Volume One: Ruins of the Tang Dynasty, Chapter 1: The Whole

house was closed! On one hand, it was already the third hour of the night (around 3-4 am), truly deep in the night; on the other hand, there was already a curfew in place, and tonight, with the blood...In May of 884 AD, on the official road fifty li southwest of Bianzhou (modern-day Kaifeng)at evening, Li Ke-yong attended a lavish banquet held in his honor, watching passionate dance performances. As expected, he got drunk and, predictably, returned with a beautiful woman.She was his firs...