Da Li Temple - Chapter 22.2

Chapter 22.2
The truth

The night and moonlight dissolved in the ground, creating a moon shadow. Su Moyi stepped on the moonlight, but his heart was chaotic and abnormal. Initially, since that incident happened, he has always remained indifferent. From the beginning to the end, he was only worried that someone had deliberately designed it. He wanted to take precautionary measures. But if he lost control and made a mistake, he didn’t mind making amends and giving the other party an irrelevant status.
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But that person was Lin Wanqing. When he knew the answer, this matter became complicated again. Su Moyi wasn’t sure what kind of feelings he had for Lin Wanqing. He was also unsure whether his impulses were just residual physical memories or if she had already occupied a certain position in his heart. How important is reputation to a woman? Why would Lin Wanqing save him? Moreover, what is the purpose of her, a woman, disguising herself as a man to enter the officialdom?
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The more Su Moyi thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and in the end, it could only turn into a quiet sigh. He paused and looked at the small window where the candlelight was swaying. The good thing was that this person couldn’t run away for a while. He has plenty of time to ask her slowly.
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Between thoughts, he quickly calmed his mind and reached out to push open the door. Under the dim lights and curtains, inside the room, a woman wearing a light pink jacket rose in response to the sound, looking at him, smilingly called out, “Lord.”
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Su Moyi’s eyebrows flinched. He immediately felt like his lungs were going to explode. This room was small. With only a glance, one could look at the whole scenery. However, as far as the eye could see, he didn’t see anyone else except this flamboyantly dressed courtesan.

“Lin Wanqing ……”
“Crack!!!” Su Moyi coldly smiled. A corner of the table in his hand cracked in response to the sound.

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At a quarter past midnight, Qing Ya Residence.
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Someone brutally kicked open Liang Weiping’s courtyard door for the second time. He only had taken a bite of the cake in his hand and hadn’t even had time to chew it yet. The door, which had been in disrepair for years, was kicked away. The ink spot on the brush snapped, staining the dossier he had barely finished transcribing.
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A long, greenish-gray figure walked in. Then, the Da Li Temple’s guards surrounded the entire courtyard. The cake in his mouth fell to the ground because his jaw couldn’t stop shaking, and Liang Weiping shouted a mute cry, “Su, Lord Su ……”
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Su Moyi’s face was so heavy that it could drip water. Ye Qing moved a chair from the house. Su Moyi lifted his robe, facing Liang Weiping, and sat down. He was already taller than Liang Weiping, and when he was sitting and looking down at him, he looked like he was looking at a piece of meat that was about to be chopped up without pity.
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Su Moyi said nothing. His black-as-a-deep-lake eyes stared straight at Liang Weiping. Although his face was expressionless, there were already shocking waves in his eyes.
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“Lo, Lord, you visited me in the middle of the night, this is to ……” Before Liang Weiping could finish his words, a half-tall black shadow suddenly out from the side, having so much strength that it pulled the chain in Ye Qing’s hand clanging. A few wild barks came with white fangs and a scarlet tongue. Once it bite, it wouldn’t let go until it ripped off a piece of meat.
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Liang Weiping was already so scared that he was about to kneel. When he wanted to escape, he felt his shoulders tighten and was pressed back into the chair again.
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“You have something you hide from me.” It was an interrogation, but Su Moyi made this as a statement.
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Liang Weiing shivered and instantly understood what he meant. Only an hour ago, Lin Wanqing had come. She said something nonsensical to him and that she would return to her hometown.
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Liang Weiping thought that she was only going home to look around. But with this scenario right now, he knew that the matter about her disguising herself as a man had already come to light. But if it were only that one thing, Su Moyi would not be so heartless.
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Liang Weiping choked. A guess made him tremble. The low barking of the hound once again sounded under his feet, and he cried out with a ‘wow’ sound, sobbing: “She’s gone. She just came to say goodbye to me and then left.”
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Of course, Su Moyi knew who the person in his mouth was and couldn’t help but lean forward, suppressing the anger in his chest, and asked, “How long has she been gone?”
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“Already, already an hour ……”
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As expected. Su Moyi coldly smiled. The corners of his mouth hung in a cold arc. He got up and walked towards Liang Weiping’s bookcase. His boots stepped on the ground and crushed the remaining cake. He braced his arms on the two corners of the bookcase, lowered his body, and slowed down his voice, looking down at Liang Weiping and asking, “Where did she go?”
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Liang Weiping tremblingly wiped his tears and said, “I do not know, ah ……”
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As the words fell, Su Moyi narrowed his eyes dangerously. He was still looking straight at Liang Weiping, and the pressure on his body almost drowned him.
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Ye Qing moved up a set of torture tools from behind him, branding, beheading, amputating, stabbing, and flogging, everything.
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Su Moyi looked at him and said expressionlessly, “I will not ask a second time.” After speaking, the people behind him landed the torture tools on the ground and lined them up in front of Liang Weiping.
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With just one glance, he was close to fainting from fear.
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“My lord!” Someone came out from Liang Weiping’s study and handed Su Moyi an unopened letter.
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It was Lin Wanqing’s handwriting. Su Moyi borrowed the candle flame before him and quickly swept that letter from the beginning to the end before letting out a cold snort from his throat.
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“When did you know that she was a woman?”
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Liang Weiping froze for a long time before he shivered and said, “One, a month ago …… after she got whipped ……”
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Su Moyi was stunned. His original face, which had eased a bit, suddenly lowered a few points again. He recalled that Ye Qing had said that after Lin Wanqing got whipped, Liang Weiping gave her medicine. Then, an indescribable taste spread from his chest, stirring up his internal organs. This woman told Liang Weiping her secret and didn’t mind a man doing such a thing for her. However, she was very defensive toward him, who had skin-to-skin with her.
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Su Moyi gritted his back teeth, forcibly resisted the urge to torture, and continued to ask: “Did she ever tell you why she wanted to save me that day?”

Liang Weiping’s tearful peach blossom eyes flashed, mumbling, “She …… said …… that she coveted Lord’s beauty but didn’t want to take the responsibility.”
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Su Moyi: “????”
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Mr. Liang: So, you two talk about love. But what does it matter to me as a passerby?