Sui Tu Wan.
Three, two, one.
No matter how you read it, his na is pretty Westernised…
Su Xiao and I headed to the location of our first mission per Sir Sui's instructions.
It's said that there was soone bullying the kind yet cowering from the bigger bullies here in this village. The villagers cried saying that they reported the officials for ignoring the situation and reporting that person's bullying knew no bounds. It's also said that he's a pervert. He goes after old ladies up to seventy-eight, to as young as the hard worker next door from Uncle Niu's family. As long as they're a woman, he goes for them.
After hearing that, I almost thought my shifu was there. I was contemplating it was the right thing for to do and go kill my own kin for the greater good.
Not long after, Su Xiao and I arrived at said person's little village called Peach Village. The village is close to the outskirts of Nan Jing, but is still under the jurisdiction of Nan Jing. And since they reported the matter to Liu Shan n, we had an obligation to resolve it.
After listening to what Boss Shen said, Su Xiao's head was filled with nothing but thoughts of how to get listed in Liu Shan n's Elites rankings. This troubleso kid just can't let live in peace. If we got ranked, do you think we'd even have off-days? I retired so I could earn money without lifting a finger, not to slave away into old age.
I'm going to screw today's mission up no matter what.
After entering Peach Village, we made contact with the village chief who filed the report. The village chief was around seventy, but still looked energetic and healthy nonetheless.
"Greetings chief, we're from Liu Shan n. I'm Su Xiao, this here is Ming…"
I waved my hand at him and said: "Whatever, cut to the chase. Gramps, we heard you were getting bullied by a bully around here."
"Yes, that's right!"
Su Xiao was stunned as soon as the village chief spoke. And he's supposed to be a local. Sha on him. Don't you know those from Peach Village are considered heroic individuals? When I ca here in the past, I mistook it for being the Northeast…
The village chief evidently hated the bully. He stamped his feet, thumped his chest and said: "That thug has no respects for anything. I've never co across anybody so shaless. A few days ago, he ssed with the daughter of the Wang family. When her family ca knocking, he shalessly apologised and even asked for her hand in marriage. The thug doesn't have any money for a wedding, so he pawned an ox for twenty silvers at Aunt Li's place, saying it was to hold a wedding banquet. In the end, he ran off with the money and the girl. I reported him at your place three tis. You people ca here three tis and then told you couldn't do anything about it. So what do I do?"
"Hmm, that's…" Su Xiao was completely lost. After juggling it in his head for a good while, he asked: "But why did he leave his ox behind?"
"Huh? What do you know? That ox was mine! He stole my ox!"
Now that is so fella. He's a master con-man…
"Old Wang has lost his daughter, Aunt Li has her lost money, and I lost my ox! What do you suggest we do?"
It was Su Xiao's first ti dealing with a case, and he was at a loss for what to do, so he looked to to ask for help. I put on a straight-face and said: "We will bring the girl and your ox and the money back." Is this a damn tongue twister?!*
The village chief's eyebrows turned upwards forming a smile as he said with eyes gleaming with hope: "That's great! I'll take you to him. Young people are so much easier to work with, so much better than those old geezers!"
I felt ashad hearing him say that.
I bet the constables that ca here the last three tis didn't want to deal with it because it was troubleso. Liu Shan n is responsible for monitoring the martial world and its influence on commoners in the first place, so these sorts of quarrels should be reported to the magistrate. These sorts of issues shouldn't be reported to Liu Shan n.
But thanks to that, I won't have to screw the mission over.
I wouldn't make the elites ranking even if I completed three of these sorts of missions daily, so there's nothing to worry about.
"……"
I ca to a sudden stop. Su Xiao almost bumped into , and said in an annoyed tone: "Brother Ming, what's the matter?"
I focused on my listening. I could hear the sound of weapons clanging against each other to the East of the village. From the sounds I heard, I could discern that there were three swords, an iron rod and three single-edged swords. Why are there people fighting in this sort of place? And by the sounds of it, they're quite skilled…
"Village chief, are there martial artists in your village?"
"Huh?!"
The village chief blinked quickly several tis.
"They're all people passing by. They said they co from Lan Zhu Tong or sothing. They get along quite well with that bully. They're bad people."
I listened in carefully to the sounds while mulling over what the village chief said and ca up with a guess.
Su Xiao blinked and asked: "Lan Zhu Tong? What's Lan Zhu Tong?"
I helplessly explained: "It's Lan Jun Zhu Kong."
Isn't that the group that's ranked seventh in the Demon Sect?"
He then looked at with suspicion and asked: "How did you know martial artists are here?"
I unleashed my talent for bullsh*tting and said: "Why else would the village chief have reported it to Liu Shan n? Do you think he's an idiot or sothing?"
The village chief cooperated excellently. He puffed his chest out proudly, and I have to say, he did look pretty tough.
After being rebutted by , Su Xiao apologetically said: "I'm sorry, Brother Ming. I thought you were spouting nonsense again…"
"I'm really hurt by the way you treat as a comrade… Ha… I really miss the soy sauce pork from Dong Po Restaurant."
"…I don't think I've offended you that badly."
I sighed and said: "You must be thinking I'm trying to take advantage of you again. What I was trying to say was…" I was trying to exploit Su Xiao into buying so soy sauce pork while walking backwards. Consequently, I bumped into soone behind . I didn't feel any resistance.
I turned around and saw that he was already lying on the ground as if he was sent flying by a bull or sothing.
What the hell? Is he trying to scam for money?
"Are you alright?"
"As if I'm alright!"
The guy lying on the ground had curly hair that looked like the aftermath of an explosion. He got up and made a scene to get to compensate him. The brat had facial acne. He was evidently the usually energetic type and leaving a ss in his wake wherever he went. It certainly looked like he was trying to scam .
Curly stared at and shouted: "You tired of living? They call the one-of-a-kind ruffian, and the world's number one scumbag, and here you are crossing !" His muscle-less fra quivered after he was done talking. It looked like he was dead-set on sizing up.
The village chief widened his eyes, stared at him, pointed at him and said: "That's him!"
I widened my eyes too. This curly-haired brat is the big bully in the village? I could sense the cunning aura exuding from him.
Notes:
* All the 'ands' in there make it a pain to read or say in Chinese, and also why I wrote it like that.
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