In the winter of the 29th year of Guangxu's reign, Orion Ule from Guandong came out of the mountains.
For fifteen taels of deed, for a girl named Cuixi.
He practiced black market boxing in Tianjin Wei, passed secret messages, and knelt in Japanese taverns. He brought fifty children into the pass, and twenty-seven came back alive.
Seventeen tribesmen in Beiyin River only found a few bone beads.
Cui Xi waited for twenty-seven years. Three cotton-padded jackets were sewn, the third one was made of indigo cloth and had its collar open.
In the spring of Kant's second year, he tied the bone beads back to his neck.
The blood tax is from generation to generation. People who pay taxes just want the collar to be right.
Intent: Legendary