Prefectural Governor Luo entered the main hall with several guards and cupped his hands to Niu Ren. "Lord Niu."
Niu Ren rose from the seat of honor to greet him. "Prefectural Governor, please take the seat of honor."
"Greetings, Prefectural Governor."
Huang Shaojie and the others all cupped their hands in salute to Prefectural Governor Luo.
Prefectural Governor Luo likewise gave the three of them a slight cupped-hand salute.
Once Prefectural Governor Luo had taken his seat and tea had been served, Niu Ren took a sip and asked, "Did Prefectural Governor come regarding Cao Renqi?"
"Precisely." Prefectural Governor Luo nodded, then cupped his hands. "I came specifically to thank Lord Niu for your kindness."
Niu Ren naturally understood what Prefectural Governor Luo meant, but he feigned ignorance. "Why does Prefectural Governor say that?"
Prefectural Governor Luo said, "Had Lord Niu not promptly discovered that Cao Renqi was colluding with Japan and sent someone to inform me that Cao Renqi had left behind Japanese assassin spies, I fear my life would have been in danger. That is why I must thank Lord Niu for this great favor."
The four Japanese assassins had disguised themselves as guards and remained in the Prefectural Governor's Residence, with the possibility of assassinating the prefectural governor at any time.
Even if Prefectural Governor Luo had experts by his side, he would never have guarded against the residence's own guards.
Thus, those four Japanese assassins had every chance of killing Prefectural Governor Luo.
Niu Ren smiled faintly. "Prefectural Governor, there is no need for such courtesy. Since we discovered Cao Renqi's collusion with Japan, we naturally had to guard against him harboring ill intentions toward you."
A look of hatred appeared on Prefectural Governor Luo's face as he said angrily, "Who would have thought Cao Renqi