The daughter of a general is reborn to save the whole family of the marquis

How could he be okay?

Xie Lin's eyes, which were usually indifferent, were now filled with sinister intent.

He thought back to that time.

Because Princess Anding jumped off the city wall, he inadvertently appeared before the emperor, which attracted the emperor's attention. He then asked Concubine Xie to come and warn him.

Later, Concubine Xie sent people to set fire, intending to burn his face.

From that day on, Xie Lin poured all the medicine his mother had prepared and sent him into the potted plants and never drank a sip.

Even though the weather was still cold, his body actually recovered somewhat. However, the plum blossoms that drank his medicine gradually withered and died.

On the day when he was sure that Meihua was dead, he let the court physician die in his own home, and the next day he replaced the doctor for the Xie Mansion.

The doctor told him that the medicine he had been taking since he was a child contained a chronic poison. It would not kill him in the short term, but it would make him weak and unable to withstand the invasion of cold air. He would not be as easy as a normal person in daily sitting, lying down and walking.

If this continues, he won't live past the age of twenty-five.

Fortunately, it was discovered in time and can still be saved.

That night, Xie Lin did not sleep all night. He sat in front of the window, looking at the yard and then looking in the direction of his mother's yard.

“I used to think that the bowl of medicine my mother prepared herself every day was a sign of favoritism towards me, but now I know that it was actually poison that destroyed my health.

"Mother, why are you like this?"

Xie Lin didn't have an answer, he recalled many things.

Although he was his mother's late-born son, his mother was more partial to her grandchildren in the details of life. The only preference she showed him was a bowl of medicine that she cooked herself every day.

He once thought that he was not loved by his mother because he was mature and steady since childhood and did not act like a spoiled child.

It turns out that is not the case.

The reason for his mother's partiality seemed to have been answered, but it seemed as if a piece of his heart had been dug out of it.

He truly loves his mother and respects her from the bottom of his heart.

But this morning, when his mother brought the bowl of medicine to him, he smelled something wrong.

He has been around medicine since he was a child. Although he has gotten used to it, he also hates it, so his sense of smell is very keen.

In addition, his mother insisted on sitting down and watching him drink it - she hadn't done this for a long time, so he realized that the medicine today was not right.

He found an excuse not to drink it for the time being and put the medicine on the coffee table. Wangshan and he had been prepared and replaced his mother's medicine without leaving any trace. He drank it and his mother left.

He asked the new court physician, Doctor Lu, to come and check the bowl of medicine.

Doctor Lu was shocked and fed the medicine to a mouse in front of Xie Lin. The mouse vomited blood and died on the spot.

Doctor Lu said: "This dose of medicine can kill mice. It may not kill people if used on them, but it will definitely damage their health. In severe cases, they may fall into a coma for several months before dying. Even if they are lucky enough not to die, their health will definitely be much worse than before."

At that moment, Xie Lin couldn't tell whether he was in pain or angry.

He felt like he was in a vast snowfield, with the cold wind howling and carrying ice and snow straight into his nostrils, making it difficult for him to breathe and freezing him to the bone.

He learned that iron ore was dug out from the mountain next to Xie's osmanthus garden. It was Xie Zhun who first discovered it and then told Xie Shaobai.

Xie Shaobai originally thought that he had no chance and would be suppressed by him for the rest of his life, but things took a turn for the better and an iron mine was discovered, and Xie Shaobai's desire to die was rekindled.

So he decided to hide the matter from him, secretly mine iron ore, and come back to compete with him for the position of head of the family.

Someone helped Xie Shaobai to conceal the matter.

Now standing here, watching the commander of the guards personally lead people to arrest Xie Zhun and Xie Shaobai, Xie Lin knew why his mother wanted to poison him.

The mother was unaware of the new laws of Daqi, which required salt and iron to belong to the imperial court. She also wanted Xie Shaobai to use the high profits from the iron mines to overwhelm him and take the position of head of the family.

A cold smile appeared on Xie Lin's lips - his mother could put him to death just for the position of head of the family.

The Xie family had grown so big that it was difficult for outsiders to kill them. But for such a large family to collapse suddenly, it must be because someone inside was seeking death on their own initiative.

Now it seems that the people who took the initiative to seek death were his mother and Xie Shaobai, the eldest grandson of the Xie family.

If a person wants to die, no one can stop him.

It was also at this moment that Xie Lin finally understood that what Chu Heyi had said to him in the past was actually true.

"Third Master?" Wang Shan saw that Xie Lin remained silent for a long time, and felt sad and heartbroken for him.

I thought his third master was the late son of the master and the old lady, and was loved by everyone. Even before the master died, he pushed his third master to the position of head of the family.

But now he realized that all that pampering was nothing but sugar-coated arsenic, which would destroy his Third Master's health and even take his Third Master's life.

Wangshan wanted to cry, but he couldn't.

Xie Lin finally came back to his senses: "They are going to the Xie family to arrest me, you quickly ask someone to destroy the dummy on the bed."

It is better to let them temporarily believe that he has fled for fear of crime than to let them know that he has replaced himself with a fake person.

"Yes, Third Master."

Xie Lin said: "For the rest, proceed according to the original plan."

Wang Shanzhong responded, suppressed all emotions, and hurried to do it.

After Wangshan left, Xie Lin also stood up, returned to where the county horse was, jumped on the horse, put on his veil hat, and rode away.

Yes, he had stopped taking the medicine for some time. After taking the new medicine prescribed by Dr. Lu, he could actually ride a horse for short distances.

In the past, he would never even think about such a thing. Just riding in the carriage was enough to make him tired.

This time, he would go to the palace in person and expose himself under the emperor's nose.

In the evening, the cold wind became even more biting.

Yin Shao returned to the palace and entered the Purple Palace. He knelt before the emperor and reported: "Your Majesty, I led the guards to search the hillside of the Osmanthus Garden west of Xiejia City. There are indeed signs of digging, and I found iron ore. Please take a look."

The guards behind him immediately presented the iron ore they had brought back.

Yin Shao continued, "I don't know who leaked the news. When I arrived, Xie Zhun and Xie Shaobai were nowhere to be seen. Even the head of the family, Xie Lin, who was rumored to have vomited blood and fainted, was nowhere to be found."

Chu Runxue said: "Your Majesty, they must have fled because they were afraid of the crime. Now we have found that the iron ore has been dug up on the Xie family's territory, which proves that they did dig it privately!

"And I can prove that Xie Lin, the head of the Xie family, actually knew about the new laws of Daqi, and he broke them knowingly!"

The emperor asked her, "How do you prove it?"

"The crumpled letter to Heyi was written by Lin, the head of the Xie family. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the head of the Xie family was nearly burned to death in Liudan Pavilion, and it was Heyi who stepped forward to save him.

"Later, the head of the Xie family personally went to thank Heyi. The two of them had a close relationship, so the head of the Xie family wrote a letter to Heyi to remind her not to take risks.

"It's a pity that the Patriarch of the Xie family can persuade others but cannot control his inner desires! Your Majesty, please ask someone to take the letter and compare it with the handwriting of the Patriarch of the Xie family, and you will know whether what I said is true or not!"

The emperor said, "They have already fled for fear of crime, which shows that they have really violated the laws of Daqi. There is no need to collect evidence! Commander Yin, quickly lead people to hunt down Xie Lin, Xie Zhun, and Xie Shaobai! Send people to arrest the entire Xie family and put them in jail to await their fate!"

Yin Shaoying is right.

Yao An rushed over: "Your Majesty, Xie Lin, the head of the Xie family, wants to see you!"