Ink Burns

Chapter 159 That was coercion (Replaced, everyone can read it!!!)

Shui Guang clenched her fists, her eyes sparkled, and she looked into the distance: This life goal, she had been thinking about it for a long time! If she were a man, she could study hard to gain fame and fortune. If she really wasn't smart, she could still fight against the Tatars in the north and the Japanese pirates in the south, and become a saint in the flesh by wearing armor! If she couldn't do anything else, she would do business, become a wealthy businessman, and make the court borrow money from her, and make the soldiers and horses pay for their fodder out of her pocket.
Perhaps only by achieving this level can one take revenge and complain.

She can do it.

She thinks she has it!
She had the ability, but not the conditions - if she were a man, a strong and powerful man, her mother and sister would not have died and fled to save her, a useless girl.
Shui Guang clenched her fists even tighter: But she is a girl, she can only play the cards she has, and do her best without any blemish - since the world has confined the girl in a frame, then she will redraw a frame through the person holding the pen!

Only after she has finished painting the picture, avenged herself, and let go of her worries, can she live a good life.

Shui Guang is ambitious, with his back straight, like a bandit about to charge, or like a loofah that is growing into the sky, leading the second, third and fourth loofahs to defeat Qiu Shui Ferry.

Shan Yue pursed his lips tightly, lowered his brows, and restrained his emotions and thoughts.

Shui Guang took her elder sister and walked around the back house. She looked at the layout of the low house and the low wall with a hole in it, and then she looked at the kitchen and the vegetable patch.

Shanyue looked at the two handfuls of wilted vegetable leaves on the stove and the five precious eggs built in the shape of a pagoda at the bottom of the rice box, and sighed: Although I can't even get enough to eat, my ambitions are very lofty. I am really an ambitious loofah.

"Where is the money you extorted?" Shanyue asked.

Shui Guang tugged at her sister's sleeve and dragged her voice nonchalantly: "I bought some medicine from Xi County and just filled up half of the medicine cabinet."

Shanyue reached out and touched Shuiguang's furry head. After settling him down, he mounted his horse and returned to the city under the cover of night.

Shui Guang grabbed her sister's sleeve, her eyes fixed on Xue Xiao, who was sitting upright on the horse, and looked him up and down: She was so busy dealing with her sister and clarifying her ideals that she had no time to deal with him!
"That, is that Censor Xue?" Shui Guang's tone was not friendly. He didn't even try to pretend. He couldn't hide it at all, and his rough voice was undoubtedly exposed.

Shan Yue didn't hear it, and nodded, "It's Censor Xue."

"He doesn't look like a supernatural being--" Shui Guang's eyelids fluttered: She was particularly annoyed with Xue Xiao. She had been annoyed since she heard that her sister was marrying him. After arriving in Beijing, she heard rumors about Xue Xiao and she was even more annoyed - violent, cruel, desperate, a mad dog. Who would like a mad dog?

She had just arrived in Beijing, and for several days she had dreams of a wolfdog gnawing on her sister's flesh. She was so scared that she wished she could climb onto the dragon bed today, become a royal concubine tomorrow, and order her sister to divorce the mad dog the day after tomorrow!

Shan Yue smiled and said, "We are all the same people, eating the same rice. Censor Xue is a good man, don't believe the rumors."

Shui Guang looked at Xue Xiao with her chin tilted, her eyelids fluttering again and again. After a long while, she said "Oh" in a low voice: "If he hits you, tell me."

Shan Yue smiled: "What do you want to do?"

"I skinned him!" Shui Guang glared angrily.

Shan Yue smiled and reached out to rub her sister's head: "Okay, Concubine He, I'll wait."

His attitude was gentle and his brows were relaxed.

Shanyue got on the horse, Xue Xiao held Shanyue's wrist tightly and lifted it gently, and Shanyue sat steadily between Xue Xiao's arms.

Shanyue smiled gently and waved to her sister.

The horse galloped at night. As soon as the horse jumped out of the low alley and Shui Guang disappeared completely, Shan Yue's face changed and his expression quickly became gloomy. His voice was solemn: "Master Xue, I want to ask you one more favor, can I?"

Xue Xiao's voice came from behind: "Hmm?"

"Don't ask her to enter the palace." Shan Yue said in a low voice: "No matter what, don't ask her to enter the palace. Let her be a good medical officer in Qiushui Ferry. Shuiguang is different from me. She can live her own life. Her life should not be wasted on meaningless hatred."

The horses have left Chunye Mountain and are galloping along the narrow mountain path. The night wind blows past my ears, and the sound of the mountain moon is low and hoarse, like stalks of water flowing on uneven stones.

After a while, Xue Xiao spoke up, "I've already made arrangements. The four people from Songjiang Prefecture are still in their original place, and their name cards from the Sixth Department of Medicine are still hanging. Tomorrow, the captain of the boat at Qiushui Ferry will lead people to rebuild the walls and gates. The medicinal materials for the Department of Metallurgy, Department of Orthopedics, and Department of Gynecology will also be in place in the near future."

Shanyue held the reins tightly with both hands and looked straight ahead.

The wind was so strong that it made my eyes hurt.

Shan Yue blinked: "Thank you"

My words of thanks are a bit thin.

But it has to be said.

"You must have spent a lot of favors, right?" Shanyue recalled the name card of the aunt on duty at the Sixth Division that the guard of the Forbidden Palace handed to her, and lowered her voice: "Although you have a relationship with the Sixth Division, I also know that these things are not so easy to do. If you need money, just ask. I will do my best to get the evidence from Qingfeng."

"It took a lot of favors."

Xue Xiao lowered his head. The girl in his arms always had a simple bun, with only a jade hairpin to tie up her long black hair. Her bun swayed with the horse's hooves, and her hair was slightly disheveled, revealing her small, jade-white ears.

Xue Xiao said: "It is indeed a great favor, but it is not the way of the Sixth Division."

Xue Xiao controlled the reins, and the horse's galloping speed slowed down: "You can open the name card and take a look - I have never had much friendship with Liu Si."

Shan Yue took out the name card from his bosom with a half-doubt and tore it open. He read ten lines at a glance under the moonlight. After finishing reading, he turned his head half-way to look at Xue Xiao in surprise - he really didn't have much friendship with Liu Si! This was not a name card at all! It was clearly an indictment!
This letter clearly recorded when the Aunt on Duty embezzled money from the Palace Lady, when she enriched herself, when she took human lives lightly, and when she sent away young palace maids as her own "goods" - every single item was clearly stated!
This is not an introduction post!
It’s a life-saving talisman for her!
If she had any requests, she could hand this letter to Xiang Shang Gong on duty, and Xiang Shang Gong would definitely get what she wanted completely - this letter was a naked threat!

In the darkness of night, deep in the woods, Xue Xiao kept his jaw pursed and walked forward without looking around.

Shanyue suddenly became a little nervous.

Shan Yue raised his chin slightly, his throat moved slightly, and looked at Xue Xiao with confused eyes: "If it's not Liu Si's way, then who is it?"

Xue Xiao gently clamped his arms inwards, his voice calm and casual: "Sit still, don't move—"

Shan Yue turned his head and unconsciously clenched the reins with both hands. Xue Xiao also held the reins.

Two big hands, one on the left and one on the right, clamped her hands in the middle.

Xue Xiao's hands are very powerful, which is the painter's favorite: the joints are distinct, strong and powerful, yet slender and graceful, without any brute force, only a sense of beauty that is clear and elegant.

Shan Yue blinked rapidly several times.

"I will go directly to see the saint I am looking for." Xue Xiao's voice sounded again behind him with the wind.

It's light and fluttery, with a clever move that can achieve great results with just a little effort.

"What?" Shanyue was surprised.

"This involves my sister's life and death, how can I delay? After leaving Tianbao Temple, I went straight to the Forbidden Palace and presented a letter to the emperor, begging him to give me a favor and check whether there is a girl named Wei Ruchun in the six departments. If so, is she alive or dead, and where is she now?"

Xue Xiao spoke in a straightforward and calm tone, as if he was talking about tomorrow's breakfast.

Shan Yue tightened his grip on the reins: "That's it?"

Xue Xiao leaned his hand holding the reins inward and nodded gently: "That's it - I didn't reveal our relationship with Wei Ruchun to the Saint, nor did I expose your revenge plan. I didn't say anything."

"The emperor knew nothing, so he helped you find out and told you?" Shanyue thought it was a fantasy!
After a long while, Xue Xiao whispered, "The Saint and I have lived together in Qingyue Temple for nearly a hundred days. At that time, the third son of the emperor, Prince Yong, had smallpox, and the fourth son, Prince Qing, who is now the Saint, was sent out of the palace to avoid smallpox. I don't know if it was due to carelessness or intentional action by the palace servants, but the Saint got lost in another palace and mistakenly entered Xiangshan. At that time, the master was traveling, and I was the only one left in the temple. I saved the Saint from a wild bear and brought him back to the temple."

Everyone in the court and the country thought that Xue Xiao was just a dog who helped the saint do dirty things!

You can discard it at any time! You can throw it away at any time!
No one knew that they had such a connection!
Shan Yue instantly thought of a deeper meaning. She ignored Xue Xiao's request for her to "sit still" and suddenly turned sideways, her eyes piercing: "Use the affection between you and the Saint to help me!"

Since Shan Yue was "disobedient", Xue Xiao tied up the horse completely.

Xue Xiao lowered his eyes slightly, did not speak, just stared at the mountain moon quietly.

Spring leaves on the mountain, moon in the woods.

The jade-like branches are at the top, and the moonlight is white and blue, lingering on the branches.

Mountain, moon.

Mountain moon.

"You" Shanyue was at a loss: Everyone knows that this favor cannot be repaid with money, clues or evidence!
Xue Xiao raised the corners of his lips and smiled: "That's my sister."

Sister, not "your sister", just "sister".

"Blood is the bond between us. If we can get some good news by breaking into the Forbidden Palace at night, it will be worth it." Xue Xiao tilted his head, his body rising and falling with the horse's back, and his well-defined jaw was tinged with warmth in the moonlight: "If you really want to clear the score——"

Xue Xiao paused for a moment and said, "Then please draw a picture for me."

Shan Yue's eyelashes trembled slightly.

“Draw a picture of the mountain and the moon.”

Xue Xiao said in a gentle tone: "It's the mountain moon tonight."

"Okay?"

Shan Yue's body was half turned sideways, his chest heaving violently, and he raised his head with difficulty, just in time to meet Xue Xiao's dark eyes.

"There's nothing good to paint today, Shanyue." Shanyue's mouth was dry, and he mumbled incoherently, "The fog is thick, and the clouds are thick, so the moonlight can't penetrate, and the woods are dark. And the birds - and the birds' singing is not clear enough. Change, change a painting? How about Zhu Siming's "Twelve Nights of Spring"? I paint very well, twelve paintings, and I'll put together a book for you."

"I want Shanyue." Xue Xiao interrupted Shanyue's bargaining, his eyes were deep: "Shanyue tonight."

Shan Yue was speechless for a moment.

Xue Xiao lifted the reins and the horse started to move again.

Xue Xiao said calmly and casually, "I like to paint, but I don't paint much. I don't know how long you painters need to think before painting a picture. You can slowly consider the composition. We have several white walls beside the water, which have been empty. There is no need to rush for a month or two."

Shan Yue blinked again quickly and briefly.

There was no delay in the subsequent journey.

Before sunrise, the horse ran back to Xue Nan's mansion.

Xue Xiao was the first to dismount and reached out to take Shan Yue.

When Shanyue's toes touched the ground, a strong, hot, sweet and fishy smell of blood suddenly surged into his chest!
"puff--"

Shanyue's body suddenly fell forward, and a pool of bright red blood spurted onto the blue bricks at the entrance of Nan Mansion!

Just at that time, a sun slowly rose from the east.

"Shan Yue!" Xue Xiao pounced forward and caught the fragile, paper-thin figure with both hands.