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

The scholar buried his face in his hands, tears dripping through his fingers, the sound of his weeping tinged with regret, touching those beside him.


Lu Tong raised his head, looking at the distant sky.


Commoners are always like this, when something happens, they blame themselves, regret, and always search for the cause within. They wish they could take on all the faults in the world upon themselves.


When they heard of Lu Rou's death, of Lu Qian being imprisoned, did they too toss and turn with self-blame for not protecting their children, like Wu Youcai, who couldn't let go? Did they feel heart-wrenching pain? Did they cry?


Flames licked the yellow paper, illuminating the dim spirit hall.


Lu Tong lowered her gaze to the sobbing man, and after a long while, she said, "Wu Youcai, it's been twelve years since your first time stepping into the examination hall at eighteen."


Chapter 69 Mother and Child_3