[Completed short story] [Historical fiction] [A grand world seen through the eyes of ordinary people]
“An empire collapses upon the throne and is reborn in the mud. It has never been held up by the carved beams of the Golden Hall, but by the worn-out straw sandals of countless Zhang Erlangs. They do not run in search of a place in the history books, only toward the faint glimmer of survival.”
In the darkest of times, an ordinary citizen of Chang’an shows extraordinary courage and a simple, steadfast loyalty to his country, becoming a glimmer of hope amid the chaos. In an age of war when all communications have been cut off, how can a vital message make it through the blockade? The fate of the Tang Empire hangs in the balance.
