Vol 2 Chapter 50 (1/2)

Chapter 50     a.n.a.lyzing

By the time Xuan Yuan Duan Ai and Tang Chen finished telling Xuan Luo the whole story, a couple of hours had already gone by. Xuan Yuan Duan Ai was very detailed; he didn’t leave out a single detail. Xuan Luo vaguely sensed a conspiracy was going on.

“There is something fishy about this.” Honestly, Xuan Luo didn’t have to meddle in this muddy water. However, since he had arrived in Du Cheng, his heart felt very troubled. Yet, he couldn’t really explain why. Perhaps the incident with Shen Tui Men has caused him to over think.

“I think so too! That day, I was told to protect the items on the carts and to bring it to the Nan gong family’s residence. The client had already put down a deposit, and the deposit was no less than twenty thousand silver tael (currency from the Qing Dynasty). I didn’t think anyone would be so generous!” Xuan Yuan Duan Ai exclaimed.

“We truly need to deeply a.n.a.lyze this situation.” Xuan Luo repeated again. He has no idea what he was getting into.

“Let’s a.n.a.lyze.” Tang Chen said calmly. He also has strong feelings about this; because why on earth would the client asked the biao ju to deliver* a bunch of gunpowder? Not to mention, the Nan gong family definitely has enough potential without the help of the biao ju.

“The client wanted us to escort the carts of gunpowder, but he/they didn’t want us to know about it. The carts were prepared ahead of time, and we were only told to deliver them.” As Tang Chen a.n.a.lyzed, he used tea cups to represent the different people.

As he was a.n.a.lyzing, Xuan Luo and Xuan Yuan Duan Ai stood by his side and chirped in extra details he may have missed.

Not only is Tang Chen talented in martial arts, he is also very good at a.n.a.lyzing and reasoning.

“There is definitely something fishy going on. Huge deposit, took the responsibility of putting in the items on their own, and then handing it to us. It’s as if everything was planned.”

“Yes, your conclusion makes a lot of sense.” Xuan Luo nodded. Then he pointed to the cup on the table and said, “I agree with what Tang da ge said. I think someone purposely used a psychological method to get Zhao biao tou to take this task. Not only that, the person also wanted to use Hu Wei biao ju’s well known reputation.”

As Xuan Luo spoke, he looked at the cup that represented the client, “Zhao biao tou was forced to take this task. If he refused, he would be looked down upon by the people in his field. Since his biao ju is already so big, he definitely wouldn’t care about all the little stuff. It’s just like money; once you have the reputation, you don’t have to think about it anymore. However, if your reputation is ruined, it would be very difficult to get it back. Thus, the client first used Hu Wei biao ju’s reputation. He knows that if Zhao biao tou refused him, the news would spread and it will ruin the biao ju’s reputation. Once the rumours spread, everything will slowly go downhill. Ruined reputations cannot heal within a short period. Thus, that’s the reason why Zhao biao tou agreed to take on this task.”

“You’re right!” Xuan Yuan Duan Ai and Tang Chen totally agreed with Xuan Luo. Although they have thought about it previously, they didn’t see it as clearly as Xuan Luo. Now that Xuan Luo brought it up, it was as if everything had become clear at once.

True, sometimes, reputation is everything. Many would be willing to sacrifice a lot for reputation; that is human nature for you.