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Chapter 138: Ming Family Destroyed, Retired
"What is there for your Ming family to be proud of? A family that has been a century-old family has been reduced to this state by your descendants."

"Over the years, you have colluded with the government to oppress the people and monopolize the market. You have been depriving them of their living space bit by bit!"

"Not only that, you also smuggled and sold weapons and supplies privately. You have completely violated the laws of Qing Kingdom."

"You know, these weapons and supplies sold will become their main force for attacking the border in the future!"

"It's a pity that His Majesty trusts you so much, but your Ming family actually did such a stupid thing."

"If Your Majesty really knew the entire detailed process, not to mention killing nine clans, even killing ten clans would be reasonable!"

Li Chengping had a cold expression, but his eyes were burning with anger.

In fact, the Ming family's oppression of the people in the Jiangnan region was not enough to make him angry.

The most infuriating thing was that the Ming family actually took advantage of their position to openly sell important strategic items such as weapons, salt, iron, etc. to neighboring countries and regions such as Northern Qi, Western Hu, and Nanzhao.

It has been at least ten years since the Ming family took over the three major districts.

Over the years, he has been using his position to conduct transactions with neighboring countries.

The number of weapons and other important items sold reached a terrifying level!

Fortunately, these countries were afraid of the two great masters of Qing Kingdom, otherwise they would have rushed up and divided Qing Kingdom long ago.

After being scolded harshly by Li Chengping, Old Lady Ming finally came to her senses.

Thinking back to everything the Ming family had done, she slowly lowered her head.

After thinking for a moment, he slowly raised his head, his eyes full of pleading.

"Third Prince, my Ming family deserves this punishment, but can you please spare Ming Qingcheng's life? He left the Ming family when he was young and it has nothing to do with him."

"What qualifications do you have to negotiate with me? You don't need to worry about Mingqing City's affairs."

Old Lady Ming smiled bitterly and lowered her head. She loosened her hand that was supporting the cane, reached into her sleeve and fumbled around, then took out a palm-sized wooden box.

"Third Prince, before we part, I have something to give you."

As she spoke, she decisively pressed the switch on the wooden box.

The lid opened, and the next second steel needles flew out like raindrops, shooting towards Li Chengping.

"Li Chengping, you destroyed my Ming family's century-old foundation. Today I will make you pay with your life!"

The old lady Ming had a ferocious look on her face.

This thing is a secret weapon that the Ming family has spent several years researching and developing.

The steel needles are made of special materials. Even a martial arts expert above the ninth rank will hardly escape death when faced with them!
But this thing is expensive and made of extremely special materials, otherwise the Ming family’s power would be even more terrifying!
Li Chengping remained alert the entire time. The moment Old Lady Ming pressed the mechanism, he directly activated his martial arts to form a protective sword energy to protect himself.

Densely packed steel needles hit the protective sword energy, causing ripples, but they were unable to move forward.

Finally, it lost power and fell to the ground helplessly.

"how so?!"

Old Lady Ming was completely dumbfounded.

She had personally experienced the power of this thing. Even a ninth-rank master with true qi protecting his body could still not escape death.

Earlier, she deliberately found other topics to confuse Li Chengping in order to launch a crucial attack.

This thing only works on masters of the ninth rank. Now that it doesn't work on Li Chengping, doesn't it mean that his cultivation has surpassed the ninth rank!

The idea came to her mind, and Old Lady Ming understood it instantly.

"Third Prince, I didn't expect you to hide so deeply. I really underestimated you!"

A bleak smile appeared on her pale cheeks. At this point, she had to admit that she had been defeated completely.

Now that the Ming family was gone, she had nothing to cling to in this world. She staggered to the attic and fell headfirst.

The height is five floors, and Old Lady Ming is already an elderly person.

After this fall, the person passed away extremely peacefully!
Li Chengping waved his sleeves and collected all the silver needles and the wooden box that launched hidden weapons.

I don’t know how Old Lady Ming developed this thing, but it is really powerful.

There seems to be something special about these steel needles, which can continuously deplete the warrior's protective true qi.

After returning, I will give it to Zhao Gao to study carefully. If it can be produced in large quantities, it will be a great help to the members of Luowang when they are equipped with these things.

The death of Old Lady Ming also officially announced the demise of the Ming family, which had dominated Jiangnan for many years.

After some searching, they soon found several account books in the secret compartment of the Ming family. All of them recorded the names and amounts of bribes that the Ming family had given to various officials.

Li Chengping opened it and took a look, his expression becoming extremely solemn.

He didn't expect that the Ming family's network of relationships had spread throughout the entire Qing Kingdom, and even many officials in the capital had received bribes.

"If this thing is sent to Emperor Qing, who knows how many officials will lose their heads this time."

Li Chengping sighed.

There was no mercy in my heart for these officials.

The officials did not work for the people, but colluded with the Ming family and used their power to cover up the Ming family's smuggling.

Knowingly committing a crime will result in an even more serious crime!
The remaining account books, one records the assets of the Ming family, and the others record the situations of the three major districts.

Li Chengping took a glance.

There is nothing wrong with these books. After all, the three major workshops are the royal business. At least the Ming family has done a great job on the books.

At that time, he will hand over several account books to Emperor Qing, and there will be professionals to investigate the matter, so there is no need to worry about it.

After the Ming family matter was concluded, Li Chengping did not stay for long and took the prison cart to the capital.

As for Ming Qingcheng, he was left behind and handed over to Xue Qing for disposal.

It is undeniable that Ming Qingcheng made a contribution by reporting the Ming family this time.

However, as the leader of the Jiangnan water fort for many years, he allowed his men to rob passing merchant ships, and such a crime could not be covered up.

Merits are merits, faults are faults, merits and faults cannot offset each other.

So, he handed the person over to Xue Qing for disposal, and he had no control over what the other party would do.

No matter what, Ming Qingcheng managed to save his life, and perhaps he could become an ordinary citizen in the future.

As for Xue Qing.

Although he was in collusion with the Ming family and was a cruel official, Li Chengping did not point these out.

The Ming family had just been destroyed not long ago, and the situation in the Jiangnan region was extremely unstable.

Xue Qing has been the governor of Jiangnan for many years and has the means and abilities. At this time, he is needed to calm the situation to avoid unrest.

As for the replacement of the Governor of Jiangnan, Emperor Qing can just take care of it.

The news that the Ming family was wiped out overnight spread quickly throughout the Jiangnan region.

The people were extremely grateful to Li Chengping. The demise of the Ming family created a large number of business vacancies in the market, giving many people the opportunity to make money.

at the same time.

When the secret agents in the Supervisory Council learned about this, they were so frightened that they broke out in a cold sweat and immediately sent the news to the capital.

(End of this chapter)