The ninth year of the Linyou era of the Great Zhou dynasty.
The northern barbarians' khan secretly conspired with the King of Mobei's court, intending to launch a surprise attack on the Loulan royal city on the night of the Ghost Festival, then march along the imperial road and attack the Jiutong border pass. The army came on in a mighty rush, breaking through the imperial road from Great Zhou to the Loulan royal city. Unable to defend the city, Loulan shut its gates. At the time, Yu Jue was five years old. Standing on Great Zhou's magnificent border wall for the first time, he saw clouds of dust rolling in. When the yellow sand settled, Mobei's cavalry appeared, bristling with bloodlust.
The young child didn't understand what war meant. He only knew that everyone around him was tense, as if facing a great enemy. He shrank back too, timidly gripping the steward's hand, and asked in confusion, "Uncle, are they fighting outside?"
Yu Jue remembered that the battle lasted a full day and night. It was not until the following day, in the hour of Wei, that the fighting ended.
The steward held him in his arms as wounded soldiers were carried into the city one after another. Their clothes were in tatters. Some had lost hands, others their feet, and some were covered in bloody holes. One man cried out in pain, another wept, and another drank wine before suddenly shouting, "Doctor, hurry up and get those hands moving! Let me get good and drunk first!" Then, when the doctor got to work, he howled like a demon.
Some saw him and called him Young Master. Others gave him their spoils of war. One man raised a bloodied hand, then lowered it and rubbed Yu Jue's head with a cleaner one, sighing, "I hope our next generation can live in an age of peace."
A devoted, straightforward prince who wants to control his own fate, the top x a max-strength, justice-loving general who doesn't know what to do, the bottom. The pair must stay together, no switching or breaking them up.
The author writes slowly, so please be patient.
Theme: Long live justice!
