The Rise of Phoenixes - Chapter 218

... countless workers and travelers.

Six days later, in Jiang Huai Province on the outskirts of Dijing.

Nighttime.

A horse charged down the official road like a flash of lightning, green trees blurring by. The rider was covered in dirt and dust, her greying lips cracked and dry. She wobbled as she rode, reins looped around and digging into swollen wrists. The pain was barely noticeable in her exhaustion.

She was close to the province border and ...