As time wore on, evil men needed not wait for Heaven's retribution; there would always be someone to grind them down.
The ones who captured them were not enemies from outside, but two wicked members of their own Wang Family clan. Not only had they caused the Wang Family grievous losses, but their evil deeds continued to plague the family.
After tracking down the two men's whereabouts, the Wang Family laid a trap and captured them, bringing them back to the clan.
Yet the clan was divided over how to deal with them. Though the villains had committed countless evils, they had blood relatives in high positions within the clan. Working from within and without, they put on a show of sincere repentance, swore basketfuls of venomous oaths, and claimed they would devote themselves to serving the clan from then on.
They had nearly succeeded, only to be ruined by a trivial matter.
After much wrangling, the clan compromised and threw them into Sin City, out of sight and out of mind.
Thus, the diary gained countless filthy curses aimed at the clan, sparing not even eighteen generations of their ancestors. They cursed them all from head to toe—truly a marvel.
After cursing their relatives, they went on to curse Sin City.
A wolf traveled a thousand miles to eat meat; a dog traveled a thousand miles to eat shit. Wherever an evil man went, he could never become a good man.
After committing no small number of crimes in Sin City and offending everyone they could and could not afford to offend, the two men defected and became Fugitives of Sin. They passed through several Fugitive of Sin settlements before finally settling down in Blackstone Town.
Naturally, they did not refrain from ravaging the place.
Until they encountered Qin