Jade Throne and Pearl Curtain (Volumes 1 and 2)

Author: Gao Yang
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: The content of this book: On the sixth day of the sixth month in the third year of the Tongzhi reign, late at night. A fast horse arrived from the southern gate in the Bingbu Street area of the eastern Zhengyang Gate. Hearing the jingle of the bridle bells, one knew it was a special envoy from a province outside. Indeed, the horseman crossed the Bingbu government office and rode straight to the public office of the provincial envoys stationed in the capital. Upon reaching the gate, he suddenly reined in his horse, and the man on the horse was thrown off. A red-topped blue hat, the insignia of a third-rank official, rolled to the side. The man struggled to get up, took a few staggering steps, but before he could step over the threshold, he stumbled and fell again, spitting out white foam. The people in the office recognized him as the special envoy from Jiangning, He Baiguan, a corporal. He Baiguan was originally a personal guard of General Zeng Jiuzhu, and he was promoted each time he won a battle, eventually rising to the rank of a third-rank major general. However, there were no vacancies to fill, so he had to continue serving as the special envoy he had been appointed as when he was a corporal.