Jiang Gucheng escaped, and the Wude Division could not find any trace of him, so the Zhetian Guard was immediately dispatched.
Fang Zhiyi, having uttered those harsh words, led his men out of the Jiang family. Jiang Jun felt a pang of fear. The other party was clearly a nobody, so why was he so intimidated by his imposing aura?
He was about to retaliate. Now that the Martial Virtue Division had changed the landscape of the martial arts world, he wanted to make plans for the Jiang family and for his children.
But just as he was making plans, the servant rushed in again.
"Something terrible has happened, sir!"
Jiang Jun was taken aback: "What do you mean I'm not good?"
The servant, without even apologizing, cried out, "Something terrible has happened!"
"how?"
"Governor Chen has been arrested!"
"What!" Jiang Jun slammed his hand on the table and stood up. "Arrest the governor? What crime?"
"He was arrested for embezzlement, bribery, and harming the people. It was the Xilin Army from Ningxi next door who came directly to arrest him. I heard it was an imperial decree!"
Jiang Jun plopped down in the chair, the expression of that person from earlier that day flashing through his mind.
"Lackeys, it must be those accomplices!"
Then another message came: the old prime minister, who grew flowers at home, was summoned to the capital overnight by the emperor, who said he missed him.
Jiang Jun realized something was wrong. After all, he was a local strongman who had been around here for many years. Just as he was about to react, the third piece of bad news came.
"It's terrible, sir! Our escort agency has been shut down, and the docks and cargo holds have all been sealed off by the soldiers, who say we're smuggling weapons and salt!"
"Damn it! Don't they know how to resist? Just let those soldiers seal it off?"
The wounded squad leader, his face contorted with grief, cried out, "They resisted! The moment the disciples at the docks made a move, the Xilin Army arrived, and we... all our men were thrown into the water." He suddenly remembered, "And, the leader called himself something like the Heavenly Guard!"
Jiang Jun stood there, stunned.
This can't be right, can it? The world is changing so fast?
Just one day later, all of the Jiang family's shops in Jiangnan were seized, their underground banks were destroyed by the Zhetianwei (a type of military police), and even the desperate outlaws that Jiang Jun had secretly taken in were cornered by the army in their manor on the outskirts of the city. After several rounds of heavy arrows, they were dead beyond any hope of survival.
Jiang Jun, who had always been arrogant, only realized at this moment that he thought he was the most powerful man in the region, but in just two days, his family's three-generation legacy was shattered.
"Look, this is a tripartite cooperation case. The key points are: local powerful families have complicated relationships in the area. First, they use the military's armed forces to control the perimeter. Then, the Heavenly Guard investigates their gray businesses. Finally, the government shuts down their open businesses." Fang Zhiyi was explaining the theoretical knowledge to a group of newly recruited disciples.
“Um, Lord Fang,” a baby-faced disciple raised his hand and asked, “I understand what I said before, but if they think we acted this way without evidence, wouldn’t that…affect our reputation?”
The others nodded in agreement. If word got out that the imperial court was arresting people and shutting down shops without any investigation, they would lose face.
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