Gu Wenheng and his group had suffered enough; they were finally arriving at Lu City at their next stop.
The further they traveled, the more desolate the landscape became. Towards the end of their journey, there were times when they couldn't even find an inn and had to make do with spending the night by the roadside.
Anxious as they already were, the moment they saw the dilapidated city walls, they could almost hear their own inner wails of despair.
Seeing the arrival of their group, the guards stationed there quickly ran inside the city walls. A short while later, a group of Government Officials rushed out.
"Are you the newly appointed Lord Prefect?" Chief Magistrate Wang Ping, accompanied by Chief Constable Fan Changxi, had been waiting here for quite some time.
They had assumed that with the heavy snow blocking the roads, the Lord Prefect would likely be stranded mid-journey. To their surprise, they actually managed to meet him today.
