The day before Zhu Tongzhi's birthday, the Prefecture academy had a day off, and all the students whose homes were in the Prefecture returned home.
Zhao Jing and De'an were at the academy gate. When they didn't see the old woman with the ox-cart who was supposed to pick them up, they thought their family had forgotten to send someone.
Just as they were preparing to go back in Wang Jun's carriage, they saw a one-armed man under a nearby locust tree, standing on the carriage shafts and waving at them.
"Young Masters! This old servant is over here."
This was the very man Chen Wanqing had bought back in Qingshui County to make incense.
The man was around forty and from a military background. Although he had lost an arm, his martial arts skills were still intact.
Making incense was difficult for him, but he was extremely vigilant.
Chen Wanqing entrusted him with great responsibility, putting him in charge of watching over the other workers back in their old home.
