76, Plan to resolve with soldiers (seek to follow up on readings)

Instance World.

The 24th year of Guangxu.

Jingzhao Prefecture, Chang'an.

"Newspaper for sale, newspaper for sale..."

"Empress Dowager Cixi cleanses the Imperial Court, abolishes the new policies! Reformists executed at the vegetable market in the Capital!"

"Main reformists Kang and Liang flee to the East!"

On this day in early October, as dawn was just breaking, Xu Xing had barely stepped out of his home on his way to the Qin Province Martial Arts School when he heard a young newsboy hawking morning papers on the street.

Is it time already? Xu Xing looked up at the sky.

It was already late autumn, and the weather was turning cold. A light rain had fallen the previous night, stopping by early morning. However, an additional layer of thin fog now lingered, blanketing the streets and alleys.

"One copy of the Widespread News, the All Nations Gazette, the Sino-Foreign Chronicles, and the Current Affairs News..."