"Red Lantern Association and Hesheng, what do you plan to do with them? Are you going to run them just like you did in the South Seas?"
Cha Xiaodao asked.
Li Yan shook his head.
"So, what about Zhen Lian and Liang Hui? Are you just going to ignore them when the time comes?"
Li Yan laughed wryly, "Do you really think I'm Buddha? Saving all sentient beings?"
He set the wine bottle aside and said to Cha Xiaodao, "Zhen Lian was born on the docks. At the age of eight, she was sold into a brothel. With nothing more than a half-true, half-fake 'Taiyin Secret Tome', she caused a ruckus and became the Fairy Maiden everyone fears. In her case, six parts are bluffing with borrowed authority, and the other four parts are just cruelty. When she's serving you rum, she might seem gentle and respectful, but do you know how many people she's killed over the years to serve 'Great Yog'?"
