"Father was contaminated by a drop of blood between the brows, which caused him to lose his last principles. Since then, he indulged my brother, and my brother no longer acted recklessly but instead became arrogant and domineering!
In the years that followed, my brother treated the masters, apprentices and even his senior brothers in the troupe as lowly servants, beating and scolding them at will, entirely based on his mood.
He befriended many disreputable associates, frequented brothels, gambled and smoked opium. What didn't he do? He became the infamous Evil Young Master of Ping Shui Prefecture.
Afterward, the spirit of the Zhou Family's Troupe began to disperse, and our business started to decline."
Zhou Lingyi pointed east and west, saying, "The hundred-meter-long street to the east and the dozen or so residences to the west, they were all once properties of the Zhou Family's Troupe. In recent years, they became chips, opium, and tips for brothel women in my brother's hands.
