"Bang"
Gu Zhan kicked the corpse flying with one foot, lightly shook his hand, and said calmly, "Break down the door."
All the senior officers of the Hundred Households Office trembled, stunned in place for a moment.
As expected, the thing they feared the most had happened,
Not only did Gu Zhan directly clash with Gu Yuanzhong, but he also gave them a difficult choice,
Break down the door,
Just two simple words,
But they meant two paths,
First, break down the door, offend Gu Yuanzhong—and you don't even have to guess at the consequences. In Pingyang City, plenty of people die quietly every year, including government officials; just last month a Prefect died.
Second, don't break down the door, offend Gu Zhan—the outcome is just as simple: if Gu Zhan leaves the Gu Mansion alive tonight, they'd best leave Pingyang City early; maybe there's still a glimmer of hope.
For a moment,
Everyone was trapped in the torment of a painful dilemma.
Just then,
