The Ming Dynasty's Shadow Assassin

The Embroidered Uniform Guards inspire terror wherever they go. They run the imperial prisons, flout the law, and leave countless innocent people dead. The Ministry of Justice, the Censorate, and the Court of Judicial Review are all powerless against them.

With justice nowhere to be found, the wronged seethe with indignation and offer huge sums to martial arts experts willing to carry out secret assassinations...

After them, the Eastern and Western Depots only grow more ruthless.

In the third year of the Zhengde reign, Liu Jin establishes the Inner Depot. Within months, he has taken control of the Embroidered Uniform Guards and swallowed up both the Eastern and Western Depots. Five years later, Liu Jin is executed by a thousand cuts and his entire clan is wiped out. The once all-powerful imperial guards and secret police are swept away with him...

The secret behind it all turns out to be closely tied to a jianghu assassin...