The account book was forged, and it clearly recorded how much grain the Yongning Marquis had privately sold in Jingxuzhou over the past five years.

He Jinchun took a quick look and immediately understood why Prince An said that within a month, the three clans of the Yongning Marquisate would be exterminated.

In fact, what are the three clans to speak of in Yongning Marquis’ Mansion?

This account book was also written overnight by Master Jing'an and others according to the book provided by Fengying after Lin Luoling and Prince An discussed it with Master Jing'an last night.

Regarding the matter of the account books, Lin Luoling had previously found an accountant who was good at accounting and brought her to the Yongning Marquis's mansion. Based on her estimation in the previous life, she had figured out that the Yongning Marquis had misappropriated the stored grain in Xuzhou, Beijing, and drew up an account book.

But the account books provided by Fengying were not clearer.

Even if Prince An had no such plan, Lin Luoling would send everyone in the Yongning Marquis's mansion to hell on the grounds that the Yongning Marquis had misappropriated the military rations stored in Jingxuzhou.

She didn't expect that Prince An's plans for her coincided with hers, and Prince An's thoughts on these matters were more thorough.

If it were in the previous life, even if Lin Luoling knew that Zhu Xianzhi and Rong Shuhua had an affair, according to her personality, she would allow Zhu Xianzhi to take a concubine, and would also treat Rong Shuhua and her children well. In Lin Luoling's opinion, she is the mistress of the house, and it is inevitable for a man to have concubines, as long as Zhu Xianzhi understands the difference between wife and concubine.

It was precisely because she was too gentle and virtuous in her previous life that she died such a tragic death and was completely exploited.

In this life, from the moment Lin Luoling opened her eyes, she was always thinking about how to send the jackals, tigers and leopards of Yongning Marquis' Mansion to the underworld, especially Zhu Xianzhi and Lan Wanshuang.

He Jinchun held the account book and looked at Lin Luoling. Seeing Lin Luoling nodded slightly at her, He Jinchun suddenly realized that this should have been tacitly approved by Lin Luoling, or perhaps it was planned by her daughter.

After collecting the account books, Jiang Chi handed each of them a thin, wet towel that could be tied around the face. He took the lead in covering his mouth and nose, and everyone else followed suit.

Jiang Chicai took a brocade box from the shelf next to him. After opening it, there were two faint blue flowers lying inside, and their shapes looked like butterflies flapping their wings about to fly.

Lin Tingxu couldn't help but ask: "Is this the Three Day Soul-Trapping?"

Jiang Chi nodded and looked at Chen Yin, "Let Sister Chen Yin talk about this."

Shen Yin said: "My grandfather had an ancient book in his early years, which mentioned the Three Days Soul-pulling Flower. I clearly remember the flower of the Three Days Soul-pulling Flower drawn in that ancient book. Its shape was like a butterfly and its color was dark blue.

But I found that these two dark blue three-day soul-stirring flowers had two big black dots on their petals, which looked very much like eyes.

So I think that in the past thousand years, the Three Days Soul-drawing may have mutated and become more toxic, just as Young Master Jiang said."

Lin Luoling stared at the Three Days Soul-Tethering Box in the brocade box and suddenly frowned. She clearly remembered that in her previous life, she went back to the Lin Mansion five or six days before her death.

At that time, she was returning to the Lin Mansion. When she passed by the courtyard of the cook and the housekeeper, she heard a loud noise and asked Madam Qi what was going on.

Aunt Qi sighed and said, "For some reason, Mrs. Chen, the kitchen manager, often said that she dreamed of her deceased parents holding her under a jujube tree a few days ago. She also dreamed of her brothers and sisters roasting wild rabbits with her.

After she told us this, we all suggested that she go to her parents' graves, burn some paper money, and chant a few words. So she asked her wife for a day off.

Who would have thought that even after burning the paper money, her nightmares became worse that night. She sought out several high-ranking monks to exorcise the evil spirits for her, but it was of no use.

Just this morning, for some unknown reason, she ran into the kitchen like a madman, stuck her head into the stove, and her hair caught fire, almost scaring the cooks to death.

When the lady found out, she found her husband and brought her back to the yard. She kept jumping around in the yard. She thought her husband had found a Taoist priest to exorcise the evil spirit for her.

The young lady is pregnant now, so it is not appropriate for her to get too close to these evil creatures. Let's take a detour."

After listening to what Madam Qi said, Lin Luoling glanced towards Mrs. Chen's yard. At that time, she vaguely saw a plant with faint blue flowers in Mrs. Sun's yard, but it was far away, so she thought it was Commelina and did not take it seriously.

Now that he had seen the Three-Day Soul-Calling Plant, Lin Luoling recalled the dark blue flower plant in Grandma Sun's yard at that time, and realized that it was not Commelina, but the Three-Day Soul-Calling Plant.

Lin Luoling asked: "Can the Three Day Soul-Drawing Food cause hallucinations?"

Jiang Chi replied, "Eating a petal can kill a person instantly. It is even more poisonous than arsenic. The reason why I asked you to cover your mouth and nose is because the fragrance of the Three Day Soul-Stirring Flower can cause hallucinations."

After hearing this, Lin Luoling's nails clenched into fists and dug into her palms. She remembered clearly that on the way to her mother's courtyard, she had seen Three-Sun Soul-Turning Flowers at the gate of almost every courtyard, but those Three-Sun Soul-Turning Flowers had not bloomed, only the faint blue buds were visible.

At that time, she was still wondering why there were still flowers blooming in the middle of winter.

Lin Luoling turned to ask He Jinchun, "Mother, have you noticed that there seems to be a three-day soul-pulling tree at the entrance of every courtyard in the backyard of our mansion?"

Before He Jinchun could reply, Lin Tingxu sighed, "Because of the Three Days Soul-pulling incident, your mother and I have consulted many flower planters and even invited the expert from Ren De Tang to come to the mansion to check it out. Doctor Pang saw the clue and said that the grass plants at the gate of the courtyard that look very much like crane grass are the Three Days Soul-pulling.

It just hadn’t bloomed yet, so he couldn’t tell it for now.”

Jiang Chi continued, "To be honest with you, Uncle Lin, the plants at the entrance to the backyard of the Lin residence that look very similar to the Crane Grass are the Three-Day Soul-Drawing Plant."

When Prince An saw Lin Luoling's nails digging into his palm, his eyes darkened and he felt as if his heart was pricked at this moment.

He wanted to go forward to comfort Lin Luoling, but Lin Tingxu and He Jinchun were both there, and Lin Luoling had not yet divorced Zhu Xianzhi, so he couldn't show his goodwill openly.

Prince An had no choice but to say, "Jiang Chi should put away the Three Day Soul-pulling Beast first. This matter has been decided by Jiang Chi and I. Master Lin and Madam Lin may wish to listen to my advice."

After Jiang Chi closed the brocade box, he warned the people in the dark room, "The dark room is not well ventilated. Let's talk with wet towels tied around our necks to avoid inhaling the three-day soul-stirring fragrance, which is not good for our health."

He also told everyone that there was no antidote for the Three Days Soul-Hanging Disease.

After putting the brocade box away, Master Jing'an frowned and suggested opening the secret room next door to discuss matters. Prince An also thought so and agreed immediately.

As Lin Luoling followed He Jinchun into the dark room next door, she closed her eyes tightly. She had never understood how the Lin Mansion had become engulfed in flames, and now she finally found the answer.

The reason is simple: it is the three-day soul-twisting period.

In her previous life, after she returned to Yongning Marquis Mansion from Lin Mansion, she dreamed of many strange people that night, and her father and mother never came to Yongning Marquis Mansion to see her after that.

She thought her father and mother were busy with business and didn't think much about it.

Now that I think about it, it was the three-day soul-binding that caused everyone in the Lin Mansion to fall into hallucinations, like the kitchen manager, Mrs. Chen, who became crazy and liked fire.

So, that fire... was it an illusion caused by the master of the Lin Mansion and the maids, who set the fire and caused the Lin Mansion to be engulfed in flames?

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