Zhai Zhu

My grandfather is very eccentric, performing daily rituals of offering incense to himself, standing in front of his own spirit tablet and eating candles.
Villagers are fearful of my grandfather.
I am fearful of him too.
Later, I discovered that what they were afraid of was not my grandfather, but me.
Even grandfather is afraid of me.
...
My name is Chen Shi.
The Chen of honesty, the Shi of sincerity.

Above the Great Dao

"They must be Xiao Wangsun's accomplices!"


"Could they, the grandfather and grandson, have entered the thieves' lair?"


Chen Shi lifted the red-clay cannon onto his shoulder, excitedly said, "I'll be the gun mount, you load the black iron bullets and light the fire from behind, aiming at the distant mountain top!"


Li Tianqing was startled and hurriedly refused.


He lived in the city, and the children around him were just as well-mannered, all adhering to the aristocratic etiquette; how could they ever play with such things?


"Besides, black gunpowder is needed in the cannon chamber to blast it."


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