Chapter 259: Clearing the fog and seeing the light
Lin Zhiqing's pupils shrank.
The uncle Zheng Kuo mentioned was her father Lin Congrong.
Lin Congrong had made great military achievements and was once only one step away from becoming a marquis.
Even though she had some guesses in her mind, she was still a little surprised to receive such news under such circumstances.
She stared at Zheng Kuo's face motionlessly, trying to see an expression of guilt, worry and hesitation on his face.
But no.
Zheng Kuo's face was always filled with anger and extreme sorrow.
Even Yan Wu, who had been standing there lazily, stood up straight, his brows furrowed, and a hint of anger appeared in his eyes.
Lin Yangyang opened her mouth wide: "You...what did you say?"
Zheng Kuo looked like a rotten piece of wood, but his voice was still full of energy:
"During the war with Daliang, Lord Bo arranged for me to stay behind, Jiang Yunhe to attack the flank, and he himself to face the enemy head-on."
"The battle was clearly going in Dasheng's favor at the beginning, but for some reason, the formation in Dasheng's rear became disrupted, and the people of Daliang seized the opportunity to encircle and kill the army on the front battlefield!"
"The formation is messed up?" Lin Yangyang frowned. "The military formation is a secret. Why are you so sure it was Jiang Yunhe who did it, and not a spy from Daliang?"
Lin Yangyang was thinking completely from the perspective of a general, and at this moment, she appeared particularly calm.
Lin Zhiqing also had this doubt in his mind.
"Ha!" Zheng Kuo sneered:
"Why didn't I have my suspicions? But in the end, the troublemakers disappeared, and rumors spread among the army that the missing uncle was the culprit for the annihilation of the entire army!"
"An army without a general cannot move. During the year that Master Bo disappeared, I offended many people by suppressing the rumors. However, Jiang Yunhe, who was always good at dealing with people, rose to prominence."
"I didn't doubt Jiang Yunhe at first. He was superior to me in both strategy and martial arts."
"I have no intention of taking power, but have been secretly investigating the news about the Marquis. However, Jiang Yunhe's orders to send me out to fight are becoming more and more frequent."
"Moreover, people who shared my views encountered various accidents one after another and withdrew from the battlefield."
Lin Zhiqing's eyes narrowed. According to this statement, Jiang Yunhe's behavior was indeed problematic.
Because she figured out what she had been confused about before.
But she did not interrupt Zheng Kuo who was completely immersed in his emotions.
Zheng Kuo showed an indignant expression:
"I'm a rough man. Apart from charging forward with my sword, how could I possibly think of all the twists and turns involved?"
"It was already a year later when I realized Jiang Yunhe was secretly hindering my search for Uncle and spreading rumors about him."
"I risked my life to get evidence that Jiang Yunhe had launched a sneak attack from behind the army, but Jiang Yunhe noticed it."
"Without any other choice, I had to rush from the military camp and return to Shengjing to expose Jiang Yunhe's true identity."
Having said this, he touched the hideous scar on his face:
"This scar was left at that time. In the chaos, the evidence in my hands was completely destroyed."
Even though his voice was very strong, Lin Zhiqing still caught a strong sense of regret from it.
Lin Zhiqing spoke up in time: "Uncle Zheng, the evidence ruined this matter. Besides you, who else knew about it?"
Zheng Kuo's chest heaved violently:
"No one knows except me and my son."
Lin Zhiqing was silent for a moment and said nothing more.
Zheng Kuo then continued, "At that time, I only knew that there were no great generals at the border and that the monkey was the overlord. I didn't know that the uncle who had escaped death had already rushed back to Shengjing with the heads of the Daliang generals."
"That's why Jiang Yunhe lost his composure, which gave me a chance to escape."
"But by the time I returned to Shengjing to see my uncle after a narrow escape, he had already become a traitor, and the old marquis was forced to retreat back to Bianliang."
At this point, his voice rose again, as if he was filled with inexpressible resentment.
"I didn't even see my uncle for the last time. Besides, I don't have any evidence, so I don't dare to speak out rashly."
"On the day Uncle died, I found my son. He and I came up with a plan to divert attention. We deliberately tricked the Lin family into thinking I had stolen gold, silver, and jewelry and disappeared."
"Only by bearing the infamy can Jiang Yunhe feel that the Lin family has indeed not shared information with me, thus reducing the possibility of him going all out and attacking the Lin family."
His emotions gradually calmed down:
"I can't escape, so I can only find a way to return to Yongqing, the most dangerous yet safest place."
"Before returning to Yongqing County, I told my son that if the Lin family's situation stabilizes, he must have the old marquis come to me!"
"I have been waiting until now."
"But I never expected that the person who came would be you, Miss Zhiqing!"
Zheng Kuo's voice was trembling as he spoke out everything that had been weighing on his mind for so many years. He then let out a long breath.
Lin Yangyang stood there in a daze, the huge amount of information almost bursting her head.
Yan Wu and Zheng Kuo both looked at Lin Zhiqing.
Lin Zhiqing just listened and replayed the whole thing in his mind.
From a psychological point of view, Zheng Kuo's words and his attitude are perfect.
Furthermore, applying Zheng Kuo's words to the current situation of the Lin family, many of the problems that Lin Zhiqing had not figured out before seemed to be explained.
When Lin Zhiqing visited the wounded soldiers and generals previously, he found that those people had died in various accidents after retreating from the battlefield.
She originally thought that this was a problem caused by the imperial gift, which led to the Zhenyuan Marquis's Mansion taking action against them.
But now it seems that she was only half right.
The deaths of those wounded soldiers were indeed closely related to the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, but their connection with the imperial gifts was very weak.
The real purpose of the Zhenyuan Marquisate was most likely to silence those who accepted aid from the Lin family and stood on the side of their father at that time.
His attitude is that he would rather kill someone innocently than let the criminal go.
Zheng Kuo, who actually possessed the evidence, was stranded outside, and the others who had joined the army with Zheng Kuo naturally died.
No wonder, no wonder...
When Lin Zhiqing first arrived in Dasheng, he did have doubts about the vested interests of the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion.
But firstly, Jiang Liuyun's acting skills are so good that even if I use psychology, I can't find any big flaws.
This of course has a lot to do with Liu Mang, who is also proficient in psychology and works for Jiang Liuyun.
However, apart from the psychological judgment, what Lin Zhiqing could not explain at the time was that if the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion wanted to wipe out the Lin family, then the best opportunity would be the moment when his father's treason was discovered.
They have the ability and the courage.
However, the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion did not kill the Lin family, but instead nibbled away at them step by step.
This is the reason why Lin Zhiqing has never figured it out and has not brought the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion into the main perspective.
However, after hearing Zheng Kuo's words, Lin Zhiqing understood why the Zhenyuan Marquisate had kept the Lin family.
Maintaining public opinion and gaining a good reputation is a very small aspect.
The biggest reason is that they didn't know that the evidence in Zheng Kuo's hands was gone, so they treated the so-called evidence as a time bomb.
Thousands of temptations and hundreds of persecutions.
The series of measures taken by the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion were mostly intended to test and force the Lin family to produce the evidence and then send the Lin family to their doom!
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