Prefectural Magistrate Song thought for a moment and said, "How did he come up with the idea of having you lower the grain prices?" Since his own rice shops were few, and besides, these matters were managed by his wife, he hadn't inquired much about them.
"He claims it was discovered by chance." Prefect Liu thought carefully, realizing something was amiss, "Could it be that he already knows these shops are run by us? He must have investigated us."
"If that's the case, I'm afraid that affair won't remain secret for long." Prefectural Magistrate Song said in a gloomy tone.
"Then what should we do?" Prefect Liu instinctively asked.
He hadn't expected that as a Prefect himself, he would always defer to a Prefectural Magistrate's opinion.
