Xiang Liang rode at the very front, followed by Xiang Bo and Xiang Lu. Behind them were Xiang Yu, riding the thousand-li steed Wu Zhui, and Xiang An, riding an old yellow horse. Bringing up the rear were Xiang Liang's two fairly skilled retainers.
Even for a hunting party, they had to adhere strictly to the proper order.
Liao Ye was a big man. Among the Xiang family, Xiang Yu and Xiang An were the tallest, both a little taller than Xiang Liang, but Liao Ye was even taller than them.
Yet despite his enormous size, he still could not beat Xiang An.
He had originally been a fierce, brutish thug who relied on his strength to loaf around Kuaiji, bullying men and women alike and earning widespread infamy—until one day, he had the misfortune of picking a fight with Xiang An.
Well, as for how that turned out...
In short, he had now turned over a new leaf. Not only had he stopped doing evil, but he had also learned a few fighting techniques and become one of Xiang Liang's retainers.
Riding at the back of the party, he secretly studied Xiang An, who was chatting and laughing with Xiang Yu, then shuddered.
Then he kept looking—and kept shuddering.
Jiang Chun, beside him, was somewhat speechless.
"Say, Xiao Ye, why do you keep looking at Lord Xiang An?" Jiang Chun leaned closer and asked in a low voice.
"Huh?" Liao Ye was caught off guard by the question and did not answer right away.
"And didn't you tell me that you were terrified of Lord Xiang An? If you're scared, why keep looking at him?" Jiang Chun felt that the young man was clearly hiding something in his heart.
"It's nothing, really. It's just that Lord Xiang An, Lord