Book 5 - Chapter 12 – The Battle of Two Clans (1/2)

Book 5 Chapter 12 – The Battle of Two Clans

Xiang Yushan ement that the three stayed in the cabins on the second level just below the top deck; the other three cabins across the hall, two belonged to Big Sister Xiao and Xiang Yushan As for the last cabin, Xiang Yushan did not reveal the occupant’s identity to them

For the last few days, Susu has been tossed from side to side, she was already exhausted After the banquet, her qi bubbled up, she i went to Xu Ziling’s room to chat “This time we are doomed,” he said, “Looks like Su Jie has so fellow I don’t understand it, even toward soards, but toward this fellohose face green and whose lips white all year long, who looks like he never have enough to eat, she could have good i was certain, “I have no doubt that Su Jie’s real sweetheart is still Li Dage I just don’t knohat had actually happened between the two of them that made Su Jie’s heart seems to be dead to him No way! We must not let Su Jie fall in love with this felloith dirty past”

Kou Zhong said, “Unless we leave right away, it is very difficult for us to get involved in this kind ofaeto, also not only it does not e Could it be that we can take the account book on our own and stop the sedan chair to cry out our grievances? [Translator’s note: the picture here is stopping govern by riding sedan chair) to lodge a complain] With one chop Yuwen Huaji would be able to kill us”

“Do you trust that Xiang kid?” Xu Ziling asked, “If we dare to believe his words, simply hand over the account book to hi to look for Li Dage That would be better than watching Su Jie orried frown all day long”

“What do youcountered, “Didn’t you see that Xiang kid ed to coax happiness fro; if we cadu, our little lives would be difficult to protect!”

Xu Ziling shook his head and said, “Still won’t work Niang’s ened by us personally, if just because of little difficulty we then use so our own conscience down”

Kou Zhang was cross, “Crooked, it was you who said it; straight, it was also you who said it, but now you seeetically, “Just consider I a sister] see to grope your bed!”

Kou Zhong juht, “Don’t talk nonsense,” he said, “If she found out that I areen-head kid [ie a rookie], and afterwards she revealed my sealed red-packet, will I still a face to live own later, we est brothel, that Tianxian Lou [tianxian – fairy, lou – storied building], to look for that place’sto accompany us for a drink Who knows? Based on our status, wewas not the least bit interested; he said, “If you want to go, then you can go alone! Just u”

Kou Zhong was astounded, “Since when did you change your nature? Previously, didn’t you want to hang around in the brothelfears, Xu Ziling said, “Every ti? If you don’t have the guts to look for a wo kid to cos to his faet it,” he said, “Your interest is on that Zhen Sao who sells steamed buns [see Book 1, Chapter 1 & 2] Kid, you are really bad!”

Xu Ziling was so angry he nearly punched Kou Zhong to teach him a lesson “Am I that kind of person?” he furiously asked, “Zhen Sao is Old Feng’s concubine If you keep speaking nonsense, I won’t talk to you anyhed and said, “Daye, please calht, so I deliberately provoked you You kneell that brothels are very dangerous, yet you still want o alone to take risks? Can you be consideredhelplessly said, “Just do whatever you want to do! But you reatly delighted, “We have learned a little bit of disguising skill anye could disguise ourselves as a bit older u has not seen us for uarantee that he would not have any idea”

Right thisYushan’s voice said, “Are two Dage still awake? May Xiaodi come in to chat for a moment or two?”

The two boys frowned, but they really had no reason to refuse; without any better option, they had to let hi Yushan sat coh, “I am accustomed to sleep late, I can’t sleep before the third watch [between 11pood fortune of falling asleep as soon as they lie down like Miss Susu”

Kou Zhong stood up; he left the bed and walked over to sit in one of the chairs by theGiving Xiang Yushan a sidelong glance, he said, “No wonder your face is green your lips white all day long, like people who are drowsy”

Xiang Yushan let out a wry shtly, but it’s definitely not because of lack of sleep, but two years ago, when I was training internal energy, I suffered fire deviation Kou Xiongwas astounded, “So that’s how it is What exactly was theYushan seriously said, “Have you heard about the ‘Yin Hou’ [Empress Yin] Zhu Yuyan?”

The two boys shook their head with blank expression

Xiang Yushan said, “I am not surprised that you have not heard about her ‘Yin Hou’ Zhu Yuyan is the Sect Leader of Yin Gui Pai [not sure if it ative/feui – tenth in order, pai –sect/school] It is said that this Sect is the hu, extremely heretical They are theJing Zhai [again, not sure how to translate this: ci – co, zhai – building/fort] Every once in a while, both factions would send out their proainst each other It is said that whichever faction lost, for the next twenty years no one frohu Fortunately, for the last hundred years or so, Ci Hang Jing Zhai has always been the winner, otherwise, if Yin Gui Pai appeared and do evil, I really don’t knohat kind of disaster would befall the Jianghu”

Listening to his narration, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were ‘you look atthat happened in Jianghu, nothing could be considered too bizarre

“So this Zhu Yuyan is very for Yushan breathed out a mouthful of cold air, “Do I need to tell you that? Our previous generation considered her to be the nu to our intelligence, after nearly a hundred years, themasters Yin Gui Pai sent out are extre Zhai’s representatives in the next battle If that were the real case, the ups and downs in the Jianghu would have another variable that is a lot more difficult to predict”

“Is this person awondered [Translator’s note: in Chinese ‘he’ and ‘she’ sounds the sa Yushan used fe Yushan replied, “My father has a bit of relationshi+p with one of Yin Gui Pai elders, the information we have actually came from him, but it is limited to that le one of thee any Sect matters to outsiders That elder was drunk and had a slip of the tongue; afterwards he was extremely remorseful and implored my father not to tell others what he had just said”

Kou Zhong was baffled, “If that’s the case, why is it that you have no scruples in telling us about this rily said, “Because it was because of hi, he wrote a secret instruction on how to trainthat he hiood material to train upper-class martial art skill, my father handed over the secretharmful? If the practitioner cannot refrain from sexual desire, his meridians and qi will deviate and he will perish Not only that, once one started, one will be addicted and will practice endlessly until fire deviation occurs Fortunately I have always been lazy, plus I don’t like to sleep around o Xian [sic, I think previously it was Xiao Xian] Bangzhu [gang leader] wasted considerable energy to save me, so that I did not become a handicapped person Tell me, should I keep a secret for so stared blankly; it was only then did they realize that such a vicious, despicablewith this Xiang Yushan fellow

Kou Zhong cleared his throat and said, “I can’t believe you don’t like sleeping o Yushan e o to pick the flowers and trarass], unless it’s with the woman that I really like After fire deviation, my power diminished considerably, otherwise, ould I stop if I achieved any success?”

“Are you co Yushan dejectedly replied, “If I ahtly Every time there’s a wind or a rain, extre all over and the pain is so unbearable that I wanted to co toasked

Xiang Yushan sighed “I lost track how many people have examined me, final verdict was unless someone with both extre ht extraordinary channels, it would be difficult for ’s heart was moved, “Can two people do it?” he asked

“Not i Yushan replied, “But to succeed, both cold and heat in Ay! Ordinarily, when people cultivate internal energy, they would lean to either hot or cold Theis that these two aspects must be innate qi Martial art master who has this kind of innate qi, to find one is already very difficult, much less someone who siiven up early on!”

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling looked at each other; and then both of the at the same time, “Kid!” they said, “You are saved!”

By daybreak the next , Xu Ziling, Susu and Xiang Yushan, four people were having breakfast inside the cabin Susu said in aood sleep last night, you look a lotYushan excitedly said, “It has nothing to do with uing e last night Oneand Xu Xiong have beco was still alive, but he had no spirit, “Not only I ae You areyour chicken before they are hatched, just one night and I a, and you want ering fears as well, “Turns out Xiang Xiong’s injury is so severe; I will need at least two days of rest before I could continue”

After asking what had happened, Susu said, “If you want to save soht to sit in y, once your spirit is restored, you ought to send strea Yushan was both grateful and apologetic; he said, “You should take two-day rest”

Kou Zhong was unhappy, “We’ll see about that!” he snapped, “Right! Last night I forgot to ask you why the battle between Dugu Clan and Yuwen Clan is so fierce Logically, since Yang Guang’s birth u Clan, compared to the Yuwen Clan, they have a lot closer relationshi+p with the iain an upper hand?”

“It’s a long story [orig as long as a bolt of cloth],” Xiang Yushan respectfully replied, “All Yang Jian’s [first ened 581-604] five sons were born of the E Jian was i that since they were blood brothers who shared the same mother, there would not be any strive over power or battle over the throne Who would have thought that Lao’er [second son] Yang Guang would murder his father and brothers in cold blood? Not only that, he also raped Yang Jian’s beloved imperial concubine Madame Chen, and prou Clan people have theGuang is extremely wary of them For that reason he turned to the Yuwen Clan and trained theu Clan Naturally there are a lot of others details in this matter that outsiders are not supposed to know, and thus I am not clear on itasked, “Right noho is froovern Yushan replied, “The one ure of the Dugu Clan, Dugu Sheng He is Yang Guang’s personal bodyguard; wherever Yang Guang is, he will also be there”

Kou Zhong seized this opportunity to ask, “How’s this person’saboutYushan replied, “Naturally You Chuhong ranks first Co, she is still far u Ba Inis a bit u Ba”

“Nowadays, are there other people who are close to Yang Guang?” Xu Ziling asked

Xiang Yushan replied, “These days, the ’s side are the Interior Minister Yu shi+ji and I vile characters What Yang Guang likes the ood news, not the bad news, by blocking all docuencies frohed and went on, “This tidu Froenerals who ca down iet theirIt’s a pity that he is still as licentious as before, beco someone who refuses to face reality, which is really hard for us to understand”

“Yu shi+ji and Fei Yunsaid, “What about other people? Is there anybody with strong u Clan has Dugu Sheng, which I have just mentioned Yuwen Clan has Yuwen Huaji and Yuwen shi+ji, two brothers And then there is the I Officer Sima Dekan, ashi+yun, who, for the ti Were it not for these fourwould have been assassinated early on”

“There is one thing we don’t understand,” Xu Ziling said, “On the surface, they still ; why did as aXuyan obey Yuwen Clan’s order to assassinate your precious gang’s Bangzhu?”

Xiang Yushan sighed He said, “Not to conceal anything frou and Yuwen Clans, our late Bangzhu was leaning toward the Dugu Clan, hence he earned the hatred of the Yuwen Clan and was thus eradicated”