Commander of the City Defense Army?
Yan Shuangfei stared blankly at the document.
All this time, he had been waiting for the County Magistrate to lead troops against him and arrest him, yet there had been no movement at all. And now they had suddenly pulled this stunt. The reversal was so abrupt that he could not react for a moment.
He could only sigh inwardly. This move was too damn slick!
The villagers around him, including more than two hundred members of his Defense Team, all looked at him with blazing eyes.
If Yan Shuangfei could become the commander of Gucheng County's City Defense Army, their backer would be even stronger. Who would dare bully them in the future?
He would hold military authority in his hands!
His brother-in-law, Murong Xiao, was playing Eagle Catches Chickens with a group of children nearby.
The child did not know what rank of official the City Defense Commander his brother-in-law had been invited to become was, but he knew that his brother-in-law was going to be an official.
He immediately took off running home. When he reached the entrance to his family's courtyard, he did not care whether anyone was inside and shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Grandpa! Mom! Sister! Brother-in-law is going to become a big official!"
The slanting spring sunlight washed over the window lattice, adding a touch of warmth to the room.
Murong Feiyan sat before the window, a silver needle pinched between her fingertips as she carefully mended her husband Yan Shuangfei's plain-colored long robe.
As needle and thread darted back and forth, the room was filled with the faint, clean scent of cotton cloth and soapberries. Her eyes were lowered, a gentle smile lingering at her lips. Ordinary days, she felt, were like the stitches