In that single instant, at least several thousand people had poured out of Camp 9943. But the Imperial Guards' reputation was too fearsome—none of them dared come closer to watch the show, as though they feared being taken away along with him...
A cold sneer tugged at Yan Lindong's lips. His grandfather had sent Yu Haoshi with two plans in mind: best case, Zhou Heng would fall into a verbal trap; but provoking Zhou Heng into attacking had also been part of the plan.
Yu Haoshi returned to the military headquarters covered in injuries. After embellishing the story, the military's higher-ups were all enraged.
They did not know why Yu Haoshi had gone to see Zhou Heng, but whatever the reason, Yu Haoshi was a member of the military and even held an official rank, however minor. Zhou Heng daring to strike someone from the military was tantamount to slapping the military's face!
Thus, the Imperial Guards had been dispatched to take Zhou Heng back to the military headquarters for trial.
"Such audacity! You actually dared strike one of our military personnel!" One of the five Imperial Guards was their squad leader. He looked coldly at Zhou Heng, seeing him only as a hotheaded fool who had actually dared lay hands on a military official!
Though Yu Haoshi was merely a minor figure and not part of the military's upper ranks, the meaning behind it was entirely different!
"The military? So what if I hit him?" Zhou Heng said flatly. "When people like us were risking our lives in the Demon Sea, what were you military men doing? Now that we're in the rear tending our wounds, you grand lords of the military come to arrest your own people?"
"Y-you—what utter nonsense!" the Imperial Guard squad leader immediately snapped.
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