Raising Orphans, Not Assassins

At the end of the long street, in front of a building, stood a wooden pole of three or four feet, with four fiery red lanterns hanging on it, with four big characters written on it. "Longmen Inn." Chen Ye felt a little complicated when he saw these four characters. ‘Is there really an inn with this name?’ He complained in his heart and walked into the inn with Tian Jizi. As soon as the two entered the inn, the waiter standing in front of the counter came up to greet them. "Two guests, our store only has the Ren rooms left, 10 taels of silver per night." Hearing this price, Chen Ye was stunned for a moment. Good guy, this price is catching up with the price of a night's rest in Yihong Brothel back at Yuhang County! The waiter’s look seemed to say ‘That’s the price, take it or leave it’. When he saw the clothes of Chen Ye and the little blind boy, he guessed that the two must not have much money. "Quite normal, quite normal..." The little blind boy muttered a few words, fumbled in his arms for a while, took out a silver note of 10 taels of silver, and handed it to the waiter. The waiter was stunned when he saw that the two could really take out 10 taels of silver. He reacted quickly, took the banknote, and immediately changed his face. Then he pulled the rag on his shoulder, and shouted enthusiastically: "Honored guests, please come this way!" Chen Ye followed the waiter into the store with an expressionless face. There is no lack of people like this in any era, this is normal. Chen Ye and the little blind boy walked into the inn. In the center of the lobby of the inn, there were guests sitting at several tables. From their clothes and weapons at hand, it is not difficult to see that they are all warriors. Chen Ye only took a glance and then retracted his gaze. Going up to the second floor, the waiter took Chen Ye and the little blind boy to the Ren room. Pushing open the door, the room was a little small, with a bed on each side of the east and west, and a wooden table and two chairs in the middle of the room. Apart from this, there was nothing else. The conditions were very poor, but there was no other option. "Creek..." The door of the Ren room next door was pushed open. "Waiter, give me a bowl of Yangchun noodles and send it to the room." A woman in a black skirt and holding a sword in her left hand stood in front of the door and said to the waiter. There was a hint of gracefulness in her plain voice. Chen Ye was slightly stunned when he saw the other party, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly under the mask. "Okay, wait a moment!" The waiter responded. He handed the room key and smilingly said to Chen Ye: "Sir, call me if you have anything." Chen Ye hummed, took another look at the woman in the black dress, and went into the room with the little blind boy. After closing the door, the little blind boy laughed and said: "The one who just spoke must be a beauty." Chen Ye couldn't help but laugh: "You can't see, but you know that the other party is a beauty?" "Tsk tsk, Master Hua, you don't know this. Although I can't see with my eyes, I can see it clearly in my heart." "Even if she doesn’t speak to me, as long as I walk past her, I can tell whether she is beautiful, ugly, fat or thin." Chen Ye arched his hands: "You are amazing, I wonder how old Brother Tian is this year?" "Fourteen." The little blind boy smiled. Only 14, still a little kid. Chen Ye didn't expose the other party. He sat on the chair, closed his eyes slightly, tapped the table, and thought about the woman in black dress and Fengyu Tower. Chen Ye didn't want to care about it, but the woman in black dress and Xiao Lian had a master-disciple relationship. "Brother Tian, how much do you know about Fengyu Tower?" Chen Ye suddenly opened his eyes and asked. The little blind boy lying on the bed chuckled and said, "I know a lot about it." "Fengyu Tower is the top assassin organization in the Dawu Dynasty, and its intelligence network covers the entirety of Dawu." "It is said they even know if it is windy or rainy at a certain place as soon as it happens." "No one knows how their intelligence network works, but they are very scary." "They are very powerful. There are no less than thirty second-grade gold medal assassins in the tower." "There are even hundreds of third and fourth-grade assassins." "Anyone targeted by them will basically have no choice but to die." Chen Ye asked, "Thirty second-grade masters! Is Fengyu Tower really that powerful?" The little blind boy sat up and said seriously, "Very much so." "The five sword sects of the Five Mountains, Huashan, Songshan, Taishan, North Hengshan, and South Hengshan, add up to no more than thirty second-grade masters." "No one knows how Fengyu Tower cultivated those masters. They seemed to have appeared out of thin air.” The little blind boy said in an amazed tone. Chen Ye nodded and had some understanding of the strength of Fengyu Tower. "It can be said that Wanjin Hall and Fengyu Tower are the organizations that should not be provoked in the martial arts world." "If they fight, I'm afraid many people will die.” At this point, the little blind boy's voice was a little emotional, with a hint of compassion in his tone. "Which one has a better reputation, Wanjin Hall or Fengyu Tower?" Chen Ye suddenly asked. The little blind boy sneered twice: "Neither of them are good people, but in comparison, Fengyu Tower is more open." "Oh? What do you mean?" "Wanjin Hall looks glorious on the surface, but there are many more dirty things behind the scenes than Fengyu Tower." "Fengyu Tower is more open than most of the sects in the martial arts world. As for those famous and upright sects..." The little blind boy's tone changed, and he said sarcastically: "They are filled with nonsense like senior brothers, junior sisters, disciples and sect wives." From the tone, it can be heard that the little blind boy seems to be very ashamed of the famous and upright sects. After listening, Chen Ye tapped the table twice, thinking in his heart. ‘Xiaolian, Xiaolian, tell me, what kind of profession did you choose…’ Why did you choose a killer when you could choose anything else? After asking about the situation in Fengyu Tower, Chen Ye made a decision in his heart. He smiled at the little blind boy and said, "Brother Tian, do you want to judge that beauty who we just now?" … Qin Yi placed the long sword on the table. In front of her was a bowl of Yangchun noodles. A few chopped green onions were sprinkled on the snow-white noodles, and a little oil was floating on the noodle soup. Qin Yi slowly took off the black veil, revealing a fair and delicate face, with light-coloured skin and delicate contours. A pair of autumn water-like eyes cradled below curved willow eyebrows blinked, looking around. Her high nose complemented her plump and round rosy lips. The features gave people an impression of graceful and gentle temperament. Anyone who saw this face would probably not believe that its owner was a female assassin who killed without blinking. Compared with an assassin, this face is more like a woman who was raised in the boudoir in Jiangnan water town. Qin Yi picked up her chopsticks and had just clamped up some noodles when she heard several knocks on the door. She placed down the chopsticks, and put on the veil again. Grabbing her long sword, she walked to the door and opened it. A silver mask with leaf patterns on the edge appeared in front of her. "What do you want, sir?" Qin Yi asked calmly. A faint laugh came from behind the silver mask: "I met a friend named Zhao on the road. He wields two silver spears and is very good at qinggong. Before he died, he asked a friend of mine to pass a message to Fengyu Tower." After saying that, the silver masked man stepped aside, revealing a little blind boy hiding behind him. The little blind boy was pale. He "looked" in the direction of Qin Yi, and forced a smile. His smile was uglier than crying. After hearing what the silver masked man said, Qin Yi's pupils shrank, and there was a hint of urgency in his voice: "Please come in and talk." Chen Ye and the little blind boy walked into Qin Yi's room. When passing by, Chen Ye smelled a faint fragrance of osmanthus from the woman in the black dress next to him.

TL Notes: Fengyu: Wind and Rain. Jiangnan Water Town: Girls in Jiangnan Water Town were known for their stunning beauty and elegant demeanor. They were admired for their slender figure, delicate features and refined manners. They were often depicted in traditional art and literature as embodiments of femininity and grace.

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