By dusk, the large iron gate opened.
HUFF... PUFF...
It was still a side door.
Has the fighting finished so quickly?
The steward Ma Dingfu shouted, "Two out of ten people within the fortress want to fight, but eight out of ten want peace. The Fortress Lord is listening to the majority and has gone to negotiate peace with Flying Eagle Mountain. All outsiders, leave! The fortress will be closed for the entire day tomorrow!"
Negotiating peace? Eight out of ten people want peace? Did I hear that wrong? Or perhaps there are more people deep inside the fortress whose discussions I didn't hear?
Li Banfeng was feeling suspicious when Ma Dingfu approached him and said, "Friend, you're doing business here. Have you paid the rent?"
"Isn't the rent due at the end of the month?"
