The chief clerk's shout of "Bring someone here! Send people—to Zhengzhou in the Xijing Circuit!" was still echoing off the beams of the main hall as he scrambled out like a cat on a hot tin roof, tumbling and crawling in his haste.
His retreating figure was both disheveled and desperate, as though a moment's hesitation would allow the fierce, god-like gaze at his back to nail him straight to the threshold.
"You all heard it?" His voice was not loud. "That 'contract' isn't just for outsiders to see. Everyone in the Court of Judicial Review, including myself, Han Zhi, must abide by it!"
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