Book 16: Chapter 30
Rumours of a hot shot’s imminent wedding in Hangzhou were abounded. Supposedly, there was going to be an inferno from the heavens, shooting stars, sonorous cries, grilled birds, scratchy cats, biting dogs and more. There was no definitive answer for whether it was going to be held during the day or at night, if there was going to be a wedding or a barbeque. The rumours were bizarre to me. The more they spread and the further they spread, the more convinced I was that the situation was spiralling further out of control. Even the martial arts community in Hangzhou were behaving strangely.
It was as if all the oddities in the pugilistic world were convening in Hangzhou. Jingan’s sojourn palace was occupied immediately following her return to the capital. Hangzhou was overly crowded due to the wedding invitations drawing hordes of people in the martial world to the city. There were still people who had yet to arrive, yet the scale of it was as dramatic as the last event Luo Ming plotted at Luo Sword Manor already. On top of all that, there was rumour that Hua Yumeng was intoxicating every woman in Hangzhou with his greatness. Everything pointed to Hangzhou being suspicious, so I kept reminding myself that I had to exercise patience. The harder it was to explain a situation, the more likely it was to be a trap.
Hangzhou’s martial arts community had been normal for ages; how could it be in such a bewildering state in such a short time span? I was convinced that there was somebody rigging strings from the shadows to draw me in.
Sixth’s arrival was the last piece of the puzzle that I needed to form my blueprint. Shifu had laid the trap for me in Hangzhou and was waiting for me to trigger it while he was enjoying the embrace of ladies. It was definitely him!
I was being underestimated. No matter what sort of hell he had set up for me, I was untouchable for as long as I never stepped into the trap. Thus, I devised my ultimate plan: drift along aimlessly!
His Majesty gave me a few months’ time. As long as it was not yet time for me to take up my new post, I could stall in the capital. Thanks to Song Ou bringing his team back to Liu Shan Men, I could use him to kill some time. No matter how chaotic it was in Hangzhou, if Lass Yu tried to convince me to go, if Hangzhou’s martial arts community came under, or if someone snatched Jingan’s sojourn palace’s rights from here, I was not going to move from my seat…
Except for when these people came knowing.
“It is the last day today. When are you going to repay the money you owe?”
“Ahaha… SECOND!”