473 A Joke... Or A Set-Up? (1/2)
The seven ”Heroes and Legends Bravely Rushing Forward” shouted loudly in their drunken state. They cried themselves hoarse while singing songs. Their intoxicated eyes eventually started to narrow, and the seven brothers finally rolled onto the ground. They then shook the heavens with their snoring.
Everyone had drunk so much that they couldn't even hear what the maid said when she came in…
Even the Young Master didn't escape the scene. He spent the night at the Dugu Family's household. He had no other choice; he was also quite drunk. The Young Master had forced out a lot of wine from his body by cheating. But, the amount that had remained was enough to be compared to drinking an entire vase. The wine had eventually started to take effect, and he became drunk as a result. He tried to find Tang Yuan, but was unsuccessful. So, he merely went to the guest room in his drunken state, and fell asleep.
He heard two maids whispering outside when he got up the next day, ”Hey, do you know about the 'esteemed guest' who had come yesterday? He had drunk too much…”
”Ah, I've heard about it. But, not in detail…”
”I'll tell you. But, don't tell anyone else…”
”Uh, I swear I won't tell anyone else…”
”I heard that the fat man went to the latrine yesterday. And, he vomited there for a long time. Then, he jumped into something; can you guess what it was?”
”What?”
”He jumped inside the latrine pit! It seems that he wanted to catch some fish in-there or something… Ah, good heavens! And, that was after the heavy rains he had poured in there… So, everything splashed out… Ah… It's so disgusting…”
”Did he fall in for real? What was done afterwards?”
”It took many men to get him out. The smell was terrible, and the entire place was in a horrible mess. That fat man had properly gone into it. It took more than ten men to pull him out with a rope. And, all of them also got covered in it… Blueergh! Then, they dragged him to the pond, and washed him five times. After that, they took him to the guest room. But, they said that the room was still stinking. So, they had no choice but to bring seven or eight buckets and wash him twice more before it was clean…”
”Uh… that Young Master was being tossed around, and he still didn't wake up?”
”He didn't wake up! Moreover, he kept shouting that he wanted to catch the fish…”
”Wow… this is too much…”
”There's more to it. I heard that one of our young masters was squatting in there when Young Master Tang had gone in. However, Young Master Tang simply grabbed our young master and tossed him out. I guess that's a good thing. Else, Young Master Tang may have taken him along into the latrine pit. Our young masters are surely big. But, they can't match up to Young Master Tang. Then, our Young Master was still lying perplexed on the ground outside when he heard Young Master Tang talk about going for fishing… And, he jumped into it after that…”
”Ah? Ha ha ha… But, I still find it funny.”
”Ha ha ha… I'll die of laughter…” Jun Mo Xie guffawed as he overheard that. He fully understood that this was embarrassing for his brother, and he shouldn't laugh at it. But, the Fatty had overdone it this time. In fact, even the heavens would've heard the sound of his fall given his weight…
The two maids were startled when they heard the Young Master laugh. But, they relaxed when they saw him walking out while laughing to ask about Tang Yuan's whereabouts. It was important to know that this family's household rules were extremely strict. In fact, the maids couldn't even let the guests learn that they were discussing about their matters.
Fatty was sleeping wrapped in quilt when Jun Mo Xie found him. The entire room reeked of alcohol.
Jun Mo Xie couldn't detect any trace of what had happened last night when he saw Fatty like this.
Young Master Jun had found that matter very funny. Fatty had gotten too drunk. He had then had some more wine, and had run to the latrine pit in order to catch fish. But, doubts had suddenly begun to rise within Jun Mo Xie's mind when he saw Fatty Tang lying down.
Tang Yuan may not have been a respectful character. He may be thoughtless, or disappointing; maybe even tacky. But, he shouldn't have lost his head to that extent. He may have gotten extremely drunk. But, he wasn't weak-minded enough to have gone fishing in the latrine pit. Moreover, what kind of a pit would be big-enough to fit Tang Yuan's massive body inside it?
[Could he have fallen inside it? Moreover, could he have gone that deep into it?]
[It isn't a fu*king swimming pool!]
Jun Mo Xie didn't know how the other families' latrine pits were designed. However, he knew the Jun Family's latrine pits. There were a few pits for the family's members. Some pits were reserved for the guests. And, there was a large pit for the family's guards. The pit for the guards was fairly huge and low quality. However, the other pits were high quality set-ups. So, there was no chance that someone could accidentally fall into it. Moreover, one had to reckon Tang Yuan's body size. And, Young Master Jun estimated that the Fatty would've had to put in a fair amount of struggle to make his way in. Moreover, he still wouldn't have been able to fit his entire body into it…
Therefore, the issue was… [How could Tang Yuan fall inside?]
And, the sole explanation was…
[Was it planned?]