Great Ming Imperial Palace, the Imperial Study.
Zhu Wushi walked inside, and a young eunuch closed the door behind him.
Zhu Wushi cupped his hands. "Your subject greets Your Majesty."
The Emperor of Great Ming raised a hand. "Dispense with the formalities. Cao Zhengchun, didn't you want to confront my imperial uncle? Here he is."
The moment Zhu Wushi entered and saw Cao Zhengchun, he knew nothing good was coming. Sure enough, that damned eunuch was stirring up trouble again!
Cao Zhengchun looked at Zhu Wushi with a smile. "Divine Marquis, I recall you saying Guihai Yidao was an Undercover Agent of Dragon Guard Manor, carrying out missions for the manor?"
"Then why has Guihai Yidao been wantonly slaughtering Jianghu martial artists? Was that the mission you gave him, Divine Marquis?"
Zhu Wushi frowned slightly. "As an imperial Undercover Agent, Guihai Yidao has the authority to execute first and report afterward. If he killed anyone, they must have deserved it."
Cao Zhengchun had known Zhu Wushi would say that. Dragon Guard Manor really had prepared evidence of countless Jianghu martial artists' crimes long ago.
In truth, few Jianghu martial artists had clean hands. It was simply that the authorities had never investigated when no one filed a complaint.
"Did your orders also include killing Jie Feng, leader of the Northern Beggars' Gang, and driving the gang toward rebellion?"
"And going to Northern Shaolin to slaughter several eminent monks? Did those eminent monks deserve death too?"
Zhu Wushi's expression changed. After learning that Guihai Yidao had killed Qilin Zi of the Qilin Sect, he had sent Shangguan Haitang to bring him back.
His grand plan would soon begin, and he needed more helpers.
But Guihai Yidao had actually killed the leader of the Northern Beggars' Gang and eminent monks of Northern