"The imperial decree states that we are exiled to military service, and our family property is confiscated."
Qin An was only sixteen years old this year and served as Qin Hu's personal page. Extremely frail and already worn down by the torment, he looked as though he were down to his last breath.
In truth, Qin Hu was in no better condition. Over the past few days, the vanguard camp had been marching thirty miles daily, tasked with clearing roads through mountains, building bridges over rivers, gathering firewood, fetching water, digging trenches, and setting up encampments.
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