Early November, South Water County, Jiang Family Village.
One carriage after another entered the unremarkable little village under the escort of cavalrymen. The South Water County Governor, with his rotund belly, dismounted from the carriage and displayed an ingratiating smile towards Jiang Jucai, who was mounted and armored at the side, "Marshal Jiang, whom are you taking me to meet?"
From the other carriages, individuals clad in silk and crowned with silver and jeweled headpieces stepped down, requiring a kneeling servant to provide a footstool.
More than a dozen representatives from the various aristocratic families of South Water attended though none of them had the backing of the Immortal Sect, given the village's location on the frontier.
They carried a hint of arrogance when they surveyed the rural appearance of Jiang Family Village, but their good education and political acumen made them conceal it well.
