After leaving the Half-Idle Abode, Chu Xingchen first sent his disciples back to the Heavenly Mandate Pavilion to pack their things.
Under Li Yingling's knowing gaze, he casually found an excuse to head out.
The Mass Burial Grounds.
Quite a few workers were repairing the surrounding grounds. Since the remains could not be found, Zheng Xiaofeng had decided to restore the whole area and erect a large monument at the end.
That was a more dignified approach. After all, they could hardly turn over every last skeleton and corpse in the Mass Burial Grounds. That would have been far too unsightly.
They could count it as doing a good deed, at least.
Two figures stood quietly above the mountain hollow where Li Yingling had once stayed.
Zheng Xiaofeng cupped his hands toward Chu Xingchen and said:
"The Li Marquis's Residence and Minister Wang's side have both been thoroughly investigated. Anyone who bullied men, tyrannized women, or took lives has been arrested and punished according to the Black Tortoise Kingdom's laws."
"Marquis Li was sentenced to exile. The steward committed countless crimes and instigated most of the worst offenses. He was sentenced to immediate execution."
"The other offenders from the Marquis's Residence and their sentences are all on this list. Please take a look, Senior, and see whether there are any omissions or errors."
Chu Xingchen glanced over.
Zheng Xiaofeng had already presented a rather long list. Presumably, the entire Marquis's Residence had been investigated down to its very foundations.
Chu Xingchen glanced at it but did not take it.
"Let the law be followed as it stands. They simply threw their weight around because no one reined them in before. Now that someone is, they have to pay for what they did."
Remembering something, Chu Xingchen said sternly, "I only