At this moment, Chai Jun could no longer suppress his anger. His face suddenly darkened as he stared at Qu Ping and said coldly,
"Chief Constable Qu, are you trying to seize this chance to make trouble and revoke Xiang Yang's qualification to compete for Divine Constable? You truly have gone to great pains to serve Yi Feixuan.
"If that is truly the case, then Chai may have to enter the Imperial Capital, strike the Heaven-Crashing Bell, and ask His Majesty to decide. Let us see whether Great Zhou is truly a place where you can cover the sky with one hand and deceive everyone beneath it.
"We may be stationed in a border province and are not, like the Divine Constable Gate of First Line of Heaven, held close to the Emperor's heart, but we will never submit to humiliation at another's hands."
To speak of revoking Xiang Yang's qualification was tantamount to tearing off all pretense. Chai Jun simply flipped the table, even drawing a line between the Divine Constable Gate of the outer provinces and that of First Line of Heaven. Moreover, his mention of striking the Heaven-Crashing Bell truly gave Qu Ping a fright.
It was said that after Grand Ancestor Zhou passed away, the Crown Prince ascended the throne and became Emperor Rui of Zhou. After taking power, he reformed internal affairs with broad strokes, reduced the military authority of the outer fiefs, and brought order to both court and country.
One day, Emperor Rui of Zhou suddenly had a whim. Taking two attendants with him, he secretly slipped out of the imperial palace in plain clothes to inspect the people and see what life was truly like for the subjects under his rule.
Yet within the Imperial Capital, he witnessed several tragic cases of