Translating Sloth

  Wang Da Xia’s brain was filled with money, everything was about money. Wei Cai Wei remembered when Wang Da Xia set up this “accidental encounter” at the altar tonight he had said Lu Bing had gone to the underground prison to see the convict Ding Ru Kui early this morning, ordering the jailors to set up an altar in the courtyard tonight. Just now they had “accidentally encountered” Ding Ru Kui, Ding Ru Kui had held a remarkably written thousand word speech and read it aloud as a eulogy, offering sacrifices to an old friend, she heard the eulogy was written for Wei Nan Shan and his wife. Ding Ru Kui had been locked underground for ten years, cut off from the rest of the world, of course he wasn’t aware Wei Nan Shan and his wife had passed away within a day of each other. So, the clever Wei Cai Wei guessed what Lu Bing had said to Ding Ru Kui this morning. Wei Nan Shan was just a retainer who looked after Ding Wu, Lu Bing wouldn’t have gone to find Ding Ru Kui for an insignificant p...

 Wei Cai Wei was anxious to follow Ding Ru Kui, she had no time to answer Wang Da Xia’s series of questions, she hurriedly used her crutch to chase after him saying: “Ding Wu said, he buried a jar of shaoxing wine with you under the peach tree outside the study window, there will be a day he’ll dig it out with you and get drunk with you on it.” The sound of leg-irons being dragged suddenly stopped. Wei Cai Wei looked at Ding Ru Kui’s back full of expectation, Ding Wu had told her about this, only him and his father knew about it. Ding Ru Kui heard these words, he ought to believe her. However the sound of irons dragging started up again, Ding Ru Kui didn’t respond to Wei Cai Wei, he directly followed the jailor in the direction of the underground prison. Wei Cai Wei was about to give chase again, the jailor stopped her, “Lord Lu has ordered, anyone who goes down to see prisoner Ding must have his written order, please don’t make things difficult for us.” Wang Da Xia grabbed her sle...