Dominating Martial King
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524: Chapter 265: Feng Shui (Please Subscribe) 524: Chapter 265: Feng Shui (Please Subscribe) Mi Family Manor, smoke from incense before Iron Madman’s clothing mound tomb wafted in the air.

It was the day after Xiushui City fell, and several thousand core members of the Iron Banner Gang gathered here to worship the spirit of their former Flag Leader, Iron Madman, in heaven.

Iron Madman’s clothing mound tomb was constructed four days earlier when Chu Xisheng ordered Lu Luanti and Lu Pingyuan to lead a thousand Iron Banner Gang members and five thousand county soldiers taken as prisoners to build it at the Mi Family Manor.

The location was on the east side of the Mi Family Manor, built against the mountain.

Due to limited time, the construction of the clothing mound tomb was very rushed.

Nevertheless, as it was personally designed by the ‘Magic Expert’ Lu Luanti, with Lu Pingyuan supervising the construction, and built by several thousand Martial Cultivators in three days and nights, the scale of the tomb was magnificent and grand.

Its imposing presence was not inferior to a royal tomb, only lacking the palaces and decorations that only a royal family could possess.

According to Lu Luanti, she had put a great deal of effort into this endeavor, even using a long-distance projection talisman array worth tens of thousands of Demon Silver to consult a Second Grade sorcerer from her family who was an expert in layout.

This clothing mound tomb faced south from the north, with all Four Symbols present, and was guarded by a river, with shallow ditches and deep ravines nearby, overlooking a stretch of plain, boasting superb feng shui.

Lu Luanti even laid out Spirit Stones underground to draw what she called a ‘python vein.’

Proudly, Lu Luanti claimed that the tombs of average princes and dukes couldn’t compare in feng shui to this clothing mound tomb.

If Iron Madman had descendants, they were destined to become high-ranking officials.

Chu Xisheng was somewhat doubtful but, as Lu Luanti was the strongest sorcerer under his command, he had to heed the expert’s advice.

At this moment, with Chu Xisheng and Tie Xiaosheng leading, the thousands of Iron Banner Gang members performing the sacrificial rites before the tomb were all somber and mournful, remembering and grieving.

Today, by Chu Xisheng’s order, all the large Outer Halls of the Iron Banner Gang held a grand sacrifice for the former Flag Leader.

However, constrained by the relations between the Iron Banner Gang, Imperial Army, and the Six Gates, most of the peripheral members were to worship remotely.

Only the old gang members of the Iron Banner Gang and the surviving remnants of the Naval Camp from Chongzhou Island were present at the clothing mound tomb for the rites.

These men had followed Iron Madman for over a decade, feeling an extra sense of loss and sorrow for the death of their Flag Leader.

However, at the same time, their eyes also contained a hint of relief.

Yesterday, Xiushui County fell, and Sikong Chan, who conspired against their old Flag Leader, was beheaded.

The Xiushui gentry, who had opposed the Iron Banner Gang for years and were identified by the court as colluding with the remnants of Princess Li, were annihilated as traitors.

The current Iron Banner Gang had not only escaped the danger of annihilation but cleared themselves of the charges of conspiracy and truly taken control of the Shenxiu River in Xiushui County, extending their influence to every corner of the county from the precarious situation following Iron Madman’s death.

And all of this originated from the new Flag Leader standing at the forefront, leading them in the rites for their old master.

Before the tomb, a table was set up with the heads of Governor Sikong Chan, Songfeng Sword Lin Shi, and other individuals, including the East State Internal Mansion Army Commander Ren Dongliu.

After being gravely injured by Iron Madman, Commander Ren Dongliu became chronically ill and had been bedridden for nearly a month.

On the eve of the battle to pacify Xiushui County, he was encircled and killed in a scheme by Governor Wang Sheng, whose head was also delivered by Wang Sheng.

Before his death, he seemed unable to believe he would be labeled a traitor and eradicated by the Governor’s Mansion’s experts, leaving his eyes open wide as if they were copper bells, filled with unyielding anger, unable to close even in death.

In addition, Wang Sheen specifically requested a Seventh Rank ‘Mountain God’ title for Iron Madman, which the Governor Mansion Chief Historian, sent by Wang Sheng, had just proclaimed.

The Governor Mansion Chief Historian, ranking as the head of the Governor’s staff equivalent to a Fifth Grade official, could handle all internal and external affairs on behalf of the governor, essentially acting as East State’s ‘Prime Minister.’ This showed Wang Sheng’s high regard for the Iron Banner Gang.

Although Iron Madman’s divine rank was low, it was the best result Wang Sheen could obtain.

Wang Sheen did not dare to publicize this matter broadly, so he only secured a Seventh Rank ‘Mountain God’ for Iron Madman, bypassing the Ministry of Rites and the ‘Divine Records Department’ without alarming the Emperor or involving the Cabinet, making it quick and convenient.

That is why Iron Madman’s clothing mound tomb was built on this low mountain.

At this moment, almost everyone directly or indirectly involved in the battle at Mi Family Castle, except for one East State Eunuch under investigation, was represented on this table.

Even for that East State Eunuch, there was not much hope left.

Neither Governor Wang Sheng, nor the East State Inspector, nor the Iron Banner Gang would allow him to reach Capital City alive to present his case to the Ministry of Justice and the Imperial Censorate.

The charges against Sikong Chan and the others were meticulously crafted, with a full evidence chain.

With the backing of the Divine Sect, it was a case that could withstand scrutiny.

Wang Sheen, adept at governing and military strategy, knew well the ways of being an official.

He would not leave loose ends that could be exploited by future political adversaries.

Only an ironclad case could withstand future attacks from political enemies.

Thus, the fate of the East State Eunuch was sealed, doomed to a ‘suicide out of fear of punishment’ on the way.

Chu Xisheng, holding a stick of incense with deep solemnity, bowed three times and inserted the incense into the censer.

Then he turned around, overlooking from his elevated position, and looked toward the west side of the clothing mound tomb, which was precisely where Iron Madman had fallen in battle.

“Please moderate your grief, Flag Leader!”

Tie Xiaosheng also placed his incense into the censer, and with a sigh interwoven with sorrow, relief, and reminiscence, said, “If the Madman has knowledge beyond the grave and knows that the Flag Leader has eliminated Sikong Chan and all his enemies, dominated Xiushui and Xunyang counties, and risen to supremacy in the East State Jianghu, he would be greatly consoled and could rest in peace.”