That is all for today. I have official duties to attend to. You are welcome to return if you have further questions.”
I pressed my palms together and expressed gratitude to General Yue Fei.
Gratitude to the Magistrate! Gratitude to all yaksha guards!
I returned riding on a white lotus flower.
Appendix
Viewing the Stone Statue of Marquis Yue
By Liu Xianlun (Song Dynasty)
Once you beat the war drums and defended the frontier; Your bearing swayed the nation’s fortune, far and near. Across the land, how many remember Wumu? After a hundred years, your statue meets our gaze. Your brush weaves lines as graceful as moon and breeze, Your stern commands outmatch a hundred thousand troops with ease. Heaven knows the lasting grief left unresolved, And shall ordain the realm’s revival to evolve.
Reading the Biography of Yue Wumu
By Pan Yin (Yuan Dynasty)