Chapter 427: Where Did You Put the Bamboo Slip? Why is it so Warm?
“Go ahead and deliver this letter to Jing Ni.”
At the post station.
After dinner, Li Mo lit a lamp and wrote a letter to Wei Zhuang.
Although they had left the desert, their return was taking longer than he had expected.
Twenty days had already passed.
It would take a few more days to get back to Xi’an from the border.
With Uya along, they couldn’t hurry at all.
In the blink of an eye, a month had gone by.
Uya only had two months left to live.
Every day counted, and he wouldn’t waste time on the road.
This return trip was meant for searching ancient and modern classics.
He intended to start with those in the Imperial Palace.
Li Mo instructed Wei Zhuang to set off first; after Jing Ni received the letter, she would follow the instructions to the palace.
By the time he returned to Xi’an, arrangements could be made to look for it.
This way, they would save a considerable amount of time.
Additionally, the Daoists had sent people over as well.
With Great Qin now unified, Northern Mingshi still had enough face to show him.
He personally wrote letters to all the schools of thought he could think of.
However, in fact, the best hopes lay within only a few powerful factions.
Namely, the Daoists, Confucians, Imperial Palace, and the Yin-Yang School.
Naturally, the most significant number of classics was in the Imperial Palace.
After the Six States were conquered, everything that could be moved was taken as spoils to the Xi’an Palace.
During this time, Fei Yan and the Moon Goddess had been working together on astrological predictions.
They predicted Uya’s future from different angles, but the results were all the same.
Death!
So now, Li Mo was battling against fate!
He had to change Uya’s destiny!
And hope rested on that Book of People!
The Book of People was no longer an ordinary object; no matter how Fei Yan and the Moon Goddess predicted, they couldn’t glean a single thread of clarity about it.
Let alone find a way to alter its content.
Wei Zhuang acted decisively. After taking the letter from Li Mo, he turned and rushed to Xi’an.
Meanwhile, Li Mo headed to Uya’s room.
Exhausted from the journey, Uya had gone to bed early.
It wasn’t just her alone; Fei Yan was keeping her company.
Outside, several maids she had brought from Loulan were also guarding her.
Her current condition gave them no choice but to play it safe.
“What brings you here?”
Uya looked surprised at Li Mo’s late-night visit.
“I need to discuss something with you.”
“You need me?”
Uya pointed to herself in disbelief.
She thought Li Mo was there for Fei Yan, not expecting him to seek her out!
It was the middle of the night, and Fei Yan was right there too!
“Why don’t they call me?”
Wearing only a silk nightgown, Uya sat up in bed, her delicate collarbone shining white under the light.
She was still grumbling about the maids at the door.
Fei Yan casually picked up a coat from the screen and handed it over, “Do you want this?”
“No, I’m not cold.”
Uya waved her hand, declining Fei Yan’s kindness.
Seeing Uya rubbing her arms, Fei Yan silently hung the coat back on the screen.
“You called me… what is it?”
Uya paid no mind to her recently revealed figure and threw back the covers, prepping to get out of bed.
“Just stay in bed.”
Li Mo waved his hand, cutting right to the chase, “Show me the bamboo slip.”
He was in a hurry to verify something.
Uya froze for a moment, “Now?”
Li Mo nodded, “Now.”
Uya’s eyes darted left and right, suddenly becoming a bit shy.
In a negotiating tone, she said, “Well, how about… I send it over later?”
Li Mo found it strange but replied, “I just want to take a quick look.”
Pausing, he added, “Bear with me for a moment; it’ll be quick.”
The bamboo slip could temporarily ease the malevolent energy pain inside Uya, and it had always been with her.
It couldn’t be lost, of course.
What puzzled him was Uya’s reluctance now.
“Well… fine then.”
She said yes, but didn’t make any move.
Li Mo raised an eyebrow and reached out his hand.
He was clearly indicating he wanted it right now.
Seeing she couldn’t delay any longer, Uya bit her lip, gathered her courage, turned away, fumbled around for a moment, then without looking back, pulled out the bamboo slip.
Without facing him, she said, “Here!”
Li Mo didn’t think much of it and accepted it directly.
But upon touching it, he felt something was off.
He blurted out, “Why is it so warm? Where did you put it?”
Uya, with her back to him, instantly turned beet red, wishing she could find a hole to hide in.
“…Where else could it be?”
At that moment, Fei Yan walked over, glancing at Li Mo’s chest with an implied look.
Only then did Li Mo realize!
No wonder Uya had been acting so weird; she’d concealed it pretty well!
Being tactful, he didn’t mention the embarrassing matter and sat down at the table to examine the bamboo slip.
Fei Yan brought over a cup of hot tea, quietly placing it beside him.
Though he couldn’t see the contents, he knew Li Mo was there for a significant reason.
After a cup of tea’s time, Li Mo gathered the opened bamboo slip.
He sighed in relief, “Just as I thought.”
“What happened?”
“What happened?”
Fei Yan and the now-recovered Uya both asked simultaneously.
“Nothing, just verifying my thoughts.”
Li Mo stood up and handed the bamboo slip back to Uya.
At the same time, he added, “It’s better off with you for now.”
Uya took the bamboo slip but didn’t rush to tuck it away in her bosom.
Instead, she hugged it close, looking at him. “How about… just let you keep it? I feel much better already.”
During this time, she indeed felt a lot better; otherwise, she couldn’t have warmed the slip up so much.
Li Mo shook his head to refuse.
The reason Uya hadn’t shown previous symptoms was that she had the bamboo slip with her.
Without the bamboo slip’s suppression, the malevolent energy would soon erupt again.
He came over just to verify if things were just as he suspected.
What was recorded on the bamboo slip was indeed affected by the territory.
Now that he was in Great Qin, the slip revealed information related to Great Qin.
Even though Uya was a Loulan person, she was now located in Great Qin.
Thus, records about her could also be found on the Qin State’s list.
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