Since Li Xiang's order was that all the property found belonged to the soldiers themselves, these soldiers were extremely serious when searching the church, so they almost demolished the entire church and inspected it brick by brick. With such a search method, naturally there is no secret that can be hidden, and after more than a dozen naked women, an underground warehouse and a bottomless dry well have been searched.

In the underground storeroom, sixteen large chests were found, and when I opened them, they were all filled with gold coins! Each box contains at least 30,000 gold coins, which adds up to 480,000 gold coins. In the Magic Continent, the purchasing power of gold coins is very strong, an ordinary family, three or five silver coins per month is very good, and one gold coin is equivalent to one hundred silver coins. 480,000 gold coins, equivalent to a quarter's tax revenue in the entire Maple Leaf Province. Such a large sum of money frightened the soldiers, and they didn't dare to really put it in their pockets, and obediently handed it over to Li Xiang to deal with.

And the discovery in the dry well is even more amazing, there is a dry underground river under the dry well, and the space below is unimaginably large. And in this space, there is a huge pile of dry bones, which almost scared the soldiers who went down to check it out.

After counting, there are at least more than 200 people in this pile of dry bones, most of which are women's bones, the earliest is even more than 300 years ago, and the most recent is just dead for two or three days, and the skin and flesh have not yet begun to decay.

Li Xiang ordered the bones to be cleaned up, and the corpses were placed in front of the church door one by one. More than 200 corpses were lined up. This made all the soldiers who saw this scene silent, and the eyes that looked at those priests contained quiet anger, like a volcano about to erupt, maybe at the slightest opportunity, it would erupt monstrous flames, burning all these priests with beast hearts to ashes!

Not only the soldiers, but the surrounding residents had already found out about such a big incident in the church, but they just didn't dare to show their faces, and they all leaned on the cracks of the windows to peek. When they saw the bones in front of the platoon of churches, where there was nowhere to put their feet, they were all stunned! And when the dozen or so naked women also came out in blankets, they were recognized by one of the residents, who ran out of the house crying without regard to the danger and took the girl in his arms.

One of them walked out of the house, and the other residents, seeing that there seemed to be no danger, also came out one after another, and came to take a closer look. When a brave man asked the soldier who was cleaning up the bones what was going on, the soldier poured out all the anger he had been holding back for a long time, and told him all the details of their search for the church. When the inhabitants heard that this was done by the priests, who usually looked noble and kind, they were all furious.

Others, remembering their relatives and friends, or people they knew, who had lost a young woman in their family, ran to report the news and asked them to identify the body. In fact, most of the corpses have turned into dry bones, and even if their biological parents come, they may not be able to recognize them, but everyone still rushes to find out which bones are their own.

Coincidentally, there were many people who came to recognize it, and there was really a skeleton that was recognized. The girl broke her leg when she was young, and although she grew better, she still left marks on her bones. Her parents recognized their daughter from this, and immediately wept to death, and then rushed to the priests to fight them for their lives. If it weren't for the soldiers, I'm afraid the priests would have been eaten alive.

One priest, five priests, all of them were dead at this time. They knew that even if they had a church background, they would be dead this time. But they couldn't imagine that they couldn't die now, and Li Xiang wanted to use them to make a big article.

After finally turning over the church thoroughly, Li Xiang withdrew his troops. However, he left a group of soldiers behind to guard the bones in front of the church. Nominally, it was for the people of the city to claim it, but in fact it was for the sins of the clergy to be exposed more publicly.

The garrison was brought back to the barracks, and the dozen or so rebellious officers, six priests, and sixteen large boxes were all taken back to their quarters by Li Xiang. As soon as he entered the door, Phillips greeted him, and looked at him fixedly for a long time before sighing, "My Highness, you are in great trouble!" ”

Li Xiang chuckled and said, "In my impression, Lord Phillips is upright, why is he afraid of the church?" ”

Phillips said helplessly: "Your Highness, do you think that the sins of the church are exposed for the first time?" What is their true face, the high-level leaders of various countries actually know, but the power of the church is too great, and we are helpless. Did you know how many Juggernauts there are on the continent? It's known that there are three, but in fact there are at least five! The church has two! Did you know how many archmages there were? Everyone knows there are four, but there are actually eight, and the church has four! The two Sword Masters, the four Great Magisters, as long as the church is willing, can destroy any country, and even two or three countries joining forces are not their opponents. Your Highness, you ......"

Li Xiang waved his hand and said, "You don't need to say it, I know all this." If they still have the shame to admit their mistakes, if they dare to blame our Holy Empire for this, I will destroy them! ”

Phillips was stunned by his big words, and after a while, he cautiously asked, "Your Highness, do you have a demigod master behind you?" ”

Li Xiang laughed and said nothing, and Phillips thought he understood, so he didn't ask anymore. Instead of reporting to him the results of the arrest, most of the corrupt officials they targeted were caught, but the three first offenders slipped away. This made Phillips very unwilling and felt that he had lost a move.

Li Xiang didn't mind this, and said: "If you don't catch them, it's not necessarily a bad thing." Perhaps, their fate will be even worse. Publish all the facts of the case, and issue arrest warrants for the three first offenders and offer a reward for their capture. At the same time, I am ready to go down on the rebellious civilians, and tell them that if they surrender, given that their crimes are unforgivable, they are excusable, I can be dealt with lightly. If you don't surrender, you will not be forgiven! ”

Phillips agreed first, and then asked, "Your Highness, the reward may not be useful, right?" The family of those three guys is deeply rooted in Maple Leaf Province, and it is too easy to hide the three of them, and it is impossible to be caught. ”

Li Xiang said indifferently: "Their family? They instructed the garrison to arrest me, and they committed the great crime of rebellion, can their family stay out of it? ”

Phillips was surprised: "Your Highness, are you going to ...... To uproot their family? This...... There is no such law in the Empire! ”

The laws of the Magic Continent do not have the saying that the nine clans are all done by one person. Even if there is a rebellion, only the rebels are arrested, but their families are not guilty at all. Of course, this is just under the legal framework, and various forces are fighting, but no matter what the law is or not, it is common to implicate family members. But that's other forces, Li Xiang, as the prince of the Holy Empire, can't let people find fault with every move, and he can't do anything that violates the law.

Of course, Li Xiang understood this, and still smiled lightly: "The law does not implicate family members, but what if their family members also commit crimes?" For example, they harbor criminals, and it is a great crime of rebellion. After we put out the bounty, someone found the traces of the three of them, but because they couldn't arrest them, they had to report to you, so you went to arrest them yourself, and they were all stolen. ”

Phillips understood what Li Xiang meant, but he was still worried: "They shouldn't be so stupid and hide people in their own homes, right?" If they were hiding somewhere else, how could they prove that their family was hiding it? ”

Li Xiang said: "They will definitely be hidden in their own homes." All you have to do is take someone to arrest you as soon as you receive the report. ”

Phillips knowingly: "I understand, I'll go back and prepare immediately." ”

When Phillips left, he took with him a dozen officers, six priests, and sixteen large boxes. Li Xiang's clerk Eric was very reluctant to see it, and muttered to Li Xiang in a low voice: "Your Highness, why did he take all the sixteen boxes?" It's too ignorant, at least a few have to be left! ”

Li Xiang knocked on his head and said, "Take money, take what you should take, don't take what you shouldn't!" If you dare to make a mistake in this regard, don't blame me for not being merciful! If you really love money, go to Chris, he has a very good girlfriend, and she just leaks a little bit between her fingers and it will be enough to make you a Monopoly. ”

Of course, Eric is Chris's girlfriend and will make money, and the cute Lisi has been targeted by Li Xiang, even if she makes money, it will be Li Xiang's. Now Li Xiang allowed him to participate in the shares, which immediately made Eric blossom, and quickly thanked Li Xiang, and went to Cristyau.

Two days later, Phillips finally received a report from the "insider" and immediately led his troops to surround the mansion of the three families. The three families thought that they had a strong background, and they were very arrogant to turn Phillips away, and Phillips got Li Xiang's guidance, so he was afraid of their background, and forcibly rushed in to search, and naturally searched out the three escaped guys without accident. This took the people of the three families by surprise and did not understand how they ended up in the house. But now it's too late to say anything, and the "facts" that they harbor criminals are irrefutable, and they were arrested by Phillips together.

Because the facts were clear, the evidence was conclusive, and the trio of criminals were notorious throughout Maple Leaf Province for their collusion with the priests, Phillips received a round of applause for their speedy trial. The three families were also punished to a greater or lesser extent for harboring crimes, and all family property was confiscated. Without property, they are no different from ordinary people, and it is difficult to turn over again. (To be continued.) )