Chief Clerk Wen promptly accepted the order and led a dozen trusted aides to the military camp's warehouse.
Guarding the warehouse were Left General Zuo Zhen's confidants, but for today's troop review, only one person was left to watch over it. Seeing the trusted aides approach menacingly, the warehouse guard tried to stop them, only to be punched in the face by Qin Hu, resulting in a bloody nose, and promptly handed over the keys.
Chief Clerk Wen, known for being a nice person, quickly reassured the bloody-nosed, unfortunate warehouse clerk: "Don't worry, we're here by Commandery Princess's orders and will only take the soldiers' pay without touching anything else."
The warehouse clerk was so upset he could cry, yet dared not utter a word, watching as Chief Clerk Wen calculated the soldiers' three-month pay on an abacus and counted the number of copper coins.
