"Ling Chi."

The faces of the crowd turned pale as Fan Qing bowed and said, "Yes!"

Fan Qing led the crowd to take those people away. Li Guanyi looked at the scrolls, filled with dense text, detailing the men and women who had been brought into the palace over the years, and he saw Qian Qian’s name.

Suddenly, he remembered ten years ago, after he had practiced martial arts, on the way to see Shaking Light, he personally killed that old border soldier, and the faded family letters, now exalted as Prince Qin, Li Guanyi lowered his eyes and murmured softly:

"Today, the maidservant Qian Qian died, according to the law, fifty guan of money must be paid in compensation."

"As there is no one to host, five guan will be used for her burial, affecting palace affairs cost five guan, various debts thirty guan, five guan to be transferred to the post station, the cost of sealing letters, stamping, and transmitting books three guan and seven mo, and other miscellaneous expenses, leaving one hundred and thirty-five wen, to be transferred to her brother Qian Zheng, to clarify and demonstrate integrity..."

This letter, along with the one hundred and thirty-five wen.

It was like an imprint.

From the wilderness ten years ago to now, it all burned Li Guanyi. He looked at those scrolls and those names, remained silent for a long time, and gently placed the scroll on the table. Prince Qin’s eyes lowered.

He must not lose.

He must win.

Under the influence of Telepathy, specialized in the version of Stick Monk Thirteen’s [Will You Let Go] [Are You Hot], these palace maidens and eunuchs quickly confessed, it had been a practice gradually started several emperors ago under Chen Dingye.

People were bought from various places at low prices, mostly fourteen or fifteen-year-olds, still young and tender, then brought into the palace, after a while, they were thought of ways to harm them.

There were several methods.

Water Moon, was pushing them into the water, in the well, when unguarded.

This work was somewhat rough.

A better method was called Coffin Bone, it meant no food or drink was provided, just a little sustenance, then assigned heavy labor and overnight work, after about ten days, they would be exhausted to death, starved to death, nothing discernible.

It would only seem like that person was inherently unhealthy, poor families, such things were common.

Unhealthy, overworking led to death.

Basically, there’s no way to see anything.

However, not truly foolproof, if someone was meticulous and checked schedules and diets during this period, problems could still be discerned, at that time, some Silver had to be allocated to silence others.

The most elaborate was called Cotton Wrapped Rot, covering the body with a layer of cotton blanket, fiercely beating with sticks, outwardly showing little injury, but the internal organs and deep flesh were beaten to a pulp, within a few days, they would vomit blood and die.

After death, nothing discernible on the outside.

It is akin to a sudden illness.

Fan Qing’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, suppressing the urge to kill in his heart, he asked, "Aren’t you afraid of a coroner’s examination?"

The chief eunuchs and palace maidens replied with wooden faces, "It appears like a severe illness, the palace fears trouble and swiftly covers it up, how could there be a coroner? Besides, they are poor people, no money to hire a coroner for an examination."

The chaos and turmoil of the Chen era could be glimpsed from this.

Merely the facade of peace.

These chief palace maidens and eunuchs were dealt with, their accumulated gold and silver were considerable. Prince Qin, according to the directory, searched throughout the world, and after replenishing the gold and silver, handed it all over to the families of these people.

However, this step was difficult, many people were kidnapped and sold during chaotic times.

Even if families existed, many had long since dwindled.

Prince Qin’s determination to unify the world intensified.

General Yue Qianfeng, was happily engaged in recovering from his injuries and obtained a new Divine General List, he eagerly opened it, today, Old Yue had truly become a genuine top ten ranked divine general.

Truly unparalleled in this era, destined to leave a name in history!

Humph humph.

Let’s see who dares to say, Old Yue is the gatekeeper of the top ten.

Who, who dares to say!

First, he admired the Divine General List for a while, feeling it was truly a divine general’s list, tut tut tut, look at this scroll, these words, this texture and heft, one word, satisfying!

After admiring for a while.

Then slowly opened it with a smile, just glanced at it, and Yue Qianfeng’s expression gradually solidified, this divine general who had traversed countless battlefields without falling for many years, seemed to have encountered an unprecedented attack on his primordial spirit.

In Jiangnan, the silver-haired Whale Hunter grumbled dismissively.

Whether it was Li Guanyi or any major world event.

He didn’t care.

Who cares? Who bloody cares about him?

He said so.

But still, he got the latest version of the Divine General List immediately, glanced at it, and this grumbling Formation Leader who claimed not to care about anything, his expression froze, everyone’s gaze focused on the Divine General List.

The ancient list slowly opened.

First on the list: Li Guanyi.

His respectful title consisted of simply six big characters.

The World’s Number One Divine General.