Chapter 1578: Public Order Squad! II (1/2)
Chapter 1578: Public Order Squad! (II)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Crackcrack! The cracking of joints could be heard as the horsemen seized the critical joints of the drunken Hu and swiftly subdued them.
”What are you doing?!”
”We're guests to the capital of the Great Tang! Your Great Tang was the one who invited us!”
”Is this how you treat guests?!”
”Release me! Release me right now! You've got the wrong person!”
Those intoxicated Hu immediately began to loudly shout.
”Hmph, be a little more obedient!”
The young officer simply seized one of the protesting Hu and held him up in the air, a look of disgust in his eyes.
”Let me tell you, I didn't get the wrong person! I came precisely for you lot!
”Come—take them all away!”
The cavalry had the Hu tied up on their horses with swift efficiency.
”Release me! Release me! You don't have the authority to arrest us! Even your Secretariat Advisor has said that the City Guard has no power over us! You're destroying the peace between countries!”
Seeing that the cavalry were being sincere, the Hu finally began to panic and sober up, their bodies beginning to wriggle around.
After spending so much time in the capital, they basically ate and drank whatever they wanted, never worrying about paying. But these Tang horsemen seemed serious!
”I'm reporting you! I'll definitely report you!”
The Hu began to shout in rough Han.
”Report whatever you want. I might as well mention that we're not part of the City Guard. All of us belong to the Public Order Office.”
The officer coldly snorted. After saying this, he tied up the last Hu, and the group swiftly rode away.
Bang!
Not long after they were gone, the crowd on Azure Dragon Street finally realized what had happened and exploded into cheers.
”Good!”
”Those bastards were finally taken away! I was sick of seeing them around!”
”What Harmonious World? Those guys were nothing but rats and bugs!”
The crowd voiced their praises. These Hu had gathered together recently and had occupied the area for themselves, but the City Guard had chosen to ignore them. They had been forced to swallow their anger, but finally, someone had finally vented their anger for them.
”But who were those people?” a commoner muttered. He had lived in the capital for decades, but he had never heard of any Public Order Office.
”Seize them all!”
Similar incidents took place in all other parts of the capital. Groups of cavalry wearing red armor charged into the places where the Hu gathered. Any Hu that committed a crime, whether it was robbery, harassing women, or beating up others, was arrested.
”What?!”
The news was soon sent to the hidden room within Pipa Alley.
The man behind the curtain suddenly stood up.
”Our men have been arrested by the Public Order Office?”
Even through the curtain, the man's shock was clearly communicated through his voice.
”Yes!
”They've arrested more than three thousand of our men, with more than fifty percent of the people on Hujia Street being arrested. We thought that if everyone was committing the crimes, the law couldn't punish everyone, so they would at most only arrest twenty-some people. But to our surprise, they've captured more than three thousand and show no signs of stopping. Everyone feels in danger and have decided to shut themselves in their rooms and see how the situation develops. And it seems like the Public Order Office has strengthened its patrols and has even expanded its reach to the edges of the capital.”
The Hu who had delivered the news had a worried look on his face.
The situation had developed too quickly. It felt like they had been discussing the King of Foreign Lands only a second ago, and a moment later, the man himself had given all the Hu in the capital a most unpleasant surprise.
”Many Tibetans, Turks, Goguryeons, and people of the other countries have been captured, as have many of our spies. This situation does not bode well for us!” the scout said.
The man behind the curtain couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Even though that noble had been forced out of the Imperial Court and had been gone for a month, when he reappeared, he still made all the Hu feel like they had a dagger against their backs.
If not for the orders from above, he would have never taken his mission and gone to provoke that god of slaughter.