Translating Sloth

  Wang Da Xia could do nothing well, but he was best at lying. He didn’t let Lu Ying down, he said: “The embroidered uniform guards deliberately released false news to catch the real culprit, they said that night at the tavern a guest claimed to have seen someone sneakily dithering around Chen Qianhu’s horse saddle from their window, they seemed to have errant intent.” “Your room’s window faced directly to the yamen, and Leader Lu personally went to question you in Tianshui lane then let you go, the murderer might have thought you were the guest so wanted to stop you from speaking, that’s why Leader Lu sent someone to secretly protect you and catch the culprit.” His words were so seamless even Lu Ying almost believed he himself had actually done this! Wei Cai Wei hurriedly said: “Leader Lu, this common woman doesn’t know anything, if I really caught the attention of the murderer, how could this bait have protected herself?” In this situation, he could only make the best after a mis...

  Why did Wei Cai Wei “go back on her word”, “walked right into a trap”? Let us go back to an hour ago, Wei Cai Wei pushed Wang Da Xia’s letter through the gap in miss Ying Ying’s door, after a cup of tea’s time, the door was pushed open, it was actually miss Ying Ying who personally opened the door for her, “You’re the female doctor who rented Wang Dai Xia’s house?” Not having seen her for three days, miss Ying Ying was still wearing black with a black head covering, washed clean of the splendour, without cosmetics, she didn’t even wear earrings. Wei Cai Wei nodded, “Miss Ying Ying, can I enter?” “Please.” Ying Ying opened the other half of the door making it easier for Wei Cai Wei and the horse to enter the courtyard, she said: “My surname is Jin, a single character name Ying, doctor Wei can call me miss Jin.” Ying Ying was her name when she was at the brothel, now Jin Ying had already redeemed herself, whether it was her appearance or her name they were different from before. Th...