Zheng Ying said to Shangguan Zhuo, "Magistrate Liang need not thank us, as this matter was not handled by the two of us."
It was managed by our grandfathers and fathers who are officials in the Capital.
To secure this grand gift, the Zheng Family and the Shangguan family wore out multiple fine horses rushing from Jinling Prefecture all the way to the Capital to obtain the transit documents and the joint documents for encircling the Huai River pirates from three Prefectures.
Magistrate Liang astutely responded, "Yes, I am very grateful for the grand gift from Elder Shangguan and Assistant Minister Zheng."
With the government army's transit documents and document for joint encirclement of pirates, the extermination of the river bandits was essentially assured.
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