Luoshui County.
Inspection Office.
Braving the heavy snow, Jiang Ning stepped through the gates of the Inspection Office and headed straight for the council hall.
Xie Xiaoj iu followed close behind.
"My lord, it's right here!" Xie Xiaoj iu said, stopping at a distance as she looked toward the council hall ahead.
"Mm." Jiang Ning nodded.
Then he stopped and glanced at Xie Xiaoj iu before saying, "It's cold. No need to wait for me here. Go inside and warm yourself by the fire."
"Yes, my lord!" Xie Xiaoj iu pressed her lips together and replied.
Then she watched Jiang Ning brave the swirling snow as he walked toward the council hall.
Council hall.
Jiang Ning arrived beneath the eaves, shook his shoulders, and flung away the snowflakes and melted snow clinging to him.
Not a single snowflake rested atop his head.
Then he pushed open the half-closed door and stepped over the threshold.
"Commander Jiang!" The moment Ye Qiu saw Jiang Ning, he rose with a smile.
Yuan Hua and Tang Miaomiao, who had arrived long ago, also stopped their conversation and hurriedly stood.
"Greetings, Commander Jiang!"
They already knew that Jiang Ning had been promoted to the eighth rank.
His official rank now stood above theirs.
All that remained was for the transfer order from above to arrive. Once it did, Jiang Ning would no longer hold an empty title, but an actual post with real authority.
Seeing Jiang Ning now, both of them wore complicated expressions.
They had known that, given Jiang Ning's previous performance, surpassing them was only a matter of time. Yet they had never expected that day to come so soon.
The Inspection Office here had only been established for a few months, yet Jiang Ning had not only surpassed them in strength, but