Chapter 3: Examining closely the reasons of the delicate heart’s grievances, Part 1 — Three Marriages by Ming Yue Ting Feng (三嫁, 明月听风)

June 6, 2015 by inno 4 Comments

Chapter 3: Examining closely the reasons of the delicate heart’s grievances, Part 1 of 3

Long Er was still angry, but Li Ke has something more to report.

The venerable Master Ba Yin qin case at that time was originally handled by the Ministry of Justice which meted out a severe punishment, vice-minister Yun Qing Xian personally investigated the trial from beginning to end, then took part in the punishment of the musician, also to verify and ascertain his identity Yun Qing Xian got an invitation to watch his execution from the rear. As for Yun Qing Xian, he’s also a person fond of qin, he plays the qin very well. After the execution of the qin master, he established contacts with some musicians, forged friendships with them, among them is Ju Mu Er.

Long Er eyes lit up when he heard this: “You mean, Yun Qing Xian, that annoying, obnoxious guy colluded with Ju Mu Er?”

Li Ke rubbed his forehead, sure enough when it comes to old enemies, his house lord master is very much interested. He quickly went on to speak.

Ju Mu Er had originally a fiancé, whose family name is Chen. The marriage was arranged since she was young. Ju Mu Er and the Chen family’s son are childhood sweethearts, their affection for each other deep and sincere, but perhaps due to her obsession with the qin, the marriage dragged on, they intended however to marry when she turned eighteen. Unexpectedly before her eighteenth birthday, Ju Mu Er went to the qin master’s execution, afterwards came back with the qin obsession, later suffering from an eye illness, so finally she had no other choice but to withdraw from the marriage engagement. And Yun Qing Xian since then has frequently showed his goodwill to her, his real intentions though is well known to everyone.

Long Er laughed heartily: “That guy, but there is a Yun Qing Xian madam, is he not Ding Yan Shan’s brother-in-law, Minister Ding’s lucky son-in-law. Unexpectedly he still hangs around with young ladies outside, and not only that, but also with a blind person.” He found it more and more interesting: “This is something really interesting.”

Yun Qing Xian, just what kind of person is he?

He is the Justice Minister Ding Sheng’s trusted deputy and at the same time son-in-law, not only a favored person of the emperor, but also a favorite disciple of the Minister Shi Ze Chun of the Ministry of Appointments, he who executed Master Ba Yin. In the past Shi Ze Chun hand-picked Yun Qing Xian for promotion, highly recommended him to the emperor, today this talented Yun Qing Xian has his power and position. He and Shi Ze Chun treat themselves like father and son, thus on Shi Ze Chun’s execution case, Yun Qing Xian exerted his best, was meticulous about every detail, and finally in the end commanded the execution of Master Ba Yin.

Yun Qing Xian is good-looking, an upright man, handles affairs with scrupulous attention to details, however not at all flexible. No matter what he is the vice-minister of the Ministry of Justice, while Long San*, the youngest son of the Long family, mingles in the martial arts world, therefore has countless encounters with all sorts of murder cases in the martial arts world, regardless of the explicit or implicit hints of the Justice Minister and the Emperor, Yun Qing Xian always causes Long San trouble.

You know, causing trouble to Long San, is tantamount to making Long Er unhappy. This Long Er of the Long family, where is it ever heard that he lets anyone bully a member of his family? As a result, the two men kept a certain distance between them, and the more the distance, the more complicated is the knot between them.

Long Er resents Yun Qing Xian because he puts on acts, he’s rigid and obstinate, self-serving, everywhere taking aims against the Long family. On the other hand, Yun Qing Xian resents Long Er’s cheap tricks to curry favor, his devious ways, and bribery of connections. They happen also to be of similar age, one an official, the other a businessman, both outstanding, so they constantly encounter each other in the affairs of the city and always get compared with one another, each though has his own group of supporters. Both parties of the supporters are baffled as to why the two extremely loathe each other.

As soon as these two men meet, they’ll clash. So dignitaries and noblemen in the capital have reached a consensus, in any banquet or gathering activity, when one of the two is invited, the other one is not.