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you just as soon as I’ve bought some sacrificial paper ingots and candles.”
Corporal Li took the silver and departed for the temple. Wang Jin got the horse ready, loaded on the
saddle?bags, tied them firmly in place, led the animal outside the rear gate and helped his mother mount. All
the heavier household belongings they left behind. Wang Jin locked the front and rear gates, raised the
carrying?pole to his shoulder and walked behind the horse.
It was the fifth watch. Taking advantage of the darkness before dawn, they left the city by the West Gate and
set out along the road towards the prefecture of Yanan.
To get back to the two orderlies. They bought the sacrificial meats, had them cooked, and waited in the temple
until late morning. But Wang Jin failed to appear. Corporal Li became worried. He returned to the house and
found the gates locked. He couldn’t get in, either front or back. Li inquired among the neighbors for several
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hours but no one had seen the arms instructor. It was getting late. Corporal Zhang in the temple grewsuspicious and also hurried to Wang Jin’s home. The two soldiers searched until dusk. But even after darkneither Wang Jin nor his mother returned.
The following day the two corporals inquired about Wang Jin in the homes of his relatives but could notdiscover any trace of him. Afraid of being implicated,buy eve online isk, they reported to the Imperial Guards headquarters:“Arms Instructor Wang Jin and his mother have fled. Their destination is unknown.”
Gao Qiu cried angrily: “So the criminal has escaped. We’ll see how far he can get!” He notified everyprefecture and district to arrest Wang Jin on sight as a deserter. Since the two corporals had reported thematter voluntarily,eve online isk, they were not charged. Of them we shall say no more.






