The twelve mountains (1)

"Thank you," answered Yang Qing with a smile.

He immediately roughly scanned the contents of the talisman. The information was just as thorough as the one he had gotten from Song Guozhi to prepare him for his ceremony.

A report this thorough he couldn't help but feel grateful for the vice warden. Without his involvement, the details would not have been this deep. With the information he had on hand, Yang Qing could make the best choice he could, though the risk was always there that those he chose may end up turning on him, however, the report helped lessen those odds somewhat.

As Yang Qing was sifting through the report, he noticed something that made his brows rise up.

"Senior Shao, what do the animal symbols beside them mean?" asked Yang Qing. 

When going through the report he noticed that every name listed there had a symbol of an animal next to their names.

The animals were; a rabbit, rooster goat, rat, dog, pig, horse, and an ox.