Chapter 60
Han Changsheng was exhausted when he returned to the inn and immediately fell asleep . When he woke, it was already bright out . Squinting as he adjusted to the light, Han Changsheng saw someone sitting at the head of his bed .
“What the fuck!” Han Changsheng jumped up, trying to hide under his covers . “Who are you?”
The person at his bedside: “…”
After a few seconds, Han Changsheng came back to himself, realizing that he’d given An Yuan an ugly, hideous make-up job . Smiling, he said, “I’m not used to it, I’m sorry . ”
An Yuan touched his face, dissatisfied with his appearance . Han Changsheng had dressed him up as a pighead . Regardless of whether or not he was happy, it couldn’t be shown on his face .
“It’s already light out,” An Yuan said, “Why aren’t you up?”
Han Changsheng had investigated the Yuehua Sect the former night . He only laid down in the early hours of the morning, getting just two or three hours of sleep . He was still tired, but it was already bright out, and he was embarrassed to stay in bed any longer . “I’ll get up, let’s go down for breakfast . ”
After Han Changsheng finished washing and rinsing, he and An Yuan went downstairs to order some food . Once An Yuan was full, he noticed that Han Changsheng had scarcely touched his food . Frowning, he asked, “Are you sick? Why haven’t you eaten?”
Han Changsheng smiled twice . Usually he had a beautiful companion around . Though he didn’t want to admit it, he had to: An Yuan’s original appearance was very pleasing . Just looking at his face, he could eat two whole bowls of rice and be content . While he didn’t have to worry about the Dog Lord stealing his limelight with his ugly disguise, it came with unintended consequences . Looking at his pighead, he could scarcely eat a bite . Altering An Yuan’s life was like taking one step forward and two steps back . Han Changsheng seriously considered whether to change An Yuan’s makeup . Even if An Yuan looked only a little worse than Han Changsheng, at least he’d be able to eat .
After breakfast, An Yuan asked, “Shall we go to the Yuehua mountain today?”
Han Changsheng shook his head repeatedly . “Let’s investigate in secret . How can we run up just like that? Everyone regards us as wanted criminals who killed the elders . What would they do in case of a conflict?”
“Since you didn’t kill anyone, can’t you just explain?” An Yuan asked .
“You believe me,” Han Changsheng replied, “But they won’t, not necessarily . In short, it’s better to be careful . ”
An Yuan looked suspiciously at Han Changsheng . In fact, he knew Han Changsheng was the one who implicated him, and the matter of stealing the sword and killing people had nothing to do with him . But, now that he and Han Changsheng were partners, he had no plans to leave him behind .
“Then, how are you going to prove it?” An Yuan asked .
An Yuan didn’t want to leave Han Changsheng, but Han Changsheng wanted to get rid of An Yuan . It was inconvenient to do many things with him at his side . Of course, he could only think about it .
“Yueyang Town is at the foot of the Yuehua Sect,” Han Changsheng said, “Let’s go ask the people nearby what happened . Maybe someone will have some information . ”
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Together, the two walked out of the inn, speaking in distinct ways .
Han Changsheng asked, “You’re a disciple of the sword sect . Do you know the swordsman sect in the Jianghu?”
An Yuan looked at him . “As someone from the Wulin, the sects in the Wulin always know something . ”
“I also use swords,” Han Changsheng went on, “But I know very little about the sects that use them . Lu Wenlin’s wild-phantom sword style was really powerful . Are all the swordsman sects so open and powerful? Lu Wenlin’s attack seemed to be more atmospheric than the sword sects . ”
“Knives and swords are different, naturally . ” An Yuan said .
Curious, Han Changsheng asked, “Are there no small-minded swordsman sects?”
An Yuan frowned . “What’s the matter?”
“Just curious,” Han Changsheng said .
An Yuan thought about it, then shook his head .
Han Changsheng bit his lips and thought . He foreshadowed all of this, just to ask An Yuan if he knew the Xiu Daomen . An Yuan shook his head then, but Han Changsheng wasn’t sure if he knew of the Xiu Daomen or not .
So, he added, “The sword always goes straight . I’ve only heard of sword sects, but never of those with knives . Those who use knives are always pursuing lethality and aggressiveness, but I’ve heard people say there’s a knife sect in the nation . They say it’s mainly defensive . It’s winding, like it’s called Xiu… what kind of Xiu was it? Have you heard of it?”
An Yuan suddenly stopped .
Surprised, Han Changsheng looked at An Yuan, thinking he might have realized something . He looked back nervously, watching An Yuan frown and stare into the distance .
Han Changsheng followed his eyes and found that he was looking at a baozi shop . No, he wasn’t looking at baozi, but at someone standing in line to buy baozi .
Two figures, one blue and one white, stood before the shop . The owner handed the baozi wrapped in a paper bag to them . Face full of wrinkles, the owner smiled like a flower . “You two little brothers look so cute and lovely . You need not pay for those . ”
When her voice fell, Han Changsheng and the two figures took a breath of chilly air at the same time .
“Pat!”
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Dust rose, and the man in white struck out with his knife, slicing the table holding the steamer in half . Smiling darkly, he said, “Who do you think is cute? Uh huh? Did I hear you right?”
“Don’t talk nonsense!” The man in the blue robe said, his voice coquettish . “You didn’t give us the bun . We robbed it! Because we’re so fierce and frightened you, we stole it! Don’t get us wrong!”
The old lady who sold the steamed buns was hysterical . Looking down at her busted table, she rubbed her eyes . The two little brothers were so strange . They weren’t happy that they got the free baozi and had to say that they robbed her . What kind of bandit game were they playing with her, could it be that they read too many novels of mountain bandits when they were young?
As soon as Han Changsheng drew up the corner of his lips, he bowed his head and turned to leave . An Yuan stood still and stared at the pair, at Lu Baibi and Lu Qingqian . “Weren’t those two…? ”
Han Changsheng quickly dragged him away . “I just remembered, I left something at the inn . Hurry, let’s go back…”
Lu Qingqian turned around to see Han Changsheng, stunned . The bun in his mouth fell to the ground . “Ah, Lao Hua? Why are you here?”
Lu Baibi turned around and said, “Weren’t you on the mountain? When did you come down? Who’s this ugly monster?”
The ugly monster An Yuan: “…”
Looking at Han Changsheng strangely, An Yuan said, “Do you know them?”
All over again, Han Changsheng wanted to knock out An Yuan to make him lose his memory .
Before catching the Yin and Yang twins, An Yuan once met Lu Qingqian and Lu Baibi, but that was back when Han Changsheng’s identity was Li Jiulong . Xiaoqi and Xiaobai were likely to shoot their mouths off without thinking . If they let anything out in front of An Yuan, his efforts those past few months would be in vain! He winked at them, hoping they’d understand what he meant .
“Ah!” Lu Qingqian understood his meaning, then pointed to Han Changsheng and said, “I know, you are not Hua…”
“This is Huangfu An Yuan, the second disciple of the Yuehua school!” Han Changsheng interrupted loudly .
Stunned, Lu Qingqian and Lu Baibi looked at each other . “An Yuan? Not that…”
Glancing at Han Changsheng, An Yuan said, “What did you just say? That he is not Hua something?”
Turning around, the demonic cult leader held his face affectionately and said, “I sent them a letter earlier saying that I was with you, but you’ve now changed your appearance . They may have misunderstood that I am a playboy . Of course I’m not, my clear feelings for you can be reflected from the sun and the moon!”
An Yuan froze for a moment, frowning . Then, patting Han Changsheng’s face, he whispered, his voice very low and angry, “Don’t say such words in front of others . ”
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Han Changsheng blinked, somewhat confused . What was wrong with this? It’s the only thing he’s always iterated! He’s only said it to seven or eight people this year .
Lu Baibi looked at An Yuan’s pighead and said, “Who is so jealous of your handsome face, that you’re beaten until you look like this?”
Han Changsheng glared at him . Not jealous! Absolutely not! I won’t admit it even if you beat me to death!
Poking Han Changsheng, An Yuan said, “You introduced me to them, but you didn’t introduce them to me?”
Hurriedly, Han Changsheng said, “These two are famous warriors who vanquish evil in the Jianghu . This one is Bai Xionghen, and this one is Qing Shoula . They are good people . Since they know that I’m with you, they often write to me to assist me . After I told them about you, they were eager to help me investigate your family’s affairs with us, so you should also be good to them!”
‘Bai Xionghen’ and ‘Qing Shoula’ blinked innocently .
Bai Xionghen asked curiously, “Investigate what?”
The cult leader glared at him and motioned for him to shut up .
“Ah, when it comes to investigation,” Qing Shoula said, “We’ve been looking into the Mingyue Sect lately . ”
An Yuan was confused . “Mingyue Sect? That day, those Wulin people mentioned that someone killed an elder from the Mingyue Sect . What happened?”
After An Yuan fell off the cliff, Han Changsheng took him to live in seclusion in the mountains and then went to the western regions . He knew little about the rumors in the Jianghu since then he didn’t know about the Mingyue Sect .
“A few months ago,” Han Changsheng started, “The Mingyue Sect’s elder Yuan Yue was murdered, and someone stole the Mingyue Sect’s sword script . It’s similar to what happened to your father . So, I wondered if the same person committed the crimes . ”
He told An Yuan about the case of the Mingyue Sect and so on, then said, “You see, when they learned of what happened to your father, Bai Xionghen and Qing Shoula were very aggrieved . To help you find out the murderer as soon as possible, they’ve been investigating the Mingyue Sect . Aren’t you touched by their empathy? You should be good friends with them!”
Speaking of this, Han Changsheng turned around and asked Lu Baibi and Lu Qingqian, “What have you found?”
“It’s said that the Mingyue Sect dared to frame us,” Lu Qingqian exclaimed, “We just found the Mingyue Sect’s address . ”
Lu Baibi smiled brightly . “We’re ready to kill them all . ”
Han Changsheng and An Yuan: “…”
An Yuan looked at Han Changsheng in horror . Han Changsheng was very calm . Smiling, he said, “Xiaoqing, Xiaobai, you’re being naughty again . Don’t make fun of it so casually . ”
“Framed? You?” An Yuan asked .
Raising his hand to his face, Han Changsheng said, “That’s right, the Mingyue Sect is too much . They did not watch the dog in their house, and when someone killed and ate the dog, what gave them the right to blame you two? Even if you killed a dog before doesn’t mean you killed all dogs in the world! Of course, kill all of them? Don’t make this kind of joke anymore, haha, haha, hahaha . ”
An Yuan looked doubtfully at Han Changsheng and stopped talking .
“Hea……,” Lu Baibi said, “…What can I do now?”
Han Changsheng touched his chin and hit his palm with a fist as he thought of something . “I have an idea! You should go to the Mingyue Sect to investigate . An Yuan and I won’t hinder you . We will walk around and inquire about our affairs . ”
Lu Baibi and Lu Qingqian nodded cleverly . Just as they were about to leave, An Yuan said, “Wait . ”
Lu Baibi and Lu Qingqian stopped to look at him inexplicably .
Han Changsheng frowned . “What do you want to do?”
Strolling forward, An Yuan turned his eyes on Lu Qingqian and Lu Baibi, a beautiful smile on his face . Of course, smiling with his pig’s face only made them want to punch him . “Since the matter of the Mingyue Sect may be related to my Tianyuan Mountain Villa, brother Hua, why don’t we go with brothers Qing and Bai to examine the matter together? What do you think?”
Cold sweat covered Han Changsheng’s entire body .
Translator(s): Empress
TL Check: Teo
Editor(s): Nadialuxxor
Proofer(s): Dark
Footnotes:
Lu Baibi’s new fake name given by HCS; Bai Xionghen which means “The White Terrible and Fierce” Lu Qingqian’s new fake name given by HCS; Qing Shoula which roughly means “Hot Hand that Beats Black and Blue”