Chapter 216 The Leader of Dali Temple
Because Zhou Chongzheng did not deceive Lin Zhiqing, but told her directly that the Dali Temple believed that Liu Mang was carrying poison.
In other words, they believed that Liu Mang committed suicide.
Who is Zhou Chongzheng?
The Dali Temple Minister, the leader of the Dali Temple!
His attitude represents the attitude of the Dali Temple and also the attitude of the royal family.
It's very simple. Investigating Liu Mang's case will not benefit them, but it will benefit the Lin family.
If it is beneficial to the Lin family, it will not be in line with the royal family's wishes.
Then why is it necessary for the Dali Temple to continue investigating?
The four words "preliminary judgment" are just an excuse.
After all, only one night had passed since Liu Mang's death.
If we were to directly confirm that he died from taking poison, the case would be closed too quickly.
The Dali Temple was also afraid that Lin Zhiqing would cause trouble.
But Lin Zhiqing refused to make a fuss.
Lin Zhiqing had a preliminary guess in his mind that Liu Mang was most likely working for Jiang Liuyun.
Regardless of whether Jiang Liuyun knew that Lin Zhiqing had already seen through his identity, Lin Zhiqing had already determined that Jiang Liuyun was not a good person.
Liu Mang is not a good person either. All previous clues indicate that the two are likely on the same pirate ship.
First, if Lin Zhiqing made this matter public, even if the royal family knew about it, it would most likely be left unresolved because the Zhenyuan Marquisate was too powerful.
Second, what Jiang Liuyun did was consistent with the royal family’s goal, which was to bring down the Lin family.
If Lin Zhiqing makes this matter public, the enemy of my enemy will become my friend.
If the royal family and the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion are pushed together now, how can the Lin family possibly withstand it?
No matter what, the case of Liu Mang has been concluded. The royal family said that Liu Mang committed suicide, so he did commit suicide.
At least for now, it would be of no benefit for Lin Zhiqing to investigate the cause of Liu Mang's death.
After coming to this conclusion, she simply thanked Zhou Chongzheng and turned away.
Zhou Chongzheng's expression remained unchanged, but he was a little surprised inside.
After what happened at the execution ground, he came to believe that Lin Zhiqing was the kind of person who would not give up until he achieved his goal.
He thought Lin Zhiqing would still cause trouble today.
But judging from the current situation, this woman is very smart.
He stared at Lin Zhiqing's back and narrowed his eyes.
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When Lin Zhiqing returned to the Lin family again, his goal was very clear.
She first visited Lin Congyan and learned that Biluo's body had already been thrown into a mass grave in a roll of tattered mat, so she gave up the idea of looking for the body.
It's been so long, even if we can find it, it will probably be rotten beyond recognition.
Not long after Biluo's incident, Lin Zhiqing also inquired about her family, but the news he got was that Biluo's family had died long ago.
In other words, Biluo is alone.
At that time, Lin Zhiqing also thought that someone had dealt with Biluo's family in advance, but she suspected that it was done by the Lin family, but she did not suspect Jiang Liuyun.
Even though Lin Zhiqing now knows that Biluo's death is related to Jiang Liuyun, it has been too long and it is difficult to obtain evidence.
Biluo's line is considered useless.
But she was not without gain.
At least after figuring out how Biluo died, Lin Zhiqing could come to a conclusion:
It is very likely that Biluo's accusation against herself was arranged by Jiang Liuyun.
To determine this, Lin Zhiqing dug up the expression of Biluo's eyes wide open that his cousin had mentioned.
Although this can be used as a reference, Lin Zhiqing did not see it with his own eyes and could not make any judgment.
Previously, Lin Zhiqing just thought that Jiang Liuyun wanted to erase the murder evidence so that she could not find out the truth.
But if that were the case, Jiang Liuyun would not have prepared the poisonous smoke and cover-up methods to kill Biluo so thoroughly.
This requires certain information to prepare in advance.
How to get the information?
Unless Biluo was someone Jiang Liuyun arranged early on, or the Lin family had Jiang Liuyun's spies.
There were definitely spies, but the incident happened suddenly and no one expected Lin Zhiqing's rebound.
Not long after Biluo was captured, Jiang Liuyun came over.
This time is not enough for Jiang Liuyun to prepare in advance.
Therefore, the only way to explain everything is that Jiang Liuyun was prepared to kill Biluo before he came.
He planned everything with such scheming.
If Biluo had not revealed her true identity, she would have died after accusing Lin Zhiqing.
This would put the case in a situation where there is no evidence to prove the crime. Lin Zhiqing would definitely not have a good ending and might even die.
After that, Lin Yangyang's condition will not get better.
The Lin family's state of disunity will definitely not last long.
Perhaps even Liu Mang wouldn't have to take action, the Lin family would have brought about their own destruction.
Therefore, the death of "Lin Zhiqing" was just a prelude, and this prelude affected the entire Lin family.
If Lin Zhiqing had not come to the Lin family by accident, the truth would have been buried long ago.
But this is the problem. Lin Zhiqing originally thought that the truth he had found out was the truth, but now it seems that it may not be the truth.
The truth is like a fine net that traps all members of the Lin family.
Lin Zhiqing thought he had torn open the net, but he didn't expect that there was a bigger net outside.
Fortunately, she at least knew who cast the net.
Lin Zhiqing didn't have time to sigh. Biluo's path was different, so she put her focus on Lin Jingya.
Lin Jingya's methods were not very clever at the beginning. The set of rhinoceros lacquer teacups and the poisonous azalea tea were the biggest loopholes.
Both of these things came from my fourth uncle.
After guessing that Jiang Liuyun was behind the plot, Lin Zhiqing asked Lin Congyan about these two things again.
When these things were mentioned, Lin Congyan was confused, but he did not ask any more questions.
Rhododendron tea comes from Yunnan and is very precious.
The Lin family had property in Yunnan, and occasionally they would bring some cakes made from Yunnan flowers to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and invite their colleagues to taste them.
The first to be affected was Liu Mang, who showed goodwill towards Lin Congyan.
Liu Mang once mentioned some azalea tea from Yunnan. In order to please his superiors, Lin Congyan took great pains to get some azalea tea back.
Who does Liu Mang belong to? It goes without saying!
The origin of the rhinoceros skin lacquer tea set is similar to that of azalea tea, except that the officials involved had been transferred a few months ago.
At this point, all clues related to the murder of my cousin were cut off.
Except...Lin Jingya.
Lin Zhiqing knew very well that the person who controlled all this was Jiang Liuyun, and the person who wanted him and the Lin family to die was also Jiang Liuyun.
The Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion behind Jiang Liuyun is a huge threat.
Lin Zhiqing even suspected that his father was collaborating with the enemy and committing treason. The timing of Zhenyuan Houfu's rise to power was just too coincidental.
No matter what, after confirming that Jiang Liuyun is problematic, if Lin Zhiqing wants to resist the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, he must first find solid evidence that Jiang Liuyun manipulated Liu Mang and murdered his cousin.
Liu Mang was dead and there was no evidence to prove his guilt.
The murder of my cousin still needs to be investigated.
Lin Zhiqing made up his mind to contact Lin Jingya, the key figure, again.
But now Lin Jingya is in Bianliang. If she is called back at this time, it would be too sudden and might alarm Jiang Liuyun.
Lin Zhiqing thought about it again and again and felt that the best way to hide his tracks was to go to Bianliang.
However, the reason for going to Bianliang needs to be carefully considered.
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