Mo Wenxuan appeared very polite and soon explained his purpose to the Yamen's guard. The guard asked if the village chief had a letter of recommendation issued by the town's Lizheng
The village chief was taken aback, saying that the Lizheng had only verbally asked them to come and didn't give them any letter of reference. Upon hearing that, the guard refused to send a message to help, saying they must obtain a letter of recommendation.
No amount of persuasions from Mo Wenxuan and the village chief could sway him.
Helplessly, the group of them had to return to the town to find the Lizheng.
By coincidence, the Lizheng had gone to a cricket fight that day and wasn't present.
