Outside the courtyard gate.
"Inspector! We're subordinates under Lord Ye." The man in the lead cupped his hands toward Jiang Ning.
"I saw you at Bai Residence before. Sun Mingcheng, right?" Jiang Ning said.
"We only met once, yet you still remembered me, my lord! Impressive!" The leading man looked startled, then cupped his hands again.
Jiang Ning smiled, then looked toward Wang Qingtan.
"Miss Qingtan, it's been a while!"
"Shameless!" Wang Qingtan curled her lips, but her gaze never left Jiang Ning.
"Patrol Envoy Jiang, this is the Eldest Daughter of Dongling County Governor. The two of us were ordered by the Inspector to wait at the city gate and bring Miss Wang before you at her request. Now that our task is complete, we'll take our leave." The leading man spoke.
"Thank you, sirs!" Wang Qingtan thanked them. With a twist of her wrist, two gold leaves appeared in her hand. "Just a small token. Please accept them!"
The two men saw the gold leaves in Wang Qingtan's hand and paused slightly before looking at Jiang Ning.
They observed Jiang Ning's expression.
"Thank you, Miss Wang!"
"If Miss Wang runs into trouble in the city, just give my name, Wang Lu. You can also come to the Patrol Envoy Office to find me. I'll do everything I can to help!" Wang Lu, standing beside Sun Mingcheng, thumped his chest loudly.
"Then I'll thank you in advance, Lord Wang Lu!" Wang Qingtan said.
"You're too polite, Miss Wang!" Wang Lu then cupped his hands toward Jiang Ning. "Lord Jiang, we'll take our leave first. If anything comes up in the future, just send someone to notify us."
"Sorry to trouble you both!" Jiang Ning cupped his hands.
"No trouble! No trouble!" Sun Mingcheng said with a hearty smile.
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