Kneeling in the dimly lit hall, Lin Jiu's heart pounded like a drum. The heavy smell of half-matured sorghum liquor, potent as tiger's blood, rushed into her nose and throat, burning painfully.
She didn't dare look up at the person seated above her. What if Xue Shaoteng had betrayed his country and sided with the enemy, sold out his master for glory, or else become a ruined, drunken wreck, a lump of mud impossible to salvage? What was she supposed to do then?
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"Why won't you look up at me?" Suddenly, someone's fingers clamped around her chin and forced her head up. Lin Jiu met someone's gaze...
His body was carved like a blade-sharp peak. The clasps on his red cloak were undone, and he swayed as he walked, drunk. A blue dragon tattoo stretched across his bronze abs and up to his shoulder and neck, its claws dancing as it stared back at her. Anyone who saw it would be terrified.
He was smiling at Lin Jiu, a cold, mocking smile, cruel enough to hurt. "You're too ordinary. Even if you dress up on purpose and make a point of being different, I still... can't say I'm interested."
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Twenty years...
Infighting within the imperial family split the Great Zhou into two countries, north and south. Both wanted to annex the other, but neither could manage it.
Everyone in the realm said, "The Northern Zhou has vast territory. Though its imperial house is mediocre, imposes harsh policies, and massacres its own people, the foreign powers it relies on, Yichi, are strong, and its royal family is full of talented people! The Southern Zhou can only stand against it thanks to the peerless bravery of the two generals of the Ministry of War, each able to hold off ten thousand men. One is Lin Zhidao, founding marshal of the nation. The other is Xue Shaoteng, its vanguard general."
Yet five years ago, during the Battle of Andashan, Xue Shaoteng and the three thousand elite troops under his command vanished without a trace.
Everyone at court said Xue Shaoteng had deserted and murdered his lord. Only the old General Lin refused to believe it. On his deathbed, he charged his youngest daughter, Lin Jiu, to find Xue Shaoteng, no matter what... and help him return south!
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Theme: You love me, I love you. Let's go to war together and eat rice
The plot of more than ten chapters written in one chapter is quite amazing, although it does feel weird when reading the outline. I thought the foreshadowing in the previous article would develop some plot, but it was not mentioned in the synopsis. The appearance hinted that Mo Zheng's biological mother Wan Luxi was the mother of the two Sheng sisters who were kidnapped. Ji Er was unlucky enough to fall into Mo Yong's hands. I thought something would unfold. But there is a small problem. The previous article said that Ji'er is sixteen this year, so Morzheng is the younger brother, so he is only fifteen, right? Mo Yong also calls Mo Zheng brother, but he was previously described as a super handsome man in his twenties or fives (I mistakenly thought he was the male protagonist when I didn't see the back), and I felt that his age was inappropriate. There is also Zhao Huaifeng, a good son-in-law chosen by Lin Jiu's beautiful mother. Judging from the description later, it should be that he has ascended the throne and become emperor. Wow, I really want to read two chapters of the male protagonist's anecdotal story about his marriage proposal being blocked.
Seeing the background here, I had a vision of the Kaiyuan Tianbao period. I just happened to be reviewing the history of the Tang Dynasty recently. Some of the characters in the article reminded me of Wang Zhongsi, Gao Xianzhi, and of course the damn rat An Lushan Shi Siming. Why couldn't Li Sanlang die during the Kaiyuan period.
The story is getting better and better