Similar to the Nine Provinces Five Hundred Years Ago

Hidden Dragon City, City Lord's Mansion.

The City Lord of Hidden Dragon City looked tremblingly at the man seated in the seat of honor, his heart in his throat, terrified that the other man would kill him.

He shakily warned the man, "I am an official appointed by Great Yong. You cannot kill me..."

The City Lord had heard that someone was causing trouble in the city and provoking the Meng Lineage. He had intended to lead troops to suppress them, but before he even stepped out the door, he saw a smiling man approach and demand the records documenting every major and minor event in Hidden Dragon City over the years.

The City Lord's body seemed beyond his control. Like a servant, he respectfully handed the documents over to the man.

Jiang Li propped his feet on the table and flipped through the city chronicles of Hidden Dragon City and the case records page by page, paying no attention to what the City Lord had said.

"The Meng Lineage really has not killed anyone all these years."

Jiang Li knew that although Idle Jiang Li had given up and let things rot, he still had principles. He would not allow his subordinates to slaughter innocents indiscriminately—that was the Demonic Path's way.

Meng Yu also knew this was her master's bottom line and had never crossed it.

Jiang Li felt that Idle Jiang Li probably knew nothing about the Meng Lineage's affairs. After all, who would care about a maid's family?

"But how were the Meng Lineage's actual deeds any different from murder?"

"They forcibly seized farmland, opened brothels, monopolized goods alongside other lineages, controlled all pill refinement and artifact forging in the city, bought at low prices and sold at high prices. Outside merchants who opened shops in Hidden