Zhong Heng felt that the heavens were not fair to him. Everytime they gave him some benefits, before he could truly enjoy them, they would be cruelly taken away from him.
Back in the Central Plains, his official career had been full of frustrations. When he noticed that he did not have any achievements after joining the military for many years, he spent a large amount of money to earn a small official post in the Ministry of Defence. However, after only one month into the job, he got posted to Western Region on the pretext that it was for him to undergo a few years of training and that he would have a post waiting for him upon return to the Central Plains. In reality, it was more like exile.