( Do not slaughter the prospective in-laws, they say. Speak not a tongue of carnage, they say. Bathe not in their blood, sully not their names, bring no ruin to their already tattered reputation — ...they, who are surely better, heavenly patient and enlightened men whose paths have never crossed that of Jiang Cheng, say. )
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( Do not slaughter the prospective in-laws, they say.
Speak not a tongue of carnage, they say.
Bathe not in their blood, sully not their names, bring no ruin to their already tattered reputation —
...they, who are surely better, heavenly patient and enlightened men whose paths have never crossed that of Jiang Cheng, say. )