Chapter 136: The Beginning of Fear
The constables, led by Mu Qing, acted immediately.
He quickly drew his sword from his waist, rushed towards Old Man Lin, and used the sword to block Old Man Lin's path.
Seeing the broadsword lying in front of him, Old Man Lin quickly stopped in his tracks, lest his neck automatically be placed against the blade, and it wouldn't be worth it to court death.
"Officers, she... she just tried to kill me with a knife! You can't protect her!" Old Man Lin stammered as he saw the gleaming knife in Mu Qing's hand.
“She was just collecting evidence; she had no motive to kill you. Besides, our Lord Su is the most just and upright official. If you were in the yamen, you would definitely get twenty lashes for slandering our master like this.”
After a brief encounter, Mu Qing felt an inexplicable aversion to Old Man Lin. He felt very uncomfortable with Old Man Lin's aura.
"Father, come and see quickly." With Mu Qing's help to stop her, Lin Luoxi successfully dripped the old man's bright red blood into the bowl of water.
Seeing that the two drops of bright red blood in the bowl repelled each other and did not merge together, Lin Ruoxi breathed a sigh of relief.
It was truly a stroke of luck for her; without her even lifting a finger, the truth was already tilting in her favor, and she couldn't help but feel excited.
As Lin Luoxi's excited voice rang out, everyone gathered around her.
Naturally, he also saw the two incompatible drops of blood in the bowl; even when he shook them with his hand, the two drops of bright red blood simply couldn't mix.
Seeing this, everyone knows the truth.
When Lin Dayou saw the two drops of blood that tasted mixed together in that bowl of clear water, he felt relieved but also a little sad. However, when his eyes fell on his wife and children, his eyes cleared up.
Just as Lin Luoxi excitedly shouted out those words, Mu Qing had already released Old Man Lin.
He jogged forward and saw the two unmixed drops of blood. His mind went blank, and his legs began to go weak.
Everything unfolded in a direction he could never have predicted. His dream of wealth and status was shattered completely.
He glanced at Lin Luoxi, and if it weren't for the constables around her, he would have rushed over and torn her to pieces.
All of this was orchestrated by that little slut. If she had been more ruthless before, things wouldn't be like this today.
Surrounded by the crowd, Lin Luoxi felt a venomous gaze fixed on her.
She accurately located the owner of her gaze and returned a sinister smile.
Since her father has absolutely no connection to the Lin family, then the Lin family should just pray they don't bother her in the future...
"I hereby declare that Lin Jiyong and Lin Dayou are not related by blood in the slightest." Lord Su looked at the crowd of onlookers, all of whom had burning eyes and intense gossip-filled expressions, and announced loudly.
"Wow, Lin Dayou really isn't Old Man Lin's son."
"Then it makes sense that old man Lin has tormented Lin Dayou for decades."
"When I saw how Old Man Lin treated Lin Dayou before, I thought it was just a matter of favoritism. But it turns out it's because Lin Dayou isn't his biological son, so he treats him like an animal."
"..." After hearing Lord Su's announcement, all the villagers who were watching discussed it and were filled with emotion.
Seeing how Lin Dayou was mistreated by the Lin family and lived a life worse than a dog, the villagers began to feel happy for Lin Dayou again.
These devilish relatives are better off without; you'll be better off without them.
"Impossible, there must be something wrong with this bowl of water." Old Man Lin said stubbornly after hearing Lord Su's announcement and glancing at the bowl that was still filled with his and Lin Dayou's blood.
"Exactly, there's definitely something wrong with this bowl of water." Lin Daguang had known for a long time that Lin Dayou wasn't his biological brother.
So, while the old couple, Mr. and Mrs. Lin, were wasting the Lin family's time, he added fuel to the fire, joining Mr. Lin in pushing Lin Dayou into the mud.
It's one thing for him to know it himself, but it's another to reveal the truth to the public.
If everyone really knew that Lin Dayou wasn't their biological child, how would they take advantage of Lin Dayou and his family in the future?
"Third brother, bring another bowl of water." Lin Luoxi glanced at Lin Jiyong and his son, then called out to Lin Wentao again.
Since it doesn't involve her blood anyway, even if we do a hundred tests, we have to convince these two people and make everyone fully accept the truth.
"Okay!" he answered readily, turning around to run to fetch more water.
“I was worried about him going to fetch water. What if he did something tampering with it in there and we wouldn’t know?”
When Old Man Lin saw Lin Wentao pour out the water that contained his and Lin Dayou's blood, he began to deny everything.
Although he knew in his heart that Lin Dayou was not his son, he wanted to delay the process and not let the blood test proceed so smoothly.
"Wait, let me do it!" Lord Su, unusually interested, called out to Lin Wentao, who was about to run home to fetch water.
"Lord Su, are you only satisfied when you've caused chaos in our family?" Old Man Lin said through gritted teeth, seeing that Lord Su had also gotten involved.
How can these people be so malicious? They can't stand seeing them living a good life with Lin Dayou.
"Isn't this what you wanted me to do to give you justice?"
"You suspect that the siblings might tamper with the food, so in order to give you justice, I have condescended to take matters into my own hands. I thought you would be very happy about that."
As he spoke more, Lord Su's tone grew increasingly cold, and his aura intensified.
Lord Su was upright by nature, and the oppressive aura he deliberately exuded terrified Old Man Lin, who had spent his entire life holed up in this poor, remote village.
"My lord, that's not what I meant, that's not what I meant." Already feeling guilty, and now intimidated by Lord Su's aura, Old Man Lin's knees buckled, and he knelt on the ground begging for mercy.
"Hmph, since that's not what you meant, then tell me, what exactly is the point of all your efforts to obstruct me?"
"If you dare to conceal even a single word, don't blame me for using torture on you; fifty strokes of the cane wouldn't be too much." Having handled so many cases, Lord Su knew perfectly well the guilty conscience in Old Man Lin's eyes.
"My lord, my lord..." Old Man Lin was already at a loss when he heard Lord Su's words, but he knew that Lin Dayou's background could not be revealed, so he just kept calling him "my lord".
Seeing Lord Su take action to deal with the old man Lin, Lin Luoxi was delighted and leisurely stood aside with Lin Wangshi, watching the show.
"Guards, bring the torture upon him." Seeing the old man Lin's hesitant manner, Lord Su knew that he was hiding something, so he opened his mouth and called out to Mu Qing.
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