Fireflies Shining on the Road Home at Night

In times of chaos, the omens appeared. Pei Yan, a hostage from Shuobei, killed his elder brother and murdered the emperor, plunging the land into turmoil and leaving the people in misery. A year later, Pei Yan was surrounded and killed. Perhaps his crimes were so great that even Heaven thought he shouldn't be allowed such an easy death. Nineteen years after he died, his remains were dug up. Through mysterious magic, flesh grew over Pei Yan's bones, and he returned from the dead. Now he had no soldiers or power, only a terrible reputation and a body wracked with illness, suffering in the mortal world. The one who dug him up was a delicate young woman. She said her name was Qi Shuangzhao. She was a down-on-her-luck princess driven to the brink. - After her father and brothers were murdered, the stunning princess Shuangzhao was forced into a political marriage. If nothing unexpected happened, she would die in a foreign land and never return to the old capital. But she never imagined that even after her life had become so miserable, her enemies still wouldn't leave her alone. They planned to kill her on the way and wipe out every last trace of her family. In her moment of despair, she saw a skeleton burst out of the earth, flesh growing over its bones. The flesh became a beautiful, defiant young man holding a long, unfamiliar saber. He said his name was Pei Yan. He was a villain who had killed his brother and murdered the emperor. - Pei Yan had returned from the dead, but he saw no point in living. His wish was to die again and be buried beneath the jujube tree in his hometown. Shuangzhao had escaped death, but she wouldn't settle for merely surviving. Her wish was to fight to stay alive, return to the old capital, and avenge her father and brothers. One wanted to die, the other didn't want to. Though their wishes led in opposite directions, they traveled together along a road blanketed in snow. Later, the man who didn't want to live took up his long saber and carved a path to safety after path for the one who didn't want to die. The one who didn't want to die reached out to the one who didn't want to live and said: "Pei Yan, let's go home." P.S. The story's setting is based on the late Tang and Five Dynasties periods. Its inspiration comes from the stories of the Guiyi Army, Zhang Yichao, and Guo Xin. I hope more people will learn about what they did. Here are my upcoming novels. Add them to your favorites if you're interested: Aloof Beauty Falls from Her Altar: The Grand Secretary's slender waist, ready to break. Bone Collector: A girl who collects bones x the king of all ghosts. Don't pick up bones you find by the roadside, because the one you pick up might just be... the king of all ghosts. The Fox Has Nine Tails: An exiled top scholar x a nine-tailed fox who wants to eat his heart. Theme: Even a tiny firefly can light the way and make a bright sun.