Chapter Ninety-Nine: A River of Blood

Just when those big family forces wanted to attack the mage tower of Duke Shifeng's mansion and look for the information on the possible improved magic cannon, Shi Feng and the three of them finally came to the direct fiefdom, Turag, with five thousand elite soldiers and those bought slaves.

"Is this the Turag? Sure enough, it's a good place!! Looking at the vaguely visible peaks in the distance, Fang Yongyong said with a smile. When I came here, I felt a lot more relaxed.

"That's right, it's really a good place, I didn't expect Your Majesty to be really generous, giving us such a good fiefdom, as far as it seems, the situation here is much better than what the information says." Shui Rourou also nodded and said.

"After all, we have made great achievements, how can Your Majesty fool us with those tattered fiefdoms, the fiefdoms are so big, they will all trouble you in the future." Shi Feng said to Shui Rourou with a smile. Among the three people, only Shui Rourou has management experience, and he and Fang Yongyong are not very familiar with this aspect, and it can even be said that they don't understand it at all.

"It's okay, I'll leave it all to me." Shui Rourou nodded and said.

"Let's go, we must get to Turag City by tonight, we'll rest there." Shi Feng gave the order. More than 5,000 people set out for the only large city in Turag, Tulag.

The closer they got to Tulag City, the more Shi Feng wrinkled when they didn't hear enough, originally thinking that Tulag was a very rich place, so the place where the people here lived should be not much different, but along the way, they didn't see a few people, and even, even a lot of fields were barren, not because of the land, but because there was no one to plant.

"Looks like there's something unexpected here!!" Seeing so many situations that were completely inconsistent with the information, Shui Rourou frowned and said. "It seems that if we want to accept this fiefdom in peace, I'm afraid it's impossible."

"What are you afraid of, we are now the owners of this land, if anyone dares to resist, it will be destroyed, with our strength, such a big place, it will not be able to control the field?" Shi Feng said with a sneer. Now, it's not like he doesn't have people under him, five thousand elite soldiers can run amok in such a big place, besides, there are three Sacred Domain powerhouses who already have a domain, who dares to say a word in their own fiefdom.

"That's just as well." Shui Rourou nodded and said. "I really don't want to be looking for trouble without opening our eyes, we just want to cultivate quietly and improve our strength." Shui Rourou sighed, her face full of helplessness, but she also knew that sometimes if you don't get into trouble, trouble will come to the door by itself.

Another hurried march, and the army had already reached the outside of Turag before it was completely dark, and then camped down, but did not enter the city. More than 5,000 people is really a big burden for Turag City, anyway, he also brought food, Shi Feng did not let these people into the city, but camped outside the city, and he took Shui Rourou and them, as well as those magicians, and walked directly to Tulag City.

Shi Feng and their arrival, there was such a big commotion, they had already alarmed the big and small officials in Tulagene, knowing that it was the new lord who came, the big and small officials in Tulag, as well as the nobles living in the city, all ran out to greet Shi Feng and them. Shi Feng is not only a duke in the empire, the current master of Turag, but also an elder of the Alchemist Guild and the Magician Guild, and also a Sanctuary powerhouse with a realm, no matter which title they have, these people can't help but come out to greet Shi Feng in person.

"I've seen the lord, I've seen the two dukes!!" Shi Feng and the others had not yet reached the city gate, the originally closed city gate suddenly opened, and a group of people came out of it, all dressed extraordinarily, obviously people with status, especially the big fat man at the head, the fat one was almost a round ball, and he came to Shi Feng in a rolling way, and said flatteringly. "The subordinate city lord of Tulag City, Merontu, knows that the lord is coming, and he has already prepared a banquet, and he also invites the lord to enjoy it."

"I've seen the lord, I've seen the two dukes!!" The men standing behind Melontu also saluted.

"Well, it's okay, lead the way. Arrange all these magicians, be sure to entertain them attentively, and send some good wine to those soldiers outside, it's hard for them these days. Shi Feng said lightly, and he didn't say anything about the greeting of these people.

"Yes, my lord, I'll send someone to arrange it." Merontu said respectfully, and then immediately called a subordinate, arranged these things, and then personally led Shi Feng and them towards the City Lord's Mansion, and those who greeted Shi Feng and them with Merontu were not far behind them.

"Who are those people? Why are you still following behind, let's disperse if there is nothing to do, and if there is something, let's talk about it later. Looking at the group of people following behind him, Shi Feng said lightly. He hasn't figured out the matter of Turag yet, Shi Feng doesn't want to contact these people, and when he has time in the future, he naturally has time to deal with them slowly, of course, without provoking him.

"Yes, yes, my subordinates are going to let those people disperse." Merontu, the lord of Turag City, nodded and said. "These people are all nobles in the city and the heads of some families, and they want to make friends with the lord, and since the lord doesn't want to see them, then forget it."

Melontu vaguely transferred Shi Feng's meaning to those who followed behind, and soon, those people dispersed, and the entire team was suddenly reduced by about half.

As soon as he entered the City Lord's Mansion, Shi Feng's brows were furrowed, this City Lord's Mansion was too luxurious, and it was completely incompatible with the scene outside, the first time he entered the City Lord's Mansion, Shi Feng felt that there was something wrong with this City Lord, if nothing else, Shi Feng knew that Shui Rourou was afraid that she was going to take this City Lord, and the City Lord's Mansion was built like this, I am afraid that there was a lot of corruption, and there were no less bad things, and it was a suitable candidate for Liwei.

"Lord Melontu is not less corrupt, is he? It's really an eye-opener for me that a city lord's mansion is so luxurious!! Sure enough, after walking in the City Lord's Mansion for a while, Shui Rourou spoke.

"Lord Duke said, how dare I be corrupt, these are those big clans in the city who see me working diligently for the people, and want to give them to me alive and dead, I have no choice, so I reluctantly accept them, if the adults like it, I will give it to the adults, I think those people of the big clans will know that I gave things to the adults, and they will also feel extremely honored." Naturally, Merontu will not admit that he is corrupt, but relies on all these things on those big clans.

"Diligent? I can't see it, can I? I wonder how the lord of the city explains the problem of sparse population and barren land around Turag? Shui Rourou was not fooled by Mellontu's words, and asked again.

After listening to Shui Rourou's words, Melontu didn't know how to answer, and her head was sweating vigorously.

"This ...... This...... This...... It's none of my business, I've only been in office for a few years, and these are the messes left by my predecessor, and I've tried my best to improve over the years, but nothing has worked!! After holding it for a long time, Merontu finally thought of a reason.

"So that's the case, so I said I wronged you?" Shui Rourou sneered. "I hope you will send me all the information about Turag tomorrow, and don't hide anything, otherwise, don't blame me for being rude." As she spoke, Shui Rourou seriously burst out with a trace of murderous aura.

Listening to Shui Rourou's words, the sweat on Melontu's head became even happier, he didn't dare to refute Shui Rourou's words at this time, but he knew better what had happened to Tulag in the past few years, and he had a lot of credit in it, of course, those big clans in the city also had a share.

"Looks like we'll need to talk to those people about how to deal with them later!!" Melontu thought to herself.

Seeing Mei Longtu's weak heart, Shi Feng and the others all knew that there must be something wrong here, but now is not the time to find faults, wait for a few days, they will find out the situation here, and then decide how to deal with these people.

The banquet was very rich, but no one ate happily, everyone didn't know how to eat, and they didn't eat for long, the dinner was over, and they refused to be retained by Merontu, and the three of Shi Feng left the City Lord's Mansion, and then, out of the city, returned to the military camp stationed outside the city.

As soon as Shi Feng and the others left, Merontu left the City Lord's Mansion in a panic, found those nobles and the heads of the big clans in the city, and discussed how to deal with Shui Rourou's review of Tulag's information, but after discussing it all night, he did not come up with a satisfactory result, and it was not until after dawn that Merontu returned to the City Lord's Mansion with a tired face.

"Humph!! Am I talking about deaf ears? Send a hundred people to me and immediately surround the city lord's mansion, search for me, I don't believe that I can't find what I want, and send another thousand people to control all the main places in the city, and if anyone dares to resist, capture them immediately, and those who don't listen, kill. Hmph, since you didn't send it to me, I'll go get it myself. Waiting until the evening, Shui Rourou did not wait for the information sent by Mei Longtu, Shui Rourou was furious, and immediately sent more than a thousand elite soldiers to solve it by force.

These elite soldiers brought by Shi Feng are all experienced in a hundred battles and powerful, each of them has reached the silver level, and even a few are at the gold level, it is not a simple matter to use such a person to break into the city lord's mansion? Merontu couldn't stop these elite soldiers from rushing into the city lord's mansion and searching everywhere.

"It's over, it's over......" Looking at the elite soldiers who were searching, Merontu knew that he was finished.

The search soon came to fruition, and several secret rooms were found in the city lord's mansion, each of which was full of gold coins, various high-grade materials, and valuable treasures, and even those corruption records that were hidden by Merlon's diagram were all found.

"Hmph, you dare to be so bold, come and arrest all the people on this list, and if there are those who resist, kill !!" Shui Rourou read the records of Merontu's corruption, her face was gloomy and terrifying, and she called a team of elite soldiers and asked them to arrest the nobles and the heads of the great clans who had done all the bad things in Tulag City.

Soon, those nobles and the heads of the big clans were caught in front of Shui Rourou by those elite soldiers, but these people's clothes were torn, and their bodies were also blue and purple, and there was blood in some places.

"Do you have any explanation for any of these things?" Seeing these captured people, Shui Rourou threw the information she found from the City Lord's Mansion in Melontu in front of them and said in a cold voice.

"We have been wronged, wronged...... This is all framed by Melontu, we are all law-abiding citizens, how can we do these things that endanger the empire? After reading the information thrown on the ground, all the people who were arrested shouted loudly, saying in unison that it was all Merontu framing them, that they were not guilty at all, and that they were all good people who couldn't be better.

"Are you wronged? I don't believe it, but I'll know if you've been wronged when the people I sent to search your house come back. Shui Rourou heard these people shouting grievances, and said with a sneer. Now these people are crying out in front of her, waiting for the evidence to be in hand, and see what else they have to say.

Hearing Shui Rourou's words, these people were dumbfounded all of a sudden, they never thought that Shui Rourou was so ruthless, and Gan sent troops to search their homes, and all of a sudden, cold sweat broke out on everyone's bodies. They themselves knew that none of them were clean, and the things they did were really turned out, enough to make them die many times.

"You don't have the right to search, I'm a nobleman of the empire, you don't have the right to ......search," one nobleman shouted, and several other nobles heard and shouted.

"What kind of aristocrat are you? We are dukes, and this is our fiefdom, and I suspect you now, and you have harmed my interests here, and I think it is necessary to search where you live, and if you want, you can go to Yanjing and sue us. Shi Feng said with a sneer. None of these nobles here could be taken into his eyes, so Shi Feng didn't care about their clamor at all.

After listening to Shi Feng's words, these people became honest all of a sudden, and they also knew that they couldn't fight Shi Feng, Shi Feng didn't care about them at all, if he wanted to, he would kill them, and there would be no big problem.

While these people waited, the searcher finally returned, returning with a large amount of information that Shui Rourou wanted.

"Now that the evidence is conclusive, no one will say anything even if I kill you, but I give you a choice, hand over all your property, leave Tulag, and never come back, and another, I will execute you, and your property will be recovered, which one do you choose?" Shui Rourou looked at the information in her hand and said with a smile.

"I fought with you !!" After listening to Shui Rourou's words, those nobles could calm down, but the heads of those big clans couldn't do it, struggling to kill Shui Rourou. was pressed to the ground by the soldiers beside Shui Rourou.

"Execute them, and every one of their families." Shui Rourou said coldly. "Now, have you thought about it?" Shui Rourou looked at the nobles.

Threatened with their lives, the nobles chose to hand over all their possessions and left Tulag with their families, and when they left, Turag was bleeding profusely, but it was from those who were ordered to be executed by Shui Rourou, and the Tulag lord Merontu was among them.

After this rectification, Tulag was completely in the hands of Shui Rourou at once.

(To be continued)