Zhao Ye was gripped by anxiety, yet he grasped the gravity of the situation at hand. Patience was his only recourse.
The weight of parting with 1,000 liang without any return gnawed at him incessantly.
Strategist Yang returned to the official, who responded with a sly, enigmatic grin, leaving Yang feeling bewildered and strangely unsettled.
The official calmly remarked, "If the Zhao Family truly harbors suspicions, we can forward the document to the government office. They, in turn, can dispatch someone to retrieve Zheng Qing from the mulberry garden, and I shall personally oversee this investigation."
Strategist Yang… faltered.
Why did he have the nagging feeling that he was missing something in the official's words?
"Officer, please pardon my ignorance, but this case…" He simply couldn't fathom the intricacies of this situation.
