Head Constable Guo led the suspects back to the Prefecture City first. Before leaving, he left behind several bailiffs and ordered: "Everyone at the post station is a witness; bring them all back!"
The bailiffs received the order and went to the post station to fetch Xu Zhao and the others. Xu Zhao had just fallen asleep; after such a miserable day, his nerves were still frayed, and he was startled awake again by the bailiffs.
Xu Zhao was at his wit's end. He never imagined that by simply trying to expand the silk trade for the Xu family and prove he wasn't a good-for-nothing son, he would end up dragged into such a disaster.
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