Rujiang was Yu Hai's former name.
To be precise, his surname was Yu, his given name Rujiang, and his courtesy name Guilong.
Though most people favored single-character given names, a few regions preferred names with two characters. Yu Hai's background was complicated. He had been a scion of a noble family among the Eight Directional Tribes, pawned off after his side lost a war, and held hostage as a child. Later, a loyal servant escorted him north, where he was accidentally separated from his companions and left destitute and on the brink of death. That was when he and Qi Shan had first become entangled in their grudges. The difference was that one had saved his life, while the other...
"You really went and did something as despicable as stealing the bride and dressing up as her?"
Shen Tang hadn't expected her trusted aide to be a Cao Cao plus.
Cao Cao and his buddies had only stolen a bride. Qi Shan, the Schemer, had stolen one too, then dressed as her to buy time—and on the wedding night, he'd given Yu Hai a huge surprise. Yu Hai had still been a pure-hearted underage boy then, and Qi Shan had led him around by the nose. He'd pinched his voice and simpered that the candlelight was too bright and made him shy, then playfully scolded the groom and slapped the back of his hand red for being so impatient. He'd slipped a laxative into their nuptial wine, and when the moment was right, his accomplices had swarmed out from behind the bed curtains and beaten Yu Hai up.
A perfectly good wedding night had ended in utter chaos.
Just imagining it made Shen Tang feel sorry for Yu Hai.
Qi Shan wanted to protest, but he had nothing to say.