Calm Arrangements, Every Side in Motion (Part 2)

Su Che flipped through the accounts in his hand while Marvelous Madam carefully massaged Young Master Su's legs.

Dark Jade Tablet looked at the two before him, his heart filled with emotions that were truly difficult to put into words.

He now knew that the man lying on the couch was the third young master of the Duling Su Clan, formerly the county lieutenant of Shanyin County and now the judicial officer of the Imperial Demon Hunters in Ci Prefecture—the true power holder of Ci Prefecture City.

And the two before him, Lu Bai and Zhu Yi, were both hundred-household officers of the Imperial Demon Hunters, with vast stretches of fertile land connected together in Tian'an County. What enormous family estates.

Back then, he had thought these men were heroic outlaws who had taken to the hills, and had even wondered how he might join them in becoming bandits.

Looking at it now, he had truly taken a trip past Ghost Gate Pass.

It all felt like a dream.

Little Su, the judicial officer, had told Dark Jade Tablet to lend a hand at his side whenever he could. Naturally, he had been overjoyed, running all over the Su Residence every day and arranging various matters.

Dark Jade Tablet asked for nothing else. He only hoped Third Young Master Su might casually let a few mu of fertile land slip through his fingers, enough for him to revive his family estate.

Once a person had the drive to rise, they naturally handled matters with care. Regarding the distribution of porridge at the four gates of Ci Prefecture, Dark Jade Tablet personally ran about before and after with Su Fu, the chief steward of the Su Residence.

A bowl of plain porridge was thick enough that a chopstick stuck into it