Da Li Temple - Chapter 27.1

Chapter 27.1
Tonic

In June, the weather in Sheng City is like a spoiled noblewoman in a boudoir, with a few days of sunshine and rainstorms. When continuous days of rainstorms finally ended, the air was as clean as being washed.
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Under the sunlight, the steam on the white porcelain bowl was dense, and Lin Wanqing, holding the medicine bowl, despondently looked at Su Moyi, who was throwing a tantrum.
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“Lord …… ” she vainly pulled her voice, passed the bowl in her hand in front of him, “It’s time to drink the medicine …… “
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The person on the bed stared at the case file in his hand and expressionlessly sidestepped, leaving her his back head.
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Lin Wanqing twitched the corners of her mouth. If she didn’t remember that this person had suffered for saving her, she would probably snap this large porcelain bowl onto his head. To not let the Empress Dowager worry, Su Moyi controlled the news. Therefore, the only people left to look after him were she and Ye Qing. It just so happened that Ye Qing had official business to attend to today. Before he left, he stuffed a stack of herbs to Lin Wanqing and instructed her to make Su Moyi eat them. She agreed with pleasure, but no one told her that serving medicine to this dog official would kill her. She looked at the medicine in her hand that had already been warmed three times and sighed without tears.
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“Lord …… you are at least the Chief of Da Li Temple, one of the nine ministers. For you to be afraid of taking medicine is ……”
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“Who said that I’m afraid?” The person on the bed has a steady voice, shaking a scroll in his hand, rhetorically asking the question justifiedly.
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“I just don’t want to drink.”
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Lin Wanqing: “……” Deadly not admitting anything, this kind of shameless thing, Lord Su seems to have been very good at it. After persuading for half a day, even one with the best temper would worn out. She couldn’t show her ambition and even had to serve people like a maid.

Lin Wanqing dissatisfiedly put the bowl on the table and said, “Lord promised before that if I solved this case of rape and murder, you would let me enter the Da Li Temple.”
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“But the rape and murder case was solved by me.” His calm voice mixed with the sound of turning pages.
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Shocked by his rascality, Lin Wanqing incredulously said, “I’m the one who provided the idea of solving the case!”
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“But the most critical kick in the door is done by me.”
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“…… “Lin Wanqing wanted to hit someone at the moment, but beating up a patient and her boss was not something she could do. So she closed her eyes and inhaled a few breaths, trying to stay calm, “During the chase, if it wasn’t for me jumping into the river despite the danger, you won’t necessarily caught the murderer.”
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The person on the bed buried his head in a book. Without moving his neck, he gave her a blank stare and said, “You still have the nerve to talk about the pursuit. You almost lost your own life, not to mention that you also caused me to be injured.”
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After saying this, he seemed to think of something. He said, “You caused my injuries, so it is reasonable that you should pay for the medical expenses.”
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Lin Wanqing exploded, slapped the table, and shouted, “I didn’t ask you to save me either! You want to play the hero yourself. Why are you blaming others!”
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“Heh ……” Su Moyi coldly laughed, “A stab in that back won’t kill you. But if you are injured, it will inevitably uncover your identity. The Sheng City officialdom wasn’t aware of your transfer from the Capital Government Office to the Da Li Temple. At that time, if there are unpleasant rumors, you can’t hear them in prison, but what would I do?”
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Lin Wanqing was speechless, puffing out her cheeks and not speaking.
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When Su Moyi did not hear anything for a long time, he poked his head out of the book and looked at Lin Wanqing. “Why did you save that murderer that day?”

Lin Wanqing was stunned, not expecting him to ask this question, and casually replied, “When you see a person dying, don’t you save them?”
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Seriousness colored the eyes of the person in front of him, so he put down the book in his hand, tensed his body, and said, “It’s good to have sympathy, but leave it to those who deserve it.”
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Lin Wanqing was too lazy to talk to him, lowered her head, and sulked, “I didn’t save him because of sympathy.”
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“Oh?” Su Moyi raised his eyebrows, “Then it could still be because of gratitude?”
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Lin Wanqing sat up straight, looking at Su Moyi sternly, “Before the murderer is proven guilty, he is just a suspect, an ordinary person like us.”
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Su Moyi lightly lowered his head and continued to turn the book in his hand, “But the law of the Nan Dynasty stipulates that if the suspect cannot prove his innocence, then he cannot be cleared of suspicion.”
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“Then does Lord think this is right?” Lin Wanqing had a solemn face and spoke louder, “To wrongly accuse a good person versus wrongly letting a bad person go, which one does the Lord think is more serious?”
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“Of course, it’s letting the bad guy go.” Su Moyi replied.
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Lin Wanqing said unconvincingly, “Lord chose this because you are superior. In your eyes, the stability of the general situation is more important than a person. Then what if the Lord is the suspect? What if your family is the suspect? Would Lord still think that way?”
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The man on the bed abruptly put down the book in his hand and looked at her with a stern expression, “Your assumption will not happen to me at all. Moreover, for me, wrongly convicting good people and wrongly releasing bad people, these two situations won’t exist.”
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Lin Wanqing was so angry that she wanted to strangle him right now. She got up, and the bowl on the desk shook with a clang, nearly spilling the medicine inside. The person on the bed was not intimidated by her outburst, still reading a book calmly. Her eyes rolled twice, and she picked up the medicine on the table with one hand and quietly hid it behind her. She slowly paced to the side of Su Moyi’s bed, looking down at him.
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However, Lord Su, who used to see all kinds of scenes, was not moved and still elegantly turned the pages.