Twelve chimes of the bell!
In Linhu Village, Jia Nanzhu, who was lazily leaning on a cane chair, suddenly sat up, shedding his lazy demeanor and exuding a murderous intent.
The county government office rings the bell, its sound spreading to all the towns, and likewise, each town has to ring its bell at once, so the sound spreads to every village.
Twelve chimes of the bell, as decreed by the Grand Ancestor Emperor of Liang, must echo throughout the entire Liang.
Solely because the twelve chimes signify that something major has happened in Liang, possibly an event of life and death importance.
Twelve chimes, second only to the fifteen chimes symbolizing a national extinction crisis.
Liang has not heard the twelve chimes for over sixty years. In Jia Nanzhu's memory, it was sixty-five years ago when the Jiangnan Dao heard twelve chimes, and back then, he was only seven years old.
