tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16508343344200031702023-11-16T05:08:06.066-08:00Agrypnia ScansThe Sleepless GroupAgrypniaScanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15462462853425848669noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650834334420003170.post-75087982088435586262019-03-21T04:41:00.002-07:002019-03-21T04:41:16.699-07:00LOVE IS MORE THAN A WORD CHAPTER UPDATELove Is More Than A Word has been picked up and translated by the hard-working Crescent Moon Translation. You can find their translation <a href="https://crescentmoon.blog/love-is-more-than-a-word/">here</a> and <a href="https://www.wattpad.com/story/180116049?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=link&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details&wp_uname=crescentmoonblog&wp_originator=4D0I49ViGvurDqKpgtoJuhg1C2LJ27%2BIyCwkzitRRLcbwlb53UZuX8eswaK%2Fv8eWNdD4Q6oDviGxVAylcsDb7%2BDK8nLOx8HnT8Akd6i7BA35kvnjXvIzb4j6p6dCXNY0&_branch_match_id=637240427858004542">here!</a>!! - SunsaAgrypniaScanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15462462853425848669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650834334420003170.post-10834036298432739832016-11-14T04:47:00.002-08:002016-11-14T17:30:20.855-08:00LOVE IS MORE THAN A WORD CHAPTER 1 [PART 2]<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">
<i style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #999999;">'Everything always takes longer than you think it will'</span></span></i></div>
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<i style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #999999; line-height: 13.91px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Translated by<b> Regina </b></span></span></i><i style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #999999; line-height: 13.91px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b>&</b></span></span></i><i style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #999999; line-height: 13.91px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"> <b>Sunsa</b></span></span></i><br />
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<b style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #999999;">Chapter 1 [Part 2] </span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #999999; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">-</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #999999;"> </span></b></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #999999; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The Arrival of the New Magistrate</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-AU">Cold
sweat started to build on Choi Jiu's back.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Ever since the old magistrate had become bedridden, he'd had control over the whole
office and had access to anywhere he'd liked. Having gotten used to such a
privilege, it'd completely slipped his mind that he had to alert anyone of his
arrival, especially since he'd just rushed over.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-AU">Even
worse, it didn't help that the apparently the guards by the gate had forgotten
as well. He'd just been caught red-handed by the new lord, how horribly
unlucky!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-AU">Dipping
his head, his mind spun with a thousand thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">In
the end, he dropped down to his knees instead, "You are correct, my lord.
My actions have been greatly disrespectful. Please forgive my thoughtlessness."
he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Shocked
by this stranger's action, Tao Mo was about to question the man's abrupt
behaviour, but was distracted instead as he caught sight of Lao Tao and several
more people walking in. "Lao Tao, where have you been, so early in the
morning?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Choi
Jiu began feeling uneasy, seeing that Tao Mo had brushed him aside to tend to
his follower. Here in Dang Yang, his reputation easily rivalled that of a
magistrate who'd served for many years, and you could even say he had the city
in the palm of his hand. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Every
single newly appointed magistrate so far would go all out, flattering him,
buttering him up, trying to get on his good side. Offending him was the same as
making their lives hell. Yet, this time, this new guy dared to stay seated on
his high horse. Fine, whatever you do, then I shall return it fifteen fold.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">For
a while, he stayed there on the ground, trying think up a way to recover his
dignity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Walking
into the inner courtyard, Lao Tao was stunned to see a man kneeling in the middle
of the hallway. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"Who
is this?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"The
county bookkeeper, Choi Liu." Tao Mo replied instantly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Choi
Liu was so embarrassed he was started to get flustered. In all his years of
being a book keeper, it was the first time he'd had to kneel for so long in
front of others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"Why
is he on his knees?" Lao Tou asked, surprise colouring his voice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">With
a shake of his head, Tao Mo replied honestly, "I don't know either."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Internally,
Choi Liu let out a huff.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Even
though he was aware there reason behind the man's odd actions, he couldn't just
straight out ask for it right then, so instead he politely said, "Quick,
help Choi Xiansheng to his feet."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Tao
Mo turned to help the man. However, before his fingers could touch the kneeling
man's arms, he had already stood up by himself. Seeing that he was no longer
needed, Tao Mo turned toward the group of people behind Lao Tao and pointed at
them. "Who are they?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"New
servants." Lao Tao replied, "the court also needs people to take care
of it."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"Why
so many?" Tao Mo asked sadly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"It's
too much work if we hire any less."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Tao
Mo sighed, "I wonder when I can receive red money." [1] <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Choi
Liu started burning up inside upon hearing money being mentioned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">As
according to the law, every year the palace gave out silver and red to
celebrate the New year. However, as the former magistrate had died earlier this
year, and Tao Mo had yet to be officially appointed, they'd gotten none of it.
A few days ago he had asked at the Lin District's office of Finance and they'd
told him the money had already been sent to them a while back. Obviously, since
they had nothing, the silver had disappeared into someone else's pocket.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Lao
Tao then abruptly lead the servants away, leaving Tao Mao and Choi Liu in the
lurch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">After
a moment, Tao Mo broke the silence, "Have you eaten anything yet?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"I
have, yes."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"Well,
I haven't. Why don't we eat together?" Tao Mao asked, sighing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Choi
Liu's lip twitched, "but I've already eaten."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"Well
what about lunch?" Tao Mo insisted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Choi
Liu paused before continuing, "…not yet."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"Then
let's go."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">-----<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">They
had combination porridge with pickles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Choi
Liu slurped his porridge slowly. Contrary to his breakfast of soy milk and
bagel twists, this time his stomach felt like it was trying to escape his body
as fast as it could.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Meanwhile,
Tao Mo looked excited.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"Young
master, how does it taste?" Guo Zhi stuck his head through the door way,
and asked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"Ask
Choi Xiansheng." Tao Mo replied.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Choi
Liu, who was completely stuffed by this point, struggled to stop mechanically
shoveling into his mouth and spouted, "Not bad, not bad at all."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Feeling
satisfied with the answer, Guo Zhi closed the door.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"Who
was that just now?" Choi Liu asked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"My
personal assistant." Tao Mo said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"My
lord, you must be the scion of a noble line, well taught and of high
morals." Choi Liu commented. [2]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"Are
you speaking in Fu?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"Ah?
You don't understand Fu?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"No,
I don't."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"You're
being too humble, my lord."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Of
course, Choi Liu was well aware that Tao Mo's position had been earned through
money, but since the man had dared to start the fight, it's no one's fault but
his own if he gets stabbed in the leg.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"There
are a lot of Fu proverbs I have read, but I can only remember one."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"Which
one is that?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"Neither
good deeds, nor good accomplishments come out of scholars."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Choi
Liu agreed wholeheartedly, for he was from a family with a martial arts
background. However, he wasn't good at fighting, and had settled for a
different line of work. Not being in a scholar's family though, getting his
book keeping position had required help. Even though his own position was also
bought, he still believed that his talents and knowledge were genuine. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">He
felt that scholars who spent their entire day spouting nonsense, and claiming
to be genii, weren't worth respecting. Especially here in Dang Yang, a city
that seemed to be flooded with the same type of people. Not only that, but all
sorts of people here regarded themselves as well educated scholars, and had silver
tongues sharper than knives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"What's
wrong?" Tao asked, as Choi Liu had yet to say anything in reply.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"Nothing,
I was just thinking of a homicide." Choi Liu said quickly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"A
homicide?" Tao Mo brightened up, "Which one?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">In
all honesty, Choi Liu had panicked, and said the first thing that had popped
into his mind, when in actuality he hadn't been thinking of a case at all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Now
that he'd piqued Tao Mo interest, he didn't have anything to say. After
thinking a bit, "It's a case from a few years ago. A lady had committed
adultery then proceed to kill her own husband." he says.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"Why
were you suddenly reminded of this one?" Tao Mo asked skeptically.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"The
husband was a criminal, while the other man was a respectful diplomat. When the
case was brought to the court, a lawyer friend of his helped him escape being
involved, and in the end only the wife was charged while her accomplice walked
out a free man."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"Maybe
he didn't know about the situation?" Tao Mo frowned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"How
could the wife, a small lady, kill a fully grown man - who had a criminal
history - with her bare hands? Obviously the lawyer was helping him fake his
innocence to dodge the punishment." Choi Liu grunted. "The thing is,
just because he reads a lot, and is pretty good at debating, he thinks he can
just do whatever he wants. Disrespecting the court by manipulating the law
using fancy words. How despicable!"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">The
bitterness was obvious in Choi Liu's tone, yet Tao Mo didn't understand.
"Who are you talking about?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Choi
Liu awkwardly shut his mouth, "My lord, once you are more familiar with
this place, you will understand." Then he tilted his head back, gulped
down the rest of his porridge, and quickly excused himself before Tao Mo had a
chance to hold him back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">After
he was gone, Lao Tao knocked on the door, before entering.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"Young
master, I have investigated the place. All of the governing positions in the
district are still unfilled at the moment, so the book keeper has been managing
all of it." Lao Tao glanced at the empty bowl on the table and continued,
"But why was he kneeling in front of you?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"I
don't know either."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Tao
Mo recapitulated the event.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Lao
Tao frowned after he heard the whole story, "I think he might have
misunderstood something."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span lang="EN-AU">"Misunderstood
what?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span lang="EN-AU">"Nothing."
Lao Tao flicked his hand dismissively, "It's not important. What is
important is this high barrister."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span lang="EN-AU">"High
barrister?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span lang="EN-AU">"Yes.
Right now, the most well-known high barristers in the Dang Yang district are
Masters Lin Zheng Yong and Yi Chui, who are both laying low here."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Tao
Mo eyes sparkled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Lao
Tao only shook his head at his reaction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"Young
master, please don't forget your father's last words. If you can become a good
and well-loved magistrate, then god must indeed exist and have answered my
prayers."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Tao
Mo seemed disheartened at that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"When
the two Masters went into hiding, it lead to other barristers coming here to
fight for the open positions. Eventually, this city became the largest
gathering place of barristers across the country."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Lao
Tao, when he had heard this news, had suddenly understood. It was no wonder
that Tao Mo was able to get a position in such a rich district without any sort
of qualifications. No one was willing to grab the hot potato, for fear of
burning their hands.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"So
these barristers fought against the local magistrates?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"You
can assume the same for everyone." Lao Tao paused before continuing,
"a good barrister working together with a good magistrate is ideal."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"I
see. So if it's like that, then having both in the district would be a
blessing."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Lao
Tao gaped, though he didn't dare to destroy the young man's spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Despite
that it may be true that having both a good barrister and a good magistrate was
the best situation for the court, by the time Tao Mo became respectable and
acknowledged as a magistrate, good barristers would no longer stand by him, but
instead work to suppress him instead. Just like Master Zhang Wen, who resigned
due to long term discrimination and personal injustices.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Lao
Tao sighed. They were already too deep in the game, and there was naught to do
but only carry on each step at a time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">-----<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Lao
Tao introduced Tao Mo to the new servants, and, leaving Guo Zhi to deal with
organizing their work rosters, took Tao Mo to visit the town.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">To
be a magistrate, it is of great importance to be familiar with every single
corner of the area under their control. So the two of them took a walk through
all the roads and streets of the district. By the time they finally covered the
whole area, the sky had already darkened completely.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span lang="EN-AU">Tao
Mo face was whiter than a ghost's when they finished, and Lao Tao berated
himself for forgetting that he was still recovering from journeying in the
cold.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">"How
about we find a restaurant for supper before heading home?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Tao
Mo, whose stomach felt like it was eating his insides, instantly agreed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">The
two of them entered a busy restaurant nearby.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Just
as they walked through the door, they heard a man yelling out in the middle of
the room, "For only 3 silvers, you could see the new magistrate's face
now!"<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-AU"><br /></span>
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<span lang="EN-AU">T/N:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">[1]
Red pockets are given out at the start of the new year by people to those below
them. For people in the government, the palace would be responsible for giving
them this "gift money", which would be used however the office or
court specified would like to use it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="color: red;">
</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-AU">[2]
This sentence is spoken in the ancient poetic style of speech called Fu, and
uses a lot of rhyming and similes, plus metaphors as a way of exposition, whose
meanings are lost when translated into English. It was the main literary form
during the Han dynasty and so often used by people with money, who could afford
to be taught to read and write.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Regina Draconeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968966820824250660noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650834334420003170.post-85699012787632153402016-11-05T08:32:00.002-07:002016-11-05T08:59:13.450-07:00LOVE IS MORE THAN A WORD CHAPTER 1 [PART 1]<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #999999;">'Because
we can."</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
<i><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #999999; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Translated by <b>Sunsa & Regina</b></span></span></i><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #3b3838; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B3838; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=25000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background2; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">LOVE IS MORE THAN A
WORD<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #999999;">Chapter 1 [Part 1] </span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #999999; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">-</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #999999;"> </span></b></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #999999; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Arrival of the New Magistrate</span><br />
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">"Once we clear this mountain, we'll arrive at the county of Xiangtan," Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> said, as he hunched over peeling a mandarin in front of Tao Mo.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">Tao Mo couldn't stand the cart's stagnant air any more, and turned to lift window's curtain, but as he did so, a sharp frozen wind invaded the cart. From the window, he could see a layer of snow blanketing the landscape outside in a thick white. The landscape was barely distinguishable from the white.</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Driving at the head of the cart was Guo </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zhi</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, who urged the horse faster, "Young Master, did you need something?" he shouted over the wind.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">"No" Tao Mo replied, and dropped the curtain.</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">He turned back to face Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, who handed him half of the peeled mandarin, before wolfing down his own half in one go. </span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">Tao Mo also ate his half, and as he finished, reached into his inner pocket for his handkerchief. His fingers met with only an empty pocket, and he remembered that he had pitched it into the fire before leaving.</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">He couldn't help but regret throwing it away now, for it had still carried the nostalgic scent of the past. </span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">"Are you cold, Young Master?" Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> nudged the heating lantern closer.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">"No, I'm alright." he replied.</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">He stayed seated for a little longer, but grew impatient. "Is it true that there are a lot of officials in Dang Yang City?" he asked nervously, "I'm afraid of who we might encounter there."</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">"There are indeed a lot of rich people in power, and good people may be exploited," Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> replied slowly, "But only if you fear them, will they take advantage of you."</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">"But why would I be scared of them?" he said shrilly, "I </span><span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">need</span><span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"> to be a good magistrate!"</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> had been dosing off, eyelids slowly closing, but upon hearing Tao Mo, jerked awake. </span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">"Young Master will definitely be able to become a good magistrate."</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">He could almost imagine himself as a successful magistrate, with rows of soldiers bowing to him in greeting - the future was looking bright. </span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The cart suddenly jerked violently, and Tao Mo was flung into the side of the cart, sliding to the floor. Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, who was sitting opposite him, reacted faster, and steadied himself with his hands on the walls of the cart, avoiding Tao Mo's sad fate.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Guo </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zhi</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> lifted the door drape, and looked in mournfully, "The wheel's broken" he reported, while the cold wind took the opportunity to blast into the cart.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">Tao Mo curled up on his spot on the floor to shelter from the cold, burrowing his head in his clothes. </span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">"Fortunately, the county isn't far now. We can continue on foot." Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> said. "Gather all the luggage and tie it to the cart. When we get there, we can send someone to retrieve all of it." He told Guo </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zhi</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">Tao Mo reluctantly stepped off the cart. </span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">"If the old Magistrate has yet to leave, I fear they might not have a place for to stay." Guo </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zhi</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> remarked. </span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">"Don't worry, I enquired before we left. The Magistrate has already passed away from his illness, and his possessions have been cleared away by his family." Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> replied.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">"That's even worse, because now we have no guidance!" Gou </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zhi</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> mumbled under his breathe.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">As the two conversed, Tao Mo stood by the side shivering, hands shoved into his long sleeves.</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> turned round and grabbed the heater from the cart, before handing it to Tao Mo. "Here, this will keep you warm for a little bit."</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">He reluctantly pulled his hands out from his sleeves to grasp the heater.</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">Together, they resumed their journey, on foot this time.</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">The melting ice on the road was difficult to walk on, and the still falling snow added to it.</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Guo </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zhi</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> fell three times before he found his pace . Tao Mo nearly fell several times, but Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> assisted him each time. Though he was the oldest of them, Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> had the most stable footing.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">Just like that, they slowly made their way to the destination.</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">Throughout their journey across the mountain, not a single person passed them by.</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">As they neared the city, the sound of the hustle and bustle of people echoed around them, and it was as if a curtain of fog had been ripped open, allowing them to emerge from a dream. </span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">"From now, this is home.</span><span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">" Guo </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zhi</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> said.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">"It might not be forever," Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> replied.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">"What? Are you saying Master will be demoted?!" Guo </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zhi</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> asked in shock.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> huffed, reaching round to smack Guo </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zhi's</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> head. "He could be promoted, no?"</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Guo </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zhi</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> laughed awkwardly, before taking the horse and hurrying ahead, while Tao Mo and Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> trailed behind him. The busy atmosphere of the city shook Tao Mo out of his daze.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">They headed east down the main road and eventually came to the County Magistrate's Court Office. </span><span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">Guo Zhi arrived first, and by the time Tao Mo got to the entrance, some people had already come out to greet them. </span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">"Lord Tao, we had not been expecting you so early, at least not until next January. I'm sorry, but because you have arrived so early, the office is not yet prepared for your arrival." As he spoke, Tao Mo sneaked curious looks at him. </span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; height: auto; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Noticing the attention, the speaker introduced himself, "I am the secretary of the county, surname </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Jin</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, others simply call me Secretary </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Jin</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">."</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">"Secretary Jin" Tao Mo repeated earnestly.</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The secretary's sharp gaze swept over them, coming to land on Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> speaks up. "This humble servant is but a butler to the Tao house."</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Though the way he appeared seemed reserved, Secretary </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Jin</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> could tell that he was the sharpest of the three.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> "Ha </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Ha</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Ha</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">," Secretary </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Jin</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> laughed, "All of you must be exhausted from travelling so far, please come inside so we can talk further".</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">He gestured towards the house, "Please."</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> could see that though despite how welcoming Secretary </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Jin's</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> voice seemed, he hadn't spared even a single glance at Tao Mo. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; color: #548dd4; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"> </span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">They were lead through to the middle courtyard, where Secretary Jin stopped and lead Tao Mo to a chair, before seating himself.</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tao Mo looked at Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, feeling doubtful.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">"Young Master has been traveling for a whole day now, and he is very, very tired. Why haven't you taken him into the inner court?" Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> asked. </span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">"Ah! Please excuse my insolence," Secretary Jin stood up in mock shock, "When the previous magistrate died, I was unable to send the stamp on, and the guilt was eating at me. So if you could just bear with me, I will take the Inauguration papers and present you with the stamp." </span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">With no other choice, Tao Mo brought out the papers, and they went to retrieve the stamp from the office. </span><span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">Once there, Secretary Jin grabbed the stamp, and gave it to Tao Mo.</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tao Mo was miserable, and his teeth were chattering. He was at his limit from the biting cold, but he didn't want Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> or Guo </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zhi</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> to worry about him, so he sat and silently suffered, stoically bearing with it. </span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">When Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> saw Secretary </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Jin</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> turning to leave, he called after him, "Where are you going?"</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Secretary </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Jin</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> smiled, "My previous master is dead, and all the official procedures are finished. Now that my work is done, my presence is no longer necessary."</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">"Why would you say that, Secretary </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Jin</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">?" Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> said, "My master has just been appointed, and he needs as much as guidance as he can get."</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">"There are those who die from greed, just as there are birds who die from food," Secretary </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Jin</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> looked at Tao Mo and laughed, "New Magistrate, you have spent 5000 silvers on this position. You have already demonstrated your wealth and talent, I have no doubt you won't be lacking in people eagerly flocking to you, so will you really have further use of me? Plus, in this county, it is hard to find a case, much less a lawyer willing to take it on."</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> tried to persuade him, but the Secretary had already gone, flicking his robes as he left.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">"What a temper this guy has!" Guo </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zhi</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> grumbled.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> turned back around, preparing to scold Tao Mo for not also attempting to prevent Secretary </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Jin</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> leaving but stopped short when he noticed the young master's pale complexion and the exhaustion marring his face. Swiftly, he rushed to check the master's temperature. </span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">"Quickly, call a doctor!" He shouted to Guo </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zhi</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">"Right away!" he replied, quickly dashing off outside.</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> assisted Tao Mo to his room. They had been traveling light, not to mention the cart breaking had forced them to leave most of their luggage behind except for a few valuables, which weren't exactly the best at helping to keep warm.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">With no other options, Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> had to search quickly for items left behind by the old magistrate, managing to scrounge up two blankets, which he immediately spread on the bed and laid Tao Mo down. He fired up the heater and placed it beside the bed before going to boil some water. </span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">As he returned to the room, he heard Tao Mo softly mumble a name from the bed. Coming closer, he could hear Tao Mo clearer. "Dad!" he called. </span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Footsteps came from the doorway, announcing Guo </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zhi's</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> return, with the doctor right on his heels.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> stepped aside, allowing the doctor to check Tao Mo's pulse and waiting for the doctor's instructions, which he followed to the best of his abilities.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">By the time all the fuss had died down, the sky had already turned to dusk.</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">The former magistrate's wife had taken all the servants with her when she had vacated the premises, and only two of them had remained to look after the house.</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Seeing that it was getting late, Lao </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tou</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> decided to instruct Guo </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zhi</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> to go out and purchase food for them, as they had much to do in the morning and cooking would be much too tiring.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">-----</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">The whole night Tao Mo had been sweating, and when he awoke, he still felt a bit weak, but was raring to go. He immediately got up, grabbed a cloak, and rushed out. </span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Guo </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zhi</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, who was bringing hot water to the room, was horrified when he saw that Tao Mo had gotten up and out of bed.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">"I'm hungry," said Tao Mo, as he turned to go back inside and slowly began washing his face. </span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">"This morning I went out to get some firewood for the fire, and I was just about to cook some porridge." Guo Zhi said. </span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">"But porridge tastes like nothing." Tao Mo moaned. </span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Hearing that, Guo </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zhi</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> grinned at Tao Mo, "We can go to one of the restaurants in town then, and find some better grub."</span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">Tao Mo paled. A moment later, he replied quietly, "Combination porridge is fine."</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">"I won't let Lao Tao know." Guo </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zhi</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> whispered. </span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">Tao Mo just shook his head. </span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Gou </span><span class="SpellingError SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zhi</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> only sighed before lowering his head and walking slowly out of the room. </span></span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">Now that he was alone, Tao Mo, feeling restless, paced around the room. </span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">At that moment, the sound of people talking from outside filtered in, and so, curious, he walked out to investigate. </span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">The whole compound wasn't large, and only had 3 courtyards. The first contained the courthouse, the second was for the greeting of visitors, and the third was the living quarters of the magistrate and his family and servants. </span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">And right then, someone had indeed arrived at the second courtyard. </span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX91056907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-AU">
<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">Said visitor immediately brightened up when he caught sight of Tao Mo, "Would you be Lord Tao Mo?" he asked.</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX91056907" lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-AU">"This humble servant is the county book keeper, Choi Jiu." He quickly scanned Tao Mo from head to toe before smiling. "I had originally intended to come last night, but Secretary Jin told me that you were tired from your trip, so I decided to visit this morning instead. Please forgive me."</span><span class="EOP SCX91056907" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Kingyozaka Noboru Chp 10</b> [<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?tla6anaju0xuall">MF</a>]</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Here's a new chapter for Ateya, ending the arch. Enjoy!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Ateya No Tsubaki Chp 14</b> [<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?bmwek7x5ayt5v5i">MF</a>]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Gordian Knot Chp 9</b> [<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?h6dvf5ss1o1ppgv">MF</a>]</span><br />
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AgrypniaScanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15462462853425848669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650834334420003170.post-37935089892962507362015-01-20T17:46:00.000-08:002015-01-20T17:46:59.819-08:00ATEYA NO TSUBAKI CHAPTER 13<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">After the long Hiatus we are finally back,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">with a new chapter of Ateya! Enjoy!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Ateya No Tsubaki Chp 13</b> [<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?ndc1lgavrdayxxy">MF</a>]</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Here's another Ateya no Tsubaki chapter. Enjoy!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Ateya No Tsubaki Chp 12</b> [<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?yhpswkb1uanlab4">MF</a>]</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Once again thank to Seira from <a href="http://usaginf.blogspot.com.au/">Usagi no Fansub</a> for the high quality raws.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Kingyozaka Noboru Chp 9</b> [<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?l7zh16orvkagbul">MF</a>]</span></div>
AgrypniaScanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15462462853425848669noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650834334420003170.post-48261756748597993092014-09-16T21:36:00.001-07:002014-09-16T21:37:38.445-07:00ATEYA NO TSUBAKI CHAPTER 11<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Here's Ateya no Tsubaki chapter 11. Enjoy!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Ateya No Tsubaki Chp 11</b> [<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?p9onwtmawxca27c">MF</a>]</span></div>
AgrypniaScanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15462462853425848669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650834334420003170.post-41226503402873805222014-08-29T09:30:00.000-07:002014-08-29T09:30:48.738-07:00WALTZ CHAPTER 10<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Here's Waltz 10, starting on the third volume. Enjoy!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Waltz Chp 10</b> [<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?b66ad8fgh2qauyn">MF</a>]</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Finally, here's the last chapter of Dolls Code. Enjoy!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">This is also our first complete project, cheers!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Dolls Code Chp 10</b> [<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?mrwk8hc8njd1ynt">MF</a>]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To celebrate our first complete project we hosted a member exclusive drawing contest. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The winner is <b>M.ryuu</b> with this entry: </span><br />
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AgrypniaScanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15462462853425848669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650834334420003170.post-80656647828502485842014-08-15T01:45:00.001-07:002014-08-15T01:45:27.215-07:00KINGYOZAKA NOBORU CHAPTER 8<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The high quality raws are provided by Seira from <a href="http://usaginf.blogspot.com.au/">Usagi no Fansub</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Kingyozaka Noboru Chp 8</b> [<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?e07ettkw5tvsd2q">MF</a>]</span></div>
AgrypniaScanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15462462853425848669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650834334420003170.post-73067105367607343682014-08-03T10:18:00.000-07:002014-08-03T10:18:03.926-07:00DOLLS CODE CHAPTER 9<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Here's Dolls Code Chapter 9, the second last chapter of the series.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">We're almost there. XD</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Dolls Code Chp 09</b> [<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?9mnalqci4enfj08">MF</a>]</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Here's Waltz chapter 9. The last chapter of vol 2!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Waltz Chp 09</b> [<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?6184rw61vwvfze6">MF</a>]</span></div>
AgrypniaScanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15462462853425848669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650834334420003170.post-44476028262088859502014-07-24T07:04:00.001-07:002014-07-24T07:04:45.993-07:00ATEYA NO TSUBAKI CHAPTER 10<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Finally, here's an update on Ateya no Tsubaki. Enjoy!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Ateya No Tsubaki Chp 10</b> [<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?fcuzca23dtu2key">MF</a>]</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Here's Dolls Code Chapter 8.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The ending is coming close, enjoy!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Dolls Code Chp 08</b> [<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?ym0s56oom71clmf">MF</a>]</span></div>
AgrypniaScanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15462462853425848669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650834334420003170.post-2115460119863479552014-07-04T10:51:00.000-07:002014-07-04T11:31:56.136-07:00GORDIAN KNOT CHAPTER 7 & 8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Did you think we have forgotten about this project?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well we didn't, and here's a double update for the long wait.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Gordian Knot Chp 7</b> [<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?n40u1fg8k7i1gsq">MF</a>]</span><br />
<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Gordian Knot Chp 8</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> [</span><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download/km2oia8zdmu9til" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">MF</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">]</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">After such a long wait, here's a double release for Dolls Code.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">From the page count we should be in the second, and last, volume.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">We are currently looking for Japanese translators</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>!</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Dolls Code Chp 06</b> [<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download/70oboig8wocll7f">MF</a>]</span><br />
<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Dolls Code Chp 07</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> [</span><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?7bs7779bsi7b3jz" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">MF</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">]</span></div>
AgrypniaScanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15462462853425848669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650834334420003170.post-46798160296651937922014-06-28T07:49:00.000-07:002014-06-28T07:49:10.058-07:00KINGYOZAKA NOBORU CHAPTER 7<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Kingyozaka Noboru Chp 7</b> [<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?7brwl4l74qd1dty">MF</a>]</span></div>
AgrypniaScanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15462462853425848669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650834334420003170.post-52089079827222519202014-06-24T11:20:00.000-07:002014-06-24T11:20:07.108-07:00WALTZ CHAPTER 8<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">It's been awhile, but finally here's Waltz chapter 8. Enjoy!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Waltz Chp 08</b> [<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?600r77uv4gp1te1">MF</a>]</span></div>
AgrypniaScanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15462462853425848669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650834334420003170.post-67016381372303909262014-06-15T09:01:00.000-07:002014-06-15T09:01:19.111-07:00ATEYA NO TSUBAKI CHAPTER 9<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Here's another chapter of Ateya,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">starting the second volume of the series. Enjoy!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Ateya No Tsubaki Chp 09</b> [<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?9x4dfc7810acl81">MF</a>]</span></div>
AgrypniaScanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15462462853425848669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650834334420003170.post-49196434714657385232014-06-03T06:27:00.002-07:002014-06-03T06:27:33.369-07:00KINGYOZAKA NOBORU CHAPTER 5 & 6<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">It's been awhile since the last KN update.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">As a compensation for the wait here's a double update on KN - chapter 5 and 6.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The high quality raws are provided by Seira from <a href="http://usaginf.blogspot.com.au/">Usagi no Fansub</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Kingyozaka Noboru Chp 5</b> [<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?l33r4u5rj3pies7">MF</a>]</span><br />
<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Kingyozaka Noboru Chp 6</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> [</span><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?cscc9uoce84i53g" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">MF</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">]</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Here's Ateya chapter 8</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">a light chapter closing off volume 1. Enjoy! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Ateya No Tsubaki Chp 08</b> [<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?m3caedj2m8hymmv">MF</a>]</span></div>
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