Chapter 8: Watching from the Side
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The watchtower.
It stood in the northeast corner, three stories high, and overlooked the Sky Prison from above.
According to the rules set by the Imperial Court, the watchtower was to be guarded by prison guards day and night to prevent martial arts experts from sneaking in or escaping.
Now that the defenses were lax, most of the prison guards were slacking off. Naturally, no one else went to the watchtower.
Zhou Yi opened the iron door of the watchtower and walked up the narrow stairs to the top. There, he discovered a figure standing on top of it.
“Why are you here, Warden Lei?”
“Watch the show!”
Warden Lei inclined his head, looking toward the palace.
Torch lights connected into lines, extremely conspicuous in the dark night. Faint shouts echoed in the night sky.
Zhou Yi pretended to be shocked. “Someone is leading troops to attack the palace. Are they rebelling?”
“Don’t hide your abilities in front of me.”
Warden Lei said bluntly, “That’s Prime Minister Long leading troops to attack the west gate of the palace. The leader is the commander of the Five Cities Division, accompanied by the three major gangs in the capital and the ten martial arts schools.”
The Five Cities Division was responsible for guarding the inner city of the Divine Capital and patrolling the 108 market cities.
The three major gangs, the Green Wolf Gang, the Flying Eagle Gang, and the Golden Sand Gang, respectively controlled the brothels, gambling stalls, and horse carriages. Their subordinates numbered in the thousands.
The ten martial arts schools seemed to have the least number of people, but they were all martial arts experts. They were most suitable to lead the attack.
…
Zhou Yi muttered, “There are at least 30,000 to 50,000 people here, and the palace guards are only three to four thousand. Is the dynasty going to change today?”
Mr. Long had been the prime minister for thirty years. Almost all the officials in the Imperial Court were his people. There were also many trusted aides in the army. The local state capitals were filled with officials from the “Long Party”.
of the capital and the surroundings, it would be possible to overthrow the
to ascend the throne, and the Prime Minister Long would continue to control the
radical would directly call themselves officials of the Long Party and carry out a stable transition
may well have
days ago, the Prime Minister said that the emperor’s health was fine and that he could live at least
the emperor
eyebrows. This damned emperor no longer cared about his reputation. It was possible that he
all the power in the court and his influence
of the Uniformed Guard tried
the emperor’s personal army.
felt a little happy in his heart. The emperor had been abandoned by everyone. It must not be a
was dead. He left an edict to pass on the throne to His Highness, the King of Qin. In a hurry, he summoned his
never appointed
he didn’t select either of his sons as his heir to the throne. It would
Lei took a moment to praise Zhou Yi. “You’re the only
to go to the brothel on a daily basis. I listen
storyteller Zhou Yi was talking about was a woman named Niaoniao. She was
my ancestors and embarrassing the Lei family. Later, I realized that a man should make contributions to society, so I joined Prime Minister Long. In less than ten years,
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days eating, drinking, and gambling as the head of Sky Prison, perhaps… I can avoid having
he took a few steps back imperceptibly and pressed his palm against the cloth bag at
with lime powder mixed with poison, the recipe for which he had picked up from a certain death row prisoner. If any top martial arts expert smelled it, most
sneaky. I’ve been honest with you, but you’re always
“With such a cautious personality, no
stupid by nature. We don’t understand the calculations of powerful people. We might as well stay working as
we’ll pass the position to our sons, and our sons to our grandsons. Our children and
“Now that’s smart thinking!”
this morning, but from the butler of the Prime Minister Long. He ordered me to fake an order and lead the Sky
“Sir, how did—”
Yi looked puzzled. Why had Warden Lei
that Prime Minister Long had already gotten what he wanted. The change of dynasty was right in front of him. It would
relied on the power of Prime Minister Long to rise to
Minister Long fell, the new emperor would definitely not let Warden Lei
light of the torches climbed