A thousand years later, the Han dynasty's palaces still stand!
It is the third year of Yuanfeng, during the reign of Emperor Zhao of Han. Powerful ministers hold sway at court, while the Xiongnu remain unconquered beyond the borders, and the Silk Road hangs by a thread...
Though Wei Qing and Huo Qubing are gone, the Han people's pioneering spirit will never fade. New heroes are about to emerge!
At the Xuanquan Post Station in the Dunhuang Gobi, a low-ranking clerk named Ren Hong threw down his brush and roared:
"If a man has no ambition beyond this, he should at least follow Zhang Qian and Fu Jiezi, win merit in foreign lands, and earn a noble title. How can he spend his whole life among brushes and inkstones?"
