When Li Yingling returned to the Yuelai Inn with the summary she had written, her master and Second Junior Brother had yet to return.
Knowing her master's temperament, he would surely set ambushes along every Water Vein their target had to pass through. Even setting two ambushes in one place would be perfectly normal.
Li Yingling reckoned it was quite a large undertaking, but her master and Second Junior Brother would return that evening to ask about her progress researching unofficial histories.
At first, her master had shown some interest in unofficial histories.
But after listening to a full day of unofficial histories about the invincible Zhao Taizu, he had lost interest by the next day.
Well, if they aren't back, they aren't back. I'll use this time to draw some diagrams for Junior Brother and add a few markings.
That should help Junior Brother understand what I'm saying, or I'll have to explain everything to him separately in detail.
Li Yingling walked toward the table before her.
The sheets of rice paper on the table arranged themselves one after another, swiftly joining into one enormous sheet for a diagram.
The inkstone began grinding ink automatically as well.
Recalling the contents in her mind, Li Yingling gently extended her hand. Under her control, ink flowed toward the sheet of rice paper suspended in the air.
Unlike official histories, unofficial histories were highly subjective. Whoever the writers liked received their praise.
If they disliked someone, they disparaged that person as though striking them from the ranks of humanity altogether.
Thus, the truly useful information lay in what these unofficial histories had in common. Comparing them against official histories could still yield some specific, crucial intelligence.
A map of the Black Tortoise Kingdom appeared on the rice paper. Li Yingling first marked