Hearing this, Ximen Hao sneered.
"So it was under that bastard's management? No wonder..." He then turned toward a nearby warrior, the one who had brought the bloated commander here.
"Young master! Wasn't it you who cut our budget because this place was under Lord Ximen Ren!? He already told us! All of it!" the warrior said to Ximen Hao indignantly.
Ximen Hao turned toward the warrior.
"What exactly did that bastard tell you? Did he tell you that I refused to approve any funding for this place? Or that I was the one stealing your salaries?" Ximen Hao asked.
This was one of the tricks Ximen Ren often played, throwing his own negligence and corruption onto Ximen Hao's name. A lot of idiots believed it because that bastard Ximen Ren was so good at acting like a benevolent lord.
And from the looks of it, the news of that bastard's true nature hadn't reached this place yet. Or maybe it had, but no one believed it.
