The monk was immediately displeased and said, "What kind of talk is that? What do you mean by 'another one popped up'?"
Ye Qing realized he had misspoken and quickly added, "I mean, how many junior brothers do you have?"
"I have many junior brothers," the monk sighed and said, "but there aren't many still alive."
"Oh?" Ye Qing was surprised, "You don't seem that old; your junior brothers couldn't be older than you, so why are there so few still alive?"
The monk glared and said, "You mean to say, since I'm not dead yet, they shouldn't have died before me?"
Ye Qing said, "That's not what I mean. I just want to ask, why are your junior brothers no longer around?"
The monk waved his hand and said, "Ah, it's a long story, better not to tell you."
Ye Qing said, "If not about your junior brothers, then let's talk about what happened last time in the Capital."
