Resolving misunderstandings
Early this morning, Mrs. Zhou took Zhong Ningning to dress up, under the pretext of celebrating the birthday of the old lady of the Marquis of Loyalty.
It seems like a birthday celebration, but in fact it is just a visit.
Lin Yan thought that she had nothing to do this time, but Madam Zhou turned around and told her that it was an invitation written by Tang Yuelin, the daughter of the Marquis of Loyalty, saying that she was destined to meet Zhong Ningning and Lin Yan and hoped to meet them.
Lin Yan was puzzled. He had just arrived in the capital, so how could he know the daughter of the Marquis of Loyalty?
When Lin Yan saw someone at the Marquis of Loyalty's Mansion, he remembered that he had met her at Aning's birthday party. She was the girl who told him where Aning was.
Loyalty and Righteousness Marquis Mansion
When Tang Yuelin saw Zhong Ningning and Lin Yan coming, she hurried forward to greet them: "Miss Lin, do you still remember me? I admired you so much when I saw you flying to Miss Zhong's side with your lightness skills."
"I remember, but I didn't have time to say thank you at that time," Lin Yan replied.
"It's just a small matter, not worth mentioning. I have always remembered the way you two saved people, so I want to get to know you two." Tang Yuelin said again
"It's nothing." Zhong Ningning scratched her head shyly, feeling that this Miss Tang was very much to her liking.
"Lin'er," Tang Yuelin's mother, Mrs. Mo, called out.
"My mother is looking for me, so I'm sorry to leave," Tang Yuelin said regretfully, "There is a beautiful flower garden in the mansion. I'll ask someone to take you to see it."
"Okay," Zhong Ningning said with anticipation.
Lin Yan watched Tang Yuelin leave thoughtfully. She always felt that there was a sense of familiarity in the look that Miss Tang gave her, but they had only met twice.
At this time, Zhong Ningning's voice rang out: "Sister, let's go see the flowers."
Lin Yan retracted his gaze and replied, "Okay."
Unfortunately, I didn’t get to see the flowers.
As soon as I entered the flower garden, I saw a familiar figure, Lin Yi.
Just then, Lin Yi turned around and saw Lin Yan coming in. He looked at her and then looked away, his body stiffening unconsciously.
Zhong Ningning also noticed Lin Yi. This time, without Lin Yan saying anything, she took the initiative to pull Lin Yan away.
"Okay, my luck is so bad that I can even encounter this," Zhong Ningning thought to herself.
Afterwards, Zhong Ningning told her mother directly that Lin Yan was not feeling well and left first.
Seeing that Zhong Ningning was in a hurry, Mrs. Zhou no longer thought about finding a date for Ningning, and quickly said, "Then go back home quickly and have a good rest."
They had just arrived at the Mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness, and Mrs. Zhou did not want to offend the old lady of the mansion, so she did not go back with the two of them.
After returning home, Zhong Ningning was surprised that Lin Yi appeared in the mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness, and muttered to herself: "Lin Yi, Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness, Lin Yi, Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness"
"I remember now," Zhong Ningning patted her head.
Lin Yan was not in a good mood at the moment. He looked at Zhong Ningning and said casually: "What's wrong? It's just that Lin Yi attached himself to the Marquis of Loyalty."
"I remember now!" Zhong Ningning exclaimed.
"I was wondering why Lin Yi sounded so familiar. I didn't remember him when I saw him before. Isn't he the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple?"
"Lin Yi is quite famous in the capital. My sister told me that he was Master Lin's son, so I didn't associate him with the Lin Yi in the capital."
"Lin Yi, as far as I know, has had a very miserable life. Five years ago, he went to Beijing to take the imperial examination, but someone impersonated him. He should have won the first place, but he was later framed and imprisoned. If it weren't for the impersonation, he would have risen to prominence."
"If the Regent had not been so observant and had thoroughly investigated the imperial examination that year, Lin Yi would probably still be in prison now. After that, Lin Yi continued to take the imperial examination and won the championship, becoming the youngest number one scholar in the Song Dynasty. This year, he was appointed as the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple."
"If Master Lin's son is Lin Yi from the capital, then..." Zhong Ningning's voice gradually became softer, "Is there some hidden secret?"
How could Lin Yan not think of what Zhong Ningning could think of? Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she spoke in a suppressed voice: "In which year was he framed and imprisoned?"
"Calculating the time, it's been three years in Jinghe." Zhong Ningning glanced at Lin Yan cautiously.
The third year of Jinghe was exactly five years ago, the year when the master passed away.
"Do you know where he lives?" Lin Yan asked in a hoarse voice.
"I don't know, but my father should know. But we have to wait until he leaves the court to find out," Zhong Ningning replied.
Lin Yan's thoughts were in a mess. She asked herself the question "Is there any hidden secret behind what happened back then?" countless times in her mind.
It was almost dark when Zhong Ningning heard the servant come to report that Zhong's father had returned, and she immediately ran to find him.
Zhong Ningning immediately asked about Lin Yi's residence and ran over to say, "Yong'an Lane, the lane next to the Mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty. The one with the plaque that says Lin Mansion is Lin Yi's house."
After hearing this, Lin Yan left immediately.
"Do you want a carriage?" Zhong Ningning didn't finish her words. She watched Lin Yan fly out of the Zhong Mansion with Qinggong and shut up. "Just pretend I didn't say anything."
When Lin Yan arrived at the Lin Mansion, he did not go through the main gate. He calmed down his nervous mood and climbed over the wall to enter the Lin Mansion.
She was puzzled as to why there was not a single servant in this house. It was so cold and lonely, and wondered, "This shouldn't be the case. Lin Yi is a Shaoqing of the Dali Temple after all. This house looks so desolate, without a trace of life."
The shadow guards hiding in the dark did not dare to make a sound, for fear that Lin Yan would discover their presence.
Just when the group of shadow guards were about to breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that Lin Yan hadn't noticed them, Lin Yan accurately found one of them and greeted him expressionlessly.
Out of the professional ethics of a shadow guard, the unlucky guy did not cry out.
"Do you recognize me? Where is Lin Yi? I told you, how could Lin Yi be the only one living in such a big house?" Lin Yan complained to the shadow guard.
Unfortunately, the shadow guard did not answer her. If someone from above had not warned them, they would have probably started fighting with Lin Yan.
Lin Yan did not make things difficult for them and continued to look for Lin Yi's yard.
Lin Yi's house was too big. When Lin Yan asked the shadow guard, he got no answer and there were no servants in the house. It took him some time to find Lin Yi's yard.
Instead of going into the house immediately, she climbed onto the roof, peeled off the tiles, and secretly looked at the scene inside the house.
I saw Lin Yi holding a book, staring at it with lifeless eyes, no one knew what was in his mind, just standing there motionless.
The moment he saw Lin Yi, Lin Yan lost his balance and almost made a sound.
After half an incense stick of time, Lin Yan was almost sleepy from staring at him.
After a while, Lin Yi took out a dagger from the box, rolled up his sleeves, and cut his arm.
Seeing this, Lin Yan yelled, "What are you doing?"
Lin Yi looked up in horror and saw Lin Yan's angry eyes.
Lin Yan quickly climbed down from the roof, pushed the door open and cursed: "Lin Yi, are you mentally ill? Why do you want to cut yourself with a dagger for no reason?"
Lin Yi hadn't come to his senses yet and was staring at Lin Yan blankly.
To explain why Lin Yi did this, we have to start from five years ago.
Five years ago, Lin Yan sent a message to Lin Yi to inform him that Lin Jiumen was seriously ill.
And where is Lin Yi at this time? In the prison.
After Lin Yi ran away from home, he relied on the money given by Lin Yan to participate in the imperial examination. Lin Yi won all the tests along the way, and all the teachers in the school thought that he would be the future number one scholar.
At first, Lin Yi also felt the same way. He felt that his future was bright and he would soon be able to prove to his father that he could do it and that he was capable of becoming a high-ranking official.
But in the end, he was impersonated and framed by a villain in the imperial examination. He should have won the first place, but now he is sitting in prison waiting for his death.
Later, Tang Yuelin used her connections to get a meeting with Lin Yi, who by then had already been driven to despair by the torture.
He asked her to pass a letter to his father. Lin Yi felt that he was dying and was not worthy of being his father's son. In order to prevent his father from being sad about his death, he used this letter to sever ties with his father and said many decisive words.
In the end, it was Tang Yuelin's father who used all his connections to save Lin Yi from the death penalty.
Lin Yi stayed in prison for a year. The emperor ordered a thorough investigation into the case of substitution in the imperial examination that year. After discovering Lin Yi's injustice, he restored his status as the top scorer.
It was also at that time that I learned that Xie Zhou was the current regent Song Yizhou.
After Lin Yi came out, he immediately went home to see his father, but what he got was his sister telling him with red eyes that his father was dead.
She told herself that her father died because of him and that her father was angry to death because of him.
Lin Yi completely collapsed at that time. He sat in front of his father's grave all night, repenting every moment.
If it weren't for Lin Yan's last words: "Master said before he died that he hopes you will become a high-ranking official", Lin Yi might have been beheaded by now, paying his father with his life.
That sentence has supported Lin Yi to this day and continue to take the imperial examinations. He didn't want to disappoint his father, but every time he woke up in the middle of the night, Lin Yi always thought that if he had not run away from home, if he had not wanted to be an official, and if he had listened to his father, none of this would have happened.
But there are no ifs.
So Lin Yi always used a dagger to cut his arms, and then continued cutting after the new flesh grew back. This was the way he found to punish himself.
After arriving at Lin Yan's place yesterday, Lin Yi returned to the house and sent Tang Yuelin away. He then silently cut himself with a dagger in the house. Endless regret in his heart once again overwhelmed him. He felt sorry for his father and his sister.
It seems that only in this way can the pain in my heart be relieved.
Seeing that Lin Yi didn't say anything, Lin Yan asked again: "Don't you have anything to say to me?"
"No"
When Lin Yan heard him say this, she wanted to turn around and leave.
It was not until this moment that she remembered that Lin Yi had a weird personality. He had been like this since he was a child. He liked to keep everything in his heart and refused to say anything.
Lin Yan didn't dare to imagine what such a person would become after experiencing all that.
At this time, Lin Yan began to regret that he should not have lied to him and said those words.
If I had listened to him at that time, or asked about Lin Yi later, and knew what he had been through, or even asked one more question, there would not have been these misunderstandings between them.
Thinking of this, a gloomy look flashed in Lin Yan's eyes. If he had not been plotted against by that force, he would have come to the capital earlier and perhaps he would have known the truth sooner.
In fact, Lin Yan had blamed him and resented him, but he had never hated him. How could the friendship that had grown up with him be gone just like that?
Lin Yi is always her younger brother, and that will never change.
Lin Yan is a very sentimental person, so even after Lin Yi wrote such a letter and broke off relations with them so decisively, when he saw Lin Yi collapse because of his master's death, Lin Yan still softened his heart and finally said such awkward and harsh words.
She knew Lin Yi. When she saw Lin Yi sitting at his master's grave all night, she felt a little shaken. She wondered if there was any misunderstanding, but she didn't ask. Why did he write such a letter? The resentment of why he didn't come to see his master for the last time overshadowed the doubts in her heart.
If only I had asked one more question back then.
"Master, before you sent the message, Doctor Zhao said that Master only had one month to live," Lin Yan told Lin Yi the truth.
After listening to this, Lin Yi's eyes were calm and he glanced at Lin Yan: "Didn't Dad die of anger because of that letter? Did he lie to me because he felt so sorry for me? Sister, there is no need to do this."
"I did lie to you, but not now. Master passed away after reading your letter, but not because of you. He was already dying. I said that to make you suffer. At that time, I blamed you for sending a letter to Master before he died, and why you didn't come to see Master for the last time."
"At that time I..." Lin Yi's lips moved, but he didn't say anything.
"I know, I know that you were impersonated and framed and imprisoned at that time." Lin Yan said what he had not said.
Lin Yi was silent for a while, then said: "Did Dad hate me very much before he died?"
Then he laughed at himself and said, "Of course he should hate me. I'm such an unfilial son. I ran away from home for so many years and never went back to see him. Before he died, I even said that I wanted to cut off all ties with him."
"Master has always been proud of you. During those years when you took the imperial examinations, Master would always ask someone to tell him the results every time they were announced."
"Master told me to tell you before he died that you will always be his pride."
Lin Yan's eyes were now filled with tears, and he kept saying, "I lied to you. If I had discovered this earlier, you might not have suffered so much."
Lin Yi had never seen Lin Yan like this before. In his impression, his elder sister had never cried. Although she was only one year older than him, she always made people feel that she could hold up the whole sky.
Now she was standing in front of him crying so hard, Lin Yi wiped Lin Yan's tears in panic and said, "It's not your fault."
After Lin Yan calmed down, she hugged Lin Yi tightly and said softly: "Yi, I'm sorry. I didn't realize that you were in such a big trouble back then, and I blamed you wrongly."
Lin Yan held Lin Yi's shoulders tightly and said sternly, "Master's death is not your fault. If Master knew the truth, he would not blame you. Ah Yi, remember, I will always be your elder sister. No matter what happens, I will always be by your side."
Lin Yi's expression was moved, and he showed a rare smile in these years, and nodded seriously.
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