"No, then why didn't you remind me earlier?" Tian Zhuang glared at Li Yong, taking his frustration out on him at the thought that they had come up with the previous idea together.
Li Yong hurriedly cried foul. "I didn't know General Zhou had people in there either!
"I thought it was just a lowly Magistrate. With the backing of the young miss's husband's family, I figured we didn't need to take them seriously at all."
Li Yong also felt incredibly wronged. He truly hadn't thought of this beforehand, but even after he did, he never expected the master to march straight to the Prefect's Office. Now that Prefect Nan had made his stance clear, they had likely lost leverage against Mrs. Gu's people.
"Master, if worse comes to worst, we can just lay low for a while. When I was in Shangjing, I asked around and found out that your sister and niece both suffered losses at the hands of this Mrs. Gu. How about we temporarily close down our businesses here and go to the Scholar's place..."
