Several Brocade-Clad Guards immediately moved to enter the room.
"Let's see who dares!"
Blinded by rage, Li Xiang immediately reached to draw his saber.
Zhang Gong craned his neck out and grinned viciously. "Come on! Come on! Chop right here."
Li Xiang nearly ground his teeth to pieces, glaring at the creature before him that was worse than a beast.
The Brocade-Clad Guards enforced strict internal discipline. Drawing a blade on a superior-
not only would he lose his own life, but his family would be implicated too.
"Lord Zhang Da, what's gotten into you today? Why such a temper?"
Just then, a clear, resonant voice rang out.
A graceful young gentleman stood smiling in the doorway, waving a folding fan.
Zhang Gong turned around. "Young Master Jing, how do you have the leisure to visit the Brocade-Clad Guards?"
Jing Yu smiled. "I'm here to pick up a friend."
"A friend of yours? Who?"
Jing Yu looked around, then raised his hand and pointed at Li Ping'an in the corner.
"Him."
Zhang Gong had no time for Jing Yu. "Take him away."
He had never thought much of these students from Huailu Academy.
A bunch of penniless scholars who knew nothing but empty talk.
Still, there was no need to offend them. Well water and river water could keep out of each other's way.
Waving his folding fan, Jing Yu said, "When I came in just now, I saw you about to violate an innocent girl, Lord Zhang Da. May I ask what this is about?"
Zhang Gong frowned and said impatiently, "The affairs of the Brocade-Clad Guards are none of your business."
Jing Yu walked up to Zhang Gong. "When you see injustice on the road, you draw your blade to help. Besides, I truly cannot stand by and