The Whole Household Rose to the Heavens

Chen Dong gathered up his farming tools, hoisted them onto his shoulder, and headed toward the village.

When he returned to the village, he joined the other villagers and followed the procession that had come from outside.

Just as Chen Dong reached the slope in the village, he looked down from above and saw that the carriage had actually stopped in front of his courtyard.

Compared with his own dilapidated little courtyard, the eight soldiers mounted on tall, handsome horses, their uniforms gleaming, and the finely appointed carriage draped in a blue-green canopy looked completely out of place.

The more than twenty foot soldiers formed a ring around the carriage, keeping the curious villagers from approaching recklessly.

Then one of the mounted soldiers swung down from his horse and went to stand respectfully beside the carriage. He reached out and lifted the curtain.

A middle-aged man in dark teal civil official's robes and a black gauze cap bent forward and stepped out of the carriage.

"An official!"

Some of the villagers watching nearby began to whisper in astonishment at the sight of the rather gaunt middle-aged man.

Chen Dong's eyes settled on the official robes the middle-aged man was wearing.

Back when he'd been in the city learning a trade from a bricklayer, his master had once told him in casual conversation that the colors of the robes worn by Great Yan's civil and military officials were governed by strict rules.

An official dressed in dark teal robes, like this one, was a sixth-rank Imperial Court official.

And judging by the two gold threads embroidered on either side of his sleeves, he wasn't just any sixth-rank official...

He was a capital official!

What was going on? What had happened?

Chen Dong couldn't help quickening his pace as he headed toward