Tag: Ming dynasty
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Wujiang Snow – 6
Translated by Fossilised Firefly. Even armed with both a defence and military testimony, they could not simply sit out this unexpected storm. Feibai was not a complete fool either, and immediately wrote to his fellow-years and teachers, pleading for their aid. These letters he entrusted to his servants to deliver post haste to all corners…
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Wujiang Snow – 5
Translated by Fossilised Firefly. Their stay at the temple lasted half a month. When the city fell, the Prefect1 had fled even faster than Feibai and Su Mo, hightailing it all the way to hide out in neighbouring Xi’an Prefecture; only now that the chaos in Fengxiang had been fully placated and the government offices…
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Wujiang Snow – 4
When all is said and done, a youth is at his core a youth. Fury and fear are children of circumstance—when the circumstances of their birth have passed, their lives too come to an end. After narrowly escaping from the jaws of death, Feibai forgot all about the bickering and frights he experienced along the…
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Wujiang Snow – 3
A shamefaced Su Mo did not dare speak a word in his own defence. He picked up the writings, copied them a second time and presented them to Feibai. Luckily for him, Feibai was not a completely unreasonable master despite his haughty and wilful tendencies. Gradually, he even came to appreciate Su Mo for his…
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Wujiang Snow – 2
With such pitiful ideas in mind, Lu Huaizhen prepared the indenture that would see him sold into servitude and knocked on the gate of the Xue Residence. The housekeeper received his papers and delivered them inside, only reappearing a while later to tell him, “The master asks, ‘Why, out of all surnames, does his have…
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