Book 31 - Chapter 11 – Enemies On A Narrow Road (1/2)
Returning to the Sha Fa avoided the uests, but at the rear courtyard he was intercepted by the Second Young Master Sha Chenggong, who asked, “Where did Mo Xiong go? I had a hard tiinal text was ‘third’ instead of second, also in subsequent occurrences the rest of the chapter, I think Huang Yi e it to ‘second’]
Noticing that his belly was bloated, his eyes were bloodshot, Kou Zhong knew that last night he was at the pleasure house, partying all night long Unexpectedly he looked for Kou Zhong this ‘early’; hence he knew that he did not have any sincere intention
Gaining the initiative by striking first, Kou Zhong said, “It was ’an, I am so busy until the sky hazy the earth darkened; when Er Shao [second young] was still sleeping, Xiaoren had to grope about in the dark to go to the Palace, waiting for Niangniang to wake up so that I could treat her illness Just now I exashu Liu Daren’s beloved son’s illness Ay! It looks like the Heaven decreed that I have to live a busy life And now I can’t even get a good sleep”
Staring blankly, Sha Chenggong said, “But nohas to help me this tih Kou Zhong did not like hi wryly, he asked, “Is it Shang Beauty?”
Sha Chenggong’s old face turned red; hu, he said, “I haven’t had a chance to see Miss Xiufang This ti Ya Ge’s [cultured/sophisticated pavilion (usually two-storied)] Laobanniang [lady boss]”
Stunned, Kou Zhong asked, “What kind of place is Feng Ya Ge?”
Sha Chenggong replied, “Feng Ya Ge is theLin Yuan, which was personally established andproble has the ability to eradicate her chronic ail sihed and said, “I wonder if Er Shao has so his hand on Kou Zhong’s shoulder, Sha Chenggong was half-pushi+ng hih he said, “Mo Xiong is indeed an understanding person; but the one I want is her pretty daughter Xi’er Xiaojie Although she can’t cos, but she is also extre sees her, you will know that I ae aiting respectfully at the public square by the rear courtyard gate When the driver saw the two e door
Kou Zhong was greatly puzzled; halting his step, he asked, “With Er Shao’s capacity and status, how could you settle for second best?”
Sha Chenggong whispered in his ear, “First of all, I just got here; I do not know Chang’an’s situation yet Secondly, I hear that Qi wang is crazily pursuing Mada, so that nowadays nobody dares to touch her Ha! Let’s get in the carriage, we’ll talk so Xing She’ [flourishi+ng together agency] signboard hanging above the door Raising his voice, he said, “Who’s the boss? I have a batch of goods need to be shi+pped to Yuhang [district in Hangzhou, Zhejiang] Can we discuss it?”
Gao Zhandao’s i the customer, he called another shop attendant to take care of hi and arduous journey, can Laoxiong afford the cost?”
Xu Ziling smiled and said, “Let’s find a place to sit down and talk!”
Gao Zhandao’s eyes e’s voice “Laoxiong, please come with me,” he hastily said
The two did not speak anymore; they walked inside, passed the atrium, and into the side hall of the inner courtyard Gao Zhandao closed the door
Xu Ziling took off hiswith hot tears of joy; he was about to go down to his knee but Xu Ziling stopped him up
Emotionally moved, Gao Zhandao spoke in hoarse voice, “We haven’t seen each other for a long tiures that the world look up to I, Gao Zhandao, and my brothers can wait upon two Daye, it is indeed our honor”
Xu Ziling felt unco up to us, that is secondary, but those you want us to die are uncountable Sit down first and then we’ll talk”
After they were seated properly, Gao Zhandao asked, “Where is Kou Ye?”
Xu Ziling replied, “He is co as well, but momentarily cannot spare tiether with me to see you”
Gao Zhandao shook his head with a sigh, “The news that two Ye’er [si’an has already spread and is known to everyone, but everybody thought that it would be difficult for you to enter Chang’an even for half a step Who would have thought that two Ye’er possess great ical power and arrived here with not even half a person finds out? Ha! How could Yang WenGan, Li Yuanji, and the like, be two Ye’er’s match?”
“We just have a little bit of luck, that’s all!” Xu Ziling replied, “How are our other brothers?”
Gao Zhandao replied, “Fortunately Kou Ye and Xu Ye have come, so that you cana very troubleso asked, “What is it?”
Gao Zhandao replied, “Thisstory [idio’s heart was throbbing with pain; he said dejectedly, “Thisstory’ It was the two of us who har this matter, he could not stop the intense hatred toward Yin Gui Pai fro up in his heart
Other than ‘debt of blood must be paid in blood’, there was no other way to settle thisYa Ge, one would feel like he was returning home It was a different pleasure house; in terms of layout and decoration, it looked just like ordinary residence of a fahtest bit of fear-of-not-enough-grandeur, co Ya Ge consisted of four courtyard houses [with fully enclosed courtyard in the middle[1]], which were separated fro of each courtyard house pointing toward thethe beautiful scenery of a pavilion in thewater
In ter Lin Yuan, but it was superior in a sense that it did not have the hustle and bustle of the larger pleasure house; instead, it gave out a feeling of a cordial hoant scholars type No wonder it was able to coreat-potential-in-teronally opposite across the street froe stopped outside the door Sha Chenggong pulled the unwilling Kou Zhong to knock on the door and co the door said, “It is indeed lucky that Sha Gongzi invited Mo Xiansheng to honor us with his presence Mada timused that if the maidservant was like this, what the ined
Because Sha Chenggong had ulteriorly countenance, the young lance Taking the piece of silver that Sha Chenggong stuffed into her hand, while leading the
Sha Chenggong’s weakness was pretty wo in her ear, he prattled incessantly about inconsequentialtoward the east courtyard
Because it was still early – they would not be open until another three sichen – the courtyard only had several ; it was a serene at with his hands behind his back, happily and contentedly enjoying the garden’s beautiful scenery after the big snoardly he had a sense of déjà vu, as if he had seen layout similar to this somewhere, but momentarily he could not remember where
But he did not mind it at all, because it was not the first ti, just like a bad memory that was left behind by a dream Clearly this was the first ti of he was revisiting old haunts
Finally they reached the ing of the east courtyard The pretty lance, she said, “Two Daye, please wait here for ato notify Madahtly knocked on the door, another servant girl opened the door and let her in Sha Chenggong expertly reached out and in one swift movement he pinched the pretty lowered at hi inside
Watching this, Kou Zhong shook his head in secret Sha Chenggong moved back to his side, and whispered in his ear, “Is this the first ti visited this kind of prostitute place?”
Playing du replied, “Of course this is the first ti out to see this aspect of the society, not to et the athered his power into his ears to listen to the youngthat Mo Dafu [doctor] who cured Zhang Niangniang Oh! Mo Dafu’s is truly less than i’s lazy voice was heard, “As long as he can cure reedy of handsoood-looking ood heart I have had personal experience in this; I know about this ’s heart was shaken He was sure that he had heard this Mada his brains, he still could not figure out who she was
Sha Chenggong spoke again in his ear, “As long as Mo Xiong is able to cure Mada the ro the pretty faces Xiaodi will cover all expenses, Mo Xiong need not worry a bit”