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 north wind howled outside the house.


Yet the light inside the house seemed to freeze.


He sat beside the stove, his dark eyes deep and unfathomable, reflecting the leaping flames, casting colorful streams in the dark night.


Suddenly, a scene from long ago flashed before her eyes.


In the old house of the Lu Family of Changwu County, she was sprawled at the desk, watching Lu Qian write. The young man's strokes were forceful and vigorous, an improvement over her own scrawling characters.


"The moon sends a cool breeze over the lake, the paths to meet are impassable... The songs of the water chestnut are sung incompletely, knowing it is within this pond..."


"What's impassable, what's incomplete, what are you writing? It makes no sense!" A young her snatched away the inked paper Lu Qian had just finished, "How can I not understand a single word?"


Chapter 233: Inner Thoughts