Three days before the crop harvest, An Qingyun arrived at his master's residence. The place where he had just been appointed to office happened to be the East Sea, the very location where the Lotus Tower was first recorded in history.
Although a minor county magistrate in the East Sea was nothing much to speak of, the selection of officials was subject to strict regulations. One's hometown, the hometown of one's paternal and maternal clans, and the hometown of one's mentor were all off-limits.
Even when it came to retiring in the future and returning to one's hometown to spend one's twilight years, whether one could actually do so depended entirely on whether His Majesty the Emperor or one's superiors gave their consent!
Chapter 312