Before heading to Great Li Capital City, Chen Ping'an pulled Ning Yao to the bow of the boat and could not help asking, "You've been following me all over the place. Doesn't it get tiresome?"
Ning Yao glanced at him without answering.
The traveling was not tiresome. A certain someone was.
Jiang Shangzhen stayed in his room watching Mirror Flower Water Moon broadcasts of various fairies. Chen Lingjun dragged Yu Yue along to broaden his horizons. Yu Yue could only marvel at Chief Zhou's wealth: Magic Treasures and Spirit Tools for viewing the broadcasts were piled like mountains on the table, with Landscape Painting Scrolls unfurled all at once. Chief Zhou kept a heap of Little Summer Coins at his elbow, chatting here, bantering there, and tossing out money without missing a beat. One look told Yu Yue he was an old hand.
Cui Dongshan stayed beside his teacher, talking about things to bear in mind while visiting Great Li Capital City. His teacher had apparently never been there before, so Cui Dongshan told him about the capital's local customs.
His teacher would certainly visit two places there: the private residence containing Ren Yun Yi Yun Lou and the ruins of Old Cliff Academy.
Wei Xian and Lu Baixiang had not appeared when Luopo Mountain attended the ceremony at Zhengyang Mountain, because it was not yet wise to reveal their identities. In earlier years, Wei Xian and Cao Jun had been the right and left hands of Liu Xunmei, a Descendant of Generals. Wei Hailiang, whose appetite for office was considerable, had earned the military honor of upper cavalry commandant through solid achievements a few years ago. His current post in the Great Li border army was that of a Subordinate Fourth Rank general with real authority, qualified to command