"Just a pack of city foxes and temple rats, scavenging shady work on street corners, and they dared call themselves kings?"
Lu Wu-bing flipped through the pages in his hand and sneered. "Find out exactly who this Wolf King is working for."
"That was the strange part. The Wild Wolf Gang operated around Changxin Ward. They never touched high officials or noblemen, but they often went to shops to bully and extort them. It was not as if no one had reported them to the authorities, but every case had ultimately been dropped.
From this, we could conclude that they definitely had someone backing them within official circles. Yet on the surface, there was no sign of servants from any household associating with the gang. They appeared to be nothing more than an ordinary martial-world gang."
Yun Duo frowned, looking somewhat embarrassed.
After arriving in the capital, the first task their master had assigned had been handled in such a muddled fashion.
The Blood Swallow Hall's capabilities in the capital had been called into question, and she felt she had lost face as well.
"Where is Yu Shui? How many capable hands can Ten Thousand Blessings Commerce mobilize?"
"Excluding managers, shopkeepers, accountants, clerks, and the like, the commerce has a little over two hundred assistants. The two strongest are Sixth Rank, with twelve at Seventh Rank. The rest are Eighth or Ninth Rank..."
"Enough. The Wild Wolf Gang has only a little over three hundred members in total. Yun Duo, Yu Shui, gather the men. Act tonight and remove the festering tumor in Changxin Ward. Remember to leave two alive for questioning. Not a single scrap of paper is to leave this estate."
"Yes."
Excitement filled both women's eyes as they hurriedly bowed in acknowledgment.
The longer they followed Lu