They only knew that Moglis had brought those two back from outside.
News about Zabu, however, was much easier for them to obtain.
The next day, rumors spread through the streets that the Zabu household and the Mog Household had gotten into a fight.
The couple was overbearing, too. The moment they entered, they began spouting nonsense, claiming that Zabu's son had angered the City Lord and dragged them into it, getting them fined a thousand Bell Coins as well.
And Zabu's parents had to pay those thousand Bell Coins.
Zabu's parents had never been pushovers. How could they tolerate those two throwing a tantrum and opening their lion's mouths to demand such an outrageous sum?
They had practically started brawling on the spot.
After years of pampered living, the steward was no match at all for Zabu's parents.
Within a few blows, he had been beaten out the door.
Then the shameless pair began spreading more rumors, claiming that Zabu's son had tricked their daughter into running away with him.
For a time, rumors flew everywhere, but when had Zabu's family ever been afraid of gossip?
Seeing that the other couple still ate and drank as usual, completely unaffected, the Mog couple refused to accept defeat and went to their door a second time.
And so they were beaten out a second time.
As time passed, the four of them became a notorious laughingstock in the city.
Some people with nothing better to do would even "happen" to pass Zabu's front door, just to see whether the Mog couple had come to pick a fight.
Meanwhile, Su Jiu and Chu Luohen were at Gu Xingzi's home, watching him work his Compass.
The moment Su Jiu entered, she noticed the dozen or so ancestral tablets in Gu Xingzi's home.