Chapter 71
Uncle Wu had been waiting outside the Yu Mansion for a long time. When he saw Lin Xing come back, he led her to a room. When he opened the door, he saw only Yu Hang. He had been staring at the tea in the cup, but when he heard the voice, he quickly looked over.
"Sir."
"Uncle Wu, please go out first."
After hearing the door closed, Lin Xing asked, "Why are you alone? Where's Chen Ling?"
"Sit next to me first." Yu Hang stood up and pulled Lin Xing to sit down, and placed the tea that had been poured in front of her. "Do you have something to do with him?"
"No, didn't you send someone to tell me to come back quickly to discuss something important? What's the situation now? Has something happened?"
"News came from Jiujiang Prefecture that the county magistrate of Pengze County died mysteriously, and the emperor has specially ordered us to investigate the matter."
"We? Should I go too?"
"Yes, the emperor has informed all the ministers this morning that he intends to use this incident as a stepping stone for you so that others will no longer look down on you."
Lin Xing seemed to be thinking about something, and took a sip of tea. "Who is going with you on this trip south?"
“You, me and Su Shaoqing, the capital needs manpower, Shen Ling stays.”
"Master Su is going too?" Lin Xing opened her mouth in shock at the news. She admitted that Su Jingfeng was a good man, but that didn't mean she was willing to go with him. However, she could only accept it. "When are we leaving for Pengze County?"
"The day after the prime minister's banquet."
“This is too rushed.”
"Don't worry, the emperor has arranged everything. You just need to take the car when the time comes."
Lin Xing nodded, then remembered that Yu Hang had not answered her question just now, so she asked again, "Where is Chen Ling?"
"We were not in the capital a few days ago, which delayed many things. He went to take care of these things."
"Okay, but I'd better go back and pack my things. Besides going south, there's also a banquet. This is a Hongmen Banquet."
Yu Hang did not try to persuade her to stay. When Lin Xing was almost at the door, she suddenly turned around, stared at him and asked, "Did you tell those vendors not to gather together?"
It was clearly a question, but it carried a certain tone, making it impossible for Yu Hang to tell a lie. He nodded stupidly, and hurriedly tried to make up for it, "They always gossip when they are together. Besides, I didn't chase them away, they just can't be together."
The more she spoke, the quieter her voice became. Lin Xing smiled helplessly, "I don't take those words to heart. Just withdraw your people. They're already having a hard time. Don't make it any harder on them."
This time she really left without staying. Yu Hang sat there in a daze, the cup in his hand was about to be crushed. He sighed for a long time. At this moment, a knock on the door broke his thoughts, "Master, are you still in the room?"
Yu Hang put the cup back on the table and quickly went to open the door. "Uncle Wu, what's up?"
"Lord Shen sent someone to call you to help with the affairs."
"Got it." Yu Hang looked calm on the surface, but he actually cursed Shen Ling ten times in his heart.
On the other side, Yun Duo and Yun Zhi were waiting for Lin Xing outside the door, which really surprised her, "Why are you here?"
Yun Duo grabbed Lin Xing's sleeve and asked nervously, "Sister Xiao Xing, is everything alright?"
Lin Xing held her hand and comforted her, "What big deal can happen with us here? We just need to go to Jiujiang Prefecture in two days."
"I want to go, too. I want to go, too."
Listening to her brisk voice, Lin Xing said seriously, "This is not a good thing. On the contrary, it is very dangerous."
Even if Yu Hang didn't say much, Lin Xing could guess the interests involved behind this matter, which was definitely related to the Prime Minister. Thinking of the various events in Quyang, she really couldn't bear to let Yun Duo go with him.
"But Sister Yunzhi will definitely go with you. It will be boring for me to stay in the Yu Mansion alone." Yun Duo immediately became depressed when she heard Lin Xing's refusal.
She stared at Lin Xing with her watery eyes, and with her aggrieved expression, she finally softened her heart. "If you can promise not to leave me and Yun Zhi when you get there, I might consider it."
"Really? Really? I promise!" Yun Duo jumped up happily.
"Really, I will never lie to you." Lin Xing was gently swayed by her, and even the serious Yun Zhi's mouth corners curled up a little.
"Okay." Lin Xing pressed Yun Duo, "Next you have to pack your things. After attending the banquet in two days, we will set off."
"good!"
Yun Duo skipped away, and Lin Xing added behind her: "Remember to help your sister Yun Zhi clean up as well."
Yun Duo did not reply, and she didn't know whether she heard it or not. Lin Xing looked at her back and smiled secretly. The fatigue of the past few days was completely washed away at this moment. Only then did she realize that she had really arrived in the capital.
"Lord Lin, Lord Shen asked me to pass on a message. He wants you to help handle some matters." A man suddenly appeared in front of the two of them.
"Chen Ling? Lead the way."
Lin Xing thought she could get there in just two steps, but she didn't expect to have to take a carriage. She swayed for a long time and couldn't help but ask outside the carriage: "Where are we going? How long will it take to get there?"
"Replying to Lord Lin, if you want to go to the Dali Temple, you need another half an incense stick."
She was a little suspicious at first, but Yun Zhi beside her looked calm, so Lin Xing felt relieved and leaned there in a daze. Just when she was about to fall asleep, the carriage finally stopped.
"Master Lin, we're here."
After being helped out of the car by Yun Zhi, Lin Xing was able to see the entire Dali Temple. She was surprised by its majestic appearance. The next moment she realized that she would not meet Su Jingfeng when she came to the Dali Temple. But now there is no way out, Lin Xing can only go ahead with it.
Yun Zhi was waiting outside the temple. Lin Xing followed the guards alone and kept moving back and forth. She finally stopped outside a house, took a deep breath, and knocked on the door.
"Come in." Shen Ling's voice.
When she opened the door, the first person Lin Xing saw was not Chen Ling or Su Jingfeng, but Yu Hang.
Yu Hang had already started to deal with the affairs, but when he saw Lin Xing, he paused with the brush in his hand. Lin Xing was almost the same. Only Shen Ling was the most comfortable in the whole place. He pretended not to notice the strange atmosphere between the two of them, and said with a smile: "There are too many affairs, but I don't feel safe to use him, so I asked you two to come over."
Lin Xing finally came to her senses and walked a little further away from Yu Hang, saying as she walked, "In the end, you're just lazy."
"No, no, by the way, there are too many bamboo slips here, you sit in another seat." Shen Ling also stopped what he was doing and stared at Lin Xing with a smile.
There were only four seats in the room. Apart from this one, the other one was next to Yu Hang. Seeing Shen Ling say this, Lin Xing could only turn around and sit next to him.
After Lin Xing sat down steadily, Shen Ling withdrew his gaze and concentrated on his own affairs. Lin Xing picked up a bamboo slip, opened it, read it carefully, looked up with a complicated expression, thought for a moment, put down the scroll, picked up another one, then looked up and put it down. He repeated this four or five times. Lin Xing slumped on the stool in defeat.
The sound of the bamboo slips hitting the table was quite loud, and Shen Ling naturally noticed it, "Why? Isn't this the part that Shopkeeper Lin is good at?"
Lin Xing said unhappily: "You already call me the shopkeeper, what do you think?"
She still felt it was not enough, and continued, "What the hell is this? The first one said that a man broke into a house and stole money and even beat the owner severely. After investigation, it was found that the man was abandoned by the family. The family disliked his disabled arm. How should this be punished?"
"There is another one. A man picked up a string of pearls on the road. He thought no one wanted to sell it, but the owner of the pearls came to his house and said that the pearls were his. However, the man had spent all his money and could not find anyone to buy the pearls. After a lot of arguing, the man found out that the pearls were stolen from him and the man also bought them with money. What should he do now?"
Lin Xing finished saying all this in one breath, closed her eyes with tears in her eyes, put her arms in front of her eyes, trying to make herself forget everything, Shen Ling laughed loudly beside her.
"Have you laughed enough?" Lin Xing, who couldn't stand it any longer, stood up and decided to prove herself. She picked up a scroll and resignedly threw the bamboo slips on the table.
"This is even more outrageous. Does the Dali Temple care about a couple's quarrel?"
Yu Hang replied: "I don't care about that."
"Then what is this?" Lin Xing handed the bamboo slips to Yu Hang.
He frowned after reading it, "Perhaps the servant who sorted the bamboo slips put it in the wrong place."
Lin Xing accepted this answer, and the next moment the door was pushed open. "Is there a document about a couple's quarrel here?"
Su Jingfeng was standing outside the door, panting. Shen Ling was surprised and said, "It's true. We were discussing this just now."
Su Jingfeng strode forward, "Give it to me quickly, it's urgent."
Yu Hang: "Why are you so anxious?"
"Someone just reported that a woman outside the Dali Temple wanted to commit suicide by taking poison. She said she had nowhere else to turn so she asked someone to file a complaint with the Dali Temple. She thought someone would be able to seek justice, but now there is no news. That's why I hurried to find Zhujian to find out what happened."
"What?" The three asked in unison, and Yu Hang quickly handed over the bamboo slips.
After getting the bamboo slips, Su Jingfeng was ready to leave, but Lin Xing stopped him, "I'll go with you."
Su Jingfeng wanted to refuse, but Lin Xing had already come to his side, so he could only lower his head helplessly and motion for her to follow, leaving Shen Ling and Yu Hang looking at each other in bewilderment.
Shen Ling: “Should we go and have a look?”
"No, trust Lin Xing."
The other two were talking at full speed. Su Jingfeng asked, "Do you know the whole story?"
"I have read the document just now, but it does not say that the matter is so serious. It only says that it is a common quarrel between husband and wife."
Su Jingfeng read the bamboo slips quickly and replied, "Perhaps this is not the whole story."
From a distance, Lin Xing saw a group of people gathered outside the Dali Temple, with a woman kneeling in the middle. They became even more anxious and started to jog at the same time.
As soon as he approached, someone shouted, "Master Su is here!"
The crowd parted to allow the two men enough space to get to the woman's side. The woman looked up at Su Jingfeng, and her eyes were puzzled when she glanced at Lin Xing.
Su Jingfeng introduced consciously: "This is Lady Lin Xing. I'm sure you have all heard of her, so I won't introduce her in detail."
Suddenly everyone's faces became complicated, some with disdain, some with curiosity. Lin Xing didn't care about them. She wanted to pull the woman up, but to no avail. She squatted down and looked her in the eye, and said softly: "Tell me any grievances you have, I will stand by your side."
Perhaps her gaze was too firm, the woman finally spoke her story, "My surname is Miao. Before we got married, my husband treated me very well and always went along with me. But not long after we got married, he changed. He scolded me every day, but that was not the worst. He often beat me. I couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to divorce him, but I could never succeed. I came here because I had no other choice."
Miss Miao's voice was filled with tears. Lin Xing could sense her grievance from her crying. Before she could speak, another voice rang out, "You are still kneeling here, which means he didn't beat you hard enough."
Then there was a burst of laughter. Lin Xing took a deep breath and shouted, "You are qualified to speak here?"
"I am asking about matters related to the case. Someone, please ask these people to leave." Su Jingfeng gave the order without hesitation, and then a group of guards came forward to drive away the irrelevant people. Lin Xing noticed that the person who had just spoken was kicked twice.
The surroundings became empty, and Lin Xing continued to persuade softly: "Miss Miao, please get up quickly. I understand what you mean. Let's go inside and talk slowly."
Miss Miao shook her head and knelt stubbornly, "I only want to divorce him. I hope you two adults can make the decision for me."
She suddenly bent down and kowtowed, and Lin Xing hurriedly pulled her back, grabbing her slipping sleeves, and said firmly: "Don't worry, I'm here, you can definitely get a divorce."
All she heard these days was “stop making trouble, why do you need to get a divorce?” Just this one sentence broke down her psychological defenses, and Miss Miao couldn't control herself and burst into tears. Lin Xing hugged her tightly, not caring that her tears wet her clothes.
Tired of crying, Miss Miao stopped and said with a sob, "I believe in Lord Lin."
Then Lin Xing gently helped her walk into the house. When she entered the house, she deliberately slowed down Miss Miao by two steps to shut Su Jingfeng out. Miss Miao, who noticed this, was surprised and asked, "Why did Lord Lin shut Lord Su out?"
Lin Xing smiled shyly, "I'm afraid she would be embarrassed in your presence. After all, he is also a man, and he has his own things to do."
Miss Miao smiled, and even though there were traces of tears on her face, her smile was very sincere.
The two of them sat down, and then Lin Xing kept finding topics to make Miss Miao happy, without mentioning the divorce at all. Although Miss Miao didn't understand, she happily agreed. She hadn't been so happy in a long time.
Boom, boom, boom!
"Is it convenient for me to come in?"
Lin Xing's smile deepened, "It's convenient, Lord Su, please come in."
As soon as the door opened, Miss Miao stood up, and Lin Xing followed her. Su Jingfeng handed the thing in his hand to Miss Miao. She took it with surprise and saw three words on the cover.
Divorce Letter
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