"Lord Lin, the lock that Lin Wanqing showed you back then didn't have a chain, did it? Yanluo." Su Ruojin called out to Yanluo.
Yanluo stepped forward, took out a handkerchief, and opened it.
Inside the handkerchief lay a silver chain, which looked somewhat old and worn.
"This is a chain that my men found on the skeleton at the foot of Bali Village. It has the character 'Qing' engraved on it. I think Madam Lin should be able to recognize this chain."
It's likely that Lin Wanqing broke the chain in her haste after killing someone.
Zhao Jiao grabbed the handkerchief from Yan Luo's hand, examined it closely, and then burst into tears.
"Yes, yes, this was specially made for Qing'er when she was born. Not only was it locked, but I even had the character 'Qing' engraved on the chain. Qing'er, my Qing'er—!!"
Lin Zhengshan collapsed to the ground, looking completely bewildered.
He didn't say anything, but he already knew in his heart that what Su Ruojin said was true.
Lin Wanqing is not only not his daughter, but also the murderer who killed his daughter.
How could such people possibly have any pity for him and Zhao Jiao? They helped Lin Wanqing steal the defense map, so it was only natural that Lin Wanqing would kill them to silence them.
He looked at Su Ruojin again, and a deep sense of regret welled up in his heart.
He regretted bringing a poisonous snake home.
He also regretted that if he hadn't allowed Zhao Jiao to drive Su Ruojin out of the Lin family, the Lin family would be soaring to new heights now that Su Ruojin has achieved such status.
Lin Zhengshan felt the wound on his chest hurt more and more, and blood also spilled from the corner of his mouth.
"Lord Lin, did Lin Wanqing send you to steal the defense map from the Su family?"
Lin Zhengshan looked at his still bleeding chest, utterly despondent. He then looked at Su Ruojin.
"Your Highness, you once called me father, so for that reason, could you please help take care of Siyang in the future? I'll tell you everything you want to know."
Zhao Jiao then realized, "Oh right, they have a son." She supported herself and knelt on the ground.
"Your Highness, please take care of Siyang. In the next life, I will repay you by serving you like a cow or a horse."
Su Ruojin looked at the two of them and said calmly, "I will entrust him to the Lin family for care."
Because Lin Siyang was an only child, he was arrogant and domineering in the Lin family. When he was a child, he wanted to bully Su Ruojin, but by the time he was able to bully her, Su Ruojin had already changed her soul. How could a little kid like him bully her so easily?
Later, Lin Siyang was sent away to study, and he didn't have much interaction with Su Ruojin.
Su Ruojin naturally wouldn't hold it against him.
The care Lin Zhengshan wanted was not the same as what Su Ruojin had said; he wanted Lin Siyang to be fostered in the Regent's Palace.
With the regent protecting them, they'll have no worries about a bright future when they grow up.
But looking at Su Ruojin's expression, he knew that this was the limit of what Su Ruojin could do.
That's enough.
"I did steal the defense map." Lin Zhengshan no longer had any other thoughts, answering Su Ruojin's questions one by one.
"Madam Lin was poisoned, and you were poisoned by a curse. How did you steal it? Was Madam Lin's poisoning also something you arranged beforehand?" Su Ruojin asked.
"That's right, everything was arranged."
Lin Zhengshan began to recount everything.
At that time, Lin Wanqing sent someone to find them, gave them a kind of poison and two kinds of Gu, and told them to follow her instructions.
When the time came, Zhao Jiao was first given poison to infiltrate the General's Mansion, and then Lin Zhengshan was given a Gu worm.
This Gu worm makes Lin Zhengshan's symptoms look very similar to Zhao Jiao's poisoning, but the difference is that he wakes up in the middle of the night.
Hearing this, Su Ruojin understood. Lin Zhengshan was unconscious at the time, and the servants watching over them would naturally be less vigilant. No one would have expected that someone who was unconscious during the day would wake up at night.
However, there was one thing Su Ruojin didn't understand.
"How did you know where the defense map was hidden?"
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