Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 971: Cruel Officials' Methods
The Wuhun Tower, as the name suggests, collects the martial souls of many famous officials and generals in ancient times. Liu He can choose one of the martial souls of anyone who enters the tower to comprehend, and put it into the participant's mind, so that he can develop in the direction of the ability of this martial soul.

The closer the ability of the meditator is to the ability of the martial soul, and the higher the meditator's own comprehension, the better the effect of comprehension. Not only can he learn the martial soul's special skills and special attributes, but he can also integrate its special skills with his own existing skills to create new skills.

The same goes for attributes. Those who comprehend can break through the attributes of the corresponding martial soul.

One martial soul can only be comprehended by one person, and one person can only comprehend one martial soul. The two can only correspond one to one. Even if the comprehension effect is not good, it is difficult to replace someone else to comprehend it again.

After seeing this, Liu He couldn't wait any longer and quickly clicked on the list of martial spirits.

"Come on, let me see what martial spirits the sages have."

Soon, a long glittering list appeared in Liu He's mind.

"Jiang Shang, courtesy name Ziya, Taoist name Feixiong, was a founding hero of the Zhou Dynasty. He was known as the founder of military strategists and the master of all schools of thought. Command 105, force 37, intelligence 108, politics 99, special attributes: none, special skill 5: Baizu - the ancestor of all schools of thought. When leading troops, the commander's command is increased by 1 points, and the force of his generals is collectively increased by 5 point. When governing, the politics is increased by 1 points, and the intelligence of his civil servants is increased by point."

"Special Skill 2: Conferring Gods - When appearing on the battlefield, randomly perform "Conferring Gods" on three of our troops, increasing the special skill effect by half. If our generals do not have special skill bonuses, increase their military strength by 2 points. At the same time, randomly perform "Fighting Gods" on three enemy troops, sealing one special skill for each of them. If the enemy generals do not have special skill bonuses, reduce their military strength by points."

"Special Skill Three: Imperial Master - Proficient in both civil and military affairs. This allows subordinates or disciples you teach to have a chance to improve all attributes by 2-5 points, and have a chance to comprehend or strengthen special skills, which can break through attribute limits."

"Kongqiu, courtesy name Zhongni, is an educator, thinker, and founder of Confucianism. He is honored by later generations as the Sage of Literature Confucius. Command 67, Force 72, Intelligence 105, Politics 82, Special Attributes: None, Special Skill: Professor - Master of Confucian Classics, good at cultivating literary and historical talents, can quickly improve the intelligence and politics of his disciples, and has a chance to trigger the sudden enlightenment of the disciples, instantly improving their intelligence and politics by 1-3 points, which can break through the attribute limit."

The series of names made Liu He dizzy, but at the same time, he was overjoyed.

Among these martial spirits, there are not only top generals and great military strategists in ancient times, but also the ancestors of literati, the top counselors, ministers, and generals from ancient times to the present, as well as many outstanding people in other fields, all of which are included.

The more Liu He looked, the more excited he became, and the more difficult it became for him to control himself. He almost started dancing in this tall tower.

After being excited for a long time, he gradually calmed down, took a few deep breaths, and calmed himself down.

"Okay, okay, now, let me choose which martial spirit I should use to learn..."

He was happily choosing from the numerous martial spirit lists when the system's voice suddenly rang out.

"Reply to the host, the host cannot use the spirit enlightenment function."

Liu He was completely dumbfounded when he heard this: "What? Why? I'm the host. It's ok for me not to have any privileges, but I'm actually being deprived of the functions I should have. What does this mean?"

He was angry, anxious and furious, but the system didn't care at all. It still said coldly and without any tone: "The host has such a powerful system, so he should forge his own path. The host wants to be a wise leader for all ages. How can he learn and imitate others?"

Liu He was so amused by his bizarre reason that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Just as he was about to refute, the system's next words changed his mood.

"However, as the master of this system, although the host cannot use the martial soul comprehension function, he can get other compensations."

Liu He immediately became interested: "Oh? What compensation?"

"The host's efficiency in gaining insights in the 'Soul Spirit Tower' is twice that of other people. In addition, other people can only enter the 'Soul Spirit Tower' to gain insights once, but the host can enter three times."

Liu He was slightly satisfied: "Well... although I still feel it is not as good as those powerful martial spirits, but... it is better than nothing."

He curled his lips, even though he was still somewhat dissatisfied, there was nothing he could do. Although he was the master of the system on paper, he had no way to control the system at all.

"Host, are you ready to enter the state of comprehension now?" the system asked proactively.

Liu He said: "Yes, start to comprehend it immediately."

"System prompt: The host consumes 1000 points and enters the comprehension state of the 'Martial Soul Tower'."

In the Luoyang magistrate's office, Man Chong was walking quickly from the back hall to the front hall while chewing his food, with a clerk following him.

Man Chong swallowed the food in his mouth without a second thought and asked the clerk hastily, "Is the news true?"

The clerk said firmly, "It is absolutely true. More than 700 farmers signed a petition and reported it. I have sent people to investigate everywhere. Most of what they said can be verified. In the capital area, there are more than 30 big families who have been selling land since last year. Many farmers almost sold their houses to buy a few acres of thin land from them. However, since the beginning of this year, these big families suddenly turned against these farmers and sent people to the farmers' homes to seize the land deeds, insisting that they were stealing. When the farmers resisted, they were beaten and kicked, and even their houses were burned. As far as we know, more than 300 people have been beaten to death or burned to death."

When Man Chong heard this, his face turned pale and his eyes almost spit fire.

"How dare these thieves do this under the emperor's feet? Doesn't the local county magistrate care?"

The clerk smiled bitterly and said, "These big families are all local wealthy families. Many of them have people working in the court. How can those county magistrates afford to offend them? There were a few county magistrates who stood up for the farmers, but before the case was judged, they were united by these big families, either intimidating or bribing them, anyway, making them afraid to speak. Among them, two county magistrates were tough and would not be persuaded, but they were also removed from their positions by the officials in these families."

"How hateful!" Man Chong had already arrived at the lobby. He looked at the many farmers kneeling outside the government office. He saw that each of them was pale and thin, and their bodies were as dry as firewood. He was immediately furious.

"Snapped……"

He slammed the gavel and shouted, "Come here, quickly send the police, together with the city guards, to arrest those who ignore the law and discipline and are worse than beasts!"

The clerk showed an awkward expression: "This... Please forgive me for saying so much. Although those wealthy families are hateful, you are only the magistrate of Luoyang, and most of these wealthy families are not in Luoyang, and are not within your jurisdiction. Moreover... and they are extremely powerful, and you in the court... it seems... it seems..."

Man Chong looked at him coldly: "You mean to say that I have no followers or background in the court, and I can't afford to offend them, right?"

"No, no, I'm just considering your future."

"No need." Man Chong shouted, "I, Man Chong, have received the emperor's grace. How can I be afraid of power and disregard the court's laws? As for my authority, your majesty has long said that the capital is an important place, and safety and order are more important than Mount Tai. Therefore, I have been given the power to make decisions on the spot. When encountering a major case that is not caused by Luoyang, and the officials in the place where the case occurred are unable or incapable of hearing the case, this order allows me to temporarily handle the case."

"This..." The clerk was still a little hesitant, making Man Chong even more angry.

"If you dare to delay again, I will order you to lose your job as a clerk. Hurry up and go! Don't some of them work in the court? Arrest them nearby and make no mistakes. Go!"

"Yes, yes, I'll go right away." The clerk was frightened and ran out quickly to pass on the order.

In a mansion in the northern part of Luoyang, a team of police officers kicked open the door and rushed in.

"What are you doing? Do you know whose mansion this is? How dare you act so rudely here? Do you want to die?" A man who looked like a butler came out and scolded loudly, but the officers ignored him. One of them, who looked like a captain, pushed him away and ran straight to the backyard.

"How bold!" A man in his forties, dressed in a long gown, walked out from the backyard.

"Who are you working for? How dare you trespass into my residence?"

The captain stepped forward and saluted, but his voice was not polite at all: "I am here on the orders of the Luoyang magistrate to arrest the criminal and bring him back to the government office for trial."

"Criminal? Who is the criminal? I am the Grand Master of the Imperial Court. Everyone in this government office abides by the law. How can there be a criminal?"

The middle-aged man looked very angry.

But the captain didn't buy it. He was an old soldier of the Bingzhou Anmin Army. Although he was only one of the more than ten captains of the patrol guard in Luoyang city, he seemed to have little influence, but he enjoyed the salary of an ordinary county magistrate and had a title. In his eyes, these wealthy and powerful families were not worth mentioning at all.

His face turned serious: "Doctor, if you want to know all the details, please follow me back to the government office. Otherwise..."

He glanced at the guards running over and sneered, "If anyone dares to resist the law with violence, hehe, he will add another crime to his crime. According to the law, it is tantamount to treason, which is a serious crime punishable by confiscation of property and extermination of the clan."

The middle-aged man's expression turned a little unnatural when he heard this.

Seeing this, the captain waved his hand and said, "Take him away."

Several soldiers ran up, picked up the middle-aged man and left without saying a word.

"How dare you... Man Chong... I will report you sooner or later... Just wait and see..."

The same situation also happened in the residences of dozens of ministers in the city. Seeing these court officials and heads of large families suddenly being taken away by the city guards, both the people in the city and the people in those families were completely stunned.

However, there were still some smart people among these families who rushed to the Situ Mansion for help.

In the Luoyang Magistrate's office, Man Chong sat high in the hall, looking at the dozens of people standing below, and those dozens of people were also looking at him with great dissatisfaction.

"Man Chong, what do you mean? We are all officials appointed by the imperial court. How dare you break into our house and arrest people? What's your reason?"

"That's right. If you don't make it clear today, we will never give up and will impeach you in front of His Majesty."

"How dare a mere Luoyang magistrate be so presumptuous? It's simply lawless."

The ministers were filled with resentment. As Man Chong listened to their words, his face became increasingly darker, but he never said a word in rebuttal.

After a while, perhaps because they were tired of shouting, these people stopped, but they still glared at Man Chong angrily.

Man Chong looked at them and said, "Have you finished cursing? I allowed you to curse just now only because I am a colleague. I will be interrogating you formally soon. After the interrogation, I am afraid you will not have the opportunity to curse anymore. So I let you curse to your heart's content first, so that you won't accuse me of being unreasonable in the future."

He said this almost through gritting his teeth, and the dozens of people who heard it immediately got goose bumps all over their bodies.

"Mr. Man, what do you mean by that?"

Man Chong glanced at the man and said, "What do you mean? Humph, you will know soon. Come, call the plaintiff."

A team of officers, accompanied by hundreds of farmers, entered the palace one after another. When many ministers saw these farmers, they quickly recognized them. Their faces changed immediately, and they guessed what Man Chong meant by "criminal".

However, despite this, the vast majority of them still did not take it seriously. Most of these people held official positions lower than the Luoyang magistrate, and some held higher positions than the Luoyang magistrate. There were also many people who, although their official titles and salaries were the same as Man Chong, were close ministers of the three dukes and nine ministers in the court. Naturally, their status and influence in the court were not comparable to Man Chong's.

In view of this, these people still looked relaxed, and some were even whispering.

"Oh, who are these guys? They are dirty and smelly, so disgusting. Mr. Man, did you bring dozens of court officials including me here just to go to court with these stinky beggars? It's totally incomprehensible."

A man spoke in a somewhat sarcastic tone, and when Man Chong looked over, he saw that it was the Imperial Chariot Officer of the imperial court.

"Pah..." Man Chong slammed the gavel heavily, "You bold suspects! You are the defendants. You dare to laugh and joke in this court. You are simply contemptuous of the court. Someone, come..."

"Here!" A team of officers stood up.

"Give this man twenty strokes of the cane in court as a warning to others." Man Chong gave the order, and the officers arrested the carriage official without saying a word.

Now the ministers all started to panic.

"Man Chong, what are you going to do? Openly assaulting an official appointed by the imperial court, do you know how serious a crime this is?"

"You are simply courting your own death. Why don't you release us immediately? Otherwise, you will be punished at the court meeting tomorrow!"

Man Chong said with disdain: "Tomorrow? Humph, I'm afraid you won't even see tomorrow. Come, give me a good beating. Also, whoever dared to threaten me in court just now is guilty of an even greater crime. Drag him to the door and give him thirty lashes."

"What? You dare..."

Most of those officers were old soldiers in the army. They were all rough men and had always known that military orders were as heavy as mountains. Even after becoming officers under the command of the Luoyang Magistrate, their nature did not change. They did not care who the people who were going to be beaten were. In short, if the Luoyang Magistrate said to beat them, then they would beat them.

A team of police officers directly carried the two people who had just spoken, dragged them to the gate of the government office, stripped off their shirts in public, picked up a whip made of hemp rope, and beat them with all their strength.

“Oh… my God…”

"It hurts, it hurts... Help me..."

In the blink of an eye, several shocking blood marks appeared on the backs of the two men, and the Chefu Ling who was beaten with a stick had his buttocks bruised and bloody.

"This...this, this, this..."

The other ministers no longer had the arrogance they had just now. Seeing that Man Chong really dared to take action against them, they all shut their mouths and no one dared to say another word.

(End of this chapter)