiers to smash doors.

Taking action in the early hours of the morning, furthermore inside the city, and being government soldiers, no one would have thought they would take action like this.

Therefore, almost all the large courtyards of the Eight Great Merchants of Bing were tricked open, and they rushed in.

"Ah ya!"

"Who are you all!"

"Someone come!"

"Come quickly! Mutinous soldiers have come! Mutinous soldiers have rushed in...!"

Accompanied by the shouts of the domestic servants, teams of domestic servants and estate guards rushed out from inside the courtyard, confronting the soldiers under Cui Xiawu.

But they had already lost the initiative; New Army soldiers had already rushed onto the city walls, driving down teams of domestic servants and guards.

"What people are you! You actually dare to forcefully barge into our Datong Wang Family!"

A middle-aged man wearing brocaded clothes walked over, stern without being angry, glaring angrily at Cui Xiawu and the others.

Cui Xiawu asked in turn, "Who are you?"

"Wang Ben!"

"Wang Ben? The sixth son of Wang Zhonghe, right? Idling about and doing nothing all day, which is why last night's birthday banquet of Lord Liu Chengen did not bring you."

"What did you say?!"

Wang Ben's expression changed immediately, but looking at the army surrounding Cui Xiawu, he still swallowed this breath.

"What on earth are you people, and what business do you have coming to our Datong Wang Family!"

Last night was the fiftieth birthday banquet of Liu Chengen, which invited almost all the big figures with face in the entire Bing Province.

The Family heads, young masters, eldest sons, and almost all people in charge of the Eight Great Merchants of Bing had gone.

Now, however, they were trapped inside the military camp.

Inside the large courtyards and fortresses of the entire Eight Great Merchants of Bing, there was no one in charge. When facing this group of wolf-like and tiger-like Jinyi Guard and New Army, for a moment unexpectedly no one came out to take charge of this matter.

"Very simple!"

Cui Xiawu took out an envelope and said, "This is a letter from your Datong Wang Family Old Ancestor Wang Zhonghe. The matter of you Eight Great Merchants of Bing colluding with Wu Country has already come to light long ago."

"However, Liu Chengen Father-in-law remembers that you all rendered meritorious service to the country in the past, and hereby uses crime-discussion fields to replace the punishment. As for the Datong Wang Family, 1.4 million mu of fields must be fined!"

"What?!"

Everyone present was stunned.

What is the situation?

The Datong Wang Family colluded with an enemy country?

Liu Chengen used crime-discussion fields to replace punishment?

1.4 million mu!

That was 1.4 million mu!

It fully occupied more than half of the current field property of the Datong Wang Family.

If it were handed over, then the entire Datong Wang Family residence would practically be finished!

"Action!"

The Jinyi Guard and New Army behind took a step forward, and Wang Ben subconsciously said, "Stop! How do I know whether what you are saying is true or false? I want to see the prefect..."

"See my ass!"

Cui Xiawu directly kicked Wang Ben down to the ground with one kick, signaling his subordinates to tie him up.

Immediately, a large number of Jinyi Guard and New Army filed into the Datong Wang Family residence, concentrating everyone inside the main hall.

"All people of the Datong Wang Family residence, listen to the order! The case of the Datong Wang Family residence colluding with Wu Country has broken out. This case only arrests people of the Datong Wang Family residence; all domestic servants and maids are not allowed to run around!"

"All people of the Datong Wang Family residence, listen to the order! The case of the Datong Wang Family residence colluding with Wu Country has broken out. This case only arrests people of the Datong Wang Family residence; all domestic servants and maids are not allowed to run around!"

Team after team of soldiers rushed in, quickly controlling the entire Datong Wang Family residence.

Lineage descendants, young masters, and Young Misses of the Datong Wang Family residence were all caught and brought to the exact center of the large courtyard.

As for the remaining domestic servants, maids, and so on, they were terrified to the extreme; quite a few people panicked and ran around everywhere, directly being executed by the Jinyi Guard.

There were also a large portion of domestic servants and maids who, under fear, squatted on the ground and begged for mercy unceasingly.

Right at this moment, a burst of clamor came from the left side of the large courtyard, accompanied by the sounds of slaughter and weapon collisions.

Someone is resisting!

Wang Ben, squatting on the ground, immediately stood up excitedly: "My Datong Wang Family has raised retainers for three hundred years; naturally, there are Martial Artists to protect us."

"Guard Liang! Quickly kill this group of people... Bang!"

"Ah!"

Before Wang Ben could finish speaking, he was smashed into seeing stars by an elbow strike from a nearby Jinyi Guard.

Cui Xiawu also looked towards the direction of the commotion. Sure enough, more than a hundred tall and sturdy guards wielding long sabers rushed in.

Seeing that their master Wang Ben and others were trapped, they immediately let out an angry roar and charged at Cui Xiawu and the others to kill them.

Among this group of people, most were Martial Artist guards recruited by the Datong Wang Family.

As for the rest, they were Martial Artists trained by the Datong Wang Family itself.

"Let go of the Fourth Young Master!"

"Dog officials, get out of the Datong Wang Family residence!"

Amidst the angry roars, Cui Xiawu slightly raised his hand, and the Jinyi Guard who had originally blocked in front of this bunch of guards quickly retreated.

The leading middle-aged man's eyes lit up, thinking that this bunch of government troops were scared. He immediately roared angrily, increasing his speed even further.

Right at this moment, crisp sounds like 'bang, bang, bang' resembling popping beans rang out.

"Bang!"

"Bang, bang!"

Several bloody holes immediately appeared on the leading big man's forehead, heart, and chest, and his massive body actually rushed forward for several meters under the effect of inertia.

Only finally collapsing powerlessly to the ground, losing all breath.

The other domestic servants and Martial Artists were also the same.

Just in the first round of gunfire, more than twenty Martial Artists lay down in pools of blood.

"Hidden weapons!"

"Hurry and leave!"

"The situation is critical, let's bail!"

The remaining Martial Artists were so frightened that their minds shook violently, hastily executing their lightness kung fu in an attempt to leave.

Unfortunately, the second round of gunfire had already arrived.

Some people were still mid-air when they were shot down by the New Army's bullets, smashing heavily onto the ground and wailing bitterly.

In merely a dozen breaths of time, these hundred-plus guard Martial Artists unexpectedly all lay flat on the ground.

Dead were dead, injured were injured, too horrific to behold.

This scene directly terrified the entire Datong Wang Family into a daze.

Some timid female relatives also all started crying, incomparably heartbroken.

No matter how hard they tried, they could not figure out why the courtyard guards, who were incomparably powerful in front of them on ordinary days, were so easily shot and killed by this group of government soldiers this time.

What they wanted to figure out even less was why their Datong Wang Family would suffer such a huge disaster?

You must know that the nobility of the offspring of their Datong Wang Family was such that even when Your Majesty took imperial concubines, Your Majesty would seek the opinion of their Datong Wang Family rather than forcibly marrying and taking them.

Some first- and second-rank officials could even take pride in acquiring a daughter of the Datong Wang Family as a wife.

How could today be so easily trampled underfoot by government soldiers?

"Report...!"

A Jinyi Guard ran over quickly and said, "General! A large amount of weapons and armor was discovered inside the cellars of the Datong Wang Family residence; there are at least three thousand sets of armor!"

"Three thousand sets of armor?"

Cui Xiawu looked coldly at Wang Ben, who had already been frightened silly, and said in a cold voice, "According to the Great Yu Code, those who privately store three sets of armor are beheaded!"

"Your Datong Wang Family unexpectedly hid more than three thousand sets; no matter how many times your head is chopped off, it will never be enough!"

"Continue searching!"

"Understood!"

Numerous wolf-like and tiger-like government soldiers rushed into the Datong Wang Family residence, while Cui Xiawu paced toward the numerous offspring of the Datong Wang Family, reaching out from his waist to take out an imperial decree that had been prepared for a long time.

Almost at the same time, inside the New Army military camp, Liu Chengen also disregarded the shocked gazes of the various Family heads and Old Ancestors of the Eight Great Noble Families, slowly holding up a roll of an imperial decree.

Quanyang Prefecture, Pingyuan County, Qi County, Jinyang Prefecture...

Quanyang Prefecture, Pingyuan County, Qi County, Jinyang Prefecture... In almost every major prefecture and county government office, as long as it belonged to the mansions and fortresses of the Eight Great Merchants of Bing and other noble families, Jinyi Guard thousand-households or New Army battalion commanders pulled out almost identical imperial decrees.

Inside the military camp, Liu Chengen dragged out a sharp voice and shouted:

"By the mandate of heaven, the emperor, an imperial edict says!"

"By the mandate of heaven, the emperor, an imperial edict says!"

"By the mandate of heaven, the emperor, an imperial edict says..."

Quanyang Prefecture, Pingyuan County, Qi County, Jinyang Prefecture... Throughout the entire Bing Province, more than a dozen officers and soldiers were also coldly yet fanatically chanting the imperial decree.

"Hereby in Datong Prefecture of Bing Province, there are the Eight Great Merchants of Bing headed by the descendants of the Wang Family, who colluded with the bandits of Wu Country, betrayed the country to seek glory, and privately sold salt, iron, weapons, armor, and even garrison intelligence of the border army..."

Liu Chengen's tone was very slow, pronouncing every single word distinctly, striving to ensure that everyone present could hear clearly.

And accompanied by Liu Chengen's voice, the expressions of everyone present all changed.

How could this...

Didn't Your Majesty say that crime-discussion silver could be used to discuss crimes? Why is there still an imperial decree?

Wang Zhonghe's expression was even uglier; he stared fixedly at Liu Chengen, as if recalling something.

That's right!

Previously Liu Chengen only spoke of privately selling salt, iron, weapons, and arms, but within this imperial decree, border army garrison intelligence was additionally included!

Damn it...!

This confidential matter, how did Your Majesty know about it!

Over on Wu Country's side...

Liu Chengen's voice continued: "Causing the borders of the three provinces of Bin, You, and Bing to repeatedly suffer invasions by Wu Country, plundering countless livestock and populations, causing millions of commoners and people to suffer. This is a man-made disaster, with a crime equivalent to rebellion. We are heartbroken by it!"

"Hereby, the Eight Great Merchants of Bing including the Datong Wang Family of Bing Province, the Qiao Family of Qi County, the Chang Family of Yuxia, the Meng Family of Taigu, the Hou Family of Xiu Prefecture, the Qu Family of Pingyuan, the Kang Family of Pingkang, and the Fang Family of Jinyang..."

Speaking up to here, Liu Chengen cast a gloomy look at these dozens of merchants who had already collapsed onto the ground, and continued:

"Execute the Nine Familial Exterminations, and all Family property shall be confiscated to replenish the national treasury. Let this be obeyed!!!"

"Execute the Nine Familial Exterminations, and all Family property shall be confiscated to replenish the national treasury. Let this be obeyed!!!"

"Execute the Nine Familial Exterminations, and all Family property shall be confiscated to replenish the national treasury. Let this be obeyed..."

Quanyang Prefecture, Pingyuan County, Qi County, Jinyang Prefecture...

More than a dozen voices also rang out, declaring the destruction of the families where they were located.

Execute the Nine Familial Exterminations!

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