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

"Your Excellency, that is not the case."

"In the Confucius Mansion, we also found 237 bottles of True Qi Pills, 112 bottles of True Essence Pills, 35 bottles of Hunyuan Pills, and 19 bottles of Primordial Spirit Pills."

"There are 127 bottles of poison-avoiding pills, rejuvenation pills, and spirit-nourishing pills in total."

"In addition, we also discovered a large number of first-tier, second-tier, and even third-tier and fourth-tier spiritual herbs."

Fang Heng shook his head and said.

"No martial arts manuals?"

Chu Xiu raised an eyebrow and looked at Fang Heng, asking a question.

The elixirs and spiritual medicines were just as he had guessed.

There must have been a considerable amount of storage in the Confucius Mansion.

After all, the guards of the Kong family mansion, and even Kong Yuancheng's cultivation, all require elixirs and spiritual herbs.

"Lord Qi, yes!"

"We also discovered hundreds of martial arts manuals in the Confucius Mansion."

"However, the martial arts manuals have not yet been inventoried. They need to be sent back to our Northern Garrison Office for inventory."

Fang Heng considered it for a moment and then spoke to Chu Xiu.

"now it's right!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu said with a satisfied expression, "Send all the spoils into the inner treasury of our Northern Garrison."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Fang Heng said with a respectful expression.

Chu Xiu nodded slightly, remaining silent.

Less than a moment.

The Jingtian Guards then brought out all the spoils from the Kong Mansion, closed the gates, and affixed the seal of the Northern Garrison.

"Let's go back."

Chu Xiu waved his hand and led the Jingtian Guards to escort the people from the Kong family back to the Northern Garrison.

The headquarters of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

A commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, his face filled with horror, arrived outside the study of the Embroidered Uniform Guard Commander, knelt down, and said in a trembling voice, "Reporting to the Commander, something terrible has happened!"

Squeak.

The door to the study of the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard slowly opened.

Lu Chengfeng, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, walked out of the study and looked at the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard without changing his expression, saying, "What is it?"

"Commander, Chu Xiu, the garrison commander of the Northern Garrison, has committed treason and led the Northern Garrison's elite guards to confiscate Lord Kong's property!"

"Even Lord Kong died by Chu Xiu's blade..."

As the commander of the Imperial Guards spoke, his body trembled, clearly frightened by Chu Xiu's ruthlessness and strength.

Kong Yuancheng is second only to Lu Chengfeng among the Imperial Guards!

Don't be fooled by the fact that the Embroidered Uniform Guard has a Commander-in-Chief and a Deputy Commander-in-Chief.

In reality, both positions of the Deputy Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard were vacant.

Below Lu Chengfeng, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, were two assistant commanders of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

These two commanders are second only to Lu Chengfeng!

A truly powerful figure!

"Kong Yuancheng is dead?"

"Died by Chu Xiu's blade?"

Lu Chengfeng's eyes narrowed, and he looked at the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard in disbelief.

"Reporting to the Commander, it is absolutely true!"

"With a single strike, Chu Xiu killed Lord Kong!"

The commander of the Imperial Guard knelt on the ground, trembling as he spoke.

"He killed Kong Yuancheng with a single stroke."

"Chu Xiu has really grown up!"

"Raising a tiger will only bring trouble upon yourself!"

Lu Chengfeng said quietly.

"Sir, what are we doing now..."

The commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard hesitated for a moment, then asked Lu Chengfeng.

"You may leave. I am already aware of this matter."

Lu Chengfeng did not answer the question from the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Instead, he waved his hand at him and said...

"Yes, I will resign, villain."

The commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard felt a great weight lifted from his heart and slowly retreated.

"It's time to go see the adults."

"This matter must be decided by the adults."

Lu Chengfeng remained silent for a moment, then moved and disappeared into the courtyard.

Wenyuan Pavilion.

An official strode into the Wenyuan Pavilion, approached Chen Yu, the Junior Grand Master of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, and whispered a few words to him.

"Alright, I understand."

Chen Yu paused, his expression turning strange.

"Yes, I am resigning."

The official bowed and quietly withdrew.

Chen Yu strode into the Wenyuan Pavilion, but his steps were not heavy.

Instead, it brought a sense of pleasure!

He appeared extremely excited and happy.

Not long after.

Chen Yu entered the spacious and bright room inside the Wenyuan Pavilion, bowed to Yang Yan, the Grand Secretary, and others who were handling official business, and said, "Reporting to the Grand Secretaries, news about Chu Xiu has arrived."

"Chen Yu, judging from your footsteps, it seems to be good news?"

Yang Yan raised his head and looked at Chen Yu with a smile.

Dugu Tai and the others put down the memorials in their hands and looked at Chen Yu, some even with a hint of curiosity.

What news could possibly make the usually composed Chen Yu so happy?

"Reporting to the Grand Secretary, Chu Xiu, accompanied by the elite guards of the Northern Garrison, has gone to the home of Kong Yuancheng, the Vice Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, to confiscate his property."

"After receiving the news, Kong Yuancheng rushed home immediately."

"result……"

"Chu Xiu killed Kong Yuancheng, who was at the peak of the ninth level of the Nascent Soul Realm, with a single strike!"

Chen Yu smiled slightly and said to Yang Yan and the others.

"Chu Xiu killed Kong Yuancheng with a single strike?"

"His strength has actually grown to this level?"

"It seems we all underestimated this person!"

"He is indeed a peerless genius, even an astonishing genius!"

A strange light flashed in Yang Yan's eyes as he spoke with great interest.

Dugu Tai and the others were stunned for a moment, then revealed a hint of amusement, looking like they were watching a show.

The stronger Chu Xiu's talent and aptitude, the stronger he becomes.

The more they stir up the stagnant waters of the capital!

of course.

Most importantly, it can cause some losses to the Wang family of Taiyuan.

The greater the losses suffered by the Wang family of Taiyuan, the happier they are!

Sure enough, the Wang family of Taiyuan not only lost the Northern Garrison Command, but now even a Jinyiwei (Imperial Guard) commander has died at Chu Xiu's hands.

If Lu Chengfeng, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, also dies, and Chu Xiu uproots the power of the Taiyuan Wang family within the Embroidered Uniform Guard, then the Taiyuan Wang family will suffer even greater losses!

"Chen Yu, what was the reason Chu Xiu used to confiscate Kong Yuancheng's property and execute him?"

After a pause, Zhao Duo, the Minister of Personnel, asked Chen Yu.

Yang Yan and the others also turned their gazes toward Chen Yu.

They now hope that Chu Xiu's strength will increase as much as possible, so that they can continue to fight against the Wang family of Taiyuan.

Ideally, the more members of the Wang family in Taiyuan should be killed, the better.

Naturally, they did not want Chu Xiu to be impeached by officials of the Taiyuan Wang clan for his insubordination and ultimately be removed from office.

Even if the Wang family of Taiyuan impeached Chu Xiu in the imperial court, they would make their respective faction's officials support Chu Xiu.

"Reporting to the elders, Chu Xiu has obtained evidence that Kong Yuancheng colluded with the Seven Killers organization and asked them to assassinate him."

"Even if the Wang family of Taiyuan were to act openly, they wouldn't be able to deal with Chu Xiu."

Chen Yu said with a serious expression.

"Then Kong Yuancheng died in vain."

"They even managed to obtain evidence that he hired an assassin to kill Chu Xiu."

Minister of Works Zheng Yun shook his head and said.

Yang Yan and the others exchanged glances and remained silent.

Whether Chu Xiu can threaten the Taiyuan Wang clan and further weaken their power in the capital depends on whether he can withstand their upcoming assassination attempts.

Indeed, even powerful families, when faced with a threat, might still send out experts to assassinate Chu Xiu.

As members of powerful and influential families, they were well aware of this.