Hurt my loved ones? I'm not guarding this country's borders anymore!

The fire at Yingchun Tavern burned for half the night.

When Shen Jinglong returned to the villa with the secret book marked with special symbols, the sky was already beginning to lighten.

He tossed the thin booklet to Zhuque, who was already waiting there.

"Before dawn, I need to know what every single word written inside means."

His voice was cold and devoid of any emotion.

"The Zhou family, the Zheng family—after tonight, there will be no more 'Four Great Families' in Cangcheng. This is just interest; the real debt, I will collect it personally in the capital!"

"Yes, Commander Long!"

Zhuque took the secret booklet, her face grim. She knew how heavy this booklet was.

This is something that Commander Long obtained by trading the lives of everyone in a top-tier assassin organization.

There must be a huge secret hidden here.

Shen Jinglong didn't say anything more. He turned around and stood quietly by the window.

His gaze pierced through the darkness, looking towards the Zhou family residence in the south of the city and the Zheng family mansion in the west.

He is waiting.

Wait until dawn.

He also waits for Suzaku to bring him the truth he must know.

……

The last day of the three-day deadline.

As the first rays of dawn pierced the clouds and illuminated the city that had just experienced blood and fire, everyone in Cangcheng was awakened by a series of orderly and heavy footsteps, the sound like thunder.

Sima Nantian, clad in heavy armor and wielding the fearsome Black Dragon Token, personally led three thousand elite troops from the Military Command, splitting them into two groups.

Like a black tide, it surged toward the Zhou family mansion.

Another route, like a drawn sword, pierced straight into the Zheng family mansion.

"By order of Commander Long!"

"The Zhou and Zheng families colluded with rebels, plotting treason; their crimes are heinous!"

"Immediately seize all assets, and execute core members of the clan on the spot!!"

Sima Nantian's voice, amplified by his true energy, resounded throughout Cangcheng.

This time, there was no trial, and no confrontation.

Only the most direct, bloody, and unquestionable orders from the Northern Dragon Lord!

Inside the Zhou family mansion.

Zhou Wanshan didn't sleep all night; he was still anxiously waiting for good news from Dark Shadow Tower.

When he heard the death knell outside the mansion, he was struck dumb and collapsed to the ground.

Finished!

Shadow Tower has failed!

This jinx is here to take my life!

Meanwhile, the Zheng family, who had just experienced the shock of the birthday banquet, were already on edge.

The soldiers of the Military Command broke through the nearly collapsed gate with almost no effort.

Desperate cries and the muffled thuds of weapons piercing flesh rang out simultaneously from two directions in Cangcheng.

Shen Jinglong did not go.

He sat quietly on the stone bench in the courtyard, polishing his black dragon spear.

He knew that this so-called reckoning would be a foregone conclusion.

Before the machinery of the state, even the most powerful and wealthy families are nothing more than ants that can be easily crushed.

Half an hour later.

Sima Nantian returned covered in blood, but his face showed no signs of fatigue, only the exhilaration of completing a mission.

"Commander Long! All 173 core members of the Zhou and Zheng families have been eliminated!"

"The heads of the two family heads are here!"

As he spoke, he ordered his men to bring up two wooden boxes that were still dripping blood.

Shen Jinglong didn't look at it.

He simply nodded calmly.

"Send it to the ruins of my Shen family's former residence to pay tribute to the spirits of my parents in heaven."

"yes!!!"

The four major families were all wiped out in just a few days!

This news was like a massive earthquake, shaking the entire city of Cang.

Countless ordinary people flooded the streets. As they looked at the corpses being carried out by the soldiers of the Military Command and the boxes of confiscated treasures, they felt not only fear but also a strange sense of satisfaction.

"Good riddance! You bloodsucking beasts!!"

"Heaven has eyes! Shen Longzun has come to rid us ordinary people of this scourge!"

Just at this time.

A series of magnificent hoofbeats echoed from the end of the long street.

Princess Huimin's imperial carriage, escorted by a group of royal guards, slowly drove up and stopped at the entrance of the blood-stained Zhou family mansion.

This time, she didn't get off the bus.

Through the beaded curtain, her gaze was complex as she looked at the carnage and the man sitting on the ruins, calmly cleaning his gun.

"This man is a true tiger. Cangcheng, this small pond, can no longer contain him. Prince Anle... this time the waters are deeper than I imagined. Should I help him, or should I stop him?"

"Shen Longshuai".

Princess Huimin's voice came from behind the beaded curtain, still as cold as ever, but less probing than before.

"The four major families have been wiped out, and enough blood has been shed in Cangcheng."

"This princess needs evidence of their crimes to report to my father and the king, to give an explanation to the capital, and to this Cangcheng."

She neither stopped her nor questioned her.

Instead, they are trying to bring Shen Jinglong's lawless behavior into the official framework in a roundabout way.

Shen Jinglong stopped wiping his gun.

He raised his head and glanced at the magnificent phoenix carriage.

"This woman is smarter than I thought."

Just then, Suzaku's figure appeared behind him like a ghost.

Her face was deathly pale.

Her voice was even trembling slightly.

"Commander Long... the secret account... has been deciphered."

Shen Jinglong's gaze froze instantly.

"read."

Suzaku took a deep breath, as if he was trying to suppress the shock in his heart.

"The booklet records that seven years ago, after the Shen family of Cangcheng was wiped out, a batch of priceless treasure was transported to the capital in batches through the secret channels of the Shadow Tower..."

"And the person who received this treasure... was..."

Zhuque's voice stopped there; she dared not say that name.

"Who is it?"

Shen Jinglong's voice remained calm, but beneath that calm lay a boundless killing intent!

"He is the current king's younger brother..."

Suzaku almost closed his eyes and used all his strength to utter those three words.

"King Anle!"

boom!

A sudden, overwhelming sound filled my mind!

King Anle...

It was you!

He remembered.

Seven years ago, wasn't the powerful and ambitious figure in the capital whom the Shen family served and supported with all their wealth—the one who was frustrated and unsuccessful?!

The Shen family served Prince Anle faithfully and made countless contributions!

He, Shen Jinglong, went to the northern border to guard the country's gates, protecting his elder brother's empire!

But what did we get in return?

In return, Prince Anle ruthlessly stabbed his entire family in the back!

They seized his family fortune!

They killed his parents!

They even want to use his six-year-old daughter as a drug, a tool!

Haha~~~ Hahahaha! !

Shen Jinglong suddenly tilted his head back and let out a burst of wild laughter.

The laughter was filled with endless sorrow, anger, and the deep-seated hatred of being betrayed by the person you trusted most!

"I, Shen Jinglong, guard the nation's borders and protect your royal family's safety, yet you stab my entire family in the back! Fine! Very well!!"

At that moment, he finally understood the true meaning of that crimson flame emblem.

The prince of Anle Palace is like a burning flame!

And finally I realized just how terrifying the enemy I was facing was.

The Dragon Kingdom Royal Family!

The Prince of the Dynasty!

The price of revenge could be making an enemy of the entire nation!

It could plunge the Dragon Kingdom, which he had been protecting with his life, into an irreversible turmoil!

After a brief moment of shock and wild laughter, Shen Jinglong's eyes became unusually calm, beneath which lay an unwavering determination.

He slowly stood up and took several prepared files from Zhuque's hand.

That was part of the evidence of the Zhou and Zheng families colluding with local thugs to oppress and exploit the villagers.

He casually tossed it to Sima Nantian, who was not far away.

"Give this to the princess."

Sima Nantian was taken aback for a moment, but immediately did as he was told.

"Huimin, this is enough for you to get by. The real storm has only just begun... I'm back in the capital."

Inside the phoenix carriage, Princess Huimin received the flimsy piece of evidence. Looking at the resolute figure of the man in the distance, she knew that a storm far more terrifying than the destruction of the four great families of Cangcheng was about to take shape in the heart of the Dragon Kingdom—the capital.

Shen Jinglong didn't look at anyone again.

He turned around and strode towards the other courtyard.

Every step he took was heavy, yet resolute.

His gaze seemed to pierce through thousands of mountains and rivers, landing on the city that symbolized the supreme power of the Dragon Kingdom—the Imperial Capital.

In his heart, he made a blood oath.

"King Anle... I don't care if you're a prince or the Heavenly King, those who hurt my loved ones must pay with their blood!"