The eunuch finished reading the imperial edict, and Pan Yang quietly slipped him a purse.
Qian Manjiang invited the eunuch and the officials to have lunch in the front yard, and had Li Jinhu arrange for the Imperial Army soldiers and the attendants of these officials to set up tables and eat on the wasteland.
Li Shuanzi also came back with them, riding his horse at the very end of the large group. He saw a familiar little girl peeking out of a crack in the gate on the west side of the village; who else could it be but his daughter, Li Ah Cao?
Delighted, he shouted, "Ah Cao," then dismounted and headed to his new home.
After the meal, the eunuch and the officials from the provincial and county towns all left.
