Fletcher's Descent into the Abyss Chapter 148

At three o'clock in the morning, Qiao Tianya opened the curtain.

Yao Wenyu was talking in his sleep, and the pain in his legs made him sweat while he slept. The mattress was not thickly padded, and the rainy season had not yet arrived in Cizhou. The window was open, and the bamboo curtains swayed in the wind. Yao Wenyu lay in the wind, as if he were pillowing on the spring rain.

A few months ago, the Taixue turmoil affected the poor officials in the court. Kong Qiu and Cen Yu were the first to bear the brunt, and Yao Wenyu was not immune. After the turmoil, Yao Wenyu was protected by Kong Qiu and rarely showed up in Qudu. He only accompanied Hai Liangyi at Bodhi Mountain every day until the carriage was attacked.

That day Yao Wenyu met Xue Xiuzhuo.

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