As night fell, darkness enveloped the entire city, and from the balcony of the high buildings of the Governor's Palace, you could barely see the lights of every house in the city.

Su Yan picked up the wine glass he had placed on the balcony handrail with satisfaction and took two sips gently. This is a unique fruit wine in Dongyu Province, it is not intoxicating, and the taste is also very good, this is Su Yan's favorite drink.

He has been in Gongcheng for four years, which means that he has been the governor of Dongyu Province for four years. During these four years, the Eastern Yu Province was in good order under his management, and there were no major problems, and of course, he was not able to do anything. In other words, in the past four years, he has been eating the old background left by the previous governor who presided over the development of Dongyu Province, and the current stable development of Dongyu Province is just the inertia of the great development four years ago.

However, it has nothing to do with him what the Eastern Yu Province will look like next, in less than a year, his term of office will be up, according to the Liuguan system of the Star Emperor Kingdom, he will be sent to other provinces as governors, and there will also be governors of other provinces to take his place.

Of course, the court may have demoted him because of his inaction over the years, and no longer appointed him as governor. But it didn't matter, he had already thought about this situation and prepared enough money. If the court no longer appoints him, he will resign from the prime minister's office and return to his hometown to be a rich man.

The night was a little deep, the lights in the city were gradually thinning, and the night wind poured into the room from the balcony, and Su Yan, who was standing on the balcony, couldn't help but shiver.

The cold wind at night was actually not too cold, but Su Yan was just an ordinary person with a human-level cultivation, and he couldn't hold up such a cold wind.

Su Yan walked into the room with a wine glass, and closed the floor-to-ceiling windows along with the balcony and the room, the cold wind was blocked outside, and the heater in the house made Su Yan's whole person warm and uncomfortable.

"Winter is coming. Su Yan drank the fruit wine in the cup in one gulp, the taste of alcohol lingering in his throat, and a warmth slowly flowed from his abdomen to his limbs.

"Winter is coming, and spring is not far away. Spring is here, and it's time for Master Su to be transferred, right?"

Su Yan was startled by the sudden appearance of the voice. He put down his glass, immediately took out a dagger from the storage ring, and then said to the dark figure who suddenly appeared by the window, "Who are you? Do you know that trespassing on the Doge's Palace is a great crime? Guards!"

"Master Su, there is no need to call the guards, they won't come back. The black shadow smiled, sat behind Su Yan's usual desk, and willingly flipped through the documents on Su Yan's desk.

Su Yan instinctively felt that something was wrong, and shouted a few more words, but it was still as quiet as death outside.

"What did you do!"

Su Yan clenched the hand of the dagger and sent it slightly, he now understood that this black shadow was definitely a strong man, otherwise it would be impossible to quietly eliminate all the guards. You must know that in order to protect the safety of the Governor, the Governor's Guard of the Star Emperor Kingdom is all led by Saint-level monks.

"Is it easy to get rid of the saint-level monk?" muttered in a low voice, and Su Yan withdrew the dagger into the storage ring. He poured himself a glass of cider and picked up his glass again.

"I don't care who you are, I think you should know what kind of crime it is to kill the Governor of the Empire. Su Yan forcibly calmed down, and after taking a sip of fruit wine, he slowly spoke again, "Come to me, it's nothing more than to ask for something." Whatever you want, whatever I can give you, I can give you. ”

The black shadow didn't answer, he still casually looked at the documents on Su Yan's desk. This made Su Yan a little puzzled in his heart.

"You have to think about it, don't kill me, you can take what you want and fly away. If you kill me, the Empire will not let you go. ”

The black shadow raised his head, and only those deep eyes on his face shrouded in darkness seemed to see through Su Yan's soul.

Seeing it like this by the black shadow, Su Yan shuddered. His face twitched, and he hurriedly said, "I have a lot of money, enough for you to live." Also, a strong man like you shouldn't be doing these things, you must have some difficulty, right? I can help, I ......."

"Lord Su. The black shadow finally spoke to interrupt Su Yan's talking, he stood up, bent down slightly, and said, "First time we meet, introduce yourself." My name is Jiang Zhongyun, a first-class inspector of the Inspectorate Department of the Imperial Court Inspection Department of the Star Emperor State. ”

Su Yan looked at Jiang Zhongyun in a daze, his mouth opened, but he couldn't say a word.

His wine glass fell to the ground, making a crisp breaking sound, and the wine poured on his shoes, but at this time, Su Yan didn't have the heart to care about these things.

Jiang Zhongyun shrugged his shoulders and said, "Master Su, if you are as smart as you, you should have already guessed the purpose of my trip, then we will go directly to the procedure." ”

As he spoke, Jiang Zhongyun took out a document from the storage ring and said, "On February 3, 784 of the Troubled Dragon Era, Su Yan, a former director-level official of the State Administration Department of the Prime Minister's Mansion, was officially appointed as the governor of Dongyu Province, with the same rank as a deputy ministerial-level official. During his four years and eight months in office, he embezzled 660,000 gold coins from the imperial court, sold 370,000 gold coins worth of materials for the city defense army, accepted bribes worth 920,000 gold coins, and illegally earned a total of 1.95 million gold coins. According to the laws of the empire, the inspectors of the Inspectorate Department were ordered to arrest Su Yan, all illegal income was confiscated, the men in the family were assigned to the northern frontier, and the women were nationalized...... Master Su, there is no problem with what is written on this paper, right?"

Su Yan's whole body was weak and he collapsed on the ground. He thought about it for a long time, but he never thought that he would end up like this. It stands to reason that Dongyu Province is far away from the central province, and the inspection department of the imperial court has never been able to find here.

"Master Su, are you putting on the shackles yourself or am I coming?"

"I'll do it myself. Su Yan sighed, took the shackles handed over by Jiang Zhongyun, and changed them in his hand, "...... Can you not harm your family?"

"Master Su, this is the law of the empire, and we are only acting according to the law. ”

“...... Let go of my family, I can give you benefits. You know, I'm in, I'll come out after a while, you're still young, don't ruin your future!"

"Master Su, it seems that you haven't seen the situation clearly. It is His Majesty's intention to arrest you, and your patron in the imperial court...... The house that was raided this morning is now being sent to the Ministry of Justice, and you can see him. ”

“...... How dare you ......?"

"Lord Su, times have changed, and the current situation of the empire no longer allows His Majesty to be merciful. ”

......

As Jiang Zhongyun said, the current situation of the Star Emperor Kingdom can no longer tolerate Xingheng's benevolence.

Situations like Jiang Zhongyun's arrest of Su Yan have occurred in dozens of provinces of the Star Empire, the only difference is that the people arrested are different, among them are the governor, the city lord, the people from the military department, and the people from the inspection department and the Ministry of justice.

This is a great purge, washing away more than ninety percent of the moths of the empire and deterring the rest that are difficult to catch. The Star Empire needs such a purge, and only then can the entire empire be put in motion for war.

Yes, war is coming, and the Star Empire must be prepared.

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