Bab 125: Whose Casino?

At that time, a lanky man in a thin turquoise robe was enjoying the natural wind at the top of the gate of Western City. Due to his thinness, his turquoise robe looked like it was hung on a bamboo pole, uttering constant sounds every time the night wind came.

One would feel terribly uncomfortable on stuffy summer nights in Chang'an. In some rich families, maidservants made masters cool with fans, and ice cubes could also lower the temperature inside the house. For the common families, they could only open the door and then half-nakedly lay on their bamboo beds in the alleyway. It was known that the higher you went, the cooler the night wind was. However, the really high Tang palace and grand city wall were certainly inaccessible to the masses.

But the lanky man in a turquoise robe could stand on the city wall because he was Qi IV, the new leader of the Fish-dragon Gang in Chang'an.