71: Confiscate the property and exterminate the clan according to the family tree!

Although the Empress Senior Sister repeated herself, upon seeing Li Shengyuan's slightly unusual expression, she bid him goodnight and immediately disconnected.

Li Shengyuan stared blankly for a moment at the Empress Senior Sister, who had hastily disconnected.

I didn't say anything, why are you so nervous?

As he thought, a smile involuntarily appeared at the corner of Li Shengyuan's mouth.

"Senior Sister is truly interesting like this. For some reason, I find her a bit cute."

After shaking his head with a smile, Li Shengyuan put away the Peeping Void Mirror.

Just as he was about to get up, the smile on his face suddenly froze.

"Oh no, Senior Sister has a trick up her sleeve!"

Li Shengyuan gasped sharply, his eyes narrowing as he muttered in a low voice,

"Senior Sister said she wants to be the first to see the last two lines of the poem, and if she doesn't approve, it can't be published, nor can I tell Pei Shuyun..."

"This..."

As Li Shengyuan thought this, he immediately got a headache. If the Empress Senior Sister kept saying it wasn't good enough, wouldn't he be unable to reveal the last two lines of the poem?

What would he do when Pei Shuyun came to ask for the poem?

Would he really just take advantage of her and become a man of his word?

Li Shengyuan finally let out a helpless sigh, "Why don't I just let Pei Shuyun fight it out with Senior Sister? Whoever wins gets to decide..."

Besides, Senior Sister shouldn't be that unreasonable... right?

Li Shengyuan shook his head, then lay on his bed and closed his eyes to rest.

The next day.

As soon as dawn broke, Li Shengyuan got up. He had to go raid a house today, so he couldn't sleep in.

Although he had only slept for two and a half hours, Li Shengyuan felt incredibly energetic.

By the time he arrived on the deck of the floating warship, the personnel of the Demon Suppression Division had already assembled.

As for the Imperial Observatory's mages, only a few went.

Their purpose in coming to the Northern Frontier was originally auxiliary, providing elixirs and magical artifacts to sustain the Demon Suppression Division's personnel.

Moreover, many of the Imperial Observatory's mages were invention fanatics who paid no attention to external affairs.

Researching new elixirs, strange magical artifacts, mysterious incantations...

The Demon Suppression Division personnel were all very excited. For those in their line of work, what they liked most was raiding houses!

The profits were too abundant!

No one would say anything if they took a little something during the raid.

From the three Division Lord at the top to the ordinary clerks helping out at the bottom, everyone tacitly approved of this matter.

As long as it wasn't too excessive.

If it was like this in the capital, let alone coming to Yanwang City, tens of thousands of miles away.

The emperor was far away, and everyone here was their own people.

Li Shengyuan looked at the smiling crowd and couldn't help but smile slightly.

With his arrival, the previously whispering crowd all fell silent, their gazes fixed on him with fervent admiration.

Li Shengyuan, dressed in Golden Uniform, scanned his surroundings, then asked with a smile:

"Is everyone here?"

"Just waiting for you!" Liu Zhen grinned.

Li Shengyuan nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Ye Hangzhou, who was in a white robe with his back to everyone at the bow of the ship, and asked curiously:

"Why are you also interested in raiding a house?"

"Good..."

"Alright, if you want to go, then go with them."

Ye Hangzhou had just opened his mouth when Li Shengyuan ruthlessly interrupted him.

However, because his back was to the crowd, his expression couldn't be seen.

The crowd couldn't help but marvel. Lord Li was truly Lord Li; he could easily handle even a third-rank mage like Ye Hangzhou.

Li Shengyuan then looked at the crowd and said with a serious expression:

"On this trip, we have been ordered to come to the Northern Frontier to punish these corrupt officials. Now that those four have been executed, I and the three Golden Uniform will lead teams to their respective homes to raid them."

"From the female and male family members to anyone related, not a single person can be missed. All gold, silver, jewels, and various resources must be reported and accounted for by the chief clerk, and not a single coin can be missing, or severe punishment will be meted out!"

"Yes!"

The crowd also responded in unison with serious expressions.

This was also an indispensable formality.

Nothing could be missing after reporting and accounting, but before reporting, it didn't matter.

Of these assets, the people below would take a little, and after submitting them, the people above would divide a little more. In the end, what went into the national treasury, if it was one or two tenths, was already considered a lot...

Li Shengyuan had seen too many instances of fines being eaten in his previous life.

These things were unexpected gains, and the impact of funds outside of fiscal revenue was not significant.

"Alright, let's go!"

Finally, the hundred or so people on the warship deck divided into four small teams, heading to the four houses respectively.

Li Shengyuan led Shen Xinrong and Princess Pingyang to the home of Xu Mingzhi, the head of White Egret Academy, followed by a silent Ye Hangzhou.

He didn't know why this guy suddenly became interested in raiding houses.

Perhaps he was bored out of his mind... Li Shengyuan thought.

After the Demon Suppression Division personnel left the floating warship, they divided into four groups and flew in four different directions.

The residence of the old scholar Xu Mingzhi was not far from the Prince Yans Mansion. Li Shengyuan, with over twenty people, arrived at the mansion's entrance in just a moment.

The entire Xu residence was surrounded by the city's army to prevent anyone from escaping!

By now, the matter of Xu Mingzhi, the head of White Egret Academy, being corrupt and colluding with the demonic cult had already spread.

Although the soldiers guarding here were under the Yan King, they did not know what the Yan King intended to do.

Now, seeing the people's bane Xu Mingzhi executed and his home raided, even if they were just standing on the street, everyone was incredibly excited.

When Li Shengyuan and his group arrived at the entrance of the Xu residence, they were surprised to see over a dozen young men dressed in robes embroidered with egrets.

The egret robes were very worn, but each robe was meticulously clean, without a speck of dust or stain.

Upon seeing Li Shengyuan's arrival, a gasp suddenly erupted from among the dozen or so students of White Egret Academy.

"The Upright Official has arrived!"

Suddenly, Li Shengyuan became the focus of everyone's attention, and he himself was bewildered.

What in the world?

Upright Official?

Are they talking about me?

Li Shengyuan paused, but still went forward and asked these students curiously:

"Why aren't you studying and cultivating at the academy? What are you doing gathered here?"

The leading student looked at Li Shengyuan with great excitement, his eyes filled with fervent admiration. He immediately bowed deeply to Li Shengyuan.

Then, he looked up at Li Shengyuan with sincere and burning eyes, suppressing his inner excitement, and said:

"Lord Li, this humble student Fang Xiang, we are all impoverished students of White Egret Academy. Our lifelong dream is to be able to enter the Black White Academy in the capital."

Then he added indignantly, "At the same time, we are also victims under Xu Mingzhi. Thank you for killing that shameless scoundrel, for upholding justice for us, and for eliminating a menace to the people. Please accept our bow!"

As soon as his voice fell, the dozen or so students from White Egret Academy, led by Fang Xiang, uniformly bowed to Li Shengyuan.

The soldiers and passersby watching also looked at Li Shengyuan with reverence, praising him. Li Shengyuan, who eliminated a menace to the people, was the Upright Official in their hearts!

After a moment of stunned, Li Shengyuan understood the situation before him.

These students appeared to be from impoverished backgrounds, and it had been previously discovered that Xu Mingzhi had embezzled the already limited financial aid and resources intended for these poor students.

No wonder these students were so grateful to him.

However, as a young student behind Fang Xiang stepped forward, heartbroken, to recount his story, it brought the crowd's curses against Xu Mingzhi to a peak.

"That old thing Xu Mingzhi is a beast! He absolutely deserves to die!"

"Before, he took a liking to my sister's beauty and tried to use various means to force and threaten my sister to be his concubine. My sister simply refused and was murdered by him!"

Li Shengyuan's expression also darkened upon hearing this. It was normal for men to love beautiful women, but he advocated for obtaining them through proper means!

He couldn't help but coldly and sternly declare:

"Bring me Xu Mingzhi's family register!"

"By my command, confiscate the entire Xu Mingzhi family's assets. Not a single person on the family register can be spared, and not even an earthworm or a mouse in the house can be let go!"