The envelope was clean and neat, placed on the table with no signs that anyone had touched it.
Zhou An picked up the envelope, sat down in a chair, and opened it by the light of the oil lamp.
The contents of the letter came into view.
The letter had been sent by Division Magistrate Zhang and contained the latest investigation results.
As he had expected, there had been no progress. After all, only two days had passed.
However, Great Chu had already learned of the matter.
The emperor was furious and flew into a rage during Morning Court.
An official from the Surveillance Division had died during an inspection. It was no different from slapping Great Chu across the face.
Xingwu Emperor had risen from humble origins, but he placed great importance on martial strength and had fought on the battlefield himself.
Upon learning of this, he immediately ordered the An Ding County Spirit Suppression Division to investigate. They had to produce results within a month, or everyone in the An Ding County Spirit Suppression Division would be dismissed.
Zhou An did not know whether the Demon Suppression Division's enemies had been fanning the flames behind the scenes.
He guessed there were. No one could ever make sense of all the filthy dealings in officialdom.
"Nothing will be uncovered anytime soon."
Since the other side had dared to go this far, they must have hidden contingencies.
Zhou An felt that the Demon Suppression Division would have a headache for quite some time.
He burned the letter to ashes, his mind already turning over plans.
"Get Blacksmithing to level three as quickly as possible and trigger its transformation. Then raise Object Juggling and Soaring Dragon Steps to level four."
Skills transformed upon reaching level three. That was also why Zhou