The Cold Door Hero

Summary

As dusk falls, the Weichuan Tavern is lively with customers. County magistrate Ma Fu reflects on a painful past involving a cheating case linked to Li Da Qi, which has haunted him for years. He Zhen, anxious about their chances in an upcoming youth conference, pressures Ma Fu for help but is met with refusal due to the magistrate's fear of making further mistakes. He Zhen offers a bribe of three hundred taels of silver, which Ma Fu reluctantly accepts, promising to assist. Meanwhile, students Wang Gui and Tang Huai are distracted by a novel while their peers, Yue Fei and Li Yan Qing, discuss the upcoming competition and strategize. The chapter ends with the students engrossed in their reading, debating the identity of a character's father in the story.

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