Song Lin and Ann Qi silently mingled into the crowd, observing both sides of the conversation.
"Everyone, rest assured. I, General Zhao, am not here to cause trouble but to find someone!" The general sat high atop his horse, speaking with an air of arrogance.
"General, please go ahead. We will spare no effort in helping you locate this person."
"A maiden who can fit into this shoe."
Soon, several cave masters ordered people to gather women from the surrounding villages.
"A shoe?"
Seeing the commotion, Song Lin recalled the story of *Ye Xian.*
In the upper volume of *Youyang Zazu* under *Nuogao Record,* the story resembles Cinderella but predates it.
Ye Xian, the daughter of a cave master, was born to his first wife and often tormented by her stepmother and stepsisters. One day, she picked up a giant golden fish, about ten feet long, and secretly raised it in a pond.
