The blind man drank soup and noticed his wife still looked worried, so he laughed,
and said:
"I just had the wolf cub incite Liu Dahu to sign up for the front line, that's all."
"You, husband, asked me to find Sister Feng to approve that list."
"Yes, that's all I did. But I didn't know that the Sword Saint would go out of the city to help us kill Chu State scouts."
"Husband, you didn't know?"
"He's the Sword Saint; how could I control him? I only know that he should do something. With war looming, it's a pity to leave him at home without use.
He can go to the Earl's Mansion to find Siniang or wait for my lord to return; it's just a matter of a word, but with this expedition, he won't be able to escape."
A gentleman can be deceived with manners. He's not a good person, but he's a gentleman."
However, he's more aggressive than I imagined; after all, he's someone who practices swordsmanship, with a straightforward—no, not 'straightforward'—rather, someone who is thorough."
