Uncle's message came. Father is gone. To Chang'an. For Liangzhou, for the Guiyi Army... for everyone, he has o…
Uncle's message came. Father is gone. To Chang'an.
For Liangzhou, for the Guiyi Army... for everyone, he has offered himself as a hostage.
"It was his own decision," Uncle said.
I don't know what the world looked like when he rode out of that pass.
I only know that the vast lands of Hexi are no longer my home.
Uncle talks of a "wide-open future" for me.
Is this the bargain struck between brothers? One's freedom for the other's fortune?
If my father is the price for that future, I reject the bargain.
A Liangzhou man's fortune is found on his horse and won with his blade.
Uncle himself taught me this. "The sword is nimble, the blade is resolute. The sword dances; the blade strikes true. The way of the blade is to see one path and never stray."
I will claim my own future.