The Capital of Great Wei.
Inside Shouren Academy, Xu Qingxiao's orders had gone out.
At that moment, the entire Ministry of War and Ministry of Punishment were already itching to act.
These past days, foreign merchants and people of foreign races had run roughshod over Great Wei's Capital. Instead of conducting honest business, they had resorted to nothing but crooked schemes.
The officers had long been nearing the limits of their patience, but orders from above had forbidden them from acting. They had been swallowing their grievances all this time.
The commoners pointed fingers at them and called them the foreign merchants' dogs. They were furious too.
They had kept a bellyful of anger bottled up, especially the Ministry of Punishment's officers, who were even cursed to their faces as they walked down the streets.
Now, at last, Xu Qingxiao had given the order. The officers of the Ministry of Punishment and Ministry of War could finally let loose.
The harder they had been held down before, the fiercer they were now.
"Brothers, Lord Xu has given the order! Arrest the crooked foreign merchants and take them all to the Ministry of Punishment for trial!"
"What are you standing around for? Lord Xu has given the order! The Ministry of Punishment and Ministry of War are working together. Grab everyone you see!"
"Come on, come on! Arrest every last one of those bastards!"
Shouts rang out from the officers of the two ministries. Like wild horses freed from their reins, they headed straight for the main streets.
At the Huainan Yamen.
A swarm of Capital Troops poured out, every face stern.
The commoners flew into a rage, looking at these soldiers and officers with eyes full of fury.
They had suffered endless humiliation these past days. Yet now that their