Kai Lungâs Golden Hours by Ernest Bramah
Author:Ernest Bramah [Bramah, Ernest]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Fantasy fiction, Kai Lung (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
Published: 2019-07-02T16:20:29+00:00
VIII The Timely Disputation Among Those of an Inner Chamber of Yu-Ping
For the space of three days Ming-shu remained absent from Yu-ping, and the affections of Kai Lung and Hwa-mei prospered. On the evening of the third day the maiden stood beneath the shutter with a more definite look, and Kai Lung understood that a further period of unworthy trial was now at hand.
âBehold!â she explained, âat dawn the corrupt Ming-shu will pass within our gates again, nor is it prudent to assume that his enmity has lessened.â
âOn the contrary,â replied Kai Lung, âlike that unnatural reptile that lives on air, his malice will have grown upon the voidness of its cause. As the wise Ling-kwang remarks: âHe who plants a vineyard with one handââââ
âAssuredly, beloved,â interposed Hwa-mei dexterously. âBut our immediate need is less to describe Ming-shuâs hate in terms of classical analogy than to find a potent means of baffling its venom.â
âYou are all-wise as usual,â confessed Kai Lung, with due humility. âI will restrain my much too verbose tongue.â
âThe invading Banners from the north have for the moment failed and those who drew swords in their cause are flying to the hills. In Yu-ping, therefore, loyalty wears a fully round face and about the yamen of Shan Tien men speak almost in set terms. While these conditions prevail, justice will continue to be administered precisely as before. We have thus nothing to hope in that direction.â
âYet in the ideal state of purity aimed at by the illustrious founders of our raceââ began Kai Lung, and ceased abruptly, remembering.
âAs it is, we are in the state of Tsin in the fourteenth of the heaven-sent Ching,â retorted Hwa-mei capably. âThe insatiable Ming-shu will continue to seek your life, calling to his aid every degraded subterfuge. When the nature of these can be learned somewhat in advance, as the means within my power have hitherto enabled us to do, a trusty shield is raised in your defence.â
Kai Lung would have spoken of the length and the breadth of his indebtedness, but she who stood below did not encourage this.
âMing-shuâs absence makes this plan fruitless here today, and as a consequence he may suddenly disclose a subtle snare to which your feet must bend. In this emergency my strategy has been towards safeguarding your irreplaceable life tomorrow at all hazard. Should this avail, Ming-shuâs later schemes will present no baffling veil.â
âYour virtuous little finger is as strong as Ming-shuâs offensive thumb,â remarked Kai Lung. âThis person has no fear.â
âDoubtless,â acquiesced Hwa-mei. âBut she who has spun the thread knows the weakness of the net. Heed well to the end that no ineptness may arise. Shan Tien of late extols your art, claiming that in every circumstance you have a story fitted to the need.â
âHe measures with a golden rule,â agreed Kai Lung. âLeft to himself, Shan Tien is a just, if superficial, judge.â
The knowledge of this boast, Hwa-mei continued to relate, had spread to the inner chambers of the yamen, where the lesser ones vied with each other in proclaiming the merit of the captive minstrel.
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