A Moon That Kills

On the fourth day, Lin Jialiang returned home. His official post had also changed; he left Sanping County and was promoted to Prefectural Governor of Chen Prefecture's Hengshan Prefecture.

From county magistrate to prefectural governor was undoubtedly a tremendous promotion. A county magistrate was seventh rank, while a prefectural governor was fourth rank. He had risen six ranks in a row!

Zeng Shigui, the Beichuan County Magistrate, was promoted to prefectural governor of the prefecture where he served. Like Lin Jialiang, he too had risen six ranks in succession!

In Nanshan Prefecture, He Xingong was formally confirmed in his post and succeeded as Nanshan Prefectural Governor. All of Lin Su's previous provisional appointments had become True Fate appointments!

These promotions and appointments in officialdom could not stir up the court officials' circle. Compared to Second-Rank and First-Rank Officials, promotions among officials below third rank simply did not catch their eye. Yet the more observant court officials still caught two unusual details in these promotions of low-ranking officials.

First was Lin Jialiang's place of appointment.

He had been appointed to Chen Prefecture's Hengshan Prefecture.

What sort of place was Hengshan Prefecture? It was where Mei Ling, His Majesty's imperial retreat, lay!

His Majesty had lived in seclusion at Mei Ling for eight years. From Mei Ling, he had set out and entered the capital directly. To His Majesty, Mei Ling was like his old home, a place where his spirit rested. Lin Jialiang's appointment to Hengshan Prefecture, which governed Mei Ling, thus carried another interpretation: he was guarding His Majesty's old home!

This prefectural governor had been carefully selected by His Majesty from officialdom across the entire country.

His Majesty's trust in the Lin Family came from the very marrow of his bones!

Second, the court officials realized that the winds