Chapter 252: Using the opponent's force to defeat him (Part 1)

In the imperial capital in winter, the wind is cold and sharp. A morning sun rises slowly from the east, emitting endless light in the faint halo, but there is no warmth at all. The street is empty, with occasional pedestrians passing by in a hurry, but they are also wrapped in thick cotton-padded clothes, and their cheeks, which are not covered by cotton hats at all, are red from the cold. A skinny old man wearing a black cotton-padded jacket and carrying a long spear on his back was walking slowly....