"There are no silver banknotes left, I only have twenty taels of silver on me. The imperial decree stated that we are being exiled as convicts, and our family property has been confiscated."
Qin An was only sixteen years old this year and served as Qin Hu's personal page. Extremely thin and frail, he had long since been worn down by the suffering, looking as though 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, performing tasks such as clearing paths through mountains, building bridges over rivers, gathering firewood, stoking fires, digging trenches, hauling water, and setting up camp.
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