That afternoon.
Fine snow still drifted down in a flurry, showing no sign of stopping.
Jiang Ning once again heard the sound of footsteps treading over accumulated snow.
A moment later, Qing He, dressed in a great green fur cloak, appeared before him again.
She came up to Jiang Ning and lifted the soft-furred hood from her head, revealing her smooth forehead.
"My Lord, someone else has come to visit!" Qing He said.
"Who is it?" Jiang Ning asked.
"That Second Place in the Martial Examination, Wan Jianyi. He also brought several disciples from the Sword Pavilion with him! Does My Lord wish to see them?" Qing He asked again.
In Jiang Ning's mind, the incomparably unruly, insufferably arrogant man from before the Martial Examination instantly surfaced.
"I'll see him!" he said.
These days, though he had stayed at home and not gone out, people came to call on him every day.
And among these people, all of them were the sort he could not easily refuse to meet.
Such as Martial King Xiang Yuan, such as the various Princes and Princesses, such as important figures from the Patrol Office.
He was now both the newly crowned New Martial Champion and the recently enfeoffed Dongling Marquis, as well as one of the Inspectors of the Nine Provinces, the Zeshan Province Inspector.
If he had not had Qing He refuse many meetings on her own, he would have had even less peace and quiet.
The hall in the front yard.
When Jiang Ning arrived at the entrance of the hall, he saw Wan Jianyi inside, as well as the man and woman who had come with him.
He was very familiar with that woman. It was precisely Li Qing.
She had once been his guide in Canglang Martial Hall.
Afterward,