"Heavenly Sea Xu Family? Xu Xie has that much clout?"
Shen the Penniless Tang suddenly envied Wu Xian fiercely.
Look at him. Now that was how a lord of a faction was supposed to operate: he could get the Xu Family to lend him a hand, making it easy to take on seven opponents at once. Unlike her, pinching every coin as if it were two—and even then, she still didn't have enough. She was forever scraping by.
Just how poor was she?
You know how people swept out the poor ghosts on the sixth day of the first month?
She was the one getting swept out the door.
Gu Chi burst out laughing. When he noticed Shen Tang's gaze, he reined in his amusement and said, "My lord isn't quite that poor."
Shen Tang pursed her lips. "You're always trying to comfort me."
Gu Chi completely lost it and laughed aloud.
Shen Tang: "..."
It didn't do much damage, but it was deeply insulting.
What was so funny?
Meanwhile, Xu Xie and the people he had brought with him had also been settled into lodgings. Their quarters were the lairs of several local strongmen. Some of the buildings had been damaged in the fighting, but the rest could still be used with a little tidying up. These were already the finest, most respectable "guesthouses" in Fugu City.
When Shen Tang got busy, she sometimes slept in a tent herself.
The lodgings weren't far from the administrative office.
After the attendants had made the bed, they brought out a tea set.
Xu Xie gestured for them to stop fussing. He toyed with the Jade Pendant at his waist, its design depicting the sun and moon rising together. The jade was smooth and fine-grained; even a commoner who knew nothing about