Ink Burns

Chapter 114 The First Night

The wine jug is exquisite, with an antique silver plate that is smooth. The mouth, belly, handle and bottom of the jug are inlaid with large pieces of enamel and densely packed, tiny gems of various colors.

Gems come in different colors, mostly red and blue. Some are so red that they become purple, and some are so blue that they become ink.

Hundreds and thousands of gems in four colors, smaller than rice grains, are densely inlaid together. They are all homogeneous in size and very similar, with no one gem standing out in particular.

Xue Xiao narrowed his eyes, picked up the wine jug with one hand, looked at the jug, and then looked at the mountain moon.

In other words: among such a densely packed array of gems, Shanyue only took a quick glance and determined that one of them had secretly changed color?

“People who paint are more sensitive to colors than ordinary people.”

Shan Yue explained quietly, and the topic changed with the wind in his eyes, his tone still as calm as the water: "Oh - she seems to be desperate."

As soon as Shan Yue finished speaking, Xue Xiao spun away like the wind.

At some point, the pretty maid with her hair tied high and her maidservants pulled out a short-bladed dagger. After failing in her first attack, the maid did not get discouraged. She threw herself on the table, but instead supported her upper body with both hands, quickly grasped the dagger with her palm, and turned over to swing it fiercely!

His lower body is extremely stable and his movements are agile; he is quite a skilled fighter.

Shan Yue took half a step back.

Qiutou's legs were shaking like pile drivers, and she stood in front of Shanyue tremblingly.

Shan Yue pulled the little girl, who was not even as tall as her shoulders, aside and said calmly, "Do you think our Lord Censor is a vegetarian?"

While others are fighting for their lives, you should just do your best to survive.

Xue Xiao dodged sideways again, and after dodging two moves and seeing through the opponent's vital point, he used the opponent's force to counter attack, and pushed his body outwards very lightly. Then a cold light flashed from a high place, and it hit the ground with a "pa ta" sound, and the dagger fell to the ground with a crisp sound unique to metal.

Xue Xiao stretched out his hand and clamped the maid's fragile and slender neck with one hand.

Shan Yue watched coldly and felt that Xue Xiao's moves were quite similar to Taoist techniques. There were eight trigrams on his hands, his feet were like green pines, and his movements were like a crane flapping its wings.

I also recalled that Xue Xiao had a thick layer of calluses on his right hand, and that he should be able to wield swords and spears with great vigor; he could shoot a bow with superb skill on the wall of Songjiang Prefecture - was this man really a scholar, and not a martial arts champion?
Or is it that the Wei Dynasty had such high requirements for officials?
"who are you?"

Under the lamp, only Xue Xiao's nose and forehead were illuminated. He spoke in a low voice, suppressing it to a level that could not penetrate the window frame.

The maid's jaw was pinched, so she couldn't shout loudly, but the hatred in her eyes was like a raging wave: "My surname is Lin, and my grandfather is Lin Chang!"

Shanyue couldn't remember who Lin Chang was.

Xue Xiao raised his eyebrows: "Weren't the teacher's family members exiled to Shanhaiguan? You sneaked back to Beijing, didn't you commit the great crime of exterminating the entire clan? If the teacher knew about this, he would definitely feel sorry for you."

Oh, it was the granddaughter of Xue Xiao’s mentor who became famous in one battle and sent him to the imperial prison, and she came to seek revenge.

Lin was so hateful that she seemed to want to see through Xue Xiao's face!

"Grandfather really acted like Mr. Dongguo and saved an ungrateful person!" Lin endured the severe pain in her jaw and shouted with all her might, "Grandfather invited you to join the family, taught you personally, and helped you pass the imperial examination. How can you repay my entire Lin family? You filed a lawsuit, and all the officials in my Lin family were beheaded at the Meridian Gate! The women were imprisoned in the official alley! The boys and girls were exiled thousands of miles away to outside Shanhaiguan! Because of you, none of the 138 people in my Lin family had a good ending! You deserve to die! You deserve to die! You deserve to die!"

The candle flame was blown by the south wind, and the candlelight swayed everywhere, but Xue Xiao's face was fully revealed in the light. Xue Xiao's expression did not change.

Lin was still shouting, raising her chin high, and angrily scolding the person behind her with all her strength: "You should ask me to kill you! Only if I kill you can you go to the underworld and reunite with your short-lived mother!"

Xue Xiao slowly raised his head and moved his hand upwards, just landing on Lin's pointed chin.

He just smiled softly: "I never hit women--"

Xue Xiao's left hand had reached the back of Lin's neck. With a "click" sound, Lin's cursing stopped abruptly. His head drooped like a garlic pestle after losing the external force. Xue Xiao's hand loosened, and Lin's body fell straight back.

“But that doesn’t mean I don’t kill women.”

Xue Xiao lowered his eyes and said in a low and hoarse voice: "Just like your grandfather, you are a chess piece without knowing it."

Qiu Tao was about to cry: She shouldn't have been greedy for the five taels of silver when she went up the mountain. If she hadn't been greedy for the five taels of silver, how could she have been shivering all day long! She was shivering so much that she didn't even need to buy cotton pants - she could keep warm just by shivering every day.

The sound of the body hitting the ground was very loud.

After a while, three or four black shadows appeared outside the window.

Xue Xiao raised his eyes and swept them across Shan Yue's face.

“Ah! Ah! Ah!” Shan Yue glanced at him, and immediately curled up in the corner, screaming: “Someone’s dead! Someone’s dead! Someone’s dead!”

The shadow outside the window showed some expectation: "Young Madam, please take your time! Who, who died?"

The person inside only knew how to cry. Apart from crying and screaming in between the crying, there was nothing else to say.

The shadow groaned impatiently, and was about to push the door open when he saw the double door suddenly pushed outwards. Xue Xiao, the rebellious son of the mansion, stepped out of the room. He glanced at her and raised his lips slightly, "On this happy day, why is it that Mother He is on duty outside my wedding room?"

The person leading the black shadow was none other than He Wuma, Zhu's personal maid.

When He Wuma saw Xue Xiao coming out of the wedding room unharmed, she slightly turned sideways and looked into the inner room: the newly chosen "Qing Feng" was curled up against the wall and crying, while the carefully prepared Lin had already been found dead in the wedding room. The wine jug on the table was neatly placed, but the wine glass was missing.

The mechanism in the wine pot contained "Three Day Powder", which would kill one in three days. The reason why the poison "Crane's Beak Red" which would kill one instantly was not chosen was to give the lady time to clean up the mess and Lin time to escape.

Lin was dead. How did she die? Did the rebellious son die after drinking? Or was he found dead before he could accomplish his goal?!

What did Lin say before he died? Did he expose "Qing Feng" and his wife?
He Wuma's mind was in a mess. She didn't have time to think when she heard the rebellious son wave his hand and said in a cold voice: "Capture He. The descendants of Lin Chang sneaked into the mansion to do something wrong. There must be someone in the mansion to support them. He Mama is not waiting in the main courtyard at this time, but came to my flower pan. There must be something fishy - take her and send her to the government office for a thorough interrogation! If the government office can't find out, I, the Censorate, can do it for you!"

He Wuma's shoulders were immediately grabbed. She caught a glimpse of Liu, who was still wearing a bright red wedding gown, crawling out of the inner room on all fours, as if she was anxious to come forward and beg for mercy!
He Wuma immediately broke out in a cold sweat: This idiot! Is he going to expose my wife on the first day of the wedding! ?
"Master, please spare me! Master, please spare me!"

He Wuma immediately opened her mouth and shouted loudly, trying to stop Shanyue from stumbling out of the inner room: "I just came here to check the lanterns and candles! I don't know this, this Lin! - I want to see the madam! I want to see the madam!"

　Shan Yue: Admit it, you unfilial bird, you are the famous detective Ke Bird, as long as you appear, someone will die!

　　Xue Xiao: ? Who did it the first two times? ? ?
　　(End of this chapter)