My house was confiscated and I was exiled. I emptied the emperor's warehouse and fled.

"Sir, it's bad! Chang Shi and his eldest son were killed!"

The next day, before it was completely dark, Dong Jian, the state pastor, was awakened by a panicked voice outside the door. He quickly got out of bed with a groan, put on his coat and opened the door: "What's going on?!"

"Someone from Chang Shi's Mansion came to report the crime. A group of robbers broke into last night. After knocking everyone unconscious, they killed Chang Shi and the eldest son, and stole all the money." Chang Sui said breathlessly.

"Summon detectives to the crime scene immediately, and I will arrive soon."

"Yes."

When Dong Jian returned to the house, Xin Na's concubine had already stood up and dressed him with trembling hands.

"Sir, could it be the Qin family?" The woman was like a frightened bird, her voice filled with panic.

Dong Jian walked on the edge of rage, glanced at her, took the official hat from her hand and put it on his head, then strode away.

The woman hurriedly chased him a few steps to the door, but did not dare to speak any more.

Seeing the figure disappear around the corner, the woman's feet weakened and she quickly held on to the door to steady herself, feeling panic in her heart.

When Dong Jian and his people arrived at Chang Shi's Mansion, it was in chaos. When Mrs. Chang Shi saw him, she immediately knelt down in front of him and cried out sadly: "Sir, you must avenge my husband and son!"

Dong Jian's face was gloomy. His chief attendant helped Mrs. Chang Shi up with great discernment and asked her to take a group of female relatives to the side to wait for questioning.

At this moment, shopkeepers from several restaurants and shops, including Zuiyuelou, hurriedly arrived and reported that money from the shops had been stolen.

When Mrs. Changshi heard this, she was immediately shocked and angry.

All the property in the mansion was lost, and the shops were stolen. Only two properties, the farm and the brick kiln, were left outside the city. If the thieves went there again...

"Sir! Please send someone to protect the brick kiln and farm as soon as possible. Thieves are likely to search for money!"

Dong Jian thought for a moment and then sent officers and soldiers to lay down a dragnet.

However, as soon as the officers and soldiers walked out of the city gate with their tokens, they saw several stewards blocked outside the city gate. The Wayaos and farms were also swept away overnight.

The officers and soldiers brought several stewards directly back to the mansion. After listening to their words, Dong Jian gritted his teeth and said, "You continue to look for clues carefully" and strode out the door.

As soon as he stepped out of the gate, a hidden arrow flew towards him and nailed the doorpost with a whoosh. There was a piece of paper tied to the arrow.

"There are assassins!" "Protect your lord!" The officers and soldiers held broadswords and surrounded Dong Jian, looking around on guard.

Dong Jian raised his head and looked towards the direction where the arrow was shot, but saw no one on the eaves. The opponent had already retreated.

"Sir." Changsui took off the paper and gave it to Dong Jian.

The paper unfolded, and suddenly it was the confession signed by Chang Shi and his eldest son. It recorded the crimes that the father and son had committed over the years, such as raping women, occupying people's fields, corruption and perverting the law. According to the laws of the Zhou Dynasty, these crimes were enough to be sentenced to death.

The father and son deserved their death.

Dong Jian looked at this confession and was speechless for a long time. He didn't expect that Chang Shi had done so many crimes behind his back.

He called Captain Liu: "Go and check. If the evidence is conclusive, we will deal with it impartially."

"Yes!" Liu Captou opened it and took a look, and his expression suddenly changed.

Half a day later, all the evidence was collected and the crimes in the confession were verified one by one.

Zhou Mu was furious and confiscated Chang Shi's entire family property according to law. He sent the male members of the family to the mines for hard labor and the female family members to the Jiaofang Division.

No one expected that Chang Shi and his son would be transformed from their status as victims to deserved punishment and ruined reputations.

The second-in-command in Youzhou fell like this, and the entire state capital was boiling. Everyone was lamenting Chang Shi's overnight collapse.

Unlike the people in the city who were gloating over misfortune, Dong Jian returned to the government office and summoned all his cronies and staff to discuss how to deal with the Qin family.

It is obvious that the Qin family must have committed the Chang Shi case.

Only the Qin family would only kill Chang Shi's father and son, instead of exterminating all his family members. Only the Qin family had so many masters who could evacuate all Chang Shi's belongings overnight.

The cause was naturally the violent conflict that broke out not long ago.

At that time, he heard from his concubine that the Qin family was like a god on the way to exile. They survived every crisis perfectly and had a large supply of food and water. The hidden forces behind them should not be underestimated.

Chang Shi was on the side giving advice from time to time. If the Qin family was not eradicated when it was weak, it would surely cause trouble and it would be too late to regret it. He also said that he had received news that Mrs. Qin had been pregnant for many months. As long as she gave birth to a boy, even if Qin Junyi did not live long, he would still have an heir.

It happened that many county officials under the rule led their people to Beiling Village to learn adobe block building technology and kang technology, and they unanimously requested that the Qin family be moved to their jurisdiction.

Dong Jian felt deeply threatened. If the Qin family was as powerful and popular as in the northwest, what would he have to do with it? !

But if they were destroyed directly, they would be easily hunted down endlessly.

After careful consideration, Dong Jian decided to move the Qin family to the most barren and poorest area in Youzhou, using external force to restrict the development of the Qin family.

However, the Qin family demanded huge sums of money in compensation, and the chief historian criticized the Qin family for their rebellious intentions, saying that the Qin family did not take the governor of a state seriously at all.

Under multiple stimuli, Dong Jian took a tough stance in controlling the Qin family, and the conflict between the two parties intensified, eventually leading to a large-scale fight and the deadlock today.

Last night, Chang Shi's Qin family was able to kill Chang Shi's father and son in a mansion with hundreds of people without anyone noticing. If a sword were pointed at his own family in the future, it would be difficult for him to ensure that his wife and children were safe and sound.

Everyone sitting here had the same concerns as him. This act of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys had a great effect of frightening the hall into silence.

Zhou Mu frowned and asked by name, "Mr. Dongfang, what do you think?"

Dongfang Liang changed his previous tone and said with shame: "I underestimated the strength of the Qin family in the past. I hope you will forgive me."

Zhou Mu: "It doesn't matter, I was also kept in the dark."

"Judging from the movements in Beiling Village in recent days, the Qin family has a very deep foundation. If we fight, we must hit it with one blow and completely uproot it. Otherwise, it will only cause immeasurable troubles."

"It's easier said than done!" As soon as he finished speaking, another staff member with a sad face objected, "There are still many members of the Qin family who have not yet arrived in Youzhou. Even if we kill all the Qin family members in Beiling Village, it will not help."

"It is easy to kill Qin Junyi, but it is difficult to kill his entire clan. As long as there is one clan member alive, we will suffer revenge."

"The descendants of the Qin family are so luxuriant that it would be very difficult to kill them all."

"Even the most powerful emperor has nothing to do with them, so what can we do?"

"..."

Zhou Mu listened to these decadent remarks about "increasing other people's ambitions and destroying his own prestige", his anger boiled in his heart, but he had to admit that it was too difficult to uproot the Qin family.

Why did the emperor move the Qin family to his territory? !

Could it be that he specially sent the Qin family to contain him?

He is already busy enough dealing with the intrusion of foreign enemies, and they have to add more trouble to him!

Wait, foreign enemy? !