Return to Beijing
Before returning to Beijing, Lin Yan and others accompanied Zhang Bai to pay their last respects to his father.
Several people burned incense and bowed to Doctor Zhang, and finally stayed to have a good talk with Zhang Bai and his father.
Zhang Bai put the paper money into the brazier and kept talking.
"Dad, I'm sorry I couldn't kill Zhao Qing to avenge you, but don't worry, one day, I will kill my enemy with my own hands and avenge you."
"Dad, you know, I've admired you since I was a child. You have a selfless and loving heart, even though you always care about others more than yourself. In the past few years, I've always quarreled with you because I overheard your conversation with Dr. Zhao. You wanted to send me to Dr. Zhao to study medicine, but having you is enough for me."
"Dad, your medical skills are very good. I want to follow you for the rest of my life. So, in order to make you give up the idea of sending me to Dr. Zhao, I quarreled with you every day. I was thinking, if I leave, what will happen to you? If I leave, who will take care of you? How can I rest assured when you are so careless?"
"I regret it so much. If I had known this day would come, I would never have run away from home and followed you around all day. Dad, I'm leaving now, going to the capital. I'll listen to you and become Dr. Zhao's disciple. One day, I'll become famous and avenge you."
The young man in front of the grave had a fierce look in his eyes. If Tang Yuelin were here, she might have thought that the eyes of the man who poisoned Zhong Ningning in the previous life were exactly the same as Zhang Bai's.
Zhang Bai sat in front of his father's grave and talked for a long time until Lin Yi came to urge: "It's time to set off."
On the way back to Beijing, Zhang Bai opened the car window and watched the carriage getting farther and farther away from Wenzhou.
"Why, you can't bear to leave?" Lin Yi joked.
Zhang Bai nodded and said, "This is the first time I've been so far away from home."
"What's there to be reluctant about? Thinking back to that time, it was the first time I was so far away from home..."
Seeing that Lin Yi was about to start his long speech, Lin Yan interrupted him: "Stop, stop. This is the first time someone has been so far away from home. I secretly knocked him out and took him away. When he woke up, I didn't know who was crying."
"Sister, stop talking. I don't want to lose face." Lin Yi covered Lin Yan's mouth.
Zhang Bai looked at Lin Yan curiously, wanting to hear her continue.
"Why are you so curious, little brat? Don't listen to my sister's nonsense, just look at the scenery." Lin Yi pressed Zhang Bai's head and turned his head towards the window.
"Don't press my head, or I won't grow taller," Zhang Bai got angry.
Tang Yuelin covered her mouth and laughed, jokingly saying: "You are worried that you won't grow taller."
Zhang Bai didn't say anything, a blush slowly climbed from his face to his ears.
"Oh, you're shy," Lin Yan continued to tease him.
Everyone laughed.
About half a month later, everyone arrived in the capital.
As soon as Zhong Ningning heard the news that Lin Yan and others had returned to Beijing, she rushed to the Lin Mansion without stopping.
When she saw Lin Yan, she couldn't wait to give Lin Yan a bear hug: "Sister, you are finally back, I missed you so much."
"Relax, do you want to strangle me, your sister?"
Zhong Ningning got off Lin Yan in disappointment and looked at the people standing beside her, feeling a little shy.
"How corny!" Lin Yi got goosebumps all over his body.
Zhong Ningning rolled her eyes and said, "Tsk!"
Turning around, she saw Zhang Bai standing beside her, and she leaned closer and stretched out her hand: "Hello, you should be Zhang Bai, my name is Zhong Ningning, and I am your senior sister."
Lin Yan only mentioned in the letter that she would have another junior fellow apprentice, and did not mention the rest of the letter as it was not clear.
Zhang Baiyi looked at Zhong Ningning curiously. He had always known that Doctor Zhao had an apprentice. Doctor Zhao often mentioned Zhong Ningning when he persuaded him to be his apprentice. However, Zhong Ningning was good at medicine, while he was good at poison.
"Hello, but I haven't officially become Dr. Zhao's disciple yet, so I'm not your junior apprentice yet," Zhang Bai extended his hand.
"My future junior brother is still my junior brother. I came in a hurry today. I will bring you a gift next time," Zhong Ningning said, touching Zhang Bai's head.
Then Zhong Ningning put her hands on her hips and asked angrily: "So where have you been for the past two months? What happened? Why didn't you tell me?"
Lin Yi touched his nose and looked at Lin Yan, not knowing whether he should say it.
"Old Zhao was arrested." Lin Yan did not hide it anymore. The situation was unclear before, and she wanted to find out clearly before telling Aning.
"What? Master, he was captured. Where did you find him?"
In response to Zhong Ningning's four consecutive questions, Lin Yan replied: "We found out in Wenzhou that Lao Zhao is currently in Beijing."
Then Lin Yan curled his lips and said, "Old Zhao should be safe now. If you want to know where Old Zhao is, I have a way."
Lin Yi raised his eyebrows and said, "So you are not worried at all along the way. There must be a way."
Zhong Ningning watched from the side, and seeing that her elder sister was so confident, she was no longer worried and became curious about Lin Yan's method.
The purpose of their arresting Lao Zhao was nothing more than to save lives and treat people. According to Lao Zhao's temper, he would never allow them to control him and would definitely torture them.
If Lin Yan's guess was correct, that person must be trying to get all the rare medicinal herbs that Lao Zhao mentioned.
If you want Lao Zhao to do something, he will not be called Zhao unless he skins them alive.
But before that, Lin Yan asked Zhong Ningning to find Zhong Yuxi's own homework. Although Zhong Ningning didn't understand why, she didn't ask much.
When Lin Yan saw that the handwriting on the letter was exactly the same as that on the letter in Zhao Qing's room, she understood. She guessed correctly that it was Zhong Yuxi who leaked the matter of Old Zhao.
Lin Yan concealed the murderous intent in her heart. If it were before, she might have just regarded Zhong Yuxi's actions as a little girl's harmless play, but now, she killed Zhang Bai's father, it was not just that simple.
Let’s put Zhong Yuxi’s matter aside for now. No matter what the other party wants to do, Lin Yan has plenty of time to play with her.
Afterwards, Lin Yan asked Lin Yi to check whether anyone in the capital had been searching for rare medicinal herbs in large quantities recently.
In the end, only two people were found to have the items. One of them was Doctor Liu from a famous medical clinic in the capital, who had a habit of collecting these things.
Lin Yi sent people to stake out for a while, but found nothing unusual.
The other one was the owner of a small restaurant. When Lin Yi found out about this wine, he was a little confused. This restaurant didn't have many customers on weekdays, but it had been able to survive in Beijing for so long.
They even had money to buy large quantities of precious medicinal materials. After sending people to follow them for a while, they discovered that they would secretly send the medicinal materials out of the city.
It is almost certain that this person is the one Lin Yan is looking for.
Lin Yi told Lin Yan everything he had found out and gave Lin Yan an address: "This is where they will finally deliver the medicinal materials."
"I understand." Lin Yan prepared to go tonight.
"Why don't we send someone to follow her to avoid any danger?" Lin Yi guessed his elder sister's plan and felt a little worried.
"It's easy to be exposed if you bring people with you. What's the matter? I trust your sister." Lin Yan patted Lin Yi's shoulder.
That night, Lin Yan changed into night clothes and sneaked out of the city.
On a mountain less than ten miles away from Beijing, there is a house deep in the forest. It is heavily guarded and anyone entering or leaving is strictly checked.
Fortunately, I didn't listen to Lin Yi and ask someone to follow me. Any movement in this house would be noticed by others.
Lin Yan concealed his breath and quietly climbed into the house.
Without a map of the mansion, Lin Yan could only look for them one by one.
Finally, Lao Zhao was found in a yard filled with the smell of medicinal herbs.
Climbing into the bedroom where Lao Zhao was sleeping, Lin Yan heard his snoring. He looked at Lao Zhao helplessly. Oh my god, everyone was worried about his safety, but the old man was sleeping soundly.
Lin Yan woke up the sleeping Old Zhao and pressed a button on his xue to prevent him from making any noise.
Zhao Mengsheng woke up with a start, and then someone suddenly pressed his blood pressure. He woke up instantly, but the room was pitch black and he couldn't see anything.
"It's me"
Zhao Mengsheng relaxed after hearing the voice and signaled Lin Yan to unbutton his fist with his eyes.
He couldn't see anything, but with Lin Yan's eyesight, he could see everything in this environment.
Zhao Mengsheng's question was solved, and he said with a smile: "I knew Xiao Yan could find it."
Lin Yan looked helpless, "Old Zhao, next time you encounter danger, you must tell us in time. Also, why don't you bring anyone with you?"
Listening to Lin Yan's nagging advice, Zhao Mengsheng smiled, knowing that he had made the other party worried, and said: "Don't worry, I'm fine."
Lin Yan stopped talking nonsense and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "I'm here to rescue you."
Zhao Mengsheng waved his hands and said: "It's safe here, I won't leave."
"Being safe now doesn't mean being safe in the future," Lin Yan said helplessly.
"They can easily find the medicinal herbs I want, and it will be easier for me to study medicine here." At this time, Zhao Mengshen was like an old naughty boy, and no matter how Lin Yan persuaded him, he refused to leave.
"Have you forgotten your apprentice?"
"Ningning is fine, I don't need to worry." Zhao Mengsheng pretended that he didn't understand who Lin Yan was referring to.
"Old Zhao, don't play dumb, you know who I'm talking about, he's in the capital right now"
Seeing this, the smile on Zhao Mengsheng's old face disappeared:
"Ah Yan, Lao Zhao, I only have two close friends in this world. One is your master, he is gone, and the other is Lao Zhang, he died because of me."
"The person behind the murder of Lao Zhang must have a great background. There must be a huge conspiracy behind it. I am here to find out what they want to do. They will not do anything to me before they achieve their goal. So I can't leave. I can't let Lao Zhang die in vain."
Lin Yan was silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "I will find out everything, you must protect yourself well."
Seeing Lin Yan's agreement, Zhao Mengsheng breathed a sigh of relief. If this girl had used force, he might not have been able to stay here.
Before Lin Yan left, Zhao Mengsheng handed her a note: "Please pass it to Xiao Bai and tell him that from now on, he is my second apprentice."
Lin Yan nodded, then flew away.
When we returned, it was already the hour of Yin.
Seeing that Lin Yi and Zhang Bai were still guarding the door of the Lin Mansion, Lin Yan was helpless: "It's the middle of the night, and you're still not sleeping."
Seeing that Lao Zhao was not behind Lin Yan, Lin Yi couldn't help but ask worriedly: "Did we fail to rescue Lao Zhao or did we make a wrong judgment? Lao Zhao is not there."
“There, I’ve seen him.”
Lin Yan did not tell them the truth to avoid worrying them, and half-jokingly said, "The people who arrested Lao Zhao want him to save people. Any medicinal materials Lao Zhao mentioned can satisfy their needs. This is exactly what Lao Zhao wants. He refused to leave. Everyone knew where Lao Zhao was, so they let him go."
Lin Yi was skeptical, but didn't ask any more questions.
"Okay, go back and rest, don't stand at the door." Lin Yan pushed the two of them into the mansion.
Back in the house, Lin Yan sat on the couch, rubbing his sore shoulders. Seeing the small figure standing at the door, he said helplessly:
"Come in"
Lin Yan stood up and handed him the letter: "I originally wanted to give it to you after dawn, but since you are here, I will give it to you now. Your master asked me to bring it to you."
Zhang Bai took the letter, pursed his lips and asked, "He stayed for my father, right?"
Lin Yan was surprised that he guessed this, but he did not hide it: "Yes, I can't change his mind. He wants to investigate the person behind this."
"I can't blame him for what happened to my father. If you want to blame someone, blame those people who took advantage of my father's kindness and killed him." Zhang Bai took Lin Yan's hand and said, "Sister Lin, please go and persuade him. It must be very dangerous there."
"Old Zhao has made up his mind. If you want him to leave quickly, you should make yourself stronger and find out who is behind this as soon as possible." Lin Yan bent down, grabbed Zhang Bai's shoulders, and smiled at him gently.
"Okay, I will," Zhang Bai said firmly.
"Okay, go to bed quickly. You're still so young, and you won't grow tall if you stay up so late." Lin Yan pushed Zhang Bai to the door.
Since Zhang Bai returned to Beijing with Lin Yan and the others, the Lin Mansion was large, and Lin also cleaned up a yard for him to live in.
In this way, the Lin family had one more child.
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