Wu Zi, the Chief Steward, stood at the entrance in an ornate Tang suit. Welcoming flower baskets made of golden wheat ears and fresh flowers were neatly arranged outside, catching the eye against a row of beautiful female attendants in qipaos.
Redbeard, Ku Mutong, and twenty or thirty other friends came to show their support.
Twenty or so of Qi Hengjiang's colleagues from the Punishment Hall wore imposing official uniforms, swords and sabers slung at their waists, serving as temporary security guards to maintain order.
Heavenly Tears Elder came with Xiang Wu as well. Although Swordless Li had no time to come, his younger brother-in-law, Tang Xiu, was also one of Tang Wen's former patients, and he was an incense master in the City Lord's Residence's Law Enforcement Team.
After receiving Tang Wen's invitation, he brought a dozen or so law enforcers along to show their support.
This gave outsiders the mistaken impression that the young fellow surnamed Tang had the City Lord's Residence backing him.
Dressed in a dignified Tang suit, Tang Wen stood spiritedly at the main entrance with Wu Zi beside him, welcoming guests.
Tang Wen had specially prepared an oversized grand armchair for Tu Qianqiu to sit in the sun at the entrance. In reality, he was there to keep the place under control.
When Administrator Chen Qingyang of the Apothecary Guild arrived with a group of apothecaries, they discovered Tu Qianqiu guarding the entrance. Their mouths fell open as they stared in disbelief.
"Isn't that Tu Qianqiu?"
"It should be. What's he doing sitting at the entrance?"
"How strange. Even our Apothecary Guild couldn't get him to come, yet here he is guarding someone else's home?"
"Apothecary Tang certainly has his ways. I wonder what method he used to win him over?"
"I think it's