I am Master Maoshan

"Beautiful! That's sincerity. By the way, what crime have you committed? But forget it, you don't have to tell me, and I don't want to hear it. Let me give you a pardon and save you and your family from death. However, you have to stay at the border and reflect on yourself." As he said that, Liu Jun wrote down a pardon order on the desk with a big stroke of his pen.

The corrupt official received the pardon order with mixed feelings. Although his life was saved, he could not avoid the hard life at the border. With shaking hands, he kowtowed to Liu Jun several times, and was taken away by the guards with tears of gratitude.

Liu Jun continued to sit behind the desk, a meaningful smile on his face, his eyes looking at the next target.

The next corrupt official was chubby, with a round face that showed some shrewdness and calculation, and he looked like a man who was good at scheming. He paced and walked carefully to the chair under the attention of many guards, his eyes flickering, as if he was guessing the thoughts of the new God King Liu Jun.

"Come on, it's your turn." Liu Jun sat upright on the dragon throne with a playful smile on his lips. He waved gently to the corrupt official and pointed to the exquisite chair in front of him.

The corrupt official's heart tightened, he knew that this moment had finally come. He pretended to be calm, stepped forward quickly, saluted respectfully and said: "Your Majesty, I also intend to donate all my belongings to show my loyalty to Your Majesty."

Liu Jun raised his eyebrows when he heard this. He seemed not surprised by Chen Xin's initiative. He just asked calmly, "Yeah? Your name is Chen Xin, right?"

"Yes, I am honored that Your Majesty knows my name." Chen Xin nodded and bowed hurriedly, taking the opportunity to flatter the emperor.

Liu Jun chuckled, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone: "Oh, no need to flatter me, I won't fall for it. Tell me, what are all your belongings? Don't leave anything out. I want to check it myself."

Chen Xin was stunned for a moment, secretly complaining in his heart. He didn't expect Liu Jun to be so direct and harsh. But at this point, he could only bite the bullet and say: "I have 30 million God King coins hidden in my home, as well as several shops in prosperous areas, and some precious antiques and jewelry..."

While listening, Liu Jun tapped the armrests of the chair with his fingers, with a meaningful smile on his face all the time.

After Chen Xin finished speaking, Liu Jun grinned, his tone full of disdain: "Humph, your sincerity is even worse. You dare to show off your little property? I think you should think about how to let me see your sincerity."

"Your Majesty, this is all my belongings!" Chen Xin's legs went weak and he knelt on the ground instantly, his voice filled with endless despair and crying.

Liu Jun sneered, stood up slowly, walked to Chen Xin, picked up a piece of paper, and said in a cold and clear voice: "Okay, then I'll let you die with a clear mind." Then he began to read aloud word by word: "Corrupt official Chen Xin currently has 45 million Divine King coins, 37 shops, 500 hectares of land, and countless rare antiques, calligraphy and paintings..."

As Liu Jun read aloud, Chen Xin's face turned paler and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead. He instantly realized that his fate was doomed. He tried to struggle and beg for mercy, but everything seemed so powerless.

"Drag him aside and chop him off, then you can go and search his house." After Liu Jun read the last word, a hint of determination flashed in his eyes, and he said coldly to the Inspector of the Supervisory Office beside him.

Upon hearing this, the Inspector immediately stepped forward and dragged Chen Xin away like a dead dog without any hesitation. Chen Xin's pleading and crying gradually faded away and finally disappeared into the air.

With a "crack", a huge head fell to the ground and rolled to the side. The beast raised by the Supervisory Council smelled the blood, pounced on it excitedly, and swallowed the head into its stomach in one gulp, leaving only blood and terrified eyes on the ground.

With Chen Xin's vivid lesson, all the corrupt officials who followed became extremely cooperative. They knelt on the ground, confessed their crimes, and donated all their property without reservation, just to save their lives.

Liu Jun was so happy. You know, the minimum donation from these corrupt officials is tens of millions. With so many corrupt officials, it is definitely an astronomical figure.

During the fundraising process, one or two corrupt officials occasionally tried to conceal the truth, but they were discovered by the Supervisory Commission. Under Liu Jun's personal order, they also could not escape death.

From early morning till night, Liu Jun interrogated more than one hundred corrupt officials, and among these corrupt officials, only four were killed. The others chose to donate all their belongings in exchange for their own lives and those of their entire families.

"Stop for a while, we'll continue tomorrow." Liu Jun had to call for a halt, his voice carrying a hint of fatigue. This whole day of interrogation was too much for even a strong body.

It was not known whether the Supervisory Council was extremely efficient or the number of corrupt officials in the Platinum Divine Realm was alarming, but they had already arrested and interrogated more than a hundred corrupt officials, and a steady stream of "big fish" were being brought in. These corrupt officials looked ashen, trembling as they waited for their fate to be decided.

For those corrupt officials whose interrogation had not yet been completed, Liu Jun ordered them to be taken back to the cold and damp dungeon to await tomorrow's trial.

On the way back to the Divine King's Palace, Liu Jun lowered his voice and asked the military advisor Chu Liuying beside him: "How is it, how much did they donate in total?"

There was a gleam of anticipation in his eyes, and he seemed quite satisfied with this "harvest". Although he didn't know the exact number, he knew it was not a small number.

Chu Liuying quickly glanced at the densely packed account in his hand, and the corners of his mouth could not help but slightly rise, with a hint of surprise in his eyes: "Your Majesty is really a good idea! Not counting those real estate treasures, the Divine King Coins alone are more than 7 billion!"

Liu Jun nodded after hearing this, with a hint of deep thought flashing in his eyes. After a moment of silence, he slowly said, "Keep the property for now and collect rent every month. The rent can be used to subsidize the daily expenses of the Divine King Palace. As for those treasures, put them all away and I'll find someone to deal with them. As for the more than 7 billion Divine King coins, exchange them all for food, medicine and other urgently needed supplies and send them to the disaster area for emergency relief."

Chu Liuying opened her mouth in surprise when she heard this: "You...you won't keep a cent?"

In his impression, although Liu Jun was wise and brave, he was extremely stingy, like a miser. He didn't expect that this time, he would donate all the money to the disaster area. Liu Jun looked at Chu Liuying and grinned: "Don't look down on me, okay? I am greedy, but I know what money I should take and what money I shouldn't take. The people in the disaster area are chewing tree bark, how can I take this money? Moreover, the money of these corrupt officials is the blood and sweat of the people, and it should be returned to the people."

Chu Liuying couldn't help but admire Liu Jun when he heard this. He bowed deeply and said, "Your Majesty is wise! I will arrange it right away."

At night, Liu Jun, feeling indescribably tired, slowly stepped into the solemn gate of the Platinum Temple.

As expected, when he stepped into the inner hall, what caught his eye was the mountain of memorials that seemed like an endless process.

The corners of Liu Jun's mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly, and he rubbed his temples helplessly, trying to ease his tense nerves.

"Let's just say, could you please screen them a bit before sending them to me?" There was a barely perceptible hint of fatigue and helplessness in Liu Jun's voice.

He now felt as if he had just struggled out of an endless abyss of overtime, but was ruthlessly pushed into another even busier work vortex by his leader.

That kind of irritability, like the heat wave of summer, rolled in and suffocated people. Even he, the high and mighty God King, could not escape this kind of irritability and restraint that was like working like a cow or a horse.

"Your Majesty, these memorials have already been screened." The voice of Cabinet Minister Che Lei sounded at the right time, interrupting Liu Jun's thoughts.

Che Lei, the cabinet minister from the Skyfire Divine Realm, was brought from there by Liu Jun specifically to assist him.

He understood Liu Jun's fatigue and helplessness, and knew that Liu Jun didn't like these things. As a cabinet minister, he also understood the importance of these memorials.

"My dear Che, can you... screen them again?" Liu Junqiang forced a fake smile, trying to ease the depressing atmosphere with a relaxed tone.

Upon hearing this, Che Lei sighed helplessly and had to bite the bullet and said, "Then...then I will pick another one."

As he spoke, he began to carefully read the memorials, trying to find those truly important and urgent matters to report to Liu Jun.

The entire Platinum Temple fell into silence again. Only the sound of Che Lei flipping through memorials and the occasional chirping of insects outside the window broke the momentary tranquility.

Liu Jun sat quietly aside, looking into the distance with empty eyes, as if he was thinking about some important issue.

However, he was the only one who knew what he was thinking now. His only thought was when would this unlucky day end.

"Your Majesty, Manager Qian Liu of Jinliufu Money Box requests to see you." A ceremonial officer dressed in gorgeous clothes tiptoed into the hall of the Palace of the God King and spoke in a low and respectful voice.

Compared with the imperial palaces depicted in earthly TV dramas, perhaps the biggest difference between the palaces of the gods in the five divine realms is that there are no traditional eunuchs here.

Here, all service and communication work is undertaken by these smart and capable etiquette officers.

If there is a harem in the God King's Palace, then the ones serving beside it must be female etiquette officers. They have also received strict training, and their manners are dignified and their speech is appropriate.

However, for now, neither the Skyfire Divine Realm nor the Platinum Divine Realm has set up a harem. The reason for this is naturally because the Divine King of these two Divine Realms is the same person - Liu Jun.

Although Liu Jun is not young anymore, at present, he is a man, but not a mature man, so there is no such thing as three thousand beauties in his harem.

When Liu Jun heard the news that Manager Qian Liu came to ask for a meeting, a light instantly flashed in his eyes.

Liu Jun gently waved his hand and signaled the attendant beside him: "Quick, invite him in."

Soon, Qian Liu, the shopkeeper, walked into the hall with steady steps. He was dressed in brocade and looked very imposing. As soon as he entered the door, he bowed deeply and said, "Jin Liufu Cashier, Qian Liu, I pay my respects to His Majesty the Divine King."

Although Liu Jun had repeatedly said that there was no need to be so reserved, Qian Liu, the shopkeeper, always adhered to his principles. He knew very well that in the Palace of the God King, the king was the king and the ministers were the ministers, and the proper etiquette and rules could not be missed. This was not only a respect for the God King, but also an acknowledgement of his own identity.

(End of this chapter)