In the 19th year of xia the founding emperor suddenly fell ill and passed away. the general of the bilu army yu biji took control of the imperial court and threw the whole government into chaos.
he then placed the late emperor's youngest son xiao wuxin on the throne and executed the officials causing imperial authority to decline.
But the situation didn't stay that way for long.
Fifteen years later the late emperor's eldest son xiao wuming mobilized an army to overthrow the tyrany when he arrived at the capital he eliminated all the treacherous officials and took control of the imperial court.
Unable to bear his defeat the deposed emperor burned himself in inside his chamber.
"Your highness! There are 10 dead bodies but none of them is the deposed emperor "
Marquis ding looked at the medical examiner.
" have you verified all of them? "
the examiner nodded his head and said " yes your highness! Nine of the corpses are his attendants but tenth corpse is not him "
the marquis stared at corpses when all of sudden one medical examiner found something inside the tenth corpse's body it was a jade token
" your highness!"
Su yi (marquis ding's name ) held his hand,
Signaling for the medical examiner to shut up then he took the token from the medical examiner. The token has the word bilu written in a rough writing style it was the token of the bilu army which is worn by every bilu soldier.
Marquis ding whispered " notify the emperor ".
to his guard. Su yi leaned back in his chair and started looking at the snow falling on the corpses in front of him he thought the white snow combined with the blackened corpses looked ugly.
At The imperial palace
The new Emperor xiao wuming listened to his aide " your majesty! we've the song army and the di army under our control now there's nothing else the country is under your command "
but the emperor didn't show any happiness.
" what about yu biji and his army?" The aides glanced at each other, unsure how to answer
an eunuch suddenly came looking troubled and kneeled down " your majesty "
the emperor glanced at the eunuch " speak !"
The eunuch started " your majesty we couldn't find the deposed emperor but we found the bilu army token inside one of the corpse's body "
the emperor flicked his sleeve and said "dismissed! All of you"
the aides all left while the emperor stood there staring at nothing he wanted yu biji's head and that deposed emperor.
That night he spoke with chancellor lu " i need someone who can get me yu biji's head "
the emperor stared at the falling snow " can you?"
Chancellor lu shook his head " your majesty I'm old now I'm afraid i can't but can recommend you someone who can do better job than me "
the emperor looked at chancellor lu " who's he?"
Chancellor lu looked into the snow and said " he's jiang kan's son! Back then yu biji massacred the jiang family but he couldn't find any traces of their son. Now he's grown up and wants revenge and he knows everything about the bilu army "
the emperor stroked his beard thoughtfully " if chancellor lu says useful,then he must be "
In a small hut deep inside the mountains
a young man sat alone The cold wind blowing away his unruly hair from his face. His eyes were beautiful but they were devoid of any light.
Before him lay an unopened letter he hesitated dreading its content. but he has no choice but to open it slowly he unfolded the letter.
But when he saw the contents of the letter his eyes started to light up.
He traced the words written on the paper carefully.
The paper read " it be long until we return home "