The copper coin Yang Qing had given away ultimately ended up in the hands of Deputy County Magistrate Sun at the County Office in Fan City.
It was an utterly ordinary copper coin, yet once it landed in Deputy County Magistrate Sun's hands, it became a scalding hot potato. He very nearly flung it straight out of the County Office.
But after gritting his teeth for a long while, he ultimately did not throw away that inconspicuous little coin.
Slowly taking the coin and setting it on the desk beside him, Deputy County Magistrate Sun finally looked up at the Prefectural Soldier who had brought it in.
"Who delivered this copper coin?"
The Prefectural Soldier hurriedly shook his head. "Sir, I truly don't know."
He really did not know. When he opened the County Office's main gates early that morning, he had simply found a small cloth pouch hanging beneath the veranda directly opposite them.
Inside the pouch were a single copper coin and a small slip of paper bearing Deputy County Magistrate Sun's name.
The Prefectural Soldiers had taken one look and dared not decide what to do themselves, so they could only bring the little pouch inside.
Deputy County Magistrate Sun's expression remained dark for quite some time, and the Prefectural Soldier stood rooted to the spot, not daring to move.
Just as the Prefectural Soldier was inwardly lamenting his misery, Deputy County Magistrate Sun waved him away. Released at last, he turned and hurried out.
Deputy County Magistrate Sun, however, stared at the copper coin in a daze.
Had this coin disappeared along with that man, it would have been a blessing. Yet now, of all things, it had surfaced again.
Deputy County Magistrate Sun sighed inwardly and glanced around. Finding no one nearby, he put the