Homecoming

The city of Jinli in the Jinan County of the Li province situated in the southeast of the Tianze region bustled with a sense of exuberance and anticipation as it was adorned modestly with flowers and petals from the city gates to the large estate in the center of the city. 

The people were lined up out on the streets as they mumbled and whispered among each other in anticipation and wonder. 

It was the time of the late summer and autumn was just around the corner. As the sound of the strong breeze overlapped with the muttering of the people, suddenly a stir began spreading among everyone like wildfire as the welcoming thumping of the drums and gongs made the city tremble with its magnificence. 

The people who were near the city gates drew their breaths as the gate was brought down to the ground, and opened to the convoy of nearly a thousand soldiers and guards as well as many carriages that were approaching from the distance.