Before the house is confiscated, the enemy's warehouse is emptied and exiled

The two people who were originally entangled with each other, suddenly froze at the same time, as if they were cast under a spell and could not move.

Immediately afterwards, two muffled "thumps" were heard, and both of them fell straight to the ground.

When the people around came to their senses and took a closer look, they were immediately terrified and screamed in unison: "Oh no!"

It turned out that blood was oozing out of the abdomens of these two people at this moment. The scarlet color was glaring and shocking.

A bloody blade appeared next to him at some point.

Seeing this tragic scene, the servants were completely panicked and ran around like headless flies.

Some hurriedly ran to call their wives, while others stumbled towards the steward in the mansion for help.

For a moment, the entire mansion was in chaos, with shouts and cries coming one after another, never ending.

What is even more exaggerated is that the people in the Zhao Mansion were so anxious that they ran to the streets in the middle of the night and knocked on the doors of every clinic, anxiously looking for a doctor to treat the injured.

Not only that, perhaps because they were too panicked and confused, some of them even ran to the gate of Lingnan Palace in a daze, begging the palace doctor to come out and help.

In this way, after a whole night of tossing and turning, by the next morning, this sensational event had quickly spread throughout the entire Panyu City.

Whether it was the officials in the city or the common people on the streets, everyone was talking about what happened in Zhao Juncheng's family.

Everyone passed on the story by word of mouth, vividly describing the thrilling fight of last night - it was said that the father and son of Zhao Juncheng's family fought for the family property and a concubine, and ended up with one dead and the other injured.

Now, the old man is seriously injured and his life or death is uncertain; and his son has unfortunately passed away. Alas!

Since things have developed to this point, King Xiao Heng of Lingnan naturally found a legitimate reason to order a comprehensive and in-depth investigation of the Zhao family mansion.

They also followed the clues and found out that Zhao Juncheng's family not only had a five-story mansion in Panyu City, but also discovered that his family had more than ten properties in other counties, each of which was much more luxurious than the one in Panyu City.

In addition, he actually owned thousands of acres of fertile farmland and two large warehouses full of abundant grain reserves.

This clearly tells everyone two words: greed!

Faced with such indisputable evidence, Xiao Heng acted decisively and sent Yun Yi and others to Zhao Juncheng's mansion to carry out the task of confiscating his property and confiscate all his property.

At the same time, in order to spread the news throughout the entire region and serve as a deterrent to others, Xiao Heng arranged for his men to post notices extensively in all the counties and towns within the three counties to publicize the news.

The notice clearly read:

"It has been verified that Zhao Bao, the former Nanhai County Magistrate, indulged in selfish desires during his tenure, abused his power, and enriched himself. His actions seriously undermined the government's laws and brought disaster to the country and the people.

In view of such vile behavior, I, the king, have issued a strict decree. From today onwards, Zhao Bao will be immediately dismissed from his post and investigated, and his family will be punished by having their property confiscated. This will serve as a warning to everyone not to repeat the same mistakes!

I hereby announce this to the world, and hope that you will spread the word to each other so that everyone knows it."

For a time, there was an uproar inside and outside the court, and all the ministers felt insecure.

Afterwards, Xiao Heng accepted the suggestion made by Shen Qingge earlier and decided to make a big fuss about this matter in the court.

In front of all the civil and military officials in the court, he announced in a stern voice:

All officials must immediately conduct self-inspections. If corruption is discovered, they must voluntarily hand over all illegal gains to the Lingnan Palace within one month.

Otherwise, once discovered, he will personally lead an in-depth investigation and impose severe punishment.

Not only that, if anyone dares to disobey the order and refuse to carry it out, he will report it directly to the current emperor, Emperor Xiaowu, and ask the court to send special personnel to deal with it.

As soon as this order was issued, all the officials in the court, big and small, became panic-stricken.

Some people originally wanted to hold back for the time being and observe how the situation developed before making any plans. However, when they thought of the fierce methods Xiao Heng displayed when dealing with Zhao Juncheng, they couldn't help but feel frightened. In the end, they all chose to obey and rushed to hand over an astonishing amount of wealth.

However, surprisingly, Xiao Heng did not pursue these officials relentlessly. Instead, he stopped at the right time, just as he had said before, "turning a blind eye", and letting go of those who had repented and admitted their mistakes in time.

This made the officials feel relieved, at least their official hats were temporarily kept.

Moreover, they became more proactive in doing things, fearing that one mistake would anger Xiao Heng.

After this turmoil, these officials finally woke up from their dreams and truly recognized the seemingly young and naive King of Lingnan before them.

He was definitely not what they had previously thought, a young, ignorant, pampered, weak and incompetent person. On the contrary, he was actually a heroic leader with deep scheming and superb skills!

As this huge amount of wealth continued to flow into the treasury of the Prince of Lingnan's palace, the once empty warehouse finally became full again.

However, Xiao Heng did not take the wealth for himself and live a life of extravagance. Instead, he took a series of actions to save the people in Lingnan who were in dire straits.

First, he ordered the granaries to be opened and released with grain, and organized manpower to actively carry out charity activities in various counties.

Although this kind act could not guarantee that everyone in the entire Lingnan region would have enough to eat, it at least prevented the tragedy of large-scale starvation and enabled the people in the area to barely survive this cold and difficult winter.

However, Xiao Heng did much more than that.

He knew that simply solving the problem of food and clothing was far from enough, so he generously donated money to purchase a large number of cotton and linen clothes from all over the place.

After being carefully sorted, these clothes were accurately distributed to the people registered in various counties who were living in poverty and in urgent need of help.

This series of measures is like the warm sunshine in winter, warming the hearts of countless people in Lingnan.

They no longer suffered from hunger and cold, and were full of gratitude to the new King of Lingnan.

In the streets and alleys, people spread the word and praised it endlessly:

"Finally, we have a great king in Lingnan who truly cares about the suffering of the people!"

The reputation of the King of Lingnan for his benevolence quickly spread far and wide.