1003 Looking After II (2/2)

Ning Que did not pay any attention and continued to enjoy the juicy lamb, rich beef, and strong liquor.

He ate very slowly. He had lots of time to kill as he had to stay on top of the city wall. But it was just a dinner. No matter how slowly he ate, it was finished shortly. He put down the chopsticks and several Tang soldiers came to clean the table. They left the liquor and a small plate of snack.

He took out the handkerchief and wiped his mouth. Then he wiped the table and picked up the iron arrow to clean the soup stain. He placed the arrow back onto the string to make sure he could shoot it at any time.

He looked again to the south and to Linkang. The Drunkard did not expose himself previously. Therefore he probably would not see him tonight. But he had to keep watching.

Until then, he was not quite sure about what had happened in Linkang. But he knew that Liu Yiqing was already dead not only because the Eldest Brother could not interfere, and also because Liu Yiqing had sought for it.

Ning Que poured the liquor onto the floor as a memorial ceremony.

Liu Yiqing was dead, but the Drunkard was still alive. What a pity.

But it did not matter. Although he could not kill him tonight, he would definitely get him some day.

The liquor wetted the floor and the black bricks turned darker. The moonlight was brighter and creamier. He did not notice that the moon was very bright tonight, even though it was not a full moon.

The bright moon shone on the human world. To shine on is to look after.

Ning Que filled up the cup and proposed to the bright moon above, ”Master, please keep looking after us. And I will look after this world for you.”

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Far away in the south, the City of Linkang was in an uproar and everything seemed to be burning except for the area in front of a collapsed gate of the imperial city. It was nothing but quietness, terrifying quietness.

The Drunkard asked, ”But the question is for how long could Ning Que be watching?”

The Eldest Brother said nothing. No one could keep watching forever.

The Drunkard looked at him emotionlessly and asked, ”Apart from you, who else could let him see me?”

Hearing this, the Eldest Brother turned serious and implored, ”Please don't do that.”

The indigo gown was not soaked. And the flagon was not opened.

The Drunkard disappeared from where the wind arose.