Snowflakes drifted down, piling thickly all over the Hundred Households Office.
Gu Zhan followed that gap-toothed old man to the East Courtyard of the Hundred Households Office.
"Lay the cards, lay the cards! Lost? Cough up the money!"
"Six, six, six! Five-card high..."
"Drink up, drink!"
"..."
As soon as he stepped into the gate, he heard a burst of raucous noise. All kinds of laughter and shouting echoed, and mixed in with it were voices of women.
Gu Zhan immediately frowned.
Nowadays, the Embroidered Uniform Guard of Great Xia really had fallen into a local organization, subordinate to the Prefecture Government. The special imperial rights as the Emperor's Personal Guard and supervisors of officials were all gone, but locally, they'd been left with the power to suppress the Martial World. Later, the local Government Office even handed over the Inspection Bureau's authority to maintain order to the Embroidered Uniform Guard as well.
