Chapter 355: Treating the Symptoms but Not the Root Cause
She thought about it for a long time, but couldn't come up with a perfect solution.
From Lin Zhiqing's perspective, these three people are not friendly forces of the Lin family, so of course it would be best to kick them away.
But this will create a new problem. If these three people are kicked out, will the others who take their places pose no threat?
By then, it will just start a new cycle, which will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.
The best way to overcome these three mountains is to start with the three of them themselves.
No matter whether it is coercion or inducement, those who can be kept should be kept, and those who cannot be kept should be removed. This is safer.
The Minister of Justice had become enemies with Jiang Liuyun because of the incident with the mole.
But this hatred seems to have nothing to do with Jiang Yunhe. In other words, the only person who cares about the life and death of the mole mother is Jiang Liuyun, not Jiang Yunhe.
This person is the one Lin Zhiqing needs to keep on hand the most right now.
Factional disputes have always been like this!
Now the Minister of Justice, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and the Chief Censor are all enemies rather than friends. This is where the biggest problem of this retrial lies.
What Lin Zhiqing was afraid of was not the lack of evidence, but that these people were in cahoots with the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion and would side with the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion during the investigation.
Because of this, she had to find a way to break up the alliance between these people and the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, so that she could overcome these three major obstacles.
At this stage, this is her biggest goal!
It is still uncertain what the position of the Chief Censor is, but the former Chief Censor has convicted the Lin family, so Lin Zhiqing temporarily classified him as the enemy camp.
Dali Temple Minister Zhou Chongzheng is an old fox. He hardly leaves any evidence behind when doing things, but Lin Zhiqing's intuition tells her that everything Zhou Chongzheng does is beneficial to the Jiang family.
Regarding the cousin matter, the Dali Temple Minister did not want to accept it at first, and later did not dare to accept it, which further verified this point.
The Minister of Justice is the person who is most easily swayed.
On the one hand, the Lin family knew about his dirty dealings with the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, and also knew about the incident with the mole mother. The Minister of Justice certainly had no good feelings towards the Lin family.
On the other hand, Jiang Yunhe is a cautious person and will certainly make up for the mess left by Jiang Liuyun and strive to become the Minister of Justice.
Therefore, at present, it is urgent to make the Minister of Justice break off completely with the Jiang family.
So how can we make the Minister of Justice and the Marquis of Zhenyuan's Mansion completely break off and eliminate the possibility of forming an alliance again?
A trace of gloom flashed across Lin Zhiqing's brows. She remembered that Lu Huai once mentioned that the son of the Minister of Justice was a man who couldn't control his flesh.
The opportunity for the Minister of Justice and Jiang Liuyun to form a united front was because the Minister of Justice's son raped a girl at the border, and Jiang Liuyun concealed it for him.
Lin Zhiqing knew about this matter, and it was not impossible for him to use it to threaten the Minister of Justice.
However, the Zhenyuan Marquisate also holds this handle, and with the two sides in conflict, it is easy to push the person in the middle to the other side.
Lin Zhiqing felt that this method was not very reliable.
First, if the threat is too great, it may backfire and you may end up losing more than you gain.
Secondly, Lin Zhiqing had her own selfish motives. She didn't want the beastly son of the Minister of Justice to have a good end.
Taking these two points into consideration, the threat will definitely fail.
What if it’s bribery?
The moment this thought came to his mind, Lin Zhiqing quickly shook his head.
The Lin family's current wealth is not only comparable to the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, but may even be inferior to that of ordinary wealthy families.
If it's bribery, it's really not reliable.
Neither coercion nor bribery works.
Lin Zhiqing fell into deep thought.
Just as she was thinking, there was a "bang" sound from the window frame.
Lin Zhiqing frowned, holding the flute in one hand and the dagger in the other, and spoke very vigilantly:
"Who?"
"Aqing, it's me." A gentle voice sounded.
Lin Zhiqing was stunned, and his hand holding the weapon loosened slightly, but quickly tightened again.
It’s Lu Huai!
She had no intention of opening the window. She just walked over slowly and said in a cold voice:
"What are you doing here?"
"Yesterday I heard from Yun Feng that you and Miss Lin were not in good condition, so I came to see you." Lu Huai noticed Lin Zhiqing's cold treatment and couldn't help feeling sad.
Lin Zhiqing's attitude remained cold and hard: "I'm fine, please go back."
Lu Huai wanted to say something else, but he looked at the tightly closed window and was speechless for a moment.
After a while, he finally spoke:
"Never mind, I'm glad you're alright. I heard Miss Lin was seriously injured, so I brought some Wuqinglu with me."
"Thank you, Mr. Lu. I won't accept any reward without merit. I will ask Chao Yan to send the money for the medicine to the Lu family later."
"If there's nothing else, you can go."
Hearing this, Lu Huai paused as he put the medicine in his hand. He smiled bitterly:
"Aqing, what happened in the past was my fault. I shouldn't have hidden it from you, but can you give me a chance? I..."
"Mr. Lu, please go back." Lin Zhiqing interrupted him before he could finish.
This attitude is even colder and harder than in the past few days.
Lu Huai was very attentive and could naturally notice this. He couldn't help but ask:
"Ah Qing, what happened to make you so distant from me? Could it be that Jiang Liuyun said something to you again? Or did I do something wrong?"
"You did nothing wrong." Lin Zhiqing responded. She didn't intend to speak, but after seeing the silhouette on the window, she sighed.
"I had a dream."
When Lu Huai heard this, he looked a little confused.
Lin Zhiqing continued to speak: "In the dream, you were attracted to another Lin Zhiqing."
Hearing this, Lu Huai subconsciously wanted to explain, but Lin Zhiqing spoke very quickly.
"Lu Huai, maybe you don't know that my previous confirmation of my feelings for you also came from a dream." The psychology that Lin Zhiqing studied told her that dreams can reflect a person's subconscious mind.
His previous liking for Lu Huai and his wariness of Jiang Liuyun were all from Lin Zhiqing's subconscious.
But now, her subconscious told her that what Lu Huai liked was most likely another soul in her body.
Because of his absolute trust in psychology and Lu Huai's concealment, Lin Zhiqing would not deny his subconscious judgment.
After understanding her words, Lu Huai couldn't help but take a step forward: "Your feelings for me started with a dream?"
In fact, this statement is correct. Although Lin Zhiqing felt that it was a little wrong, he still nodded:
"good."
After receiving a positive answer, Lu Huai's mood was extremely bad. He quickly spoke again:
"Ah Qing, what if Jiang Liuyun, Yan Wu, or someone else appears in your dream?"
"There is no such possibility." Lin Zhiqing shook his head.
"No!" Lu Huai spoke again: "You want to tell me today that the person who appears in your dream can be anyone, and it doesn't matter who it is?"
"Yeah?"
Lin Zhiqing sighed slightly: "Lu Huai..."
"Answer me." Lu Huai had never interrupted Lin Zhiqing before, this was the first time.
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