The moment Zhuge Jun entered, he burst into loud, tearful sobs.
He wept as though his heart and guts had been torn apart, wept as though grief had utterly shattered him.
He wept until Lord Jiang had nothing to say in response.
Even Wei Bofang could no longer bear to watch. He stepped forward. "Enough, enough. The Hall Master handles countless affairs every day—where would he find the leisure to listen to you warm up your voice here?"
In private, Wei Bofang's howling was even more vivid and heartfelt than Zhuge Jun's, but before others, he was more "upright" than anyone.
A perfectly incorruptible minister.
Zhuge Jun ignored him completely, only gazing at Jiang Wang through tear-filled eyes, his voice aggrieved. "Hall Master, why didn't you come to find this subordinate first when you returned? You must know that this subordinate was the first to pledge loyalty to you. Everything this subordinate has was given by the Hall Master, and this subordinate is willing to give everything for the Hall Master, sparing neither life nor death! In all of Spirit Void Hall, who can match my loyalty to you?"
"Zhuge Jun, what do you mean by that?" Wei Bofang was deeply displeased. "Could this old man's loyalty to the Hall Master be half a fraction less than yours?"
Seeing his two chief right-hand men about to begin vying for favor, Lord Jiang immediately said, "I know all about your loyalty. And everything you have done, I have seen with my own eyes."
Without betraying any emotion, he pulled his leg free. "I came this time, first, to see the two of you, and second, to fulfill my original promise—to deal with the troubles arising during the sect's development that you are unable to handle."
His gaze swept over them both