Chapter 194 I Don’t Want to Be a Loyal Servant!
Lin Zhong watched as Wen Jiarong, despite his status, still treated his father as a slave, forcing his old father to work hard to support him in his studies for the imperial examinations, which resulted in his father becoming seriously ill and dying from overwork.
However, Wen Jiarong took the imperial examination to enter the officialdom despite his status, and hooked up with the third prince, trying to turn the tables and overturn the case for the Wen family by virtue of his meritorious service as a follower of the dragon.
How could Lin Zhong, who was already jealous of Wen Jiarong, not hate Wen Jiarong?
Lin Zhong knew that it was his father who asked him to exchange identities, not Wen Jiarong, a six-year-old child. He should not have taken his anger out on Wen Jiarong.
If he met his father and Wen Jiarong again many years later, and if Wen Jiarong, who had replaced his identity, had been filial to his father and his father was alive and well, he might indeed only focus his resentment on his father who abandoned him.
But many years later, the father who had ruined his life did not have a good ending. He gave up his only son's loyalty, only to be exploited by the young master. When his father was seriously ill, he did not even hire a doctor. After his father died, Wen Jiarong acted as if this person had never existed and did not even mention him once.
It was as if the sacrifices made by Lin Zhong and his son to protect Wen Jiarong were something that should be taken for granted and not worth mentioning.
How could Wen Jiarong's attitude not anger Lin Zhong?
Lin Zhong originally had both resentment and instinctive admiration for his father. After his father died, all his resentment towards his father naturally shifted to Wen Jiarong.
So he used all kinds of means to deal with Wen Jiarong, but it was a pity that it was already a little late. Wen Jiarong had already hooked up with the Third Prince. His means of dealing with Wen Jiarong were cleverly used by Wen Jiarong to deal with the Third Prince.
Wen Jiarong used the power of the Third Prince to protect himself, and the Third Prince unknowingly blocked the revenge of Lin Zhong, the Master of Rong Factory, for Wen Jiarong.
Although Lin Zhong was the so-called Lord Rongchang at this time, he was actually a mad dog kept by the emperor. He would bite whoever the emperor wanted him to bite. It was of course okay for him to selfishly target Wen Jiarong, a student with no background and questionable identity, but if he targeted the third prince, a popular candidate for the throne, the emperor would not allow it.
But Lin Zhong had been blinded by hatred. He only felt that Wen Jiarong was his enemy who killed his father and caused him to suffer humiliation in the palace, and the third prince who protected Wen Jiarong was also his enemy.
So Lin Zhong targeted the Third Prince everywhere, and even joined forces with the Third Prince's rival, the First Prince.
He temporarily gained the upper hand, but as the emperor's confidant, he colluded with the eldest prince to target the third prince, which violated the emperor's taboo.
In the emperor's mind, Lin Zhong, this mad dog, is no longer loyal to him, has betrayed his master, and wants to bite him back.
So the emperor gave up on Lin Zhong. Lin Zhong was a eunuch, and without the emperor as his backer, he was naturally torn to pieces by the court officials whom he had offended before.
The eldest prince, who had once formed an alliance with him, would not lend a helping hand now that he was no longer of any use to him.
Lin Zhong fell from being the glorious 900-year-old man to a corpse in a mass grave. Until his death, Wen Jiarong had no idea why Lin Zhong targeted him; he just thought he was a political enemy.
After Wen Jiarong supported the Third Prince to ascend the throne under the identity of 'Lin Zhong', he quickly changed back to the identity of 'Wen Jiarong'. He never thought of finding out where the real Lin Zhong was, and he could not wait to abandon the fake identity of 'Lin Zhong' that represented his dark past and restored his true identity.
Wen Jiarong remembered to rebuild his family's graves, but he forgot the Lin father and son who saved his life.
It’s no wonder that Lin Zhong has such a deep hatred for Wen Jiarong.
The time when Si Yuan traveled through time was exactly when the original owner took over Wen Jiarong from the Wen family's housekeeper. He instinctively held the child and quickly moved away from the Wen Mansion.
After receiving the original plot and the memories of the original owner, Si Yuan finally understood why he instinctively felt that there was danger near the Wen Mansion and subconsciously stayed away from it.
Because it won’t be long before the Wen Mansion is surrounded, and not even a fly can fly out.
Si Yuan looked down at Wen Jiarong in his arms. The six-year-old child was very cute and was nestling quietly in his arms with a nervous mood. It was obvious that he knew he was on the run.
Although the clothes Wen Jiarong was wearing were made of fine cotton and were very comfortable, they were not eye-catching and did not have many delicate embroidery patterns. He was not noticeable when held in the arms of Si Yuan, who was wearing a coarse linen shirt.
After Si Yuan was far away from the Wen Mansion, he stopped and found a secluded alley to ask Wen Jiarong: "Young Master, where are you going next?"
A child who remembers his father's teachings at such a young age and is planning how to turn things around and revive the Wen family is obviously not an ordinary child.
Wen Jiarong is only six years old, but he is not completely ignorant.
However, Wen Jiarong was only six years old at that time. Even though he was born smart and sensible, he was still worried when facing the great changes in his family.
Faced with Si Yuan's questioning, Wen Jiarong didn't know how to answer, because his father only told him to hide well and not let others discover his true identity.
He thought hard and whispered, "I can't reveal my identity."
Si Yuan seemed not to have heard what he said, and said, "Young Master, can I take you to your grandparents' house?"
The Wen family was liquidated by the new emperor, but Wen Jiarong's maternal grandfather's family was not confiscated and exterminated. Their situation was much better. They were only exiled and would be able to recover if they kept a low profile for a while.
In the original plot, Wen Jiarong secretly recognized his uncle and cousin from his maternal family and helped the third prince to gain help from his maternal family. It is obvious that he still has a very close relationship with his maternal family.
So when the Wen family was in great trouble, why did they entrust Wen Jiarong, the only child of the Wen family, to the hands of a servant who had no money and no connections? It should be entrusted to Wen Jiarong’s maternal family! Wen Jiarong’s maternal grandfather, maternal grandmother, and uncle are all still alive and well!
Si Yuan didn't wait for Wen Jiarong to answer, and directly carried him to his maternal grandfather's house, Yu Mansion.
Si Yuan found the back door of Yu Mansion, knocked hard, then left Wen Jiarong at the door and ran away.
Si Yuan hid in the dark and watched Wen Jiarong reveal his identity to the servant who opened the door, and then was taken in by the servant. Only then did he really leave.
The first thing he did after leaving was to go back to the farm where the original owner had been working. While the farm was still in chaos, he quietly found the housekeeper's room, dug out the original owner's indenture and took it away.
The original owner had to sell herself to survive because of poor harvest due to bad luck. She was not qualified to sell herself to the master of the Wen family, but was sold to the steward of a Wen family farm.
In other words, the original owner was not a servant of the Wen family at all, but only a servant of the servants of the Wen family. It was only because he was responsible for growing and delivering vegetables to the Wen Mansion that he had the honor of meeting the master of the Wen Mansion a few times.
The reason why he was entrusted with the care of the orphan by the steward of the Wen Mansion was because he often and regularly delivered food to the Wen Mansion and his actions did not arouse suspicion.
Si Yuan returned to the original owner's home with the indenture contract. Looking at the original owner's son Lin Zhong, who was a little pale and thin, and was actually nine years old but looked almost the same height as the six-year-old Wen Jiarong, he couldn't understand why the original owner was so loyal to the Wen family.
He sold himself when he was almost dying, and it was the steward of the farm who bought him and gave him a chance to live. As a result, when the original owner learned about the misfortune of the Wen family, he did not think of informing the steward of the farm, nor did he think of escaping with everyone. Instead, he would rather abandon his only son to save the young master of the Wen family.
Si Yuan could not understand this kind of blind loyalty.
He felt stupid and confused.
The Wen family had no favors towards the original owner, so they had to use their own son to repay the favor. And even if they had done the original owner a favor, the one who should repay the favor was the original owner himself, not Lin Zhong, the original owner's son.
Perhaps because of the difference in thinking, Si Yuan could not agree with the original owner's ideas, so naturally what he did was completely different from what the original owner did.
It is not true that the original owner did not love her son Lin Zhong. After all, he was the only son. In ancient times when people attached great importance to offspring, sons meant the inheritance of the family line. The original owner even thought about freeing his son from slavery and supporting him to study and take the imperial examinations so that he could become successful in life.
But if we say that the original owner loves his son Lin Zhong, just look at the fact that he named his son "Zhong", which means he hopes his son can be loyal to the master like him.
Si Yuan felt that the original owner was very divided, as if he did love his son, but when it came to loyalty to the Wen family, even the most beloved son had to give in.
Si Yuan, who was unable to understand the original owner's blind loyalty, even suspected that the original owner was controlled by the power of the plot. Therefore, after encountering the safety issue of the male protagonist Wen Jiarong, he was controlled to do some unreasonable and loyal behaviors.
Si Yuan asked the system about this question.
The system gave a negative answer: [The plot is not unchangeable. To be precise, the plot is just an objective record, not the manipulation of these characters. He is such a divided and loyal person. He has never been to school. After selling himself, he was brainwashed every day to be loyal to the Wen family. Subconsciously, he regards it as a guiding principle and the first priority in his life. 】
Si Yuan said he understood. No wonder the original owner sold herself to the housekeeper on the farm, but was so blindly loyal to the Wen family. It turned out that she was indoctrinated with the idea of loyalty to the Wen family every day, which formed this blind loyalty.
However, this is not uncommon for slaves in ancient times. There are countless loyal servants who have been brainwashed.
In the original plot, all the masters of the Wen family were thrown into prison, and the slaves could not escape imprisonment either. The first to be tortured and interrogated were the slaves. Some of those who were not loyal enough naturally told the secrets about the masters of the Wen family, and those who were die-hard fans would never reveal a word even if they were tortured to death.
Families like the Wen family are good at brainwashing and cultivating loyal servants.
Si Yuan no longer bothered about the original owner's blind loyalty. He looked at his son and said to him, "Hurry, follow Dad!"
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