"What happened?" Lin Luoling raised his head and asked.

Yan Jin took a deep breath and said, "Zhou Yuanbao took over the renovation of the Jade Tower. When he was supervising the work, a man in black suddenly appeared and shot Zhou Yuanbao to death with an arrow."

"Oh!" Lin Luoling responded indifferently, and then said: "If he takes over the task of repairing the Qionglou Yuge, he will die. You have always been a steady person. It's just that Zhou Yuanbao died. Why are you so reckless?"

"No..." Yan Jing's tongue trembled slightly.

He said: "The man in black shot Zhou Yuanbao. The arrow went straight through Zhou Yuanbao's head from his mouth. Zhou Yuanbao happened to be on the second floor of the Jade Pavilion. The fence there had been burned by fire before. Zhou Yuanbao's whole body hit the fence, a large section of the fence broke, and he fell down.

When the steward of the Jade Tower saw this, he went to report it to the authorities without saying anything.

Lin Luoling said calmly, "When Zhou Yuanbao was discussing the renovation with the manager of Qionglouyuge, did he mention our Lin family?"

Yan Jing shook his head.

Lin Luoling asked again: "Have they signed the repair contract?"

"He signed it. Zhou Yuanbao didn't show it to me. He kept it on him. I saw the manager of Qiong Lou Yu Ge go to report to the police. I squeezed in while many people were watching and took the contract from him. The person who signed the contract was Zhou Yuanbao."

"Hehe..." Lin Luoling chuckled. She had previously told Zhou Yuanbao to discuss the renovation with the manager of Qiong Lou Yu Ge. She deliberately mentioned that Qiong Lou Yu Ge was a restaurant opened by the eldest prince, Prince Jin, in Xuzhou, Beijing.

Lin Luoling also specifically reminded Zhou Yuanbao that if he didn't want to be caught by Marquis Yongning, he had no choice but to work for the eldest prince, Prince Jin.

In her previous life, after Lin Luoling married into the Yongning Marquis' Mansion, she learned that Zhou Yuanbao was the son of Zhou Quan and Nanny Dong, and she took good care of Zhou Yuanbao.

But Zhou Yuanbao was an out-and-out villain. Not only was he greedy for money, but he was also short-sighted. Before she died, Zhou Yuanbao killed Hualian with his own hands.

Lin Luoling guessed that when Zhou Yuanbao and the manager of Qionglou Yuge discussed the renovation, they would not mention Lin at all.

Originally, Lin Luoling asked Zhou Yuanbao for 20,000 taels of silver, but Zhou Yuanbao asked Yan Jin to give her 30,000 taels of silver.

It was not because Zhou Yuanbao was grateful and thought that she would get the indenture contract for Zhou Yuanbao, but because he wanted to spend an extra ten thousand taels of silver to let Lin Luoling get Zhou Yuanbao's indenture contract back from the wife of the Marquis of Yongning as soon as possible.

Seeing that the manager of Qiong Lou Yu Ge was so generous, Zhou Yuanbao wanted to establish a relationship with the manager during the renovation, so as to get on the ship of the eldest prince, Prince Jin, and avenge his parents.

If Zhou Yuanbao wasn't such a useless person, Lin Luoling would really use him to deal with the Yongning Marquis and his wife.

Lin Luoling propped up one arm, held his chin in his hand and smiled at Yan Jin, saying, "It has nothing to do with the Lin family from the beginning to the end. Even if the government investigates, Zhou Yuanbao is a servant of the Yongning Marquis's mansion. Even if they are held accountable, they will be the Yongning Marquis. It has nothing to do with me or the Lin family. What are you worried about?"

Chen Yin reminded her, "Sister Ling'er, you haven't divorced Zhu Xianzhi yet. If something happens to Yongning Hou, you will definitely be implicated."

"Yes! I'm just worried that the young lady will be implicated by Marquis Yongning." Yan Jin nodded.

After learning that Governor Cao had secretly defected to Prince An, Lin Luoling knew that even if Marquis Yongning was held accountable for Zhou Yuanbao's death, it would not implicate other people in the mansion.

What's more, Marquis Yongning is a dog kept by the second prince, Prince Rui, in Xuzhou, Beijing. How could Prince Rui allow Marquis Yongning to be held accountable?

Lin Luoling said calmly: "Don't worry, this matter has nothing to do with me."

After that, Lin Luoling asked Yan Jin to go back to the Lin Mansion, as if nothing had happened, and told Biyou, "Set the table."

As soon as the voice fell, a maid came to report that Marquis Yongning had been taken away by the officers and soldiers.

Chen Yin frowned and sighed, "So fast?"

Lin Luoling comforted her, "Sister, enjoy your meal in peace. Marquis Yongning will be released before nightfall."

After lunch, Lin Luoling took a short nap and walked towards Chunlan Courtyard with Chen Yin.

From a long distance away, I could hear sharp and piercing shouts.

Although the voice had changed its pitch, Lin Luoling knew it was made by Lan Wanshuang. It sounded very much like the sharp cries of evil spirits in the underworld.

The corners of Lin Luoling's mouth curled up in an extremely cold arc. Thinking of Lan Wanshuang's current state of being worse off than death, Lin Luoling felt relieved.

Zhu Xianzhi, who had just entered Chunlan Courtyard and was scolding the old woman in the courtyard, ran forward in two steps and said to Lin Luoling, "I was just about to go to Shuxi Pavilion to find you."

Lin Luoling asked anxiously, "Is mother-in-law seriously ill?"

Zhu Xianzhi said tiredly, "My mother went crazy after she woke up and refused to take medicine. No matter how I persuaded her, she would not listen.

She kept telling me to buy her some poison to save her from suffering, and she kept crying and saying that whether it was two months or two years, it would only make her suffer in bed.

Hearing this, Lin Luoling thought to himself: How could I let you die so easily?

She could not forget how Lan Wanshuang and Zhu Xianzhi tortured her in her previous life before throwing her into the sea of ​​fire in the Lin Mansion.

It was all vivid in her mind, and every pore on her body was telling her not to let Lan Wanshuang and Zhu Xianzhi die too easily.

They should also experience what despair is.

Such a selfish mother and son, such a black-hearted mother and son, no matter how many words you say or how sincere your heart is, you will never be able to gain even a shred of their sincerity.

Lin Luoling pretended to be helpless and said, "If you can't persuade her, how can my mother-in-law listen to me?"

After saying this, Lin Luoling paused and continued, "I heard last night that Miss Mei Yin from Lanxiang Courtyard fell into a well and died. This morning I heard that the palace doctor drank poison and committed suicide. What's going on in the palace recently?

First, Madam Meng set fire to and burned Butler Zhou and Madam Dong to death, then Miss Mei Yin fell into a well and the palace doctor drank poison and committed suicide.

I am afraid to stay in my room alone at night. I am afraid that some evil spirit has come to my house. I was just about to tell you that I am planning to go to Jingfu Temple to pray for blessings. "

Zhu Xianzhi never believed in ghosts or gods.

In the previous life, Zhu Xianzhi often said: "Which of the high officials in the court and the nobles in the capital did not step on piles of bones to become the masters? Their talk of benevolence and morality is just to cover up their beastly hearts.

If there really were gods and Buddhas in this world, would they allow those high-ranking officials who had committed so many evil deeds to live such a comfortable life? I have never seen many of them suffer retribution.

What is the past life, present life, and next life? How many people can remember the things in the previous life? It can be seen that these are all tricks used by monks in the temple to deceive women like you to pay for the money for lamp oil."

At that time, Lin Luoling thought that Zhu Xianzhi might be a kind and honest person, and did not want to be a smooth-talking and flattering person. Even though He Jinchun bought Zhu Xianzhi a small official position, Zhu Xianzhi was still somewhat bullied by his colleagues, so he was depressed and said those words.

After her rebirth, she recalled what Zhu Xianzhi said again, and realized that Zhu Xianzhi was a beast in human form and was good at disguise.

Even though Lan Wanshuang holds Buddhist beads every day, she actually doesn't believe in Buddhism. She just puts on an act of a bodhisattva to cover up the evil ghost living in her heart.

Zhu Xianzhi suddenly grabbed Lin Luoling's hand.

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