Chapter 373: Estrangement
"Sure enough!" Jiang Liuyun exhaled: "Lin Zhiqing, I knew it was you who did it!"
The Minister of Justice and his wife had just looked at Jiang Liuyun with disgust, but now they had turned their gazes to Lin Zhiqing.
Chaoyan naturally knew that the veil hat had been taken away by Yan Wu and they couldn't get it out, so she couldn't help but hold Lin Zhiqing's arm: "Miss."
Lin Zhiqing's heart sank. He was about to speak, but seeing that the guard was still bowing, he did not speak for the time being.
Sure enough, the guard waved his hand towards the back before he finished speaking.
Soon, another person came forward with a red veiled hat.
The guard then continued, "Sir, the veil was not found in Miss Lin's room. This veil was found where Miss Lin fell."
The smile on Jiang Liuyun's face froze for a moment.
Lin Zhiqing breathed a sigh of relief. Could it be that Yan Wu returned to the villa and brought back the veil hat?
No, there's no time to think about that now.
Lin Zhiqing cleared his throat, tears streaming down his face as he tried to speak: "Sir, Madam, now that the veil has been found, you must make the decision for me!"
"I have always stayed in the front yard and have never been to the back hill. Please understand!"
In fact, Lin Zhiqing didn't need to say anything. As soon as the veil appeared, the Minister of Justice's eyes had already moved away from Lin Zhiqing.
With both witnesses and evidence, Lin Zhiqing's alibi is perfect.
But Jiang Liuyun couldn't accept this fact. He took a few steps forward and soon arrived in front of Lin Zhiqing:
"Qing'er, who exactly is your accomplice, and why did you commit such a murderous act against Jin?"
"You took advantage of me, and I don't blame you, but you can't throw dirty water on me."
Lin Zhiqing sneered in his heart,
She had never seen such a double-standard person. The officials were allowed to set fires but the people were not allowed to light lamps. How could that make sense?
She stopped Chao Yan behind her, with a vigilant look on her face: "Prince Jiang, you must be crazy. I don't understand what you are saying at all."
Jiang Liuyun was a little excited:
"You knew Li Jinzhi was lustful, so you deliberately arranged for a woman to approach him, drug him, and cause him to die from an overdose. You then framed me for it."
"With all this, you dare not admit it?"
"I didn't do it, why should I admit it!" Lin Zhiqing's face was filled with just the right amount of surprise:
"Mr. Li died of a drug overdose?"
"Enough!" The Minister of Justice interrupted their conversation. He would not allow his son's scandal to spread.
Jiang Liuyun gradually calmed down, but at this time he felt like he had nowhere to turn to.
For the first time, he experienced the feeling of being slandered.
No, not the first time.
Lin Zhiqing had previously slandered him for having an affair with someone in Zangxianglou.
But that incident did not have a particularly big impact on him, but this time it was different.
If the murder of Li Jin is confirmed, the Minister of Justice will certainly make things difficult for the Jiang family during the retrial of Lin Congli for treason.
The impact at that time was huge.
And what about his father? How should he explain this to his father?
All sorts of messy thoughts flashed through Jiang Liuyun's mind, making him unable to speak for a while.
At this moment, the guard spoke again:
"Sir, Miss Lin's relatives just arrived at the gate of the villa and said they wanted to take Miss Lin back to the Lin family."
Relatives?
Lin Zhiqing was a little surprised. The Lin family came to pick her up?
But think about it, it was already late, she was detained in the villa, and there was no way she could get through to Lin Congli.
Even so, she felt a little warm in her heart.
Behind her, the Lin family members are fighting with her.
The Minister of Justice looked at Lin Zhiqing trembling and waved his hand casually.
That means asking Lin Zhiqing to step down.
"Thank you, Minister." Lin Zhiqing wiped her tears with a handkerchief and passed by Jiang Liuyun when she turned around.
Jiang Liuyun and Lin Zhiqing looked at each other and saw the ease on her face, but felt inexplicably irritated in his heart.
But he has no other choice now.
Moreover, after hearing the news that the Lin family came to pick up Lin Zhiqing, for some reason, a glimmer of hope appeared in his heart.
Will his father come?
Lin Zhiqing didn't know what Jiang Liuyun was thinking. She held her breath until she saw the faces of Lin Congli and others, and then she was completely relieved.
For some reason, the people she saw every day seemed a little different at this moment.
"Zhiqing, is there anything wrong with you?" Lin Congli spoke first. He frowned slightly and drooped the corners of his mouth. It was obvious that he was very worried about Lin Zhiqing.
Lin Congyan's peach blossom eyes were filled with anger: "Why seal off the mountaintop when everything is fine? It's so late, what if something happens?"
"Sister Qing, you are weak and the wind is strong in this villa. I have asked Xiao Cui to make ginger soup. Are you feeling unwell?" Lin Yangyang squeezed forward and asked.
"Uncle, Fourth Uncle, Sister, let's talk about this after we get on the carriage." Lin Shian said:
"Zhiqing is wearing thin clothes. If she is exposed to the cold wind for a while, she will get sick even if she is not sick."
"Yes, yes, get on the carriage!" Lin Yangyang pulled Lin Zhiqing and quickly got on the carriage.
Along the way, everyone kept asking about each other's well-being.
This caused ripples in Lin Zhiqing's heart.
Regarding this plan, Lin Zhiqing did not speak to other members of the Lin family except Lin Shian.
After returning home, she told the truth immediately.
"Join the game with your own body?" Lin Congli frowned.
"Zhiqing, you're taking too much risk. If it weren't for Yan Wu, what would Li Jinzhi do..."
He didn't say it out loud, but Lin Zhiqing understood what he meant.
"Uncle, if I didn't go, Jiang Liuyun wouldn't be fooled. I am the most critical link." Lin Zhiqing explained.
"You?" Lin Congyan tapped his fan. "Jiang Liuyun actually has such true feelings for you?"
"I don't know how true this is." Lin Zhiqing said truthfully:
"If this plan fails, I have a second plan. I will never let Jiang Liuyun escape."
"But this honey trap and alienation tactic is the most reliable."
Lin Shian hesitated: "Zhiqing, things seem to be a little different from what you told me at the beginning."
"Yes, there were some problems along the way." Lin Zhiqing smiled, "But fortunately, with the help of Yan Wu and Lu Huai, the plan was able to proceed smoothly."
Lin Yangyang was so anxious that he scratched his head and ears:
"So is Jiang Liuyun now the murderer of Li Jinzhi? What if it wasn't him?"
"It can only be him." Lin Zhiqing answered affirmatively:
"In order to control Li Jinzhi, he deliberately arranged for a woman to seduce Li Jinzhi."
"I left the same aphrodisiac scent on that woman as on Li Jinzhi. Li Jinzhi died from that aphrodisiac scent."
"It's undeniable that the woman was arranged by Jiang Liuyun. Moreover, many people saw her sleeping on Li Jin's couch."
"It can be said that from the perspective of the Minister of Justice, it was someone from the Zhenyuan Marquisate who killed Li Jinzhi."
Lin Shian nodded:
"In this case, there are two lives between the Minister of Justice and the Zhenyuan Marquisate, so it is naturally impossible for them to join forces again."
"That's right." Lin Zhiqing also nodded:
"We have successfully alienated the Minister of Justice and the Marquis of Zhenyuan. This will at least ensure that the Minister of Justice will not favor the Marquis of Zhenyuan during the retrial of my father's case."
"Of the three big mountains, we have now successfully climbed over one."
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