On the third day of the ninth month, an Order was issued from the Xuanqing Guard Commander's Office. It was transmitted under the highest secrecy and delivered to the Western Town Governor's Office of the Xuanqing Guard. Liao Chengfeng followed protocol, verifying the Order three times before opening and reading it.
That same evening, the highest-level secret Order from the Western Town Governor's Office was delivered into the hands of Jiang Cheng, the Households Officer at the Fengri City Thousand Households Station. After personally signing for it, Jiang Cheng dismissed his attendants to examine it alone, and at last, a trace of a smile appeared on his face.
The directives had finally aligned.
