Shen Hao hadn't expected the commendation from the Jingxi Town Governor's Office to come down so soon after he returned from the Imperial City.
The pretext surely wouldn't be the previous incident at Tu Kui City's Sword Emperor's Tomb—Xuanqing Guard's performance was mediocre at best and riddled with errors; didn't you see their commander, Wu Changhe, thrown into prison at the time?
So this commendation was issued mainly for the earlier case of the plague concealment in Pingshun City, and the discovery at the Special Land.
Ordinary silver coins meant nothing to Shen Hao anymore; what really delighted him were four other things.
The first was what Jiang Chengjiu had hinted at earlier: a promotion in rank, from Senior Sixth Grade Hundred Households up to Junior Fifth Grade Deputy Thousand Households.
Don't underestimate this half-grade leap—for most people, getting past the Fifth Grade threshold is a lifetime's struggle. And Shen Hao isn't even thirty years old yet.
