Atop the tower overlooking the street, Yi Zhongyong watched the bamboo-hatted figure who had burst through the window stand alone in the street, spear in hand. A cold smile crept onto his face. "Hah, throwing out a sacrificial pawn now so your leader can escape? Do you really think we're pushovers-"
As he spoke, Yi Zhongyong waved a hand. "Send flag signals. Tighten the blockade behind the teahouse and send in the Execution Squad."
Then he turned toward a man in embroidered robes beside him and respectfully cupped his hands. "Lord Lu, do you find my arrangements appropriate?"
Clad in embroidered robes, Lu Jin stood casually atop the tower and looked down at the street, his expression rather languid.
Yet simply by standing there, he naturally became the center of the group!
As Deputy Commandery Commissioner of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and one of its four Grandmasters, he answered to the Commandery Commissioner within the Guard's hierarchy.
But he had long since been seconded to the Eastern Depot while retaining his position as Deputy Commandery Commissioner.
He was someone with influence on both sides.
Though the Western Depot's dominance had forced the Eastern Depot to keep a low profile lately, no faction dared ignore that behemoth!
The fact that a mission to eliminate a rebel leader had been assigned to them showed the weight they still carried beneath the surface.
"Handle the arrangements yourself. I'm only here to have a look. Pacification Commissioner Yi, do you know why you were chosen to handle this?"
Lu Jin's tone was equally offhand. Both the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Eastern Depot dealt in dark affairs. That he had completed Force Gathering and become a Grandmaster in such places could only mean he was born for this line of work!
And in his