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In the Crown Prince's residence, Prime Minister Meng Zhou, Mu Wenhan, and Xia Zhaoyan sat by the lake.

At this moment, Meng Zhou felt the Crown Prince's power growing stronger.

They were forced to join forces with the five veteran princes, and it seems that there was no infighting involved in the cooperation.

Such a scene had never occurred in the entire history of the Great Xia Dynasty.

This has never happened before in all of history!

Xia Zhaoyan smiled calmly, "An alliance? So what if they form an alliance?"

"When soldiers come, we'll block them; when water comes, we'll dam it. As long as I grow stronger, this kind of alliance will be a joke."

When soldiers come, we'll block them; when water comes, we'll dam it...

Meng Zhou and Mu Wenhan murmured these words to each other, their eyes suddenly lighting up.

They also knew that when soldiers came, generals needed to be sent to defend them, and when water came, earth needed to be used to block it, but no one had ever been able to explain it so clearly!

Both men were local talents who had passed the imperial examinations, so they naturally understood the wisdom required to summarize it so simply in eight characters.

"Your Highness, I believe their alliance is not for simple reasons."

Xia Zhaoyan nodded to indicate that he understood.

"I can see through their intentions at a glance!"

"Isn't this just a case of banding together for warmth, trying to force me to eliminate the others first, so they can hide in the shadows and seize the power and legacy of those eliminated princes?"

"When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits; they're quite shrewd."

The two people opposite sighed again, "Your Highness, you're so unfamiliar to us that we almost don't recognize you anymore."

The saying "When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits" is easy to understand, but Your Highness has summarized it so simply and succinctly. Savoring these eight characters is truly amazing.

No wonder the White Jade Capital faction they established could write, "White Jade Capital in the heavens, twelve towers and five cities, an immortal stroked my head, granting me immortality."

The world has underestimated the literary talent of our crown prince!

Although literature has not developed much in this world, and people are not very interested in it.

However, with such a large population, there are always some long-lived literary figures who love literature.

"Alright, since they've gone to all this trouble to set up this stage, I can't spoil their fun."

"Then from now on, let's deal with the other princes first."

"Meng Zhou, I don't need you to win over the ministers for me in court."

"But I need you to train as many lower-level officials as possible, prioritizing character over ability."

Meng Zhou didn't understand why His Highness was abandoning the development of the court, but he chose to accept His Highness's arrangement.

"Rest assured, Your Highness, although I have left the Ministry of Personnel, I still secretly control it."

"I will carefully select officials who meet your requirements!"

...

Liuzhou City, Liuzhi has been staying at the Liuzhou branch for some time now.

No one outside knew that he had been here for dozens of days.

At this moment, after listening to the intelligence gathered from the investigation, his expression turned somewhat solemn.

"It seems our investigation has hit a snag. We didn't expect these remnants of the White Lotus Cult to be so well hidden."

"I didn't want to take action so quickly, for fear of alerting the enemy, but now it seems that I have no choice but to use force."

...

"My lord, isn't using force a bit..." Song Wan was interrupted by the sixth commander before he could finish speaking.

"I know what you're worried about. Don't worry, I won't do anything openly."

"Furthermore, I won't take down all the exposed remnants. I only need to take down one faction, mainly for the purpose of soul searching!"

Since reasoning won't work, let's just use force to solve it.

Is there any more effective method in this world than soul searching? No.

"Prepare yourselves, we're going to wipe out the Liu family mansion in the city tonight!"

It turns out that the force that has been able to establish itself in the state capital for thousands of years is actually the White Lotus Sect.

These past few days of investigation have filled Six Fingers with apprehension towards the White Lotus Sect.

That set of manipulative tactics is truly incredibly dangerous.

As the sun sets and night falls, the city is still brightly lit, but the crowds are clearly thinning out.

Dozens of cultivators secretly left the branch...

"My lord, the Liu family mansion is just ahead."

"The Liu family has one Dharma Aspect Realm expert and three Grandmasters."

"The direct descendants number over a thousand."

In the darkness, Song Wan's voice rang in Six Fingers' ears.

"Alright, everyone, listen to my command."

The dozens of people instantly became serious, waiting in the darkness for Six Fingers' orders.

"Immediately place those array bases around the Liu residence."

After bowing respectfully, everyone vanished into the night.

Time passed slowly, and in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, everyone returned to Six Fingers' side.

"Reporting to Lord Qi, the array bases have all been deployed."

"Alright, let's get started and activate the formation."

As Six Fingers gave the order, everyone made a hand seal the size of a palm.

These hand seals vanished instantly before my eyes, then merged into the array base I had set up.

A black light enveloped the Liu family in the night, a scene that even the main occupants of the mansion did not notice.

The next moment, the light merged into the void.

Only then did the powerful members of the Liu family realize that something was wrong.

"Who dares to trespass into our Liu residence in the middle of the night!"

Unfortunately, the sound only echoed within the mansion and did not reach the entire city.

"hehe..."

As laughter rang out, Six Fingers appeared above the Liu residence with his men, but they were still surrounded by an array.

"The Great Heavenly Punishment Division!" The Dharma Aspect Realm cultivator from the Liu family trembled, unable to believe what he was seeing.

At that moment, his heart sank to the bottom, and he instantly realized that his family's background had probably been exposed.

They have kept an extremely low profile all these years, never provoking the Heavenly Punishment Division, and never even having any conflicts with other forces in the city.

"What brings you, the Heavenly Punishment Division, to our door in the middle of the night?!"

Even though I know I've been exposed, what if...?

"Of course we're here to wipe out you remnants of the White Lotus Cult!"

The Liu family was completely disheartened, and many of them turned deathly pale.

However, no one begged for mercy, and an eerie aura gradually rose up.

Six Fingers let out a soft exclamation, "Interesting, they're actually communicating with your god!"

"Unfortunately, this place has been sealed off by my array, so your communication is obviously ineffective!"

...

"We have never offended the Heavenly Punishment Bureau, so why are you here to destroy my Liu family?"

The cultivator at the Dharma Aspect Realm asked unwillingly.

Unfortunately, Six Fingers was too lazy to pay attention to the other party and waved his hand dismissively.

"kill!"

He himself, meanwhile, stretched out his right hand and reached out to grab at something in the air.

The next moment, everyone in the Dharma Realm, including Grandmasters and other Grandmasters, was suppressed.

These people had absolutely no power to resist in the hands of the Celestial Realm cultivators.

"I forgot to tell you, the reason I killed you was just incidental. The main purpose was to search your souls so that I could confirm the whereabouts of other White Lotus remnants."

Having said that, his divine sense instantly broke through the sea of ​​consciousness of these people.

His immense spiritual power allowed him to easily search the souls of several people at once.

"This is the deity of the White Lotus Sect? It looks rather strange; it doesn't exude any divine aura at all."

Six Fingers didn't think much of it; what did the White Lotus Sect's gods have to do with him?

The purpose of this soul search is simply to find more traces of the remnants of the White Lotus sect.