"You're just a lowly Hundred-Household Officer. You'd better think carefully about what you can and cannot say."
The man's face turned livid as he took out a jade token and gritted his teeth.
"My name is Zhang Qicheng. My grandfather is Zhang Song, Junior Tutor to the Crown Prince, and the reigning Duke of Liang!"
Tang Yu froze for a moment, then his face darkened with rage. He rushed forward and kicked Zhang Qicheng squarely in the face, roaring, "You damned flower thief! You dare impersonate the grandson of the Duke of Liang? I'd say you've got a death wish!"
After a merciless beating that recognized neither kin nor friend...
Zhang Qicheng was beaten until his face was swollen beyond recognition and he passed out. Tang Yu also took the chance to place numerous restrictions within his body, finishing by branding him with an imprint of the Snow Dao.
Having subdued the brat, Tang Yu had his men take him back to the Western Affairs Office first.
He then went to see Hou Wen, gave the Hou residence a heads-up, and left.
The commotion at the Hou residence that night alerted quite a few people.
Once they learned that the Embroidered Uniform Guard was handling a case, no one was foolish enough to investigate what had happened.
After Zhang Qicheng was brought back to the Western Affairs Office, the news quickly spread through the Central Rear Office.
As the head of the Central Rear Office, Song Qilin suddenly suffered a cultivation deviation that very night. He requested three months of leave to recuperate properly.
The mothers, wives, and concubines of several other Vice Thousand-Household Officers also suddenly went into labor, while some close elder relative of theirs was supposedly nearing the end of their lifespan, requiring them to return home