The Old Ancestor was displeased.
He Shen was his favorite lackey; to strike the dog of his favorite lackey was, in effect, to slap the face of the master himself. Which courtier was so blind?
He Shen stated plainly that the one who had dealt the blows was Eqin, the Fuzhou General, who was returning to the capital for questioning. The victim was Zhao Youlu, the Prefectural Academy Professor of Yangzhou and Commissioner of Education for Jiangsu, whom the Old Ancestor had recently and specifically bestowed with the rank of *Tong Jinshi*.
Chapter 183