The Solitary Cry in the Red Sky

At the funeral of Chen Shi, a famous scholar in Yingchuan, heavy snow covered the white ground. Sixteen-year-old Liu Ji, a poor student from a poor family, huddled outside the crowd of condolences and eavesdropped on the secret words between the celebrity Xun Shuang and a black-robed man: "The stars are in the Beidou, the sky is dead, and the yellow sky is standing... Mr. Cai Yong asked me to ask Mr. Chen about the fragments of the "Taiping Qingling Book" hidden in Yingchuan Academy, whether to burn or to hide?" The wind and snow suddenly fell, and Liu Ji's arms were filled with warmth - it was a broken jade huang with half a piece inscribed with "Ordered by Heaven" given to him by the dying old soldier he rescued by Yingshui River last night before his death.