"Inviting the wolf in?"
Xu Meng tossed aside the clean-gnawed bone and casually wiped the grease from his hands on his lapel:
"You really think I'm some kind of money-grubbing idiot? Let me tell you, I know exactly what's going on in Changshan County. Those three old foxes, Gao Yuanfeng, Yang Yi, and Huang Dongchun, took a huge loss at the hands of the new County Captain Wu. Even their lapdogs, the Seven Stars Gang, got wiped out. They don't dare make a move against a court-appointed official openly, so they have to borrow our blade to chop off Wu Kuang's fangs and claws, forcing him to back down and admit defeat."
He stood up and rolled his thick neck, which let out a loud CRACK:
"But this is a good deal for us, too. 'Repelled the Official Army's siege'—that's a pretty impressive title, isn't it? We also get to weaken the Official Army's strength. Killing two birds with one stone. And even if something does go wrong…"
