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

Pei Yunmeng lifted her eyes to survey her surroundings.


The room was not very spacious, even a bit cramped.


Against one wall, there was a narrow grass mattress, which could barely fit one person.


Near the door stood a square table, under which was placed a stove, with a locked wooden cabinet close by the door. Beyond that, there was nothing else—bare walls making the place look desolate.


Lu Tong bent down to retrieve a key from beneath the grass mattress and unlocked the wooden cabinet.


Inside the cabinet, the items still lay orderly, just as she had left them. Luomei Peak was desolate and untraveled, and no one had visited the cottage. She took out an oil lamp from the cabinet, filled it with oil, lit it with a match, and placed the lit lamp on the square table, its tranquil light dispelling some of the room's sparse bleakness.


Lu Tong turned and saw Pei Yunmeng standing with her arms crossed, taking in her surroundings. She asked, "What's there to look at?"


Chapter 232: Old House_2