Heining Ningqi, the commander of the imperial guards, gave the order.
The mansion of Finance Minister Sauv was instantly reduced to a scene of hell.
Those who ran around were killed, those who cursed were killed, those who carried money were killed, and those who carried weapons were killed.
In short, anyone who wanted to live could only kneel on the ground and wait to be arrested. Otherwise, they would be killed.
In a short while, the entire residence was littered with corpses.
An hour later, Sof's entire family of more than 30 people had been arrested, and more than 300 people had been killed.
Finally, when everyone was escorted to the prison cart, the sound of crying shook the heavens.
The people who lived on this street were all nobles and high-ranking officials of the kingdom. Seeing this scene, they immediately became silent, hiding in their homes and trembling.
Two hours later, Finance Minister Sof's entire family was escorted to the prison.
The Shadow Pavilion's civil servants and eunuchs began to enter the residence and confiscate the property.
Throughout the process, the Shadow Pavilion and the imperial guards supervised each other, preventing anyone from pocketing money during the confiscation process.
Hidden Island's Young Master Fang Qingyi watched everything coldly.
When everything was over, he went to the commander of the imperial guards, Heining Ningqi, and said coldly, "Please tell Søren that he will pay for everything he has done today."
"Scram!" Heining Ningqi said coldly, "The day I bring the Regent to arrest you."
"Dream on!" Fang Qingyi sneered, "Just a bunch of ants!"
His high and mighty attitude was exactly the same as Princess of Elf Continent Wan Wan.
The Raging Wave Kingdom had not yet become a colony of Hidden Island, but he already looked at everyone in this country as if they were natives.
Then, Fang Qingyi turned and left.
Søren's arrest of Sof was equivalent to declaring war on Hidden Island!
If the other party did the first move, then Fang Qingyi would do the second.
He would counterattack, and give a fatal counterattack!
…
"Your Excellency, we have successfully arrested Sof's entire family." Heining Ningqi came to Søren and knelt on one knee.
Søren looked at Heining Ningqi and found that his eyes were extremely fanatical, and even his hands were trembling.
He could somewhat understand Heining Ningqi's feelings!
The relationship between the Heining family and the royal Si family was similar to the relationship between Ye Jingyu family and the Suo family.
Even before the Lao Family was crowned king, the Hei Family had been the Lao Family's retainers for generations.
Over a hundred years ago, the Heining family had changed their surname to Si. Just like how many warriors in Søren's family had changed their surname to Si.
But later on, the Hei Shi family's contributions were too great, so they restored their original surname and became one of the nobles of the kingdom.
Fifty years ago, the Hei Shi clan began to walk on two legs, one in the civil and one in the military.
Heining Si family officials were Ningqi of civil servants, and Si family official. The leader of the generals was Hei Ningqi, the commander of the Imperial Guards!
As Heining Ningqi, he was was, was was, and was a true patripatri. as. Swho that. as Who were, as, he, he had he. who, who who, who, who who who who,
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Compared to Hei Ningqi, Minister Hei Mu was much more rational.
Scholars tended to think too much.
All these years, although Si Si Si Si did not work with Zhi Li's organization, he had been staying at home, pretending to be sick.
"Good." Søren said, "How is King City's Gold?"
Ningqi said, "Li Ruofei, the Vice Commander of the Imperial Guards, led 10,000 soldiers to take over King City's Gold. There should be no problem. We should have good news soon."
King City's Gold's headquarters was on the outskirts of Fengdu. It was a separate castle.
Søren nodded, "Let's go. I will go meet Sof, the Hidden Island's imperial envoy."
"Duke, please." Heining Qi bowed.
When Søren left the palace, he was protected by Eunuch Gao Yin and Ningqi, two top experts. He was accompanied by over 3,000 elite warriors.
Søren's life was too important, so he had countless people protecting him at all times. His security even exceeded that of the King.
In the Black Dragon Terrace's prison, Søren once again met Minister of Finance Sof, who was now a prisoner.
Sof was no longer the handsome middle-aged man he once was. His entire right hand was gone, and his whole body was trembling. However, his eyes were filled with madness.
When he saw Søren, he immediately hissed, "Søren, you will regret this. You will regret this! My brother, High Priest Baron, will come to save me. The master of the Hidden Island will come to save me. You will be in big trouble soon. You will be in big trouble soon! "
Søren asked, "Heining Qi, what is the result of the raid on Sof's residence?"
Heining Qi said, "Duke, although the raid is not over, it seems that the results are not great. Most of Sof's money is not at home. Perhaps it is at King's Gold Airship. "
Søren had already sent the Royal Guard Deputy Commander Li Ruofei to lead 10,000 soldiers to take over the Gold Airship.
Søren arrived in front of Sof and said, "Lord Sof, the treasury is currently in a deficit of more than 7 million gold coins. And you have embezzled more than 10 million gold coins. I want this money back. When you bought the nobles of the kingdom on behalf of the Hidden Island, you must have an account book. Can you give it to me? I will confiscate your property according to this account book. I want the money back! "
"Hahaha …" Sof laughed, "You can't get it back. This money has become real estate. It has become large tracts of land, manors, and mines. And you want me to hand over anything? In your dreams! "
With that, Sof spat at Søren.
"This account book of yours is very important. Without this account book, how am I supposed to chase after the stolen goods, confiscate the property, capture the people, and find out who the important members of your Hidden Continent's interest groups are?" Sauron said, "So, can I trouble you to recall where these account books are?"
"Ptui …" Sof spat again.
"Bring his son here," Søren said.
Immediately, a warrior brought over a twenty-something-year-old hedonistic young man.
"Haha, you want to use my son's life to threaten me …" Sof laughed loudly.
However, before he could finish laughing, his laughter came to an abrupt halt.
This was because Søren had chopped down with his sword. This foppish son of Sof's had been beheaded.
"Bring his father here," Søren said.
Following that, two warriors brought an old man in embroidered robes over.
The old man roared at Søren, "Little thief, you dare? Chief Judge Baron is my godson …"
"Slash …" Søren's sword pierced through the old man's mouth and through his skull.
"Next!" Søren beckoned.
Søren did not see who it was. With a slash, he chopped off the person's head.
"Next …"
"Next …"
"Next …"
Just like that, Søren killed more than ten people from Sof's family. Finance Minister Sof's face turned ashen. His body trembled, and he almost peed his pants.
"I won't kill people out of spite." Søren said calmly, "Turin Duo is insane. She offended me and almost hurt my son. I didn't torture her. Instead, I punished her. That's because I'm not cruel and bloodthirsty. But … if it's for a certain purpose, I can kill a thousand or ten thousand people without batting an eyelid! "
Sof's entire body trembled. "High Priest Baron will come to save me. The Hidden Island will come to save me."
Søren nodded and beckoned. "Next!"
Immediately, two warriors pushed a person forward. It was a teenager. This was Sof's youngest son. He was slightly older than Ashe Yuanba.
Søren's heart softened. He hesitated for a moment before putting down his sword.
"Forget it. Sof is heartless and selfish. Even if I kill everyone in his family, he won't bat an eyelid." Søren said. He waved his hand and signaled for the two warriors to take Sof's youngest son away.
Then, he suddenly noticed that this teenager was looking at Søren with hatred.
Søren walked forward and said to Sof's son, "I know you hate me because I killed your family. But killing one more person today is to kill one hundred less tomorrow. "
"I will remember you. I will remember you." The teenager said with hatred, "Wait for me to get out alive. Wait for me to go to the Hidden Island and the Dragon Temple. When I come back, I will definitely kill your entire family."
"Hidden Island, Dragon Temple?" Søren said. "You are from the Raging Wave Kingdom. When did you become a person of the Hidden Island?"
"Bah! This young master is an upper-class person of the Hidden Continent, not a lowly Raging Ronin! "The youth spat out a mouthful of saliva.
Søren frowned and fell into a dilemma. After a moment of hesitation, he walked forward, grabbed the teenager's head, and twisted it lightly.
"Kacha …" The teenager's neck was directly twisted, and he died on the spot!
Letting go of the teenager's corpse, Søren went in front of Sof and found that there was only fear in the other party's eyes, not much sadness.
"You are a bad person. Facing the tragic death of your family, you don't feel much grief." Søren said, "It seems that you won't open your mouth if I threaten you with your family. Then let's use another method!"
Then, Søren waved his hand.
A Shadow Pavilion Warrior took a red-hot branding iron and placed it next to Sof's face.
Sof felt incomparably hot on his face and couldn't open his eyes.
He was really afraid, but he knew that once he spoke, he would undoubtedly die. The Hidden Island definitely wouldn't let him off.
And if he insisted on not speaking, although it would be very painful, at least he wouldn't die.
Søren asked, "This is very painful. You better not suffer. Where is the account book?"
"There is no account book!" Sof said.
Søren waved his hand.
The Shadow Pavilion Warrior directly imprinted the red-hot branding iron on Sof's face.
"Ah …" Sof let out an incomparably mournful scream.
The air was filled with a burning smell.
Finance Minister Sof immediately defecated and urinated, and fainted from the pain.
A basin of cold water was directly splashed on Sof's face, waking him up.
"Where is the account book?" Søren asked.
Sof grinned at Søren and said, "High Priest Baron will come to save me. The Hidden Island will come to save me. Søren, you are in big trouble."
Hei Ningqi, who was standing at the side, was furious and wanted to personally torture him!
Søren waved his hand and said, "No need. The pain he suffered just now has already exceeded the limit. If we torture him again, he won't feel any pain. He still has hope in his heart, so he won't say anything. Find the best doctor to treat him. Don't let him die. "
"Yes!" Hei Ningqi said.
Søren turned around and left the prison.
Hei Ningqi said, "Your Excellency, what should we do next? How do we make Sof talk? "
Søren said, "Don't worry. He will talk. He hasn't talked yet, not because he has a strong will, but because his desire to live is too strong. He knows that once he confesses, he will definitely die. When he feels that his life is worse than death, he will talk. Look at Vice Minister Yidu, he seems to have a card up his sleeve! "
Black Dragon Platform Vice Minister Yidu bowed and said with a smile, "Yes, I have seen this kind of situation many times. He will talk in three days at most."
Søren said, "No need for three days. I will go find Princess Jung Yeon and let her use mental technique to suppress and break his will!"
… …
Søren was racing against time!
The Hidden Island will definitely fight back, and it will be very fierce and fatal!
However, Søren still had to follow a principle. You fight your own, I fight mine.
He absolutely cannot passively go into defense just because the Hidden Island wants to attack. He absolutely cannot do this!
Right now, there were two things he needed to do.
The first was to completely take control of King City's Gold Vessel and not let the situation worsen.
The second was to obtain a large amount of gold coins in the shortest time possible to deal with the upcoming crisis!
With the Hidden Island's counterattack, the Raging Wave Kingdom's money supply would be cut off.
At that time, there would not even be enough money to maintain the kingdom's operations. Millions of troops would not receive their pay, countless officials would not receive their salaries, and the entire country's machinery would stop functioning at any time.
Once it reached that point, the consequences would be fatal!
Søren was powerful, but he could not order others to work without money.
Moreover, with the exposure of the King City's Gold Vessel scandal, there would definitely be a bank run.
If the vassals and nobles came to withdraw money, Søren could still refuse and even threaten them with swords and sabers because their money was not clean.
However, a large part of the King City's Gold Vessel's money belonged to the kingdom's wealthy and middle class, and even ordinary people.
If these people came to withdraw money, Søren must pay them.
This was because these people's money was clean, and it was necessary for them to live. If they also could not withdraw money, then the entire Raging Wave Kingdom's credibility would be destroyed, and the entire country would be in complete chaos.
In Søren's eyes, the nobles and vassals could be in chaos during this crisis, but the ordinary people could not be in chaos!
The hearts of the people were like water, and the movements of the people were like smoke!
The hearts of the people were not valuable most of the time, but at critical moments, they were the most important.
At this critical moment, once the ordinary people were in chaos, the entire kingdom would almost completely collapse.
This was because this was a country that had just experienced a civil war, a country that had not smoothly transitioned its ruling class!
On the surface, the national treasury only had a deficit of slightly over seven million gold coins, but once the crisis erupted, it would be a huge hole of over ten million gold coins.
At this moment, there was still a large amount of gold coins in King City's Gold Vessel. As long as they completely took over King City's Gold Vessel, the foundation would be half stabilized. This was because according to Sauf's previous narration, Zhi Li had only used about 30% of King City's gold coins.
A few days ago, after Zhi Li's failure, Søren immediately sent people to take over King City's Gold Vessel.
However, the Yin Yuan Association was the biggest shareholder of King City's Gold Vessel, and at that time, Søren had not completely fallen out with Hidden Island, so he could not use force.
Now that they had completely fallen out, Søren made a prompt decision to immediately send troops to lock down and take over King City's Gold Vessel.
Taking over King City's Gold Vessel was not enough. Søren still needed a sum of gold coins to deal with the impending bank run crisis and to maintain the country's operations.
He did not need a lot of gold coins, three to four million would be enough.
However, even three to four million was not something he could afford. He only had a mere few hundred thousand gold coins on hand.
Therefore, he could only obtain this sum of money through confiscation, but whose exactly should he confiscate?
He would have to rely on Sauf's account book because only he knew how much money the nobles and officials in King City had received and how much money they had embezzled.
Søren would not confiscate anyone's property as that would be a fatal blow to the country's credibility.
…
Søren went to the princess' residence to look for Jung Yeon and get her to use Mental Suppression to break Sauf's will and force him to reveal the account book.
This account book definitely existed. This was Sauf's way of grasping the kingdom's influential officials, the most lethal weapon in his hands. He would definitely treat it like a treasure and hide it somewhere.
Before Søren reached the princess' residence, he received a fatal piece of news!
The deputy commander of the Imperial Guards sent to take over King City's Gold Vessel flew over and knelt on the ground.
"Your Excellency, King City's Gold Vessel has been burned. All the account books and files inside have been burned."
The deputy commander of the Imperial Guards, Li Ruofei, knelt on the ground and trembled.
This news was like a bolt from the blue to Søren.
Li Ruofei said, "When our army surrounded King City's Gold Vessel, they burned the entire vessel as fast as they could. Every part of the vessel was doused with oil! Once the fire started, there was no way to put it out. "
King City's Gold Vessel was Søren's foundation to stabilize the situation and deal with the impending crisis!
Now, it had been burned to the ground!
He knew that Fang Qingyi would retaliate crazily, but he didn't expect him to be so decisive and burn the entire King City's Gold Vessel. Doing so would be a huge loss to the reputation of the Yinyuan Association.
At this moment, Søren could almost feel the sinister smile of the Hidden Island's Young Master Fang Qingyi.
Burning King City's Gold Vessel had almost forced Søren into a desperate situation.
By then, the loss wouldn't just be a few million gold coins, but ten to twenty million gold coins.
What was more terrifying was the complete collapse of the kingdom's finances and the complete collapse of the country's machinery.
Søren closed his eyes!
The most dangerous and fatal moment had arrived!
A moment later, Søren opened his eyes and said calmly, "Pass down my order. Let the Imperial Guards surrounding King City's Gold Vessel charge in and kill all the members of the Yinyuan Association! Hei Ningqi, immediately lead the army and surround the headquarters of the Yinyuan Association! "
Hei Ningqi trembled violently. The headquarters of the Yinyuan Association was truly a place outside the law.
It was equivalent to the Hidden Island's embassy in the Raging Wave Kingdom. It truly belonged to the Dragon Temple's sphere of influence. Once they sent troops to surround the headquarters of the Yinyuan Association, it would cause a huge change.
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