Chapter 336: Repaying Evil with Kindness! ?
This is Lu Huai's trust in Lin Zhiqing, and this judgment is rooted in his understanding of Lin Zhiqing.
Lu Huai knew how important Yongqing was to Lin Zhiqing.
Lu Huai also knew exactly what happened in Yongqing.
Lin Zhiqing told him.
It was precisely because Lu Huai understood Lin Zhiqing that he knew that Lin Zhiqing would not be that simple, so he let the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion know the news about Yongqing.
Unless, Lin Zhiqing deliberately wanted them to know about this.
As for why he wanted to let those people know, Lu Huai also guessed a little.
Yongqing’s affairs and Zheng Kuo’s affairs were like a thorn in Jiang Yunhe’s heart.
Because of this thorn, he was cautious in his actions and did not even directly destroy the Lin family.
If this thorn is pulled out, then the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion will have nothing to worry about.
Whether Lin Congrong's case is retried or not is no longer important to Jiang Yunhe, because he is sure that he has destroyed all the evidence.
Well, without evidence, he doesn't care whether there will be a retrial.
Even someone with a good reputation like Jiang Yunhe might support a retrial for the sake of his own "innocence."
Although he had done this once before, it was definitely not from his true heart, but a temptation.
Test whether the Lin family has any trump cards.
Moreover, he still had Lin Shi'an in his hands at that time, so he was even less afraid of the Lin family, because he was sure that the Lin family would reveal information about Zheng Kuo.
In the eyes of Zhenyuan Hou Jiang Yunhe, this matter has completed a closed loop.
He volunteered to retrial the case to restore his reputation, used Lin Shian's safety to shut up the Lin family, found out about Zheng Kuo, destroyed the only evidence, and once again volunteered to retrial the case.
Although the two volunteers expressed themselves in the same way, their inner meanings were completely different.
One is the fake acting, the other is the calmness of being sure that it will not be discovered.
Jiang Yunhe is Jiang Yunhe after all, and his methods are very clever.
However, Lu Huai always felt that Lin Zhiqing deliberately let Jiang Yunhe take this step, with the purpose of making him take the initiative to volunteer to investigate the case.
The relationship between North Korea and China is complicated. Regardless of the purpose of the opponents, some of them are related to Jiang Yunhe.
It might be very difficult for Lin Zhiqing to get those people to agree to a retrial on his own.
Therefore, she is very likely to take advantage of the situation to achieve the goal of retrial of Lin Congrong's case.
Of course, this was just Lu Huai's guess, and he didn't say these words to Yun Feng.
As I said, Yongqing is of vital importance to Lin Zhiqing.
Lu Huai knew this secret and didn't want to tell anyone else and cause trouble for Lin Zhiqing.
He now chose to go home because he also didn't want to cause trouble for Lin Zhiqing.
Because he guessed Lin Zhiqing's purpose, which was to use the same trick against him to re-examine Lin Congrong's case.
However, this does not mean that he has nothing to do.
After returning to the Lu family, Lu Huai went straight to the residence of Xu Yuansui, the Minister of Revenue.
However, it is unknown what the two of them talked about.
The next day, at daybreak, the sound of horse hooves mixed with the sound of rain came into the city gate.
The horse was very fast and entered the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion in a flash.
Soon it will be time to go to court.
Half an hour later, the Jiang family father and son boarded the carriage to go to court.
Lu Huai witnessed this scene with his own eyes, returned to the Lu family, and changed into official uniform, but the carriage did not drive towards the morning court.
He held a search warrant in his hand and began searching from the east of the city, under the pretext of searching for the remaining items bestowed by the emperor.
It was only after the morning court session began that the Jiang family father and son discovered that Lu Huai was absent.
However, neither the Minister of Revenue nor the Crown Prince said anything about this matter.
In the court, as if following the procedure, after arguing about trivial matters, they began to discuss whether to re-examine Lin Congrong's case of treason and collaborating with the enemy.
As before, both the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Revenue supported a retrial.
What was different from before was that some of the generals who had previously opposed the retrial did not speak for the first time.
On the contrary, several neutral ministers such as the Grand Secretary and the Grand Tutor still maintained a strong attitude of opposition.
As usual, the prince delayed making a decision.
Because no matter how you decide, there will always be people who object.
The situation was somewhat deadlocked for a while.
Jiang Yunhe saw that the time had come, took a step to the left, and said loudly:
"Your Highness, the retrial of Lin Congrong's case is still pending. I, Jiang Yunhe, do not wish to be framed. I beg the Emperor and the Crown Prince to grant permission for a retrial of Lin Congrong's case and clear the name of the Zhenyuan Marquisate!"
"Otherwise, even if I am innocent, I will never be able to stop the rumors."
"If that's the case, I'm afraid the position of the Marquis will be unstable."
After saying this, he kowtowed three times and knelt on the ground without getting up, which shows how determined his attitude was.
Everyone present was an old fox, so they could hear the hidden meaning behind Jiang Yunhe's words.
Translated, those words meant that if he was not cleared of the grievances against him, he would not sit on the position of Marquis Zhenyuan.
As soon as this situation arose, discussions among officials broke out one after another.
"How can I repay kindness? How can I repay grievances? The Marquis was framed by those villains and yet he repaid grievances with kindness. I am not that magnanimous."
"Your Majesty, if it's something you haven't done, then you'll naturally stand tall. We military officers have always been like this. If you've done it, you've done it. If you haven't done it, you haven't done it."
"The Lin family doesn't have the courage that the Changning Marquisate should have. If the Zhenyuan Marquis resigns and the enemy invades again, what will happen to Dasheng?"
"This is a bit funny. Can you tell whether someone has done it or not just by looking at their mouth?"
The people below were discussing things heatedly. A few hot-tempered military officers spoke unpleasantly and were bullied by several eloquent civil servants.
The prince at the top of the table had no expression on his face.
Seeing that the ratio of those who opposed and supported the movement was becoming increasingly unbalanced, and that those who opposed still made up the majority, Jiang Liuyun on the side moved his feet.
He knelt beside Jiang Yunhe and mentioned again that the case of Lin Congrong should be retried.
This time, after a long while, the prince finally interrupted the arguing parties:
"My Lords, there is no need to argue about this matter any further. My father's health has not improved, and this matter is of great importance. I have not yet reached a conclusion."
"But now, since Marquis Zhenyuan insists, I will discuss it with my father again."
As soon as these words came out, Jiang Yunhe felt as if a huge stone had been lifted from his heart.
He knew that the prince's words meant that the matter would most likely be settled.
In other words, the retrial of Lin Congrong's case of treason and collaboration with the enemy will most likely be approved by the higher authorities.
There were too many people who opposed it before, and coupled with the constant pressure from the Grand Tutor and others, this matter turned out to be impossible.
But after Jiang Yunhe took such action, many people's positions changed, and even the attitudes of the neutral people became much more relaxed.
Marquis Zhenyuan is a new military officer today. The once famous Marquis Changning and Duke Pei have gradually retreated, and there are not many military officers in Dasheng who can handle things.
After weighing the two options, the prince naturally came to a conclusion.
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