The retired official's family name was Sun. He was addressed by the villagers as Master Sun. He moved back to the village from town a few years ago and built a large house in the village. He stayed in the house most of time, and the villagers only saw his caretaker and servants, and seldom met him in person.
A few pieces of information were enough to formulate a story.
This Master Sun must have some special experiences. It was most likely that he came back to the village to escape some kind of trouble.
Jing Jiu thought that he would be able to dig out the truth if he investigated the matter further; but he was not interested in it. He simply shot a few glimpses at the house in the distance and left the village while on his way back to the cave.
On his way out of the village, Jing Jiu took a cloth that was hung outside a family house, tore it into strips and tied the iron sword to his back with them.
