"Master, you haven't offended anything... and you've had alopecia areata, have you?" Madam Liang asked cautiously.
"Alopecia areata?" Liang Xin reached out and touched his hair, only to find that he seemed to be holding something in his hand. When he took it off, he found that a lot of hair had come off his hand.
The thought of being hacked to pieces hundreds of times in his dream, the bloody terror that already made him mentally unstable, and now seeing all his hair falling out, the fear from his dream suddenly extended into reality.
Liang Xin's eyes rolled back, and his body could no longer support him; he suddenly fainted.
He was both shocked and terrified.
When he first woke up, he could comfort himself that it was just a dream.
But now he is watching helplessly as most of his hair falls out, and it's even a case of alopecia areata. This means that the things in his dream might crawl out at any time and cut off his head and limbs!
Liang Xin suddenly fainted, which terrified everyone in the Liang family.
Madam Xia immediately sent someone to fetch a doctor, but after examining Liang Xin, the doctor could only see that Liang Xin was just overly frightened and that there was nothing wrong with his body.
The doctor prescribed him some calming and sedative medicine.
The news of Liang Xin's serious illness spread quickly throughout the yamen, and the yamen runners could not refrain from work like Liang Xin.
However, when they were working, they would gather together and cautiously talk about the strange things they had encountered. Their scalps, like Liang Xin's, had been shaved off by ghosts, leaving bald patches on their heads, which looked terrifying.
One of the constables took off his hat and showed it to his companions: "I don't know what's wrong with my family either. My hair is usually very thick and has never looked like this before! But the day I went to the Lin family's restaurant with Lord Zhang and Lord Liang, my hair turned like this the next day! This must be related to the Lin family."
"Could it be that what our Lord Liang said is true? That little kid is a monster? We must have offended them, which is why things have turned out like this?" The others saw that the person's head was shaved, and it was similar to theirs, so they didn't try to hide it anymore.
Someone spat unhappily in the direction of the Liang residence, "What monster? I think it's more accurate to say that the kid surnamed Jiang is right. If she were really a monster, wouldn't that old Taoist priest have dealt with her? I think that little girl might actually be quite capable. We've offended her, which is why things are like this."
They each had their own thoughts, but they all agreed that this was because they had offended Lin Wanyue, which was why they had ended up in this situation.
Regardless of whether the little girl from the Lin family is a prodigy or a celestial being descended to earth as Jiang Yongqiang said, she is someone they cannot afford to offend, and they must avoid her as soon as possible.
On the roof of the Lin family's house, out of their sight.
Lin Xiangwu sat on the roof ridge, a jar of wine beside his legs, his expression somewhat gloomy.
Hu Jiuyuan leaned closer and asked, "Your wine smells quite good. Where did you get it from?"
"Under the plum tree at the Liang family's place," Lin Xiangwu replied, picking up the jar of wine and gulping it down.
Hu Jiuyuan smelled the fragrance, twitched his nose, and thought that this might be a daughter's red wine that had been buried for more than ten years.
He had never married in his previous life, and therefore never had the chance to drink such mellow Nu'er Hong wine. That's why, despite the incomprehension in Lai Fu and the others, he managed to sneak up to Lin Xiangwu.
Hu Jiuyuan took out a bowl and said, "This smells good, give me some too."
Lin Xiangwu handed the jar to him, then turned to look at the afterglow of the setting sun on the horizon, the golden sunlight carrying a sense of weakness and powerlessness.
"This wine tastes really good! It must be decades old. But I don't think that young man surnamed Liang is that old. Does he have a daughter who is still unmarried even though she's in her fifties?" Hu Jiuyuan said, drinking his wine while gossiping about the origin of the wine.
Laifu and Xiaofendie weren't interested in drinking and didn't want to attract Lin Xiangwu's attention, so they ran away early.
Master Cui was somewhat interested, but he was timid and dared not approach Lin Xiangwu, so he simply went to watch Lin Zhongyuan study.
Lin Xiangwu shook his head and said, "These are the things he collected after he took someone else's daughter as a concubine and smashed up their house."
These words inevitably evoked sighs of pity. Hu Jiuyuan secretly poured himself another bowl and muttered, "This guy surnamed Liang is really no good."
Lin Xiangwu gritted his teeth, his expression becoming somewhat agitated. "I once led so many brothers, eating chaff and wild vegetables on the battlefield, and so many people died! But I never imagined that what we risked our lives to protect were these good-for-nothings who oppressed the people! The thought that the blood of so many of our brothers was used to drink the fine wine in their mouths fills me with hatred!"
"Brother, have a drink, don't get excited." Hu Jiuyuan patted Lin Xiangwu on the shoulder and handed him the wine jar. "You've been fighting hard on the front lines, and we, the people behind you, are grateful. You weren't protecting those corrupt officials; they were just lucky! Don't be sad, we'll take care of them sooner or later."
Lin Xiangwu took a big gulp of wine.
Outside the Jiang family's wall.
"Young Master... I... I dare not lay a hand on him..." A servant of the Jiang family swung his fist, but hesitated to strike Jiang Yongqiang's delicate face.
Jiang Yongqiang kicked him in the shin: "Useless thing, if I tell you to hit someone, then hit them! Show the fighting spirit you usually have when you're beating people!"
"But young master, you usually hit other people, how dare I hit you?" The servant was still worried about being retaliated against by Jiang Yongqiang in the future, and hesitated to make a move.
"Useless!" Jiang Yongqiang cursed, then punched himself in the eye socket.
"Uh..." The punch was too forceful, and Jiang Yongqiang took two steps back. He could barely open his eyes, and everything seemed to go black.
Then he plopped down on the ground, and his head slammed against the wall.
The servants rushed over to pull him away, saying, "Young master, why are you doing this? If you go back and cry, the master will definitely go and cause trouble for that Liang fellow."
"Hmph, that's not enough! If I don't bully myself a bit, my dad definitely won't actually lay a hand on that Liang guy, given his personality. But for my little aunt's sake, I'm determined to get rid of that Liang guy this time." But Jiang Yongqiang didn't have the courage to punch himself again, so he rolled around on the ground twice, making his clothes wrinkled, covered in dust, and his hair a mess, with dark circles under his eyes.
Upon returning to the Jiang family home, Mr. and Mrs. Jiang were terrified to see their only son in such a state.
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