The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

"Yes!"

Fang Heng responded and led a group of elite Imperial Guards into the Prefectural Commandant's residence.

Pei Shiji then gathered the maids, servants, and soldiers from the prefectural command's office together for a brief interrogation.

After a while.

Fang Heng and Pei Shiji approached Chu Xiu together, bowed to him, and said, "Greetings, Your Excellency."

"Tell me, does the Prefectural Commandant's Office have any information about the Seven Killers Organization?"

Chu Xiu nodded slightly and said calmly.

"My lord, there is indeed information about the Seven Killings Organization."

Fang Heng took out a booklet from his sleeve and handed it to Chu Xiu, saying with a strange expression, "Sir, this document contains the list of the heads of each hall of the Seven Kills Organization, as well as all the assassins in each hall who have reached the Immortal Ascension Realm."

It's not just their names, it even includes their real-life identities.

In reality, these people might be just a butcher, a sedan chair carrier, a night watchman, a waiter, or any other identity imaginable.

There were even soldiers and scions of powerful and wealthy families among them.

"Oh?"

"interesting."

A strange light flashed in Chu Xiu's eyes. He took the booklet and began to read it, speaking with great interest.

Chu Xiu thought the butcher and his ilk were normal.

However, it's quite interesting that some of these people are scions of powerful and influential families.

"In addition to this, there is actually a lot of information."

"Those documents are about the Seven Killings Organization's assassins below the Immortal Realm."

"And complete information on the Seven Killings organization's intelligence network."

"They were all placed in a secret room in Zhang Yue's study."

"Clearly, Zhang Yue never expected that his identity would be exposed."

"After all, he is ostensibly the Commandant of Hongnong County, and also a protégé of Grand Secretary Yang Yan."

"No one could have guessed that he would be the leader of the Seven Kills Organization, the most mysterious Hall Master of the Seven Kills Hall."

Fang Heng said with an amazed look, "I believe that with this information, we can even take control of the entire Seven Kills organization."

Completely crushing the Seven Killers organization would be far less useful to us than turning them into a sharp sword in the hands of our Imperial Guards!

"You are right!"

Chu Xiu glanced at Fang Heng with an appreciative look and said, "Take the other six hall masters of the Seven Kill Hall for example."

Surprisingly, every single one of them was a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations).

Moreover, each of these people held an important position, serving as either a prefect or a military commander of a prefecture.

One of them even became the governor of a prefecture.

These people were all members of the Seven Kills Organization.

Having these people under the control of our Imperial Guards would be extremely beneficial to us.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard also lacked a dedicated agency for assassinations.

If the entire Seven Killings organization could be subdued, it would be of great help to both the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Great Zhou Dynasty.

of course.

The reason he was able to tolerate the existence of the Seven Killings organization was...

Instead of completely eradicating the Seven Killings organization.

Another reason is that the Seven Kills Organization mainly kills people from the martial arts world.

The Seven Killers organization's assassination attempt on him was an exception.

Now that he has killed all the assassins of the Seven Killings organization's Beijing branch, and the leader of the Seven Killings organization, Zhang Yue, is also dead, it is not impossible to leave the Seven Killings organization alive.

"Your Excellency is wise!"

Fang Heng said with a look of admiration.

Not everyone can have the magnanimity of Chu Xiu.

"However, this matter is not up to me to decide."

Chu Xiu waved his hand, looked towards the direction of the capital palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and said, "I will personally go to the palace to meet with His Majesty and report this matter to him. His Majesty will then decide whether to spare the Seven Kills Organization or to completely eradicate it!"

We now have complete information and a list of members from the Seven Killers organization.

Whether we make the Seven Killings Organization work for us or we wipe them out.

For us, these are all trivial matters!

Fang Heng lowered his head and remained silent.

Such a matter truly requires Empress Murong Si to make the decision herself.

Otherwise, Chu Xiu would be accused of secretly controlling the Seven Kills organization and plotting a rebellion.

However, if Empress Murong Si agrees to stay and integrates the Seven Killings organization into the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Even if someone were to impeach Chu Xiu on this issue in the future, they wouldn't be able to do anything about it.

After all, it was Empress Murong Si who personally agreed to it.

Chu Xiu looked at Pei Shiji.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, I have already questioned them. Even Zhang Yue's wife and daughters in the Commandant's Office do not know his true identity."

"The only people who truly know his identity are the Zhang family steward and twenty assassins from the Seven Kills organization."

"And the fact that these twenty Seven Killers organization assassins were hiding in the prefectural governor's mansion was completely unknown to Zhang Yue's wife and daughters, as well as the maids and servants in the mansion."

Pei Shiji considered for a moment, then clasped his hands in a fist salute to Chu Xiu.

"Since these people don't know, let them all go."

"Zhang Yue's wife and daughters shall be escorted back to our Embroidered Uniform Guard and dealt with in accordance with the laws of our Great Zhou Dynasty."

Chu Xiu pondered for a moment, then spoke to Pei Shiji.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Pei Shiji said respectfully.

"I'm leaving things here to you."

"I will go ahead and return to the palace to report to His Majesty."

Chu Xiu said something to Fang Heng and the others, took a step, and disappeared into the world.

He knew very well that now that Zhang Yue was dealt with, no one would dare to make a move against the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Moreover, Fang Heng and his group, with their three thousand elite Imperial Guards, could even fight against those at the Celestial Realm.

Unless it's a master at the Human Immortal Realm level, they can't do anything to them.

"Your subordinate respectfully sees you off, sir."

Fang Heng and the others greeted Chu Xiu with utmost respect as he left.

In a moment.

Chu Xiu had already left Hongnong County and was heading towards the capital.

at this time!

"Congratulations, host! For killing Zhang Yue, the leader of the Seven Kills Organization, the master of the Seven Kills Hall, and the prefect of Hongnong County, and for persistently doing positive things, you have received the reward of fifty years of Ascension Power, the reward of the sixth level of the Undying Golden Body Technique, and the reward of twenty Taiyi Golden Pills."

"Do you want to receive the reward?"

The mechanical voice of the positive energy system rang in Chu Xiu's mind.

"Yes."

Chu Xiu said without hesitation.

Boom!

The words just fell!

A vast and powerful force appeared within Chu Xiu's body.

This caused his internal energy cultivation level to break through from the second level of the Immortal Ascension Realm to the third level of the Immortal Ascension Realm.

The external martial arts cultivation level of the Undying Golden Body Technique also progressed from the Lesser Completion of the Immortal Ascension Realm to the Greater Completion of the Immortal Ascension Realm!

Not bad.

The sixth level of the Undying Golden Body Technique has been mastered, which corresponds to the mastery of the Immortal Ascension Realm in external martial arts cultivation!

The Great Completion of the Immortal Ascension Realm is equivalent to the peak of the sixth level of the Immortal Ascension Realm in terms of external martial arts cultivation!

Hongnong County.

The ancestral home of the Yang family of Hongnong.

"No wonder Yan Qingfeng was able to kill Hong'er with one punch."

“This person’s strength is indeed beyond Hong’er’s reach.”

"Although he has only just reached the first level of the Human Immortal Realm."

"But his swordsmanship is at least at the fifth level of the Human Immortal Realm!"

An elderly man with white hair and a youthful face looked in the direction Yan Qingfeng had left and said quietly.

"Patriarch, has Yan Qingfeng's strength reached this level?"

A handsome, distinguished middle-aged man with the air of someone from a prominent family said with a look of shock on his face.

The white-haired, youthful-looking old man was none other than Yang Zhen, the father of Yang Yan, the previous head of the Hongnong Yang family and the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet!

"Send someone to tell Yan'er the news so that he can prepare in advance."

Yang Zhen remained silent for a long time, then left a sentence and disappeared from the spot.

"Yes."

The middle-aged man gave a wry smile and turned to leave.

He knew very well that tonight, countless people were destined not to get a good night's sleep.

The same applies to the Yang family of Hongnong!

Who would have thought that the Commandant of Hongnong County would be the leader of the Seven Kills Organization and the Lord of the Seven Kills Hall?

I doubt anyone would believe such a thing if I told them.

But that's exactly what happened!