Chapter 186 The Truth About Eloping
If Chen Changshan was a member of the Lin family, Lin Lanting was not yet born when he left home.
But Wei Qingyan thought, maybe family members always have some similarities?
But Lin Lanting looked at the portrait for a long time and finally shook his head.
At this moment, Wei Qingyan envied those people in the play who could recognize their relatives just by appearance.
But a play script is just a play script after all.
She had been around the emperor for more than ten years, but the emperor didn't know she was his daughter.
Xiao Zhian had no reaction when he saw Shi Yu, and now, Lin Lanting saw Shen Changshan's portrait, but there was no result either.
Wei Qingyan thought for a moment and then asked directly, "Did a young man from the Lin family leave home with a woman decades ago?"
Lin Lanting's pupils shrank slightly. "Why do you ask this, young lady?"
"I know." Xiao Zhian continued, "Miss Chang asked me when you just left."
After that, he told Lin Lanting the story Shi Yu had told him, and asked in confusion, "Miss Chang was just talking about the royal family, why are you asking about the Lin family now?"
"I guessed wrong earlier." Wei Qingyan replied. She looked at Lin Lanting, "General Lin, can you tell me the truth?"
This is the Lin family's shame.
But when Wei Qingyan asked this, Lin Lanting knew that it might be related to the prince's clues. After thinking for a while, he replied, "My uncle did do something like this."
really!
Wei Qingyan's eyes lit up slightly.
"Who is that woman?"
Lin Lanting paused slightly, clenched his fists, and replied, "My grandfather's new wife."
Stepson and stepmother?
No wonder they eloped.
"Where is that woman now?"
Wei Qingyan thought of Shen Changshan's indifference towards women. Could it be that he was keeping this woman in secret, or that he was heartbroken by her and no longer wanted to have much contact with women?
"A few months later, my grandfather found him and dealt with him according to family law."
Lin Lanting asked in return, "Young lady, why didn't you ask where the young man went? Could it be that you suspect that the scholar is my uncle who ran away from home?"
The woman died?
"Then let me ask you, where is the young man?" Wei Qingyan's mind was turning rapidly.
The woman was captured by the Lin family, and logically the boy with her would also be captured. But if that were the case, all their previous speculations would be overturned.
The real Shen Changshan would not bear grudges after his death, because Furong County was his hometown. The real Shen Changshan would not be Shi Yu's elder. Shi Yu might not be the Prince of Fengzhao, but he could never be a member of the Shen family.
The most important thing is that the real scene of Shen Changshan’s resentment will not be the scene of the Lin family boy and the woman eloping.
Therefore, she was absolutely certain that the resentful Shen Changshan was the young man from the Lin family.
But how can she prove it?
Not everyone believes and is willing to accept the images of resentment before a person dies.
And the young man from the Lin family, since he is alive, why doesn’t he return to the Lin family, but pretends to be Shen Changshan and goes to Beijing?
Lin Lanting kept his eyes on Wei Qingyan, and saw that her black eyes were moving smartly on her calm face.
He had a bold guess in his heart, so he took the initiative to say, "Before my stepmother married my grandfather, she already had a lover. In order to escape with the help of my uncle, she pretended to get close to him and pretended to have physical contact with him when he was drunk.
My uncle was young and had never really had any contact with a woman, so he thought he had really done something to his young stepmother.
He wanted to confess to his grandfather but didn't dare because he knew that his grandfather might spare his son's life but would definitely kill his step-wife.
A month later, the step-wife lied to her uncle that she was pregnant with his child.
At that time, my grandfather was already very old, and he had been injured on the battlefield in his early years. The imperial physician diagnosed that he was no longer able to have children. If the pregnancy of his second wife was exposed, he would surely die.
The uncle had no choice but to plan an elopement, but he didn't know that he was just a pawn used by his step-wife and her sweetheart.
As soon as they escaped Fengzhao, the two men decided to kill my uncle. Fortunately, he escaped and was rescued by a merchant.
"The merchant's surname is Shen, and he has a son who is about the same age as your uncle?" Wei Qingyan took over.
Lin Lanting still didn't understand something at this time, so he quickly responded, "Yes, Merchant Shen brought my uncle back home. Maybe because my uncle is about the same age as his son, the Shen family treats my uncle very well.
But the stepmother was worried that my uncle would return to the Lin family and tell my grandfather the truth, so she kept looking for him.
Wei Qingyan shook his head in his heart.
Merchant Shen was kind to the young man from the Lin family, not because he was about the same age as his son, but because the young man from the Lin family looked like his younger brother from his hometown.
The old man said that he had a very good relationship with his brother.
It is difficult for an older brother who is away from home to remain indifferent when he sees a young man in distress who is somewhat similar to his younger brother.
It's no wonder why the young man from the Lin family knew that he looked similar to the old man from the Shen family. It must have been the merchant Shen who told him.
"They found your uncle, but didn't know where he was, so they killed everyone on the street? And then they burned down the Shen family?"
Lin Lanting sighed, "In fact, not long after my uncle left home, my grandfather knew his whereabouts.
But my grandfather was angry that my uncle had read so many books but was easily deceived by a woman. He wanted to make my uncle suffer so that he would remember his lesson.
So he didn't go to pick him up in time, but my grandfather didn't expect that the second wife would dare to collude with bandits to burn, kill and loot.
By the time my grandfather arrived, all the Shen family members were dead, with only my uncle, who was covered in flames, breathing his last breath, but he could not be saved.
"He was covered in flames and must have been burned beyond recognition. How can you be sure that it was your uncle?" Wei Qingyan asked.
"My uncle was born prematurely and had been in poor health since childhood, so my grandmother asked someone to collect silver from hundreds of families and made a longevity lock for him.
My grandmother passed away early, and the longevity lock was a token of my grandmother's love for my uncle. My uncle cherished it very much. Even after he had his hair tied up (at the age of 15), he still didn't want to take it off and hid it inside his clothes and wore it close to his body.
The man had a longevity lock hanging around his neck and his figure was the same as my uncle's.
Most importantly, he spoke his last words to his grandfather when he met him."
Wei Qingyan, "What are you talking about?"
"He said that Jinzhi knew he was wrong. Jinzhi was the name that his grandfather gave to his uncle, but his uncle thought it sounded effeminate and refused to use it.
Therefore, Miss Chang's suspicion that my uncle is still alive may be wrong."
Lin Lanting seemed to be explaining and analyzing, "First, my uncle has always treasured the longevity lock and would not give it away easily, nor would he easily tell others about the words he dislikes.
Secondly, my uncle is only nine years older than the Queen, and he loves her very much. There is no reason for him to harm her child."
These reasons were a bit far-fetched and Wei Qingyan didn't need to refute them. Xiao Zhian habitually sang a different tune from Lin Lanting.
"A life-saving favor should be repaid with gratitude, let alone giving someone a longevity lock. If the relationship is good, telling them your handwriting is perfectly normal.
When my grandpa left home, my mother was only eight years old. Even the deepest feelings will fade over time. Besides, what if my grandpa was forced to do so?
"puff!"
The old monk licked the wine that overflowed from the corner of his mouth, his face full of regret.
He couldn't help but spit out the wine, muttering, "You are really not fit to be an emperor. Why don't you become a monk with me?"
"Why should I be the free and easy king and learn from you to become a miserable monk?" Xiao Zhian retorted to the old monk.
Then he looked at Wei Qingyan and said, "Miss Chang, tell me, do I make sense?"
He was referring to the rebuttal to Lin Lanting's remarks.
"That makes sense." Wei Qingyan nodded and refuted Lin Lanting's question, "How do you explain why a scholar knows your Lin family's kung fu?"
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