The strategist who helped Li Shimin seize power at Xuanwu Gate has suddenly become the greatest threat to his empire?
Did a “dead man” foresee all the major events of the late Sui and early Tang?
Was the most unassuming strategist in this age of chaos playing a grand game that no one else could understand?
He once concealed deadly intentions in the military tent at Wagang Fortress and planted clues in Dou Jiande’s dispatches. While everyone thought he was just a pitiful accountant caught up in the chaos, Chen Mo was roasting a leg of lamb on the snowy plains of Longxi, surveying the world below.
Li Shimin swept his gaze across the assembled officials, his voice as cold as ice. “That man who should have died at Hulao Pass three years ago... what does he really want?”...
