When Lin Xi woke up, the back of her head hurt as if it was about to split.
What was even more painful was the heavy wooden shackles on his wrists, which had worn away the skin and flesh, causing burning pain every step he took. The scorching sun was in the sky, and the loess on the official road was heated up by the sun. The heat steamed up, making people dizzy.
"Quickly go! Why are you dawdling!"
The sound of a whip breaking through the air sounded behind him. Lin Xi subconsciously shrank his neck, only to see the whip hit the leg of a scholar-looking man in front of him.
The scholar staggered and almost fell down. The wooden shackle hit the shackles of the person in front of him, making a dull sound.
"R-I'm sorry..." The scholar's voice was hoarse and crying.
Lin Xi blinked, and sweat flowed into his eyes, making them painful. It took her - or rather, he should use "he" now - three days to reluctantly accept the fact that she had traveled through time.
I entered a book called "The Chief Assistant of a Poor Family".
Not a protagonist, not a villain, not even a named supporting character.
He is the background briefly mentioned in the book: Lin Xi, a scholar from a poor family, was involved in an imperial examination fraud case during the provincial examination. He was stripped of his fame and his family was exiled for three thousand miles. In the original text, Lin Xi died of illness on the way to exile, and his body was hastily buried on the roadside without even a grave...
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