"Hmph, if you want to escape, pass me first! Don't do anything!" Wu Shang let out a loud growl, discarded the weapon in his hand, got off his horse, and punched Lin Xiao on the shoulder.
Lin Xiao didn't dare to face him head-on, and dodged several times in a row, his eyes flickering frequently, then he shouted fiercely, thrust his hands hard, and pushed towards Wu Shang at the same time, Wu Shang snorted coldly, facing each other with both fists, two fists in two When palms collided, Wu Shang took a step back, and immediately realized that something was wrong. He found that Lin Xiao jumped and landed on the horse he was riding before.
At this moment, a cold arrow shot out from the group of guards, directly hitting Lin Xiao's back. Lin Xiao, who had just swung a full-strength blow, hadn't recovered his strength yet. Even if he sensed something was wrong, he had no power to resist, and his body was pierced by an arrow. But because Lin Xiao's body blocked him, Wu Shang only heard a soft whistle, and then an arrow protruded from Lin Xiao's heart, and he didn't see where the arrow came from in his haste.
Lin Xiao's body fell on the horse, his eyes widened in horror, and after a short stay, he fell from the horse without making a sound.
Wu Shang was terrified, hurried forward, tried his breath, and suddenly his heart was shocked, he got up and roared: "Who is it, who shot the arrow!!"
All of a sudden, their eyes were focused on the back of the guard group, there were twenty golden archers, they looked left and right, and all shook their heads to indicate that they were not released by themselves. And who made such a big mistake, who would be stupid enough to admit it. The emperor clearly pointed out that he must be captured alive!
Wu Shang glanced over the twenty archers one by one, then glanced at Lin Xiao's body and the arrow dedicated to the court guards, and said in a low voice: "Take his body and go back to the city immediately. This matter, I will definitely find out, hum!"
"My lord, there's a package over there."
"Bring it up!"
"yes."
Opened Lin Xiao's package and took a few glances, and finally his eyes fell on the unopened letter. After thinking for a while, he said, "Go back to the city!"
After completing the task, the palace guards began to return the same way. After they all left, the middle-aged man who had already run away stood up from behind a high mound and looked at the direction they were going with a sneer. , Disdainfully murmured to himself: "A woman like this who wants to marry the Holy Master is really ignorant."
In his hand, there was an extra wooden longbow that came from nowhere.
Ye family.
It was a warm day, and Ye Wuchen half-lyed on the wheelchair, with his eyes closed, basking in the sun comfortably. Tong Xin stayed by his side every step of the way, while Ning Xue gently kneaded his body. After a while, Ye Wuchen opened his eyes slightly, and murmured: "Based on the time, Lin Xiao should have died. This is a person who can be a friend, but it's a pity that he was born in the wrong place."
"The really wonderful thing is not beating the dog with my own hands, but watching the two dogs who were originally in harmony biting each other. Lin family, I don't know how many days you can carry it..." The corners of Ye Wuchen's mouth curled up, silently laugh.
What is the snap of the fingers to determine the world. Ye Wuchen didn't move at home, and the whole Tianlong City was full of smoke because of him.
Wu Shang hurried into the imperial study room, only to find that the emperor, Lin Zhan and Lin Kuang were all there, but their expressions were not very good-looking. Wu Shang glanced at Lin Zhan and Lin Kuang sympathetically, stepped forward and said, "Kowtow to the Emperor."
Long Yin frowned and said, "Why did you come back so soon, what's the situation?"
Wu Shang replied: "Thanks to the emperor's blessing, Mr. Lin was stopped by a group of robbers on the way, so the subordinates were able to find him so quickly."
"Have you found it?" Long Yin turned around sharply and asked, "Then where is he now?"
Lin Zhan and Lin Kuang's hearts also jumped up. If they were really given a choice, they would rather be misunderstood by the emperor and be convicted than Lin Xiao, who had fled, just like that. Wu Shang bowed his head and said dejectedly: "This subordinate is not doing well. When he was about to capture Mr. Lin, he was shot by one of my subordinates... and shot to death. The subordinate only brought back the body. Please forgive me."
"What... what did you say... Xiaoer... is dead? Dead?" Lin Kuang and Lin Zhan rushed to Wu Shang at the same time as if hearing a thunderbolt, shouting in horror.
"Yes... the emperor originally wanted his subordinates to capture Mr. Lin alive, but he didn't expect..." Wu Shang said with shame.
"Xiao'er..." Lin Kuang let out a mournful cry, then fell silent, his whole body trembling slightly, turbid old tears streaming down in strands, his body limp limply. Although he already knew that Lin Xiao would not be able to avoid the inevitable end, but when he heard the bad news, the pain in his heart still pierced his heart. Lin Zhan quickly supported him, gritted his teeth and said in a trembling voice: "Who...that bastard shot him dead, I'm going to tear him... to pieces!!"
Long Yin looked at them coldly, and sneered: "He deserved to die... But don't think that if he dies, there will be no proof. I will definitely investigate what happened today."
"Your Majesty." Lin Kuang cried out sadly: "The loyalty of an old minister can be learned from the sun and the moon, and the world can prove it. Even if our Lin family is exterminated, we will never do anything wrong to the emperor... Your Majesty, this matter is clearly a target for my Lin family. a trap!"
If it weren't for the guard's two words before he died, Long Yin might not have had such great doubts about the Lin family. Now that he found Lin Xiao in the north, it proved that the guard could not be lying. His last few short words put a curse on the head of the Lin family, and they couldn't get it off even if they tried.
Wu Shang stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, this is the package that Lin Xiao is carrying, please take a look at it."
Long Yin took the opened package, flipped it a few times, and his face became more gloomy the more he looked at it. Whether it was the clothes, the white jade flute, or the jade pendant, they all belonged to Lin Xiao. When Lin Xiao was locked in the dungeon, these things were all in the Lin family. In the end, he picked up the letter, glanced at Lin Zhan and Lin Kuang who looked slumped, tore it open abruptly, and took out the letterhead inside.
Xiaoer, as a father, I know that you are deeply persecuted, but I am powerless to excuse you. I can only spend a lot of money to hire two masters to rescue you. I hope you can go all the way to the north and escape thousands of miles away. Never come back within a year. Your second brother is dead, if you die, the Lin family will be cut off, I hope you will be careful when you are outside, and you must not lose your life if you can lose everything.
So far, I have something to tell you. Your grandfather told me in secret that our Lin family was originally established by the emperor to contain the development of the Ye family. It can be said that our Lin family is the emperor's pawn. And this matter, only the emperor and your grandfather know about it. I didn't dare to mention the matter of saving you to your grandfather, otherwise he, who values loyalty above all else, would definitely stop him. Alas... I think my Lin family is loyal to the emperor, but the emperor treats my Lin family like this. He knows it is a frame, but he still does not hesitate to eradicate the blood of my Lin family. It's sad, it hurts, I regret being a minister of the Long family for my father. Xiao'er, he is waiting for the emperor to return to the west. When you come back, remember not to be a loyal minister. He thinks that the Ye family and my Lin family are all loyal, but what you get is like this... Remember, remember.
Being a father is incompetent, he can only do this, peace.
Long Yin's hand holding the letter was trembling faintly. He glared at Lin Zhan with resentment, and suddenly swept his desk with his hand, quickly rummaged through a pile of backlogs, and found one in a short time. After opening the memorial that Lin Zhan presented at the beginning, he put it together with the letterhead... He could tell at a glance that it was clearly written by the same person, and it was written by the same person.
"What a Lin Zhan... Okay, really good." Long Yin's lips trembled, and his breathing became a little rough under extreme anger.
"Your... Your Majesty, what's wrong?" Lin Zhan asked tremblingly, his heart beating faster because of his soliloquy.
"Wu Shang, step back. I will forgive you for Lin Xiao's death!" Long Yin panted heavily, obviously extremely angry.
Wu Shang noticed that the atmosphere suddenly became wrong, and quickly retreated. Long Yin turned around sharply, and said to Lin Kuang in a low voice: "Lin Kuang... have you told your son Lin Zhan about my relationship with your Lin family!"
Lin Kuang was stunned by the question, and faltered for a while. He couldn't figure out why the emperor knew about Lin Xiao because he was "rescued" this morning and told Lin Zhan.
Lin Kuang's reaction made Long Yin's last trace of doubt completely disappear. He sneered and said, "Okay, very good... Your Lin family is indeed more promising than the other... Hmph! Look at what your son has done!"
With a flick of his hand, Long Yin threw the letter in front of Lin Kuang. Lin Kuang picked it up hastily and looked at it seriously. Slowly, his hands began to tremble, and the trembling became faster and more intense. This is his son's handwriting, how could he not recognize it.
"This... this..." Lin Kuang felt dizzy in his brain. This letter not only proves that Lin Xiao was rescued by Lin Zhan, but also clearly reveals dissatisfaction and anger towards the emperor, and even... faintly rebellious.
"Lin Zhan! What else do you have to say now!" Long Yin shouted, pointing at Lin Zhan.
After reading the letter, Lin Zhan's hands and feet were cold, and he knelt on the ground and yelled, "Your Majesty... I didn't write this, I really didn't write this, someone set the blame on me!"
"You're still arguing!" Long Yin almost exploded with anger, "You keep saying that you are setting blame, so I ask you, besides us, who else in the world knows about my connection with your Lin family? And Lin Kuang is right. When Zhen Yang Feng Yin Bi told you this matter, was there a third party present? Could it be that the person who framed you is a god or a ghost, and all of this can be guessed without any difference!!"
"But... Your Majesty, my father didn't tell me this until after Xiao'er was rescued. There's no way..." Lin Zhan stopped suddenly in the middle of speaking, feeling horrified in his heart. That's right, it was obviously his father who told Xiao'er to himself after he fled, and this letter should have been given to him when he fled... Is it really a god or a ghost? To be able to predict the prophet before this!
Long Yin sneered: "Tell me... Go on, I want to see what ridiculous excuses you can come up with. Lin Zhan, Lin Zhan, I have always underestimated you and misunderstood you." .”
"Your Majesty, I really didn't write this..." Lin Zhan almost cried.
"Okay...then I'll give you another solid proof, come here!"
Two yellow-clothed guards walked in from outside the door, and Long Yin shouted: "Immediately ask someone to investigate the Lin family's finances for me, to see if there has been a large amount of money transferred from the day before yesterday to today, go quickly! Zhen, within a quarter of an hour Hear the answer!"
"yes!"
It was written in the letter that Lin Zhan spent a lot of money to hire a master, and Long Yin naturally knew how much money was needed to hire a master. He did not forget the huge amount of money he spent when he invited Tao Baibai back then.
After ten minutes, the guards hurried back: "Your Majesty, the Lin family's bank decreased by a total of six million taels yesterday morning, and there was not much change at other times."
Long Yin nodded, asked him to back down, and then said with a cold smile: "Six million taels is really a big deal... Can you tell me where the money went!!"