Reborn as a eunuch, the system tells me to seduce the empress?

Fang Hong stared at Lin Mo, whose face was filled with murderous intent, and beads of sweat instantly appeared on his forehead, but he still refused to back down: "You eunuch, you...you mustn't do anything rash! I am an official of the imperial court, if you dare to touch me..."

"So what if I dare to touch you?" Lin Mo activated the Xuanhuang power within his dantian, and instantly appeared in front of Fang Hong.

Lin Mo looked down at Fang Hong, his face unconcerned: "Alright, even if it were Minister of War Liao Ningwu, I wouldn't take him seriously in front of this governor."

Upon hearing this, Fang Hong's pupils contracted sharply, and he felt uneasy.

Because only then did he remember.

The Lin Mo in front of me is a martial artist, and a master at the peak of the Meridian Opening stage.

Not to mention that after Lin Mo, the eunuch, became the head of the Eastern Depot, he killed people without blinking an eye.

It is said that at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, people died at his hands.

Fang Hong was filled with regret at this moment.

Why did you have to stick your neck out and constantly go against Lin Mo?

Before Fang Hong could even speak, Lin Mo on the other side had already made his move.

Without any warning, Lin Mo grabbed Fang Hong's neck with his right hand, his five fingers like hooks.

In that instant, Fang Hong felt as if his neck was being clamped by an iron clamp, making it hard to breathe. He instinctively tried to pry Lin Mo's fingers apart, but couldn't budge them an inch.

"Lin Mo, you castrated dog, you...you're being insolent!" Fang Hong's face turned a deep purplish-red, his voice strained out from his throat, shrill and thin: "I...I'm going to impeach you, impeach you!"

Lin Mo looked at his distorted face, the smile on his lips growing fainter and colder until it finally turned into complete indifference.

"If you want to impeach me, I'm afraid you won't have the chance."

Lin Mo tightened his grip with all five fingers.

With a sharp crack, Fang Hong's neck was snapped by Lin Mo, as if it were a chopstick.

Fang Hong's eyes widened suddenly, his pupils filled with disbelief.

Then his head drooped limply, and his body collapsed to the ground like a log.

The soldiers Fang Hong brought stared blankly at the corpse lying on the ground, their chins trembling and their legs shaking like leaves.

None of them expected this.

Lin Mo actually dared to kill a Vice Minister of War.

Moreover, it happened in the main hall of the Eastern Depot, in front of so many people, where a high-ranking official of the third rank was killed so casually.

Zhou Hu was the first to react. He knelt down with a thud and shouted, "The Grand Eunuch is mighty!"

The Eastern Depot agents in the hall seemed to be awakened by the shout, and they all knelt down in unison, their voices as synchronized as if they had rehearsed: "The Grand Eunuch is mighty!"

Hundreds of people spoke at the same time, and the sound waves shook the dust off the roof beams.

Lin Mo pulled a handkerchief from his sleeve and slowly wiped his fingers, leaving a few drops of scarlet blood on the white handkerchief.

He threw the handkerchief at Fang Hong's face, turned around and walked back to the armchair, picked up the teacup that had been refilled with hot tea, blew away the foam, and took a small sip.

"Zhou Hu".

"Your subordinate is here!"

"Minister Fang trespassed into the Eastern Depot's office, impersonating an imperial envoy with malicious intent. He has been executed on the spot by this governor." Lin Mo's voice was calm, as if he were talking about something perfectly ordinary: "Send his body back to the Ministry of War, so that the officials there can have a good look at it and see what kind of person the supervisor they sent is."

Zhou Hu clasped his hands in acceptance and waved his hand.

Two strong-looking agents from the Eastern Depot stepped forward, disgustedly carrying Fang Hong's corpse, and walked out.

Lin Mo then looked at Zhao Feng, the third-in-command of the Eastern Depot, and said indifferently, "If the Ministry of Revenue doesn't send over the brothers' salaries, I wouldn't mind having the Ministry of Revenue replace them with a new batch of people."

"Yes, Commander!" Zhao Feng replied with delight.

With Lin Mo's return, all the frustration, humiliation, and anxiety of the past few months vanished in an instant.

The day broke in the Eastern Depot.

Lin Mo stood with his hands behind his back and walked to the window, looking at the servant who was sweeping the courtyard with his head down.

"In just a few months, the officials in the court all thought the Eastern Depot was finished." Lin Mo's voice was very calm, as if he were talking about something insignificant.

Lin Mo's sharp gaze swept across the faces of everyone present, and he said, word by word, "Pass down the order: all members of the Eastern Depot must return to their posts. Within three days, I want to see the complete dossier, archives, and list of secret agents. If even a single page is missing, I will skin you alive."

The six chief eunuchs of the Eastern Depot tensed, clasped their hands in greeting, and loudly proclaimed, "Your subordinates obey!"

Lin Mo looked at his subordinates and continued, "Send word to all the merchants on the street that the monthly salary collected by the Eastern Depot will be doubled. Anyone who is dissatisfied is invited to the Eastern Depot for tea."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the Eastern Depot perked up, their eyes filled with excitement.

They have suffered a lot of injustice these past few months.

The usually fierce and ruthless agents of the Eastern Depot were forced to reflect on their actions behind closed doors because of Lin Mo.

It's like a toothless tiger, living a very stifling life.

If anyone dares to cause trouble, then Vice Minister Fang from the Ministry of War will jump out and find fault.

Now the governor has returned to the Eastern Depot with the imperial edict to reopen it, and immediately killed the vice minister of the Ministry of War.

To establish authority through murder.

Cool!

This is the ruthless style of the Eastern Depot.

The news of the Eastern Depot's reopening spread like wildfire, reaching every corner of the capital in less than half a day.

The storyteller in the teahouse had barely begun when he was interrupted by the chattering of the listeners.

Several tables of customers in the restaurant huddled together, whispering amongst themselves, their faces showing barely concealed fear and tension.

The bloody battles during the last case handled by the Eastern Depot are still fresh in my mind.

Everyone in the capital remembers the methods of that Governor Lin.

Without a sound or a peep, by the time you realize it, the shackles are already around your neck.

Especially Lin Mo, that killer; he killed a vice minister of the Ministry of War as soon as he returned to the Eastern Depot.

Upon receiving the official letter from the Eastern Depot's commander, the Ministry of Revenue immediately deposited the several months' worth of unpaid wages into the Eastern Depot's treasury.

And from beginning to end.

The Empress in the palace remained silent, as if she knew nothing about the matter.

Now.

People's fear of Lin Mo deepened.

Good guy!

Just what abilities does this Lin thief possess?

He only spent an hour in the Imperial Study with His Majesty in the palace, yet he managed to persuade the Empress to reopen the Eastern Depot.

It seems.

After Her Majesty the Empress ascended the throne, she also became inseparable from that eunuch Lin Mo!

Contrary to the rumors circulating outside, on the afternoon of the day Lin Mo took up residence at the Eastern Depot, he ordered people to repaint the plaque of the Eastern Depot's office with gold paint, clear away the weeds in the courtyard, and open all the doors and windows of the side rooms for ventilation.

Stacks of dusty documents were brought out, and several literate clerks were busy checking and filing them with their heads down.

Many intelligence documents were handed to Lin Mo's desk.

When Lin Mo suggested to the old emperor the establishment of the Eastern Depot, he wanted to create an intelligence agency in Daliang similar to that of the Ming Dynasty.

This Eastern Depot not only dealt with corruption and recovered taxes, but also sent spies to infiltrate and gather intelligence in many surrounding countries.

With the special permission of the emperor, one could act first and report later.