Nobody's Clean . . .
"That is cheeky! You are cheeky enough to bounce back all attacks in the world! We can't fight Master Ju now, because his cheekiness will defeat us in three moves…"
"Three moves? That's absurd. The cheekiest man is the strongest. Master Ju must be invincible now. You don't get to make three moves!"
The old men shook their heads and sighed. "That's true. Nobody survives three moves against Master Ju…"
Master Ju was so angry that his whiskers were shaking. He angrily said, "Fine! You can't stop teasing me, can you? I know all the ugliest things you have done, don't I? Do you want me to tell your stories one by one?"
The other old men looked at each other. Master Qin was enraged and said, "Come on! Old Ju! What did you just say? The ugliest things we have done? What have we done? Come on! Say it out, I dare you!"
Master Guan coughed and said, "Why? We are brothers. We know the best about each other… In fact, we can understand why Old Ju would make such a decision. His grandchild joined the Monarch's Hall. That is all, not a big deal. Even if Master Ju planned all that, I don't blame him. Nobody wants to put all their eggs in the same basket. The Monarch's Hall is a good backup plan, isn't it? It makes sense. It is understandable!"
Master Song followed and said, "That's right. We know it now. That is all that matters. Let's move on. We don't want to embarrass our brother. We are a family. If Master Ju is humiliated outside, we are disgraced as well! Let's top it here. Whoever dares to mention it again, I will fight him to the end of my life…"
Master Yun said, "That's right… We are brothers. We should take care of each other and understand each other. Pointing out each other's flaws is the last thing we should do!"
"Ahem…" Master Yue coughed and said, "Forget it. It's not a big deal after all…"
Master Qin looked at the other old men and suddenly said, "Ju, are you going to take it? Come on. I wouldn't forgive them if I were you. We are brothers for thousands of years, but they actually humiliated you like that!"
Master Ju's face turned red. He angrily shouted and said, "Stop pretending, all of you! You all are not being good to me!"
"Let's stop it now. Come on. It is getting late. Why don't we call it a day?" Master Guan said, "My house is small. People outside will hear us if we keep shouting like this… It is inappropriate…"
"Inappropriate?" Master Ju was still angry. "Should I just suck it up? Your study room is built with pure purple crystals! Even if we start a fight in here, people outside will hear nothing! Do I look like a fool to you? When you finished this study room, you invited us over and showed off for seven whole f*cking days!"
Master Qin said, "Ju might be improper to do what he had done, but you shouldn't tease him like that. How could you humiliate our own brother like that?"
Master Ju was even angrier. "That's right! You hypocrites! Did I do anything unforgivable? Am I the only one who did dishonorable things? Am I a traitor to anybody or what? You bastards!"
The other old masters gritted their teeth. They regretted it deeply. 'We shouldn't tease him too much… Now he hates us… We didn't know he was so fragile though… Does he really know what I did?'
This was hilarious…
"When you scolded me like you were some righteous men, it made me feel sick!"
Master Ju was angry. "You, Old Guan, you are the first. Do you think you can keep it a secret? Who is Qu Wuchen, one of the Seven Stars of the Monarch's Hall? Don't you know he is your youngest son? Calling me shameless, you are pathetic! What are you? Pah!"
As he said so, everybody else was shocked.
The old men all looked at Master Guan!
Master Guan was gloomy. 'What the hell? How did he know? That is supposed to be a perfect disguise…'
"Oh, are you surprised? That's easy! There is a lot more to be surprised about! You all know the Twelve Units in the Monarch's Hall. Have you seen the face of the leader of the Rabbit Unit, Meng Qianshan? Humph! Master Guan, your oldest grandson is the most beloved child in your clan. He is named Guan Qianshan, isn't he? Well, how come these two Qianshan look exactly the same? Are they twins? What an unbelievable coincidence…"
Master Guan was furious. "That stupid boy! I told him he should wear a disguise…"
"What?" The other old men were all surprised.
Master Guan knew he said the wrong word, so he blushed. His face was even redder than a monkey's ass.
Master Ju stared at Master Guan and said, "Oh? Are you blushing? That's not all. I have something much more astonishing! There are at least eight of the Guan Clan's good men in the Twelve Units of the Monarch's Hall! They are at least important members of your clan! Didn't you hastily jump out to shout at me first just now? How righteous! Guan Shanyue, you should be on the stage! Acting is in your nature!
"And you, Old Song! You are worse! Bastard! Don't tell me that you don't know the leader of the Rat Unit! You know him, Gui Wuya, the head of the Rat Unit! You… Damn you… He is a Song, not Gui! Funny, isn't it? Do you think you are innocent? How dare you scold me like that?
"You too, Old Yun! Where are you going? Do you think you can escape this? You! Weren't you laughing at me? Weren't you scolding me? Humph! What is the name of your most beloved grandson, who was out to learn skills many years ago? Yun Chengzhi? Where is he? Come on. You know where he is, don't you? Well, I do. Do you want me to tell everybody?"