After the An-Shi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty fractured into rival warlord territories, and warfare raged everywhere.
In the Jiachen month of the first year of Baoying, an old imperial decree came to light again. It left Chang’an and traveled a thousand li south to Jiangnan, all to obtain a “remedy” that could bring the Tang Dynasty back from the brink. Yet no matter how hard he tried, the new emperor, Li Yu, could never have guessed that the key to the secret decree’s success lay with a blind umbrella seller…
