"We're out of bank drafts, I only have twenty taels of silver on me. The imperial edict stated that we are banished to the military frontier and all our family property is confiscated."
Qin An was only sixteen this year and served as Qin Hu's personal page. He was very frail and already worn out by the torment, looking like he had only one breath left.
In truth, Qin Hu was in little better shape. Over the past few days, the Vanguard Camp had been marching thirty miles daily, assigned to tasks such as clearing paths through mountains, building bridges over rivers, cutting firewood, kindling fires, digging trenches, hauling water, and pitching camps.
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