This was fucking... a bit tiresome.
"Li Chenglong, think about it. What else hasn't been settled?" Zuo Xiaoduo asked.
As they began discussing serious business, Li Chenglong grew serious too.
He counted on his fingers. "Three days ago, news came from Upper Capital City: the Cabinet ordered the confiscation of the Four Great Lineages' assets. That included the Wu Lineage, Gao Lineage, Wei Family, and Lü Lineage."
"And on that same day, everyone in the Four Great Lineages who had ever participated in the conspiracy... men and women alike, from top to bottom, a total of one thousand seven hundred and fifty-three people, were all beheaded! That included the heads of all Four Great Lineages. Not one was spared."
Zhongzhong sounded rather admiring. "Minister Nan brought his blade down with real ruthlessness this time! Apparently, even those who were only tangentially involved weren't spared. As for those who went out to carry out missions... every last one was killed, their entire clans wiped out!"
"Now, all that remains of the Four Great Lineages are some children from their direct bloodlines, none older than fifteen, and the women confirmed to have had no involvement. Even if these families aren't crippled beyond recovery, they'll have to lie low for several hundred years at least!"
"Also, more than thirty Witch Alliance bases were rooted out across the country, and every one was destroyed! Everyone connected to them was slaughtered to the last. Even those captured alive were all beheaded for public display after interrogation!"
"Besides that, the Qiu Lineage in Beiliang City-oh, that's the Central Plains King's Consort's birth family-was uprooted outright, and disaster befell the entire family. Implicated in the affair, the Central Plains King's Consort hanged herself in the Prince's Manor that night. Everyone who had accompanied her there upon her