Book 8 - Chapter 2 – The Fish in the Net (1/2)
Book 4 Chapter 2 – Enlightenment By The Well
More than ten li fro disembarked, in the second story of a restaurant at the don area of Dongping County, the two boys ordered food and drink, and went eating and drinking as , Li shi+min presented the was not shy to accept it; therefore, they instantly becah-spirited and set to work to spend it
Xu Ziling pressed his hand down on the wine pot and persuaded Kou Zhong, “Enough drinking, you are about to pass out”
Kou Zhong brushed his hand away and poured his own drink, “Just let uarantee I won’t drink any was displeased, “Didn’t you say you have come to realization? And now you want to drown your sorroine; what kind of hero is that?”
Kou Zhong squinted and cast a sidelong glance to Xu Ziling; brushi+ng his hand aside, he squeaked and said, “This is called wine of celebration! Celebratingto love and fell in love with a big-headed Buddha Ha! I aranny’s sake only once, in the future I will ’ that Chai guy anyway to have the cheek to look down onwas at a loss Seeing that there were only a handful of people in the restaurant and they were all looking at the’s, but he stayed silent
Kou Zhong was already drunk; he crouched on the table and o to the pleasure house next door, we’ll pick a girl who is a hundred times, a thousand times prettier than she; let’s see if I cannot live without her”
Xu Ziling seized the opportunity to settle the bill, and forcefully pulled hi with hirade brothel”
Half of Kou Zhong immediately perked up; he said, “Don’t lie to me, one world two brothers, you irl for me”
When the two boys stepped out onto the street, it was early evening when the lanterns were first lit; thewith activities, yet it was as quiet as the ghost area Under the autu briskly; it was indeed a desolate scene
Xu Ziling smiled wryly and said, “Looks like you are still clear-headed!”
Kou Zhong’s countenance changed, “Turns out you do not have any intention to take me to the pleasure house; can you still be consideredforced himself to respond, “Did I pro’s ar to the sidewalk he squatted and stooped doah!’ he vo rushed forward, squatted alongside hirabbed his shoulder, and with his other hand he rubbed Kou Zhong’s back His heart was aching that he felt like crying
He had never seen Kou Zhong this unhappy
After voooey yellowish sour liquid fro for breath he said, “Xiao Ling! I ahed and said, “Your love life has only just begun, yet you are so e undying love to each other, and then she changes her affection, shi+fts her love; won’t you kill yourself then?”
Kou Zhong shook his head, “You don’t understand,” he said, “Last night when you and Li guy were studying the account book, she and I had a very congenial conversation; she was showing a lot of concerns over me” And then he became distressed, “But now that I think about it, she was just probing our background on Li guy’s behalf Fro to the very end, she had never haddejectedly said, “You should have known that those people from upper class, influential family would never show respect for us, lowly, na trouble on yourself this ti was a lot er eyes flickered as he spoke in deep voice, “Good brother, don’t worry! After I recover, I won’t be that easy to fall in love with any wo probed hio to a brothel?”
Kou Zhong shook his head sadly Letting Xu Ziling helped hiht To After finding Susu Jie, we’ll … ha!”
Xu Ziling was helping hi the street “What’s so funny?” he asked in bewilder held on to his shoulders The ht, the more he was amused “All in all, Laotianye did not treat us too shabbily At the very least we have had a glimpse into superiorwas talking about Our h silver, and at least we know that ‘Duke Yang Treasure’ is soe in the Capital Moreover, we obtained the account book that will really u’endlessly for a wo was delighted “Now that is ood brother,” he said, “But do you still want to be the e was silent for half a day Finally he said seriously, “We are starting to think sensibly, hence we’ll have to look at other people’s countenance to conduct ourselves, this ill enjoy our lives Whether I still want to be the emperor, I dare not say, but in short, I do not want to accept our inferior status What do other people have that we don’t have?”
Xu Ziling agreed, “We are not inferior to anybody,” he said
Kou Zhong chuckled, “So let’s do so’s spirit in heaven will be gratified In the future, no one will dare to consider us as ‘not a thing’”
Hearing this, Xu Ziling’s heroic spirit soared He broke into singing, a song that was popular at that tizi], in allcontinued the next line, “When thinking about dedicating myself to the service of my country, I pull out my sword and raise a heroic cry”
The two boysin chorus, “Galloping fast ard to Dingling Pass, going up north to Chanyu Plateau Cli the past, the heart is happy and carefree Who has not forgotten the disaster will be erased into dust”
The singing echoed along the deserted street At last Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling’s life of hiding to the east and escaping to the as over, they were now free to be themselves and do the matters that they liked
The two boys came across a well; they sat down by the well’s fence
Kou Zhong craned his neck to look into the well; seeing the water at the bottoh up in the sky, he laughed and said, “Now this is called the universe [qiankun] inside the well It is deeper and more unmeasurable than Ol’ Die’s ‘xiu li qiankun’ [universe inside the sleeve]”
Following his lead, Xu Ziling also looked into the well He laughed bitterly and said, “I don’t knohat happened in this Dongping County; all inns are fully booked, but the streets are clear and e at the bright ?”
Xu Ziling appeared to be deep in thought, his tiger eyes lit up, “I seerabbed an important point, but it’s so hard to explain”
Kou Zhong stared blankly for half a day, and then he looked into the reflection inside the well again As it turns out, a cloud was passing by, so that the moon appeared to be suddenly hidden Suddenly he also felt so indescribable at the botto spoke as if he was in a drea say that her shi+fu often said that everyone has sufficient resources within himself? This well is self-sufficient The water inside the well is just like the treasure-trove within hu Like this htthat is not the real uish Whatever you think it is, it will appear exactly like that”
Kou Zhong’s pair of big eyes brightened; he slapped the well’s fence and said, “Well said! Watch this!” He randomly picked a pebble and tossed it into the well
‘Splash!+’ The bright hts, and it was quite a while later that the water returned to its previous state
“I understand now!” Xu Ziling shouted gleefully, “This is indeed so the ene I could still be cal everything in the surrounding area But once the fighting started, I was fuotten”
Kou Zhong sighed and said, “You have not been thorough enough Just likeOl’ Die, we i happened last ti If we could overcome our panic andpractice, we could become like the clear water in the well, able to reflect everything in the surrounding area This is completely different fro leaned over and pressed his cheek against the ice-cold edge of the well; he sighed and said, “I am awfully happy! If I can excel in this kind of no-victory no-defeat, no-demand no-desire, and forever-will-not-be-tehtto havewanted to say so, but sound of footsteps roused the two boys up Turning their heads toward the direction of the footsteps they saotoward the well One of therey clothes, shouted, “Kids, don’t block the well, Laozi wants to drink sohed and said, “Let the kids serve Daye [big master]!”
The two boys worked hands and feet to lower the bucket and get the clear water up Without any trace of politeness the two big men received the bucket and drank
The other man said, “Kids are well-behaved It’s late, what are you doing here?”
Xu Ziling replied, “We have nothing to do, so we are just chatting idly here May I ask where are two Dashu [big uncles] going?”
The rey stared coldly at hih, “So what if I tell you? Do you have enough qualifications to go?” Finished speaking he and his companion simply left
The two boys looked at each other; they had no idea what he was talking about [orig 丈八金刚 (zhang ba jin gang) - ‘unable to figure out the whole story and its contents’], and were completely at a loss
Chapter 2, Part 2
Jaya, Anh, HPC, Drak, you are welcome Chiktikka, what you know is probably the same as what I know From the text, it seems to me that if Li shi+min has not married, at least he was betrothed And no, NOT to Shan Wanjing Sky, same ladiesOK, here is the last part of Chapter 2, ie next update will be a fresh, never been posted, one