4: The Rising Wind Forebodes the Coming Storm (Part 2)

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## Summary

Liu Jianghe and Little He continue their conversation from the previous chapter, with Little He exclaiming in surprise because Liu Jianghe said that Lu Jiu is in danger. Liu Jianghe immediately asks if Little He is aware of a long saber that's a black sheathe with silver bamboo patterns. Little He doesn't recognize the description, but accidentally tells Liu Jianghe the location of a different saber, the location of which he was supposed to keep secret. Little He frets that he wasn't supposed to say anything, then asks Liu Jianghe how he knew there was a saber as Liu Jianghe runs off.

Meanwhile at Hundred Flower Pavilion, Linglan asks Lu Jiu what he hopes to achieve by knowing she made the poison, and reveals that she already fed it to Liu Yuan. She explains that he slaughtered her family over an unintentional remark, leaving only her alive, and now she wants him dead. She tries to tell Lu Jiu to not get involved, but he cuts her off and explains that the poison wasn't strong enough. He mentions that it takes time to take effect and the antidote is easy to make, and Liu Yuan has probably already noticed it. He tells her to leave, but at that moment Liu Yuan bursts through the door with his men. He notices Lu Jiu holding a handful of poisonous herbs and orders his men to tie the two up for trying to kill him.

Back at the medical hall, Liu Jianghe has located the saber. He notes that the saber doesn't belong to Lu Jiu but is a good saber nonetheless. As Little He is begging Liu Jianghe to put the saber back, some people run up to the medical hall's doorway to shout to Little He that Lu Jiu was caught playing with Linglan and would be killed that night. Little He panics, but Liu Jianghe reassures him that he'll bring him back. Little He tells him not to be stupid. Liu Jianghe responds that he's already done too many stupid things, as he reminisces on his fan, covered in blood next to some bloody white fabric, as well as a shattered sword also in a smear of blood. Liu Jianghe tells Little He not to lock the door that night.

## Extra

Liu Jianghe drinks Lu Jiu's herbal soup for the first time. He takes one sip, spits blood, and passes out. Lu Jiu takes a sip himself and realizes he forgot to add sugar. He doesn't care about the taste or the texture of his medicine, since he's not a chef.

## Notes

* The blood pattern on the shattered sword in Liu Jianghe's memories is unusual. Usually a sword that slices something would have blood on the tip, but in the image, the tip of the sword is clear of blood. Instead it has blood only around its shattered middle area.

## Prior Information

* This chapter's extra gives more context for a previous scene where Lu Jiu threatens Liu Jianghe with a lack of sweetening in his medicine.

## Future Information

*The information detailed here comes from future chapters. If you're reading the comic for the first time, consider skipping this section!*

* The saber that Liu Jianghe describes is Lu Jiu's Frosty Sword, which is currently broken. The saber present in the medical hall is instead Three Thousand Retainers, given by Xie Qingshuang.
* Despite the state of Wind Rider, Liu Jianghe's fan, in the flashback, Liu Jianghe is still able to call upon it and it's clear of blood.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 2: Keeping My Beloved at Home
2. ↑ Chapter 94: Discord Between Siblings
3. ↑ Chapter 54: Handy
4. ↑ Chapter 41: Three Thousand Retainers
5. ↑ Chapter 89: Emotional Appeals and Reasoning are Useless