Chapter 102: Plotting against Zhu Wushi!
The Capital.
With all the commotion the West Depot had stirred up in Jianghu lately, the Capital was bustling as well.
The Capital had always been a place where dragons and snakes mingled. Even here, beneath the emperor's feet in the capital of Ming, plenty of people from every walk of life gathered.
The West Depot had killed a batch of them when it sealed off the Capital to hunt down the killers, but it had not wiped them out completely.
Thus, the Capital had its own Jianghu, with no shortage of sordid dealings behind closed doors.
Recently, however, West Depot Director Yu Huatian had led his men to bring order to Jianghu, pressing the martial communities of both north and south so hard they could not raise their heads. The Imperial Court's prestige had soared, and these martial artists had promptly become much better behaved. Even public security in the Capital had improved considerably as a result.
Yet the buzz surrounding West Depot Director Yu Huatian had not faded. Almost everywhere one went, someone could be heard discussing him.
Even the common people at the bottom of society knew that an extraordinary figure had emerged in the Imperial Court, and they regarded him with immense awe.
All these developments had greatly increased the West Depot's power. In just a few short months, its standing in Ming had risen to rival that of the Dragon Guard Mountain Villa, perhaps even surpassing it.
Dragon Guard Mountain Villa.
Clad in a black-and-gold python robe, Zhu Wushi stood beside the window, staring at the intelligence before him with an exceedingly gloomy expression.
After a long while, he casually tossed the report onto the table. In the sunlight streaming through the window, the name "Yu Huatian" could