Tang Changsheng smiled faintly. There was no such thing as a warehouse clerk who did not steal from the stores. Killing him was no great matter!
But Tang Changsheng had not actually investigated the man. Wang Yufu had filled that gap at once, looking into the clerk's misdeeds and giving Tang Changsheng just cause for the killing.
That counted as cleaning up after him!
Tang Changsheng nodded and smiled at Wang Yufu. "Thank you for your efforts, Chief Steward!"
"To kill a man without proving his guilt is cruelty!" Wang Yufu said coldly. "My lord should take heed!"
He was admonishing Tang Changsheng. Tang Changsheng could only rub his nose.
Heaven Gold Paper circulated among True Immortals and those above them. Besides, Tang Changsheng was a hands-off master who left such matters to others, so he knew little about it.
As for Lu Yuanzhen and Lü Yuanhua, their standing was simply too low for them to have encountered any of this. That was how the little mix-up had arisen.
Tang Changsheng rubbed his nose again. "I was wrong about this!"
Wang Yufu's expression eased. "I hope my lord will not do it again!"
Tang Changsheng nodded hastily. One mistake had already earned him a face as black as thunderclouds. Who knew how grim Wang Yufu would look next time?
It was not that he feared Wang Yufu. He feared having Wang Yufu stand on the side of what was right.
Tang Changsheng now had some inkling of what Tang Taizong must have felt when he saw Wei Zheng and hid his beloved hawk in his robes, only to smother it to death!
Of course, Tang Changsheng was not comparing himself to Tang Taizong.
"I intend to enter seclusion again. I'll leave the affairs of the mountain to you, Chief Steward,"