Chapter 103 - 100 - s: Better to be a captain of a hundred men than to be a mere scholar
"Alright."
From up ahead, a few calls were heard.
On the ground covered with a thin layer of fine snow, idlers quickly gathered around, and a faint aged and hoarse voice could be heard.
"Speaking of this land of vast rivers and mountains, of blade flashes and shadowed swords, how many heroes are told in legends...
Today, I talk not of gods and demons, nor of gifted young men and beautiful ladies, but of a local hero of Qingyang City, who has recently arose, ’one blade removes three evils, fire calms Ping’an Lang’..."
"Good, I love this. Old sir, are you speaking of the recently famous Zhou Mowen?"
"What Zhou Mowen? The story of ’one blade removes three evils’ is about the Lin Family’s Offering, Zhou Ping’an, Master Zhou. This man, in his youth, skilled in both letters and martial arts. I’ve heard, even Third Miss Lin of the Lin Family, impressed by his fame, personally invited him for morning and evening lessons..."
"Brother, you must not know, and indeed, as you’re not from the scholarly Lin family, it’s no wonder you don’t know Master Zhou Ping’an’s poetry. With one verse [If I could place mountain flowers in my hair, seek not my master’s whereabouts], he crushes all talents in Qingyang, and in one fell swoop won the favor of Green Lady, the Oiran of the Washing Flowers Pavilion, thus becoming a guest of importance in her chamber, and then, hehe... it is said that that night..."
A young man dressed as a scholar, eager to flaunt, immediately shared the news he had heard.
This drew exclamations from all around.
"Go on, go on..."