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
a young ruler to ascend the throne, and the
the Long Party and carry out a stable
well have fallen into
head. “A few days ago, the Prime Minister said that the emperor’s health was fine and
emperor
Yi raised his eyebrows. This damned emperor no longer cared about his reputation. It was possible that he was pretending to be dead in
court for thirty-six years. Prime Minister Long has all the power in the court and his influence is spread throughout the palace. You really think something like
“The deputy commander of the Uniformed Guard tried to attack the south gate from the inside,
army. The deputy commander was actually rebelling
had been abandoned by everyone.
Prime Minister Long confirmed that the emperor really was dead. He left an edict to pass on
the former crown prince, Emperor Chongming never appointed a crown prince. The King of Qin was the
he didn’t select either of his sons as his heir to the throne. It would seem the emperor
Zhou Yi. “You’re the only smart person
on a daily basis. I listen to the storytellers there about history, that’s
about was a woman named Niaoniao. She was the most
realized that a man should make contributions to society, so I joined Prime Minister Long. In less than ten years, I
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spend my days eating, drinking, and gambling as the head of Sky Prison, perhaps… I can avoid
he took a few steps back imperceptibly and pressed his palm against the cloth bag at
picked up from a certain death row prisoner. If
too sneaky. I’ve been honest with you, but you’re always
Lei went on, “With such a cautious personality, no wonder he
calculations of powerful people. We might
to our sons, and our sons to our grandsons. Our children and grandchildren will all have
“Now that’s smart thinking!”
morning, but from the butler of the Prime Minister Long. He ordered me to fake an order and lead the Sky Prison Forbidden Army to attack the Imperial
“Sir, how did—”
Yi looked puzzled. Why had Warden Lei disobeyed Prime Minister
gotten what he wanted. The change of dynasty was
Warden Lei had already relied on the power of Prime Minister Long to rise to power. Over the years, he had taken care of many of Long’s
problem was, if Prime Minister Long fell, the new emperor would definitely not
of the torches climbed up the city wall