Behind the bamboo grove, a trio of men stood.
One of them had a standard square face, a crew cut, and temples streaked with grey. Another, appearing quite elderly, wore his hair parted to the side and sported silver-rimmed glasses. The third was younger and full of vigor, his eyes sharp and bright, with a tear mole at the corner of one eye. All three wore crisp white shirts tucked into military-green trousers.
The square-faced man was Deng Shiming, who had come down from the provincial military district, and the young man was his guard, Yu Jin. The other, accompanying them on their inspection, was Xu Zhiqiang, the county magistrate of Fang County.
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