"Doesn't it feel awkward?"
Big Beard Zhu pursed his lips and sent a voice transmission. "I feel awkward too. I understand perfectly well what that big shot meant, but the man was personally appointed by the Road Court. If things get too out of hand, the Road Court might well drop a thunderbolt on us. And when that happens, I'll be the one taking the hit."
"The Discipline Department is indeed a powerful office, but that was in the past. These days, several big shots are scrambling around in there, all tangled up with one another. It's become a notorious den of buck-passing. Tossing that fellow in there seems fitting enough."
"That's not what I'm asking you about. We agreed we'd teach that brat a lesson. How could you let him off so lightly?"
Feng Ting Shu was thoroughly impatient.
Xu Yi's meteoric rise had taken many people by surprise, especially him.
Feng Ting Shu knew that if Xu Yi rose to a high position, then, given the deadly grudge between them—he had secretly allied with Lie Yi to plot Xu Yi's murder—Xu Yi would never let him off easy.
So, long before Xu Yi had decided where he would go, Feng Ting Shu had already started worrying about it on his behalf.
By the usual procedure, Xu Yi would have to go to the Civil Administration Department to complete his appointment paperwork. Feng Ting Shu naturally wasn't about to let such a deadly chokepoint go to waste.
What was more, Xu Yi had made no shortage of enemies in Huaixi Prefecture. With a little coordination, Feng Ting Shu had secretly assembled a force against Xu Yi. That influence had spread all the way to Big Beard Zhu, resulting in today's events.
According to the plan Feng Ting Shu had