When Ting Guigu stepped outside, he saw Er Gouzi, Yin Minghong, and Wan Xisha, an officer of the Coastal Army.
In just one short week, Yin Minghong's nickname had spread at an astonishing speed. At first, everyone called him "Second Boss," because Jing Zhengwei called him that too. Secretly, they wanted to provoke the relationship between the two of them and make Jing Zhengwei realize that this subordinate had already risen to a position second only to him.
Later, Yin Minghong acted against all human decency, slaughtered loyal patriots, plundered every family's property, and even egged Jing Zhengwei on to attack Duke Wanghai's residence. Everyone began cursing him in secret as a running dog.
Sometimes, when "Second Boss" and "Running Dog" were said quickly, they gradually became "Er Gouzi." It rolled off the tongue much more easily and quickly spread throughout the Silver Blood Society.
What? You ask why Yin Minghong was the one who egged Jing Zhengwei on to attack Duke Wanghai's residence?
Who else could it be?
Jing Zhengwei was the head of the Jing family and the president of the Silver Blood Society. How could he possibly show such disrespect to Duke Wanghai?
He was one of us!
It must have been Yin Minghong, that heartless, ungrateful Er Gouzi, who egged him on!
In the imperial court, Yin Minghong would be the sort of calamity who threw the court into chaos... No, a treacherous minister!
Duke Wanghai must have known that Jing Zhengwei stood on the side of justice, on the side of the Silver Blood Society, which was why he had generously sent military funds and even arranged a marriage with Jing Zhengwei, sending out his youngest daughter. That showed that Duke Wanghai acknowledged Jing Zhengwei too!
Still, everyone understood Jing Zhengwei. The Coastal Army had