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These two second-rank officials, one man and one woman, arrived and saw Liu Rong, Qian Chenzhen, and Fang Anruo surrounding me. Both showed a trace of surprise. One of them asked, "Heavenly Official Liu, it seems you still arrived first. Was this third-rank Heavenly Official saved by you?"
"Not exactly. I merely happened to arrive at the right time. He should have freed himself." Liu Rong looked me up and down before saying, "May I ask if you are Xia Yitian, Heavenly Official Xia?"
"That's me. Who are you? How do you know me?" I asked in confusion.
"How could I not recognize you? I was startled when I received the summons, so I called these two colleagues over to rescue you." As Liu Rong spoke, the two second-rank officials who had just arrived also studied me. They seemed unable to believe that I had actually escaped from the hands of the two immortals, Qian and Fang.
Liu Rong and the other two second-rank officials aren't merely nearby. They probably have their own informants in the Directorate of Divine Artifacts too. I really can't underestimate them.
"I never thought this Heavenly Official would be the famous Heavenly Official Xia. Hehe, last time you injured Heavenly Official Zhu of the Judicial Affairs Office, and now you've caused such a huge commotion. I'm afraid the Hall of Criminal Law will have trouble cleaning this up, won't it?" asked the second-rank female official. She was wearing the robes of the Imperial Observatory.
The other male official was also from the Imperial Observatory and had clearly come with her. He looked at Liu Rong and said, "Heavenly Official Liu, if you called us here to rescue him, shouldn't you at least tell us why?"
"Heavenly Officials Tang and Ling, I only know the