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Heavy rain poured down, and the eaves on both sides of the street were crowded with peddlers pushing their stalls and pedestrians taking shelter from the rain. asionally, someone passed by with an umbre, but they quickly closed it and hid in a nearby shop.
A carriage slowly made its way from the east end of the street, treading through the rainwater.
The rain was so heavy, the road slippery, and visibility was poor, so the coachman dared not drive too fast.
Suddenly, the sound of urgent hooves came from behind. A fast galloping horse quickly caught up with the carriage and shot past it in a sh!
Second Master Jing had just lifted the carriage window, intending to see whose horse was running so fast, but was sshed in the face by the water kicked up by the horse''s hooves.
Second Master Jing: "..."
Second Master Jing was furious. He wiped the rainwater off his face, closed the carriage window, and lifted the front curtain to look at the horse that had rushed by. With just one nce, he recognized it.
"Yi? Elder brother, look, isn’t that the horse from Tianqiong Academy? That particrly wild one!"
The tale of the horse king battling the ck Wind Cavalry horses had already be legendary in the polo circle. Anyone who followed the matches knew that Tianqiong Academy had produced a fierce horse that beat the ck Wind Cavalry horses.
Lord Duke sat beside Second Master Jing, staring deeply in the direction the horse had gone. The horse ran so fast that it disappeared in the blink of an eye.
However, he still struggled to lift his thin fingertip with difficulty and tapped the armrest of his wheelchair once.
This meant yes.
If he had tapped twice, it would have meant no.
"Strange, why would that horsee here?" Second Master Jing opened the window again, sticking his head out into the rain and looking back, but seeing no sign of any Tianqiong Academy carriage, he became even more puzzled.
Duke An raised his hand, dipped his finger in the cinnabar on the armrest, and with trembling fingers, painstakingly wrote one word: "Chase."
......
The rain grew heavier and heavier. Even though the horses from Duke An Estate were of the finest breed, it was still difficult to catch up with the speed of the horse king.
Fortunately, the horse king ran and stopped intermittently, as if searching for something, so its speed wasn’t consistently fast.
They followed the horse king further and further, gradually arriving at a deste and quiet street.
"This is..." Second Master Jing''s expression suddenly changed.
This used to be the busiest area in ShengDu, teeming with traffic and bustling with visitors. Every day, people came in droves, and without a visitation card, it might take ten days to half a month to get in.
But now, this street had long lost its former glory.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!!
From up ahead, through the heavy rain, came the sound of something crashing, each bang echoing like it was striking one''s heart.
Second Master Jing lifted the curtain and looked, "That direction is..."
The ck Wind King kept crashing into the gate, its head bleeding and its body covered in wounds.
From afar, the horse king saw it and immediately rushed towards it without stopping.
The horse king looked at it in confusion, seemingly not understanding why it was ramming into this door.
Seeing the ck Wind King crash into it, the horse king followed suit and rammed into the gate as well.
However, the horse king didn’t understand what this dpidated mansion meant to the ck Wind King. It raised its powerful front hooves, preparing to stomp on the iron chain-locked gate.
Unexpectedly, the ck Wind King forcefully knocked the horse king aside.
The horse king tilted its head, looking at it in bewilderment.
The ck Wind King continued to use its head and body to ram the gate.
The Duke Estate’s carriage stopped not far away.
Second Master Jing lifted the curtain, letting the rain hit him and Duke An directly, drenching them both.
Duke An watched without blinking, his hand on the armrest slowly clenching tighter.
Second Master Jing felt a mix of emotions and frowned as he looked at the ck Wind King. He muttered, "What''s wrong with that horse? Has it gone mad? If it keeps crashing like this, it’ll die!"
The ck Wind King was too severely injured, and the horse king wouldn’t allow it to continue crashing into the gate, so the two horses got into a fight.
Just as the two horses were locked in a fierce fight, the coachman suddenly shouted, "Lord Duke, Second Master! Someone ising from that side!"
It was a young man riding a tall, magnificent horse. One hand gripped the reins tightly, while the other held a red-tasseled spear. He charged through the pouring rain, soaked to the skin, his disheveled hair sticking to his face. Despite his appearance, his calm eyes exuded an unrestrainedposure.
He rode towards the Xuanyuan Family’s estate.
Second Master Jing was momentarily dazed.
Was it because the rain was too heavy, or was his imagination too vivid?
He seemed to see his elder brother-inw from years ago, returning from the military camp with the same unrestrained, carefree demeanor.
On this very street, in front of this very estate.
His elder brother-inw dismounted, ascended the steps, and as he always did, pushed open the estate’s gate——
Second Master Jing held his breath.
His eyes widened, and for a moment, he felt as if none of the tragedies had ever urred. The gate would open, and the people inside woulde out with smiling faces.
But his elder brother-inw did no such thing. Instead, he approached the two horses and stopped them, separating them.
Second Master Jing snapped back to reality.
It wasn''t his elder brother-inw.
No, it wasn’t.
His elder brother-inw was already dead. It was Second Master Jing himself who had recovered the body.
He had personally lowered his brother-inw from the city wall, and his hands had trembled as he removed the spear that had pierced through his brother-inw’s body.
Second Master Jing turned his head away, not wanting his elder brother to see his reddened eyes.
Duke An did not cry.
He had no tears left to shed.
After the Xuanyuan Family was wiped out, after losing his pregnant wife, after watching Yinyin close her eyes forever in his arms, he had no tears left.
Second Master Jing raised his hand, wiped his eyes roughly, stifled the lump in his throat, and spoke in his usual tone, "It’s that kid, Xiao Ling."
Duke An had also noticed.
His gaze fell on Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao, holding the red-tasseled spear in one hand, raised the other to gently touch the ck Wind King''s head, her calm eyes fixed on it.
The ck Wind King gradually calmed down.
Perhaps it finally realized that the master it had waited for most of its life would never return. It raised its head towards the gloomy, overcast sky and let out a sorrowful wail.
Gu Jiao quietly stayed by its side.
Gu Jiao rarely empathized with people or the outside world.
But at that moment, she lowered her eyes and lifted her hand, pressing it against her chest.
"Who’s there!"
Several city defense guards rushed through the rain. They had received reports from nearby residents about suspicious individuals heading towards the Xuanyuan Family''s old estate.
Even though the Xuanyuan Family had been executed and their estate was left deserted, the terror the family had instilled in people was still deeply ingrained.
The city defense guards dared not be careless, so they came to investigate.
Second Master Jing quickly opened an umbre and dismounted, blocking the guards who were about to approach Gu Jiao.
He shed the Duke An Estate''s token and spoke politely, "My elder brother''s and my horses were startled and ran here. That over there is my guard."
As he spoke, he pulled a money pouch from his sleeve and tossed it to the leading guard. <h4>Raz P.''s Thoughts</h4>
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In the suspenseful supernatural novel “Records of Mortals,” Jiang Baiyan, once a solitary and impoverished youth, finds refuge in the Shi family of Chang’an due to his extraordinary bloodline. With his clear and captivating peach blossom eyes, this seemingly innocent young man conceals a fanatical and malevolent lunatic within. Destined to sumb to darkness amidst hardship and degradation, he bes a harbinger of chaos.
When Shi Dai suddenly transmigrates, she takes on the role of the Shi family’s youngdy, the one who subjects him to countless trials, eventually leading to her demise.
The twist? She never got to finish reading the novel.
From what she knew of the plot, Jiang Baiyan was just a silent, timid, and often bullied pitiable character.
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Jiang Baiyan had never encountered someone like Shi Dai.
After he had ughtered all the evil creatures in the garden, the blood-stained young man, exuding a murderous aura, approached her step by step, his lips curling into a malicious smile, "Scared?"
Shi Dai responded, “You’re really amazing! I apud you until I spin like a spiral and fly around the moon three hundred times! And also——you have dimples when you smile!"
Jiang Baiyan: ...?
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After seeing her at antern festival with another man, Jiang Baiyan lowered his eyes, his fingers twirling her hair. He said in a mocking and sinister tone, "The mansion in the western suburbs...if I hide you there, no one will find you, right?"
Shi Dai replied, "Does ite with meals and lodging? Can I sleep in everyday? Oh, and your cooking is the best!"
Jiang Baiyan: ...?
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Jiang Baiyan was supposed to dislike her, even hate her, but as their separation drew near, his eyes turned red and he grabbed her sleeve, pleading, "Don''t abandon me, alri—”
Shi Dai responded, "Alright, alright, I’ll only have you. Mwah."
Jiang Baiyan: ...?
He hasn''t finished his lines yet though…
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