Volume One: Ruins of the Tang Dynasty, Chapter 1: The Whole

challenged the world's greatest marksman last night and emerged victorious, his confidence soaring. Yet today, facing the enraged Li Cunxiao who had come to confront him, he remained cool and collecte...In May of 884 AD, on the official road fifty li southwest of Bianzhou (modern-day Kaifeng)e turned even redder. But he couldn't remember where he had heard it, a man facing the woman he liked must make her know his feelings. He mustered his courage: "It's not worship, it's liking Jiuniang!...