On the morning of the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, the sun shone brightly—a rare and fine day.
Zhao Lie and his entourage were packing their gear, preparing to set off for Yelang.
Among the party were seven imperial guards bestowed upon him by Emperor Yuan, and three personal bodyguards of Zhao Yanran. There were also two orphans whom Zhao Lie had met in the capital, both only fifteen years old—a boy named Liu An and a girl named Huimei.
Chapter 17