On the first day of the twelfth lunar month.
Yang Zhenshan prepared two banquet tables in the government office to entertain the guests who had been invited.
In fact, the number of guests wasn't large—just over a dozen.
From Jizhou, Ji Hai and Ning Qingqing of the Hengdao Sect, Hua Jinqiu from the Sky Blue Sword Sect of An Yuan State, Zhang Qingsong from the Zhang family of Liao'an Prefecture, Mr. Lu and Lu Qi of the Lu family from Anning County, as well as Yang Zhengxiang and Yang Mingcheng representing the Yang family.
Additionally, there were Shang Mingde of the Shang family from Jing'an Prefecture, the wealthy merchant Wang Zhenze of the Wang family, and the family heads of the Zhang and Lin families.
