We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

The spring breeze is born from the ocean in the east and flows to the land in the west.

The spring breeze brings not only the revival of all things, but also a piece of news that shocked the entire Daqing.

King Feng destroyed the four great families in the north!

This time was different from the past. Li Che did not destroy a branch of a certain state, but uprooted the entire main family and killed all the direct descendants!

Ever since the emergence of aristocratic families in this land, has anyone ever treated them like this?

When the news came out, people were excited.

Prince Feng's reputation took a sharp turn for the worse, and all the scholars and literati who had connections with the aristocratic families expressed strong dissatisfaction with his actions.

They ignored the nature of the rebellion of the northern noble families and instead focused on the personal morality of King Feng, angrily scolding him for being cruel and inhumane, disrespecting the gentry, and being unfit to be king!

For a time, criticizing King Feng's brutality became the political correctness in Daqing.

As for the common people...they did not change at all. They neither followed the scholars in cursing, nor did they shed tears of gratitude because Li Che destroyed the aristocratic families that oppressed them.

The common people did not know the deeper meaning of this. They only knew that a prince who was capable of winning battles suddenly killed a group of high-ranking officials.

But they knew that Prince Feng was a good prince, so the people killed by the good prince should be corrupt officials, right?

It doesn’t matter. No matter how many corrupt officials die, it will not affect their lives.

Instead of worrying about such things, it is better to pray that next year will be a year of good harvest.

On the contrary, students from poor families, who cannot enter the threshold of aristocratic families, have broader horizons than ordinary people.

Only they knew what Li Che did, and they applauded him, and even admired him privately.

However, that was all. The poor students were grateful to Li Che for eliminating these scourges from the northern families, but they did not dare to defend him.

After all, the poor families are just families of lower status, most of them are ordinary small and medium-sized landlords. Compared with the aristocratic families, their power is too small.

Although Duan Shao was resentful, he did not dare to ask Li Che for the military power of the Xuanjia Army. He only took a few dozen of his trusted men with the 3,000 Xuanjia Army and escorted the prisoners from the northern families to the capital together with the palace soldiers.

What Li Che did not expect was that Xue Wei actually stayed. It was unclear whether he was truly loyal to Emperor Qing or just wanted to keep an eye on him.

However, Li Che has never cared about these things. He even dared to take in those assassins who had become refugees. As long as those assassins were willing to serve the people, they would not be punished even if their identities were exposed.

Ever since Li Che said these words in front of the refugees, he has never encountered any assassination attempts in the city again.

He could even let the assassin go, let alone a talent like Xue Wei.

Stay by your side first. Even if he has bad intentions, it is only a matter of time before you influence (brainwash) him.

Duan Shao escorted the prisoners all the way south with trepidation. He thought that the noble families would send their assassins to rob the prisoners after hearing the news, so he did not dare to delay at all and hurried on the road every day.

But he didn't expect that the journey was smooth and peaceful. The people from the aristocratic families cursed fiercely and spoke up for the northern aristocratic families, but no one came to help.

The four major families are undoubtedly the top families in Daqing and are respected by people.

But is a top family that has lost its power still a top family?

I'm afraid it's not even a noble family anymore.

Their only value is to become bargaining chips for the aristocratic families to negotiate with the emperor. Naturally, the other aristocratic families must let them arrive at the imperial capital safely and let the whole world see the miserable situation of the four major families.

In this way, Duan Shao, along with dozens of his trusted confidants and hundreds of palace soldiers with poor combat effectiveness, successfully arrived at the imperial capital.

But when he saw the towering walls of the imperial capital, his heart began to beat again.

This expedition did indeed quell the rebellion, but he didn't know how to explain to the emperor how many dozens of the 3,000 Black Armored Army soldiers he brought back.

The team escorting prisoners from aristocratic families entered the imperial capital, and undercurrents surged among various forces.

The officials sent memorials to the palace free of charge, requesting the emperor to thoroughly investigate the matter.

Countless children from aristocratic families gathered on both sides of the road, crying and shouting for the four major families.

There were even some descendants of the four great families in the capital who knelt on the ground in mourning clothes and refused to get up.

There were also spies from various major forces who memorized the number and miserable appearance of the prisoners from the noble families, and then flew away.

Of course, the night watchman is among them.

But I saw a night watchman hiding in the dark with a small notebook in his hand. He moved his ears slightly and remembered everything the people around him said.

Which family is cursing His Highness, which family is crying the most fake, which family is plotting something dirty...

The Night's Watch had just been established, and they dared not touch the secrets within the palace, but the big and small events in the streets and alleys of the imperial capital could not escape their ears.

Don't underestimate these little things. How many heroes' reputations have been ruined by a little thing.

His hands moved quickly, and lines of small words appeared on the paper.

The night watchman moved silently, but his heart was filled with excitement.

Finally... I finally found what I am really good at!

This job of recording bad things about others is tailor-made for me!

Although I had this talent before, I could only record Commander Qiu's words and report them to His Highness... Although I was very happy, it was useless.

Now I can finally use this method in the right way and make contributions to Fengguo.

The night watchman's thoughts were racing, but his hands never stopped moving. Soon, several pages of the small notebook in his hand were filled with notes.

It was not until the team entered the security area of ​​the imperial city that he reluctantly put away his notebook and sneaked into the crowd.

Suddenly, he saw a familiar figure in the crowd. After a slight pause, he lowered his head and leaned over.

"Commander Zhang." The night watchman came to a plain-looking young man and whispered.

The young man nodded slightly, as if he had already noticed the approach of the night watchman.

This person is Zhang Zhen, the deputy commander of the Night's Watch and the highest-ranking person in the Night's Watch except Qiu Bai.

Zhang Zhen looked at the notebook of the night watchman beside him and whispered, "Have you written down anything useful?"

"They are all small, miscellaneous things, but there are also many valuable clues worth noting."

"That's right." Zhang Zhen whispered, then raised his head to look at the prison van disappearing in the distance.

The Night's Watch looked up and saw that the deputy commander of the Night's Watch, who usually had a stern face and never showed any change in expression, had slightly red eyes.

Zhang Zhen's lips trembled, and he seemed to be muttering, "Today, Zhang finally believes that His Highness will never deceive me."

The night watchman felt a little emotional when he thought of this man's life experience.

"Commander Zhang, rest assured. His Highness has never deceived us." The Night Watchman said with a firm gaze, "The destruction of the four great families of the North is only the beginning!"