The man Li Yu had sent to spread the rumors was his own younger brother.
Guards and household servants could not be trusted with something like this. Only a blood brother would do.
Besides, once Jiang Wenhuan was driven out and the title of Marquis Li reclaimed, they would all benefit. There was no fear of his younger brother failing to put his heart into it.
But he discovered that his younger brother had vanished.
A perfectly healthy man had simply disappeared while walking down the street. Under Jiang Wenhuan, Li City had actually become this dangerous.
Li Yu paced in frantic circles and sent people searching everywhere, only to discover that his younger brother had been taken away by Jiang Wenhuan's household retainers.
He was dumbfounded. What kind of justice was this?
What right did Jiang Wenhuan have?
Punishing a man for what he said?
Since the founding of Great Shang, there had never been such a thing!
He was heading toward Jiang Wenhuan's residence when someone suddenly cried out, "Wugao Rong... Wugao Rong..."
The gate garrison beat the drums in warning. In an instant, all of Li City boiled over into chaos.
Although commoners had been steadily moving into the city and everyone had long been prepared, when it actually happened, they all panicked.
Messengers were also racing through the city, shouting, "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
Watching a messenger hurry past him, Li Yu's face lit up with joy. His younger brother no longer mattered now.
The Wugao Rong had been wonderfully cooperative, sending troops so quickly. The sooner Jiang Wenhuan left, the better.
The general guarding the gate had already climbed the gate tower.
Looking down from the tower, he could see the vast black mass spread out below, unobstructed.
Aside from the soldiers, those noble officials