Orluros
Stories
3
Chapters
752
Words
1.7 M
Comments
1
Reading
5 d, 23 h
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The night lay quiet and dark as water, with the city gates already closed. In the fields neighboring the main road, the crops suddenly began to sway, rippling like waves from afar, parting in clusters as if something were racing through them. Rustle rustle… The sound of padded paws skimming the ground grew louder. A faint red shadow darted swiftly through the fields, with two more waves in hot pursuit. Two fox silhouettes, one red and one white, hissed sharply. “Wretch! Give us back the yang…
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353.2 K • Ongoing
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The weariness gradually faded, and as Lu Liangsheng regained consciousness, he slowly opened his eyes. His surroundings felt soft, cushioned by bedding, and through his blurred vision, he saw Honglian’s silhouette seated by the bed. She lightly tapped his hand, bringing his senses fully back. A gentle warmth in his dantian flowed through his body, filling him with a comfortable, tingling sensation, as well as a newfound solidity in his cultivation. “Young master, young master?!” Beside the bed, her…
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“Hehe…” “Hehehe…” A silvery, bell-like laughter echoed through the air. At that moment, a warm, flickering light appeared in the hall of the side courtyard, casting a soft glow from within. A woman’s light laughter floated out. “Who’s there?!” Zhou Zhen shot up from his seat, shouting fiercely toward the tightly closed doors. Bang! The doors of the hall swung inward, revealing a woman’s silhouette kneeling on a cushion in the center, her back to him as she prayed before a shrine…
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At mid-morning, Zuo Zhengyang had someone keep an eye on his horse and, holding the toad he had picked up, walked up the stone steps. “The plaque is modest; the master of this residence should not be difficult to get along with.” For a seasoned constable like Zuo Zhengyang, who spent years interrogating and investigating, it only took a glance to deduce the character of a household’s master from the appearance of the gate of their residence. However, today’s visit was about more than just…
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“Dead?” Lu Liangsheng shifted his gaze from the Toad Daoist to Zuo Zhengyang, who sat opposite him. He didn’t appear to be making light of the situation. After a brief pause, the scholar's smile faded, and he furrowed his brow. “Chief Constable, did you kill him?” Even Sun Yingxian, lounging under the eaves, glanced over, his eyes fixed on Zuo Zhengyang beside the painting frame. The latter shook his head, his voice heavy. “It wasn’t me… I uphold the law when handling cases. Even if I…
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"… Haha… So you're saying Zhang Dongming was unaware of this?" Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the trees as birds flitted about the swaying branches. Inside, through the open lattice windows of a nearby house, an elder and a younger man sat across from each other at a desk. The aroma of tea, pastries, and ink filled the air as the pages of a book were turned. Lu Liangsheng smiled as he set down his teacup. The elder had invited him over at dawn to ask about the events of the previous…
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“Caught a person——” One of the constables shouted at the top of his lungs. The group of more than ten men holding the net pulled it tight, and in an instant, the Daoist, drenched in black dog blood, was forcefully entangled and knocked to the ground, struggling as he gripped the iron net. A constable struck him on the head with the hilt of his sword, delivering a solid blow. "Stay down!" He then turned back to face the approaching Chief Constable, saluting with his sword in hand. "Chief…
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The drifting clouds in the night sky revealed a crescent moon. A faint white mist arose along the street. Inside the prison of the yamen, where two lanterns hung, moonlight spilled through a small window. Crack, crack, crack! The leather whip lashed through the air, striking down viciously. The jailer, who was administering the punishment, wiped the blood splatters from his face and rinsed off by the water bucket. The prisoner had been delivered in the first half of the night with orders for an overnight…
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The moment the scroll was rolled up, the doors and windows suddenly blew open with a violent gust of wind. An even fiercer wave of sinister wind swept through the courtyard, sending the startled birds perched atop the old pine tree flapping their wings frantically, fleeing to a more distant place. In the other courtyards, the maids and servants shuddered involuntarily, their faces pale with terror as they watched the trees and plants in the garden thrash wildly. Panicked, they rushed indoors, too…
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The enormous shadow hidden in the darkness loomed, its height seemingly equal to the city walls. Its mere presence was enough to make anyone's heart tremble with fear. "Gulp..." That was the sound of someone swallowing nervously. The elderly couple under the eaves nearly collapsed, sitting weakly on the ground. Having lived their entire lives, they had first been awed by the Daoist's mystical abilities, thinking it was beyond their wildest imaginations. But then came the female ghost, and now this…
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