"Hmph, such a small thing, and you even made two of them! Bah..."

Seeing the Zhang family head being dragged away, the soldier leading the group couldn't help but spit on the ground before looking at the two girls on the bed.

The two girls huddled on the couch looked at the soldier with pale faces and panic.

The soldier asked in a gentle voice, "Were you two forcibly taken here by him?"

Upon hearing this, the two girls quickly nodded.

The soldier then asked, "Did he cause your family to be destroyed?"

"Um!!"

The two girls nodded, and two lines of tears slid down their cheeks.

"That beast!!"

Seeing that the two girls were about the same age as his daughter, the soldier couldn't help but curse under his breath.

"It's alright now. Hurry up and get dressed. We'll go out and identify his crimes in a bit!"

The soldier sighed, then turned and left the room.

On the other side, the Zhang family head was also dragged to the front yard. When he saw the large group of people in the yard, the Zhang family head couldn't help but change his expression. As if he had fallen into an ice cave, he couldn't help but tremble all over.

"Kneel down!!"

The soldier who was escorting them shouted coldly and kicked the head of the Zhang family in the shin.

"Hiss~, ah~!"

With a thud, the Zhang family head's knee slammed heavily onto the ground, followed by his painful scream.

"My lord, what have I done to deserve this?"

The Zhang family head raised his head and looked at the Imperial Guard soldier in front of him, his eyes filled with fear and confusion.

"Heh~, what did you do? You'll find out in a minute!!"

The Imperial Guardsmen merely sneered, then looked at the Zhang family members and servants being escorted over from behind.

Soon, the soldiers under his command moved all of Zhang's account books, many secret letters, and some fine iron to the front yard.

After casually picking up the account books and secret letters and glancing at them, the Imperial Guard's face turned cold, and he looked at the Zhang family head with a fierce glint in his eyes.

"The Zhang family has forcibly abducted women, disregarded human life, wantonly seized land, levied huge amounts of taxes during the autumn harvest, and colluded with the Wuhuan to trade refined iron! According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, their crimes deserve death!!"

Upon hearing the Imperial Guards' account of all the crimes, Patriarch Zhang's mind went completely blank!

He did annex land, but he bought the women himself, paid the full amount for the autumn harvest, and the allegations of collusion with the Wuhuan are completely fabricated.

Thinking of these pieces of evidence that were enough to kill him ten times over, the Zhang family head panicked. He immediately realized that someone must have framed him.

The Zhang family head hurriedly raised his head to look at the Imperial Guards and shouted, "Sir, I have been wronged...!"

"cut!!"

Before the Zhang family head could finish speaking, the Imperial Guardsman glared and immediately shouted.

Under the terrified gaze of the Zhang family head, the eunuch beside him immediately stepped forward and, without hesitation, swung his long sword toward the Zhang family head's neck.

With a soft thud, the Zhang family head's enormous head rolled to the ground, his wide-open eyes still showing a hint of fear and confusion.

Meanwhile, just like here, the soldiers who arrived at the homes of the other powerful families in western Liaoning only glanced at the evidence of their crimes. After reading out the names of those people, they killed them on the spot without waiting for any explanation.