"Gentlemen… would you like some tofu?"
The owner of the tofu stand, a man in his thirties with a few gray hairs, greeted them with a hunched back and a face full of smiles.
As he spoke, he naturally shifted his body, blocking the woman beside him from view.
"Ahem."
Zhang Ning coughed lightly. He didn't respond, instead nudging Gu Zheng with his shoulder.
"…Zhang, go back to the Government Office at once. Get Yan Tou and Xue," Gu Zheng whispered in Zhang Ning's ear after taking a step back. "Tell them it's an emergency. A dire one!"
Hmm?
Zhang Ning's eyebrows shot up. "Alright. I'm on my way."
He didn't ask what the emergency was. After a few days together, he knew Gu Zheng never joked around, especially about urgent matters.
He immediately hurried off toward the County Magistrate's Office.
Gu Zheng turned back, clasped his fist to the tofu stand owner, and smiled. "My apologies for the disturbance, sir."
