"Rise."
Fang Che's face darkened, and he had no choice but to accept.
"Your subordinate Crude Bear, Xiong Rushan, pays his respects..."
"Wait, what the hell..."
Fang Che stared darkly at Xiong Rushan. "Lord Xiong, what's going on this time? I remember being appointed as the deputy, didn't I?"
Xiong Rushan looked innocent. "But Chief Commander Zhao stripped me of my regular position, and he also changed your appointment, Chief Fang. So you're the regular one now."
"...That doesn't seem proper, does it?"
Fang Che's face went black.
"But Chief Commander Zhao has the authority to do that."
Xiong Rushan explained.
"..." Fang Che was speechless.
He had already cursed Zhao Shanhe a thousand or ten thousand times in his heart.
That bastard has really seized me and is using me like a mule.
"Your subordinate from the War Affairs Altar, Crude Bear Xiong Rushan, pays his respects to Hall Master Fang!" Xiong Rushan saluted.
"You can rise too."
On the other side.
"Your subordinate, the Netherworld Scholar Yin Guotang, pays his respects to Hall Master Fang."
Yin Guotang had an even more legitimate claim, because the only appointment of Fang Che's that had been clearly written down was Hall Master of the Law Enforcement Hall.
I've been completely screwed over by Zhao Shanhe!
Fang Che was utterly speechless.
"Rise."
"Wasn't it the War Affairs Altar, not the Enforcement Altar?" Fang Che's face darkened as he slumped into the grand chair.
"They're the same. The War Affairs Altar is the colloquial name. Strictly speaking, they should be the War Affairs Hall, Law Enforcement Hall, and Inspectorate Hall."
"Damn it!"
"Exactly, my lord!"
"..."
Fang Che was listless.
No one had tried to intimidate him, but Zhao Shanhe had angered him to the point of being on his last legs.
"Give