(⊙⊙) The Conspiracy of the Two Factories and One Guard (2)
"!!"
At that, Yu Huatian's expression darkened, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes. He rose to his feet, fixed his gaze on the Embroidered Uniform Guard commander before him, and rebuked him icily:
"Lu Bing!"
"Don't go making wild accusations!"
"When I came to see you that day, it was indeed to discuss the martial arts tournament, and Yue Buqun was involved too. But you turned me down!"
"Afterward, my Western Depot also abandoned the idea of supporting the Huashan Sect..."
"But now, just to shirk responsibility, you're making baseless accusations against my Western Depot. What are you trying to pull?!"
As he rebuked Lu Bing, Yu Huatian couldn't help feeling a pang of regret.
A few days before the incident, he really had gone to Lu Bing to discuss the martial arts tournament and the Huashan Sect. So now, anyone would have ample reason to believe that his Western Depot was definitely involved. They might even think that Yue Buqun had become the martial arts alliance leader and received the support of so many sects entirely because of his Western Depot.
That was something he couldn't deny or explain away, and no one would believe him anyway.
"Exactly! Exactly!"
Fortunately, before Yu Huatian could say anything else, Eunuch Cao of the Eastern Depot chimed in, backing him up and rebuking Lu Bing as well:
"Commander Lu, that's not fair."
"You botched things yourself, and now you want to drag the Eastern and Western Depots down with you? Where's the sense in that?"
"You made the mess, so you deal with it!"
"That's fate. You've got to accept it!"
But Lu Bing only laughed in fury at their excuses. Ignoring their attempts to shirk responsibility, he strode