Chapter 1

My name is Zheng Xuanming, and I am the County Sheriff of Anyang County. I took office seven days ago.

Anyang County is remote and far from the capital, with only five hundred households in the entire county.

The sky is high and the Emperor is far away; here, the County Magistrate is like a local emperor. The common folk know little of imperial authority, but they dare not disobey the County Magistrate.

“I think that County Magistrate is deliberately trying to give you a hard time, Young Master!”

Song Lan, the servant, complained as he tidied the bookshelf, “And your uncle, honestly! He took the lady’s silver for nothing and only managed to get you such a tiny official post, and in this godforsaken Anyang County! You are, after all, a descendant of the Zheng Clan of Xingyang!”

I took a warm towel to wipe my face. Hearing Song Lan’s words, I smiled slightly, “I’m just a distant branch, really-do you think I should act like a proper master?”

Song Lan was about to retort when Zi Su, the maid beside me, took the towel I handed her and threw it at him, “Just do your work! Who told you to gossip about the master?”

Song Lan caught the towel and made a face at Zi Su. Zi Su, annoyed, tried to hit him, and the two began a scuffle in the room. I sighed, picked up the folding fan on the table, left the room, and walked toward the front courtyard.