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Chapter 283 Taking Down All the Miscellaneous Ones

Chen family.

Cao Zhengchun read out the imperial edict.

The Chen family patriarch and more than a dozen heads of prominent families knelt on the ground, listening to Cao Zhengchun read out the imperial edict, their faces changing drastically.

They never expected that what they had done would actually be discovered by the imperial court.

The hearts of the Chen family patriarch and more than a dozen other prominent families sank to the bottom.

Just moments ago, they thought the imperial court couldn't possibly trace it back to them, but in the blink of an eye, reality slapped them in the face.

After Cao Zhengchun finished reading the imperial edict, the Chen family patriarch and more than a dozen other prominent families were still in a daze.

Cao Zhengchun closed the imperial edict, looked at the Chen family patriarch and the others, and said, "Clan patriarch Chen, you have quite the audacity! You actually dared to hire assassins to intercept and kill the Prince of Kao Shan and assassinate court officials. You are truly courting death."

"Eunuch Cao, I'm innocent!"

“How could we possibly dare to hire assassins to intercept and kill the prince or assassinate court officials? There must be some misunderstanding.”

"Please investigate thoroughly, Eunuch Cao."

The Chen family patriarch realized what was happening and immediately cried out that he was innocent.

Regardless of how the imperial court traced them, the Chen family patriarch knew they could never admit it.

Otherwise, the entire Chen family would be in grave danger.

Little did they know, it didn't matter whether the Chen family patriarch acknowledged it or not.

The important thing is that once the imperial edict was issued, the fate of the Chen family was already sealed.

wronged?

Cao Zhengchun gave a cold laugh.

"This was personally explained to me by the 'Assassin's Tower' leader, Clan Chief Chen. Do you think I'm wronging you?"

Cao Zhengchun looked at the patriarch of the Chen family.

The Chen family patriarch's expression changed immediately, and he no longer harbored any illusions.

The Chen family patriarch was initially puzzled as to how the imperial court had tracked them down, but he never expected that it was the leader of the Assassin's Guild who had exposed them.

However, what the Chen family patriarch couldn't understand was how Cao Zhengchun had managed to subdue the leader of the Assassin's Guild and pry open his mouth.

Weren't those young masters off to the Assassin's Tower?
How could Cao Zhengchun manage to take down the leader of the Assassin's Tower?
The Chen family patriarch no longer had time to think about these issues.

The Chen family patriarch's primary concern right now is how to deal with the current crisis.

“Eunuch Cao, how can we believe the words of an assassin? Our Chen family has a long-standing feud with the Assassin's Guild. This is a slander and frame-up by the Assassin's Guild against our Chen family…”

The Chen family patriarch said excitedly.

Sudden.

Halfway through the conversation.

The Chen family patriarch suddenly sprang up and slapped Cao Zhengchun with his palm.

The agitated and argumentative expression on the Chen family patriarch's face had vanished, replaced by a ferocious coldness.

"Cao Zhengchun, you didn't expect this, did you!"

"No matter how strong you are, you can't escape a hidden arrow..."

The Chen family patriarch, having successfully launched a sneak attack, was looking at Cao Zhengchun with a smug expression.

The Chen family patriarch understood that once the imperial decree was issued, even if his Chen family was truly innocent, the outcome would remain unchanged.

Therefore, the Chen family patriarch must strike first.

However, before the Chen family patriarch could finish speaking, a smug expression appeared on his face.

Because the Chen family patriarch felt that the force of his palm strike on Cao Zhengchun was like a stone thrown into the ocean; no matter how he circulated his internal energy, it had no effect on Cao Zhengchun.

"You insignificant ant, with your meager skills, you dare to ambush us? You're truly courting death."

"These are all things that I've already mastered." Cao Zhengchun flipped his hand and slapped the Chen family patriarch directly on the top of his head.

"puff……"

Before the Chen family patriarch could react, he was slapped to the ground and killed by Cao Zhengchun.

With an incredulous look in his eyes, even in death, the Chen family patriarch never imagined that his sneak attack on Cao Zhengchun would have absolutely no effect on Cao Zhengchun.

The dozen or so heads of powerful families nearby also attacked Cao Zhengchun at the same time.

"Humph."

Cao Zhengchun activated the Heavenly Gang Child Skill within his body, and with a casual strike, all of the dozen or so heads of powerful families were sent flying.

"Take them all down. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy."

Cao Zhengchun stopped wasting words and simply waved his hand.
Upon receiving the order, the imperial guards following behind Cao Zhengchun charged out like wolves and tigers.

In an instant, the sounds of clashing weapons filled the entire Chen residence.

Although the patriarch of the Chen family was killed by Cao Zhengchun with a single palm strike, the Chen family's guards and other high-ranking members are still alive.

When Cao Zhengchun ordered the confiscation of the Chen family's property, these people naturally refused to sit idly by and fiercely resisted, hoping to seize a chance to survive.

The Chen family was, after all, a second-rate family. Although they could not compare to first-rate families like the Langya Wang family, their own strength was not weak.

Even if the Imperial Guard wanted to take over the Chen family, it would take some effort.

……

Half an hour later.

The sounds of war from the Chen family were gradually coming to an end.

The entire Chen family compound was littered with corpses. Apart from those captured by the Imperial Guards, all the other members of the Chen family who resisted were suppressed.

Cao Zhengchun glanced indifferently at the corpses on the ground around him, then turned and walked outside.

"Let's go to the next one."

The Chen family was just one of them; in addition to the Chen family, more than ten other prominent and wealthy families were involved in this matter.

Cao Zhengchun wanted to wipe out their families one by one.

The Chen family, a prominent clan in Yingchuan and a second-rate clan in the Great Zhou Dynasty, was thus wiped out by the imperial court.

The Chen family patriarch originally intended to rely on those worldly people to seize this opportunity and elevate the Chen family to a higher level, making it a first-class aristocratic family.

If it weren't for those worldly people pushing them down from behind, the Chen family wouldn't have dared to directly hire assassins to intercept and kill the Prince of Kao Shan and assassinate court officials.

But the Chen family patriarch never imagined that, instead of rising to a higher level because of those who entered the world, his family would be ordered by the imperial court to have their property confiscated and the entire clan exterminated.

Even those who entered the worldly realms could not save the Chen family from the clutches of the imperial court.

The entire Chen family was wiped out by the imperial court, becoming nothing more than a distant memory.

have to say.

This left the Chen family patriarch with some lingering resentment until his death.

Cao Zhengchun left the Chen family with his guards and headed straight for the next house.

With Cao Zhengchun, the head of the Eastern Depot, taking action, all the powerful and wealthy families involved in hiring assassins to intercept Prince Kao Shan or assassinate court officials were wiped out one by one by the Eastern Depot.

Without exception.

How could the Eastern Depot's massive operation possibly escape the notice of those powerful and wealthy families?

When those aristocratic families learned that more than a dozen families had been wiped out by the imperial court, including a second-rate family like the Chen family, which was second only to the Langya Wang family, they were all greatly shocked.

In particular, Cao Zhengchun also took down some powerful and wealthy families who were not cooperating with the officials of the Ministry of Revenue, which made some of these families nervous.

No aristocratic families had expected that, at this time when the people of 'Tianshan' entered the world, the imperial court would still be so powerful and ruthless.

(End of this chapter)