Chapter 1016: Misguided
Qi Xuansu countered, “Never mind who I am. Do you even remember who you are?”
The superintendent grinned. “Of course, I do. I’m Tian Yongfen, the superintendent of this place. I call the shots here!”
Qi Xuansu asked again, “Then tell me, do you even know what kind of place this is?”
Tian Yongfen chuckled proudly. “This is my turf.”
He was drunk and loose-tongued.
Qi Xuansu nodded. “I see.”
Anyone could hear the danger in that calm tone. Ke Qingqing and Han Yongfeng exchanged glances. Their eyes now held the pity one might show to a soon-to-be-dead man.
Of course, Qi Xuansu would not kill him. But this drunkard’s career and future were as good as dead.
Tian Yongfen had only heard that a fourth-rank Jijiu Daoist master had asked for a meeting and thought nothing of it. These visitors interrupted him at a most inopportune moment. Emboldened by liquid courage and distracted by a beautiful courtesan, he became irritable and deliberately kept them waiting as a show of anger. Thus, he continued to study Buddhist scriptures from Poluo, discussing how they differed from those of the Central Plains.
He thought smugly, Even a mighty dragon fears the local snake. He’s the same rank as me, so what’s he showing off for? If he really ticks me off, I’ll make sure he never walks out of Phnom Penh alive.
Tian Yongfen swaggered forward and slung an arm over Qi Xuansu’s shoulder. “Everyone here is a guest. Come, fellow Daoist, let’s have a drink or two!”
Qi Xuansu’s face was still expressionless, without a hint of anger or disdain. “You don’t even know who I am, and yet you would invite me to drink with you?”