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Squads of soldiers searched the courtyard for the Zhao family's accumulated wealth, and large amounts of gold, silver, and grain were carried out of the secret vault by the soldiers of the Wind Tiger Camp.

At the entrance of the compound, the Zhao family members were pinned to the ground. With a command, the soldiers suddenly swarmed, and heads rolled to the ground one by one. The headless corpses fell to the ground with a thud.

But the next moment, another group of Zhao family members were dragged to the door and slaughtered like chopping melons and vegetables.

"Zhao Lin, it's your turn to shine!"

Watching his clansmen being gradually slaughtered, Zhao Lin remained calm and quickly followed Li Yi's instructions, pointing out the many secret vaults within the Zhao family compound.

"Zhao Lin, you betrayed your family, you deserve to die a horrible death!"

When a member of the Zhao family saw Zhao Lin reveal all of his family's assets, he glared at him angrily and cursed him repeatedly.

However, Zhao Lin ignored him and led Li Yi to search through the Zhao family's treasured possessions.

"Zhao Lin, do you know where the letters between the Zhao family and the Xiongnu are hidden?"

Li Yi looked at Zhao Lin and asked with a focused gaze.

"My lord, you're in Zhao Cheng's study. I'll show you the way!"

Led by Zhao Lin, Li Yi and the others soon arrived at Zhao Cheng's study.

This study contains many property deeds, which are the core of the Zhao family's foothold in Yanmen Pass. However, at this moment, they have all fallen into Li Yi's hands.

Inside the study, there were many precious objects and many books. Zhao Lin went straight to a vase in the corner, turned it a few times, and then the ground cracked open, revealing a black hole.

"My lord, this is where Zhao Cheng hid his things!"

"Alright, lead the way!"

Li Yi followed Zhao Lin into the secret room.

Inside the secret room were several boxes of gold and silver, as well as many ginseng and deer antlers. On a shelf, there was also a small box.

After a quick glance, Li Yi recognized that these ginseng and deer antlers were top-quality goods only found in the Xiongnu territory!

It seems that these items were the many rewards the Zhao family received from the Xiongnu after colluding with them to betray Yanmen Pass.

After ordering his soldiers to move the gold, silver, and medicinal herbs away, Li Yi went to the shelf and opened the small box on it.

The box contained some letters. Upon closer inspection, they turned out to be correspondence between Zhao Cheng, the head of the Zhao family, and the Xiongnu!

"Alright, alright, now the evidence is conclusive. Let's see who dares to object now!"

Li Yi was overjoyed and put all the items away.

By the time dawn broke, the entire Zhao family had been ransacked, and all the Zhao family members were beheaded and their heads displayed to the public after being identified by Zhao Lin.

As a result of this incident, the Zhao family was wiped out completely.

During the attack on the Zhao family, some of the Zhao family's direct descendants came from all directions to provide support, but they were all killed by the heavy cavalry deployed by Li Yi.

Even a powerful martial artist at the fifth level of Body Refinement was worn down and killed by the heavy cavalry battalion using the [Mysterious Iron Formation-Breaking Halberd] formation.

At this time, in addition to the soldiers of the Wind Tiger Camp, a large number of tenant farmers had also gathered nearby.

Li Yi stood before the crowd, looking at the bewildered and panicked tenants, and said loudly:

"The Zhao family colluded with the Xiongnu to betray military intelligence. Now that the evidence is conclusive, the entire family must be exterminated!"

"You shall continue as before, and do not neglect your fields. Someone will take care of them in the future!"

After offering a few words of reassurance, Li Yi looked at the Zhao family compound behind him with a rather indifferent expression.

"put!"

With Li Yi's order, dozens of rockets were launched into the Zhao family mansion, igniting the oil that had been laid out in advance. Before long, the entire Zhao family mansion was engulfed in flames.

Looking at the burned-down Zhao family mansion, Zhao Lin was utterly shocked:

"Sir, weren't you supposed to be taking over the Zhao family? Why did you burn this entire compound down?"

Zhao Lin was in a panic. He had willingly become a collaborator with Li Yi in order to become the head of the Zhao family. Now that the Zhao family had been slaughtered and burned to the ground, how could he possibly become the head of the family?

Looking at the pleading Zhao Lin, Li Yi revealed a cold smile.

"Since you're so eager to become the head of the Zhao family, then go ahead and take on the role!"

Hearing this, Zhao Lin looked bewildered. How could he be the head of the Zhao family if the Zhao family was gone?

Just as Zhao Lin was in a daze, a village headman behind him swung his knife and beheaded Zhao Lin in one stroke.

Seeing Zhao Lin's stunned expression, Li Yi kicked his head into the sea of ​​fire.

"Go underground and become the head of the Zhao family!"

"What I hate most is apologizing afterward!"

"You're not regretting it, you're just afraid, that's why you're willing to betray the Zhao family!"

Li Yi was fully aware of Zhao Lin's intentions. He had only agreed to Zhao Lin's request to make it easier to infiltrate the Zhao family and obtain evidence.

Now that his goal has been achieved, Zhao Lin, who betrayed the Chen Kingdom, has no reason to live.

After eliminating the Zhao family, Li Yi left a group of men to guard the Zhao family's territory, and then headed towards the military camp with a large amount of spoils and evidence.

On the way, Li Yi encountered Han Jia, who was returning from the Wang family.

The Wang family had a weak foundation and low power, so Han Jia didn't spend much effort to completely take them down.

After joining forces, Li Yi and his men quickly arrived at the military camp.

"Lieutenant Li, the general has ordered you to go to the military camp to see him immediately upon your return!"

A guard was standing at the gate of the military camp, waiting. As soon as he saw Li Yi, he rushed over to convey General Guan's military order.

Li Yi was mentally prepared for this.

After Han Jia led his soldiers and captured the Huifeng Tiger Camp, Li Yi took the secret letter he had found and the gold, silver and medicine bestowed by the Xiongnu and headed towards the central army camp.

Everything went as Li Yi had expected. On his way to the central army camp, Li Yi saw many private soldiers under the command of powerful families in Yanmen Pass. They were gathered in groups of three or five, and their faces showed some panic.

"General, I have successfully completed my mission and have annihilated the traitorous Zhao family!"

As soon as Li Yi entered the camp, he saw many people sitting on both sides. These people were quite wealthy and had arrogant expressions. They were all heads of powerful families in Yanmen Pass.

Hearing Li Yi's words, everyone was shocked and exclaimed in surprise.

The next moment, Li Yi's personal guards carried boxes of gold, silver, and medicinal herbs, placing them alongside Zhao Cheng's head in the camp.

"These are the gifts the Xiongnu bestowed upon the Zhao family. As for these secret letters, they were left by Zhao Cheng, the head of both the Zhao and Wang families, in correspondence with the Xiongnu!"

As Li Yi produced a great deal of evidence, the camp fell silent. The various family heads subconsciously exchanged glances, pondering countermeasures.

Upon seeing the secret letter of evidence handed over by Li Yi, General Guan was overjoyed:

"Gentlemen, the evidence is conclusive that the Zhao and Wang families colluded with the Xiongnu and betrayed military intelligence."

"According to the laws of Chen, their entire clan should be exterminated, and their property should be confiscated for military use as provisions to fight against the Xiongnu!"

"Gentlemen, do you have any opinions?"

Hearing General Guan's words, the many powerful figures present were terrified when they saw Zhao Cheng's head.

The Zhao family is one of the most powerful clans in the Yanmen Pass region, and can mobilize thousands of troops at any time.

But the powerful Zhao family was completely slaughtered overnight. General Guan was too ruthless!

Upon realizing this, everyone instinctively looked at Li Yi.

They never expected that this person, who was only twenty years old, would have such strength and be able to easily defeat the Zhao family!

"The general is absolutely right. This Zhao family is a traitor; they deserve to be exterminated and their names wiped out!"

A respected elder spoke out indignantly, his words clearly severing ties with the Zhao family and proving his own family's innocence.

With the old man's reminder, all the family heads suppressed their distracting thoughts and spoke up one after another.

Seeing this, General Guan smiled slightly:

"I am well aware of what you all have said, but the grain and supplies allocated by the imperial court have been delayed, causing me great anxiety day and night, and I have been unable to sleep!"

Hearing the music, one understands the refined meaning.

These powerful figures were all cunning old foxes; they knew exactly what General Guan meant.

Immediately, everyone spoke up.

"General, my Li family may not have much else, but we do have some medicinal herbs. We are willing to provide ten cartloads of herbs for military use!"

"My Huang family has three hundred cartloads of grain and fodder, which we are willing to send to the army to resist the Xiongnu invasion!"

……

In a short time, many powerful families donated money and grain, and some even sent their own able-bodied men to assist the army.

Seeing this, General Guan nodded secretly and accepted them all.

"I believe in your innocence."

"These Xiongnu are extremely vicious. Only the Wang and Zhao families are so blind as to secretly collude with them."

After the powerful families voluntarily contributed money and provisions, General Guan put the matter behind him and did not pursue who else was secretly colluding with the Xiongnu.

With examples like the destruction of the Wang and Zhao families, these powerful clans would temporarily keep quiet for a while.

By noon, the powerful figures had all left, leaving only Li Yi and General Guan in the camp.

"These powerful clans are currently suppressed, and the rear of Yanmen Pass is basically secure."

"Now we can free up our resources to deal with the Xiongnu invasion."

Hearing General Guan's words, Li Yi said, "It is all thanks to the general's strategic planning that these powerful figures were able to restrain their improper thoughts."

Li Yi's flattering words made General Guan laugh heartily.

"This time, it's also thanks to your ability to quickly break through the Zhao family and obtain this solid evidence."

"You deserve the greatest credit for this battle!"

After a moment of contemplation, General Guan summoned the chief clerk and asked him to take notes.

"This general has always been fair in rewarding and punishing. Since you have rendered great service, I cannot let you work for nothing!"

"Therefore, I hereby bestow upon you the title of Wind Tiger, and from this day forward, you shall be the Wind Tiger Captain!"

After the captain, there is the title captain, who can independently govern a region.

Most importantly, a captain with the title can directly command 500 men, and with Li Yi's promotion, his Wind Tiger Battalion was also expanded to a force of 3,000 men.

"Thank you, General!"

Li Yi was overjoyed to receive another promotion and repeatedly expressed his gratitude.

But General Guan simply waved his hand and continued:

"You may take 30% of the spoils obtained from the Zhao and Wang families this time, and the remaining 70% will be used to send troops to the army."

"In addition, you will be in charge of managing the tens of thousands of acres of fertile land belonging to the Zhao family. It can be used as the base of the Wind Tiger Camp. You just need to hand over the profits to the army every year as required."

Will I be in charge of the Zhao family's land?

Upon hearing this, Li Yi's mouth dropped open in surprise.

It should be noted that this is tens of thousands of acres of fertile land. Even if the profits are handed over to the army and distributed to the soldiers of the Wind Tiger Battalion, what ends up in Li Yi's hands is still a large sum of money!

Sure enough, murder and arson bring wealth and honor!

Confiscating property is the quickest way to get rich!