The city gate was quite lively today, with merchants and ordinary people coming and going in and out of Lingnan City.
Li Chang'an saw Chen Da. After not seeing him for a few days, the boy had put on the uniform of a captain, transforming from a lowly soldier into a city gate captain.
Upon seeing Li Chang'an, Chen Da immediately stood up and knelt down.
"This humble one, Chen Da, greets Your Excellency."
Li Chang'an helped him up and said with a smile, "It's only been a few days, how come you got promoted?"
"Thanks to your blessing, a few days ago, the city garrison commander, Lord Guo, committed some crime and had his home ransacked, resulting in his loss of his official position."
Then the former captain took his place, and I, thanks to his recommendation, was also promoted and took over his position.
Li Chang'an never expected that the reason for Chen Da's promotion was actually because of him.
He never expected that his arrival, by blocking the main road, would lead to a series of events and affect the lives of a group of people.
Chen Da was overjoyed at his promotion and couldn't help but say a few more words: "My lord, please look, these are the servants of the Guo family. Because they were implicated, they are about to be exiled to the border."
Li Chang'an looked in the direction he pointed and saw a group of people with disheveled hair, wearing shackles, sitting on the ground with numb and ashen faces.
Among them was the butler we met that day, who was also sitting there in tattered clothes.
Are all these people going to be exiled to the frontier to do hard labor?
Li Chang'an looked at the steward, some thoughts forming in his mind.
He still lacked someone with some knowledge by his side. Xiong Er and the others in the village were alright, they could be of use.
But when they got to the city, they were completely clueless and didn't know anything.
It would be better to save that butler and keep him by our side, so we don't have to do everything ourselves.
Thinking this, he lifted his foot and walked over.
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