Among the commoners, a woman carrying a vegetable basket disdainfully said, "Aren't these the notorious ruffians of the marketplace? How did the Fang Family come to recruit such people? Can they even resist the Wokou?"
"Zhang Ermazi robbed my family's cow some days ago!"
"That Li Bing is involved in usury... Might he have been helping the Fang Family with usury earlier?"
"No wonder I heard Zhang Ermazi boasting in the tavern last night that he's become an official, and now his brothers can live the high life with him."
Fang Zhongqing's expression changed, and his eldest son whispered, "This is bad, these people came to Guangling County early to investigate... how did they even uncover Zhang Ermazi and Li Bing?"
