News of the Gao Family's annihilation was like a giant boulder dropped into a calm lake, stirring up a massive storm in Changshan County.
On street corners and in back alleys, in teahouses and taverns, everyone was discussing this earth-shattering event.
The Gao Family was a Noble Family with a hundred-year history, their influence vast and deeply entrenched in Changshan County. However, their consistently tyrannical and brutish ways had earned them deep-seated resentment among the populace. Now that they had met with such a catastrophe, there were more people secretly rejoicing than expressing sympathy.
"Did you hear? Over three hundred members of the Gao Family... not a single one was left alive!"
"Serves them right! Last year, the Gao Family tore down my cousin's shop just to expand their estate, and they didn't pay a single coin in compensation."
"You could say the Government Office did the people a great service this time, ridding us of a menace."
