Execution Blades Sparked Fire

"Your subordinate Hai Rui greets the Dharma Minister!"

Early that morning, Hai Rui came running to see Chen Luo. Chen Luo invited him to sit and have some breakfast, but Hai Rui shook his head and presented a thick stack of case files with both hands. "This subordinate has fortunately lived up to his duty. I have already obtained evidence that the five great families of Xun Yuan River violated the law and colluded with the Sea Clan. Please review it, Dharma Minister!"

Chen Luo was somewhat surprised. He set down his bowl and chopsticks, picked up one of the files, and opened it as he said, "It's only been six days. You've put your heart into this!"

Hai Rui nodded. "It was not this subordinate who put his heart into it. It was the Night Watchmen's yamen, which feared neither death nor danger, and the Secret Agent Division newly established by the Pillar of the Nation, which was finally put to good use. With everyone working as one, we achieved today's result. This subordinate would never dare claim the credit!"

Chen Luo waved his hand and glanced over the files. His brows immediately furrowed.

"People died?"

"Reporting to the Dharma Minister, the Secret Agent Division rescued sixteen Night Watchmen from the ancestral shrines of various estates. However, seven of them were too severely wounded. After handing over the evidence, they died for their country."

The hand gripping the files gradually tightened.

"Good. The nation's backbone did not fall beneath Barbarian Heaven, but instead was broken at the hands of their own kin!"

"Were the things they did really so shameful?"

Chen Luo continued reading. The farther he went, the gloomier his expression became.

He finished one file, then picked up another, reading them one after another. It took him