Zhang San, please behave yourself!-Chapter 912 - 846: The Night of Seven Princes...

"Sixth Brother, I have a task for you."

"Third Brother, what is it? Tell me!"

Wang Ziteng had just led people to sweep through the entire Shu King’s Mansion. Although they hadn’t counted the bodies yet, Wang Ziteng, being from the Wang Family, was more familiar with the layout of such grand estates. Thus, he quickly managed to completely seal off the entire Shu King’s Mansion.

Although a few Cultivators managed to escape, their numbers were small and didn’t pose much of an issue.

"According to this list personally written by the King of Shu, make a copy. Go arrest them. If they resist, kill them. If not, bring them back. Then send people to check the residences of all officials in Yizhou City; if they’re poor or of average means, have them immediately report any findings of rebel traces. Otherwise, they will be considered conspirators."

Wang Ziteng asked curiously, "And if they find families with exceptionally good conditions, particularly wealthy ones?"

Zhang San smiled slightly and said, "Then add their names to the list provided by the King of Shu."

Wang Ziteng understood and immediately went to work.

Thus, the night of Yizhou City began to bustle with noise.

The doors of countless ministers’ homes were violently pounded on, and once opened, the Divine Martial Army charged in, explained their purpose, and began to search.

If the household was poor or of average means, they were left alone.

Upon finding financially well-off households, they reported to the leader, who then added the official’s name to the list in front of them.

Then they turned to them and said, "According to the list provided by the King of Shu, you are implicated in imprisoning and organizing rebellion with them. Search the house and confiscate all their belongings!"

The officials were dumbfounded!

"No! The rebellion was orchestrated by the King of Shu, what does it have to do with us officials? Also, didn’t you just add my name to the list by hand?"

The leader was momentarily stunned, never expecting that the other party would notice despite his clandestine actions.

But being a Martial Artist from the battlefield, he didn’t hesitate in the face of conflict.

"Nonsense, your name is clearly on the list. Don’t believe it? Look here, is there a Hu Along on this list, isn’t that you?"

The official was enraged, yelling at the leader, "My name is Hu Ayu! Hu Ayu!"

The leader nodded, then crossed out Hu Along’s name from the list, wrote Hu Ayu below it, showed it to the official, and asked, "Is it correct this time?"

The official nodded.

"Since you’ve confirmed, your name is on the rebel list. Men, seize him!"

"Wait! You just added my name! Bastard! Let go of me! I’m from the Hu Family! Do you know the Hu Family of Yizhou? If you dare arrest me, just wait..."

The other soldiers weren’t interested in this man’s babbling.

After all, they’ve encountered too many verbose people like Hu Ayu tonight.

Some people realized the situation was dire and immediately fled with their people.

Even though the four gates of Yizhou City were tightly shut at night, for Martial Artists, the high city walls were not difficult to leap over.

However, Zhang San wasn’t really worried about those who managed to escape.

After all, he had already stationed troops at all exits around Yizhou City.

The following morning, in the council chamber of the Shu King’s Mansion, Zhang San sat to the side, having invited the King of Shu, Yang Ling, to sit in the center.

The King of Shu, Yang Ling, sitting in the center, looked at everyone present, appearing tense.

After all, he had only been planning a rebellion that hadn’t yet begun, yet it was already over.

And wasn’t Zhang San supposed to have been dealt with by those at Long Xutuo?

How did he suddenly invade Yizhou City in the dead of night and capture the Shu King’s Mansion?

Seeing the current situation, the King of Shu felt that Zhang San and his men must have taken over the entire Yizhou City.

Seeing that everyone from his side had arrived, Zhang San stood and saluted Yang Ling respectfully.

"Your Highness, King of Shu, we have come to rescue you, and have captured all the rebels in Yizhou City. Besides the list you previously provided, during the capture of these rebels, we found some who were colluding with them. I have added them to this rebel list for your review."

Zhang San compiled the consolidated list and handed it to the King of Shu, Yang Ling.

The King of Shu, Yang Ling, took a look.

Good heavens, all his confidants were completely wiped out.

Previously, although he was scared to the extreme, he intentionally omitted some of his confidants and favored ministers from the list, hoping they would find a way to save him.

But unexpectedly, even though these names weren’t on his list, Zhang San still discovered them.

This Zhang San, truly impressive!

The King of Shu, Yang Ling, didn’t realize that many of his confidants earned their positions by currying favor through gifts of amusing and practical items.

How could such people be clean?

And Zhang San’s sweep through Yizhou City’s officialdom last night had tantamount to a thorough purge.

Almost all corrupt officials were arrested.

With such a tight net, how could there still be any fish that slipped through?

After glancing at the list, the King of Shu, Yang Ling, said, "Everything is up to Great General Zhang."

Zhang San nodded with satisfaction.

Unexpectedly, this King of Shu, Yang Ling, was quite cooperative.

Then others came forward to report on how many rebels listed had been captured and which were still at large.

Although Zhang San had the means to sweep them all up, capturing every one of them,

doing so would deprive the Sword South Path generals of their sense of participation.

By leaving some at large, he allowed them to also earn some merits, which could later be rewarded when they returned to the Capital Region Road.

After all, Zhang San’s primary goal wasn’t to complete the Red Emperor’s task, but to preserve all the combat strength of the Sword South Path, preparing for a potential Outer God invasion in the future.

If he annihilated everyone with his army now, he could resolve the issue with pure force, but how would he handle any future invasions by Outer Gods?

At this moment, someone suddenly rushed in and saluted Zhang San, saying, "Reporting to the Great General, something has happened. While counting the people in the Shu King’s Mansion, we found that a Princely Heir is missing."

"What!?"

Zhang San and Yang Ling shouted in unison.

Yang Ling, naturally, was worried about his son.

While Zhang San was shocked as to why the King of Shu’s Princely Heir couldn’t be found.

"Moreover, the Princess Consort Lin is also missing."

Upon hearing that his beloved consort was missing, the King of Shu, Yang Ling, fainted directly from fright.

Zhang San wasn’t too concerned about the Princess Consort Lin, as he had already made arrangements regarding her.

But how did the King of Shu’s Princely Heir end up missing?

"I remember the King of Shu having seven Princely Heirs. Which one is missing?"

The person reporting came in, his face awkward, and answered, "Seven, all... all missing."

"What!?"

At this moment, Zhang San sharply realized that something was amiss.

Moreover, if he brought back only the King of Shu, Yang Ling, with all seven of Yang Ling’s sons missing, he wouldn’t be able to explain it to the Red Emperor upon returning to the Capital.

"Round up all the high-ranking officials we’ve captured and bring them here; I need to question them collectively!"

"Yes!"

Zhang San stepped out of the council chamber of the Shu King’s Mansion and looked at the freshly cleared skies over Yizhou City. Large clouds occasionally blocked the sun.

It seemed as though they were telling Zhang San that there were still things he hadn’t seen clearly.