Chapter 324 Brother-killing! ?
"He died of poison. It was indeed poison." Lin Congli did not deny it. His thoughts seemed to go back to that day, and his tone was slightly mocking:
"It's better to die from the poison than to suffer torture and have your body torn apart."
Lin Zhiqing frowned, because she noticed that Lin Congli's mouth corners were turned down, and there was no guilt in his eyes, but rather a look of relief.
Why is it easy?
Lin Zhiqing had a vague feeling that his father's death was not as simple as it seemed.
Sure enough, the next moment, Lin Congli spoke again:
"Zhiqing, if I say I didn't kill your father, would you believe me?"
A sudden thunderclap sounded out of nowhere!
Lin Zhiqing frowned. After she confirmed what Lin Congli was saying, she was in a daze for a long time.
Wasn't Lin Congrong killed by Lin Congli?
But whether it was Aunt Mu or anyone else, they always said that after the incident, Lin Congli killed Lin Congrong for the sake of justice in exchange for the lives of other members of the Lin family.
Now Lin Congli said in person that it was not him who did it.
If not him, then who could it be?
Besides, why would Lin Congli suddenly say this when the Jiang family came to his door?
Questions quickly popped into Lin Zhiqing's mind, and she felt a slight headache.
But at first glance, Lin Congli's eyes were drooping, his lips were tightly pursed, and he looked very sad. He didn't show any signs of guilt or lying at all.
What he said is very likely true!
Realizing this, Lin Zhiqing knew there was something else going on. She took a deep breath:
"Uncle, I believe you."
Hearing Lin Zhiqing's words, Lin Congli didn't seem surprised: "Zhiqing, I know you don't believe me, but... wait!"
After his mind turned, Lin Congli raised his head in surprise and looked at Lin Zhiqing's face.
Lin Zhiqing was looking at him with a firm and trusting look, and repeated, "Uncle, I believe you."
This made him feel a little warm in his heart, but also a little surprised:
"Zhiqing, you, you actually believe me?"
"Uncle, I can see that." Lin Zhiqing replied.
Lin Congli then laughed twice: "Look at my memory. You know how to judge people's minds, so of course you can tell."
But soon, his smile turned bitter:
"Your father, he's not really that smart."
"He was naughty when he was young and was often punished, but he never learned his lesson and remained so even when he grew up."
"The court of Dasheng is a turbulent place, especially the fights between the generals, where fists are drawn into the flesh."
"When your grandfather grew old, his power was almost completely destroyed. It was precisely because it was too dangerous that he didn't agree with us taking up martial arts."
But Lin Congrong was a natural born general.
He cares about the common people, and after going to the border with Lin Qingshan once, he could no longer let go of that barren yet vibrant land.
He quietly joined the military camp, rose from a small soldier to the respected Marquis Wangshu, and met Lin Zhiqing's mother.
In Lin Congli's memory, Lin Zhiqing's mother was an extremely tough woman.
She was born in Nanzhao and depended on her brother for survival.
But her brother had no news after he went to the battlefield, so she had no choice but to set out to the border to find her brother.
After finally arriving at the border, what awaited her was the news that her brother had died in battle.
She was not defeated. She was just waiting to get the pension, find her brother's ashes, and then return to Nanzhao to give an explanation to her parents.
But the court's pension was delayed, and she was helpless and turned to Lin Congrong for help.
It was precisely because of this request that Lin Congrong discovered that the Dasheng court was never able to properly accommodate the injured and disabled generals.
This is obviously a problem with the Ministry of Revenue.
After winning another battle and returning to the capital, Lin Congrong brought Lin Zhiqing's mother with him and raised the issue of placing the wounded and disabled generals.
The Ministry of War threw the matter onto the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Revenue then turned around and blamed the Ministry of War, and the matter remained unresolved.
Lin Congrong is a military general at heart, and he can't beat those scholars in terms of brainpower.
After repeated setbacks, he never gave up seeking justice for those soldiers. At the same time, he also began to pay attention to the plight of women in Dasheng.
Lin Zhiqing knew the rest of the story.
Her parents had been in love for decades, and all their happiness stopped on the day Lin Congrong was accused of treason.
When his thoughts returned, Lin Zhiqing felt depressed. It was a blood-related bond that could not be severed.
She suppressed the tightness in her chest and spoke again: "Uncle, what next?"
Lin Congli was also a little out of breath. He stood up, opened the window, took several deep breaths, and then spoke again:
"After the former Chief Censor reported that he had joined the army and colluded with the enemy, the Lin family fled and dispersed. Your fourth uncle is out of town on official business."
"Your grandfather and I immediately sought out your father and confirmed with him the authenticity of the treason charges."
"What did he say?" Lin Zhiqing couldn't help but ask.
"He didn't say anything." Lin Congli seemed to have returned to that suffocating day, and his tone was a little hurried:
"He just shook his head and smiled bitterly, saying there was no way around it."
"Can't avoid it, what can't be avoided?" Lin Zhiqing seemed to imagine that scene.
Lin Congli shook his head: "I don't know, none of us know."
"Your grandfather and I were extremely worried because we didn't believe he would do anything like treasonous. But for some reason, he remained silent."
"Until the people who came to arrest him arrived outside the Lin family's door, he took out a cup of poisoned wine that he had prepared in advance."
"My father prepared it himself?" Lin Zhiqing never thought things would turn out like this.
Lin Congli nodded: "Yes, he prepared it. He only told me and your grandfather that he had to die for the Lin family."
"However, if he drank the poisoned wine himself, it would be suicide out of fear of punishment, which would not benefit the Lin family."
Lin Zhiqing seemed to know what Lin Congli was going to say next.
There is indeed a strong suspicion that Lin Congrong drank poisoned wine himself and committed suicide out of fear of punishment.
But this does not mean that he is innocent if he died at the hands of others.
The difference between them is built up with the lives of everyone in the Lin family.
Draw a clear line!
This word appeared in Lin Zhiqing's mind.
Yes, it is indeed a clear line.
The fact that they died at the hands of Lin Congli can prove that the other members of the Lin family were different from the traitor Lin Congrong.
If you want to protect the rest of the Lin family, this is indeed a solution.
But... for Lin Congli, it's such a big pot!
He had to bear a huge blame and endure a lot of open and covert discussions. This was ultimately unfair to him.
But there is no way, someone has to take the blame.
According to the situation of the Lin family at that time, it had to be either Lin Congli or Lin Congyan.
As for Lin Qingshan, he is the prestigious Marquis of Changning after all. He is the root of the Lin family and certainly cannot bear the reputation of a filicide.
In recent years, Lin Congli has always been surrounded by discussions about fratricide. He has no way to express his suffering and seems to be more sad than Lin Zhiqing imagined.
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