The Fragrant Wood Swordsman
pk 09 part 5

"I'm sorry, I'm not of any class and my deceased teacher should not be disturbed by his name. Please Locianpwe like to explain, what mistake have I made in defending the girl and her sister who were gang-raped?"

"We the valiant people of Tiat-ciang-pang were the supporters of the youth movement of Yung Lo in the mighty north and should have been and should have been the emperor who ruled the entire homeland. But Hoa-san-pai is so shameless as to defend the false emperor who now rules the south, who shamelessly raised himself to be emperor when in fact the throne became the right of Young king Yung Lo. There have been frequent clashes between our students and Hoa-san-pai's students, so there have been other clashes in the hamlet of Ciang-cung, without seeing the case, you immediately intervened to help the Hoa-san-pai side and killed our people. Isn't that wrong?"

Keng Hong was shocked. This was really unexpected, even when he had a conversation with Ciang Bi, the girl never mentioned about it, never talked about the enmity between Hoa-san-pai and Tiat-ciang-pang caused by that difference of understanding.

He felt regret as well as why he hastily intervened killing people. It turned out that his actions caused anger on the part of Tiat-ciang-pang. However, Keng Hong is a manly character who inherited from his temperature. He did not know what fear was anymore because he felt that his deeds in this matter were not wrong!

According to his temperature teachings, in the right state he must dare to face anything, even death is nothing when dying in the truth. It is better to die in the truth or to defend the truth than to live in a state of contamination or humiliation for evil! Of course good or evil according to his own judgment! And no matter how much he considered, he didn't feel wrong about it!

"Sorry, Locianpwe. Only now after hearing Locianpwe's words, do I know the question. But at the time of the incident, I knew only that a young girl had been ganged up on by a lot of big tall men who were making derogatory remarks. Of course, I intervened to defend the woman, for was it not the duty of a man of valor to uphold truth and justice? Now, it turns out that there are other reasons hidden in the fight, reasons I don't know. It's all happened, now I'm dealing with Locianpwe, please explain, what should I do and what will Locianpwe do to me?"

Back the grandfather secretly became amazed once. It was clear that this boy was not a careless boy and he began to believe that this young man had extraordinary shrewdness, a disciple of a magician who was certainly very famous. Although he felt amazed and affectionate, but as the head of Tiat-ciang-pang, he, he must defend his society and must demand for the death of Tiat-ciang-pang's disciple so as not to be laughed at and looked down upon by the kang-ouw world, what else is looked down upon by Hoa-san-pai!

"Cia Keng Hong, your words prove that you are a real man who does not deny what you have done. You already confessed that you killed Tiat-ciang-pan's student, therefore, I as vice-chairman of Tiat-ciang-pang are obliged to arrest and bring you before our chairman to accept the decision and punishment."

Keng Hong furrowed his brows and shook his head. "Your request is very difficult for me to accept, Locianpwe, because no matter what happens, I do for the sake of truth and good, not even a little bit of evil and bad foundation, not feeling wrong in the least. Therefore, I cannot face Tiat-kiang-pangcu (chairman) to receive punishment. Please Locianpwe likes to forgive."

"Ahh, it turns out Locianpwe just wants to find the right one himself!" keng Hong said.

"Hemm, are you not seeking righteousness yourself, young man? You have killed our disciples, and we are now about to arrest you. Who is wrong and who is right about this? Who is bad and who is good?"

Suddenly there was the sound of laughter, the sound of laughter that was like the sound of a crow (goak) or the sound of a large snake. Hearing his laughing voice, it should be that the one who laughs like that is surely a big tall person. But it turns out even the opposite.

When everyone looked up because the sound of laughter was heard from above, they saw a very funny grandfather sitting with both feet bare of barges on a tree branch not far from the place. This grandfather was small and hump-backed, his hair, mustache and beard were long but the top of his head was bald and thin.

His face imagined total excitement to the point that it looked like the face of a mischievous boy who was always laughing. Her clothes were clean and new, but her pair of legs were bare. His left hand held a wine jar, and after laughing he poured the contents of the jar into his mouth. The smell of fragrant wine filled the place.

"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" He laughed again after drinking. "All wrong, all right, nothing good nothing bad. It's same! Ha-ha-ha-ha! The short height is the same! The fat skinny one is the same! The wrong is right, the bad is good, the beautiful is pockmarked, all are the same! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!"

When everyone was amused and also irritated at the words of nonsense and such a lunatic attitude, Keng Hong instead became interested. He was able to catch the essence of the unreasonable speech then jutted upwards towards the grandfather while saying,

"It so happens that the wise Locianpwe appears at this time. Please hint Locianpwe who is wrong and who is right in my dealings with these Tiat-kiangs?"