"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 115 - 124

[x_los]

Weeks 29 - 30 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 115 - 124. This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on November 28th.

I'll be doing a weekly post with thoughts on this community. Feel free to join in/discuss. If you'd like to join the Discord, contact superborb for an invite.

Chinese text: https://sj.uukanshu.com/book.aspx?id=17338
English translation: https://merelhyn.tumblr.com/post/641747965727358976/the-langya-list-epubpdf

SPOILER POLICY: I personally don't give a fuck or even like to give unearned credence to the concept, so since I'm writing the post, anything's fair game.

(If anyone is interested in dankodes running further poetry content during or after NiF, please let me know what you'd be keen to discuss. I'm happy to work with you on that. I'll probably ask this again once NiF draws to a close.)

Comments

Chapter 115

[x_los]

Mei Changsu slightly implies that Xia Jiang’s troups wouldn’t be aware of exactly what they’d done in quashing the Chiyan army, and so wouldn’t be complicit in the act. Can that really be true?

And what was the sequence of events, again? There was a fake letter from Xia Dong’s husband that accused the Chiyan army of treason (on what grounds, or with what evidence? Why was it broadly believed?). Then Xia Jiang’s people led a retaliatory siege on the Chiyan army, which succeeded because it was an ambush and the Chiyan army was on unfavourable territory. Is that the sum of it?

Re: Chapter 115

[superborb]

I think that was the sequence, yes. I think Marquis Ning led the attack on the Chiyan army and might've fabricated some more evidence there?