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

of defensive stakes appeared on the street out of thin air. A small school officer of the Bian army riding a horse shouted loudly: "The imperial envoy orders: putting out the fire at Shangyuan Yishi...In May of 884 AD, on the official road fifty li southwest of Bianzhou (modern-day Kaifeng)Ye family, the Xuanwu Jiedushi's residence was shrouded in gloom and oppression. Zhu Wen paced restlessly back and forth, while Zhu Youyu and the Bian army generals dared not utter a word. At this mom...