Chapter 379 — Heart to Heart
Purple Streets of Chang'an · Page 4 of 4
Song Dan said, "And how many men can speak as plainly to one another as you and I do?"
"True enough!" Ma Youming thought it over and sighed. "Lucky I have a bold streak, or I would still be there tangling myself up in knots!"
Song Dan said, "I think we ought to have a proper talk with Jiang Yi."
Ma Youming hesitated. "Every man for himself, and heaven strikes down the man who is not. We have no way out — we cannot dodge it. But he is young and low in station. I say we leave him out of it."
Song Ke nodded to himself and smiled. "That may not be for us to decide — we must know, after all, just where Wang Xu stands."
Ma Youming looked ashamed. "I will go fetch Jiang Yi at once."
Song Yan nodded.
Jiang Yi arrived before long.
Song Yan noticed a chill coming off him, and asked, betraying nothing, "Are you not on duty tonight? Is it all right for you to walk off like this?"
Since Song Yan still held supervisory authority over the Xuan Shuo City Command, Jiang Yi did not dare be careless.
He smiled and poured wine for Song Yan and Ma Youming, then said respectfully, "Our Five Wards Command works in five-day rotations, and today happens to be my rest day."
Song Yan said gently, "Then why is your hair wet the moment you step into the private room?"
Though it was already mid-spring, the temperature in the capital still swung sharply between morning and evening. In a fine establishment like the Drunken Immortal Tavern the heated floors were still running; a man who had been out in the cold a long while would find the chill on him turning to water once he came inside.
Jiang Yi looked flustered, yet he did not argue; he only pressed his lips tight together and stood there, his face full of misery, saying nothing.
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