Gao stepped between them. "This man is not a soldier anymore. He is a guest in my house. In the Tang Dynasty, even a criminal who shares your salt is your brother."
The soldier refused, but Gao closed the man’s fist around the jade. "I have no family," Gao said. "My grave will be dug by strangers. But if you live one honest day because of this token, then I will have left a mark deeper than any tombstone." tang dynasty good man
"If you harm this man," Gao said quietly, "I will walk to Chang’an and present this token to the throne. I will tell the Son of Heaven how his captain tortures peasants and hunts hungry ghosts." Gao stepped between them
"Hand him over, gravekeeper, or we will bury you ." In the Tang Dynasty, even a criminal who
The soldier fell to his knees. "Why? I am nothing to you."
