"What exactly is the Grand Tutor's intention with this move? Is he planning to instigate a mass prosecution?" a wealthy merchant with a Guanlong accent couldn't hold back, his voice rising sharply, eyes like knives. "If that is truly the case, are we just going to sit and wait to be slaughtered?"
"Silence!" Before he could finish speaking, someone urgently whispered, "If such words reach the ears of the Imperial Censorate, the grave charge of 'treason' would be upon us in an instant!"
"Treason?" The merchant scoffed, full of disdain, "Does Grand Tutor Gu intend to place himself above the laws of the Great Tang?"
The news from Luoyang was completely sealed off by Gu Jing, not a drop leaking out.
Those trapped in this situation were gradually losing their composure under the heavy pressure.
"The profits from maritime trade may have originated from the Gu Clan, but executing it across the nation was of Taizong's decree!"
