Lowering his head, he glanced at the young scion of the family. This kid... he's from the direct line, but his head isn't screwed on straight. The Huo Family is gone, so what's the point of clinging to the airs of the main branch?
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Exceeding the military quota violated regulations. However, when faced with powerful connections, such regulations were like a courtesan in a pleasure house, merely claiming to 'sell art, not her body'.
Zheng Fan declined the Nanwang City garrison's kind offer to send a hundred cavalrymen to escort him back to Green Willow Fortress. Meanwhile, Green Willow Fortress hadn't been notified in advance, so they hadn't dispatched any barbarian cavalry either. Thus, Commander Zheng, accompanied by only A Ming and Siniang, began escorting nearly a thousand convicts toward Green Willow Fortress. Furthermore, these convicts bore no shackles or chains.
