In 191, Dong Zhuo took control of the court, Cao Cao had just become the governor of Dongjun, Liu Bei was still working in Pingyuan County, and Sun Quan was only nine years old. The small town on the border between Shandong and Henan was not affected by the war, and the morning market was full of cheers. At the door of an inn deep in the alley, stood a twenty-six or seven-year-old young man in plain clothes, with a face as white as jade, his hands behind his back, looking at the passers-by on the street.
