Death Flute
Two Luo Sen Khang

Meng Huan was about to calm Sen Khang down, but he was immediately transfixed. His face was pale and he looked very shocked to see something. Sen Khang looked at the shock-looking Meng Huan and turned towards Meng Huan's gaze. He was also stunned.

Another Luo Sen Khang appeared there!

Swordsman Sung looked at him and pointed.

All the warriors turned their heads and instantly they were fixated.

That rowdy Luo Sen Khang stepped into the middle of the grounds. He stood beside Sen Khang.

The audience was amazed.

They could not distinguish between the original Sen Khang and the self-styled Sen Khang. Both are the same, both face and appearance. Both of them were wearing white-gray mourning clothes. Both have the same face. Only, the original Sen Khang looked pale and cornered while the fake Sen Khang was grinning.

“Seeing like this alone you can't tell us apart, let alone in such a mess!” Fake Sen Khang spoke. It turns out that his voice is different from the original Sen Khang.

Sen Khang understood immediately. “You disguised yourself as me and killed Ping-er!” it means full of anger.

The fake Sen Khang laughed. “Killing Ouwyang Ping?” he asked while waving his hand towards the main door.

Everyone turned to the main door. And they are flabbergasted.

Ouwyang Ping stood there with Mr. Chang and Kui Fang. The girl looked fresh not lacking anything. The blood still stained his neck and the top of his clothes. But other than that, he did not look injured in the slightest.

Sen Khang was fixated, confused and relieved. Thank goodness the girl was okay!

“Ping-er!” Ouwyang Kuan and Sui She rushed over to their daughter and hugged her.

“Dad, Mom, relax. I'm it's okay. I didn't get hurt in the least,” comfort Ouwyang Ping gently.

“What happened exactly?” exclaim Pendekar Lei.

“What is this, Brother Sung?” Pendekar Fu turned to Pendekar Sung who looked calm.

Swordsman Sung smiled. “We created an overview of the situation that Chien Wan was in.”

The original Sen Khang was aghast. His suspicions are true.

Ouwyang Ping stepped near Sen Khang. “Sister Luo, do you remember when we found Sister Wan near your mother's body first? He held a sword covered in blood. We just accused him of killing your mother. But then I thought about it again. Wan's brother never learned to use a sword. Even if he kills, of course he will not use a weapon that he never mastered.”

Sen Khang gulped. Understanding began to hit his mind. Oh my...! What if he was wrong all this time? He had wrongly accused Chien Wan, making his best friend chased by all the martial masters of the World, making Chien Wan's good name ruined!

“Sister Luo.” Kui Fang couldn't bear to not speak. “Kak Wan told me that just before he entered the gate of Wisma Bambu, he passed by the person who was exactly himself. I told that to Uncle Chang and Uncle Sung. And our conclusion is the same. There is a person disguised as Sister Wan and slandered her for committing this crime.”

Sen Khang was getting hit.

The fake Sen Khang stepped into the middle. “I'm sorry to have troubled you these past few hours, Sen Khang,” said. Then he peeked at the bottom of his ear and tore off the thin face mask he was wearing.

“Fei Yu!” sen Khang was shocked.

Fei Yu sighed. “Do not get angry at us. The only reason we're doing this is because we want to open your closed mind. Words alone are impossible to hear, so we all agreed to compile this play to convince you.”

“By using myself as a victim?” sen Khang asked half annoyed.

“We had to. Otherwise, you won't understand.”

Sen Khang turned his head towards Ouwyang Ping. “So you're obviously dead. How...?”

“Uncle Chang set up. Just when everyone was arguing, he came out and called me, saying it was time. I was getting ready to wait for Fei Yu's arrival and pretended to scream when Fei Yu came,” explained Ouwyang Ping. He turned towards Fei Yu.

“Where did you know there was a secret passage?”

Fei Yu sighed. “You forgot I ever came here? I was with Siu Hung and followed him everywhere to watch him. He found that path and told me.”

“Then?”

“Your body is lightened and Ouwyang Ping is almost equal. He went alone to the Bamboo Forest where my father had been waiting while I was fishing for you. My father wiped it so that his face became as pale as a corpse, making an artificial wound on his neck so impressed that someone had slapped a knife to his neck. Then my father took his blood and covered his nostrils with a thin membrane. That's why you saw him not breathing. Ouwyang Ping will automatically breathe through the mouth which of course you will not notice. Then the knife was placed on his side.

“After everything happened, my father rushed Ouwyang Ping inside. He resuscitated Ouwyang Ping as you all did not notice him for being too busy accusing each other,” Fei Yu said long while grinning.

“I had a chance to hold his blood and it felt like real blood!” the Sen Khang. His face was red.

Fei Yu grinned again. “That's pig blood. I stole it from your own kitchen. We had expected you to slaughter animals for cooking after we all came. You do not know the arrival of many guests so you do not have time to prepare a banquet since long ago. The servants were unaware that the pig's blood that was contained in one of the bowls vanished.”

“But, how...?” Meng Huan snatched. Willing to ask but unable to say anything other than that.

Pendekar Sung gave an explanation, “Kui Fang came to Bukit Peacock with a description as he said earlier. Hearing all that, Big Brother Chang was convinced that someone had disguised themselves as Chien Wan with the intention of dropping Chien Wan's good name. We have one guess as to who might do it. That person is Cheng Sam!”

The warriors murmured boisterously. Sam Cheng!

“When you remember, a few months ago Cheng Sam plundered our entire house in Bukit Merak,” said Mr. Chang. “Then I also remembered that Cheng Sam had served me for decades so that he had studied the science of disguise from me. It's possible that his cleverness in disguise right now is already very high, considering that there's a chance that he's stolen some of my best techniques over the years. He has plenty of opportunities for that. Upon hearing of someone who was exactly Chien Wan, I came to the conclusion that this had something to do with Cheng Sam.”

“You mean, it was Cheng Sam who committed this crime? he's the one who's disguised as Chien Wan?” tukas Sen Khang's.

“Of course it's not that easy,” ring Mr. Chang.

“Means?” cecar Sen Khang.

“Cheng Sam is clearly involved in this matter. But it wasn't him who was disguised as Chien Wan. Because to disguise to be someone requires a resemblance of a figure to the person. Cheng Sam is too short and fat to be Chien Wan,” explains Mr. Chang.

“Meaning my father is Cheng Sam cooperating with someone!” sela Fei Yu's. “People who are physically similar to Chien Wan and have a grudge against Chien Wan so they can trap him like this!”

“Who?”

“That's what we have to find out. And it won't be solved if we keep thinking that Chien Wan is the culprit! Our energy is drained to search for and kill Chien Wan while the real killer roams around while laughing complacently!” Fei Yu said in flames.

Sen Khang. Slowly he began to believe this. He had already felt how painful it was to be a victim of slander. The incident that happened to him earlier made him understand what Chien Wan felt. How sad it feels when our explanations are not heard. How painful it feels to be accused of doing something we absolutely do not do!

Swordsman Sung faced the warriors who were silent. “And one more thing. It was I who spread the news of the 40th anniversary of the passing of Mr and Mrs Luo for all of you to gather here. Because in addition to trying to convince Sen Khang, the charade was also meant to open your eyes! You are so easy to believe something that has not been discovered is clearly true. You hunted Chien Wan only because you heard the news of the bird, without investigating it carefully first. And just now, you guys were flocking to Sen Khang without giving him a chance to explain. Is this called the attitude of a true warrior?”

How shameful they all listened to the words of Swordsman Sung. It does. They are too easily carried away by feelings. They act only out of a momentary rage and do not think long.

The first Fu warrior acted. He approached Ouwyang Kuan and Sui She. Respect with all my heart. “Pardon all the accusations that I have made about your son, Mr and Mrs Ouwyang. I swear I'll clear your son's good name.”

Ouwyang Kuan and his wife looked on with great relief.

The swordsmen took turns apologizing to Ouwyang Kuan and his wife accompanied by the satisfied gazes of Pendekar Sung and Ouwyang Ping.

Sen Khang remained silent. His body seemed to be fixed where he stood. Regret mingles with feelings of anger and shame. He felt how ugly he was. He does not deserve to be called a warrior. True as Pendekar Sung said. He had been blinded by anger so as not to listen to the explanations of others. All Chien Wan's explanations were not heard. Meng Huan's advice not to be rash was not he. The defense of Kui Fang and Ouwyang Ping was considered treason.

And most shamefully, he has been extraordinarily rude towards his uncle and aunt—which is a family he still has—just because they were Chien Wan's parents. He cannot apologize because he is not even sure if he can forgive himself.

He is not a true warrior. He's a coward!

Ouwyang Ping saw it. Feelings turbulent. He felt sorry to see the situation Sen Khang. How sad Sen Khang's face was. Not a word was said from his tightly clenched mouth.

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