With a warehouse full of supplies, I stood alone as king in this chaotic world, gun in hand.

Nangong Wu glanced at the group of people and, sure enough, they all had menacing expressions on their faces.

"Guards! These wicked servants have been accomplices to the tyrant, committing countless evils and their crimes are unforgivable. Drag them all away and behead them!" She sentenced these people to death to save them from taking up prison cells.

"Spare us! We know we were wrong! We'll never do it again, please forgive us!"

"Everything we did was at the young master's behest. We were forced into it; it has nothing to do with us..."

Cries and pleas for mercy filled the air.

"You all deserve to die!"

Without a word, the constables and yamen runners dragged these wicked servants away swiftly, as if afraid that Nangong Wu might change her mind.

They dragged all the wicked slaves into an alley and swiftly brought them down with their knives.

Just then, Meng Dashi and his guards brought the people from the prison.

"Your Highness, most of the people in the prison are the elderly, women, and children. I only brought about two hundred men with me," Master Meng reported to her.

Nangong Wu nodded, "Okay, let them come over!"

The two hundred-plus prisoners were brought up, all dressed in rags, with unkempt hair and their hands and feet clad in heavy handcuffs and shackles.

Nangong Wu walked up to these people and asked, "Speak! What serious crimes have you committed?"

A bearded man raised his head, his eyes bloodshot and seemingly spitting fire. "We did nothing wrong. It was that corrupt official Liang Zheng who slandered us."

"Insolence!" Meng Dashi shouted, "These are the heir and princess of the Zhenyuan Prince's Mansion! You mustn't be rude! If you truly have any grievances, speak them out properly, and the two princes will uphold justice for you!"

"The heir and princess of the Zhenyuan Prince's Mansion!"

The prisoners all looked at Nangong Wu and her brother Nangong Xiao in surprise.

The Prince of Zhenyuan commanded 300,000 troops and guarded Lindong Pass. He fought against the Eastern Jin Dynasty for decades and was very famous. Almost everyone in the Western Yan Dynasty knew him.

Nangong Wu continued, "We know about the evil deeds Liang Zheng committed in Runan City. We have already arrested Liang Zheng and his entire family. If you have any grievances, please speak up."

Upon hearing this, the prisoners looked at each other in surprise, and then they all knelt down before her.

"Your Highness, over three hundred people from our village have all been arrested by that corrupt official Liang Zheng..."

"Liang Zheng wanted to mine gold in the mountains near our village and forcibly occupied our land. When we refused, he arrested everyone in our village and forced us to mine for them. When we disagreed, Liang Zheng killed our relatives..."

After listening to them talk for a while, Nangong Wu finally understood what was going on.

It turned out that Liang Zheng had discovered a gold mine and secretly began mining it, which damaged the local people's farmland. People from several villages were unhappy about this, and several conflicts broke out as a result.

Because the locals didn't want outsiders to mine gold, the matter escalated.

Liang Zheng secretly hired people to mine the gold. If the matter gets out of hand and the imperial court finds out, Emperor Mingde will definitely take it seriously.

If the imperial court investigates and finds out that he dared to mine gold privately, not only will he lose his official position, but the entire Liang clan will also be buried with him.

Therefore, Liang Zheng arrested all the villagers in these villages, imprisoned them, and used women and children as hostages to force the men to mine gold for him.

"Guards! Remove their handcuffs and shackles, and release all the people from those villages without charge," she ordered.

"Thank you so much, Your Highness, for saving my life!"

The villagers all knelt down to express their gratitude.

"Your Highnesses, Liang Zheng and his son killed my wife and children to force me to pan for gold. Please, do justice for us..." A middle-aged man cried out.

"My father was also murdered by someone surnamed Liang!"

The villagers angrily denounced the Liang family's atrocities.

Nangong Xiao was also furious after hearing their words. "Sister, what do you think we should do with the Liang family?"

"Naturally, let them settle their scores and avenge their grievances," Nangong Wu coldly ordered.

"Guards! Liang Zheng has committed countless evils and his crimes are heinous. He should be executed! Immediately hang Liang Zheng and display his corpse on the south gate for seven days as a warning to others!"

"Nangong Wu, how dare you!" Liang Zheng shouted angrily, "I am a second-rank governor personally appointed by His Majesty. You have no right to punish me..."

"You have no choice!" Meng Dashi and Wu Jiang personally dragged Liang Zheng away to be executed.

"The rope is here!" Someone brought a rope and put it directly around Liang Zheng's neck, strangling him to death!

"master!"

"Father……"

Liang Zheng's wives, concubines, and children screamed in alarm.

"Your turn!" Nangong Wu walked up to the Liang family again. "Didn't you want revenge? The Liang family is yours now. Take your revenge!"

Upon hearing this, the villagers immediately stood up, grabbed the iron chains on the ground, and angrily rushed towards the Liang family members who were kneeling on the ground.

The city's residents who were watching from the sidelines, and those who harbored grudges against the Liang family, also joined in the fighting.

Screams erupted one after another.

Without the Flying Feather Guards even lifting a finger, the Liang family members were killed by those they had oppressed and exploited, including those who had colluded with the Liang family.

This day marked the day when the people of Runan City finally stood up and became masters of their own destiny. They spontaneously organized themselves to settle scores with the local bullies.

Nangong Wu was naturally pleased to see it happen.

It's much faster and more thorough to let these people take revenge themselves than to have them investigate and interrogate them, and it won't cause dissatisfaction among the city's residents.

Arrests are taking place everywhere in Runan City. Nangong Wu is afraid of losing control, so she has the Flying Feather Guards and other guards follow them. As for the property of these people, it will be distributed to the victims later.

They returned to the government office, where they would have to stay temporarily from now on.

Li Zhan reported with a joyful expression, "Your Highness, we have found Liang Zheng's underground vault."

Nangong Wu was surprised, "You found it so quickly? Let's go take a look."

"Your Highness, please come this way." Li Zhan led them to the backyard, to the largest courtyard.

"This is where Liang Zheng lives. Not only does it have a vault, but it also has a secret passage with the entrance in the side room and study."

Nangong Wu and Nangong Xiao followed him into the courtyard, where they saw several Flying Feather Guards standing guard.

When they saw them arrive, they opened the door to the side room.

As soon as Nangong Wu entered the room, she saw a secret passage. "Wow! You guys managed to find such a hidden place."

She originally intended to deal with the Liang family's affairs before using the detection equipment to search for the treasure.

"Your Highness, we've been following you for so long, we've learned how to find treasure!" Li Zhan said with a smile.

"I'll go down and take a look first." Nangong Wu went down into the secret passage first. Seeing that it was very dark inside, she took out a flashlight and shone it inside.

"Your Highness, when we triggered the mechanism, some arrows were shot out. There might be more down there, so please be careful," Li Zhan reminded her.

Nangong Wu carefully descended step by step. Once on the ground, there was no danger. She shone her flashlight inside.

The photo revealed a mountain of silver.