Chapter 249 I won’t let them fool me anymore
When Liang heard that Marquis Yong'an recognized Lin Chuan at a glance, her face turned pale with fright.
She never thought that Marquis Yong'an still remembered Lin Chuan.
They had only met once, more than ten years ago.
On the eve of her marriage to Marquis Yong'an, Lin Chuan came to see her and was caught by Marquis Yong'an, which almost ruined the good marriage she had planned with great difficulty. She could only signal with her eyes and tell Marquis Yong'an that Lin Chuan was her cousin from her aunt's side and was here to ask for money.
At that time, Lin Chuan accepted it, and the Marquis of Yong'an immediately gave him a hundred taels of silver and told him to come directly to the Marquis of Yong'an's mansion to collect the silver next time and not to bother him again.
It was just a quick meeting, but it was possible that Marquis Yong'an remembered it for more than ten years.
Could it be that he has always known Lin Chuan?
No!
Impossible.
If he knew that she had contact with Lin Chuan, Marquis Yong'an would have questioned her long ago.
No matter what, Liang gritted her teeth and refused to admit it, "Yes, he is my cousin, but I haven't seen him in many years, and I don't know how he died. Rui'er...why does she insist on saying that I killed him? How could I, Lord Marquis, I don't even dare to kill a chicken."
As he spoke, his whole body trembled and he sobbed uncontrollably, as if he had suffered a great injustice.
"I haven't seen them for many years. Could it be that Lin Chuan stole these personal belongings?" Su Rui asked calmly. Zhuiyue stepped forward and threw a bundle on the ground.
The bundle fell open, revealing the scattered items inside.
There are handkerchiefs, hairpins, earrings... and even a bellyband, all of which are women's personal belongings. You can tell from the marks on them that they are quite old.
Others might not recognize him, but Marquis Yong'an, who had slept in the same bed with him for more than ten years, certainly recognized him.
Marquis Yong'an still remembers the crimson bellyband embroidered with mandarin ducks and butterflies very clearly.
At that time, they had just gotten married and were in the midst of a loving relationship. Liang always liked to wear this bellyband, saying that it was like the two of them, who had finally grown from butterflies to mandarin ducks.
But soon, the bellyband was no longer seen.
He asked her about it, and she said that it was damaged by the maid.
After that, I never saw such a style again. She said she didn't like butterflies anymore and that embroidering mandarin ducks would be more suitable.
Now, this bellyband appears here.
Sixteen years ago, Su Rui was only five years old, so she couldn't get this bellyband, and it would be impossible for it to be preserved until today.
Feeling that the Marquis of Yong'an had loosened his grip on her, Liang became even more flustered.
These things were indeed hers. They were given to her in order to stabilize Lin Chuan before and after she married Yong'an Hou.
The bellyband was because after they got married, Lin Chuan insisted on having sex with her before he would leave. In order to make him leave quietly, she could only endure the boredom and nausea and stay with him.
He tortured her thoroughly that night and even took off her bellyband, saying he wanted to do something to commemorate her.
From then on, whenever she saw the embroidery pattern for the bellyband, she would think of that night with Lin Chuan, and feel disgusted from the bottom of her heart, so she never embroidered that pattern again.
Fortunately, Lin Chuan returned to Beijing two years after his absence. She had already secured her position in the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion, so she rarely saw him and stopped giving him anything in order to avoid leaving any evidence.
More than ten years have passed, and she had forgotten about these things. She didn't expect that Lin Chuan actually kept them all. Now they fell into Su Rui's hands and were thrown in front of Yong'an Hou.
Once Marquis Yong'an determines that she has an affair with Lin Chuan, he will no longer protect her.
no.
"My Lord, this is not mine. I don't know when I lost the other items, but this bellyband was washed out by the maid a long time ago. I have never had a bellyband like this again. You know that." Grasping the hand of the Marquis of Yong'an, Liang tried her best to defend herself, insisting that the bellyband was not hers.
Anyway, more than ten years have passed and the maid has long disappeared.
Lin Chuan also died.
These are things that cannot be verified. As long as he denies them, even if Marquis Yong'an suspects him, it will only be a suspicion and will not shake his foundation. What's more, what he cares about most is his reputation and face. Now he is at the door, in front of so many people, and family disgrace cannot be made public.
Unfortunately, Su Rui would not let them get away with it by trying to smooth things over.
"These things are not yours, but these are yours after all."
Su Rui spoke again, and a bundle was thrown down.
Inside was a pile of sealed envelopes, except for one without an envelope. It was placed at the very top, unfolded, and you could see what was written on it at a glance.
There are only three lines of words, but the handwriting is beautiful, the words are sweet and tender, and the whole page is full of tenderness.
Marquis Yong'an also recognized this word.
It was Liang's handwriting, and it was Liang's handwriting from twenty years ago.
At that time, she explained that she was the one who saved him. After that, the two of them often corresponded with each other. Marquis Yong'an remembered her handwriting very well. Now there are still letters from that time in the study. When they are free, they will take them out and read them to reminisce the past.
And this letter was also sent twenty years ago, even the letter paper is the same.
In other words, twenty years ago, Liang was communicating with both him and Lin Chuan through letters at the same time.
He grabbed Liang's hand, which was originally holding hers, with such force that Liang felt her bones were about to break. "How do you explain this?"
“I…I…”
Liang didn't know how to explain it for a moment.
She had no recollection of the letter at all.
When had she ever written to Lin Chuan? It was always either Lin Chuan who came to her, or Mama Qian who passed on the message. She was afraid of leaving evidence that could be used by Lin Chuan, so she never wrote a letter.
But this font is indeed her own, and this letter paper was also popular twenty years ago. It is impossible for Su Rui to forge it.
Could it be that she wrote it and forgot?
No matter what it is, it is like a sharp knife for her now, stabbing the already weak relationship between her and Marquis Yong'an.
Unable to explain, she could only play dumb.
"I... I don't know. I didn't, I didn't, sir. He and I are only distant cousins. We haven't been in contact for many years. How could I possibly have communicated with him about this? Not to mention, he's a bandit. Am I crazy?"
Yes, one is the Marquis of Yong'an, and the other is a bandit who has become a bandit. Anyone would choose the Marquis of Yong'an, right?
"If Lin Chuan has the evidence against you, you will obey him even if he is a beggar, not to mention a bandit." Su Rui continued to expose him. Zhuiyue reached out and took out the unopened envelopes from the bundle, placing them on the ground one by one.
Only then did I see clearly that this was not a letter, it had a date written on it.
There were twenty letters in total, from more than twenty years ago until last year. Some of them were sent a few months apart, and some were sent two years apart, but judging from the dates and handwriting, they were all written by the same person.
No one was familiar with this handwriting, including Liang.
But looking at those dates spanning more than twenty years, especially the last one, isn't it about the same time that Lin Chuan returned to Beijing and kidnapped Su Rui?
She felt uneasy and instinctively wanted to move, but Marquis Yong'an held her tightly.
not good!
He already suspected her and Lin Chuan!
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