What could they do? He was the head of the gate guards now. Powerful and influential. It was hardly their place to meddle.
...He'd offended An Changyu yesterday, and today he was already being made to suffer for it... A glance at the duty roster today revealed he'd been assigned to night watch for the entire next month.
It was a classic thankless, grueling assignment!
Who wanted to be out here in the middle of the night, feeding the mosquitoes?
But there was nothing he could do. Might makes right, and the man was his direct superior. He had no choice but to obey.
'I just hope Master Zhou keeps his word and finds a way to get me transferred out of the city defense fast...'
Sun Peng thought with a sense of resignation.
He felt like he'd been caught in a disaster he didn't deserve...
An Changyu, long accustomed to the greetings from those around him, wore a calm expression as he strode out of the main gate.
