Chapter 110

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In which a certain someone is put in a very bad spot.

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When Ye You and them returned, the elders were all sitting in the anteroom drinking tea. Upon seeing him enter, they all looked over.

Last night, Academy Master Ge had heard some astonishing things from his son’s mouth and so had a bellyful of words he wanted to ask Sir Xiao. Thus, he took the initiative to greet the person with, “Sir Xiao didn’t return last night? Have you eaten yet?”

Ye You said, “I already ate.”

He found a place to sit and looked at Pavilion Master Ding. “I heard that Elder Madam Ding’s health is unwell?”

Pavilion Master Ding made a cold sound of acknowledgment.

“The older one gets, the easier it is to become ill. Elder Madam Ding managing to live such a leisurely life for so many years is a precious thing, so you need to be even more careful,” Ye You said, “Senior Brother, remember to send someone to look in on her.”

Wenren Heng said, “I’ll arrange for it in a bit.”

Pavilion Master Ding’s expression turned slightly cold.

These elders were all experienced Jianghu men and immediately sensed something wrong in these words.

They looked at Sir Xiao and Pavilion Master Ding. A few of them thought of last night, when Pavilion Master Ding had fallen into the water with Sir Xiao right nearby and how Sir Xiao had later been taken away by Wenren Heng, and guessed that the matters last night weren’t as simple as a case of absent-mindedness.

The Wang family head, Academy Master Ge, and Junior Academy Master Ge knew insider information, and the latter two couldn’t help but nervously hold their breaths, while the Wang family head, feeling a desire for vengeance against the white piece, added a, “I’ll also send someone to look in on her, as a small show of my good intentions.”

The remaining sect masters weren’t clear on what was happening and could only go with the flow, one after the other indicating that they were also going to visit.

Pavilion Master Ding said, “No need. It’s only a small illness of no consequence.”

“She’s already sick to the point she wants to see her grandson, so how could it just be a small illness?” Ye You said, “Because of the chess game, Pavilion Master Ding isn’t able to go home, so I feel extremely guilty. Even if other people don’t go, me and Senior Brother definitely have to.”

Those elders thought, Sir Xiao and Wenren Heng are the black piece, so this is certainly a reasonable and fair thing for them to say.

But why does it still feel as if something isn’t quite right, almost as if they’re about to fight to the death?

Those sect masters who had sensed the anger in the air didn’t open their mouths again, quietly watching for any sudden developments. Abbot Ciyuan and Sect Leader Xuanyang looked at one another and then hesitantly looked at these two people, somewhat unsure what to ask.

The hand Pavilion Master Ding was using to hold the teacup tightened imperceptibly, and he especially wanted to slaughter the two people in front of him, but he hadn’t actually lost his reasoning. In his heart, he guessed at these two’s intentions, internally wondering had they decided to expose everything directly? But they didn’t have any evidence.

Abbot Ciyuan spoke, “How’s Benefactor Xiao’s health? Why not go back to the room to rest?”

“My apologies for concerning the Abbot with my troubles. This young one has felt all right these past few days, and since matters have progressed to this degree and this young one sees that his revenge is about to be fulfilled, his mood has been even better,” Ye You said, “Let’s speak of proper business. Everyone has seen the letters that the second young master brought yesterday, and Academy Master Ge even said that that wasn’t the Alliance Leader’s handwriting, isn’t that right?”

Academy Master Ge immediately guessed the other’s intentions and felt a layer of cold sweat begin to drip from his forehead. He especially wanted to tell this person that one couldn’t prove Pavilion Master Ding’s guilt with only a letter or two, but before he could even give the other a meaningful look, he remembered how clever Sir Xiao was and that the person perhaps had a followup move.

He thus said, “It didn’t look like it, but we can’t forgo the possibility that the Alliance Leader purposely disguised his handwriting.”

Ye You said, “What do the elders think?”

Academy Master Ge was the Academy Master of Dingtian Academy, so his appraisal of people’s handwriting was naturally more credible than everyone else’s. Thus, those elders naturally didn’t have any objections. Sect Master Han asked, “Could Sir Xiao have some other thoughts?”

Ye You said, “I don’t think the letters were written by the Alliance Leader. Elders, think about it. The Alliance Leader is the monster’s retainer, so while others might call him ‘monster’, the Alliance Leader wouldn’t.”

Those elders nodded, internally thinking that’s right.

Pavilion Master Ding said coldly, “It’s also possible that the letters weren’t referring to that monster and was referring to another monster who had appeared in Jianghu at the time.”

Ye You laughed and asked, “Since Pavilion Master Ding seems so clear about this, you couldn’t have been the one to write those letters, right?”

These words shocked people to the point that their spirits were almost scared out of their bodies.

The elders suddenly looked at these two people, thoughts flying through their heads. Sir Xiao was the black piece, and the moment he entered, he seemed to take issue with Pavilion Master Ding. Could it be that Pavilion Master Ding also had problems?

Pavilion Master Ding’s expression turned even colder. “What nonsense are you saying? I’m simply making an analysis.”

Ye You said, “All right, then please help this young one analyze a bit more, elder. Manor Lord Wei and the Alliance Leader have been partners for this many years, and they even had that many drugged men in their hands, so why haven’t they made a move against you in these twenty years? If I was them, by framing and pushing the blame on you a few times, you’d long already be finished. Why would they allow your Lingjian Pavilion to become as big as Fengxian Manor?”

He paused slightly. “Speaking of which, that year, both you and Manor Lord Wei seem to have slowly grown big after the ‘Demon Slaughter’ incident.”

There weren’t many fools present at the scene, and immediately there was someone who couldn’t sit still. “What does Sir Xiao mean by this?”

“He wants to say that me and that fatty surnamed Wei are partners,” Pavilion Master Ding said, “A few days ago, he set a trap for that monster, and the other party’s subordinates arrived very quickly, so he thinks that the fatty had contacted me alone before he left and that it was definitely me who passed on the news in order to help that fatty. Yesterday night, we also started arguing because of this.”

“This…” those elders said, “This also isn’t definite. It could be that Manor Lord Wei had make arrangements ahead of time, or he reconvened with his subordinates on the road.”

Ye You laughed. “Ding Yicheng, you’re definitely thinking that, if I had evidence, I would’ve already exposed you when Wei Haide left, and that I wouldn’t wait until now, so you chose to send away only Ding Xilai yesterday and decided to remain behind yourself, isn’t that right?”

This time, he decided simply to call Pavilion Master Ding and Manor Lord Wei by their names, a very clear act of rudeness.

Those elders didn’t interrupt again and quietly watched.

Ye You looked at Pavilion Master Ding. “You believe too much in your own infallibility.”

Xie Junming’s smile gradually deepened.

He could tell that Ah-You had decided to go against that surnamed Ding, but he hadn’t thought that the other would actually be this straightforward. What exactly is this person planning to do?

He couldn’t help but look at the Wenren Heng beside him. Upon seeing that the other was looking outside, he also looked over, immediately seeing a familiar figure. It was Wei Jin, cutting an extremely sorry figure, scurrying in from the outside. “Pavilion Master!”

Pavilion Master Ding’s face was currently covered with a layer of frost, and he was considering whether or not Ah-Xiao and them had information to use against him. At this moment, upon seeing the other, he felt his expression suddenly change. “What happened to you?”

Wei Jin said, “Replying to Pavilion Master, on the road, we met with an ambush, so this subordinate handed the young master over to Xiao-Lu and the others and tried to lure those people away alone. Later, this subordinate managed to capture one and saw that he had the token of Shuangji Sect on his person and so hastily rushed back.”

“What an extreme deception!” Pavilion Master Ding abruptly stood up, coldly looking at Ah-Xiao and Wenren Heng, and said, in a dark voice, “First it was Xiao-Zhong, then it was Jiangyue, and now it’s Xilai. Did you two want to capture Xilai and force me to take the blame? Was surnamed Wei also forced by you two? Last time, no matter how we asked, he was unwilling to speak the truth. I want to know if this has anything to do with you?”

Ye You said, “You mean did we threaten him? Then how do we explain those two letters?”

Pavilion Master Ding said, “That secret book was able to be written eight, nine years ago, so how could forging a letter or two be difficult?”

Ye You said, “Then what about what happened to my master?”

Pavilion Master Ding said, “Who saw with their own eyes that so-called small slip of paper?”

Ye You laughed. “So following this, do you then want to say that the Alliance Leader was also forced by me? And that he wasn’t some monster’s retainer?”

“It’s not impossible. You two were also the ones to claim that he was the retainer. If you used Xiao-Zhong’s life to threaten him and gave him a letter telling him to find the monster, he’d definitely go.” Pavilion Master Ding moved forward a step and said coldly, “Tell me right now, where were you those ten years you were missing?”

This back-and-forth truly progressed far too quickly.

Those elders practically weren’t able to follow it, and their thoughts were still stuck on, “did Pavilion Master Ding have problems or not,” and “Sir Xiao and Wenren Heng always wanted to kidnap people.” And, before they knew it, in the next moment, it had become like this.

They suddenly discovered that if they went by Pavilion Master Ding’s words, practically everything would change — after all, the Alliance Leader and Manor Lord Wei both left on their own initiative, and they still didn’t have any solid evidence up to this day.

Pavilion Master Ding looked at the Abbot and the others. “Although I’ve never liked that fatty, I don’t want to accuse a good person wrongly, so since matters are like this, we definitely need to investigate clearly…”

Before those words could even be finished, he felt only a slight breeze at his back.

And because he was too close, he completely didn’t have time to dodge and could only move slightly away.

Immediately following, there was only the sound of a ssfft before a knife pierced into the person’s back, entering almost completely.

He hastily turned around and retreated. When he saw clearly who had used the knife, his expression darkened. “You…”

Those elders still had yet to regain their senses, and at this time, upon seeing this unforeseen event, some couldn’t even control their cries of alarm. As one, they all turned to look at the Wei Jin who had thrown the knife.

Looking at the Pavilion Master’s warped expression, Wei Jin immediately let out a big laugh, throwing off his previous dismal state in one move. His laughter carried traces of egoism and impudence. “What a delight that I’ve finally managed to bear witness to this day! Surnamed Ding, I really ought to thank you for not killing me originally!”

On the side, all smiles, Ye You asked, “Happy?”

Wei Jin said, smiling, “Happy.”

Is this really the Wei Jin who always bore that taut face? Has he been possessed?

Those elders looked at him in shock. Sect Leader Xuanyang said, “What exactly is going on?”

Wei Jin was just about to speak when he saw Pavilion Master Ding making to jump outside and so hastily flashed over to block the other. However, Pavilion Master Ding was, after all, one of the two great experts of Jianghu and, even injured, wasn’t to be underestimated. Along with two people from “Moon’s Shadow” following behind, Pavilion Master Ding managed to escape outside during a moment of Wei Jin’s inattention.

The first thing Pavilion Master Ding did was gather all the people from “Moon’s Shadow”.

When those elders had caught up, they saw that the people of “Moon’s Shadow” had already hurried over, encircling him in their protection.

Wei Jin stepped down the staircase. “If all of you still recognize me as your captain, then let me through!”

The people of “Moon’s Shadow” slightly startled and, immediately following, heard a colleague say, “He isn’t the Captain! Just now, he attacked the Pavilion Master!”

“I’m your Captain,” Wei Jin said, “What did I tell all of you before? ‘Moon’s Shadow’ represents the righteousness of Jianghu, so all of you need to be able to distinguish right from wrong.”

The people of “Moon’s Shadow” internally thought that this truly was the Captain and began hesitating at once.

Wei Jin said, “This Pavilion Master of ours is one part of the white piece. All of you let me through, stop taking the side of evil.”

He raised his head and gave those elders a look, saying, “I’m a child of the Jiang family. Twenty years ago, that monster brought the two Ding and Wei to massacre my entire clan. When Ding Yicheng saw that I was still breathing, he took me back and drugged me, changing my memories and giving me the name Wei Jin.”

This matter was far too overwhelmingly shocking.

Those elders, the people of “Moon’s Shadow”, and the adventurers who had hurried over upon hearing the noise all felt their expressions change. “—-What?!”

Wei Jin said, “Six years ago, because of a mishap during a mission, I was poisoned, and the silver lining was that it broke through the drug’s effects. So when I returned to Lingjian Pavilion, I restrained my temperament and acted as a dog for him, all for the sake of this day.” He looked at Pavilion Master Ding, and his voice suddenly turned cold, “Surnamed Ding, if you’re a man, then come out and gratefully accept your death!”

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The author has something to say:

Regarding Wei Jin’s matters, see chapter 95.

The readers who guessed that Elder Mei is intersex are amazing~ The readers who guessed Wei Jin is Ye You’s accomplice are also amazing~

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Haha, so did anyone guess it? I felt like this came more out of left field than all the other reveals, so I didn’t think it was an entirely fair mystery for the readers to try and solve, which is why I never asked… Though I’m sure some folks had their suspicions.

Also, remember that Ye You actually has two accomplices besides Qin Yuemian (he said as much to Wenren Heng in chapter 52 when he came clean about everything). One has now been revealed to be Wei Jin, but the other hasn’t come up yet, so you can still try guessing who they are if you want~ (I personally found this one even more impossible — there is very little, if any, hints, and I don’t think even the author expects you to be able to guess who it is.)

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