Blood flowed profusely, the lady-in-waiting was killed. Master Bai Cang rushed away but he slipped and fell over.
"Ah, my waist feels broken, ouch..." he said while massaging his back, then Mr. Bai Cang was surprised to see a woman lying on the bank of the river with a wound on her shoulder.
"Good grief! He's injured," Master Bai Cang said in shock.
With great difficulty Master Bai Cang finally managed to bring the woman down from the mountain and bring her home. With extreme caution and vigilance for fear of anyone following them, Master Bai Cang immediately rushed the woman in, he checked her shoulder and tended to her.
"It's not an arrow wound, it's a gunshot wound. What did this woman do to hurt her like this?" said Master Bai Cang to himself.
"Gregs!" suddenly the door opened.
"Huh Father? Who is this woman? Why did you bring a woman into the house?" asked Bai Chen surprised to see a woman lying in her house.
"Father found him lying by the river, he was injured so I helped him" Master Bai Cang replied.
"What if he's a bad person? What if people from the Procuratorate come here?" Bai Chen replied frantically.
"I'm sure he's a good kid," then Master Bai Cang left, followed by Bai Chen who was still scratching his head in panic.
Finally Zhi Xiang came to his senses, he was confused now where is he? Why is he hurt? Suddenly the door opened.
"Comfortable!"
"Already up?" asked Master Bai Cang while carrying the medicine, then he sat down in front of Zhi Xiang. On the other hand, Zhi Xiang fell silent and stared at Master Bai Cang absentmindedly.
"Are you okay? Drink this, this medicine will speed up your wound healing process," said Master Bai Cang placing the medicine on the table.
Master Bai Cang helped Zhi Xiang get out of bed. Eun Ha quickly took the medicine.
"Thank you for helping me," said Zhi Xiang.
"You'd better rest until your wound is completely healed," said Master Bai Cang helping Zhi Xiang back to his bed.
"Father, I'm leaving!" said Bai Chen as he walked away.
"Where are you going? It's getting late." Master Bai Cang asked.
"That's none of your business, I'm leaving!" said Bai Chen impolitely then left.
Master Bai Cang then went to the kitchen to prepare dinner. Suddenly Zhi Xiang comes and makes Master Bai Cang startled.
"Why did you get out of bed? You still need a lot of rest, let's go back to your room, I will prepare dinner for you," said Master Bai Cang.
"No, I'm cured. I'm going home and Thank you for helping me, I owe you my life." Zhi Xiang said then paid his respects.
"Hey stay home, there's been a lot of kidnappings and they never come back, hey!" said Master Bai Cang without Zhi Xiang caring.
Then Zhi Xiang walked towards the exit of the house he was surprised to look right and left. He opened the courtyard gate to see the buildings, the tools used and the traditional clothes of the people there were completely different.
"What happened?"
***
There is a festival in the village tonight, loud music sounds and people there gather to enjoy the beautiful festival night, they sing and dance together. They look very happy and peaceful.
"Is there a festival? Why is it so crowded?" said Zhi Xiang confused because too many people were wearing traditional clothes, then Zhi Xiang ran towards the crowd.
"Hey wait!" call Mr. Bai Cang.
Then Master Bai Cang followed Zhi Xiang fearing that his wound had not fully healed. Zhi Xiang looked around, the atmosphere was strange, the people there were wearing traditional clothes, the buildings and equipment they used were all traditional. Then Zhi Xiang approached a boy to ask.
"Hey, what's all the fuss about?" Zhi Xiang asked the child.
"You're kidding huh? Tonight there is an annual lantern festival sis, you see people lighting lanterns on the river. They write their wishes on the lanterns, and it is said that if we write down our wishes, the wishes will come true someday," said the boy as he pointed out the people who were making wishes on the lanterns, then Zhi Xiang paused and watched the people that.
"A'aaaa.. Hahaha.. I thought I was lost, but it turned out to be in Beijing. Many people rent clothes here. I've also rented them, I'm sure you rented them, huftt why do you always waste money like this," said Zhi Xiang to himself while stroking his head, the boy was confused by Zhi Xiang's very strange behavior and left him.
Zhi Xiang saw a mother crying and she saw a teenage boy being pulled by two men. Zhi Xiang who felt sorry then approached the woman and asked what happened.
"What are you doing? What is this?" asked Zhi Xiang.
"They took my son, he is innocent. We are just poor people who can't pay because of the drought, our crops fail and we can't pay taxes, my son," explained the woman.
Zhi Xiang was shocked by the woman's words, he remembered what Master Bai Cang had said about the kidnapping, Zhi Xiang was even more curious and tried to find out.
Then Zhi Xiang walked over to see the people who were busy writing their wishes, suddenly his shoulder hurt and there was a bit of blood on his shirt. Zhi Xiang was silent while holding his shoulder, he endured the pain, his face was pale and slightly sweaty.
"This hurts a little, Mother will definitely be angry if she finds out that I was injured, let alone my clothes being torn, I have to pay the fine for this shirt. Did I fall? How can my injury be this serious. Ah, it's okay, it's just a small wound, tomorrow will definitely get well. Do I also have to write a wish on the lantern as well? Em of course! Come on Zhi Xiang!" muttered Zhi Xiang without any suspicion, then he went to a lantern shop.
"Uncle, how much is the lantern?" asked Zhi Xiang wanted to buy a lantern there.
"200 Yuan Miss," replied the lantern seller.
"Where's my wallet? Huh! Did I lose my wallet? I thought it was in my pocket. Aishh.. Where.." Zhi Xiang muttered while fumbling through his clothes.
Zhi Xiang was still busy fumbling through her clothes so she pulled her skirt up, the people who saw Zhi Xiang's behavior were all shocked, in the eyes of the people who saw the incident, Zhi Xiang was a girl who really had no manners at all. Suddenly someone held his hand.
"Stop it! Women shouldn't carelessly lift up their skirts, especially in public like this," the man said as he looked at Zhi Xiang.
"Here is the money," the man said to the seller.
Meanwhile, Zhi Xiang was still staring at the man. She shook her head to resuscitate herself, she was completely stunned by the handsome man in front of her.
"Ah, thank you, I'll return your 200 Yuan later," said Zhi Xiang bowed and headed towards the river. When he got to the river, Zhi Xiang suddenly realized something.
"I forgot I need a pen and paper to write on," muttered Zhi Xiang then he returned to the merchant just now and the man was still there, he also bought the lantern.
"You looking for this?" said the man handing him ink, brush and paper.
"No, I'll borrow a pen," Zhi Xiang replied.
"What's a pen?" said the man confused what that thing.
"Huh you don't know pen? Hahaha where do you go to school?" said Zhi Xiang while laughing mockingly at him.
"In Ming," the man replied casually.
"What? Why are people here so weird, aish.. your school is too far away, your parents must be worried about your school fees, otherwise you're a rich man wow.." Zhi Xiang was surprised and spoke very casually following his thoughts.
"Okay come on! I'll use the ink." Zhi Xiang said then walked towards the river first followed by the man.
"How can he go to school in Ming? If he goes to school there how can he not know what a pen is? Aish.. rich people like him don't know pens are so embarrassing, em.. has he been writing with charcoal all this time? Hahaha.. oh my !" muttered Eun Ha to herself while laughing silently.
"Strange woman," the man muttered.
Zhi Xiang lit the lantern fire and then he wrote a wish on the paper and then carried the lantern to the middle of the river slowly, the man also did the same.
"What are you writing?" asked Zhi Xiang curiously.
"That's none of your business," the man replied.
"Hey you know about the kidnapping that happened here?" asked Zhi Xiang, the man then looked at him.
"Just because they can't pay taxes, they have to lose their families. I don't understand the current government's rules, why are they so cruel and don't give relief. Even those who can't afford taxes, their money has to replace it with rice, the government is too greedy," continued Zhi Xiang took the man by surprise.
"Wait, rice tax? It's been banned by the government," the man replied.
"I saw it myself earlier, if you don't believe it, that's it," Zhi Xiang annoyed.
The man paused then walked away with a serious face, it seemed he was interested in Zhi Xiang's words.
"Wait! What's your name?" asked Zhi Xiang.
"Minghao."
Ming Hao answered Zhi Xiang without looking at him, he is really a cold guy but his attitude is sweet. Zhi Xiang smiled shyly as he shook his body then he walked slowly to follow her. Ming Hao was still thinking about what Zhi Xiang said, he felt something was wrong and would investigate to find out the truth.