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

Lady Dong sneered coldly, "They won't let my son out, you say? No matter, I'll go in and take a look myself—it amounts to the same thing."


"That's even less permissible! In the Tribute Court, unrelated persons are not allowed to enter."


The more he demurred, the more suspicious Lady Dong grew in her heart. Why would these people not let her see Dong Lin, nor allow her to view the body? Out of the blue, someone at the Dong Family doorstep claimed that a scholar had died—could there be someone from inside the Tribute Court deliberately sending a warning? Their timid and furtive demeanor, apprehensively looking in all directions, inevitably led to further speculation...


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