Jade Brilliance Palace.
Jiajing narrowed his eyes slightly. "Armor, bows and crossbows, matchlock muskets—they used all of them?"
Lu Fang nodded gravely. "Yes, Master. This servant has already sent Huang Jin to investigate."
Huang Jin was the Director of the Eastern Depot, and he could also mobilize the Northern Garrison of the Jinyi Guard. In other words, the entire Eastern Depot and Jinyi Guard had already been deployed.
"Investigate! Get to the bottom of it! Turn the whole thing inside out!"
Jiajing's tone was foul, his anger tightly restrained. He then asked, "How is Wang Yan?"
"Thanks to Your Majesty's protection, he was not harmed in the slightest."
"Not harmed in the slightest?" Jiajing was no longer angry. He was greatly surprised.
"Master, on the road to the capital, Wang Yan had already beaten Zhu Qi and the others into submission. Zhu Qi and four or five others together could not defeat Wang Yan alone. They said Wang Yan was born with divine strength, his martial skills unparalleled, with no enemy in this world. Now, it seemed he truly was a peerless fierce general. This servant heard that he alone, with a single long spear, wielded it so tightly that not even wind could pass through. Those assassins who attacked him—merely brushing against its edge left them wounded, while a solid strike killed them outright... There were twenty-eight men in all, including four matchlock musketeers. Wang Yan personally killed thirteen, and even the musketeers were nailed to the ground by the long spears he threw. The remaining fifteen were all seriously injured and unable to move. This servant remembered that when Wang Yan was Chief Clerk of Chun'an, he personally led local militia into battle to wipe out Japanese pirates. At the time, this servant thought he had claimed the