Investiture of the Gods/Chapter 30.5
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As King Zhou aligned his royal army before the rebelling forces outside the palace, Yellow Flying Tiger looked into the king's fiery eyes and felt a level of shame for his actions at hand. Once Generals Huang Ming and Zhou Ji had clearly noticed such hesitation on his part, they both unleashed their cutlesses and clashed with great renown against King Zhou immediately. Originally intending on clarifying the facts with the king before taking any physical action, Yellow Flying Tiger felt greatly displeased but nonetheless strode forth to assist his two generals. Even though King Zhou possessed great skill with the cutless, he could not handle a three-pronged attack -- and was thus forced to flee through the palace gates following thirty-rounds of battle. Grabbing hold of his two generals less they attempted to chase the fleeing king, Yellow Flying Tiger rode through the capital's western gates while catching up shortly with the rest of his family along the way. As King Zhou meanwhile returned to court and felt a high level of remorse and rage at the former incidents, many people began hearing of the rebellion and thus approached the king to hear the reason for such a sudden turn of events. Informing the ministers present that Lady Jia, Yellow Flying Tiger's sister, impulsively threw herself from the Star Picking Mansion simply out of her own personal dignity, and Madame Huang, the sister-in-law of the former lady, committed suicide after being informed of such news, King Zhou asked what should be done at such a present time of confusion that had little to do with him. As everyone present began pondering in silence, it was soon heard that Grand Old Master Wen Zhong had returned from the East Sea district. Entering the palace gates and being warmly welcomed by each minister, Wen Zhong became worried as to why his old friend Yellow Flying Tiger was not seen -- and he thus approached King Zhou to inspected the reason for such. Being informed by the king that Yellow Flying Tiger had rebelled most likely due to the elaborated incident with Concubine Huang and Lady Jia, Wen Zhong clearly realized the reality of the situation -- knowing that his comrade would never rebel unless the circumstances were indeed exceedingly crucial and in need of ammendment. Suggesting to King Zhou that he shall return with Yellow Flying Tiger only if his case is personally considered as justified and without punishment on the part of the king, ministers began to shout about, saying that Flying Tiger's actions are deserving of punishment no matter what the case may have been. Excusing such pointless dribble nontheless, Wen Zhong ordered Generals Li Ji and Yu Qing to send urgent reports to the Good Dream and Green Dragon passes so that Yellow Flying Tiger's route of escape is cut off during his future pursuit.
