This chapter's epigraph comes from a conversation between the monk and the monk's servant. The servant tells the monk that the temple master has asked him to be involved in the exchange. The monk says that the master knows that the emperor is using people to help him, and he wants to hurry up and rescue him. He says that he was originally planning to reveal his identity later, but now that he's seen the emperor's face, he doesn't want to reveal it any longer. He's surprised that the real emperor won't say his name at all. The
This chapter's epigraph comes from a conversation between the monk and the monk's servant. The servant tells the monk that the temple master has asked him to be involved in the exchange. The monk says that the master knows that the emperor is using people to help him, and he wants to hurry up and rescue him. He says that he was originally planning to reveal his identity later, but now that he's seen the emperor's face, he doesn't want to reveal it any longer. He's surprised that the real emperor won't say his name at all. The