Chapter 25 Hope

Rumble!

Wen Rugui only felt that a bolt of lightning had struck his head directly, causing his mind to go blank and he was unresponsive for a long time.

As a person who has been in the officialdom for more than 20 years, Wen Rugui is a patient person, but everything that happened before his eyes was too weird for him to understand at all.

A cousin of the same clan, a trusted servant, not to mention having given advance instructions, even if something unexpected happened, he should know what to say.

But they turned against the Lin family.

conspiracy!

These two words suddenly and naturally appeared in Wen Rugui's mind.

His confused and gloomy eyes swept across Wen Ping, Wen Rusheng, Lin, the old lady and others. The doubts that were about to drive him crazy were circling in his mind: Who is plotting against him?

Wen Ping was frightened by Wen Rugui's eyes and glanced at Wen Hao secretly.

The girl in the white silk shirt and green silk skirt raised one hand.

Her hands are as white as jade, and her fingers are slender.

Wen Ping shuddered all over and buried his head even lower.

The second girl was reminding him that he still owed those ruffians five hundred taels of silver!

He actually couldn't turn back.

Wen Ping smiled bitterly in his heart, and the guilt he felt towards his master that had been growing deep in his heart disappeared.

Since there is no turning back, in order to protect myself, I can only go a more desperate path.

Master, I'm really sorry.

Wen Ping stared at the spotlessly clean bluestone pavement, his voice filled with fear and doubt: "Didn't the master tell Madam Qing back then to wait until she passed the imperial examination before returning to propose marriage?"

After a moment of silence at this unexpected development, the crowd suddenly became louder.

"This is like a man who passed the imperial examination and married a noble lady from a high family, abandoning his cousin who lived far away in his hometown village."

"What do you mean by being forced? This is clearly abandonment!"

"Bah, men are so disgusting."

"Don't talk about us men. Not many men can do such a thing. He broke up the verbal engagement with his childhood sweetheart cousin and married a noble lady. Then, when the concubine's son with his cousin grew up, he threw dirty water on his wife, saying that he was forced to do it." A young man in the crowd shouted.

The onlookers had no time to pay attention to who said this. After all, it was a lively occasion and there were too many people talking at once. As long as the words made sense, it was enough.

Immediately, countless people echoed.

"Wen Ping, you dog slave, who did you accept the favor from to slander your master!" Wen Rugui finally found his voice and was furious.

Wen Ping took a step back in fear and said in panic, "Master, you have wronged me so much. How could I accept the favor of others and slander you?"

Someone in the crowd who knew more about the situation pointed out loudly, "This Wen Ping has been a servant of Minister Wen for over twenty years, and is now the chief steward of the Minister's residence."

"If that's the case, then there's no way he would betray his master for a little benefit."

"It seems that this is also an honest man who will not lie."

Someone sighed: "I didn't expect that Minister Wen is so dishonest, but he is surrounded by honest people."

Laughter broke out.

Honest man Wen Rusheng was so moved that he shouted, "Tenth brother, it's not that I don't want to help you, but people should be honest. Feng'er is about to take part in the Spring Examination, and I don't want others to mention that he has a father who tells lies with his eyes open."

"You--" Wen Rugui pointed at Wen Rusheng and was about to say something, but suddenly he felt a pain in his heart.

He covered his heart with his hands, his expression painful.

Wen Hao watched coldly and felt something in his heart.

Could it be karma? This time it was my father's turn to be unable to breathe.

Wen Rugui was in his prime after all, so the situation that happened to the old lady did not happen to him.

But for him at this moment, being alive is not much better than being dead.

Wen Rugui discovered in despair that he simply couldn't find a way to counterattack in such a short time.

There was a swish sound, the sound of a sword being drawn.

The onlookers had not reacted when they heard the noise, but when they saw the long sword in Lin's hand flashing with a cold light, those who were nearby immediately dodged to the side.

Lin walked towards Wen Rugui with a sword in hand.

Behind her, the servant Changshun was stunned: "Sir, your sword!"

It was just for fun, why did Madam Lin pull out the sword of his son?

Nowadays, it is a trend for young men from prominent families to wear swords. However, most of them do not actually know martial arts, and wearing a sword is purely for decoration, just like wearing a beautiful jade.

The scabbard of Prince Jing's long sword is particularly fancy.

But no matter how fancy a sword is, it can still hurt people.

In her rage, Lin didn't pay attention to whose sword she borrowed. She just urgently needed to vent the anger that was accumulating in her chest and was about to drive her crazy. She needed such a sword to pierce Wen Rugui's heart to see if his blood was cold and his heart was black.

"Mom!" A slender figure rushed out and hugged Lin's arm holding the sword.

Looking at her daughter standing in front of her, Lin's expression was filled with grief and anger: "Ah Hao, get out of the way!"

She would not be able to get rid of the hatred in her heart unless she tore Wen Rugui into pieces today.

"Mom, look over there." Wen Hao pointed in a direction.

Lin looked over blankly, and saw the old lady's pale hair and the eldest daughter's anxious face.

The second daughter's voice, as soft as water, came into her ears, calming her anger: "Mom, please don't do anything stupid. We must be together well."

In her past and present lives, she didn't care about fine clothes and delicious food, nor did she fantasize about finding an ideal husband. All she hoped for was to be together as a family.

Lin was stunned.

The time was short, yet seemed very long, and the hand holding the sword finally dropped.

Wen Hao took the sword from Lin's hand, and Lin did not resist.

The old lady roared with full force, "Wanqing, mother has long told you that before you kill someone, you should consider who it is. Does this bastard deserve it?"

Lin stared at Wen Rugui and slowly uttered three words: "He—is—not—worthy."

As soon as the words fell, Lin's body swayed, and it seemed as if all the strength had been exhausted by these three short words.

Wen Chan walked over quickly and supported Lin.

"Chan'er, accompany your mother back to the general's mansion to rest. Ah Hao, accompany your grandmother to the palace." The old lady gripped her cane tightly and glanced at Wen Rugui with disdain. "I want to talk to the Queen Mother about my good son-in-law!"

The old lady turned and left, her steps moving with great speed.

Wen Hao hurried to catch up, but after a few steps he suddenly remembered that he was still holding a sword in his hand, so he stopped and turned around.

In the crowd, the servant Changshun waved his hand hurriedly: "It's our prince's sword!"

As he was about to run over to take the sword, a hand grabbed his shirt from the back.

During this pause, Wen Hao came over.

"I'm sorry, my mother lost her composure today."

Qi Shuo took the sword and smiled slightly: "It's human nature. Miss Wen, go quickly."

The boy's smile was so gentle and harmless that Changshun began to doubt: Was that hand just now not that of the prince?

It must not be the prince who was holding him still.

Wen Hao nodded slightly to Qi Shuo, picked up her skirt and hurried to catch up with the old lady.

The crowd had no more excitement to watch, so most of them dispersed.

Qi Shuo was walking back to Prince Jing's Mansion with his servant Changshun, with a slight smile on his lips.

Changshun saw that the prince was in a good mood and asked the question in his heart: "Prince, we are just watching the fun, why did you let me shout those words?"