The officer thought for a moment. "Fine, follow me. If you don't clean it properly, I'll skin you alive!"
Lin Taichu and Gao Yang were delighted and hurried after the officer toward the envoy's quarters.
The envoy's quarters were a relatively large tent, empty except for a table and several chairs.
Lin Taichu and Gao Yang picked up rags and pretended to wipe everything carefully, while their eyes swept over the tent.
"Get moving. The envoy will arrive by evening," the officer ordered before turning and leaving.
Only the two of them remained in the tent. Lin Taichu walked over to the table and pretended to wipe it, but his fingers lightly tapped its surface. It was an ordinary wooden table, nothing unusual about it.
Gao Yang went to a corner of the tent, lifted the felt mat on the ground, and looked underneath. There was nothing but ordinary dirt.
"Nothing," Gao Yang said quietly.
Lin Taichu nodded. Just as he was about to speak, footsteps sounded outside. The two quickly picked up their rags and pretended to continue working.
A Jin soldier entered carrying a bundle and set it on the table. "These are the bedding prepared for the envoy. Make the bed."
The Jin soldier left after setting down the bundle. Lin Taichu opened it to find some relatively clean bedding. He and Gao Yang made the bed, then thoroughly cleaned the tent again.
Toward evening, the sound of hoofbeats came from afar. Someone shouted, "The envoy has arrived!"
Lin Taichu and Gao Yang hurriedly hid behind the tent and peeked outside.
They saw more than a dozen Jin soldiers escorting someone dressed in luxurious robes. The man appeared to be a noble, his face carrying an arrogant expression.
"Looks like this envoy has quite a high status,"