The Lord of Mount Spirit by Huang Mei Mao
《灵山君》 作者: 黄眉猫
Ch 06.02
Editor & Translator: Sonrisa t.n.t
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Kong Shen’s fingertips slid along two columns on the pages of the book: “Just start copying from here. Do you know how to hold a brush?”
Qing Shi Jiu shook his head no. Kong Shen picked up his brush and showed him: “Look at me, just hold it like this.”
Qing Shi Jiu imitated the positions of his fingers and held the brush without any understanding, and was urged to write. He had no choice but to persevere and touch the paper with the brush.
“Haha! What’s this!”
A woman’s charming laugh suddenly drifted very close behind him. Qing Shi Jiu was startled, and the paper that he was writing on was pulled away.
He could not even hold a brush, and the words he wrote lacked sharpness and were sloppy. It is because he could not control the brushstrokes well, the words were extremely large. After a word was written, there were a few places with ink smears.
The fourth young miss of the Peacock Mansion laughed so hard that the hairpin on her head jingled loudly: “Kong Shen, even if you choose, don’t choose someone like this to copy books for you. Are you deliberately trying to embarrass the teacher?”
As if there was a hidden meaning in her words, she threw the paper to her personal maid and intimately hugged Kong Shen’s arm: “Brother, promise me something, and I will copy for you.”
Without waiting for Kong Shen to speak, she ignored Qing Shi Jiu and waved him away: “What are you still doing here? Go sweep your yard.”
Qing Shi Jiu bowed, turned around and ran away.
The next day, the writing was inexplicably pasted on the door of the Library Pavilion, and was viewed over and over. On the lower right corner of the paper, there was also a small flowery script written by some kind person.
Qing Shi Jiu’s letters.
Kong Ling tore up the paper and threw it away in the courtyard: “What kind of tricks is Kong Si up to? A bad-hearted girl will become ugly. Why doesn’t she look into the mirror and care about her image?”
Then later, one night, Qing Shi Jiu was sleeping soundly when he was dragged from his bed by several people and escorted to Lord Peacock.
In the main room, there were only two people sitting on the raised platform, Lord Peacock and the eldest young master, Kong Jing.
As Qing Shi Jiu kneeled on the ground, a cold feeling crept into his heart.
“It was you who seduced Kong Shen?” On the platform seat, Lord Peacock spoke, his voice was deep, but he was pretending to be dignified.
Qing Shi Jiu’s voice was like a mosquito: “I didn’t.”
Lord Peacock smacked a tea cup: “You didn’t? If you didn’t seduce him, would he fall in love with you?”
“You’re just a sweeper of the Sword Pavilion. You’re really capable. Kong Shen only went to the Sword Pavilion once and was seduced by you. He’s so bewitched that he has you transfer you to the Library Pavilion. Who taught you these crooked ways?”
Qing Shi Jiu took a deep breath, and said hoarsely: “No one taught me.”
Qing Shi Jiu did not know how many times he repeated the words, “I didn’t,” when suddenly Kong Shen broke in. Without saying a word, he knelt down beside him and forcefully gripped his hand. He told Lord Peacock to withdraw the engagement with the Temminck’s Tragopan Mansion.
Towering with rage, Lord Peacock immediately ordered people to drag Qing Shi Jiu out and flog him to death.
Kong Shen shielded him tightly. Lord Peacock was so angry that he took action himself and the main room erupted into chaos.
“I am sincere to Shi Jiu! I don’t want anyone else but him! I don’t want to marry a Temminck’s tragopan. Besides, I have never met the young miss of that family. How can I know whether our appearance and temperament are compatible? You’re forcefully trying to make a loving married couple, but instead you’re making enemies!
If you want to marry the Temminck’s Tragopan Mansion, then, go and marry her! My eldest brother can do it, too! He hasn’t married either! There are so many young masters, whoever wants to marry her, can marry her! I won’t marry anyways, I only want Shi Jiu!”
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Even though Qing Shi Jiu was protected by Kong Shen, he was still injured. However, Kong Shen was worse than him, he could not get out of bed.
Qing Si came to see him, applied medicine to his wound, and sighed: “You have to thank the second young master for saving your life.”
As Qing Shi Jiu buried his head into his arms, he thought to himself: [Is it not because of him that I am so miserable right now, why should I thank him.]
Kong Shen was the one who hounded him, but all the fault was on him. The rumors were all about how he seduced Kong Shen and bewitched the second young master. Not only did he take him to the Library Pavilion to meet him day and night, but he also openly went against Lord Peacock and wanted to withdraw the engagement to the Temminck’s Tragopan Mansion. He would marry no one else but him.
Everything was pinned on Qing Shi Jiu’s head. It was him who bewitched his master, and it was him who wanted the second young master to break off the engagement.
When Qing Si finished applying the medicine, he walked back and forth in the room several times before saying: “Shi Jiu, do you know the Small Spring Manor?”
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Qing Shi Jiu woke up.
The dream was full of things from the past, and when he suddenly woke up, he was confused and did not know where he was.
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