Mountain Wanderer

Lu Tong spent seven years studying medicine in the mountains, but upon returning home, he found everything had changed.

His eldest sister, a victim of foul play, met a tragic end.
His elder brother, wrongfully imprisoned, languished in dungeons.
His father journeyed to the capital to seek justice, only to meet a watery demise on the road.
His mother, driven to madness overnight, perished in flames.

Lu Tong packed his medical kit and headed to the capital of Jingzhou.

'Debts must be repaid, and lives must be avenged!
'If there's no judge, then I'll be the judge from Hell!'

In the capital, noble families faced successive tragedies,
Commander Pei Yunxing quietly investigated the matter,
And suspicions fell on a young woman from the Renxin Medical Hall.
However...
Before he could find evidence,
The girl made her move against him first.

Smiling Under Lanterns

Wan'en Temple was a renowned temple that had survived through two dynasties.


In the present Liang Dynasty Wan'en Temple, orthodox gods and bodhisattvas were worshipped, and the temple bustled with activity every year on the first day of April. However, a hundred years ago, Wan'en Temple was, in its inception, merely a wild shrine.


It is said that several centuries prior, a peasant family was slaughtered by robbers, with ten family members all perishing, save for the youngest son of the landlord, who was taken and escaped by a servant.


Halfway through their escape, the servant could go no further, leaving only the young five or six-year-old child, who was starving and exhausted, and came upon a dilapidated shrine on his journey. Looking up, he saw an unknown deity enshrined within and fell to his knees in worship, hoping that the deity in the temple would open its eyes to the suffering of mortals and bring retribution to the wicked.


Chapter 43: Bribing the Gods_1