Ink Blade Chapter 37 (Part 2)
Translated by Sylver
City Gate Struggle (part 2)
At this moment, everyone around exploded and started shouting.
People who claim to have some knowledge have begun to speculate on who had the arrogance and courage to bring shame to the Alliance Leader Mansion - although the Alliance Leader Mansion had become more and more inattentive in recent years, it still carried this name and no matter what, most of the forces in Jianghu would still have to give it some face.
The driver in front had his face contorted with anger and was cursing to himself. Suddenly, a man's voice came from the luxurious treasure carriage behind. "What's going on? San'er?"
The voice was long, drawn out, high-pitched, and full of contempt, making it uncomfortable to listen to.
The onlookers around looked at each other, and a middle-aged scholar who seemed to be more knowledgeable whispered, "Ah, it's the 'golden-headed dog' Qi Qian! The Alliance Leader Mansion actually sent this villain as an envoy! Now, Changqing City will face disaster..."
The driver hurried over and lay down in front of the carriage door muttering a few words. The person in the car laughed in a high-pitched and contemptuous voice. "Alas...what to think. It’s just some foolish family’s younger generation who didn’t get good discipline, or perhaps a wild man from a rough background with crooked eyes.”
This person spoke without any concealment, and his words were full of barbs. There were some people of Greenwood origin in the crowd, their eyes wide open in anger at his sarcasm, but were forced to keep their resentment to themselves. (TL: Greenwood-forest outlaws or people living in the forests)
Qi Qian then said quietly, "Oh, don't look at them daring to take pleasure in it now, do they think we won’t find them after entering the city!... San'er, let me ask you, the carriage and the face of the driver, do you remember it?"
The one who was called San'er hurriedly nodded and bowed. "Remember, remember! Black carriage, white horse, and a little beauty in a yellow robe."
The voice in the carriage suddenly became vicious. "Good! Humph, once entering the city, find it for me! No one has ever dared to not give face to this Lord Qi. By tomorrow, let's see them kneel in front of this Lord and beg for mercy!”
"Come on, get me into the city!"
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On the other side, at the inn, Mo Ren and Ying Yu had already reserved two rooms inside. Sure enough, not long after, the palace master was seen walking holding Bai Hua's hand and talking to Qiu Jin.
To be fair, Bai Hua's face was really beautiful, and it was different from the beauty of Chu Yan's sword-shaped eyebrows and phoenix eyes, but a soft beauty with a bewitching charm. He was leaning against Chu Yan so timidly and was already stared at by several men along the way.
Chu Yan pretended to be intimate with him all the way, and he gradually got used to it. Until he entered the inn, and collided with Mo Ren's calm gaze at first glance.
...The palace master’s heart weakened and he felt panicked that he loosened his hand without leaving a trace.
But Mo Ren stepped forward, bowed his head first and called out to the palace master, then turned his eyes to the beautiful young man in white, a look of struggle immediately appeared on his face, but he finally called out in a low voice, "...Young Master Bai Hua."
——Just like being unwilling to give in and forbear in every possible way, but still wanting to give in to save the Master’s face.
At this moment, Chu Yan's weakened heart felt as if a piece of flesh and blood had been taken away. He couldn't tell for a moment whether Mo Ren was pretending. He gritted his teeth and pulled Bai Hua in, who was about to speak, and said, "You all, go down. This Master will be talking to Hua'er, don't disturb if it is nothing important."
Mo Ren was slightly startled, and immediately understood that the palace master wanted to protect him and did not want Bai Hua to conflict with him head-on. He couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, then he obediently said, "These subordinates will now retire." After bowing, he, Qiu Jin, Ying Yu and the others retreated.
After he went down, he went straight to the inner room. Behind him, Qiu Jin hurried forward two steps and called him in a low voice, "Big Brother Mo, stay."
Mo Ren turned around in response and saw hesitation on Qiu Jin's face. She had been holding back a lot of questions along the way, and now she was finally able to ask, "Big Brother Mo, what is going on with all of this? Is there really something wrong with Young Master Bai Hua? But why did the Palace Master……"
Mo Ren lowered his eyelids and shook his head slowly. "It's hard to explain. How much do you know?"
Qiu Jin bitterly smiled. "Before departure, the Head of the Punishment Hall told me to be careful of Bai Hua, and also gave me a secret letter to bring to the Palace Master. That's it. The rest was all my guesses along the way."
"You guessed it right."
Qiu Jin's pupils shrank, she covered her mouth, and exclaimed in a low voice. "Bai Hua is really—"
Mo Ren nodded slowly and said, "The time has not come yet, understand it in the heart, don’t say it outloud."
"Then the Master——"
"The Master knows."
"That's...that's good." Qiu Jin breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, and suddenly laughed, "Hey, big brother, you were always suspicious of Bai Hua before, causing the Master's displeasure and constantly being punished and scolded all day long. Even just by looking, it’s distressing. At present, it’s good, you have guessed it right. From now on, the Master will definitely rely on you, trust and cherish you even more."
She thought to herself, she had always felt that there was something strange between the palace master and Big Brother Mo a few days ago, it turned out it was like this.
Mo Ren smiled lightly. "...Yes, the Master treats me very well now." His eyes were deep and bright, as if there were stars swaying, "It is very good, I am very grateful."
Yes, the Master is so good to him now. For Mo Ren...this was enough.
As for those bloody and dark memories of the past...they are already like a big dream. For the Master's sake, what else can be done but to forget?
Qiu Jin blinked, and she suddenly leaned over and whispered, "Big Brother Mo, you seem...a little different."
