The old emperor only desires immortality; you must not rebel.

As the Holy Emperor, do I need a reason to exterminate your entire family?

The answer is yes!

At the very least, the emperor should make the people feel that he is a person who obeys the law, not someone who indiscriminately kills the innocent.

For example, when corrupt officials under the emperor urge the people to pay taxes, they will use some ruthless methods. When the emperor faces corrupt officials under his command who do not pay taxes, he will also use the same methods to strive to treat everyone equally.

But as the emperor's loyal guards, they needed no reason to exterminate entire families.

Anyone who dares to disrespect the Holy Emperor will be chopped into mincemeat.

Three hundred guards stormed into the Pei residence and began an indiscriminate massacre.

As the emperor, if he wants to regain power, he will inevitably clash with the powerful clans.

Previously, the largest exploiting class was the aristocratic families, but now the emperor wants to become the largest exploiting class. This is the contradiction and conflict between classes.

Pei Zhixing probably never expected that the Holy Emperor would be so lacking in martial virtue, giving the Pei family no chance to prepare.

Xie Qianguan had at least tens of thousands of private soldiers. Most of the Pei family's private soldiers were outside the city. How could the hundreds of private soldiers in the mansion possibly withstand the Holy Emperor's personal guard?

"A tyrannical ruler!"

A hysterical roar came from behind the mansion.

Countless stones flew everywhere!

An old man dressed in a gray short coat suddenly rushed out from the backyard and sent two guards flying with a single palm strike.

The old man's face was flushed with rage. He stared at the scene before him with eyes bulging with rage and a murderous intent churning within him.

"Great-uncle!"

"Help!"

The remaining members of the Pei family quickly shielded their great-uncle in front of them, tears streaming down their faces.

"Ancestor!"

"Kill that damned emperor! He killed the patriarch!"

"You tyrant, today is your death day!"

The members of the Pei clan pointed at the emperor and began to curse him furiously, drawing hatred for their great-uncle.

The old man exuded a powerful aura, with energy swirling around his body.

This is a protective energy unique to grandmasters.

"A tyrannical ruler!"

Pei Yuantu ignored the crowd behind him, glaring angrily at Lu Cheng and roaring, "You tyrannical ruler who disregards human life! Today, I will rid the people of this scourge!"

Before the emperor is deposed, no one wants to bear the stigma of regicide.

The emperor can overthrow rebellious peasants, but not powerful aristocratic families.

But with the emperor himself coming to their doorstep, Pei Yuantu clearly couldn't afford to be so cautious.

As a martial arts master, even if a thousand cavalrymen stood in front of him, he was confident he could take the head of this dog emperor.

Pei Yuantu unleashed a terrifying aura, stomped heavily on his foot, and used the recoil to shoot out, his palm bursting with dazzling golden light.

"You dog emperor!"

"Give me your life!"

He was full of confidence!

As a grandmaster, he secluded himself for twenty years, believing himself to be virtually unrivaled in the world.

Pei Yuantu was furious, his eyes fixed on Lu Cheng, as if he could already see Lu Cheng's head being smashed by a single palm strike.

"Pfft!"

Blood splattered everywhere.

Suddenly, a long halberd, like a raging dragon, pierced through him completely.

Pei Yuantu looked down at the halberd that had pierced his body, then slowly looked up at the owner at the other end of the halberd.

The Holy Emperor smiled.

Grandmaster?

Is he a good fighter?

With a sudden burst of force, a tremendous power surged through the halberd and into Pei Yuantu's body, causing his entire body to explode!

The next moment, the Holy Emperor entered the arena carrying a long halberd.

Charge forward on horseback!

The halberd pierced through five or six people in an instant, then flung the corpses off the halberd.

He grabbed the wall beside him with his bare hands and smashed it down.

"Boom!"

The moment they saw the Holy Emperor lift the courtyard wall with his bare hands, the Pei clan members were all terrified and at a loss for what to do.

That was a courtyard wall more than ten meters long, and he actually grabbed it with his bare hands.

"monster!"

"A monster!"

One by one, the members of the Pei clan scattered and fled, wailing in agony.

Lu Cheng strode forward, raised his hand, and clenched his fist!

It crashed down!!

"Boom!"

A shockwave, visible to the naked eye, swept around.

It was as if a thunderclap echoed in everyone's ears, and the ground cracked at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The violent tremors spread for miles around.

The earth cracked open!

The houses around them collapsed one by one.

Those who fled the Pei clan were either buried by collapsed houses or fell into the cracks in the buildings.

"Your Majesty, spare my life!"

"Your Majesty, spare us! We'll pay our taxes!"

"We pay taxes!"

The entire Pei family mansion was filled with terrified screams and wails.

Under the divine power of the Holy Emperor, the entire Pei clan was reduced to ruins.

The commotion attracted countless people in the city, but no one dared to approach the place at this moment, not even the powerful families that had once been allied with the Pei family.

Lu Cheng slowly straightened up, looked at the masterpiece in front of him, and revealed a satisfied smile.

"His Majesty……"

A cautious voice came from the side: "It might not be easy to find the money here."

Lu Cheng's face darkened!

Qin Xiong regretted his words as soon as he finished speaking. His heart skipped a beat, and cold sweat poured down his forehead.

"Bang!"

Qin Xiong immediately knelt down.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

Lu Cheng tilted his head back, looked down at Qin Xiong, and scoffed, "Am I such a petty person?"

"Do you think I haven't considered this kind of thing?"

Qin Xiong immediately shouted, "Your Majesty is wise!"

"Hmm~"

Lu Cheng responded softly.

"Prepare your carriage!"

"Return to the palace!"

The Holy Emperor boarded the dragon carriage.

The dragon banner clears the way!

The imperial guards escorted the imperial carriage toward the palace.

"Commander Qin, you are in charge of liquidating the Pei family's assets!"

Qin Xiong's eyes widened.

……

The Holy Emperor has destroyed the Pei clan again!

The news spread throughout the capital, and countless powerful families were terrified!

Strictly speaking, the Pei clan was not wiped out; only a portion remained in the capital, while another portion remained in their estates outside the city.

Even the Xie family has members living outside the area.

No powerful or wealthy family will put all their eggs in one basket.

Upon receiving the news, the Pei clan members in the Pei clan estate outside the city fled in droves.

The upright officials from aristocratic families gathered again in front of the palace gates and began to denounce the emperor's crimes, listing out the emperor's ten major offenses in detail.

As professional trolls, their daily duty is to criticize the emperor.

The more harshly the emperor is criticized, the higher their reputation will be in history books.

This time, they brought their own buckets of excrement, making it clear that they wouldn't leave until they had brought down the emperor.

While the upright officials denounced the emperor, the various aristocratic families gathered together once again.

Prince's Mansion

Wang Chengye held the teacup, his hands trembling.

As the third most prominent family in the capital region, after the first and second families were successively raided by the Emperor, the Wang family naturally took over as the head of the family.

"Gentlemen!"

Wang Chengye took a deep breath and gritted his teeth, saying, "Staying in the capital will only lead to death!"

That dog emperor in the palace is a madman.

No one can guarantee which family the dog emperor will target next.

The emperor's taxes are too high; who the hell can afford to pay them?

They're not even living as well as those poor bastards outside the city now!

That tyrant was undoubtedly merciful to the poor, but ruthless towards the powerful families.

He wanted the emperor dead more than anyone else, but if they didn't run now, they would be the ones to die.

"Brother Chengye!"

"I invited Master Yunhai from the Qingyun Temple outside the city to perform the ritual!"

At this moment, Lu Fan, the head of the Lu family who had been keeping a low profile, suddenly spoke up.

Wang Chengye paused for a moment, his eyes gradually turning strange.

practice?

As someone from a scholarly family, he never believed in anything supernatural or superstitious.