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In the quiet room in the back court, Chen Shiyan finished his practice.

The spiritual stones that the Li family presented as a gift have become his cultivation.

I have added a little more to myself and now I am a cultivator at the eighth level of foundation building.

I walked onto the terrace and stretched.

"It's been a few days now and Wu Guiming seems a little immature."

I took two bites of the spiritual fruit to satisfy my appetite.

Arrived at the main hall of the county government.

Speak of Cao Cao and he will appear.

Wu Guiming, who had just been mentioned, was now waiting in front of the hall.

When he saw Chen Shiyan, he immediately went to greet him.

"Sir, I have made some careful investigations over the past few days and have discovered something."

"Really? I thought you were on the run."

"Sir, how dare I do that?"

"Come with me."

He brought Wu Guiming to his "office".

Chen Shiyan sat behind the table with his hands crossed.

Signal to him that you can talk.

"Sir, after my investigation, I found that the three richest families in the county were all involved with the pirates." Wu Guiming emphasized the word "rich".

He is not an ignorant monk.

After being beaten, the tribute should have been delivered on the same day.

But he really didn't have many spirit stones.

Such a big thing would cost him at least 30 to 50,000 spirit stones.

Not to mention that the bulk of the profits had been taken away by the county magistrates over the years, he just drank some of the soup and had to share the profits with his subordinates.

After the spirit stone is in his hands, he has to give it to his family.

Wu Guiming is the only foundation-building cultivator in the family.

Fortunately, I have decent talent and dual spiritual roots of the lower grade.

With some luck, his Lianqi family accidentally got a spiritual fish, which was bought by the master of a big family in the county town.

With the savings from his family, he bought a foundation-building pill and thus became a foundation-building cultivator.

The cost of the entire family's practice basically fell on him.

The family's daily harvest barely had some surplus, but it was extremely difficult to find another person to build a foundation, so they could only rely on Wu Guiming's subsidy.

If Chen Shiyan knew about this, he would definitely remember the days when his original body was in Lingyunfang.

The income here is indeed high, but the daily necessities for practice are not cheap either.

Only the Foundation Building Family can be considered to have made it through.

After deducting the money needed for his own cultivation, he gave most of the rest to his family in order to support a second foundation-building cultivator.

This way he could put down some of his burdens and repay his family's kindness.

As a result, even now, in the most lucrative government office, the spiritual stones on him are too precious to be used.

Seeing that Chen Shiyan did not say much, Wu Guiming continued.

"The pirates roaming around here are called Tianhua pirates."

"The leader of the Tianhua bandits has an unknown level of cultivation. He comes and goes without a trace. The county city has surrounded and suppressed him many times, but all without success."

"It's no big deal if they come to our county. The leader of this gang near Qianyuan is called 'Flipping River Dragon' and his name is Zhao Dayong. He seems to have built his foundation at the eighth or ninth level."

"After a few days of investigation, I got some evidence that the Zhai family, the Tian family, and the Hong family are all connected to the 'Fanjiang Jiao'."

Chen Shiyan's original intention was to ask Wu Guiming to pull the Li family out, but instead a few people who colluded with the water bandits came.

When you are an official, you should benefit the people.

Although Chen Shiyan was collecting spiritual stones, he was still very responsible towards his work.

"Tell me about these companies."

When Wu Guiming saw Chen Shiyan speaking, he breathed a sigh of relief.

After he returned that day, he carefully thought about every scene in which Chen Shiyan criticized him.

I also roughly guessed that the county magistrate wanted to get rid of the Li family.

But how could someone like him, who had no roots or background, touch the Li family?

The Li family is a local tyrant in Qianyuan County.

My ancestors have lived here for generations.

Known as the closest existence to the Jindan clan.

Without mentioning the past, let’s just talk about the present, there are eight foundation-building cultivators.

There was also an old patriarch who was at the peak of the foundation building stage. The Li family announced that he had gone on a long journey and had disappeared.

Everyone was saying it privately, maybe he was in seclusion somewhere trying to obtain the golden elixir.

And they occupy three seats in this county government.

One was in charge of the county’s industrial construction, one was in charge of the county’s criminal justice, and one was the household registration officer.

It can be said that in Qianyuan County, the highest person is the county magistrate, and the second highest is the Li family.

At times, the Li family is more useful than the county magistrate.

After all, the army may change but the camp remains the same.

The Li family is the iron-clad stronghold of Qianyuan County.

It’s not that there weren’t county magistrates who wanted to take action against the Li family, but they all failed.

Later he was transferred. The Li family had some roots in the county town.

Only someone like County Magistrate Dou could mess with the Li family. After all, he is also a cultivator who came from the county town.

As for him?

I dare not even touch it, for fear of death.

"The Zhai family controls several docks and has provided intelligence to the pirates several times."

"The Tian family owns several shops and often helps pirates sell stolen goods."

"The Hong family is a large farming family in the county, specializing in producing spiritual rice. They use the spiritual rice to exchange for some Qi Linking Monks from the bandits to cultivate the spiritual fields."

Chen Shiyan nodded.

"How do you think we should deal with this?"

"Your Excellency, these three families have been bullying the county for many years and helped the pirates commit numerous evil deeds. According to the laws of the imperial dynasty, the entire clan should be arrested and severely punished."

In this world of cultivating immortals, it is rare to see the idea of only punishing the main culprit.

For example, if you plundered a rare treasure and used it to enter the Golden Core Stage, the people behind you would not directly receive a share of the treasure.

It is also a bonus gained through the improvement of family strength or sect strength.

So we can’t blame the monks for being cruel. This is a kind of cause and effect, and it is also to avoid leaving any future troubles.

"Then order Li Zhiyou to send people to detain all three families. Bring the three heads of the families to the front hall and investigate the case!"

After saying that, he wrote a talisman, stamped it with a big seal, and handed it to Wu Guiming.

After receiving the warrant, Li Zhiyou looked at Wu Guiming deeply.

Wu Guiming smiled awkwardly.

He had to do what was ordered with the official seal. Failure to do so would be tantamount to disobeying the order, with extremely serious consequences.

Gather the monks and lead the team to set off.

When he set out, he used the talisman and his own token, as well as the county's large formation, to cover the houses of the three families.

The entrance and exit of the county were temporarily closed, and the main figures of the three families were searched with the help of a large formation.

If the person runs away, he will have a big responsibility.

The only thing we can do is to leave some roots in the three ancestral homes outside the county town.

Whether it is a county town, a prefecture town, or even a provincial capital or an imperial city.

These families, big and small, don't like this city defense formation very much.

Unfortunately, there was no way out, so the Holy Emperor of Kaichao forced his way forward and used the great formation to gather the dissipated spiritual energy.

These families either go to the first or second level lower grade spiritual veins to practice, or go into the city.

Moreover, the family's entry into the city was clearly stipulated in the imperial laws and could not be disobeyed.

However, they have also found some ways to deal with it over the years.

For example, in the capital city, those noble families would take the position of the Lord of the Palace into their own hands, which would make them feel at ease.

As for these counties and prefectures, if we cannot capture the county governors and county magistrates, we can place our own people in the government offices. If something really happens, we can delay it or give a warning.

Add a bit of vitality.

The three families accepted their fate and did not resist.

All of them were captured by Li Zhiyou.

Li Zhiyou locked up the souls of the three family heads and escorted them back to the county government office.

......

Wen Yupei hurried back to the Li family.

He was a son-in-law of the Li family. He was originally a casual cultivator and became the Secretary of the Household Registration Department with the help of the Li family.

Although he was marrying into the Li family's family, the daughter of the Li family was quite sensible. Coupled with his ability, he lived a comfortable life.

Who knew that today Li Zhiyou suddenly took the talisman and went to capture the three families of Zhai, Tian and Hong.

I just met Li Zhiyou outside the county government office and told him the situation through message.

He immediately returned to the Li family and looked for the head of the family.

"So, this county magistrate is going to target the families in the county?"

"These three are in jeopardy."

"I just don't know if it's to make an example of others, so that the wealthy families will pay their respects sooner, or..."

"You mean you're targeting us?"

"We have to be on guard."

"Then should we do it?" Wen Yupei made a downward chopping gesture.

"Look again, look again, it's better to stay still than to move, and we spent a lot of money on it."