"Qin An, how many silver notes did we bring when we left home?"
"There are no silver notes left. All I have on me is twenty taels of silver. The imperial decree stated that we were being sent into exile as penal soldiers, and our family estate has been confiscated."
Qin An was only sixteen years old and served as Qin Hu's personal page. He was very frail, already worn to the bone by endless torment, and looked as though he had only one breath left in him.
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