Chapter 45 (2/2)
Back when he was in the Great Plain and learning how to dissect a bull from the barbarians, he knew that there would be a short phase of consciousness after the small brain was damaged by a sharp blade. He tried this many times but it was his first time doing it on a person. He didn’t know how long this physically weak censorer could last, and it was like a small gamble. But scaring the horse and breaking down the carriage was no big deal to Ning Que.
“One cannot underestimate the will of a corrupt official to live.”
Watching Zhang Yi Qi successfully run to the carriage and crushed by the carriage, Ning Que sighed and turned to leave quickly. He wiped the sweat on his forehand with a white towel.
It was his first time killing a person in Chang An. It was inevitable that he was a little nervous. But right now he was preoccupied with when Zhang Qi Yi finally rushed out of the room, there was clothing on him. Even in such a threatening situation, the censors didn’t want anyone to see him naked and cared about his face so much. For sure he was a role model of preserving face and a pig in disguise.
Now the managers of the Red Sleeve Club heard about the incident and countless eyes were trying to find any suspicious details. Obviously Ning Que wouldn’t leave right now to attract those suspicions onto himself. He followed the lake and walked to the small house of a lady and chatted with her. Perhaps she was bored, when she saw him coming she was extremely happy. Ning Que was happy as well and talked with a smile on his face. Sometimes he would wipe the corner of his mouth with the towel that seemed clean but hid a rotten berry inside.
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The night has fallen over the Forty Seventh Street. The master and maid in the back house of the Old Brush was talking about the event that occurred earlier. The bowl beside the bed was filled with ashes left over from burning the towel.
Sang Sang was covered tightly under the cotton blanket on the other side of the bed. She asked curiously, “If this was called ‘creating false incident area‘, then why didn’t you fake that he got Ma Shang Feng?”
NIng Que asked surprisingly, “You know what Ma Shang Feng is?”
“Nope, but I heard it when you were telling me stories when I was young.”
“I told such stories? All right, maybe I forgot.”
“If the censorer got Ma Shang Feng in the brothel, then why wouldn’t his wife continue to bother the police? Why wouldn’t the government continue investigating? If this event reached the actual smart people in the police department, I’m not that confident in myself to get out of this.”
(Ma Shang Feng means to die from over excitement during s.e.xual intercourse. I left it in ping ying because Sang Sang wasn’t suppose to know what it meant)
“Therefore our most important goal is to make the police department of Chang An think it was just an accident – only accidents wouldn’t bother the government – but most importantly, this conclusion is the easiest one for the police department to silence the department of censorer.”
Sang Sang was silent for a long time and spoke embarra.s.singly, “I don’t understand, it’s too complicated. Master you think about too much stuff.”
“And that’s why you don’t think for yourself?” Ning Que acted as he was Madam Jian and criticized, “You could only get dumber and dumber if you don’t think.”
Sang Sang replied honestly, “I’m a girl, it’s fine to be a little dumb. Don’t people always say dumb girl, dumb girl?”
Ning Que was speechless, he was silent for a moment and then asked with concern, “Are you tired from sending messages to both sides? Did anyone in the Zhang Mansion see you?”
“Don’t worry.” Sang Sang replied.
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