Shocking Mountain Moon

Chapter 88 Collapse
Qiu Heng looked at the young man with red ears and smiled, "Of course no problem, as long as Fangzhou can make it, Master Xue can eat anything he wants."

"Red bean cake will be fine." Xue Han said quickly, his face solemn, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

Qiu Heng shook her head and got on the carriage.

Xue Han has been acting weird lately, asking for a snack to show the seriousness of a case. People who know her think she is asking for snacks, while those who don't think she is asking for physical evidence.

Fangzhou was asked to prepare red bean cake and osmanthus cake, and the next day Qiuheng handed the food box to Hu Si on the street.

"Ms. Qiu Liu, are you alone again?" Hu Si was much more polite to Qiu Heng than before.

There's no way around it. Anyone who has seen this little girl pulling people's hair would have to be polite.

"Yes, it's convenient to go shopping when you come out alone."

The corner of Hu Si's mouth twitched, thinking that it was rare to see a young lady who could talk about sneaking out to play so confidently.

"Then Miss Qiu Liu, please be safe. Call for help if anything happens."

Hu Si went to see Xue Han with the food box and couldn't help saying, "This Yongqing Marquis's Mansion is not good. It's too easy for the girls in the mansion to sneak out."

"Send the snacks to Uncle Xu."

"Yes."

After Hu Si left, Xue Han looked through the case files for a while, then stood up and walked out.

The streets are crowded with people and traffic.

Xue Han walked aimlessly.

"Lord Xue." A familiar female voice came.

Xue Han turned his head suddenly, and saw pedestrians hurrying by with blurry faces.

Could it be that I am hallucinating?

He thought to himself with a smile, noticing footsteps approaching.

"Miss Qiu Liu——"

Qiu Heng curved her lips and said, "If I had known we would meet by chance, I would have given you the snacks directly."

"What a coincidence." Xue Han said this, feeling guilty for no reason.

Qiu Heng walked forward and asked casually, "Master Xue, are you not busy today?"

"Not really busy." Xue Han's eyes passed through the girl's thick black hair and looked straight ahead, "Why doesn't Miss Qiu Liu go home?"

Qiu Heng dodged the children jumping past her: "I usually go out with a large group of carriages, horses, servants and other people. It's rare for me to be alone, so I want to walk around more."

Walking side by side like this, as if they were the closest people, Xue Han randomly found a topic: "Hui Niang was stripped of her citizenship, was it Miss Qiu Liu who did it?"

Qiu Heng glanced at him and said, "Lord Xue knows about this? That's right, we can't hide it from the Imperial City Bureau."

It is not easy for an official prostitute to get rid of her status, so she had to ask Brother Ling for help.

"I just didn't expect Miss Qiu Liu to do this for Hui Niang." Xue Han paused, "Hui Niang was abducted by Yuan Chenghai in her early years."

Qiu Heng raised her eyebrows.

She really didn't know Hui Niang's past, but after a brief contact with her, she felt that Hui Niang was a decent person, so she took advantage of her and helped her within her ability.

"Hui Niang really liked the incense I made and gave her a very generous thank-you gift. It's hard not to feel sad to see her in such a plight." Qiu Heng slowed down her pace and glanced at the young peddler passing by with his load on his shoulders. "In the final analysis, it was Yuan Chenghai who was an unkind official and brought disaster to too many people."

"Indeed, fortunately he has already suffered retribution."

Qiu Heng looked up at Xue Han and asked with a smile, "Master Xue also believes in retribution?"

The autumn sun softened the boy's facial features and softened his voice: "I believe it."

Qiu Heng blinked.

I always feel that Xue Han is not the kind of person who believes in these things.

As I was thinking this, I heard him say, "If God doesn't avenge me, someone else will."

Qiu Heng's heart skipped a beat when she heard this, and she changed the subject without leaving a trace: "I heard that Yuan Chenghai was looking for rare flowers and stones for His Majesty, and used them as a cover to cause trouble in the area. Now that he is dead, the people in the southeast can finally breathe a sigh of relief."

First, there were endless hemp papers pasted all over the city, and then Yuan Chenghai's crimes were made public. Everyone in the capital had heard about how badly Yuan Chenghai had harmed the people in the southeast. Xue Han did not respond.

Qiu Heng's heart was slightly moved: "Could it be that there is a new person taking over?"

She had a sudden guess because of Xue Han's silence, but she actually heard the answer.

"Minister Li of the Ministry of Works will take over his position and will be heading south soon."

Qiu Heng stopped and asked: "Minister Li of the Ministry of Works?"

The Minister Li Liang whom I met when I left the palace yesterday, was the one who took over Yuan Chenghai's job?
One thief Yuan died, and now another corrupt official is gone - imagining the scene where Emperor Jingping summoned Li Liang after the banquet yesterday and told him to go south to find a favorite for him, Qiu Heng's stomach suddenly churned, and she couldn't help but cover her mouth and run to the side of the road.

Xue Han chased after her: "Miss Qiu Liu, what's wrong with you?"

Qiu Heng leaned against the weeping willow by the roadside and retched for a while, then raised her head and waved at Xue Han: "I'm fine——"

As he finished speaking, big tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes, but he was unaware of it.

The girl's snow-white face and the silent tears made Xue Han's heart skip a beat.

"I'll take you to the clinic." Xue Han no longer cared about anything else and reached out to hold Qiu Heng's wrist.

Qiu Heng suddenly pulled his hand away and took several steps back.

"Miss Qiu Liu——"

The pale girl forced a smile at him: "I just feel a little uncomfortable suddenly, maybe I have an upset stomach, just go home and rest. Lord Xue, go and do your work, I'll be leaving first."

She left in a hurry, and Xue Han quickly followed.

"Lord Xue, you don't have to follow me--" The desperate and disgusting emotions were like thick ink, stirring Qiu Heng's heart.

The cognition that we have always had has been shaken, the direction of our efforts has become chaotic, and all the suffering we have endured to achieve our goals seems to have been in vain.

A huge sense of absurdity enveloped Qiu Heng, making her feel like a fish that suddenly jumped onto the shore and almost suffocated.

She even felt that she was empty and ridiculous.

Did she really go thirty years later?
The omnipotent gentleman, the king kneeling down to entrust his country with great trust, the boundless fire, the ravaged people... could everything be just her illusion?
She is nothing and can't change anything, right?
Qiu Heng looked up at the sky.

Suddenly, thunder rumbled, strong winds arose, and the rain curtain covered the sky and the earth, covering everything.

Pedestrians hurried past on the street and the open shop doors were hastily closed.

Qiu Heng walked in the heavy rain in a daze, her clothes getting wet.

Then she was pulled into an embrace.

The young man's voice came from above her head, with suppressed anxiety and confusion: "Miss Qiu Liu, what's wrong with you?"

what happened?
Qiu Heng didn’t know what was wrong with her. She just couldn’t control her instinctive nausea and wanted to close her eyes and fall asleep.

Not getting a response made Xue Han even more anxious.

"Qiu Heng!"

He shouted, but found that the girl in his arms had her eyes closed and was silent.

A huge panic seized the boy's heart: "Ah Heng!"

Still no response.

Xue Han picked up Qiu Heng horizontally and ran to the nearest clinic.

In the clinic, the waiter had just closed the door when it was kicked open.

"What are you doing——"

Before the waiter finished asking, Xue Han threw a silver ingot over and said, "Please ask your best doctor to see what's wrong with this girl!"

A quarter of an hour later, in the patient's room, the doctor who had taken the patient's pulse said to Xue Han, "This girl is suffering from a heart attack caused by anxiety. She will be fine after she wakes up and takes the medicine."

"Thank you."

The doctor got up and went out. Xue Han stared at the unconscious girl in silence.

(End of this chapter)