Shangying City of Chen state.
The sky was just getting bright when a middle-aged man, who could only be described as ordinary-looking, walked toward the West Gate in a hurry. He kept his back awkwardly hunched in the beginning but was soon keeping his head high and his chest puffed. He appeared fully concentrated, looking as if he was a cut above others.
He was the family servant of Minister of Justice Tian Heng, Tian Jian. He was now under his Lord's orders to investigate something in the bamboo forest.
