Chapter 202 (1/2)

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Chapter 202 Bribery

Everything started with an unexpected invitation the twins received

On the first May of the lunar year, the patrol couan Fei, the leader of the Qiu Society, and Shangguan Ru, the leader of the Kun Society, to the Seeking Immortal Pavilion in Northern Jade City

One thing that was not written on the invitation card but was orally conveyed by the delivery officer was that the society leader could only bring one servant with them

The invitation came as a surprise because the patrol commandant was purely noht in Southern Jade City Besides, the twins had already reached a co's reconciliation

No The twins' initial reactions were surprisingly consistent, but the castle soon sent sozi that they'd better visit the Seeking Immortal Pavilion as invited

The one as most surprised about thisseveral times and had to send him several thousand taels of silver every month, so he was very familiar with this patrol commandant, who had always tried to avoid trouble and never hesitated to push it onto others Meddling in the twins' issues was so quite unlike his usual style

The twins arrived that evening as requested This was the first tirove, and both of them were very embarrassed They acted too humbly and politely towards each other to look like failance and refused to look at each other again, afraid of being tricked by the other side

Gu Shenas the person Shangguan Ru had brought, but in the presence of the lords, he wasn't qualified to sit down Zhong Heng nodded to his

Gu Shenwei had seen Zhong Heng's kung fu in talking about nonsense in a roundabout way before This tithy Gu Shenwei forced hi up in confusion, having failed at figuring out the commandant's purpose

The twins endured with io If not for the castle hinting at the irily long ago

”Ah, Lord Zhong, let's please cut to the chase The Governor sent you here, I suppose” Shangguan Fei had h the Qiu Society

”Okay, okay” Zhong Heng agreed with a s to the chase' still took another quarter of an hour And when he did, the purpose of thewas actually very simple

The highest ranked adovernor, was consecutively appointed by the three big countries: the Central Plains, the Northern Tribe (Bei Ting), and Shu Le in a cycle that repeated every three years

The current governor was fro to custoe and small, in Jade City would send hiold and silver

The reason it was called 'peace talisman' was that once he received the money, the Governor would write apeaceful, so that the big countries would not directly interfere in the affairs of the city

”I see So how much do you want? Just name it, Lord Commandant”

Shangguan Fei had a lot of ure Zhong Heng said next, however, startled him

”Uh, well, it'son your ability But there are sozi's Kun Society, a donation of 150,000 taels is enough Ninth young lord's Qiu Society is enerous If there are no other problems, a donation of one million will be adequate”

”What!?” The twins stood up together Shangguan Ru still owed ed to save up several hundred thousand taels, it was not enough Both of thethen their poith money and didn't want to waste it on the Governor After all, they didn't even know the name or face of the Governor

”Why does the Qiu Society have to pay so much?”

”Well, several young lords' territories have been ed into the Qiu Society, so … In fact, if you split it up, you would have to donate even more”

Now the twins finally understood their elder brothers' 'good intentions' On the surface, they had handed over their power at Southern Jade City when in fact they had passed on a hot potato Shangguan Ru had actually grasped luck fro back for the Kun Society with all her territories

”No,” Shangguan Ru simply refused

”Neither will I” Although Shangguan Fei wasn't bold, he was not afraid of the officials of Jade City

Zhong Heng was neither angry nor anxious He persuaded the twins for a while, but seeing as the feast was about to break up in discord, he finally laid out his truzi, there's no need to be angry with each other I'et a coin of this silver, so why should I be so passionate about it? I've been in the Western Regions for h my , I have some experience I have advice for you Do not rush to say yes or no Rather, go back and ask for others' experience, especially the veterans under your elder brothers Well, you may not trust me, but you can always trust them”

The twins didn't trust anybody Those so-called 'veterans' had handed over thelord nominally, but in fact they were still loyal to their former lords

The two left in anger, cursing the Governor as they went downstairs without caring whether the Patrol Commandant heard them or not

The brother and sister pair finally remembered that they were enelanced at each other and departed without saying good-bye