People in power usually looked calmer the angrier they became.
Xiao Wu hesitated for a moment. "My lord, what about that dark-skinned girl just now... Should we deal with her?"
That dark-skinned girl didn't look very tall, seeming only thirteen or fourteen years old. Clearly, she wasn't a worker at the coal mine.
Besides, ever since the divine stone had been discovered in the mine, the coal mine had stopped operating. All the workers had returned home, leaving only a few managers of various ranks, along with government officials stationed there.
Yet someone like her had unexpectedly appeared inside the coal mine at this particular time. Clearly, something was amiss.
As for the minor manager she was carrying over her shoulder, he definitely had to be dealt with as well.
His lordship had always preferred to kill a thousand innocents rather than let a single enemy escape.
"My lord, I'll take people to deal with them right now."
Xiao Liu was just about to wave for his men to follow him and deal with the grandfather and granddaughter.
Feng Han shot him a sidelong glance. "No need."
After a pause, a cold, piercing gleam burst from his dark eyes. "Investigate the entire Imperial Guards and Eastern Depot. Root out everyone involved behind the scenes for this lord, execute their entire families, and leave no one alive!"
"Yes."
Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu looked solemn as they led everyone to kneel and accept the order.
"Let's go back."
Feng Han took one last look at the distant little village below the mountain, flicked his broad sleeve, and turned toward another direction.
Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu exchanged a glance, both of them puzzled.
Why had his lordship looked over there?
That little village was called Willow Tree Village. It was famous