At the same time, Zhao Shanhe sent a message to Dongfang Sansan, explaining the situation over here.

Such a big incident happened in the jurisdiction, and there was also a traitor inside. How could Zhao Shanhe dare to hide it and not report it?

Dongfang Sansan just calmly asked one question: "Can you handle it?"

"I can handle it!"

"I’ll be waiting for the interrogation results!"

"Yes!"

He put down the Communication Jade.

Dongfang Sansan immediately called for Yan Wuzui: "Donghu State is changing. Send a team over there to assist."

"Yes."

Then Dongfang Sansan called for Bu Chou: "Go to Donghu State, find Zhao Shanhe! Guard the southeast!"

"Alright!"

Bu Chou set off.

"This incident is truly a huge surprise."

Dongfang Sansan smiled bitterly: "That little brat, going there and immediately stirring up such a commotion... even I was taken aback."

He walked to the window, looked towards the southeast, and murmured: "This time, let these young people see the filth of the world. Even among the Guardians and officials, there is so much darkness and depravity. I just hope your hearts won’t be shaken and lose faith."

"In the mortal world, through dirt and filth, one understands the clarity of the true self, the purity of the original self;

Traversing the secular world, witnessing the cold and ugly, comprehending the righteousness of Benxin, the purity of the original intention!"

Dongfang Sansan slowly recited this couplet he had personally written and gifted to Fang Che’s team.

"Fang Che... do not lose hope in this mortal world. Only by experiencing this, by seeing the truth, can one truly become a Guardian! A true Guardian!"

"This world has never been pure, it’s always been filthy, but because of this, the existence of Guardians is the beacon in the night."

"Because of this, countless heroes from past to present have been sung in legends!"

"I hope you do not disappoint my painstaking care."

...

Indeed, the extent of this incident’s unexpectedness was beyond everyone’s imagination.

Nobody expected it.

It was just a crackdown on a gang.

Who would have thought it would lead to such a heaven-angered, people-resented colossal event!

Moreover, the consequences of this incident could very likely affect the entire southeast, countless Shi Families, countless Martial Artists, countless big merchants!

Even countless officials... and Guardians!

The nature of its evil was appalling.

Even Fang Che, who orchestrated the whole affair, upon returning to the Inspection Hall, was in a state of mental numbness.

He truly hadn’t anticipated that the affair would escalate to such proportions!

A mere gang like the Heihu Gang could lead to potential cataclysms in the southeast; even if you wanted to blow up Fang Che’s mind before he acted, he wouldn’t have thought of it.

But after seeing those desolate girls, after seeing the Ten Thousand Corpse Pit at the Zhao Family’s northeast corner, he was determined to completely unravel and resolve this matter.

At that moment.

Feng Xiangdong noticed that a large area over there was actually blank. Feeling odd, he went to take a look.

As a result, uncovering the ground, it turned out to be a huge, heavy iron plate.

Unveiling it, below was a dark hole filled with dense corpses and bones.

Some at the bottom were already decomposed.

These were the bodies of innocent young girls buried here over the years.

Three Guardians worked together to dig out all the skeletal remains, piling them into a mountain.

With a depth of hundreds of feet, roughly estimated, there were at least forty to fifty thousand bodies!

White bones like a mountain, all of them beauties!

Everyone’s eyes turned red.

Tearing with rage!

What an utmost act of depravity!

These corpses... were originally supposed to live in their homes, carefree like flowers!

Innocently captured, innocently abused, innocently perished here. Even until their death, no one knew, with their families still searching tirelessly.

Yet, they did not know that the beautiful flowers meant to bloom in the mortal world had already turned into lifeless bones here.

Everyone was collectively shocked.

Fang Che faced the massive pile of white bones, silent for a long time.

Finally, he spoke: "I can feel the eyes of these skeletons are pleading to me for help, imploring me to uphold justice for them. Do you hear it?"

Countless people’s bodies trembled.

"Perhaps in their dreams, they never thought that the ones they pleaded to for justice, that finally someone came here, turned out to be just ’playing around’ here!"

Fang Che coldly laughed: "Fellow colleagues, Guardians! Heroes of the Continent! What do you think about this?"

"The bones will temporarily remain unburied here. When I have secured justice for them, with Red Cloth on top, red flowers leading the way, ten miles of incense candles, and Sky Burning Fire, we will send their souls away."

Fang Che bowed towards the pile of white bones: "Fated beautiful souls, please wait a little longer. See if there is still justice in this world."

He straightened up, pressed the sword hilt, and turned to leave.

The wind never ceased.

In the massive pile of white bones, the black, hollow eyes of the skulls seemed to still gaze coldly at this mortal world.

As if there were countless young women, watching in despair.

It was a gaze like dead ash.

...

That night.

Zhao Shanhe personally organized the investigation, starting to check account books and brothel records.

Then selecting absolutely reliable personnel, interrogating those Madams—because these people held a lot of regular customer lists!

These were the primary source of data.

Many things not on the ledgers were stored in these people’s minds!

The entire interrogation operation, Zhao Shanhe directly opened his Divine Sense.

Enveloping all interrogation rooms.

Any movement, none could escape his sensing. Eliminating any possibility of favoritism, cover-ups, or collusion.