Outside the county prison.
The mountain wind blowing in that morning was faintly cool.
As Jiang Ning stepped out of the county prison, his heart felt somewhat dazed for a moment.
Counting the time...
He had stayed in this prison for a full seven days.
The time he had spent there was also far longer than he had imagined.
He had originally thought that with Zhao Yulong, a Grandmaster, stepping in, as well as County Governor Wang, and with Xiao Mingyue's death having no direct relation to him—having been Xiao Mingyue framing him with her own death—he would at most be out in two or three days.
He had not expected this matter to involve the nobles, making him stay in prison several more days.
"That's fine too!"
"The environment in prison was quiet enough to let me devote myself fully to training, and my strength improved quite a bit as well."
"And I even gained an unexpected harvest from Long Xingyun!"
At this moment.
Ahead, the heavy iron gate slowly opened.
Creak—
As the metal bearing turned, it gave off an ear-piercing sound.
"My lords, please!" Zhao Dai said.
"Jiang, let's go. Time to leave!" Bai Luoyu said.
"All right!" Jiang Ning nodded.
"Jiang, are you curious why Lord Xiao did not come today?" Bai Luoyu suddenly asked.
"Could it be that something happened to Lord Xiao?"
"Something did indeed happen, but how did brother Jiang know?" Bai Luoyu was even more surprised inwardly.
Jiang Ning said, "Three days ago, I saw him enter the County Prison Fourth Level! After that, I never saw him appear again! Since Lord Xiao did not come today, and Brother Bai even asked on purpose, I figured something must have happened!"
"Jiang Ning, impressive!" Bai Luoyu praised, then continued, "County Commandant Xiao is