Outside the courtyard gate.

"Lord Patrol Envoy! We are subordinates under Lord Prefect." The leading man clasped his hands in salute to Jiang Ning.

"I've seen you at the Bai Mansion before, you're Sun Mingcheng, right?" Jiang Ning said.

"It was only a brief encounter with you, yet you remember me! Impressive!!" The leading man was momentarily surprised, then clasped his hands in salute again.

Jiang Ning smiled, then looked at Wang Qintan.

"Miss Qingtan, long time no see!"

"Shameless!" Wang Qintan pouted, but her gaze did not leave Jiang Ning.

"Lord Jiang, this is the eldest daughter of the Prefectural Governor of Dongling County. We were ordered by you to wait at the city gate and bring her to you as Miss Wang wanted. Now that our task is complete, we shall take our leave." The leading man said.

"Thank you, both of you!" Wang Qintan expressed gratitude, twisting her wrist to reveal two golden leaves: "It's a small token, please accept it!"

The two men were slightly taken aback upon seeing the golden leaves in Wang Qintan's hand, then looked at Jiang Ning.

They observed Jiang Ning's expression.

"Thank you, Miss Wang!"

"If Miss Wang encounters any trouble in the city, just mention my name, Wang Lu, or come to find me at the Inspector Mansion, and I will do my utmost to assist you!" Wang Lu slapped his chest with a thud.

"Then I'll thank Lord Wang Lu in advance!" Wang Qintan said.

"Miss Wang, you are too kind!" Wang Lu again clasped his hands at Jiang Ning: "Mr. Jiang, we shall take our leave now. If anything comes up in the future, just send someone to inform us."

"I appreciate it!" Jiang Ning clasped his hands.

"No trouble at all! No trouble at all!" Sun Mingcheng said cheerfully.

"Express my gratitude to Lord Ye for me!" Jiang Ning said.

"Understood, I will certainly convey your message!" Sun Mingcheng said.

The two then departed, leaving Jiang Ning and Wang Qintan alone.

"Miss Qingtan, what brings you to Guangning City?" Jiang Ning asked.

"You should have guessed by now, right?" Wang Qintan said, "My sister's letter should have reached you by now!"

"Did you send it?" Jiang Ning asked.

"It wasn't me!" Wang Qintan shook her head with a bitter smile: "You could say it was partly my intention!"

The words fell.

She looked at Jiang Ning: "Aren't you going to invite me in?"

"I'm not dressed, wouldn't that be inappropriate?" Jiang Ning replied.

"I don't mind!" Wang Qintan's eyes lingered on Jiang Ning's upper body, her face still tinged with a faint blush.

Subsequently, she looked at Jiang Ning, her eyes shifted, revealing a hint of hesitation.

The two locked eyes, and in Jiang Ning's pupils, she saw her slender figure and beautiful face.

Then, she seemed to make a decision.

She then pulled out a letter from her person and handed it to Jiang Ning.

"A letter from my father to you. Would you like to read it?"

Upon hearing this, the image of Wang Shouyi flashed in Jiang Ning's mind, and he recalled the scene when Xiao Qiushui achieved Third Grade Heavenly Person Master, coming through the air to kill.

At that time, Wang Shouyi also took decisive action.

It was due to Wang Shouyi and Zhao Yulong's intervention that led Xiao Qiushui to retreat.

And it was after his strength greatly improved that he entered the Water Moon Sword Palace and killed Xiao Qiushui in the dark, eliminating the threat.

Thoughts flickered through his mind.

Jiang Ning reached out his hand: "How could I not read a letter from County Governor Wang!"

Seeing this, Wang Qintan took out the envelope she carried with her and handed it to Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning opened the envelope and took out two pages of letter paper.

Whisper sound!

He flipped through the letter paper and quickly finished reading the entire two pages written by Wang Shouyi.

Afterwards, he looked at Wang Qintan with a somewhat complicated expression.

"What's wrong? What did my father say in the letter to make you look at me like this?"

"Nothing much!" Jiang Ning shook his head, folding the letter paper and putting it back into the envelope.

With a flash of golden light in his hand, Wang Shouyi's letter was stored away by him.

Seeing the golden light flashing in Jiang Ning's hand, Wang Qintan's eyes showed some surprise.

"Is that a mustard seed?"

"I acquired it not long ago!" Jiang Ning said.

"What exactly did my father say in the letter?" Wang Qintan looked at Jiang Ning, gazing into his eyes.

"Didn't your father tell you?" Jiang Ning asked.

"No!" Wang Qintan shook her head.

"Then it's nothing important!" Jiang Ning shook his head.

Seeing Jiang Ning's demeanor, Wang Qintan couldn't help but grind her teeth, showing her pearly white teeth.

Jiang Ning smiled.

"Come on in!"

"You want me to come in?" Wang Qintan looked at Jiang Ning in surprise: "An unmarried man and woman alone in a room, aren't you afraid of rumors spreading?"

"I don't mind you!" Jiang Ning said matter-of-factly.

Wang Qintan: "..."

She immediately widened her eyes, staring at Jiang Ning.

"Shouldn't I be the one saying that?" she retorted.

"If you say it, it means you don't mind me either!" Jiang Ning said matter-of-factly.

Wang Qintan: "..."

"Alright!" She then admitted with slight frustration: "What you said makes sense, I indeed don't mind! After all, I'm so shallow, and I find you quite pleasing to the eye!"

"Thank you for finding me pleasing to the eye then!" Jiang Ning turned and walked toward the courtyard.

Seeing this, Wang Qintan followed along.

At this moment.

Jiang Ning was already lost in thought.

The content of Wang Shouyi's letter was simple.

He wanted Jiang Ning to marry Wang Qintan.

Wang Shouyi didn't want Wang Qintan to marry the second son of Prince Huaian or to get entangled in the royal maelstrom.

The letter also clearly explained the entire matter concerning Wang Qintan.

It was similar to what he had understood from Wang Qinghan's letters and the information he had gathered.

Bai Hesong was Wang Qintan's master.

He once traveled to Dongling City and took the young Wang Qintan as his disciple.

Bai Hesong had many disciples.

Wang Qintan was one of them.

Having many disciples, he did not fulfill his responsibility as a master towards Wang Qintan.

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