Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint-Chapter 487 - 116: Four Steps of Outer Refining, The Terror of the Golden Body!
Chapter 487: Chapter 116: Four Steps of Outer Refining, The Terror of the Golden Body!
Inspection Office.
"Commander Jiang!" Two people at the entrance saw Jiang Ning and immediately hurried to pay respects.
Jiang Ning nodded in acknowledgment, then stepped through the gate, heading toward his own branch office.
Lv Yi did not follow him at this time.
Because according to the rules, idlers and others could not enter the inner part of the Inspection Office.
Although no one would say anything if Jiang Ning brought her in, he didn’t want to break the rules, besides, it was unnecessary.
The next moment.
"Little Jiu?" Jiang Ning, upon seeing Xie Xiaojiu coming out of his branch office, looked surprised.
Xie Xiaojiu, upon seeing Jiang Ning, quickly bowed in salute: "My lord!"
"What a coincidence!" Jiang Ning smiled.
Xie Xiaojiu pursed her lips, knowing it wasn’t a coincidence at all.
Because she had been entering and leaving countless times that day.
It was just that this time, she waited for Jiang Ning’s arrival.
She immediately composed herself: "My lord, long time no see!"
"Indeed, it has been a long time!" Jiang Ning was somewhat sentimental.
Around a month of holiday had passed, and they hadn’t seen each other at all.
On the first day of the New Year, Xie Xiaojiu had not come to his residence to pay a visit either.
At that time, Jiang Ning was a bit puzzled, but later he understood.
Xie Zhengtian had made such a big fuss at Xie Mansion, and one way or another had done a lot of ideological work with Xie Xiaojiu, convincing her to come and plead on the family’s behalf.
After all, Xie Xiaojiu was Xie Zhengtian’s daughter, the Ninth Miss of the Xie family, and now she was working under his command, with a good relationship with him.
But perhaps due to their relationship, Xie Xiaojiu didn’t want to put him in a difficult position, so they hadn’t met over the holiday.
Xie Xiaojiu followed behind Jiang Ning, looking at his back, she suddenly spoke up.
"My lord, thank you!"
"Thank for what?" Jiang Ning turned his head with a smile.
"Thank you for giving the Xie family a chance!" Xie Xiaojiu spoke in a low tone.
Jiang Ning said: "It wasn’t me who gave the Xie family a chance, but the Xie family gave itself one! Xie Zhengtian had the guts to undertake painful reform, to kill those who should be killed, and capture those who should be captured, so I also gave him an opportunity. Releasing grain from the storehouses, although the merits cannot offset the wrongs, it is considered a benefit to the people."
"If I were a few years younger, I might not tolerate a speck of sand in my eye, regardless if it’s black or gray, with strength, I would have eradicated them all, gifting the people a clear and just world."
"Strike the hand if it reaches out, behead if a head raises! Only pure white is allowed, no evil or bad."
"This way, it would be quick justice for grudges, but with the changing situation, and frequent natural disasters, the people of the city would only live a harder and more difficult life! More people would die."
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"Besides, I am not a saint, doing these good deeds and acts of kindness, I did them when it was convenient."
Saying this, Jiang Ning laughed.
He never imagined he would do kind acts that benefitted the village or the people.
Now, it had come to this, simply an effortless deed on his part.
He was also very clear, leaving the relatively honest Xie family, allowing them to survive by making painful sacrifices, and being tempered by him was the best approach for the people of the entire city.
The Xie family was now releasing grain, aiding the poor citizens, saving many lives in this cold winter.
If other families or powers were to rise to the status of the Cao, Liu and Xie families, they wouldn’t do better; it’s more likely they would be worse.
Just as the Dragon Slayer eventually becomes the dragon.
It is the eternal vortex of history, as well as the vortex of human nature, inescapable, unbreakable.
Even for himself, he dared not guarantee that he would retain his original intentions in the future.
Let alone a family or power!
Unless he himself remains constant in his original intentions and, with strength, holds absolute control over Luoshui County, can he actually secure the true happiness and well-being of the people!
But he is not a nanny!
He had no thoughts about such nanny actions, nor the obligation.
In any era, world, environment, and for anyone, in the end, one can only rely on oneself.
Everything else is a matter of fate and fortune.
...
A moment later.
Arriving at his desk.
Jiang Ning casually picked up a stack of documents on his desk, about a dozen pages thick.
He glanced over them briefly, understanding their contents.
These documents were a summary of various small incidents that had occurred in Luoshui County over the past month or so; nothing significant.
The main duty of the Inspection Office was to capture or kill anyone who dared to cause chaos, be they common folk, high officials and rich merchants, or sects and gangs.
The God Worship Sect was a typical example and a hidden threat.
Thus, the Inspection Office’s main task had been to eliminate the forces developed by the God Worship Sect in the county city.
After he had eradicated the God Worship Sect’s most critical stronghold and found the idol that had once been worshipped in the City God Temple, the city had basically seen no more traces of the God Worship Sect.
And since the native powers, the Cao and Liu families, had ties with the God Worship Sect, they too had been destroyed.
Hence, over the extended holiday, there had been no pressing matters to report.
He quickly scanned through the documents and then set them aside.
"Is the Residence Master in?" Jiang Ning asked Xie Xiaojiu, who was following behind him.
"He is. Commander Ye even came looking for you this morning, but as you were not yet at work, he missed you. Commander Ye instructed me, upon seeing you, to ask you to make a trip to see the Residence Master."
Hearing this, Jiang Ning nodded.
His mind suddenly filled with ideas; Hong Minghu seeking him out first thing probably wasn’t a bad matter.
And most likely, it was a good matter.
On New Year’s Eve, he alone defended a city, using his archery skills to quell the Black Mountain Army’s siege, a significant feat by any measure.
