"So it wasn't that lord who intended to take back these herb fields, but the new steward trying to line his own pockets?"
Inside the room, after hearing Liu Chang'an and the other two explain, Lu Cheng understood what had happened.
That lord had risen to a high position in little more than thirty years of life, and his own abilities were indeed formidable.
But the web of connections behind him was certainly tangled enough.
The previous accountant, who had doubled as the steward, had been a steward from his father-in-law's household.
The warrior at body refining perfection who had come this time, however, was a younger relative of his examination mentor. His sole purpose here was to rake in money.
He actually demanded that the people of Liu Village be paid only for the labor they performed.
Everything left over would go into his own pocket.
His justification for all this was that Liu Village lacked the strength to protect the medicinal herbs.
That money was his fee for taking action.
Lu Cheng looked at Feng Zhan, pale-faced and unconscious on the bed, and drew a deep breath. "Let's go. Didn't he say he would protect the herbs? Then let me test just how strong he is."
Liu Guicai and the other two immediately went from sorrow to delight, eager to take Lu Cheng back to Liu Village.
Feng Qi and Feng Ji could not bear to miss this chance to watch a fight either, and hurried back to Liu Village with them.
Along the way, Lu Cheng learned how the three had been doing.
Liu Wan'er had successfully reached refining strength within three months and was still training at the escort agency.
Through patient, grinding effort, Liu Guicai and Liu Chang'an had also succeeded in refining strength.
But