A faint sadness in the heart.
In the first two years, he regretted meeting Liang Qu, but now he no longer regrets it. Instead, he regrets that after stealing the secret book, he shouldn't have become a water bandit on Blackwater River. It would've been better to find some work elsewhere... Give it another two years, before freezing to death in this icy world, perhaps the regret won't be becoming a water bandit, but stealing the secret book...
He's over forty now.
It's December, and the new year is approaching.
When will these miserable days end?
Watching Lu Xinqing running away, Yang Xu shook his head, turned, and left.
He was the "Eagle Eye" of Heyuan Prefecture, tasked with catching spies and traitors. Northern Court spies often posed as prisoners, and every time the Imperial Court sent prisoners for exile, he would naturally review them all.
Every prisoner arriving at Heyuan had a record, specifying their crime and origin.
