Guan Liang silently cursed his miscalculation.
He should have thought of this sooner.
Could someone who could get hold of the Marshal's personal belongings possibly be ordinary?
And if they weren't ordinary, wasn't it perfectly normal for them to hide their true identity and have someone else negotiate and collect the items on their behalf?
Which brought him to the problem.
Should he contradict the Helmsman? Could he?
If he revealed what he really thought, how would these people react?
They would surely question his motives first thing.
They would wonder why he, the Chief Strategist, was trading the Marshal's clothes for medical waste the Marshal had used.
Without a reason that could stand up to scrutiny... they would only bring this straight to the Marshal.
What would the Marshal do? He would surely notice something was off.
He wouldn't call Guan Liang out directly. He would just seize the opportunity to torment him mercilessly.
With his wicked sense of humor, the Marshal would put on a surprised expression, pretend to comfort him, and say all sorts of infuriating, unsettling things.
He would torment him the same way he tormented Hua.
Guan Liang immediately turned to look at the Cauldron Master.
The Cauldron Master, who claimed to have only mediocre aptitude, had blended perfectly into this crowd of fanatics and hadn't noticed his gaze at all.
If only it had been a different group! If only these weren't people who had met Guan Liang and knew who he was!
Guan Liang could have smoothly traded for the medical waste, or simply invoked the Marshal's name and demanded it from them.
He quickly weighed his options.
Swallowing his humiliation for the greater good, Guan Liang smiled and nodded at everyone.
The Yaoqing General was still steeped in shock and had yet