Extra Story II: Sang Chen's Chapter
Sang Chen nestled in the Scripture Pavilion until the sky turned dark, and only when a young novice monk called him for dinner did his hanging heart finally relax a little.
After dinner, Sang Chen went back to his bamboo house to fetch his clothes for bathing. He lived alone in a neglected corner behind the monastery, where the abbot had allocated him a plot of land to grow some vegetables. Normally, he would help the temple by copying scriptures, paid not in silver but provided with three meals a day.
The only companion to stay with him day and night was the mount he had during his time as a Doctor at the Imperial Academy—a donkey.
