Chapter 34: The Petty Prince Jing
"Prince Jing? What did you find?"
Lin Yixu became serious. His family was framed, had their property confiscated and were exiled just because they refused to submit to Prince Jing. Now he has spies in Lingnan, and they are afraid that they will have a hard time in the future.
Lin Yue rummaged in her bosom, took out a three-foot-long box, and pulled out a thick mutton-fat jade pendant from it.
"Yes, this is it, along with the letters they used to exchange messages. They all bear the seal of Prince Jing's Mansion."
Lin Yixu took it and looked at it. Sure enough, the words "Prince Jing" were engraved on it. This mutton-fat jade was also made of top-quality material, exclusively for the royal family. Ordinary officials also received it as a reward from their superiors.
Lin Yixu's eyes flickered as he touched the warm mutton-fat jade. Apart from the madam, there was no guarantee that there wouldn't be other spies of Prince Jing in Lingnan. The news must have been known to those people when they entered the city!
I don’t know if there are any spies among the people called here today, but the Li family and the Feng family have lived in Baixiang Village for more than a year, and it is impossible for Prince Jing to start making arrangements so early.
"Let's go back first. Father and the others are still behind us. If we go back early, they will feel at ease. It's not safe to be outside too late. We still have to get up early to work tomorrow, so don't delay."
Lin Yixu put the jade pendant into the box and signaled his sister to put it away, hiding his deep worry.
"Little sister, put it away first. We'll discuss what to do when we get back."
Lin Hongyuan was not walking fast because he was carrying so many people, and was even frightened to stop by the roar of wild beasts. More than a dozen people from the Lin family had to stay where they were, trying to scare away the wild beasts watching from a distance.
"Oh no, Dad and the others are in danger, let's go and help."
When we were approaching the area of Baixiang Village, we heard the threatening roars of wild beasts and saw a faint glow of fire ahead. It was obvious that we were being besieged by wild beasts from this mountain.
"Get out of here, woo woo, I'm not afraid of you, damn wolf. We killed hundreds of you before, but today we'll make sure you never come back."
"Dad, there are so many beasts. Are we going to die here today?"
"I finally managed to survive exile, but am I going to be killed by a wild beast on my first day here?"
"Mom, don't snakes hibernate in winter? Why are there so many of them?"
As soon as Lin Yue arrived, she heard her family members howling like ghosts and wolves, and saw her nephews waving torches around, causing the wild beasts to not dare to approach. She also saw a large number of wild beasts gathering around.
Maybe it was because Lin Yue had just killed someone, but he had a strong murderous aura. The beasts turned their heads and stared at the uninvited guest vigilantly, with their fur standing on end.
Being stared at by so many green eyes, Lin Yixu and Lin Yichen almost knelt down. They had only been walking for a while, so how did they attract so many wild beasts?
Both sides were mortal enemies. Lin Yue did not hesitate and rushed forward with a dagger in hand. He killed one beast after another like a harvesting machine, frightening the beasts and forcing them to retreat unconsciously.
With Lin Yue leading the way, the other members of the Lin family also plucked up their courage and stepped forward with torches in hand.
"Ouch."
The beast hiding behind roared and retreated like the tide. In an instant, only the Lin family members were left looking at each other in bewilderment. If it weren't for the corpses on the ground and the smell of blood, everyone would have thought it was just an illusion.
"Hurry up and clean up, let's go."
The amount of exercise tonight was really excessive. Lin Yue was a little out of breath and had severely depleted her physical strength. She was a little unsteady on her feet and staggered.
"Auntie, are you okay? Otherwise I'll carry you on my back."
Lin Daxuan was very considerate and supported Lin Yue who was a little shaky.
"Originally, we came out to look for you, but we didn't expect that you would save us in the end. We are now like the ones holding us back. We are not cut out for this, yet we are still trying to get in."
Lin Daxuan's voice was not very small, and in the empty and quiet place, everyone heard it.
The younger generation of the Lin family did not think there was anything wrong. They felt that they were not as strong as Lin Yue, and they came out to look for someone out of concern. Several elders touched their noses embarrassedly and coughed dryly to cover up their embarrassment.
"Hurry up! My sister-in-law and the children are still waiting for us in the village. The men are all gone. Don't let anyone bully you, especially those three time bombs of the Li family. You still have to be careful!"
Everyone hurriedly left the scene carrying the dead beast, and had no time to ask about Lin Yue.
The next day, as soon as the sun rose, everyone got moving. Lin Hongyuan followed Lin Yue and the children to the beach. The children picked up seafood, while Lin Yue was pulled to the other side.
"Sister Yue, your eldest brother said that you ran into Prince Jing's spies in Lingnan yesterday? What's going on? Isn't it enough for him to exile us to Lingnan? Does he want our Lin family to be wiped out before he can feel at ease?"
Lin Hongyuan was very excited. After his son gave him such big news before he went to bed last night, he couldn't sleep well the whole night and kept having nightmares. In the dream, all the members of the Lin family were dragged to build a river embankment, their bodies were soaked in water, and his family members left one after another, and in the end he was the only old man left.
"I went into the city yesterday and was kidnapped and sold to a brothel. I did find out that the madam was Prince Jing's spy in Lingnan. However, this person has been in Lingnan for at least twenty years. I also found letters they exchanged. I also suspect that a prefect in Lingnan is also Prince Jing's lackey."
As he said that, Lin Yue took out the box and handed the old and yellowed letter inside to his uncle. It would be better to leave the intrigue to the head of the family!
Besides, he didn't know much about the twists and turns in the ancient officialdom. Would Prince Jing want to kill them all just because they refused to recruit him?
As an ordinary person, she is too lazy to think about this.
"What? You were sold into a brothel? How could you be so foolish? If people knew about this, how could you live like a woman? It would be hard to find a husband, and people would even point fingers at you."
Even though Lin Hongyuan was very excited, he lowered his voice, fearing that the little brats not far away would hear him.
Lin Yue blinked innocently. Her elder brother was also very excited after hearing it yesterday, and now her uncle had the same reaction. It seems that the ancients really paid more attention to innocence and reputation.
"Uncle, I have killed the kidnapper and the madam who saw me being sold to a brothel. I have also destroyed the indentureship contract. No one will know that I was ever sold to a brothel. I also stole 100,000 taels of silver from the madam. Haha, we don't have to worry about money for a while.
Unfortunately, there is still a lot of silver in the secret room of Yihong Courtyard. I only took a few silver ingots. It’s a pity that all these may have gone to the county magistrate.”
"What's the meaning?"
Why couldn't Lin Hongyuan understand what his niece said? Was it because he was too old to keep up with the thinking of young people?
"When I left, I set fire to Yihongyuan. Now there's probably only a pile of ashes left!
Don't worry, except for the madam, whose throat I already slit, everyone in the building will be safe. Yihongyuan had just opened for business at that time, and everyone was in the lobby. When the fire broke out, everyone ran out, so no one was burned to death.
Seeing that her uncle disagreed, Lin Yue hurriedly explained that she was not a murderer who killed innocent people.
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