Fourth update. It came to nearly eleven thousand words in total. Round it off, everyone—let's call it twelve thousand.
Left Temple Office.
By the time Sun Shaozong arrived, two people were already waiting inside.
One was naturally Qin Kejian. The other was Sun Shaozong's half-servant—Zhao Nan Ba Ke, who came from the Wuxi Barbarians.
Zhao Nan had originally been assigned by Sun Shaozong to assist Liu Xianglian with his daily work. Who could have guessed that after only half a month on the job, Liu Xianglian would be so shaken that he insisted on taking the civil service examination?
Sun Shaozong had no choice but to let Liu Xianglian go. Zhao Nan, however, had not left with him. Instead, he remained in the Dali Temple as a clerk.
He had always been skilled at maneuvering through connections, and with the banner of being Sun Shaozong's trusted subordinate, he had managed to learn the ins and outs of the Left Temple Office in just over half a month.
Thus, in Sun Shaozong's eyes, he was the most suitable person to help Qin Kejian get up to speed as quickly as possible.
That said...
Qin Kejian had dressed rather simply today. The despondency of recent days was gone, replaced by an icy air that warned strangers to keep their distance.
Even before Sun Shaozong, this fellow showed no pleasant expression. He was stiff and blunt, as if Sun Shaozong had withheld his wages.
Heaven knew that the tea he had swiped from the Sun household lately was already worth three months' pay for an ordinary legal adviser.
Still, legal advisers like Qin Kejian, with solid professional abilities and mastery of paperwork, were not easy to find these days.
Especially now that Sun Shaozong's status had risen, he could no longer personally handle