Cao Estate.
Today, the Cao Estate was brilliantly lit and bustling with voices.
For today was the Cao Family head's fiftieth birthday.
As Luoshui County's foremost lineage, the Cao Family naturally had a hall full of guests for their head's fiftieth birthday.
Not to mention that this Cao Family head had raised a fine son, Cao Rong.
With Cao Rong having just passed thirty and already possessing peak seventh-rank Martial Dao strength, who would dare refuse to show some respect to his father, the Cao Family head?
If Cao Rong advanced another step in the Martial Dao and another step in official rank, he would instantly become an untouchable great figure, leaping up to stand shoulder to shoulder with a seventh-rank county magistrate.
Military authority was likewise true, substantive power.
On this joyous day for the Cao Family head,
several dozen people had silently appeared in an alley not far from the Cao Estate.
It was nighttime now, and darkness had long since fallen.
From the distant lake came successive peals of thunder and flashes of lightning, mingled with the sounds of wind and rain.
Such waves of heavenly might concealed every sound made by those several dozen people.
And with dark clouds blocking the sky, the moonlight grew dimmer and the night darker.
"Commander Jiang, do we need to go in?" A middle-aged man with a square face stood beside Jiang Ning and spoke.
This man was the second-in-command of the city guards. Tonight, he had been ordered to bring men and cooperate with Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning said, "No need! Deputy Liu, please have your men surround the Cao Estate. Just make sure not a single person escapes!"
"I'll do my best!" the square-faced middle-aged man said.
At this, Jiang Ning gave a slight nod, then looked toward