The carriage stopped to rest at a clearing by the woods. The draft horses, just freed of their reins, lowered their heads and drank the half-murky, half-clear lake water, while Chen Yi squatted to the side, twirling a twig as he pointed at the map.
The Southern Border was the southern frontier of Great Yu, connected up and down with Sichuan. In ancient times there had been several kingdoms there, such as Nanzhao and Dali. The latter left the deepest impression on Chen Yi: even if he couldn't say what exactly Dali was or had, he at least knew that the Duan Family and the Gao Family had ruled it. Only the story was unlike Heavenly Dragon Eight Books—there was no One Yang Finger, no Six Meridian Divine Sword. Now there was only the Annan Royal Mansion, and the sole remaining hereditary prince's title in the current dynasty—Qin Qingluo.
