Chapter 265 If the first plan fails, try the second one!
"Promise? Strictly speaking, that's not a promise." Lin Zhiqing turned the pen in his hand:
"It's a threat."
"Threat? The Minister of Rites is at least a second-rank official, how could he be threatened by you?" Lin Yangyang was a little surprised.
"Everyone has weaknesses and secrets. It just depends on whether others know them or not." Lin Zhiqing shrugged.
"Secret?" Lin Yangyang's curiosity piqued. "What secret? Tell me."
"The old man, the Minister of Rites, is having an affair with his daughter-in-law." Lin Zhiqing lowered his voice.
"Cheating?" Lin Yangyang was surprised. "Isn't he the Minister of Rites? How could he be so shameless?"
"Not only that, his first eldest grandson is actually his own son." Lin Zhiqing revealed a big news.
Lin Yangyang almost didn't react: "You mean, the son of the Minister of Rites thought he was his son, but he was actually the Minister of Rites' grandson, his son's younger brother?"
"That's what I mean. The rituals and music are in decline, that's all." Lin Zhiqing nodded.
"This damn old man is almost half buried in the ground, and he's still playing around like this!" Lin Yangyang thought of the Minister of Rites' daughter-in-law and sighed:
"It's a pity that his daughter-in-law, who was so beautiful, was ruined by an old man."
"Oh, that's not right!" Lin Yangyang's mind started spinning again: "Sister Qing, how did you know about this? I'm afraid the son of the Minister of Rites himself doesn't know about it."
Lin Zhiqing shook his head: "Of course his son knows."
"You know? Which man wouldn't explode when faced with something like this?" Lin Yangyang was extremely puzzled.
It is indeed impossible for ordinary people to remain calm after being cuckolded, but how can an ordinary person sit firmly in a high position in the vortex of Shengjing City's East City?
Lin Zhiqing opened her red lips slightly and said, "We all prosper together and suffer together. If this matter were to be exposed by outsiders, his family's prosperity and wealth would be cut short."
"The son of the Minister of Rites has been spoiled since childhood. How could he destroy his own good life with his own hands?"
"Such a cowardly man, in the end the only one who was wronged was his wife."
"No matter what, it all comes down to profit."
Lin Yangyang's expression was not pleasant: "Sister Qing, you know so much, are you trying to climb over someone else's wall?"
"That's not the case yet." Lin Zhiqing shook his head: "Speaking of which, I have to thank Liu Mang."
"Before, I got evidence from his residence, and also some leverage over some officials."
"This thing was of no use then, but it's just right to use it now."
If this matter was not related to the Minister of Rites, Lin Zhiqing would have almost forgotten what he had in his hand.
One should do his job well in his position. The position of Minister of Rites is one of the six ministries, and its importance is self-evident.
But the Minister of Rites happened to do something so serious that it was against etiquette, which only made his crime even more serious.
Lin Zhiqing used this incident as a handle to threaten the Minister of Rites to delete the record of the Lin family having taken over the imperial gift.
The two of them made a deal.
"So that's how it is." Lin Yangyang nodded. "But if it was obtained from Liu Mang's residence, wouldn't Liu Mang's immediate superior, Jiang Liuyun, know about it?"
"Probably not." Lin Zhiqing had thought about this question before.
But she had observed that Jiang Liuyun did not behave as if he knew these things.
If I have to explain, these things are most likely the way Liu Mang left himself to escape.
Because Liu Mang knew very well that he was just a handy tool.
If a tool loses its value one day, it is hard to guarantee that it will not be kicked away.
With this mentality, he is likely to secretly collect these things to seek opportunities for advancement or to leave a way out for himself.
Of course, the latter is more likely.
"Now that we have such a powerful handle on the Minister of Rites, there should be no room for turning this matter around." Lin Yangyang said.
"No." Lin Zhiqing shook his head slightly: "He has been in the court for so many years, it is impossible for him to lose his composure because of a Minister of Rites."
"Just wait and see, he'll make another move."
Lin Zhiqing's tone was very firm.
Lin Yangyang scratched his head. "Make a move? I'm afraid it's going to be difficult for him to use the imperial gift as an excuse now, right?"
"With Lu Huai in the Ministry of Revenue, the evidence there can be almost ignored. Apart from filing a complaint with the emperor, what other options does he have?"
Filing a complaint to the emperor is not in line with Jiang Liuyun's style.
He has established a character of being affectionate, and if he turns around and stabs the Lin family, his character will easily collapse.
Lin Zhiqing spoke slowly: "Apart from the gift from the emperor, he certainly has leverage over us."
"Cousin, you forgot that when Liu Mang was killed, we took the opportunity to bring the flute player back."
"During the Bianliang incident, he fought with the flute player. How could such a calculating person forget this?"
"Flute player?" Lin Yangyang couldn't help but pat his head. "Oh, how could I have completely forgotten about this matter?"
"When I took you back to Hengzhang that day, I didn't think about the flute man at all. He wouldn't have taken the flute man back with him, would he?"
"No." Lin Zhiqing said firmly: "Lu Huai took the person away when he was covering the retreat that day."
"Took him away? Then what are we afraid of Jiang Liuyun doing?" Lin Yangyang was almost confused.
Lin Zhiqing put down what he was doing and slowly raised his head: "I suspect he knows where the flute player is hiding now."
"He is Jiang Liuyun. How could he not think of what we can think of?"
"What if Lu Huai's whereabouts along the way were all under Jiang Liuyun's nose?"
"What does this mean?" Lin Yangyang didn't understand.
Lin Zhiqing stood up:
"What I mean is that when Jiang Liuyun was on his way back, he might have guessed that I would find a way to resolve the issue of the imperial gift."
"He had expected to run into a wall, and since he was slower than us, he might have done something else on the way back."
"If you want to find evidence against the Lin family and bring them down, then the flute master is undoubtedly a great opportunity."
Lin Zhiqing frowned slightly:
"On the way back to Shengjing, he couldn't reach out to Shengjing, but he had the opportunity to target the flute man."
"And there's a high probability that he'll bring up the past again and overturn the matter between Liu Mang and Fourth Uncle."
"Furthermore, he's likely to confuse right and wrong and pin the blame on the Lin family for the flute player's origins."
Lin Zhiqing once used the flute to control the flute player, which is clear evidence.
If Jiang Liuyun found the flute player hidden by Lu Huai in Bianliang or Hengzhang, he could just say that the Lin family and the Lu family had conspired and put the blame on Liu Mang.
Otherwise, who can explain why the Lin family would harbor the suspect?
The reason why Lin Zhiqing hid the flute player was because he knew that the Dali Temple's investigation into Liu Mang would be in vain.
She wanted to use the flute player to lure out the important figures behind Liu Mang.
In addition, Liu Mang used hypnosis to control others and deprive them of their thoughts, which made Lin Zhiqing, a psychological counselor, very uncomfortable.
She wanted to try to wake up the flute player and see if she could get any information about the person behind Liu Mang from him.
However, the flute player had been hypnotized for too long, making it extremely difficult to set things right.
Just as he was thinking this, Chao Yan knocked on the study door again:
"Miss, someone is coming from the Dali Temple."
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