Chapter 384: Luck Taken Away
Lin Guozhang woke up slowly, his eyes fixed on Wei Qingyan, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Crown Princess, what are those puppets?"
"Soul-stealing."
Wei Qingyan glanced at the puppet he was holding tightly in his hand and asked, "Do you know this birthday?"
"This is my eldest son's birthday."
How could he not recognize it?
Zhang-in-law Lin seemed to be losing his vitality rapidly and looked much older all of a sudden.
This answer was beyond Wei Qingyan's expectations.
According to Shi Dehou, everything in the secret room was done by the Queen. The eldest son of the Lin family is the Queen's biological brother from the same father and mother. She must be really cruel!
She also remembered that the intelligence said that the eldest son of the Lin family died in his teens. At that time, the queen was less than ten years old. She was so young and yet so cruel. It was hard not to be shocked.
But what puzzled Wei Qingyan was that, according to Shi Dehou, these puppets took souls in order to feed Xiao Pei, the living dead, so that he could speak and act consciously.
When the eldest son of the Lin family died, Xiao Pei was still a child and was still alive and well, so the role of these puppets does not make sense.
But based on Shi Dehou's hatred for Lin Wanzhi before his death, it is unlikely that he lied. It is just that what he knew was not complete.
The puppets in front, such as the one engraved with the birthday of the eldest son of the Lin family, have other uses, while the ones in the back, such as those of Wang Zhi and others, should be for Xiao Pei.
After Wei Qingyan took note of this, he asked, "Did he die of a cold? Was he a lover of reading and a man of integrity?"
"yes."
Lin Guozhang nodded hurriedly, "Does the Crown Princess know the reason? Please tell me."
"Before his death, he was feeling chilly and listless, similar to the symptoms of a cold?"
"Yes, that's right. The Lin family is a family of military commanders, and the children have been taught the basic skills of the Lin family since childhood. Although my son loves reading and wants to follow the path of a civil servant, he has never slacked off in his martial arts training."
The death of such a healthy and self-disciplined son from a cold is a pain that will never be erased from his heart.
A trace of pity flashed across Wei Qingyan's eyes, but he still told the truth, "But in reality, people die because their three souls and seven spirits are extracted bit by bit. When a person's soul is lost, their body will naturally wither and decay."
She pointed at the puppets of Wang Zhi and the others and said, "Before I came to Fengzhao, several students from our Great Wei also lost their lives because of this. They were all people of good character and integrity.
And my nephew Gong Jun and the eldest son of the emperor, Qian Shiheng, one of them was the second and third place in the imperial examinations of the Wei Dynasty, and they were almost killed..."
She revealed how someone pretended to be a wealthy businessman, set up a scheme to bribe the steward of the Great Wei Palace, obtained the hair of many students of the Great Wei Dynasty, and used it for evil magic to steal their souls and kill them.
Since the Queen has already determined that she is more capable than Shi Dehou and has set her sights on her, there is no need for her to hide her abilities too much.
Moreover, as the princess of Wei, she would always avenge the students of Wei.
"I have also heard about this matter. Does the Crown Princess know who is practicing this kind of evil magic?"
The Jingzhao prefect's sunburn was throbbing, and a chill ran down his spine.
Judging from what the Crown Princess said, the culprit was probably someone from Fengzhao, and she came to Fengzhao to investigate this person.
But the Jingzhao prefect didn't dare to think too much about how someone could act so recklessly in the Lin family's ancestral land. But he couldn't help but think about it a little more, and after thinking about it, he found it unbelievable.
The Lin family is a family with a century of merit. Apart from the bad reputation of General Lin being lustful and Lin Jinzhi eloping with his stepmother, the Lin family can be considered a decent family.
During the years when the Queen was in power, the Lin family, as an in-law, not only did they not interfere in government affairs but they kept a low profile. How could this happen...
He felt as if he had taken on another case that was putting his head on the line. Fortunately, he was clear-headed and chose to stand on the side of the prince.
Wei Qingyan looked at Lin Guozhang, "I don't know, but the truth will eventually come out. Lin Guozhang, did anything else happen in the mansion the year your eldest son got into trouble?"
Shi Dehou later cooperated with Lin Wanzhi. Before that, who took the soul of the eldest son of the Lin family?
Shi Dehou must have discovered something, so he said that there was someone who was proficient in the mysterious arts around Lin Wanzhi.
Was it that person who helped Lin Wanzhi do everything in this secret room and helped Lin Wanzhi cast the love spell on Xiao Pei?
If there was such a person around the young Lin Wanzhi, would Father-in-law Lin really be completely unaware of it?
Wei Qingyan's question was meant to test.
Lin Guozhang slowly sat up straight, his eyes drooping as he thought about something.
The prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture consciously took his men away. It was better to listen less to some things. If it was related to the case, the Crown Princess would let him know what he should know.
After a moment's contemplation, Lin Guozhang said, "The year my eldest son met with misfortune was also the year my father's military power was taken away from him."
That year, the younger brother who eloped was burned so badly that not a single piece of skin was left on his body. In the end, he was unable to recover. His father lost his son in his old age and was devastated. He was caught by the previous emperor for making mistakes in government affairs and his military power was taken away. The Lin family began to decline.
Wei Qingyan already understood what he didn't say when he was resolving Lin Jinzhi's grievances.
But Father-in-law Lin hadn't revealed anything about the Empress, so Wei Qingyan decided to throw another wrench in the works. "The feng shui of the Lin family's ancestral land has been disturbed, and the Lin family's fortune has been taken away."
From the outside, the Lin family's ancestral land looked like a treasure land with excellent feng shui. It was because she didn't find anything unusual when she came there last night.
Standing at the top of the tree today, I finally saw the heresy hidden beneath the calm.
The year when the eldest son of the Lin family died was also the year when the Lin family declined. It must have been that year that the Lin family's fortune was taken away by someone.
"Seize the luck?"
Lin Guozhang's eyes widened, his heart sinking. He asked hurriedly, "What will happen if our luck is taken away? Will it affect the descendants of the Lin family?"
"Judging from the feng shui of our ancestral land, the Lin family should have continued to prosper, and many talented people would have emerged from the clan."
Wei Qingyan drew two dots on the ground, representing the graves of Lin Jinzhi and General Lin respectively. She drew a line between the two graves and said, "The Lin family's fortune had already been affected before General Lin's death.
This line is a defensive line, preventing the Lin family's luck from leaking out. That's why the Lin family is not prosperous today, but it is not extinct either."
As long as Lin Guozhang thought about who had given these two tombs, he could guess the truth behind them, but he didn't say it. He only asked, "What will happen to the person who took away the luck of my Lin family?"
When the fortune of a century-old meritorious family is bestowed upon one person, that person will naturally become better and better and become a superior person.
Lin Guozhang's words were just for confirmation, not because he couldn't imagine the outcome of that person, so Wei Qingyan didn't answer his obvious question.
He only said, "To go against the will of heaven and change one's fate will inevitably lead to backlash. However, some people with advanced skills can block out the sun and sky, temporarily transferring the backlash to others."
Wei Qingyan guessed that the eldest son of the Lin family might have suffered the backlash for the queen, and she needed to investigate it further.
Wei Qingyan helped Lin Guozhang up and planned to go and take a look at the stone slab she had pushed out.
As for why the queen left some luck for the Lin family instead of letting it completely perish, firstly, the luck was too great and she might not be able to bear it; secondly, how could a person who had no support from her natal family become the mother of a country?
etc!
Wei Qingyan suddenly stopped.
A woman without a maternal family cannot be the mother of a country. Those with a maternal family that is too powerful will also be feared by the royal family. Wasn't it because Emperor Feng Zhao was afraid of the Lin family that he fanned the flames behind the scenes to facilitate Lin Jinzhi's elopement and finally took back the Lin family's military power?
From the fact that Emperor Feng Zhao only took away the military power of the Lin family but did not punish anyone from the Lin family, it can be seen that although Emperor Feng Zhao was afraid of the Lin family, he still appreciated and even felt grateful for the Lin family's achievements.
She suddenly understood why Emperor Feng Zhao took the trouble to take away the Lin family's military power, but was still willing to let Emperor Feng Zhao marry the Lin family's daughter.
I now understand more clearly why Lin Wanzhi wants to take away the Lin family's fortune.
The Lin family holds great power, and Emperor Feng Zhao would not agree to Lin Wanzhi marrying into the royal family.
However, if the Lin family is in decline and the late Emperor Feng Zhao feels guilty towards this family that once made great contributions to Feng Zhao, that is another matter.
Therefore, when the Queen instigated Lin Jinzhi to elope, in addition to helping her father seize the position of head of the family, she also wanted to pave the way for herself to successfully marry into the royal family.
This also confirms the result of having their luck taken away. The Lin family declined, but Lin Wanzhi became more and more successful.
It also shows that at that time, Lin Wanzhi had been reborn, because it was impossible for an eight-year-old child to have such a mind.
The fact that she could accurately guess the thoughts of the late Emperor Feng Zhao showed that she was not a woman trapped in the harem in her previous life. She must have had contact with the late emperor to understand his contradictory psychology of being wary of the Lin family but also valuing them.
Thinking of her obsession with Xiao Pei, Wei Qingyan's pupils widened slightly.
Could it be that in the previous life, Lin Wanzhi was actually Xiao Pei’s wife?
While Wei Qingyan was lost in thought, he heard Lin Guozhang ask, "Is it the Queen who has taken away the Lin family's fortune?"
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