I lent my brother 500 yuan, and he offered his wife as collateral.

……

The public chain for the morning assembly has been reopened.

The first record appeared next to the indictment materials:

[Receipt for the discharge of wastewater from the outer layer of the Holy Tower.]

[Time: Nineteen years ago.]

[Category: Non-recyclable polluting energy.]

[Flow direction: Public waste discharge channel.]

Immediately afterwards, the second, third, and fourth records were uploaded in succession.

Hundreds of emission data with original timestamps were spread across the hall.

Each copy retains the Santa maintenance terminal number and public system receipt, making it impossible to modify temporarily.

The previously deleted flow arrows have been restored.

The energy discharged from the remnants of the Holy Tower first entered the public waste flow channel, and after accumulating for many years, it was received by the purification node recently activated by the Su family.

The direction of the arrow is clearly visible.

None of them were drawn from the earth's veins by the Su family.

Zhou Ye submitted an explanation on an external channel:

"All records come from a public disaster recovery repository."

"Su only reads and categorizes the data; she does not modify the original data."

"Hash verification is complete. Each member of the assembly may verify the hash themselves."

Several array masters immediately opened the records for comparison.

The Tianji Pavilion representative is also investigating.

I tried to find the problem by looking at the timestamps, but after checking dozens of records, the results were all the same.

These records have been lying in the public repository, but have long been classified as low-value waste, and no one usually looks at them.

Su Qingxue looked at the joint accusers.

"Do you still insist that this is a geological resource?"

The Yun family elder said:

"The waste stream also originates from the Holy Tower; receiving it without permission is also considered theft."

As soon as he finished speaking, the representative of Tianji Pavilion turned and glanced at him.

You can't just answer that question casually.

They have just signed and confirmed that the energy involved is usable ley line resource, and that the Holy Tower has never actively released it.

Now, by changing their tune and admitting to the waste stream, they are essentially admitting that the key categories in the indictment materials were deleted.

Shen Banxia stood up and requested permission from the array master:

"The waveforms of the earth veins and the residual flow of the array are completely opposite."

"When the earth vein energy enters the array core, the main frequency rises from low to high, and after being transformed by the array, it tends to stabilize."

"When the remnants of the array left the array core, the main frequency continued to drop, and there was still junk code inside that could not be used after purification."

She zoomed in on one segment of the waveform.

"Three long, two short, one long."

"This is the sewage discharge rhythm of the Shen family's purification array. The current code has changed the outer format, but the bottom part remains the same."

A Saint Tower array master countered:

"You cannot prove that all records belong to the waste stream based solely on the family's old code."

"Then look at the public labels."

Shen Banxia retrieved the original receipt:

【scrap.】

[Unclaimed polluting energy.]

[Compliant entities are permitted to receive this information.]

"I didn't write this; Santa reported it himself."

Discussions arose in the hall.

The old clans of Fengyi branch were the first to react.

For twenty consecutive years, Santa has labeled this energy as waste and discharged it into public channels.

After the Su family took over the purification, the Holy Tower renamed the waste as ley line assets and accused the Su family of theft.

If this is true, the issue will be more than just a misunderstanding.

Someone asked:

Why does the Holy Tower continue to generate so much polluting energy?

The chief recorder did not respond.

Su Qingxue opened the Central Domain Public Disaster Recovery Cleanup Rules:

"Once officially labeled as waste and entering a public discharge point, only legally authorized remediation facilities have the right to receive it."

"Useful resources generated during the treatment process, after deducting public costs, belong to the purification party."

"All of Su's receiving nodes have been registered, and the purification records are complete."

She submitted the rules and her own registration information together.

"Please have the system reassess the situation."

The notary office has begun verification.

The Tianji Pavilion representative's expression grew increasingly grim.

Now there are only two paths left.

If we continue to insist that these energies are valuable, then Santa's waste reports over the past twenty years are false.

The amount discharged each year, where it flows to, and whether it has caused pollution all need to be investigated again.

If Sue admits they are waste, he is innocent.

Not only was he innocent, but Santa also had to pay processing fees.

The elders of the Yun family were still unwilling to give up.

"Su knew that resources could be extracted from the wastewater, but he did not report it, which constitutes profiteering."

Su Qingxue asked:

Which public rule requires the purifier to forgo profits?

"The resources of the central region are subject to unified supervision."

"Waste materials are not considered usable earth veins."

"But it came from the Holy Tower."

"You've already signed that."

Su Qingxue reopened the joint indictment.

"All the waste streams originated from the current main formation of the Holy Tower, and the responsibility cannot be split."

"Now, when it comes to pollution liability, Santa Fe is the emitter."

"If we're talking about the benefits of purification, the Su family is the legitimate party in the process."

Which option would you like to choose?

The Yun family elder opened his mouth, but in the end could only look at the Grand Master.

The chief priest did not answer for him.

The notary system quickly completed its judgment:

The original indictment materials contained crucial missing categories.

[Correction of the nature of the energy involved: Remnant Array of the Holy Tower.]

[Su's receiving node registration is legitimate.]

The charge of illegally stealing ley line resources is not established.

[It is recommended that the related death penalty be revoked.]

The red lock disappeared from Su's seat.

Exit permissions were partially restored.

The system then generated a new settlement item:

The Su family undertook the work of purifying historical wastewater and cleaning public passageways.

[The Santa Maria del Duomo was the primary source of the emissions.]

The public maintenance fees payable are being calculated.

The amounts popped up one by one.

Even if calculated using only the lowest processing standard, twenty years of accumulated funds is not a small amount.

The chambers of commerce that had just requested the freezing of Su's assets have all now shut down their chat windows.

None of them expected that what the Su family received would be identified as historical contamination by the public system.

Even more unexpectedly, in order to solidify their conviction and impose the death penalty, the joint accusers prematurely assigned all responsibility for the source to Santa.

……

Qian Shao also received the judgment.

The two material suppliers who first proposed terminating the contract immediately suspended the process.

One of them even sent an explanation, saying that what they said was just an internal risk assessment and that they had not actually given up on the cooperation.

After reading it, Qian Shao replied:

"The termination application has entered the contract process. Please process it according to the terms."

The other party called back very quickly:

"Mr. Qian, it's all a misunderstanding. The application hasn't been completed yet. Could you please withdraw it?"

"We can evacuate."

Qian Shao opened the contract:

"The early discounts are gone, and the supply price will be renegotiated according to today's new standards."

"This is rising way too fast."

"You terminated your contract pretty quickly just now."

After saying that, I hung up the phone and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The Su family did not fall.

The mining area doesn't need to be shut down.

These people keep changing their tune, and he can't control them.

But whoever runs away first will lose all the original benefits.

……

Inside the assembly hall, the system had already calculated the first maintenance fee.

Su Qingxue did not accept the payment immediately.

"Request a temporary public account."

The chief recorder asked:

"Does the Su family not advocate for immediate compensation?"

"The investigation into the source of the pollution has not yet been completed."

Su Qingxue said:

"The funds will be placed in a public account first. If it is subsequently discovered that the funds are related to life support and historical evidence, they will be used first for the protection and investigation of the victims."

The representatives of the old clans from the Fengyi branch exchanged glances.

If the money went directly into the Su family's account, they could say that Su Qingxue was profiting from the situation.

Now that the funds are temporarily held in the open, no one can find fault with them.

Merchants who had just withdrawn their partnerships are now reassessing their situations.

Su not only cleared his name of the death penalty, but also became a creditor of Santa's debt.

More importantly, the records they possess can be traced back twenty years.

Working with someone like that carries considerable risk.

But if something really happens, they can still investigate the accounts.

The Grand Master did not argue from beginning to end.

Once the system has completed the settlement, he said directly:

"First item on the agenda is complete."

There was no reprimand of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, nor was there any attempt to save face for the Yun family.

Qin Feng looked towards the central main formation.

The other party gave up too quickly.

Illegal theft is only the first step.

If Su Qingxue is frightened by the death penalty and takes the initiative to admit her mistake, the resonance will naturally begin.

The charges have failed, but the actual proceedings can still continue.

Continuous tremors came from the bottom of the hall.

The central seats moved to the sides.

A sealed platform rose from underground.

A black ancient mirror stood on the platform.

The frame is engraved with old patterns from the Shen family.

The mirror did not reflect the hall; it only showed a life-reading line that was being activated.

The data box in Shen Banxia's arms vibrated again.

This time it's even stronger than the access control.

The Grand Master's projection landed above the ancient mirror.

"The controversy surrounding the earth's veins has been clarified."

"Let's proceed with the core agenda of the Grand Assembly immediately."

"Fengyi First Bearer Sequence Major Position Review!"