The First Family Letter Yuqing, my dearest wife, have you seen Ayue and Achun? Have you found our parents? S…
The First Family Letter
Yuqing, my dearest wife, have you seen Ayue and Achun? Have you found our parents?
Since you departed, I have missed you with every breath. Yet each time I lift my brush, your face appears before me, and those of Ayue and Achun beside you. Ink and tears run together on the page, and the words will not come.
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The Seventh Family Letter
Last night I was swept back to those days of war, the roads lined with the dying and the starved.
Suddenly, peach blossoms drifted down from the clouds. The sky darkened as though veiled by some vast shadow, yet it guided the suffering toward a way out. You once smiled and called it the Haven in the heavens. I laughed at you then, and called it a foolish dream.
But now, far more souls are drowning in despair than in floodwaters.
And so I tell people your story of the Haven, hoping it will give the weary something to hold on to, and spare them from being consumed by the wretchedness before them.
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The Thirty-sixth Family Letter
Today, Master came to say farewell. He is leaving with a woman of the jianghu named Halcyon, to seek a way to save the world.
The refugees here are only just gathering, and the shelters barely stand. I cannot bring myself to stop him, nor can I follow.
The Haven in the heavens, the Goddess who saves... is it real or a dream... is it right or wrong...
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The Fifty-third Family Letter
many will not believe in the Goddess will not believe my words but the Haven is here Yuqing is here Ayue is here Achun is here I hear their voices clear and true I will make them all believe...
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The Sixty-second Family Letter
Yuqing, the Goddess has shown me a new path.
I shall follow the Goddess's decree and seek another place to rebuild the Haven. I will restore what we once had, and our family will be whole once more.