This villain has become a ghost

Lin Yuan asked, "Is the money enough?"

"I don't know..." Chu Shiqing calculated silently in his mind and said, "...but judging by the amount of the maximum reward, it might be a little short."

Hearing this, Lin Yuan pulled out a stack of banknotes from his pocket and handed them to him coldly: "Here."

Chu Shiqing was shocked and said blankly: "For... for me?"

"don't want?"

"No, no, no, I want it!" Chu Shiqing happily took the money and almost kowtowed to Lin Yuan, "...How can there be such a kind person like you in the world!"

"Whenever you need me to pay you back, I will sell everything I have to pay you back!" he said flatteringly.

Lin Yuan's expression remained indifferent as he glanced at him.

"No need to pay it back."

"The prerequisite is that you have to tell me what you will use the money for. Otherwise... the interest will be doubled."

If the money was used for eating, drinking, gambling and whoring, Lin Yuan would probably chop off the man's head with a sword and use it as a ball to play with during the next competition, to comfort his friend.

Chu Shiqing scratched his head, thought about it, and then said honestly: "Actually...it's nothing."

"It's just... I was originally an orphan and grew up in a small village in Yudu. The people in that village were very kind to me, but the living conditions were very poor and miserable."

"I'm just thinking... saving enough money to renovate the entire village, then dig more wells, and then build more roads to facilitate travel to the outside world..."

Lin Yuan listened to him quietly.

Then he glared at him coldly, as if he was disappointed with his achievements, and said coldly:

"...Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"

If he had known this earlier, he wouldn't have saved up enough money only now!

Chu Shiqing said seriously:

"I just feel... there's no need for you to bear the brunt of my kindness. That would be too unfair."

"So...I will find a way to pay back the money I owe to each of you."

Hearing this, Lin Yuan did not refuse.

He suddenly thought of something and reminded:

"...Bai Yueguang has been in a bad mood recently and is frantically looking for people to test the medicine on."

"Perhaps you could go find her."

"She'll give you money anyway."

In this way, he might be able to pay off the money he owes to these people sooner.

Chu Shiqing: "..."

You are not a human being.

-

Although testing drugs on Bai Yueguang is life-threatening, it does make money.

…Although it can make money, it is indeed life-threatening.

But Chu Shiqing took Bai Yueguang's words "Bai Yueguang has been in a bad mood recently" to heart, and came to the clinic to find her with a food box, which was full of Bai Yueguang's favorite pastries.

The imperial palace was being rebuilt, and the people from the Imperial Medical Bureau were temporarily living in ordinary clinics.

In the evening, the lanterns in front of the clinic lit up.

Bai Yueguang put the unsold finished medicines on the medicine shelf. One of the shelves was too high, so she stood on tiptoe to reach it.

Suddenly, a hand reached out from behind her and placed the medicine bag in her hand on the medicine shelf.

When I turned around, I saw Chu Shiqing smiling and putting the food box on the table.

"Xiaobai, I brought your favorite osmanthus cake. Are you surprised? Are you surprised?..."

The next second, when Chu Shiqing saw the tears in Bai Yueguang's eyes that had not yet dried, he froze in his place and said in surprise:

“…Hey, are you crying?”

Bai Yueguang rubbed his red eyes and said with a heavy nasal tone:

"What are you doing here? Testing some medicine for me?"

"Well, just try it. I've done it so many times that I'm almost immune to all poisons..." Chu Shiqing took out a handkerchief from his arms and handed it to her, "But you..."

“…Why are you crying?”

Bai Yueguang took the handkerchief and her eyes turned red again.

She muttered softly, "I... I failed to save Miss Yue, and now she's gone..."

"Her Majesty the Concubine said that her hometown could cure her, but it's a bit far away."

“…She’s just gone home now.”

Chu Shiqing patted her head and comforted her: "Yes, the adult...she just went home."

"It doesn't matter if you can't cure her. You're still young. It's already amazing that you can do what you have now..."

Bai Yueguang pushed his hand away and glared at him.

"...I'm not young anymore! I'm already fourteen years old this year!"

Age in lunar years... then he is still a child, Chu Shiqing thought.

...but I definitely won’t say it out loud.

Chu Shiqing cupped his hands in feigned admiration and said, "...Sister Bai, Sister Bai is so majestic. I am willing to admit my inferiority."

Bai Yueguang chuckled.

After this commotion, the haze finally dissipated a little.

She opened the food box, picked up a piece of osmanthus cake, and sighed:

"actually……"

"After Miss Yue left, I went to see the virtuous concubine once."

"She and I were very close."

"But when I went there that time... she seemed not to recognize me. She stared at me with a very strange, unfamiliar look..."

As she was speaking, she suddenly fell silent.

In fact... she went to see Ye Zhaoxi once.

After all the conspiracies and tricks were exposed, the shy and timid little queen mother... would never appear again.

It seems everything has changed.

Some people changed, some died, some left...

...We can never go back to the way it was before.

The sweet osmanthus cake tastes strangely bitter when eaten.

Cold fingers touched her cheek, and Chu Shiqing raised his hand to wipe away her tears in panic:

"...Hey, why are you crying again?"

Bai Yueguang stood there in a daze.

Bai Yueguang was so angry that her face turned red and her neck became thick. She swallowed the sweet-scented osmanthus cake in one gulp and picked up the silver needle to stab Chu Shiqing:

"Let go of your claws..."

"Do you know that men and women shouldn't touch each other?!"

Chu Shiqing dodged and sneered, "You're just a kid... and you still care about these things?"

"Stop right there!" Bai Yueguang gritted his teeth.

"I won't stand."

"Okay... then don't blame me for poisoning you!"

"Hey, no, no, no... Sister Bai, I was wrong."

"late!"

"Help! Someone is killing someone..."

The flickering lights in the evening and the sounds of playing and fighting make the long night no longer silent, and add a bit of fireworks.

Some people changed, some died, some left.

...But there are people who will stay by your side.

Those who stay are precious.

-

After a few rains, Dongdu slowly entered autumn and the heat faded away.

There were weeds growing all around, swaying in the wind, making rustling sounds.

The woman's slender white fingers stroked the cold tombstone, touching each word.

...The tomb of General Xia Ruozhi of the Seven Killings.

"Empress Xianfei?" Someone suddenly called her from behind.

The autumn frost turns back late.

The person who came had a handsome face and elegant temperament. It was Shen Yue.

Qiu Shuangwan lowered her eyelashes and said expressionlessly, "...Master Taifu, I was released from the palace a long time ago. You shouldn't call me that anymore."

Besides... the emperor now is no longer Nangong Mingzhu, but Nangong Qianshang.

Shen Yue bowed and said, "I'm sorry, I made a mistake, Miss Qiu."