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

At this moment!

One after another, imperial guards drove carriages to transport thousands of people and thousands of heads from Yang Yan's residence to the Meridian Gate, where they set up a spectacle!

The people of the Great Zhou Dynasty's capital who were passing through the Meridian Gate were shocked by what they saw.

If it weren't for the current positive reputation of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the people of the capital would probably be terrified to death if they saw this scene.

The main problem is the sheer number of heads; it's incredibly horrifying.

"Yang Tao, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, colluded with Xiao Yu, the leader of the Maitreya Sect, and secretly helped Xiao Yu succeed. He sent someone to bribe Qi Yan, a general of the Yizhou Army, to leave through the Ghost Cry Gorge and contact the barbarians, asking them to send troops to threaten the important border areas of our Great Zhou Dynasty!"

"I, the Marquis of Champion and Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, will lead the Imperial Guards to exterminate Yang Yan's entire lineage!"

"Display the heads of all members of Yang Yan's lineage at the Meridian Gate!"

The commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard looked at the people of the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty and shouted in a resounding voice.

After speaking, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard closed his eyes and stood guard.

Yang Yan had been in charge of the court for decades and was the head of the Hongnong Yang clan. He must have had a large number of vassals in the capital.

These people might come and steal Yang Yan and the others' heads.

"Yang Tao actually colluded with Xiao Yu, the leader of the Maitreya Sect? This is colluding with a traitor!"

"It's not just colluding with rebels, but also asking the barbarians to send troops; they deserve to die a thousand deaths!"

"Exterminate their entire family! They must be exterminated!"

"..."

The people of the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty immediately began to curse angrily.

Tai Chi Palace.

Pei Guanyin walked into the main hall of Taiji Palace with a strange expression.

"But is there any news?"

Although Empress Murong Si sat upright at her desk reviewing memorials, she seemed somewhat distracted. After all, this time the entire Hongnong Yang clan was to be eradicated. Even with Qi Tianchen's intervention, victory was assured. However, she still harbored a slight worry. Upon hearing Pei Guanyin's footsteps, she immediately looked up and asked her impatiently.

Jiang Wan'er was also staring intently at Pei Guanyin, and couldn't help but pry open her ears.

"Your Majesty, the Marquis has completely taken over the Yang family and personally executed Yang Yan."

"The Shadow Guards have also taken over Yang Tao and Yang Tao's residence."

Pei Guanyin bowed to Murong Si with utmost respect.

"You just said that it was Minister Chu who killed Yang Yan?"

Murong Si looked at Jiang Wan'er with a surprised expression and asked.

This was completely different from what she had expected.

In her opinion, shouldn't Qi Tianchen be the one to kill Yang Yan?

How did Chu Xiu come to have the power to kill Yang Yan?

Jiang Wan'er looked at Pei Guanyin with a bewildered expression; she was equally puzzled.

"The Marquis is very strong. He killed Yang Yan with just two strikes."

"The key point is that Yang Yan, as the head of the Hongnong Yang family, not only used the fifth move of the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Sword, Taibai Slaughtering Immortals, but also the sixth move of the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Sword, Zhenxing Returning to the Void, yet he still couldn't stop the Marquis!"

Pei Guanyin said with a hint of admiration in her eyes, "The Marquis's strength has reached the top level in this world!"

This was witnessed by countless people!

"Has Chu Aiqing's strength reached this level?"

"To possess such formidable strength without relying on the Embroidered Uniform Guard's killing blade formation."

"Could it be that Minister Chu has actually been this powerful all along, but he has been hiding his abilities all along?"

Murong Si's eyes glazed over, and she muttered to herself.

"Your Majesty, I don't think so. Could it be that the Marquis only recently reached this level of cultivation?"

Jiang Wan'er hesitated for a moment before tentatively speaking.

There were only the three of them in the entire Taiji Palace hall; there were no outsiders present.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, Jiang Wan'er and Pei Guanyin would not refer to themselves as maids, but rather as "I".

They would only refer to themselves as maids on special occasions.

Pei Guanyin smiled in agreement and said, "Your Majesty, I also think it's possible."

Although they all felt it was very unrealistic.

Think about who could reach Chu Xiu's level in such a short time.

No one in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty has ever been able to do this.

Even the Imperial Advisor Qi Tianchen couldn't do it.

but!

To be honest, no one can do that.

Actually, that's not true!

Emperor Wu, the founding emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty!

An existence overlooked by countless people.

This person, who once did not practice martial arts, became a true supreme powerhouse in a short period of time, suppressing all the sects and the five clans and seven noble families, forcing them to submit to him.

This is something only those with truly great fortune can achieve.

Chu Xiu is undoubtedly a person with great fortune!

"A great era of contention is coming, and perhaps Minister Chu is the one who will be blessed with great fortune in this era."

A glint of light flashed in Murong Si's eyes as she said, "With a pillar of the nation like Minister Chu by my side, all powerful families and sects in the world will be crushed in this era!"

"Your Majesty is holy."

Jiang Wan'er and Pei Guanyin bowed respectfully.

"Pei Guanyin, when you just entered the Taiji Palace, judging from your expression, it seemed like you had something on your mind?"

Murong Si suddenly thought of something and asked Pei Guanyin.

If it were about Chu Xiu, Pei Guanyin should have been filled with shock.

Instead of being shocked, she had a strange expression.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Wan'er also looked at Pei Guanyin with a curious expression.

"After witnessing the Marquis's strength, the teacher returned home."

"The teacher probably believes that with the Marquis's strength, he is already capable of suppressing the ancestral land of the Yang family in Hongnong, and there is no need for him to take action."

Pei Guanyin coughed and said in a low voice, "After returning to the Imperial Observatory, the teacher heard that the eldest brother was punished by kneeling."

Murong Si and Jiang Wan'er couldn't help but laugh.

Poor senior brother!

Despite being the senior disciple and a high-ranking official in the Imperial Observatory, he was still forced to kneel as punishment by his teacher.

Is the teacher disappointed in Chu Xiu because he sees Chu Xiu's talent and strength as too great, and then feels frustrated with his senior brother's lack of progress?

An hour later.

The ancestral home of the Yang family in Hongnong.

The Yang residence!

This is also the Yang residence.

only.

This Yang mansion alone covers an area of ​​over several hundred acres.

It should be noted that even the residences of the royal family members in the Great Zhou Dynasty were no more than a hundred acres in size.

However, the Yang family mansion in the ancestral home of the Yang clan in Hongnong is a large mansion covering an area of ​​over several hundred acres.

The sheer size of the Yang family estate alone is enough to demonstrate just how prosperous the Five Clans and Seven Families were.

"Surround the entire Yang residence and do not let anyone escape!"

A chilling voice rang out.

A figure seemed to appear out of thin air outside the gates of the Yang residence.

It was Chu Xiu, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, dressed in the robes of the Marquis of Champion!

"Yes!"

More than 100,000 soldiers shouted in unison.

This time.

Because the plan is to take action against the Yang family.

A large number of soldiers would be needed just to surround the Yang residence.

Therefore, before Chu Xiu went to Yang Yan's residence, he had already sent someone to inform Wei Wuxian, the commander of the Five Cities Garrison.

Wei Wuxian personally led 105,000 city guards from the city to Hongnong County, the ancestral home of the Yang clan in Hongnong.

In the blink of an eye, Wei Wuxian and Qin Chuan led 10,000 Imperial Guards and 100,000 City Guards to surround the entire Yang residence.