Wang Zeng put away his smile and said seriously, "Where would you like to start from, Second Master?"
Yang Ge thought for a moment and said softly, "Start with how you got involved with Geng Jingzhong."
Wang Zeng: "That's a long story."
Yang Ge: "Then give me the short version."
Wang Zeng: ...
He took a deep breath and began slowly, "Geng Jingzhong had connections with all kinds of pirates from Wei who roamed the seas. It was after Wang consolidated those small-time, undiscerning pirates that Geng Jingzhong sent people to find me..."
Yang Ge interrupted him, "Didn't you just say that you once assisted Prince Ning in suppressing the Wokou along the coast? Tell me the whole story, don't think about withholding half of it. I can judge for myself what really happened!"
Wang Zeng: "This..."
He hesitated, not opening his mouth for a long time.
Yang Ge furrowed his brow: "Hard to say?"
Wang Zeng answered honestly: "I dare not say."
