Luo Yi and Luo Cai took their retainers to meet Chen She, the man who dared to lead the world, only to learn that he had proclaimed himself king with everyone's support. He had not dared call himself King Luo, instead taking his clan name as his royal title and calling himself King Chen. Then he and Wu Guang had led their army west to campaign against tyrannical Qin.
"King Chen said that the commoners of the world could not endure another day under tyrannical Qin's rule. They even paid homage to the Sage King, and everyone wept with joy. I am simply too old, or I would certainly follow King Chen and destroy tyrannical Qin."
The old man spoke with great admiration for Chen She. Under the Qin dynasty's brutal rule, the commoners had endured far too much: officials like tigers and wolves, sentences that destroyed households and exterminated entire clans at the slightest provocation. Everyone was worn out in body and spirit. Now someone had issued a cry loud enough to rouse the deaf: strike down the unjust, destroy tyrannical Qin. Could anyone refuse to follow him?
Luo Yi and Luo Cai had no intention of revealing their identities yet, so they quietly left.
Once no one was around, Luo Yi said with feeling, "King Chen, King Chen. I feel as though I can hear countless people calling out to him. What a beautiful sound.
"This is why our clan likes the new nobles. That feeling of all things surging forward, brimming with life; that thunderclap of spring, when ten thousand people share one purpose, striving everywhere, risking their lives everywhere, seeking a sliver of life amid ten thousand deaths-you cannot find it among the Old Nobles."
Luo Cai's eyes shone as she said, "A gentleman's legacy of