More than half a month earlier, the Cui Family had been wiped out for its involvement with the Elysium Evil Cult.
The Embroidered Uniform Guard from neighboring Hexi had accompanied the Southern Pacification Commissioner dispatched from Capital City to Qingkou to conduct a joint investigation.
Qingkou's Thousand-Household Commander Lu had been guilty of gross negligence. But considering that he had remedied his mistakes, successfully stabilized the situation, and eliminated the cult's ringleaders, his merits offset his crimes. His salary was docked for a year, and he was barred from promotion.
Even after the outside investigators had left, however, screening for the Elysium Evil Cult continued throughout Qingkou Province.
It mainly targeted gambling dens, brothels, and similar establishments.
Since members of the Elysium Evil Cult controlled by the Elysium White Lotus had certain distinctive physical features, the sweeping inspections really did uncover more of them and even destroy one of the cult's Branch Halls.
But the scale of the operation also left people throughout Qingkou uneasy, and even reports of Madmen increased.
So after the Elysium Evil Cult's Branch Hall had been destroyed, the Qingkou Provincial Administration Commission Office issued a public notice announcing that the cult's malignant presence had been eradicated and reassuring the populace.
At least Qingkou Province City seemed to have returned to its former prosperity.
The earlier curfew and crackdown on pleasure establishments had even prompted pent-up customers to go on spending sprees, leaving the streets packed with people...
At Laifu Inn, Lin Hao poured himself a cup of Bamboo Leaf Green and drank alone. Beside him, Yi Feng had already eaten his fill and lost all fighting capacity, slumping back in his chair.
Qian Tong and his people had started coming over to transport salt. Since this was the first trip, Yi Feng had asked Yang