Zhang Mo nodded, "Tomorrow, I will visit Mr. Ji. Let's leave it at that for tonight!"
"Thank you, Mr. Zhang!"
Ji Hai bowed with his fists clasped.
Zhang Mo gave a signal with his eyes to his aides, who immediately instructed the surrounding house servants and guards to withdraw.
Meanwhile, Ji Hai nodded towards Zhang Mo, and with a whooshing sound, vanished into the treetops.
The night remained as quiet as before, the candle flames in the bedroom were blown out, as if nothing had ever happened.
...
Meanwhile, at the Lu family in Guang'an Prefecture.
The Lu family is the biggest salt merchant in Guang'an Prefecture, but their glory days are no more.
When Zheng Xiao impeached the Liaodong Salt Transportation Department, many salt merchants in Liaodong were implicated, including the Lu family. However, the Lu family was fortunate; they weren't raided but were fined over a hundred thousand taels of silver.
