Quick Wear: Another day when the villain is paying for it

"Yingying, you go back first. I want to go to the library."

Xia Yingying said "Oh" in a long voice, patted her shoulder, and gave her a look that said "I understand":

"Go ahead, Lord Juan Wang. I'll leave first~"

Xu Ning clasped her hands together and said, "Thank you, Master Yingying, for your understanding!"

Xia Yingying rolled her eyes: "Stop talking nonsense, go ahead."

"Yeah, I'm leaving now. Bye~"

The Kyoto University Library can be said to be a famous building of Kyoto University. It is large in scale, well-equipped, and contains a wide variety of books. I heard that it was built with funds donated by a famous entrepreneur decades ago.

Xu Ning glanced inside and went straight to the third floor.

The third floor mainly displays historical and literary works. Perhaps information about the national teacher can be found there.

Her eyes swept across the rows of books, and finally she seemed to sense something, and her gaze fell on the somewhat worn book in the corner, and she carefully pulled it out.

Perhaps because of the long time and the lack of special preservation, the cover of the book has turned slightly yellow and is stained with a thin layer of dust. The writing on the cover is a little unclear and one can only vaguely see the words "Yuguo" on it. As for the label on the back of the book, it has long been worn out and the source of the book can no longer be clearly seen.

Xu Ning took out the tissue he carried with him from his pocket, gently wiped off the dust on the surface, went to the bathroom to wash his hands, and then found a corner with few people to sit down.

When I opened the book, I was stunned by the portrait at first sight.

Different from the portrait shown in the teacher's PPT, this portrait has particularly delicate brushstrokes, especially the phoenix eyes, which look like a clear spring of water at the bottom, and are full of tenderness, as if looking at her through the canvas.

She subconsciously raised her hand to touch those eyes, and when her fingertips felt the rough paper, she came back to her senses.

But my heart feels empty...

Pinching her fingers to regain her thoughts, she turned over the portrait and slowly read the contents on the back.

"Emperor Yuyang passed away, and his three sons fought for the throne. Imperial Master Mo Shiming settled the dispute and supported the late emperor's youngest son Qi Xuanqi to succeed him..."

"In the fifth year of Yuantian, the emperor proposed to build a straight road, interact with neighbors, open up Mao City, and establish friendly exchanges. The emperor agreed."

"In the ninth year of Yuantian, Mo Shiming wrote to the emperor, saying: 'In order to deal with river floods, we should relocate people, build river dams to control the water, plant trees to protect the embankments and the soil, so as to ensure the stability of the rivers and benefit future generations in the long run.'"

"In the tenth year of Tianyuan, the Imperial Master resigned from his post. The Emperor tried to persuade him to resign, but he did not change his mind, so he agreed."

"In the 19th year of Tianyuan, the emperor went to look for him, but his residence was deserted, with no trace of him."

……

She read silently word by word.

Time passed unnoticed. The clock hanging on the wall ticked and the minute hand turned round and round. The afternoon sun was setting further and further west. She was the only one left in the quiet library.

When she raised her head again, her eyes were drawn to the outside of the window. The sky was blazing with heat, and only the last hint of red remained of the setting sun in the horizon. The fiery red light shone through the window, and her body seemed to be immersed in the flames and burned along with it.

Facing the setting sun, it seemed to be getting closer and closer, so close that it seemed to be right in front of her. The scorching temperature seemed to be baking her body. The dazzling light was like sharp needles piercing her eyes, and her eyes were plunged into darkness in an instant.

***

A remote mountain road in Yu Country.

A simple-looking carriage was quietly moving on the mountain road.

The sound of horse hooves clattered, but then suddenly stopped.

The man driving the carriage jumped off the carriage, stood in front of the window and saluted: "Sir, there is a strange woman fainted on the ground ahead. It seems that she fell from the cliff."

After a pause, he said: "...Do you want me to throw it into the forest?"