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“Flap, flap, flap…”
The Daoist and the little girl were slowly making their way along the mountain road, the Daoist leaning on his staff. Suddenly, a swallow flew in and landed in the treetops.
“Sir, up ahead there’s a group of constables and soldiers. They seem to have something to do with you.”
“Oh? Constables and soldiers? How would they have anything to do with me?”
“They seem to be escorting something, and there’s an official with them. They’ve stopped to rest by the roadside. After we passed them, some common folk who saw them asked the official if they could travel together. The official kindly agreed, and then I heard him ask those commoners if they knew Yin-Yang Mountain in Lingquan County.”
“I see…” The Daoist walked on, thinking.
The official road wound around the mountains like an earthen serpent, sometimes exposing patches of stone beneath, but it was fairly easy to walk.
“Flap, flap, flap…”
The swallow glanced at Lady Calico, who was acting as a porter for little Jiang Han, and decided scouting ahead was far more pleasant, so it flew off again.
Lady Calico, on the other hand, didn’t feel tired at all. She chatted with Jiang Han as they walked, teaching her a bit of cat speech. But after a while, she suddenly...
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