Chapter 193: Shaolin erased, the Ming Jianghu united (please subscribe to all chapters)
Half a month after Ming appointed its crown prince.
At the foot of Mount Song, thirty thousand Imperial Court troops surrounded Shaolin Temple so tightly that not a drop could escape. At the summit, over a thousand Embroidered Uniform Guards, all clad in Flying Fish Uniforms and armed with Embroidery Spring Sabers and Zhuge Divine Crossbows, blocked the entrance to Mount Shaoshi, radiating murderous menace.
Among them stood over a hundred experts from the Eastern and Western Depots, armored and armed, watching Shaolin Temple's mountain gate like hungry tigers.
Tens of thousands of troops had surrounded Shaolin Temple!
"Might I ask what you benefactors mean by this? How has our Shaolin Temple offended the Imperial Court, to warrant such a formidable deployment?"
At Shaolin's mountain gate, Abbot Fangzheng stood in his kasaya, his face grave as he looked at Cao Zhengchun and the others among the ranks outside and asked with a frown.
Behind him, the three divine monks Kong Jian, Kong Wen, and Kong Zhi, along with Shaolin Temple's many warrior monks, stood imposing and stern. Powerful currents of energy circulated through them, as though they would strike at the slightest disagreement.
The grievances between Shaolin and the Imperial Court went back a long way. In particular, West Depot Eunuch Yu Huatian had visited Shaolin Temple twice, leaving towering slaughter in his wake both times.
The conflict between the two sides had long since become irreconcilable.
Now that the Eastern and Western Depots and the Embroidered Uniform Guard had brought their men here, there would most likely be no peaceful resolution today.
Every Shaolin monk understood this clearly, so none dared lower his guard.
"Heh heh heh..."
Facing the monks' stares, Cao Zhengchun gave an effeminate