Chapter 2: The night is dark and the wind is high

"Hey, have you heard of it?"

"Recently, several assassins from the capital came to kill people from the East Factory. Now the people from the East Factory are so scared that they don't even dare to enter their own gates. They all hide in Dajue Temple to take refuge!"

"Who said no!"

"Someone can finally control these eunuchs!"

"I hope these bandits of gangsters will kill them all!"

"You can't say that. If there were no such people in the martial arts world, our Ming Dynasty would not be so chaotic."

"I heard that some martial arts conference was held in Jiangnan a few days ago, and many people were killed by accident. In the end, the people from the court went to investigate and just compensated some money and dealt with it. They didn't dare to provoke those people in the world!"

"Alas! There are eunuchs in the court that disrupt the country, and knights in the martial arts use force to violate the ban, so they are not good people. Only the people who suffer!"

In a restaurant in the west city of Beijing, three figures wearing warriors and holding long swords were sitting by the window, listening to the discussions of the surrounding drinkers without saying a word.

But there was a flash of light in my eyes.

A warrior in black whispered: "No wonder that Dongchang hasn't seen anyone these days. It turns out that they have all hid in Dajue Temple!"

A burly man said excitedly: "Brother Zhao, Li Zhong, deputy governor of the East Factory, is hiding in Dajue Temple. Now Wanyu Tower is dead. Should we kill Li Zhong at the same time?"

"yes!"

"Now Wanyulou is dead. If even the deputy governor dies, it will definitely be a huge blow to the eunuch party. Let's see how arrogant those eunuchs will be?!"

The warrior in black next to him also said excitedly.

Hearing this, the thin middle-sized man holding the sword frowned and hesitated.

"We have killed a lot of people from the East Factory these days, and the families of the three adults have also been sent away. There is no need to make trouble anymore, right?"

The burly man hurriedly said, "Brother Zhao, we are all here, we can't go home empty-handed, right?"

"yes!"

The warrior in black next to him echoed: "Although Brother Zhao killed Wanyulou, the few people in the core of the East Factory are not dead yet. Li Zhong, the deputy governor of the East Factory, has done a lot of bad things with Wanyulou over the years. If he doesn't kill him, when he becomes the governor of the East Factory, then the court will have blood flowing into a river, and all our efforts will be wasted!"

When the man heard this, his eyes moved a little.

After hesitating for a moment, he nodded and said, "Okay, then go to Dajue Temple tonight, but if you can't do anything, leave quickly and never fight. Otherwise, once you are surrounded, we won't be able to leave!"

"Brother Zhao, don't worry, just the waste from the East Factory, we can come whenever we want and leave when we want. What's there to be afraid of?"

"good!"

"In the past six months, the strongest leaders of the East Factory have all become our sword ghosts. Now even Wanyulou has become the dead soul of Brother Zhao's sword. What other masters can the East Factory have?"

The two of them said indifferently.

"One mountain and another mountain are high!"

"Once we meet the top master, the situation will not be so smooth!"

"We should not be careless in our actions in the capital!"

The man holding the sword shook his head with a serious expression.

If there were people from the East Factory here, they would definitely be able to discover that these three people were the three assassins who robbed Shen Qianzhi and the two officials of the Ministry of Rites at the Longjiang Naval Shipyard.

And this man holding the sword was Zhao Huaian, the swordsman who took the head of the head of Wanyu Tower!

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The moon is sparse in the night.

Capital City, Xishan Dajue Temple.

Several officials from the East Factory wearing yellow python robes hid in the heavily guarded temple and discussed in a low voice.

The leader was a slightly fat eunuch with a majestic figure.

This person is Li Zhong, deputy governor of the East Factory.

"Eunuch Li, now that the Lord Wan is dead, I submit the memorial to the emperor. How should we write it?"

"yes!"

"It's this Zhao Huaian again, forcing us to hide here, it's so damn!"

"What if I don't report it?"

"Not reporting? The Lord Wan was killed by the people in the martial arts world. If someone makes trouble for the emperor, can we afford it?!"

"Hmph! Now we are in control of the court. If someone dares to pass over us and report to the front of the imperial court, he will destroy his mouth. This is not simple!"

"Not bad, just do it!"

"After a few days, find another reason to report the death of Eunuch Wan!"

Everyone talked and discussed how to suppress Wanyulou's death.

After all, life in Dongchang is not easy now.

In order to suppress the East Factory, the emperor set up the West Factory and fought with the East Factory openly and secretly, and people died almost every day.

Moreover, all officials hated the eunuch party. If the ministers in the court learned about Wan Yulou's death, someone would inevitably take the blame and try their best to suppress the Dongchang.

So they all wanted to suppress the news of Wanyulou's death first.

Li Zhong sat in the main seat, listening to everyone's discussion, his face was very gloomy.

As the deputy governor of the East Factory, Wan Yulou died, he should have been the happiest person.

But now he was not happy at all.

In the past few days after returning to Beijing, I killed several assassins from Wanyulou, making trouble everywhere and killing many people from the East Factory.

He was the deputy governor of the East Factory. When he returned to the capital, he didn't even dare to enter his own gate. He could only hide in the Dajue Temple to discuss matters, and was always worried.

How did this make him happy?

After a moment.

He waved his hand, suppressed everyone, and said coldly: "Let's do what Eunuch Huang said first, how long can you hide the news of Eunuch Wan's death?"

"Eunuch Wan is dead. The most important thing now is to stabilize the situation. Not only should we be on guard against the West Factory, but also on guard against the remnants of Wei Zhongxian."

"Those remnants have lurked since Wei Zhongxian's death. In recent years, under the leadership of Eunuch Wan, those remnants have not dared to emerge and become much more honest. Now that Eunuch Wan is dead, it is hard to guarantee that they will not have any ideas!"

"Before the emperor knows the news of Eunuch Wan's death, we must quickly stabilize the situation and never give those remnants a chance!"

Hearing this, everyone's hearts were terrified and nodded solemnly.

Over the years, Dongchang has not been a monolith.

The last governor of the East Factory was Wei Zhongxian. He was powerful and claimed to be nine thousand years old. He was powerful in the court back then, and even the emperor had to act according to Wei Zhongxian's look.

Later, when the new emperor ascended the throne, he saw the harm of the eunuch party, he made up his mind to suppress the Dongchang.

Later, Wei Zhongxian fell, and his remnants fled to death, but some of them were not involved in the case. The emperor was nostalgic and did not kill them, so he asked them to stay in the East Factory.

The largest force among them is a group of people led by Zhao Jingzhong, the chief chief of the Dongchang Factory. Over the years, although these remnants of the group did not dare to emerge, Wanyulou died at this moment, and it is difficult to guarantee that they would not have any ideas.

In addition, Liu Xi, the second-tier leader of the East Factory, has recently cultivated a force and also has ideas about the position of governor.

They are all fellow disciples of Wanyulou, and their bodies have been marked as Wanyulou.

Li Zhong has also been loyal to Wanyulou over the years.

Now that Wanyulou is dead, they naturally have to find a way to help Li Zhong as the governor, otherwise, no matter whether Zhao Jingzhong or Liu Xi becomes the governor of Dongchang, their lives will be difficult.

"Okay, it's all gone!"

Li Zhong stood up and said, "I have been low-key recently, don't become the dead souls under the sword of those thieves in the world."

Upon hearing this, an official from the East Factory frowned and said, "Eunuch Li, this group of rebels has not left. We can't hide here all the time, right?"

"yes!"

"If you only have a thousand days to be a thief, how can you defend against a thief for a thousand days?"

The others spoke too.

Li Zhong waved his hand and said, "I have found out that these assassins infiltrated the capital this time to secretly pick up the families of the officials who were rescued by them. As long as we don't attack the families of those officials, they will not come up."

Speaking of this, Li Zhong snorted coldly, "Besides, the capital is not outside. They continue to make trouble. Even if we can't catch them, the one in Hulong Villa will not let them go!"

When everyone mentioned the person Hulong Villa, they nodded and felt a little calmer.

"You are right. With our strength, we really don't dare to do anything in the capital."

"But before leaving, it's okay to kill you!"

Suddenly, a cold snorting sounded in the hall.

"Who?!"

Everyone was shocked and turned around and looked at them. At some point, a man in black was looking at them coldly on the Buddha statue behind the hall.

"Zhao Huaian?!"
To be continued...