The second son of Cheng Yaojin, and the big brother of the second-generation military family crew.
This sixteen-year-old Chang'an boy spends his days roaming the streets, watching cockfights, and running around with Qin Huaiyu, Yuchi Baolin, and the rest of his crew. At night, they climb walls, drink, and admire the moon.
Some call him a spoiled brat. Others call him a menace.
But when foreign merchants cause trouble in the West Market, he is the first to charge in;
when his friends are bullied, he grabs a club and goes to demand justice;
when his father runs into trouble at court, he quietly lays out a plan, using his modern mind.
He thinks he can keep fooling around forever, until an imperial edict breaks the peace:
The emperor wants to see him.
At last, the undercurrents swirling through Chang'an have reached the feet of this sixteen-year-old boy.
