"Didn't they say that the young master of the Lu family was beaten up in the alley near Yingchun Tower yesterday? With a mask on and riding a horse, who could tell?"
"If he were perfectly fine, why would he be wearing a mask? He must be injured and doesn't want anyone to see it."
"Who can say for sure? If you ask me, the Beijing Times might just be making things up. I think Young Master Lu is perfectly fine, and he doesn't seem like the kind of person who would go out fooling around and get beaten up on the eve of his wedding."
"I think so too. The headlines in the Beijing Times are misleading, but in the end they're all fake. They're not as good as those storytellers. Although their stories are a mix of truth and fiction, at least they have stories to tell."
"Hey, you know what? There were some really interesting stories in the newspaper back then. My wife loved reading them. She bought several copies, only to find that they only had the first issue. Now she's eagerly waiting for the next issue!"
"Is it the story of Dream of the Red Chamber? I've read it too. It's quite interesting. Back then, this was the only story you could read in the newspapers. There were also some articles about matching rouge, face powder, and lipstick. I think you have to go to a teahouse to learn about the affairs of the nobles in the capital."
The Times might be full of lies.
"Yeah, I think so too. What happened to the story of how Young Master Lu got drunk at a restaurant on the eve of his wedding and ended up getting beaten up for being a drunkard? He seems perfectly fine to me."
Lu Lin, riding on his tall horse, breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that he had been prepared.
Lu Cijian's idea of using him is simply a pipe dream. He will remember what happened today and will definitely not let this pair of treacherous lovers get away with it.
However, the next second, he felt a pain in the back of his head. Just as he was wondering what was going on, the crowd around him began to panic.
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