Chong Yingbiao led the Dark Phoenix Guards in searching Chaoge from top to bottom.
A search on such a massive scale was rare even in Great Shang's six-hundred-year history.
Barging into private homes and conducting forcible searches was very much Chong Yingbiao's style.
If anyone refused, well, sorry-they would get to experience the Tortoise Shell Tie personally passed down by the Commander of the Dark Phoenix Guards.
Wasn't Marquis Li a badass? He had been tied up just the same.
King Zhou had personally ordered the Dark Phoenix Guards to investigate. There was no getting around it.
Many commoners were unhappy. It was just a disturbance at the Medical Academy, and the victim hadn't even been stabbed to death. Was there any need to stir up such a storm throughout the city?
Besides, although people in this era had no concept of unlawful entry into private homes, the Dark Phoenix Guards took shifts searching day and night. Who wanted to be suddenly dragged out from under the covers while getting busy at night?
People in ancient times had precious few forms of entertainment. Depriving them of even this little pleasure-wasn't that forcing them to bet on horse races and cockfighting?
Though those were pretty fun too.
Even the residences of nobles and ministers had been searched by the Dark Phoenix Guards.
Chong Yingbiao personally led those searches. Out of respect for Chong Houhu, everyone had to give him some face. Besides, most of their younger family members had associated with Chong Yingbiao before, so they could hardly say much.
Fortunately, although he had stirred up a storm throughout the city, Chong Yingbiao had connections spanning everyone from nobles and Feudal Lords above to hooligans and layabouts below. The searches sailed along smoothly, encountering almost no stubborn resistance. Anyone who did