Chapter 12 Chapter 12 In order to prevent panic, the Mu family...
At dawn, Li Yian woke up on the beam. Looking down, he saw Mu Yang sitting at the table reading a book with a lit candle.
The yellow candlelight flickered gently in the morning breeze. He was now neatly dressed, his long, cascading hair half tied back, a few strands dangling from his forehead. He wore a pure white, gold-trimmed, literary academy uniform. His wide sleeves were slightly rolled up, revealing his jade-like wrists and slender fingers. By candlelight, Mu Yang was flipping through a book while writing with a brush.
Li Yian sat up cross-legged and watched him write slowly and steadily, leaving each stroke of his writing on the snow-white rice paper.
The saying that handwriting reflects the character of the writer is true.
Li Xuan's handwriting is very sharp and powerful, with a slight touch of connected strokes. One can sense that the owner of his handwriting is a proud and arrogant person. Mu Yang's handwriting, on the other hand, is very neat and elegant, and at first glance it makes one feel extremely comfortable and refreshed.
Li Yian stretched out his calloused hands and guessed that if he wrote with them, the handwriting would be like a dog's crawling script, and one could tell at a glance that the owner of the handwriting was not well educated.
Li Yian's face darkened. She had come to such a heartbreaking conclusion this early in the morning. The saying "the handwriting reflects the character" was a lie. She wasn't uneducated, she just didn't practice calligraphy enough.
Li Yian was not too curious about Mu Yang, nor did he have time to pay attention to what Mu Yang was writing.
She looked out the window and saw that it was already dawn. She supported herself on the beam with one hand, jumped down lightly, and then walked out of the house.
Because her movements were so quiet, Mu Yang, who was practicing calligraphy, would not have noticed her leaving if he had not heard the slight sound of the door lock opening.
When Mu Yang raised his head, he could no longer see Li Yian, but only saw that the door was slightly open.
Mu Yang quickly put down his pen, walked quickly to the door, opened it and looked out, and saw Li Yian's pale green figure walking away outside the corridor.
"He didn't even say hello." Mu Yang lowered his eyes and murmured softly.
Mu Yang closed the door with a bit of disappointment and walked back to the table.
He picked up the ink pen with his slender fingers and wanted to finish copying the scriptures, but his mind was restless and he couldn't continue, so he had to put down the ink pen.
He raised his head and looked at the beam in the air. The beam was only the size of two palms placed side by side. Thinking that Li Yian slept there last night, Mu Yang stood under the beam and looked up and observed for a long time in confusion.
How did she sleep on it without falling off?
The morning was still misty, and the flowers and plants in the Mu Mansion's garden were shrouded in mist. The cool morning breeze carried the fresh scent of flowers and plants. The Mu family's servants swept the floor with brooms, making bursts of rustling sounds, and from time to time the aroma of food wafted from the kitchen.
After washing up in her room, Li Yian changed into her martial arts uniform, tied her hair into a high ponytail, and then tied a headband around her forehead. She sweated a lot during martial arts training, and the headband could quickly absorb the sweat and prevent her hair from falling into her eyes.
In order to prevent panic, the news of the mysterious disappearance of two servants of the Mu family has been blocked.
The High Priest had already sent someone to secretly infiltrate the Mu family to investigate the evil. Li Yian's primary responsibility now was to protect the Mu family, so she had to drop most of her classes at the Martial Arts Academy to patrol every corner of the Mu family, and then she would reunite with the people sent by the High Priest.
The novel describes that in the early stage, the evil is just an invisible and incorporeal evil spirit that can only hide in the dark and release beautiful sounds or create virtual scenes to lure people and absorb human essence. When the evil strength grows to a certain level, it can cultivate flesh and body that are no different from humans, is not afraid of sunlight, and can walk everywhere. What's worse is that they also have evil power and can easily subdue humans. They are equivalent to evil creatures that can absorb human essence anytime and anywhere.
Li Yian suspected that the evil spirits in the Mu Mansion hadn't yet cultivated into human form, otherwise they would have long since entangled Mu Yang. But to be safe, she had to keep a close eye on those around Mu Yang, especially his supporters. She'd been keeping a close eye on him from last night to this morning for this very reason.
The dry well in the backyard has been sealed, and ordinary people cannot enter casually. Because Li Yian was assigned by the High Priest to guard the Mu family, she was able to obtain the consent of the Mu family's head father and head mother, who gave her a pass.
When she finished inspecting the Mu family and walked to the backyard, there were already several people standing at the edge of the well, checking the situation inside the dry well. There were also several people standing nearby, whispering about something.
Li Yian remembered those people. They were some teachers from the School of Literature of the Theological Society, as well as a few students from the School of Martial Arts. And Qi Yang was also there.
When Qi Yang saw her, he raised his eyebrows, waved at her, and mouthed to her to come over.
Li Yian felt very uncomfortable when he saw those unfamiliar people, but he still nodded to them.
After everyone at the scene briefly introduced themselves, the atmosphere was too serious. Qi Yang, who usually spoke in a gruff voice, pulled her away and whispered to her, "The body has been brought up and needs to be brought back to the Theological Society for cremation by the High Priest."
Li Yian nodded, indicating that she understood. She looked at Qi Yang and asked in confusion, "Why are you here?"
Qi Yang winked at Li Yian with some pride, "Didn't you recommend me to the High Priest?"
Li Yian choked. Her recommendation was clearly to let Qi Yang replace her to protect the Mu family so that she could go to the palace to be an apprentice warrior, right?
After a pause, she seemed to remember something and spoke expectantly, "How long will you stay in the Mu family? Since the High Priest has agreed to let you come, how about we switch positions? I'll investigate the evil things and you protect Mu Yang?"
Qi Yang looked disgusted after hearing this and glanced at Li Yian, "Are you sure? I don't have as good a temper as you. I'm afraid that if I'm not careful, I'll punch one of those gossipers around Mu Yang."
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Seeing Li Yian's dejected face, Qi Yang coughed dryly and explained, "Li Yian, I can't help you. The High Priest has given me other instructions, and I can't tell you the details right now."
After a pause, he picked up a fist-sized hard stone from the ground and handed it to Li Yian, saying, "Next time those gossipers keep whispering nonsense in your ears, try smashing it in front of them and leaving a threatening message: 'Anyone who dares to nag in front of me will end up like this.' It might work."
After hearing this, Li Yian's eyes lit up a little, "You can try."
Since Qi Yang still had things to do, he couldn't chat with Li Yian any more. Seeing that Li Yian had barely recovered her strength, he patted her shoulder firmly and said, "Come on, don't be so effeminate. I'll get busy now."
Qi Yang's usual great strength almost knocked Li Yian to the ground. Li Yian quickly stabilized his lower body and raised his head to glare at him.
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