o take the Dìngshì, where the emperor himself set the exam questions. This was even more prestigious than determining the Zhuangyuan (first-ranked), Bangyan (second-ranked), and Tanhua (third-ranked)... was trained on his forehead, while four or five muskets were aimed at every vital part of his body.Seeing how Duan Jinchang and those assassins met their end, Long Huaiyu knew he couldn't withstand a...