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

Lu Tong lowered his head to look at the medicinal cake in his hand.


A bitter taste of herbs lingered on his lips, likely because He Xiu was reluctant to part with those broken leaves, some of which were even not fully crushed. But those were probably common, even inferior herbs, with very little medicinal effect. To expect them to counteract poison was as fanciful as a fool's dream.


In fact, they probably couldn't even relieve the toxicity. It was nothing but self-deception, a false comfort.


Lu Tong turned his head. He Xiu ate very carefully, catching every crumb of the cake that fell onto her clothes and transferring it delicately into her mouth as if it were a rare delicacy.


Because she was eating, the coarse cloth covering her face was pulled down. She must have been no longer young, looking about thirty-five or thirty-six. Her features were withered and waxy yellow like aged parchment, and those dense spots under her eyes added years of wind and labor to that yellow paper.


Chapter 136 Night Meeting_2