That night, Hanhai City was adorned with lanterns and filled with joy, as many of the city's residents carried festive lanterns to the streets to celebrate the victory.
During the siege, everyone had been plunged into panic. Now that the nightmare was over, every face was brimming with joyful smiles.
The shops in the city also seized the opportunity to open their doors wide, offering discounts and promotions to share in the collective happiness.
However, amidst the thousands of citizens celebrating, under the orders of Wang Chen, the Guard Army Commander Lu Yunfei led his troops to surround the Prefect Mansion and conducted an inventory check of the treasury.
They discovered that the treasury's accounts were in complete disorder, a large portion of the military supplies had mysteriously disappeared, and much of the military grain was mixed with moldy and inferior rice!
Such findings incensed Lu Yunfei.
