The Mouse Monk didn't die, which surprised not only the Shang Family but also Yan Qing.
Last night, he first escaped a hurdle from the hands of the Foundation Establishment Messenger, then was tortured nearly to death by human-machine verification in the Secret Vault. He returned to play mind games with other thieves, barely filled his stomach, and then fainted. He woke up today because of the urge to urinate and remembered he'd forgotten the Mouse Monk in Jiangnan City last night.
But it wasn't intentional; after all, Black Wolf White Fox said they hadn't encountered the monk beside Shang Xuanwen. Yan Qing's order to the Mouse Monk was to stay by Shang Xuanwen's side at all costs, so when he received the news, Yan Qing assumed the Mouse Monk was probably dead.
