Cao Mansion.
Today, Cao Mansion was ablaze with lights and seething with voices.
Because today was the Cao Family Head's fiftieth birthday.
As the Cao family was the foremost great family in Luoshui County, the Cao Family Head's fiftieth birthday was naturally packed with honored guests.
To say nothing of the fact that this Cao Family Head had also sired a fine son, Cao Rong.
With Cao Rong having only just passed thirty and already possessing peak Martial Dao Rank 7 strength, who would dare not give a few scraps of face to Cao Rong's father, the Cao Family Head?
If Cao Rong took another step forward in the martial path in the future, and another step forward in official rank as well, he would instantly become an unreachable major figure, leaping up to become an existence on par with a seventh-rank County Magistrate.
Military authority was likewise true real power.
Just on this joyous day for the Cao Family Head.
Several dozen men and horses had already appeared without a sound in a small alley not far from Cao Mansion.
It was deep in the night, and darkness had long since fallen.
From the distant surface of the lake came wave after wave of lightning flashes, thunder rumbles, and wind and rain lashing together.
Such rolling heavenly might covered all the movement made by these several dozen people.
And with dark clouds blocking the sky, the moonlight grew dimmer still, and the night darker still.
"Commander Jiang, do you need us to go in?" a middle-aged man with a square face asked as he stood beside Jiang Ning.
This man was precisely the second-in-command of the City Guard, ordered tonight to lead men in cooperating with Jiang Ning's actions.
Jiang Ning said, "No need! Deputy Commander Liu, please