This matter involves nearly ten thousand lives in the city, and as the County Magistrate, he is inevitably responsible. He will surely be beheaded.
He cannot stay in Nantu State anymore, so he must first flee to the desolate mountains, hide for a few months, and wait for the storm to pass before finding an opportunity to leave Great Yuan...
Jiao Rui was determined and was about to get up when suddenly a cold light flashed before his eyes, and a Stray Blade was pinned in front of him, its sharpness painfully piercing his skin.
Li Yuan squatted down, his eyes filled with thick Evil Qi, his voice low:
"Are you the County Magistrate?"
"..."
A quarter of an hour later.
Jiao Rui was covered in blood, all his joints dislocated, unrecognizable, with tears and mucus smeared on his face, hoarsely said:
"Mr. General, I’ve told everything I should have said. This was all done by the Gu God Sect; I was merely the scapegoat."
"Indeed, I had contact with the Gu God Sect, but it was limited to financial dealings. My entire family is in the city; how would I dare commit such a massacre?"
Li Yuan said solemnly: "Then do you know where the Gu God Sect is stationed?"
Jiao Rui shook his head: "The Gu God Sect is always elusive; no one knows where they hide... I only know that Gu God Sect is divided into four districts, and the one planning this is the East District Grand Elder Jiang Qiyuan, a Third-Level Gu Dao Grandmaster..."
Saying this, his throat moved, and he urgently said: "Mr. General, right now we should escape quickly. If we wait for Jiang Qiyuan to bring his people back to kill us, we’ll all be following him to the grave..."
"He won’t be coming back."
A clear male voice came from the air.
The void cracked open, and two figures appeared out of nowhere.
"Mr. Chen!"
Li Yuan was about to step forward when he noticed the woman in white beside him, hurriedly kneeling on one knee, "Your humble servant Li Yuan, pays respect to Her Majesty the Consort!"
Only then did he realize the person before him was the Imperial Concubine who wields power that stands in opposition to the Empress!
According to palace rules, the Imperial Consort should not leave the Imperial Palace easily, but for Consort Yu, those rules were meaningless... as her word is the rule!
"Imperial Consort?"
Jiao Rui looked bewildered, suspecting he had heard wrong.
Yu Youhan stood with her hands behind her back, silent.
Li Yuan knelt on the ground, his head bowed low, not daring to rise for a long time.
"Empress..."
Seeing Chen Mo’s distressed expression, Yu Youhan remained expressionless and said lightly, "Rise."
"Thank you, Empress."
Only then did Li Yuan stand up.
"Mr. Chen, you said Jiang Qiyuan won’t be coming back earlier..."
Chen Mo nodded and said: "The Gu God Sect’s Southern District base has been destroyed, all cult members have been slaughtered, including Jiang Qiyuan and a group of elders, all of them have perished."
As soon as these words came out, the scene fell into dead silence.

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