son, don't mess around

Chapter 98

night time.

Lin Hengzhong stepped into the front hall of the mansion, where several people had been waiting for a long time.

"My lord!"

The housekeeper of the house came forward and said cautiously: "What you ordered this old slave to do, this old slave has already done it."

As he said that, the butler handed over a stack of accounts: "This is the record of the exchanges between the various families in Linjiang City during the days when you were away, the lord, and the people who visited the mansion in the past few days..."

Lin Hengzhong took the account, looked down for a moment, and nodded slightly: "It's done well."

The butler bowed his head: "This is the duty that this old slave should fulfill."

Lin Heng raised his eyes again: "During the six months that this king is away, is there any movement in the southwest?"

The butler said softly, "Everything is fine. General Sun, who is guarding the southwest, sent a letter some time ago. Although the remnants of the various parties in the southern border are still plotting, they can't cause much trouble."

Lin Hengzhong was expressionless, and said lightly: "Don't be careless. The descendants of the royal families of the southern border countries hate this king deeply. These years, they have not given up assassinating this king and plotting to restore the country. Let the spies pass on the king's oral order to keep Sun Changjing in secret. Come see the king!"

"Yes."

The housekeeper was shocked. General Sun was ordered to guard the southwest border. Now the prince wants to meet General Sun in person. Could it be that the prince wants to...

The butler concentrated for a moment, and immediately went to do it.

After the butler left, not far away, Zheng Zhiming, who had been silent all this time, slowly stepped forward: "My lord!"

"What's the matter?"

"The subordinates have sent people to search the Linwang Mansion, and set up a net in Linjiang City, but there is still no news of the assassin..."

Zheng Zhiming lowered his head: "My lord please punish me."

Lin Hengzhong looked indifferently, and waved his hands: "There is no need to rush this matter, how about the other thing that the king asked you to do?"

Zheng Zhiming was startled, and then said in a deep voice: "There are already some clues..."

"In Linjiang City, there are indeed many families that secretly have contacts with the forces in the capital, and even..."

When Zheng Zhiming said this, he paused for a moment, and then said expressionlessly: "There is also the Xu family."

"The Xu family?!"

Lin Hengzhong's eyes suddenly focused, but then he calmed down as if he had expected it a long time ago: "It seems that they don't trust this king, hehe..."

A sneer made the atmosphere in the front hall seem to drop to freezing point.

Zheng Zhiming's eyes lingered with murderous intent: "My lord, do you need to be subordinate..."

"No need!"

Lin Heng regained his gaze, and said lightly: "Mr. Xu is still in Beijing, and he must be affected by the general trend. As for the Xu family..."

He narrowed his eyes: "Old Master Xu was kind to this king back then, as long as the Xu family doesn't do anything out of line, let them go."

Zheng Zhiming concealed the killing intent in his eyes: "Yes."

After Zheng Zhiming left, the other figures in the front hall also left.Soon, the vestibule was empty.

Lin Hengzhong stood in the courtyard, staring at the dark night not far away, dazed.In those bottomless eyes, a look of sadness flashed by chance.

It wasn't until the sound of soft footsteps came from behind that Lin Hengzhong came back to his senses and turned his head.

The figure of Zhiyuan appeared and slowly stepped into the front hall.

"Paper kites."

Lin Hengzhong spoke slowly.

"My lord."

Zhiyuan lowered her eyes slightly, and paused: "Wang Ye went to see His Highness?"

Lin Hengzhong nodded slightly.

Zhiyuan's face seemed to be startled: "Then the prince..."

"You guessed it right, Jiang Nian did hide the assassin who assassinated this king."

Lin Hengzhong spoke lightly.

Zhiyuan lowered her eyes and said nothing.

Since Liu Ye disappeared last night, she guessed something.Going to see His Highness today confirmed the suspicion in my heart.

Sure enough, it was her? !

A coldness flashed from the bottom of her eyes.

"I heard that Jiang Nian likes her?" Lin Hengzhong asked suddenly.

Zhiyuan was silent for a moment, before she said: "Your Highness is indeed very close to her, almost like her shadow these days. Presumably...she likes her."

Lin Hengzhong quietly stared at the kite in front of him, and after a while, he sighed softly: "I'm wronged."

Zhiyuan was startled, and quickly lowered her head: "This is what a servant girl should do."

Lin Hengzhong shook his head lightly, and sighed: "You are the eldest lady of the official family, and you should have a better life..."

"Your father died carelessly to save this king. No matter what, this king owes your Jiang family his life!"

As if thinking of something, Zhiyuan's heart tightened, she lowered her head and said in a deep voice: "In the past, my father was slandered for treason and treason, and Jiang's family was ransacked and beheaded. If the prince and princess hadn't rescued her, Zhiyuan would have been a dead soul..."

"Father is already a mortal man, if he can save the prince's life, it can be regarded as a blessing for the world..."

As if thinking of something, Zhiyuan's voice trembled slightly.

Lin Hengzhong looked at the little maid in front of him and sighed softly.

She was originally the daughter of the prefect of Yanzhou, but unfortunately her father was murdered by a traitor, and was slandered for having an affair with the enemy country, which led to the execution of her family.

Lin Hengzhong and her father had a very close friendship. Back then when they were drinking together in southern Xinjiang, when Lin Hengzhong was attacked and killed, it was Zhi Yuan's father who tried his best to save Lin Hengzhong with his own life.

However, not long after the death of Zhiyuan's father, her father was suddenly slandered for collaborating with the enemy and treason, and all his families were executed.

At that time, Lin Hengzhong was deeply involved in the wars among the southern border countries, and he had no time to spare himself.He angrily wrote to ask the emperor to re-investigate the case, but he was just a general at that time, and he was powerless to bring back all these tragedies.

Even, he was almost involved in that catastrophe.

The entire Jiang family was ransacked and beheaded, leaving behind Zhiyuan's mother and the newborn Zhiyuan, who escaped unharmed.

But even so, the people behind them still didn't intend to let their mother and daughter go, they chased and killed them all the way, and just when their lives were about to hang by a thread, fortunately Princess Lin rescued their mother and daughter.But Zhiyuan's mother was seriously injured and finally passed away, leaving Zhiyuan in her swaddling clothes.

After that, Princess Lin secretly adopted Zhi Yuan and kept it by her side.After the princess died of illness, Zhi Yuan stayed in Jiangnan with the princess's younger sister.

Until three years ago, Lin Wang took her back to the palace from Jiangnan.

As if thinking of something, Lin Hengzhong had a look of self-blame in his eyes: "It's all because I was so soft-spoken back then. Brother Jiang died because of this king, but this king couldn't even save his family..."

Zhi Yuan lowered her eyes and said, "Your Highness, you don't need to blame yourself, you did your best back then."

Back then, Lin Hengzhong was not the Lin Wang who would be able to exert power in the court and shock the world in the future.At that time, he was powerless to change everything.

"Brother Jiang was an upright man and an upright official. How could he commit treason?"

Lin Hengzhong's eyes gradually turned cold: "Someone must have framed what happened back then. This king has been investigating all these years. Until not long ago, I finally got some clues..."

"Presumably, you should know too, right?"

Zhiyuan nodded silently, but the coldness in her eyes became more and more obvious.

All the information in the palace will be reviewed by her, and she has already known what happened back then.Some truths have already surfaced.

Lin Heng raised his eyes to look at Zhiyuan, and said in a deep voice, "It's just that the dust has settled and almost all the evidence has been destroyed. It is almost impossible to reverse the case and clear up the grievances of your Jiang family!"

Zhi Yuan was stunned for a moment, then understood!

That's right, those people came to frame their Jiang family back then. Now that so many years have passed, the evidence from that year has almost been destroyed, and she is the only one left in their Jiang family.

Want to reverse the case?

It's almost impossible.

"However, what if there is no evidence?!"

Lin Hengzhong's expression was cold, and he looked at Zhiyuan again, his eyes gradually softening: "No matter what, this king will restore your Jiang family's innocence. Let those who framed your Jiang family pay a heavy price!"

After being silent for a long time, Zhiyuan suddenly raised her eyes and looked at Lin Hengzhong: "My lord, I have a request."

"Go ahead."

Lin Heng nodded emphatically: "This king has always regarded you as his own daughter. If you have anything to say, just say it."

Lin Hengzhong has always been guilty of Jiang's father's sacrifice in the southern border to save him.Then Jiang's family was ransacked and beheaded, but he was helpless, and he felt more and more guilty about it.

After learning that the princess had taken in the only blood of the Jiang family, Lin Hengzhong was overjoyed.Zhiyuan has been staying in Jiangnan for these years, until he personally went to Jiangnan three years ago, and after asking Zhiyuan's opinion, he took Zhiyuan back to the palace, and stayed in the palace as a maid of His Royal Highness.

Although Zhi Yuan is a maid in name, Lin Hengzhong regards her as his own daughter. She has a status no less than that of His Royal Highness in the palace, and is loved by thousands of people.

This is also the reason why many people in the house suspect that Zhi Yuan is the illegitimate daughter of Prince Lin.

The reason why Lin Hengzhong did this may be to make up for and owe what happened back then.If Father Jiang hadn't died back then, would the result be completely different?
"Thank you, my lord, for your love!"

Zhi Yuan lowered her eyes, fell silent for a while, and said softly, "Your maidservant, I want to avenge my past by myself!"

Lin Hengzhong was startled, and seemed to realize something: "You want to leave the palace?"

Zhi Yuan was silent for a while, but still nodded lightly: "Back then, Jiang's family was framed by traitors, so that the whole family was executed. This is Zhi Yuan's blood feud..."

"Zhi Yuan really wants to ask the prince to allow the servants to avenge this revenge with their own hands!"

"Go and ask for an explanation for your parents and all the innocent people in the Jiang family!"

Zhiyuan's tone was neither cold nor indifferent, as if she was talking about a very ordinary thing calmly.

Indeed, when the Jiang family was wiped out, Zhiyuan was still in its infancy and had no memory of it.Now even if it is revenge, there is not much emotional fluctuation for her.

Lin Hengzhong was silent for a moment, then sighed lightly: "Since you have already made up your mind, then I won't hold you back!"

As he spoke, he shook his head lightly: "I know that you were willing to enter the palace with me three years ago in order to repay your kindness. Now that Jiang Nian has grown up, his temper has gradually calmed down. I am afraid that you will be in the palace for the past three years. I suffered a lot of grievances."

Zhiyuan shook her head lightly: "Your servant is not wronged."

"You don't have to hide it from me!"

Lin Hengzhong said: "That boy Jiang Nian, he should have spoken rudely to you a lot, right?"

Zhiyuan was silent, and after a while, she shook her head lightly: "Your Highness is not bad by nature."

There was a strange flash in Lin Hengzhong's eyes, and he shook his head lightly: "It's hard for you, now that you've given up on going, I won't stop you..."

As he said that, Lin Hengzhong took a token from his waist and handed it to her: "You rarely go out since you were young, and you will inevitably encounter danger when you leave the palace this time. If you have any difficulties, you can use this token to dispatch your relatives at will. Any soldiers and horses in the state. Even if you go to other places, this token can also mobilize the government's manpower for your use."

Zhi Yuan took the token and stared blankly: "Thank you, my lord."

Lin Heng waved his hand and sighed: "No matter what, this palace will always be your home. If you have nowhere to go after taking revenge, you can come back to the palace... No matter when, the palace will always be your home."

"..."

(End of this chapter)