"Open the door, we have come to check your water meter. I promise we will not take a needle or a thread from you."
The two became rather serious.
"What's going on?"
"Can it be General Zhuge? Why on earth has he come here?" the third Duke asked.
The woman exclaimed, "Tell the servant not to open the door!"
…
A servant opened the door.
Then everyone heard the heavy steps of the soldiers.
"Who are you? You cannot break into the Duke's house like this! Get out!" the servant shouted.
"We are the army of justice. We think you have some connection to the traitors, so we have come to investigate. Peers, remember not to take away the needles and the threads... apart from that, you can take anything you want!"
"Yes!"
Then the whole house descended into chaos.
Objects were falling, servants and guards were shouting…
