Chapter 379_1

Zhao Erhu could never have anticipated that the people from the Government Office would be so shameless, and he was infuriated on the spot. However, he wasn't one to let his emotions rule him, and after arguing for a bit, he realized it was futile and had no choice but to let it go.

There is a saying, "Spend money to avert disaster." Now that the situation was against him, he had to compromise. After all, he was but a humble commoner. If he angered the people from the Government Office and ended up in jail, not only would he not recover his silver coin, he would have to pay even more silver, not to mention the suffering that would ensue. Although Zhao Xinglin was still an arrest officer under the Magistrate, he probably wasn't having an easy time under the current Magistrate either. Erhu had no intention of troubling him, especially since the former Magistrate had settled all the debts with silver before leaving, so the loss wasn't too severe.