杂记Collected Writings

Weiyang Whispers · The Caged Bird FliesAI

《未央风声·笼鸟高飞》
译AI translation. The game hasn’t shipped official English for this text, so this one was machine-translated from the Chinese and may contain errors. It will be replaced automatically once an official translation is imported.

A: Five taels of gold? That's lavish. Who sent you to dig into this?

B: Ask again, and buying your life won't cost even one tael. You've taken the money, so just talk: the Wen family's infighting left so many dead and wounded. Why, at the end of it all, besides Wen Wuhen, are the only ones left Wen Wushuang and Wen Wuque?

B: Especially Wen Wushuang, that good-for-nothing. They say Wushuang spends all day drinking and gambling and plays with the cats when there's nothing else to do. How can anyone be that lucky?

A: Shortsighted, aren't you? Good-for-nothing… that's called dirtying your own name on purpose.

B: Dirtying your own name?

A: Wen Wuhen has his rules about killing: the capable must die; the incapable live or die by his mood. If you lived in the Wen family, would you have any ability?

B: And Wen Wuque?

A: Tsk, Wen Wuhen blows hot and cold; who knows what he's thinking? Besides, Wen Wuque is worth more alive than dead. See, he's sent her out to roam far and wide and sound out the powers of every land. Put plainly, she's in our line of work: a whisper trader.

B: Our line of work? I did hear the two of them once worked together, but Wen Wuhen… he killed Wen Wuque's mother! With her mother's murder between them, how can they still…?

A: Are you daft? Would Wen Wuhen really use her in the open? She has Wen Wuhen's eyes and ears right beside her. Since you pay so readily, I'll tell you something extra: her next stop is Kaifeng.

B: Kaifeng… even flown out of Weiyang City, she's still just a bird in a cage.

A: Wrong again. Wen Wuhen thinks he's using her to scout the way, but Wen Wuque is using the Wen family's way too. You think that once she's gone, she won't really come back?

B: You mean she'd dare betray Wen Wuhen?

A: Hah, they're sworn enemies to begin with. What betrayal is there to speak of? The only difference between Wen Wuque and Wen Wuhen is conscience. Whoever has none gets the city lord's seat!

A: Only… at her next stop, there really is someone she wants to see.