A smile crept onto Lin Chenglie's serious face, and he continued:
"Shaoyang was originally among them, but fortunately he had been practicing the boxing techniques you left behind during that time, and his hands and feet were much more agile. So he quickly grabbed something and put it in front of him to block the way."
"As a result, after the man was stabbed, Shao Yang finally saw which illegitimate son it was. That illegitimate son died on the spot. As you know, none of us were favored by our father, but that illegitimate son was his darling."
Lin Chenglie's eyes were full of sarcasm as he said this.
“Now that his precious son is dead, he’s bound to come after us! Since he can’t find the mastermind behind the assassin, he’s come after us. First, he wanted to have Shaoyang buried with him, but then he realized that we were all his sons, and since one of us was already dead, the three of us still had to support him in his old age. So he started going to the mansion every day to pick a fight with his mother.”
"Is Mother alright?"
Lin Yuxin asked nervously.
"No, Shaoyang sent my mother to stay at my maternal grandfather's house for a few days. After my uncles found out about this, they brought people to smash up the house my father is currently living in. He hasn't been causing any trouble since then. When I left the capital, I heard that he had done something wrong and was demoted. Now he's just a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet."
"That's his doing. He's trying to get his hands on a tiger; sooner or later he'll be the one to suffer the consequences."
Lin Yuxin wasn't surprised at all when she heard that he had been demoted, and she just snorted coldly.
[Besides, he wouldn't dare confront the assassin's mastermind; he didn't have the guts. He could only pick on his mother, a weak woman. What a bastard, what a coward!]
Lin Chenglie heard his sister cursing their father in her mind, but he didn't think much of it. If he hadn't been so well-mannered and couldn't bring himself to say such nasty things, he would have wanted to curse too.
He didn't tell his sister about the assassination attempt. He had received advance notice but deliberately didn't stop it. Meanwhile, his second brother knew that the illegitimate child was behind them and deliberately used him as a shield.
He didn't want his sister to know how ruthless her brothers were.
But what did my sister just say about the person behind the assassins? Does that mean she knows who sent these assassins?
He knew that although he had received the news in advance, he did not know who was behind it all.
Because several scholars were injured at the time, Lin Chenglie almost suspected that those people were not targeting Lin Shaoyang.
"Sigh, I just don't know who ordered this assassination, or why they wanted to kill these scholars. The case has been handed over to the Dali Temple for trial, but there's still no result."
Lin Chenglie thought for a moment, then tentatively spoke up, hoping his younger sister could tell him more about the mastermind behind it all, so he could also warn his second brother.
[It's definitely going to end badly! In the book, it's a scheme devised by the Crown Prince and the Sixth Prince, all in an attempt to kill the Second Prince to defeat the Eldest Prince and seize military power.]
However, this time, without the Sixth Prince, it seems the Crown Prince is teaming up with that brainless idiot again to wipe them out.
[What she couldn't understand was that in the book, her eldest brother rose to the rank of general after two battles, his status no lower than her maternal grandfather's. But this time, no war had broken out, and her brother's military power wasn't as great. Why was the Crown Prince still so insistent on having the military power in her brother's hands?]
[Is there something else she doesn't know? What could it be? What made the Crown Prince so determined to exterminate the three Lin brothers?]
Lin Yuxin lowered her head in thought, her expression becoming serious.
Upon hearing this, Lin Chenglie's expression changed as if he had just realized something. Could it be...?
When Lin Yuxin looked up, she saw her older brother's expression and asked with concern:
"Brother, what's wrong? You look so pale."
"It's nothing! I was just a little worried because I remembered that your second brother almost died."
Lin Chenglie didn't tell the truth. He didn't want his sister involved. If the Crown Prince really wanted that thing, it would make sense. That's why the three brothers died so tragically in the book his sister mentioned.
That thing was obtained by my mother when she was a young girl, during the two years she spent with her maternal grandfather at the border. At first, my mother did not know the origin of the thing, but she thought it was pretty, so she kept it with her.
After returning to Beijing, a rumor began to circulate in the capital:
A white jade appears in the world, a phoenix forms a seal, and harmony reigns throughout the land!
After that, it was said that whoever possessed the white jade would rule the world. At first, her mother did not know that the piece she obtained was the white jade. It was not until the day her mother was framed and so many people saw it that she realized that the white jade had always been on Zhao Hanyue.
However, she had already had an affair with Lin Xiong'an, and no one was willing to marry her, so Zhao Hanya took the opportunity to marry Lin Xiong'an.
Then the subsequent suppression by Lin Xiong'an's family, as well as the numerous framing and assassination attempts, can all be explained. They were afraid that Zhao Han'ya would pass that thing on to their children.
Thus, the prophecy was fulfilled.
However, what they didn't know was that Bai Yu disappeared when their mother gave birth to their younger sister. Their mother searched for a long time but couldn't find her, which led to the younger sister being mistakenly registered without their knowledge.
In the end, the mother had no choice but to give up the search.
"Big brother, don't worry, Second Brother has gotten through this, so he should be fine now, right?"
Lin Yuxin offered words of comfort, though she was uncertain.
[After all, the second brother in the book died in this incident, but he escaped danger this time. The future is unknown, and no one knows what will happen. Moreover, the fact that the second brother was able to escape this assassination attempt shows that her previous warning was effective, and the second brother himself took it to heart.]
A smile flashed in Lin Chenglie's eyes. It was all because his sister had repeatedly warned him before she left, fearing that her brothers might lose their lives.
After his sister left, the three of them would train whenever they had free time, and they have made some progress in the past two months.
He's already on par with his fourth uncle, and his two younger brothers are almost capable of taking on three opponents at once.
"There's one more thing."
Lin Chenglie looked a little embarrassed as he spoke, and glanced at his sister with embarrassment.
"What's wrong? Is there something you can't say?"
Lin Yuxin noticed her older brother's strange expression and looked at him curiously, asking him a question.
"That's right, I'm getting married. The wedding is set for next February. I wonder if you'll be back by then?"
Lin Chenglie's old face turned bright red, and he stammered as he finished speaking.
"Really? Is it the second young lady of the Ji family?"
When Lin Yuxin heard that her older brother's marriage had been arranged, she immediately jumped up with joy and asked in surprise, as if she were even happier than if it were her own wedding.
"Yes, it's the second young lady of the Ji family."
Lin Chenglie was less shy after saying it out loud, and he calmed down and said with a smile.
"Okay, big brother, I'll definitely come back for your wedding."
Lin Yuxin nodded and said happily.
It's already October. In a little over a month, it will rain in Jibei City, and the drought will end. She'll take care of the remaining matters in Jibei City, and she should be able to return to Beijing around the end of the year. If she travels quickly, she should be able to make it back in time.
Lin Yuxin mentally counted the days until she could go back home. She felt that she should be able to go back for the Chinese New Year this year, so attending her older brother's wedding would be no problem.
Lin Chenglie breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. In the end, it was his sister who had helped him find this marriage. He would have been very disappointed if his sister hadn't come to his wedding.
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