Lu Tiancong and nearly all the former ministers cried out at once, "Your Majesty, we have been wronged! This old minister..."
Ji Guang's face suddenly darkened, like black clouds pressing overhead. He thrust out a hand. "Wronged? Half a month ago, the Literary King used Literary Way Cleansing of the Heart to cleanse your spirit platforms, and every instance was recorded. Did you know that? I endured until now only because I did not wish to startle the snake in the grass..."
A flicker of light and shadow appeared in the air, revealing the unique interrogation that had taken place in the literary realm that day...
Every official below stood frozen as wooden chickens...
They were all Great Confucians of the Literary Way, and several had even reached the Literary Path. They had never imagined that their Literary Way Cultivation would be worth less than a penny before Lin Su. Lin Su had silently cleansed their hearts with the Literary Way, and not only had they been unable to resist, they had known nothing at all. Such Literary Way Techniques were almost the methods of a sage...
They were finished!
Finished beyond all hope!
Their lineages would also suffer a calamity that blotted out the sky and covered the earth because of them!
The State Affairs Hall had been swept clean in one stroke. Those former high officials within it had towered over the court since Ji Shang's era, controlling Great Cang, until they had finally reached their end today...
Great waves rose in the capital. The estates of those high officials were completely sealed off at once.
All kinds of people connected to those officials were immediately caught in the net of the law.
This included Wujianmen's people, as well as countless people of the Cultivation Way...
There were