noffsinger Chapter 406 Eyebrows
Chapter 406 Eyebrows
Zhu Jingxing reeked of alcohol and was unable to react when he heard this. He blinked and then waved his hand.
"Brother Lin, this case is difficult to handle!"
"Oh?" Lin Yuanxuan put down his wine glass and leaned forward. "I'd like to hear more about it."
As the wine took his first sip, he felt sleepy, but Zhu Jingxing still patiently replied:
"Let's not talk about anything else, just say that the Tang family's servants lent money at high interest rates and forced the people who couldn't pay back the money to sell their children. There is real evidence for this, and the account books have been found.
There is also Quan Ya Pavilion. Anyone you pick out can identify the deceased among the dozens of female corpses in Guangdai Lake.
There were also some women in the pavilion who were disaster victims who came to Beijing last year. They were forcibly abducted into Quanya Pavilion and died quietly.
The owner of Quan Ya Pavilion is a distant relative of the capable person around the mistress of the Tang family..."
Lin Yuanxuan raised his eyebrows and said, “In Kyoto, there are many disobedient servants of the rich and powerful who rely on the power of their masters to do some shady business outside.
Now that it has been investigated, the Tang family's servant was sentenced to death. The Tang family is at most guilty of failing to control their servants. This is clear, so why are you so worried, Brother Zhu?"
Zhu Jingxing didn't know whether Lin Yuanxuan was asking knowingly or was really unaware. He thought for a moment before speaking carefully:
“Brother Lin also knows that with the Tang family’s current status, it is impossible for the people of Kyoto to jointly file a lawsuit without someone behind the scenes directing them…
You and I can still vividly remember the scene in the court where the Jiang, Yun, and Huo families impeached the Tang family on various charges.
The emperor was furious and ordered the three courts to hold a joint trial to investigate the Tang family case. "
A trace of annoyance flashed through Lin Yuanxuan's mind. What Zhu Jingxing meant by this was that now the emperor and those three families wanted to overthrow the Tang family?
These discerning people can see it, but he still needs to tell them specifically!
Just when Lin Yuanxuan thought that he would gain nothing, Zhu Jingxing's next words caught him off guard.
“But what Brother Lin doesn’t know is that today the Emperor summoned me, Censor Zhao, and Lord Sun to the Imperial Study and severely reprimanded us for our progress in investigating the Tang family case.
Prince Yan was also there at the time, and he took the initiative to ask the emperor for permission to supervise the Tang family case, and the emperor agreed. "
"King Yan?" Lin Yuanxuan couldn't help but murmured, he was really surprised.
After all, in the minds of the powerful people in Kyoto, they all believed that Prince Yan never participated in the struggles between the aristocratic families, and only liked to hide in the northern border and be a rough soldier.
"Then according to Brother Zhu's opinion, was it Prince Yan's idea to supervise the Tang family case? Or was it the Emperor's idea?"
Zhu Jingxing shook his head, "When the three of us went in, King Yan had already been in there for a while.
Therefore, I really don’t know whether the Prince of Yan came up with this idea on a whim or had discussed this matter with the Emperor long ago.”
Lin Yuanxuan had not originally planned to get much useful information from Zhu Jingxing. It was a pleasant surprise to learn that Prince Yan was supervising the Tang family case.
Seeing that Zhu Jingxing was too drunk to muster any energy, Lin Yuanxuan said some polite words and sent someone to see him off.
After Zhu Jing left, Lin Yuanxuan stayed in Qingfeng Garden for a while and then went to the main courtyard to look for Lin Xiaotian.
At the same time, outside the Lin residence, Zhu Jingxing, who was supported by Zhu Chun to get on the carriage, had his originally drunken eyes suddenly become extremely clear!
……
Lin family, main courtyard.
Lin Yuanxuan reported the information he got from Zhu Jingxing to Lin Xiaotian truthfully.
"...Father had planned not to help the Tang family from the beginning. This was indeed a foresighted decision."
When Lin Xiaotian heard this, his tiger eyes widened and his voice became cold.
"The imperial court has already issued a decree that the murderer of your elder brother was Concubine Tang. If I help the Tang family, how will the court view me?"
If he couldn't help openly, he could still help secretly. Lin Yuanxuan didn't point out the loophole in Lin Xiaotian's words.
He was already accustomed to Lin Xiaotian's sudden anger, and immediately lowered his brows and admitted his mistake.
"My eldest brother died young, and I am deeply saddened.
It is because of the grief that I want to find out the real murderer who killed my eldest brother.
Concubine Tang is a rude and stupid person. I don't believe she dares to kill my eldest brother. Even if the Tang family gave her a hundred guts, she wouldn't dare to do it! "
"Oh?" The vertical lines between Lin Xiaotian's eyebrows faded a little. "So what did you find out?"
Lin Yuanxuan clenched his fists, and a dark light flashed in his lowered eyes.
"Father asked me to send people to the border of Western Xinjiang. My men carefully questioned the border guards at each checkpoint, but none of them had any record of large numbers of Drunken Ivy being brought into Daliang. They then visited nearby residents, but also found nothing.
The child deduced that either we could show these Drunken Ivy people their extraordinary abilities, or we could make the guards at the pass dare to deceive our Lin family and keep their mouths shut.
Or maybe someone cultivated the Drunken Vine in Daliang and used it to make a powerful drug that could knock out even a martial arts expert like my eldest brother."
"Father, don't want to listen to speculations, tell me your conclusion!" Lin Xiaotian's eyes flashed with a thoughtful gleam, and then he snorted coldly.
Lin Yuanxuan frowned.
"I asked three of the most famous herbal farmers in Kyoto, and they all said that if I invested a lot of money and effort, I could cultivate and propagate the drunken vine in Kyoto."
"So, you found the person who cultivated the drunken vine?"