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The barren yellow sand of North Fort in Yinchuan rose with the wind. A youth dressed in hemp clothing rode westward on horseback, bearing a long stick wrapped in white cloth across the horse's back. From one end, the wrapped item resembled a long sword.
At this moment, the setting sun was a deep orange, offering a view of nothing but emptiness and desolation.
The youth on horseback turned back for a deep look at the city-state behind him, then spurred his horse into a wild gallop toward the west.
"Cut! Very good! That's a wrap!" Director Li yelled through a megaphone from behind: "Ha ha, that look back was good. It wasn't in the script, but you added it yourself!"
This was one of the scenes that Director Li had improvised for Ren He, where, after the Imperial Guard officer had failed to assassinate the protagonist and returned to the city only to face a series of vexations, he then got caught up in a massive conspiracy that led to the slaughter of his entire family.