Peerless Taoist

Under careful observation, most of these cases were related to the wealthy families. Many of the children of the rich families who had committed serious crimes had escaped arrest because of their background, but now they were all caught.    

No matter who it was, no matter what background they had, as long as they committed felonies, they would be investigated afterwards.    

Under such a severe blow, not only were there many murderers who had escaped from the law, even some of the dark corners of the Imperial Capital had been swept clean.    

Dozens of underground gangs had been detained, and more than ten thousand evil cultivators had been arrested by the Ministry of Justice.    

Correspondingly, the Imperial Capital had a rare peace and quiet. Even the grumpy rogue who usually had a bad temper only dared to speak softly at this moment. He no longer dared to run amok as he did in the past.    

In the sky, black clothed officials of the Ministry of Justice could be seen shuttling back and forth, and the targets in charge of capturing were gradually expanding.    

There was a Duke of the Zhao Family who had once set up a teeth shop in secret, abducting some children and selling them to other places.    

This was only one of the many properties of this Duke, and it was extremely hidden. However, in the end, it was still investigated by the Ministry of Justice, and they traced the clues and found this Duke.    

The silk robed Dragon Wei, who was in charge of protecting the Duke, chose to back down at this moment.    

Countless officials from the Board of Punishments rushed forward and imprisoned the duke's cultivation level. Then, they escorted him to the prison of the Board of Punishments.    

After that, everyone found out about the various crimes committed by the duke. After being punished for several crimes, he was sentenced to death.    

On the day of execution, countless people watched the scene of the duke's head falling to the ground. The scene was quite shocking.    

This was the Duke of the Zhao Family. No one would have thought that such a noble figure would also have his head falling to the ground one day.    

Blood dyed the floor tiles of the execution ground red. The families that had been quite conflicted previously all stopped talking at this moment.    

They could feel Lu Yu's determination.    

Even the King of the Zhao Family was sentenced to death, let alone them.    

With the silence of the aristocratic families, the Ministry of Justice's actions became more and more violent. People were being tried one after another, and the cases that were hidden in the past were exposed.    

Because of Li Si, the authority of the Ministry of Justice suddenly increased, and it seemed to be above the six ministries.    

Along the way, the Ministry of Revenue also received Li Si's instructions. They began to strictly investigate the various aristocratic families' actions of forcefully occupying land, wantonly storing slaves, and stealing taxes.    

Thus, a rather spectacular scene appeared in the Imperial Capital.    

In front of the door of a certain aristocratic family, a black clothed official of the Ministry of Revenue had just taken the criminals away from the residence when the red clothed official of the Ministry of Revenue immediately came to the door and started to investigate the tax and land issues.    

Many aristocratic families were silent like cicadas in winter. This was the first time they felt fear in front of the official.    

Whoever stole the tax would be judged based on the severity of the situation. Many families, apart from paying the tax that was missed in the past, also had to pay a fine. There were even some families, Family Head, who had to face imprisonment.    

As for the land that had been forcefully seized, the government would confiscate all of it, and the families would also have to face a huge fine.    

However, on this point, the Imperial Court would be lenient.    

If within the stipulated time, the tax was paid and the family took the initiative to take over the land, then the government would be lenient.    

In a short period of time, the Imperial Capital was packed with people. Countless aristocratic families sent out their envoys and took the initiative to lower their heads and admit their mistakes.