Gu Jun deliberately dragged his badly injured body around without resting, looking as though he desperately wanted to catch Bai Kou. Using the excuse that he trusted no one, he insisted that Su Feng hand over patrol duty for this area.
Su Feng naturally refused, and the two began arguing.
The Golden Armored Army had just lost so many people outside the city, and everyone else was seething with anger. The Imperial Orchid Guard, meanwhile, thought the Golden Armored Army was taking advantage of the situation to steal credit. They had suffered plenty of losses outside the city, too, so tempers ran high on both sides. Their argument nearly turned into a fight.
The thunderous commotion outside, along with the clashing Five Elements Qi, successfully drew Nangong Ming out of the mansion.
Nangong Ming looked at the Golden Armored Army and Imperial Orchid Guard members grabbing each other by the collars, then at Su Feng and Gu Jun at the center of the dispute. He asked coldly:
"When did you take up a post in the Imperial Orchid Division?"
Su Feng saw his father emerge and realized things had gone wrong. Gu Jun had deliberately caused a big enough commotion to bring the matter to his father and make him intervene.
Before Su Feng could answer, Nangong Ming swept his gaze over the other Golden Armored Army soldiers. Those who had been radiating hostility moments ago had all fallen silent.
"Tonight, you failed to catch either the wanted criminal from Taiyi or the escaped members of Xuan Kui, yet you still have time to argue and make a racket here."
"What will you do if His Majesty finds out?"
Su Feng began, "Father—"
Before he could finish, Nangong Ming ignored him and said bluntly, "Since none of you intend to