In the early spring of the sixth year of Zhenguan, the night wind in Chang'an was bone-chilling.
Li Ming huddled in the corner of the most remote street in the West City. The short brown hemp jacket he exchanged for a jade pendant from a pawn shop could not block the cold air at all. His teeth were chattering and his eyes were fixed on the stone road in front of him - just an hour ago, he was here, stepping into Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty from his small rented apartment in 2026.
