Watching Yang Huang stride in with great steps, Zhang Xiping sighed. He knew that after today, he and the others would likely lose their freedom and find it difficult to intervene directly in the overall situation.
"Who are you? Do you know what place this is? Storming the Yuan Residence is no small crime. Go kneel in the courtyard until the afternoon, then report to the Ministry of War for another charge." At this moment, Yuan Hao spoke coolly, his tone imposing. Facing someone clearly dressed as a court general, he spoke as though ordering around one of his own servants.
"What place is this?" Yang Huang's eyelids twitched. Enraged by Yuan Hao's attitude, he suppressed his anger. "This is the Imperial City of Great Rui. I would like to ask you instead, sir: who are you, and why are you harboring criminals of the court? Are you plotting rebellion as well?"
"I am harboring criminals of the court?" Yuan Hao raised his brows. "What do you mean by that? You have quite the nerve, speaking to me like this."
Yang Huang said word by word, "Xu Yingyi and Cai Que have just confessed. We are now apprehending their accomplices. Xu Yingjian and Ji Lu used the convenience of their businesses and official positions to participate in collusion with the enemy as well. When we went to arrest them at their residences just now, the two fled. They are now hiding in the Yuan Residence. The criminals and evidence have both been seized."
"Good, good, good!" Hearing this, Yuan Hao laughed in extreme fury. "It is one thing to slander scions of Noble Clans as criminals, but you actually dare cause trouble at the Yuan Residence! Military officers these days are becoming more and more unruly! You want to take