"Little Kui, train hard with Night Owl, you're destined to be a general!"
Li Kui paused in his chicken leg-eating motion, his lips gleaming with grease, and asked indistinctly:
"General? Brother, you don't mean to send me to war, do you?"
"I...I'm not mentally prepared yet!"
He subconsciously touched his round belly.
Lu Yan laughed and tapped him on the head:
"What are you thinking? Being a general is so prestigious! From now on, chicken legs will be plentiful!"
Upon hearing this, Li Kui's eyes immediately lit up.
His eyes lit up, as if he could see a mountain of chicken legs.
"Brother, it's a deal! I'll go and have Night Owl train me into an unparalleled warrior!"
Having said that, he grabbed the remaining chicken leg and happily went to find Night Owl.
Lu Yan smiled and shook his head. This kid is a foodie.
The words had barely left his mouth.
A travel-worn figure stumbled into the county government office, shouting:
"Imperial edict has arrived! Magistrate Lu Yan of Shannan County, receive the edict!"
Lu Yan was stunned. An imperial edict?
What's going on?
Could it be that the Empress has come to punish me for embezzling barbarian lands?
His heart skipped a beat, and he knew something was wrong.
But since things had come to this point, he had no choice but to accept the imperial decree with a heavy heart.
After straightening his official robes, Lu Yan knelt down respectfully and shouted:
"Your subject, Lu Yan, receives the imperial decree!"
The messenger unfurled the imperial edict, and his shrill voice rang out above the county government office.
"By the grace of Heaven, the Emperor decrees that Lu Yan, the magistrate of Shannan County, has rendered meritorious service in subduing the barbarian tribes, and is hereby appointed as the Prefect. Shannan County is thus elevated to Shannan Prefecture..."
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