After the commotion in the inn settled down, things calmed. The waiter let out a series of sighs and muttered bitterly under his breath, cursing the hawk-grabber Sun.
Chen Yi turned his head slightly and asked, "This constable Shao is newly appointed, and County Magistrate Wei is also new?"
"Isn't that so? He was originally a Jinshi from the twenty-eighth year of the Qingying reign, given a placeholder official title without real duties—a mere clerk. But thanks to that feathered robe of his, he scratched together quite a fortune. Then, two years ago, he officially took office, and as for Constable Shao, well, he's his nephew."
Once the waiter started talking about this, he couldn't stop himself,
