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Originally posted by Spearpoint Translations
Periodically, I am struck by how my awful grasp of grammar(both languages!) complicates thing. This part is one of those many times.\n
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After Wenren Heng left the inn, he held an umbrella and went to another inn on the same street.
Compared with several other houses, the lantern outside the inn was not lit, and the second floor was dark. Except for the poor candlelight in the lobby, the rest were swallowed by the night, standing silently in the rain, revealing a bit of loneliness and pain.
He glanced at it and went in.
His subordinates are waiting for him, and they come out at this moment. The man who took the lead was about thirty, and the facial features were very ordinary. It was originally a type that was immediately forgotten when thrown into a pile of people. But the left face had an inch of scar, and it gave him a malevolent appearance that was easily memorable.
Knife-Scar Man arrived at Wenren Heng’s side and said in a low voice: “School Master, the guest room that was on fire has already long been repaired, we went above to see it, and nothing was left behind.”
This was not unexpected to Wenren Heng. Even if there were clues at the time, one feared it was burnt into non-existence.
He put away the umbrella and looked at the people in the middle of the lobby.
He only took five of his ace disciples when he went out, two of whom stayed with his shidi, and the remaining three were sent here. Although there are few people, but after all, it is Jianghu people, and bodies’ air is a suffocating one. The innkeeper saw it at a glance; it still scared his nerves.
The shopkeeper who had awakened from his sleep, carelessly wore only his inner robes and now his face was deathly white and his legs were shaking. He sat on a bench and looked out in dismay and alarm, and finally unexpectedly saw a mild-mannered and refined noble son walk in. Immediately foolish-faced, after a moment he shouted: “Great Hero, spare my life! This lowly person really does not know who set the fire!”
“Shopkeeper, do not fear. I just have a few things to ask, and I will leave when I ask,” Wenren Heng said. “I should have come during the day, but there was a matter I cannot leave, thus I can only disturb at night.”
He treated people well, and he was so polite, and the highly suspended heart of the shopkeeper was gradually lowered, and he was able to chat much more. Wenren Heng asked carefully about that day’s work. The result was very disappointing. At the time, the shopkeeper did not find anything fishy with people or things.
The shopkeeper saw him silent, and he wished that he could swear by the sky: “Really, the room was suddenly like that. Except for the injured noble son, there was no one else there. Besides, my inn was burned so that there was no way to do business. If I knew who put the fire, how can I let him go!”
Wenren Heng nodded and turned around in the inn. He felt that there was no need to stay any longer. He put aside some money and left with his people.
The light rain has been lingering in the past few days, and the stone road has already accumulated water, and there is light splashes because of the drizzle. It was late at night, and in the whole street there was not a soul in sight but them. Wenren Heng listened to the sound of the rain on the umbrella and asked: “This day, there is no one following from behind?”
Knife-Scar Man said: “No, only our people.”
“Nobody is following…” Wenren Heng muttered to himself irresolutely.
Knife-Scar Man said: “How about this subordinate go tomorrow to ask the common people nearby to see if they remember that day?”
Wenren Heng said: “No need, I only have a bit of bafflement.”
It is strange that who can hurt his family’s shidi, once finished hurting the person, while not being not sure if he’s dead or alive, could directly set the fire and afterward when his shidi was rescued out by someone, the culprit unexpectedly didn’t care and did not pay attention? (1)
He frowned.
“In the past few days, I have paid more attention to the movement behind me. Seeing if someone was shadowing. In addition, I sent someone to inquire about the whereabouts of Divine Doctor Ji. I …” As Wenren Heng spoke he saw a familiar figure at the front who rushed to look at him. He stepped forward, asked, “What happened to him?”
“This subordinate is incompetent.” The black-clothed man who rushed over knelt on one knee and did not dare to delay. He quickly said things again.
After the School Master left, they were ordered to guard the noble son. At that time, he went to the latrine, and altogether the time wasn’t even enough to have half a cup of tea, but when he came back, he saw the door open, and the noble son and his colleague both disappeared. He has been looking everywhere, but not a person’s shadow has been seen, and he has not seen any signal left by his colleague.
Wenren Heng had already long ago let him get up, and the group walked and spoke, and soon returned to the inn. He looked at the room that was without the traces of any fight. Although the expression did not change, the pupil of his eyes was heavy.
The ability of the two people he left wasn’t bad, but in this short period of time his shidi could be captured away, either the martial arts of the people who came were too high – one, two strokes could easily hold the subordinate, or the ace disciple he left behind had been one day, at some moment, been fraudulently switched with a newly exchanged person, who had been wasting time until the end to find an opportunity and took the person away.
If it is the first one, even if his strength is no longer good, he should try to leave something behind. Seeing it this way, the second is obviously more likely.
To be able to hide the truth from his eyes, it seems that exchanged appearance has been trained to the point of perfection, so strong and so daring, one was afraid that he was out of the city, and his shidi’s sleep point was pressed, he had no ability to fight back, since the other party carried him away alive, in the short term his life will not be harmed.
Wenren Heng made a judgment in a flash and said: “Go to the vicinity to carefully look everywhere and see if there is any signal. If there isn’t, come back immediately.”
Knife-Scar Man said “Yes,” accepted and order and went.
Wenren Heng turned around in the room and found that his dagger was gone. He thought that his shidi was in the hands of others and his expression sank.
But not much time passed and Knife-Scar Man brought people back and told him that he did not find it. Wenren Heng consequently drew over an ace and whispered a few words in his ear. After he left, he signaled them to go outside to guard, leaving only Knife-Scar Man.
Knife-Scar Man’s brain was not stupid, and he could come over: “Xiao Jia(2) was substituted with a fake?”
Wenren Heng said: “Maybe, in a moment go back and look when you go along the road.”
Knife-Scar Man’s expression was dark, assuming he’d most likely find a corpse.
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I’m sorry, I have yet to think of how to make this sentence less of a mess. WRH is confused because it is assumed that someone set the fire to try and kill Ye You, but it is weird the culprit didn’t even know if they succeeded in killing YY or not(there is no corpse proof since YY was rescued) and the culprit is unexpectedly not following up on their murder attempt by stalking YY and trying to finish the job.