(゜-゜) The Jinyiwei Came Too (2)
"Yes!"
The Ye Commander of a Thousand dared not delay. He hurriedly rose, leaned forward slightly, and respectfully clasped his hands in salute before replying:
"Reporting to you, Lord Commander!"
"Including the righteous martial artists who previously went after Ren Woxing, at least nearly ten thousand martial artists have now gathered in Hangzhou and around the shores of West Lake!"
"Moreover!"
"Large numbers of people from sects including, but not limited to, Shaolin, Songshan, Wudang, Emei, the Sun Moon Holy Cult, and Huashan are rushing here from all over the realm. Many are already on the road to Hangzhou Prefecture!"
"When the time comes, the number of martial artists may approach—or even exceed—twenty thousand?"
"So..."
"Lord Commander!"
"With so many martial artists gathered here... this will be an enormous challenge to the public-security work of Hangzhou Prefecture and this subordinate!"
As he spoke, Ye Fan could not help letting out a plaintive sigh, a trace of worry appearing on his face.
Although martial artists generally did not cause trouble, and people from the righteous path in particular cared about their reputations, there were simply too many of them, and all kinds of people from the martial world had come to West Lake!
In particular, the Demon Sect and various unorthodox factions were slyly mixed among them. He would not find it strange if all sorts of serious crimes occurred by then!
Thus, as the Jinyiwei Commander of a Thousand in Hangzhou Prefecture, he was under tremendous pressure—especially since he did not have enough men under his command!
Although he nominally had ten offices of a Hundred Commanders under him, with more than a thousand people listed on the rolls, in reality, because of fraudulent payrolls, deserters, combat casualties, and generals privately using soldiers for