There were five people in total on this trip.
Among them: one subordinate official, one vice director, two secretaries, and one observing jinshi.
The senior administrator of the prince's mansion welcomed them into the government office and ordered servants to serve tea.
These people were all from the Bureau of Operations. The chief subordinate official, surnamed Zhang, had met Lin Yao a few times before. He was obese, and after riding all the way to the mansion, his face was already red from the heat.
The others were thin and tall, but travel-worn, with sallow faces and full heads of sweat. Their clothes were mostly soaked through, looking from a distance like pickled salted fish.
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