Luoshui County.
Inner city.
On a rooftop five hundred meters from the county office.
Jiang Ning stood quietly on the corner of the eaves, empty-handed.
The heavy snow landed on his head and quietly melted away.
His gaze was calmly fixed in the direction of the county office.
From his elevated position, despite the snow filling the sky, he could clearly see that everyone had followed the original plan and completely surrounded the county office.
Dressed in black fitted clothes, Hong Minghu stepped through the soft snow and arrived at the county office gates.
"Who goes there?!" The two guards stamping their feet outside the county office immediately shouted a challenge upon seeing Hong Minghu.
Yet their voices were clearly fierce only on the outside, weak within.
Hong Minghu was dressed far too lightly.
He wore only a thin garment, his chest half exposed and his arms bare.
In the bitter cold of winter, amid the falling snow, an ordinary person dressed like that would have frozen to death by the roadside long ago.
How could he possibly appear at the county office gates?
Not to mention the naturally imposing air Hong Minghu had cultivated over the past few months.
The mere aura in his brows and eyes made the two guards at the county office gates feel uneasy.
Their gazes darted away, and neither dared meet his eyes.
"Hong Minghu," Hong Minghu said flatly.
As he spoke, Hong Minghu ignored the two men and strode straight up the steps.
Both guards shuddered and did not dare make a sound.
Gate guards naturally needed sharp eyes. They knew who could be provoked and who could not.
The name Hong Minghu had spread throughout all of Luoshui County several months ago.
Though neither had ever seen Hong Minghu's face, his name