Xu Mutou, feeling helpless, directly pulled a few people out from the crowd. "We're the ones who lost the most goods. We've worked so hard on this trip, and this is clearly our last chance. Do you really want to let it slip by? What if we actually find our things?"
His words truly swayed some of them, and slowly, one or two stepped forward.
"Lord, we just want to take a look. We definitely won't disturb the Madam."
Lichun scoffed coldly. "You people are quite bold. Do you really think someone of your lowly status has the right to ransack the Madam's residence?
"Even if you want to go in and search, you don't have the qualifications. Our Madam is a female member of an official family. Even if we were willing to cooperate, it's still up to the local government to decide.
"I wonder what Lord County Magistrate plans to do about this? Does the behavior of these men count as falsely accusing an official family?"
