South City.
The South City Government Office.
The back courtyard was brightly lit. Hu Guangshao sat quietly at a table, casually flipping through a case file.
After flipping through a few pages, he tossed the file onto the table in frustration.
'These South City gangs… their yearly tribute is only a few hundred taels of silver. Are they trying to dismiss a beggar? It seems I've been too good to you all…'
Hu Guangshao's expression was grim as he muttered to himself.
He had deigned to come to the South City Bureau as a Sima for one important reason: to amass wealth for the Hu Family.
According to the original plan laid out by his father, Hu Gongxiu, after taking office, he was to use the excuse of avenging the South City Bureau's constable, Su Mu, to lead men out of the city and annihilate the Feiyun Thieves.
The Feiyun Thieves had run rampant for years and amassed a great fortune. Wiping them out would have surely resulted in a massive windfall.
