Wan Yun Restaurant.
Sect Leader Fang of the Wuxia-genre One-Character Wisdom Sword Sect from Southern Fujian sat grim-faced at a table with Xu Qing. The young man previously in the restaurant, dressed in brocaded clothes, was his only son and stood submissively beside Sect Leader Fang at this moment.
As for the other members of the East Sea Gang, they had already been arrested by the Jinghai Guard.
The reason why Sect Leader Fang dared to come was another matter; he had donated to secure the position of a Guerrilla General in Southern Fujian, and the Fang Family belonged to the local aristocratic families in the area.
Essentially, it was a mix of both black and white forces, not purely underworld greens.
In places far from the Emperor's reach, local aristocratic families act more boldly.
Plainly speaking, should the Court eradicate a local aristocratic family, another one would soon rise, with even more centrifugal force from the central Court authority.