Lanling said, "How is it that such a grand Earl's mansion has so little money left?"
Suo Ningbing said bitterly, "I had given away the last of my assets to bribe Duke Zhi Ting."
Lanling said, "Now that we're returning to our fief, is there still time to get the money from your sworn brother Suo Hanyi? Otherwise, we could borrow money from my future father-in-law. He owes the Suo Family a huge favor."
Suo Ningbing said, "It's too late for that. Elder Brother Suo doesn't have that much money as he has to maintain tens of thousands in his military forces. Your father-in-law, Gui Xingfu City Lord, certainly has the money, but it's more than three thousand miles from here to Linhai City. At the fastest, it would take five days to get there, and the debt repayment deadline is in only two days."
Once the two-day period is up, those two creditors will take Duke Zhi Ting to the royal court of justice in the King's City. The Suo Family will have completely offended Duke Zhi Ting to death.
