Shen Hao found a seat in the first row, while the guards and slaves who came with him, though not kept outside, could only stand off to the side.
Others usually just brought a single attendant, barely anyone would show up with five people like Shen Hao, drawing sidelong glances and whispers. In the end, they quietly discussed who this unorthodox person might be—after all, those sitting in the first row were hardly ordinary folk.
Sitting next to Shen Hao was an elderly man with graying hair, abnormally enthusiastic, who claimed with rare familiarity that he was a close friend of Liu Hengyi, the owner of Hengshun Carriage and Horse Company. He said he had often heard tales of Shen Hao from Liu Hengyi, and had longed to meet him.
