Nobles or bureaucrats, over the course of more than three hundred years in Da Rong, inside the Capital City, with comings and goings too numerous to count.
At the very moment when Yang Zhenshan entered the Capital City, quite a few nobles received the news.
Duke Ning Mansion.
Inside the quaint and old-fashioned warm pavilion, Zhou Mao was playing chess against an elder with white hair.
The two old men were so evenly matched in their game whether for the black or white pieces.
A stout man came in from outside, seeing them quietly playing chess, he did not disturb them but simply stood aside quietly waiting.
After about the time it takes for a pot of tea, Zhou Mao tossed the chess piece in his hand onto the chessboard, looking quite helpless, he said: "All these years, this old man has never won against you!"
