Chapter 657: Died for a Just Cause

"Thank you for your kind words." Jiang Lianzhu continued, "Now that Dabao has ascended the throne, no matter how powerful he is, he is still a child. I have more things to worry about and more to learn. Regarding business, if I need help in the future, I will probably ask you for some advice..."

Being regent is not an easy task.

A country is not as easy to manage as a family. Dabao had just taken over and things were not on the right track yet. She didn't even have time to go back with King Zhan to visit her mother's grave.

"Okay, that's no problem. Our Lin family has been granted many years of business opportunities by the royal family. As long as Princess Fu'an wants to know about all the business matters, I can explain them to you."

"That would be troublesome."

"No trouble, no trouble, this is our blessing."

Mrs. Lin spoke in a gentle and calm manner, neither humble nor arrogant.

When they first arrived in the capital, Mrs. Lin also spoke in this tone, very kindly.

Now that Jiang Lianzhu and others are in high positions, Mrs. Lin is still very kind.

She is indeed a very nice lady.

Jiang Lianzhu couldn't help but secretly admire in her heart that to be able to raise such a highly qualified Mrs. Lin, her previous parents must have been very outstanding as well.

"Mrs. Lin, your parents must be businessmen with a big vision, which is why they raised a strong woman like you."

Mrs. Lin's smile froze. "My parents were both good people, but unfortunately they passed away early and didn't get to enjoy my blessings..."

"What illness did they have? I saw in the file that they died of illness."

Jiang Lianzhu rarely gossiped.

Mrs. Lin smiled bitterly. "I won't hide it from you. Actually, he didn't die of illness. Back then, my parents were businessmen. Our Shamen County has a big river, and most people do business on the water. My parents met with a disaster and encountered kidnappers. My parents bravely rescued the child from the kidnappers. Then, they were hated and silenced. Alas, the elders in the family were afraid that if they told the truth, the matter would be exposed and affect other family members, so they wrote illness as the cause of death."

"How dare you! Have you reported it to the police?"

Mrs. Lin sighed, "I didn't report it to the police. The evil people were too cruel. At that time, I was living with my husband's family in the provincial capital, the Lin family. It was only after a long time that I received a letter from the elders of the clan telling me the whole story. When I reported it to the police, they couldn't find anything.

Alas, such a rampant evildoer, without any law, now that I think about it, nine out of ten are from Baihualou. The elimination of Baihualou is truly a matter of great joy, it is simply too good to be true. "

Jiang Lianzhu's heart moved, "Where is the child that the kidnapper abducted? Is he saved?"

"I don't know about that. My parents, who were such nosy people, are dead. I guess the abducted child must not have been rescued. I'm not sure. It's been eighteen years. I don't know..." Mrs. Lin felt very regretful when she mentioned the death of her parents.

If she hadn't married, or had married someone close to her, would her parents have died in such unclear circumstances?

At that time, she wanted to go to the place where her parents had the accident to try her luck and find some clues. The government could not find any clues, so she went to investigate in person. However, she had just given birth to Lin Ziyi and was weak. She had to stay at home to recuperate after the baby's death and could not go out.

She asked her husband Lao Lin to investigate for a few days and found out that he died because he saved people and did good deeds.

As for the rest, there is nothing.

After listening to this, Jiang Lianzhu was thoughtful. So that's how it was. Mrs. Lin's parents died bravely for justice.

If she was really the villain of Baihua Tower, then could the little baby that Madam Lin’s parents saved back then be her?

It can’t be such a coincidence!

However, we can take this matter and ask the people from the Six Gates to investigate it in detail.

Jiang Lianzhu stood up and said goodbye, going to pick some herbs.

Mrs. Lin accompanied him. "Recently, the shop has received a new batch of rare and excellent medicines. Would you like to go and pick some out? If there's anything that's suitable, I'll keep it for you."

Jiang Lianzhu replied, "I won't be using them for now, so I'll keep them for now."

"OK."

Jiang Lianzhu picked out some commonly used medicines and returned to the palace.

***

There is a grand canal connecting Daliangzhou to Chubei Prefecture, which winds for thousands of kilometers. There are many towns along the border, all connected by the grand canal.

There are many tributaries around the Grand Canal, forming large natural lakes.

The lakes and rivers are rich in resources, which support the people of Da'an Kingdom.

Among them, there is a Lake Oting, which is the most famous and has a particularly large area. It is rich in a kind of whitebait, which is delicious, has few bones and is rich in nutritional value. Many fishermen make a living by catching whitebait in the Oting Lake basin to support their families.

Every morning at dawn, the fishermen row their boats out to the lake. For some reason, there are fewer and fewer silverfish in the lake recently, so they can only try their luck in the center of the lake.

Fishermen going out to sea met and greeted each other. There were uncles, old men, young and middle-aged people, and some even brought women and children to help.

"Zhu Zi, how many silverfish did you catch yesterday?"

"Hey, forget it! Uncle, we didn't catch a single silverfish, and there weren't many other fish either. It's really weird. Where did all the silverfish in the lake go? How have you guys caught these days?"

"Same! There are fewer whitebait. Today we can only go to the center of the lake. There are rapids and turbulence there. It's not that there are no whitebait, but there is really no harvest. I really don't want to go there. If we can't catch any whitebait and can only survive on ordinary fish, I'm afraid we will starve!"

"That's right. We have a kid in school, and the expenses are very high..."

"My mother is still sick and takes medicine every day. If we don't have silverfish, how will our family survive..."

…

As they talked, they rowed towards the center of the lake.

The center of the lake used to be a deep pool with a lot of aquatic plants growing underneath. No one wanted to fish there because it was very wasteful to use the nets and gear.

There is no other way now, I can only go there and try my luck.

No one dared to go alone, so we made an appointment to go together.

After catching the silverfish, we will distribute the profits based on the merits.

After rowing for an hour or two, the fishermen finally reached the outskirts of the center of the lake. The lake was calm, and as usual, the weather was fine and the water was sparkling.

The old fisherman observed the environment and worked out a plan. He formed the boats into a triangle, lowered a large net, and tried to haul up one net first.

The lake is too deep, and I'm afraid a small net won't work.

Everyone agreed and started to go online.

Soon, the net sank into the water, forming a closed loop. Everyone stood on their respective boats, looking forward to the harvest of this first net.

"Uncle, Master Zhao, the net is moving, I feel something underneath!"

"Yes, yes, yes, I felt it too. There's something there. This net looks pretty solid..."