Kushi Town is located about twenty li southeast of the Lin Family Hill, in a barren hilly area.
The townspeople mainly live off quarrying gray stone. Although not wealthy, it is one of the key routes to the northern mountainous area.
At this moment, the roar of military vehicles broke the afternoon silence of Kushi Town.
A convoy of twenty trucks, stirring up dry yellow dust, came to a steady halt under the somewhat shabby archway at the town entrance.
Deputy Mo was the first to leap off the leading truck. Clad in a crisp officer's uniform with shiny boots and a pistol at his waist, his gaze was sharp as an eagle's.
Behind him, over a thousand elite soldiers swiftly disembarked, silently forming a perimeter.
Their uniform attire, fine standard rifles, and an aura of lethal discipline instantly subdued the scene.
The local gentry and notables, having received prior notice, had been waiting at the town entrance for quite some time and immediately came forward to greet them.
