After seeing Wang De and Qi Junxiang off, only Su Yuan remained in the Court Hall of the County Yamen.
However, he did not hurry to lock the doors and windows and find Captain Zhang to reimburse him for the big red envelopes he had handed out to the soldiers and runners. Instead, he quietly waited.
He knew someone would surely lose their nerve tonight and come calling under cover of darkness.
Just as Su Yuan expected, before even a quarter of an hour had passed, a graceful figure wafting with a faint fragrance appeared at the entrance to the Court Hall of the County Yamen.
It was none other than Lin Yanluo, who had met the representatives of the Four Great Families at yesterday's welcoming banquet.
But unlike the last time they met, this Fairy Lin was dressed in an extremely revealing outfit.
Her pale-green gauze was almost transparent. Bathed in moonlight and lamplight, it showed off every curve of her figure to perfection.
Her exquisite, picture-perfect features were bashful and demure, so lovely she could stir anyone's pity. Surely any man who saw her would soften.
Yet Su Yuan sat motionless in the Court Hall and said coolly, "Fairy Lin, it's so late. What brings you to the Court Hall of the County Yamen?"
"I'm off duty for the day. If you have a grievance, please come back tomorrow morning and beat the grievance drum."
Lin Yanluo remained unfazed, speaking in a soft voice. "Yesterday, when County Head Su said at the welcoming banquet that the twenty thousand Spirit Coins were meant to subsidize the runners, I didn't believe you."
"But after seeing it today, I realize I was judging a gentleman by the standards of a petty person. Not only did you distribute all twenty thousand Spirit