Mountains loomed as rain threatened, and the wind filled the building.
Despite this, Green Sheep Town and even the entirety of Jia City remained calm.
Xizi Chu died, the Xi Family withdrew, and the new City Lord of Jia City had already taken his post riding horseback and still respected the Zhong Xuan Family's governance over Green Sheep Town.
To most citizens of Yang Country, this year seemed to be an unfortunate one. A dreadful plague of rats had broken out, killing many and exposing several incompetent bureaucrats.
But it stopped there. The inept officials were punished, the rat plague was contained, and the national situation was turning for the better... at least, that's how it appeared to many.
Only a handful knew of the plague's mutations, and the fact that a large army was trapping Yang Country had just happened, the discussion now confined to the power holders in Zhao Heng City, deliberating countermeasures.
