Until after the young man departed, everyone remained astounded by his words.
The name of Chen Hong, Deputy Commander of the Infantry Department, was familiar to those present, many of whom were children of nobility.
Chen Hong was originally a eunuch beside the Empress Dowager of the Eastern Palace, who recognized his talents and brought him into the Infantry Department to suppress the rebellion in Nanyang, where he rose to fame by single-handedly killing Zhang Ping, the leader of the Nanyang rebel army.
There are rumors that during the Nanyang rebellion, Chen Hong killed thousands, and as the tales reached the capital, it was exaggerated to tens of thousands, making him out to be a veritable demon in the eyes of some uninformed commoners.
