After Xu Shoubei finished shouting, he saw the guards who had been beaten to the ground and his mouth twitched. These people from the Lin family were quite ruthless.
His shout made the surrounding villagers feel somewhat relieved; thankfully, they hadn't come to rob their house this time, otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to handle so many people.
They felt no sympathy for these robbers and ordered Commander Xu to arrest and execute them all.
Zhou Chenyang was in excruciating pain all over his body from Lin Xiuyan's beatings, but he still couldn't pass out.
Hearing the commotion, he remained silent, knowing that if he were recognized, he would be utterly humiliated.
Even though he remained silent, Lin Xiuyan wouldn't let him off the hook.
She shouted, "Lord Xu, this scoundrel is not only audacious enough to scale the wall and rob my house, but he even dares to call himself the city lord!"
"Who doesn't know that the city lord is getting married to my cousin today? How could he possibly climb over the wall and break into my house at this time?"
Commander Xu was a clever fellow, and he immediately said, "Untie the sack, I want to see who is so bold as to impersonate the city lord!"
Lin Xiuyan pulled open the sack. Although Zhou Chenyang's face was bruised and swollen, and he no longer had his former shrewish appearance, she could still recognize him.
Lin Xiuyan was shocked: "City Lord, how could it be you? Why aren't you staying in your bridal chamber? What are you doing climbing over the wall to my house in the middle of the night?"
Zhou Chenyang looked coldly at Lin Xiuyan, his eyes filled with extreme anger.
By now, how could he not know that what happened today was all orchestrated by her?
But even if he knew about this, his presence here at this time was illogical.
Even with his quick wit, he couldn't think of a reply for a moment.
At this moment, Lin An also removed the sack covering Jiang Xinrou; she had already woken up.
She was still a little groggy from just waking up; all her memories were still from before she was beaten. (www.cascoo.net)
She immediately retorted angrily, "Lin Xiuyan, how dare you! You even dare to hit the City Lord!"
"Now that your aunt and uncle are dead, you are nothing. You should immediately come back to the city lord's mansion with me and become the city lord's concubine, and this matter will be considered closed!"
She felt that her words were very intimidating, after all, the two old men of the Lin family were already dead, and Lin Xiuyan had no one to rely on anymore.
But after she finished speaking, she felt that the atmosphere around her was a bit strange. She turned her head and saw a large group of people around her.
Jiang Xinrou knew something was wrong; Zhou Chenyang glared at her fiercely.
Her expression changed slightly, and she felt a little uneasy.
Zhou Chenyang, however, reacted upon hearing her words.
He said in a deep voice, "Today, Rou'er heard that Master Lin and Madam Lin had gone to the wedding. After she finished the wedding ceremony with me, she said that she was worried about Lin Xiuyan."
"She was worried about Lin Xiuyan being alone at the Lin residence, so she dragged me back to the Lin residence to keep her company."
"When we came in just now, no one opened the door. Rou'er was worried about her, so she had someone climb over the wall to come in, not wanting to be mistaken for a robber."
The fact that Lin Yunzhi and Qu Shuangyue were "poisoned to death" is, after all, not something to be proud of.
Jiang Xinrou was worried that their deaths would affect her marriage to Zhou Chenyang, so she silenced everyone today, forbidding anyone from revealing the matter.
So the crowd that had gathered around was hearing the news of their deaths for the first time, and they all looked at Lin Xiuyan in shock:
"Have Mr. and Mrs. Lin passed away?"
What's going on?
Lin Xiuyan wanted to praise Zhou Chenyang when she heard this. He was quite talented to come up with such an excuse in such a short time.
She looked coldly at Jiang Xinrou and said, "What kind of joke are you talking about, cousin and city lord? What do you mean my parents are dead?"
Although Jiang Xinrou felt that Lin Xiuyan's reaction was a bit off, she personally set up the scheme to kill Lin Yunzhi and Qu Shuangyue.
She saw their bodies with her own eyes today; there's absolutely no mistake about that.
So she wiped away her tears and said, "Cousin, I know it's very difficult for you to accept the passing of your aunt and uncle."
"But you have to face this fact: this morning, many poisonous creatures crawled into their yard and bit them to death!"
She burst into tears, crying, "Auntie, Uncle, you died such a terrible death!"
The people around immediately started talking amongst themselves: "Bited to death by a poisonous creature? Where did the poisonous creature come from?"
"It's late spring now, so it's understandable that poisonous creatures would come down from the mountain."
Hearing the surrounding whispers, Jiang Xinrou cried even harder. Wiping away her tears, she said, "Cousin, I understand that you can't accept this."
"But they're gone now. Even if you're wary of me, you wouldn't do something like this."
“I know that they left all of the Lin family’s assets to me before they died, which made you extremely uncomfortable and you wanted to hit me to vent your anger.”
"But cousin, don't you think about it? All you ever do is fight. You've never managed the accounts or taken care of the Lin family."
“If your aunt and uncle really hand over the Lin family business to you, you won’t be able to manage it. I’m afraid you’ll squander the entire Lin family business in less than two years.”
"They entrusted the Lin family to me simply because they didn't want it to be ruined in your hands!"
She was trembling as she finished speaking, and she looked as if she was crying very sadly.
The surroundings fell silent again. Everyone knew that Lin Xiuyan had been ignorant and incompetent all these years.
Apart from the incident where Jiang Xinrou seduced Zhou Chenyang at Qizhen Garden, everything else she did was exemplary.
Of the two, Jiang Xinrou's statement is clearly more credible.
Jiang Xinrou sensed the change in the atmosphere around her, and she felt a surge of pride.
Lin Xiuyan wants to fight her? That's just wishful thinking!
Once the two elders are dead, the Lin family will be as easy as taking something out of her sleeve.
Jiang Xinrou continued crying, "The city lord and I came over in the middle of the night just because we were afraid you might do something rash, so we came to keep you company."
"It doesn't matter if you don't appreciate it, it doesn't matter if you hit me or the city lord, we are family, we won't blame you."
"But my cousin gave me the Lin family mansion because it was my aunt and uncle's idea. I can't compromise just because I'm not happy about it."
"Because the Lin family mansion belongs to them, it is very precious to me, and I cannot let the Lin family mansion be destroyed in your hands."
Her tearful account was truly moving.
Lin Xiuyan knew from her past life that she was a super white lotus flower, but she was actually vicious and ruthless in her actions.
Today's speech was truly moving.
If Lin Yunzhi and Qu Shuangyue really get into trouble, she'll probably be targeted by Jiang Xinrou.
The more they talk today, the harder it will hurt when they get slapped in the face later.
She looked at Jiang Xinrou and said, "You just said you saw my father and mother die with your own eyes?"
“I wasn’t the only one who saw it,” Jiang Xinrou said, looking at Lin Xiuyan. “All the servants in the Lin household saw it.”
"They were blown away by poisonous insects and their bodies are still kept at the Lin residence."
"Cousin, I know you can't accept this, but it's too late now, please take it easy!"
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