Ink Blade Chapter 15 (Part 2)
Translated by Sylver
Proofed by kleio
Jade Plaque (part 2)
Mo Ren continued, "This framing is too obvious. This subordinate is afraid that it is a trap, and they’re simply waiting for the Master to go."
Chu Yan sighed, "You are right...but the Jiuyun Jade Plaque is present, and the murderer is unknown. If the Jiuzhong Palace ignores it, or intends to lightly expose it, its reputation will inevitably plummet like in the previous life, and loses credibility in front of various major forces."
Mo Ren's voice was slightly astringent, "...It's a dilemma."
Chu Yan said with a sneer, "The person who made the arrangements is good. Since that's the case, it doesn't matter if this Master plays a game with them."
Mo Ren asked in surprise, "Master wants to go to Chanqing City in person?"
"I’ll go," Chu Yan rubbed his knuckles, his dark eyes seemed to roll up a treacherous cloud, "If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch a tiger cub."
Mo Ren felt a slight pain in his heart, he knew that Chu Yan never liked to get involved in these Jianghu disputes. It's just that this time the conspiracy had shrouded over Jiuzhong Palace. Chu Yan had a proud and fierce temperament, if again he used someone else's hands, let alone anything else, he wouldn’t be able to get through this mess himself.
Mo Ren understood his master. Although he couldn't avoid worrying, he didn't dissuade him, he just knelt on one knee and said, "In this case, please be more careful, and please allow this subordinate to follow, this subordinate will not hesitate to die…."
“......”
Chu Yan couldn't bear it anymore, he waved his sleeves and was angry, "Try and kneel again! If you kneel again, this Master won't take you there!"
He had no idea how many times Mo Ren had hastily stood up.
"If the Master goes to Changqing in person, what should be done to Bai Hua? Last night, this subordinate acted recklessly and put him in the Punishment Hall…..If we don't suspect Bai Hua, this subordinate is afraid that there will be a lot of complications."
"Tsk." Now Chu Yan frowned, and lightly tapped his temple with his index finger, "If you hadn’t told this Master, this Master would have forgotten about this trouble......”
This was indeed a difficult problem. Originally, he wanted to keep Bai Hua, and seek opportunities to do some fake scenes with him to find clues, and then follow these clues to pull out the person behind the scene.
But after knowing that Mo Ren also had past life memories, this idea was completely cut off. With Mo Ren's character, he could endure anything for Chu Yan's plan, but could he still make Ah Ren feel wronged again?
Thinking about it this way, the Bai Hua plan could only be abolished. It's a pity, but nothing was more important than the person in front of him.
After Chu Yan figured it out, he didn't mind, instead he raised his eyebrows and smiled at Mo Ren, "Well, what about this—how about rewarding Ah Ren? Whether to kill or to dismember, it’ll be all up to you.”
Mo Ren was surprised, and hurriedly asked, "What is the meaning of this, Master?"
Why can't he see it? The past few days, the Master has been pampering and loving Bai Hua. Isn't he looking for opportunities from this Young Master Bai?
However Chu Yan thought to himself, if he told the truth that he was worried about him, Mo Ren would definitely not follow him. Thus he simply put on an unreasonable and self-willed look, and said, "This Master is too lazy to deal with him anymore, it's unpleasant to look at.”
Sure enough, Mo Ren's expression became a little embarrassed and a little helpless, but as Chu Yan expected, he didn't object at all, and just responded with a sentence, "This subordinate understands".
After some thought, he confirmed it with another sentence, "Master will really let this subordinate……take care of Bai Hua's matter?"
"Of course." Chu Yan had been extremely fond of the somewhat embarrassed and helpless expression that Mo Ren showed everytime he tolerated his capriciousness in his previous life. Looking back now, his heart felt bittersweet.
He suddenly remembered that Bai Hua had been favored by him for several years now. If Mo Ren really went directly to the Punishment Hall to arrest someone for execution, he didn't know whether the Head of the Punishment Hall, Yang Yifang, would dare to hand him over.
Fortunately, what happened in the Shuijing Tower reminded him this time. Chu Yan untied a palm-sized exquisite waist plaque from his waist, and then put it into Mo Ren's hand, saying, "First, don’t rush to panic. You just borrowed it from this Master, and you will return it after dealing with Bai Hua, understand?"
Mo Ren flipped his hand to look, and smiled helplessly again. He saw that the thing was as black as ink, resembling gold like jade, with the pattern of nine auspicious clouds engraved all over its body, as it shone brightly under the sunlight.
Isn’t this the Jiuyun Jade Plaque that caused a disaster?
At this moment when the other Jiuyun Jade Plaque was lost, the Master gave him the only remaining one......
How does this make...
The Jiuyun Jade Plaque was originally a symbol of authority of the Palace Master. Even when Mo Ren was most trusted by Chu Yan in his previous life, he never imagined that it would reach his own hands. Mo Ren absolutely would have never accepted it, especially at this particular time. But he thought for a while, and merely thanked him silently.
Chu Yan saw it in his eyes and was happy in his heart. He began to vaguely hope that after Mo Ren recovered his old hatred of Bai Hua, he might gradually release the temper that had been suppressed for too long, and regain his original appearance as a fierce and proud young man.
However, it's a pity. If Chu Yan only knew what Mo Ren did with the jade plaque, he probably wouldn't have handed over the Jiuyun Jade Plaque to him…..
