[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

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When Lin Ruhai got up, he didn't pay attention, and directly swept the inkstone on the table to the ground, and it fell to pieces.

But at this moment, he could no longer care about this inkstone.

Lin Ruhai looked at Lin Liu in shock: "Is what you said true? Ping Nanbo's family, all died in a fire?"

Lin Liu swallowed her saliva: "Father, how about being called by the person sent to Xuzhou, and you ask yourself? I don't know enough about official affairs. Even if I hear many details, I can't make sense of them. He waits Outside the door, if father wants to see him, he can just call someone in."

The person Lin Liu sent to Xuzhou was originally Lin Ruhai's confidant, and he immediately called them in after hearing Lin Liu's words.

As soon as the man saw Lin Ruhai, he knelt on the ground and told the news he had heard at the Huaiyang wharf one by one: "The little one ran fast and arrived at the boundary of Huaiyang two days ago. A boatman who was going to the capital that day, thought that he would not miss anything if he got off the boat in Xuzhou halfway. But before the money was spent, the boatman sighed, "Ping Nanbo's family died so badly."

"As soon as the little one heard something wrong, he immediately asked the boatman for detailed information."

"Perhaps this news is no longer a secret. The boatman didn't hide anything, so he told the little one all the news he knew. After finishing speaking, the businessmen and guys who have been traveling around the pier all the year round also talked a lot. Said some side information."

Lin Ruhai was a little impatient: "Get to the point!"

The man didn't dare to procrastinate, and quickly got to the point: "The boatman told the little one that although Ping Nanbo's family had embezzled tens of thousands of taels of silver, but because there were so many people begging for mercy, Ping Nanbo's mansion would soon pay back ten times the amount." The embezzlement money, so the emperor did not embarrass too much, but took Ping Nanbo's title and official position."

"Ping Nanbo is also very knowledgeable. Immediately after returning home safely, he took his wife, children and children to settle down in Xuzhou, not to stay in the capital."

"Unexpectedly, Ping Nanbo was unlucky. After returning to Xuzhou, the maid he bought turned out to be the illegitimate daughter of Lao Ping Nanbo. Because his mother died of a serious illness, he sold himself when he had nowhere to go. Who would have thought that it would be like this Coincidentally, the illegitimate daughter went around several times and was bought by the Ji family?"

"That woman must have suffered too much outside, and now she suddenly discovered the truth from her face that was too similar to Ping Nanbo's. She was hit hard immediately, and made a mistake out of anger."

Lin Liu looked solemn: "Is this illegitimate daughter really there?"

The man glanced at Lin Liu, and shook his head after a long silence: "I don't know, according to others, the illegitimate daughter planted medicine in Ji's well, and then burned everyone to death, including herself. .”

Lin Liu inexplicably felt that this scene was a bit familiar, and always felt that he had heard a similar plot before.

But she didn't think much about it, she just regarded it as a detail in the original work that she didn't notice.

only……

There are already many mistakes and omissions in what this person said.

After the man finished talking about everything he knew, Lin Liu looked at Lin Ruhai, and pointed out the biggest mistake of this statement without hesitation: "If this illegitimate daughter also died in the fire of Ji's house, In the middle, all that happened to the Ji family was because of the news of this illegitimate daughter who suddenly appeared, and who released it?"

"On the second day after Ji's family arrived in Xuzhou, the whole family was burned to death. This illegitimate daughter who was originally sold into Ji's family as a maid, couldn't have been in Ji's family for more than a day, right?"

"It's been rumored that the illegitimate daughter discovered her real life because of her similar appearance to Ping Nanbo's. But how many similar people in this world? Apart from this one, there may be other clues Except for the illegitimate daughter, even if other people see two similar people, they will only consider it a coincidence when their identities are vastly different, right?"

"And in less than a day, the only people who can see this illegitimate daughter and Ping Nanbo at the same time should be people from Ji's family? But haven't all these people been burned to death by the illegitimate daughter? "

"Who spread the news? How did it spread?"

"It can't be that after this illegitimate daughter decided to burn everyone in Ji's family to death, she deliberately chatted with people outside Ji's family in advance, telling her identity and her evil deeds?"

Lin Ruhai already suspected the truth about the murder of Ping Nanbo's family, but after hearing Lin Liu's words, she felt that the water behind this incident was too deep.

Obviously, the Ji family should be involved in some unspeakable secrets, either it is a major event of family raiding and extermination, or it is royal secrets——

Ping Nanbo's prestige in the court is still very high, no matter what he is involved in, as long as Ping Nanbo does not openly rebel, no matter whether it is the emperor or the Supreme Emperor, it is impossible for people to directly confiscate their families and exterminate their families.

Unless, neither the Supreme Emperor nor the Emperor wants fame.

But as long as the officials and dignitaries who have been in contact with these two people know that these two are people who like fame.

It's better now. Although he likes fame, he doesn't mind stepping on his reputation when he has to.

Just like the previous wave of house raids, his current reputation has fallen to the bottom.

But their overlord, obsessed with a good reputation, the pursuit of the eternal emperor has reached the point of making people laugh.

Therefore, if Ping Nanbo was really involved in these unspeakable events, it would be normal for him to end up like this.After all, no matter what the situation is, Ping Nanbo must have offended at least one of the above two.

Lin Ruhai prefers that Ping Nanbo offended the Supreme Emperor.

And it was involved in royal secrets, not a conspiracy——

After all, it can be seen from Ji Song's character that Ping Nanbo must also be open-minded, reasonable, loyal and patriotic.

It's a pity that they know too few clues, and there is no basis for their current guesses. Maybe when the truth comes out, they will find that the real murderer is not one of the two above, and it is not impossible.

After all, whoever offended it doesn't mean who the murderer is.

but……

"Little Qilin, why don't we send Ji Song away." Lin Ruhai's eyes were far away, and his tone was melancholy, "Ji Song is a target now, once it is known that he is still alive, I'm afraid our Lin family will not be able to please him. "

It was not easy for him to walk out of the haze of losing his children and grandchildren, and his life finally got on the right track and began to slowly improve...

In order to protect the whole family, he even did not hesitate to stand with the emperor and become a sword in the emperor's hands. Only then was he able to leave the capital and avoid the increasingly anxious power struggle in the capital.

Lin Ruhai didn't want it at all, just because of a junior who was not familiar at all, all the more than a hundred members of the Lin family were hired.

Whatever Lin Ruhai could think of, Lin Liu naturally thought of it too.

She understood Lin Ruhai's choice very well. After all, except for the saint, no one would be willing to lose the lives of his whole family because of a child from someone he didn't know well.

But thinking of Ji Song, Lin Liu couldn't help falling silent again.

Lin Ruhai was stunned, and patted Lin Liu's shoulder pitifully: "I really don't know if it was a mistake to let you know such a thing at such a young age. But since you already know, little Qilin, you have no choice Unless you want to put the Lin family in a desperate situation for Ji Song."

This is a serious statement, but it is irrefutable truth.

Lin Liu lowered her head and said nothing.

If possible, she hopes to have both.

Lin Liu still remembers his bright smiling face when he first met Ji Song.

She wants to protect this smiling face.

Lin Ruhai understood her daughter's dilemma very well, and felt sorry for her that she was about to watch her friends die at a young age.So after hesitating, he didn't say anything, but just patted her on the head: "Think about it carefully, tomorrow..."

"Father," Lin Liu raised his head abruptly, "I came up with a good idea."

Lin Ruhai was stunned: "What?"

Lin Liu took a deep breath: "Ping Nanbo's son must be sent back to the capital. After all, when I bought him that day, there were too many people who saw him. It is hard to guarantee that no one will leak the secret."

Lin Ruhai nodded, it was because too many people saw Ji Song that he had to send them away.

Otherwise, he was just a child, so why couldn't he hide it?

"However," Lin Liu's eyes seemed to be shining, "Ji Song doesn't have to go back to the capital."

Lin Ruhai was a little confused: "Daughter, what do you mean, tell me carefully."

Lin Liu swallowed, and said a word seriously: "Cross the sea!"

Just now, Lin Liu finally remembered why the experience of the Ji family felt familiar to her: because when she first traveled to the world of Dream of Red Mansions, she had indeed heard about a similar tragedy——

After the death of the crown prince, the crown princess also drugged everyone in the East Palace, and then burned everyone in the East Palace to a handful of ashes.

It is also drugged;

the same fire

also no survivors;

It is also tragic to die together...

Is there any secret connection between these two things?

But this is not something Lin Liu should consider now.

After she thought of this incident, she quickly thought of Qin Keqing's and Miaoyu's scheme of exchanging princes for princes and cheating the world.

Lin Liu felt that this strategy could be used on Ji Song.

Lin Ruhai's eyes flashed: "Tell me in detail."

Seeing that Lin Ruhai did not object, Lin Liu quickly explained: "We can find someone to pretend to be Ji Song, and then send a few more people to escort him to the capital, and then on the way—preferably near the capital—in front of many people. , causing Ji Song to die unexpectedly."

Lin Ruhai was taken aback for a moment, then clapped his hands and applauded: "This is a good idea!"

But soon, he thought of another problem, "According to Xiao Qilin's method, 'Ping Nanbo Shizi' naturally disappeared from this world, but what about Ji Song? Isn't he still in the Lin family? If someone recognizes it, the Lin family may not only be implicated, but may also be labeled as a crime of deceiving the emperor."

Lin Liu smiled and shook her head: "There are too many ways to hide your identity. As long as you can make the world look away from 'Ping Nanbo Shizi', my daughter has countless ways to hide people."

Lin Ruhai was a little hesitant, but thinking that Little Qilin never targeted without purpose, he also nodded and agreed.

"It's just ugly words first," Lin Ruhai looked at her daughter, "When the matter is over, you can either send people directly to hide in other places, or you can never let people recognize Ji Song. As long as there is one person who recognizes him , even if this person is your mother, I will personally kill Ji Song and destroy the corpse."

Lin Liu nodded: "Father, don't worry, I will never let people recognize Ji Song."

Only then did Lin Ruhai feel relieved, and the father and daughter discussed some details, and after making sure that nothing was wrong, they immediately turned around and called their confidants, and arranged according to Lin Liu's plan one by one.

……

After dealing with this matter, Lin Ruhai breathed a sigh of relief, and then remembered that when her daughter came in, she mentioned the news that the kidnapper who kidnapped Ji Song had been found.

"Daughter asked someone to watch the man who sold Ji Song to the Lin family, and followed his line, and quickly found a dozen gangs of kidnappers. The kidnapper who kidnapped Ji Song was also a gang. There are four people in total, two middle-aged men, an old woman and a child."

"The old woman and the child are used to lower the vigilance of the victim. The old woman is still the leader of the gang, and the two strong men are the labor to help transport the child and the kidnapped woman."

"My daughter originally thought that this group of kidnappers kidnapped and sold Ji Song at the behest of Ji's parents, but after inquiring about the past behavior of this gang, she knew it was absolutely impossible."

Lin Ruhai looked at Lin Liu suspiciously: "Why do you say that?"

"Because after this group of people abducted children and women, girls and beautiful women were directly sold to brothels and Chu houses, and less attractive young women were sold to mountainous areas." Lin Ruhai said with a frosty expression, "Similarly, Boys who are not very good-looking are also sold to remote areas for retirement, and the good-looking ones..."

In the world of Red Mansions, masculinity prevails, so there are naturally many small men's houses.

And the place where people are bought and sold the most has always been obscene places like brothels.

Even if Ji's parents wanted the kidnapper to take Ji Song away and sell him to an ordinary family to live an ordinary life, they would never choose such a person.

Even if Ji's parents were suppressing them before, once they die, will these kidnappers still care about the words of the dead?

Ji Song's appearance is not bad.

Presumably, Ji's parents sensed the danger at the time, but they couldn't make proper arrangements because of time constraints, so they had to let Ji Song leave by himself.

It's just that Ji Song was so unlucky that he was abducted before leaving Xuzhou.

Even if Ji's parents got the news at the time, they probably couldn't pursue it——

After all, Ji's house was burned down the next day.

Presumably Ji's parents had only one thought at the time: at least their son could survive.

As for Ji Song's escape from being sold into a small house, it might have something to do with the black ash on his face when they met that day.

Pingnanbo is much more prestigious than Rongguo Mansion, even in the former dynasty, he was quite valued.After hundreds of years of accumulation, don't you have a few strange secret recipes in your hands?

Lin Ruhai immediately understood the meaning of Lin Liu's words, but after listening to it, he looked at his daughter with a little more scrutiny: "Little Qilin, who is gossiping in your ears? Do you know the place?"

Lin Liu was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Lin Ruhai's focus to be on this place.

After a pause, she explained: "The people below report the news to me, even if the words are vague, I can't guess it. Father, you forgot, although I prefer to read history books, but the Book of Songs, Tang poems of various styles They are also learning. Tang and Song literati were so dissolute, and many poems involved those places, so why is it so strange for my daughter to know?"

Lin Ruhai was stunned, and after a while he said angrily: "I should check it again."

The talents of the literati in Tang and Song Dynasties were indeed shocking, but many literati were also really confused in the relationship between men and women. Most of them were regular customers of brothels, and many of them even became confidantes with the brothels.

It is indeed very common for a daughter to know about brothels.

Seeing that Lin Ruhai was a little concerned about this, Lin Liu hurriedly changed the topic: "Because my daughter was underestimated, only a dozen people were sent, and they still have to keep an eye on the gangs of kidnappers. Those people can only let people come back to report the news."

Who would have thought that there would be so many kidnappers with that human tooth?

Mrs. Zhou said before that this man Yazi has been doing business with kidnappers. She thought it was a bit exaggerated, but she didn't expect that he not only did business with kidnappers, but also with so many kidnappers.

Thinking about it, Lin Liu felt disgusted.

Lin Ruhai didn't expect Ji Song to be able to involve so many kidnappers, frowned, and said: "These kidnappers have lost their conscience, and it's not an exaggeration to call them animals. You are young, so don't go there after that Never mind, after I handed over to the previous Inspector, Si Inspector, I will have someone take over the matter immediately, and I will definitely not let a kidnapper escape."

Lin Liu was relieved, bowed and said goodbye: "The daughter will retire first."

Lin Ruhai nodded: "You go down first, I have to think about how many people are needed for this matter, and which colleagues I should contact."

Those kidnappers are not from Jinling. If you want to catch them all, of course you need to cooperate with the government offices in other places.

Lin Liu also understood that it was not so easy to arrest someone, so she left Lin Ruhai's study without disturbing her.

As soon as I went out, the warm winter and cool summer greeted me.

Lin Liu walked over: "Brother Song is at the house?"

Because the tragic extermination of Ping Nanbo's family was too horrifying, almost immediately after Lin Liu got the news, he rushed to discuss with Lin Ruhai, and had no time to find Ji Song.

Now that the business has been discussed properly, Lin Liu belatedly felt a little afraid——

This Ji Song has a lively personality and always likes to run around.Before, he either took her or took the three Guiling brothers out to play, and it never stopped.

She didn't worry about anything else, she was only worried that Ji Song heard something she shouldn't have heard when he went out.

After all, the news had already reached Huaiyang Wharf a few days ago, and now that two days have passed, it may have already spread to Gusu along with the merchants.

If Ji Song goes out, he wonders if he will hear the news that his family members were killed.

Lin Liu walked towards Ji Song's yard while asking questions.

Ji Song always likes to go to famous scenic spots, otherwise he would go to lively and novel places like street stalls. Normally, he would not go to a place where information meets such as wharf restaurants.

But it's not safe either.

So Lin Liu hopes to get the news that Ji Song didn't go out today.

but……

Liang Xia muttered, "I heard that Uncle Song wanted to go back to Beijing, but he didn't see any action from the Lin family. Early this morning, he took a few servants to the pier, as if he wanted to find out if there was a passenger ship back to Beijing." .”

Lin Liu paused, then looked back at Liang Xia.

Liang Xia followed suit, her voice as low as a mosquito: "Uncle Song returned to the mansion not long after you entered the master's study, and then locked himself in the study, and has not come out so far."

Lin Liu took a deep breath and ran all the way to Ji Song's yard.

The servant next to Ji Song saw Lin Liu coming in, and stepped forward anxiously: "Miss, please persuade Uncle Song, after he came back today, he locked himself in the study and never came out."

Lin Liu nodded and walked quickly to the study.

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Lin Liu knocked on the door for a long time, but no one came to open the door for her.

She paused, and said: "Brother Song, I must have heard news from my family at the pier today, right? I already know, can you open the door for me?"

There was no movement in the house.

Lin Liu stood outside the door. After a long silence, he turned and left the yard.

Liang Xia panicked: "Miss, are we leaving just like that?"

Obviously, she also knew about the accident in Ji Song's family.

Even if it's just a stranger who has encountered such a thing, ordinary people can't help sighing when they hear it, not to mention that Ji Song stayed in Lin's house for several days, because of his lovable personality, even many servants got along well with him.

I don't know if Liang Xia and others are worried about Ji Song's state, but other people in the house who know the news are also paying attention to Ji Song's movements.

Just as Lin Liu was about to speak, he saw someone coming not far away. When he took a closer look, it turned out to be Jia Min, Sheng Man, Feng Shi and others.Not only they came, but also many children followed.

Lin Liusan stepped forward and stopped him: "Mother, Master, Auntie, Brother Song doesn't want to see anyone now, so let's not bother him."

Jia Min looked anxious: "Brother Song stays alone in the room, is it true that nothing will happen?"

Lin Liu was stunned for a moment, thought about Ji Song's character, and shook his head: "Probably not, Brother Song has a resolute character, and he will never give up on himself until he finds out the truth about what happened to his parents."

Even if this kind of thing happens, with Ji Song's personality, it is impossible to choose to be decadent. Instead, he is more likely to investigate the truth and then focus on revenge.

After all, Ji's father was wronged before, and he couldn't swallow it. He wanted to find his grandfather's family to avenge his father.Now that his family is gone, he is afraid that he will do things more radically, but it is absolutely impossible for him to do anything that hurts himself.

Ji Song's parents really taught him well.

Jia Min was still worried, but she also knew that when people are really sad, they actually want to be alone more, so she glanced at Sheng Man and Feng's two, shook her head and turned around, and the three left together.

Yinglian was held by Feng's hand, she turned her head every step of the way.

The three Guiling brothers looked at the backs of the three adults, then at Lin Liu, hesitated, and walked in front of Lin Liu.

Guiling was a little worried: "Is Brother Song okay? I want to comfort him."

The family is gone, it must be very sad, very sad.

Lin Liu took Guiling's hand and shook his head: "Brother Song is sad now, and he doesn't want to see anyone for now, so let's not bother him, okay?"

Gui Ling pursed her lips and nodded: "I see."

The twins received a lot of novelty gifts from Ji Song in the past few days, and they gradually became familiar with Ji Song, and they developed a lot of feelings.

It's just that the adults kept it a secret and didn't tell them what happened to Ji Song's family, so when they heard Lin Liu's conversation, the two younger ones still looked confused and couldn't figure out the reason.

But the two of them could still feel the expression on the face of the lord and the atmosphere in the house, so they didn't talk much along the way, and they were quiet all the time.

Now after hearing what my sister said, even if I wanted to see Brother Song, I didn't open my mouth.

Lin Liu couldn't bear to see the little ones being so obedient.

But Ji Song has just suffered such a huge blow, and at this moment, I probably just want to be alone for a while, thinking about what to do in the future. For Ji Song now, the concern of other people is probably just a burden and annoyance.

Lin Liu sighed: "You guys go back first, I have something to say to Brother Song."

Guiling held her hand, wanting to go with her.

Lin Liu was gentle but shook her head firmly: "Guling will go back first. If he misses Big Brother Song, he will naturally meet with him after he chooses to come out. Nuan Dong, you take the three young masters to find your father, just say we Now that we have settled down in Jinling, the three young masters should pick up their schoolwork and not let it go to waste."

Liang Xia looked at the three Guiling brothers: "Three young masters, the master should be in the study right now, let's go there now."

Gui Ling could only hold a younger brother by the hand, and leave behind Liang Xia.

After seeing the three brothers leave with her own eyes, Lin Liu turned around and walked towards Ji Song's yard. When she reached the door, she turned her head and said to the maidservants: "You guys stay outside and I will go in alone. Don't let others in."

Nuan Dong hesitated: "The people in the yard..."

Lin Liu did not hesitate: "Let them come out together!"

Nuan Dong nodded, walked into the yard first, and soon left the yard with the servants who were serving in the yard.

Only then did Lin Liu walk in.

She went to the door first, and found that the door was still answered after knocking. After thinking about it, she simply went to the window of the study and knocked on the window.

"Brother Song, I know you're inside." Lin Liu felt a little uncomfortable, "I don't bother you, I just want to tell you that you only have one day at most to adjust your mood. If you don't come out tomorrow, I will be kicked." Open the door of your study and drag you out."

"I know you are sad, but you must realize that the most important thing for you now is not to wallow in grief, but to find ways to protect yourself. Your family... You don't want to be judged by others for wasting too much time. You found out that you were still alive, and then disappeared in a daze, right?"

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Ji Song suddenly opened the window: "What do you know?"

Lin Liu raised his head and looked at the gloomy young man who had lost a trace of his smile, and his heart was filled with overwhelming pain.

At that time, how many children who lived a simple life and had a dazzling smile like a warm sun lost their smiling faces because of various changes...

She thought Ji Song would be an accident——

After all, his family background is outstanding, his father is capable, his mother is virtuous, and he himself is too big-hearted.Such a person is born to be the favored child of heaven, and should be pampered and held up all his life, and spend this life wantonly and happily.

Who would have thought that the accident would come so quickly.

Lin Liu sighed: "What you know is what I know. But I always feel that there are too many loopholes in the news that is spread outside. It doesn't seem like the truth, but like a cover-up that was deliberately released to confuse people's eyes."

Ji Song looked at Lin Liu: "What loophole?"

After Lin Liu hesitated, he recounted the doubts he had said to Lin Ruhai.

After finishing speaking, she said apologetically: "What is the truth, I'm afraid you can only investigate it yourself. Because my father and I feel that your Pingnanbo Mansion may be involved in some serious matter, which is why you have attracted attention." This catastrophe."

"My Lin family..."

Although she felt sorry, she could only speak: "Our Lin family doesn't want to be involved in this matter, and we are worried that it will bring disaster to ourselves. So..."

"I'm really sorry!"

But Ji Song seemed to grow up suddenly, and he said in a calm tone he had never had before: "This is human nature, I understand."

After a pause, he squeezed out a smile, "Since my existence may attract people with malicious intentions, then tomorrow, no, tonight, I will leave at night, so as not to cause the Lin family to suffer from such a situation because of me." Such a tragedy."

Lin Liu looked at the curvature of Ji Song's mouth, suddenly his eyes became sore, he turned his head and couldn't bear to look more.

After a while, she adjusted her mood, turned her head and said, "That's not necessary. After discussing with my father, I think that if you leave alone, not only you may get into trouble, but my Lin family will not be able to clear up the suspicion."

Worrying about Ji Song's misunderstanding, Lin Liu explained, "You lived in the capital when you were young, and you spend more time in Pingnanbo's mansion or military camp on weekdays. In the past two years, you have another place to go to the Imperial College, but I'm afraid you don't have to go alone on weekdays. One person went out."

Thinking of his experience of being abducted, Ji Song nodded sullenly.

Lin Liu continued: "I feel that if you live alone, you may not only suffer a lot, but also encounter some bad things. It's okay if you just suffer from hunger, but if you are favored by others, Capture it somewhere and sell it, I'm afraid it won't be easy to escape."

Ji Song's face froze, he really had no life experience.

Even when going out on weekdays, there are three or two servants by his side, and the servants pay the bills for shopping.Although he himself knew the prices of some things, he didn't know how to earn the silver taels needed for life.

"And if you leave directly, others will inevitably suspect that our Lin family tried to hide you, and we may have to hand you over."

"So I figured out a way."

Having said this, Lin Liu stopped talking.

Ji Song looked at her: "What method?"

Lin Liu pointed in the direction of the gate: "The wall has ears, or I'll go in and talk, or we'll find an open place to talk."

Ji Song thought for a while, and simply flipped out from the window: "Go to an open place, it's safer."

He doesn't feel safe now, if it wasn't for Lin Liu's acquaintance, and she brought him unexpected news, Ji Song probably wouldn't even want to talk to her.

Lin Liu had no objection, the two soon came to the lake in the garden.

She turned around and asked the maids to stay in place, while she followed Ji Song and walked towards the Huxin Pavilion.

There are two lake pavilions in the garden.

One is a small pavilion routinely built in the middle of the lake. There is only one trail to enter, and the surroundings are open, so no matter who comes, it is clear at a glance.

But the path is very short, and there is a flower bed in full bloom at the end.

Another small pavilion was built on a stone platform in the middle of the lake, about one person high. Not only was it built in the middle of the lake, but standing on it, you could even see every plant and tree in the entire garden.

Standing on the second lake pavilion, Lin Liu looked around and looked at Ji Song in surprise.

Speaking of which, since coming to Jinling, Lin Liu hasn't visited the garden at home much, but Ji Song seems to have found out the current residence of the Lin family.

Ji Song didn't seem to think it was a big deal, as soon as he stepped on the ground of the Huxin Pavilion, he couldn't wait to ask: "Miss Lin, what can you do?"

Lin Liu didn't hide anything, and told her plan in full: "After discussing with my father, I decided to send you to the capital tomorrow. But on the way, I will find someone who looks and looks like you." The child will stay on the boat instead of you, and you will disguise yourself and find an opportunity to leave at the next pier. At that time, the Lin family will pick you up, and you only need to follow him, and you can return to Jinling again."

Ji Song frowned, seemingly dissatisfied.

Lin Liu didn't care about his expression, and continued: "After you leave, that fake Ji Song will still go to Beijing with the Lin family, but when he arrives in the capital, because the guests on the boat said insulting Ping Nanbo and his wife , and got into a dispute with it, and then was pushed into the water."

"As we all know, Ping Nanbo's eldest son, Ji Song, can't swim."

Ji Song stared blankly into the distance: "So, Pingnanbo's son will fall into the water and die in full view. Hundreds of members of Pingnanbo's family will die just like that."

Looking at his expression, Lin Liu felt extremely uncomfortable.

But this opportunity must be made clear to Ji Song, otherwise if something dissatisfies him and he, the person concerned, is unwilling to cooperate, everything will be useless.

"Three days after Ping Nanbo's son 'Ji Song' fell into the water, someone will salvage his body from the canal. But because he drowned for three days, the body must be very huge and disgusting, and no one will recognize you."

"From then on, you just need to hide well, and no one will pay attention to the news of Ji's family."

Ji Song recovered quickly, and asked another question: "Is the dead one my substitute?"

Lin Liu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "No, I discussed with my father in advance, and I will give you an earlier substitute, he must be able to handle it.

As for the corpse...

People fall into the water and die almost every day at the pier near the canal. We only need to find a body similar to yours in advance, a drowned corpse, and we can get away with it. "

Since the man was sneaky and harmful, he naturally didn't dare to dissect the corpse in a big way.

What's more, how old is Ji Song now?Even if his previous reputation in the capital wasn't a dandy who played with cats and dogs, he was still a weird guy who didn't do his job properly. Who would take him seriously.

Even if they have doubts, they will only choose to stare at the Lin family.

For the Lin family, this is actually a good opportunity to prove that they have nothing to do with this matter, but were only involved in it unintentionally.

This method was jointly researched by Lin Liu and Lin Ruhai, father and daughter, and all the details have been carefully considered. It is already a very feasible plan.

Ji Song had a different opinion: "I want to go to the capital!"

Lin Liu's chest burst into flames, and he almost wanted to beat him up.

But looking at Ji Song's fragile but firm eyes, she took a deep breath and immediately suppressed the anger in her heart: "I know what you want to do when you return to the capital, but Ji Song, now is not a good time."

"Have you ever thought, if you return to the capital and are recognized by acquaintances, what's the point of this big show we've worked so hard to put on?"

The capital is no different than Gusu, Jinling and other places. Ji Song has never lived in these places before, and no one knows him at all.

The capital is the place where Ji Song lived since he was a child, and he likes to run around. When he returns to the capital, he may be recognized by the roadside vendors at some point.

Even if the peddler can't recognize him, can't those people he made friends with before recognize him?

Could it be that the servants who were sold out of Pingnanbo's mansion didn't recognize them?

This idea is really bad!

Ji Song bowed his head: "I am not related to the Lin family, so I don't want to hurt you. You don't have to worry, I can go to my grandparents and ask them to take me in."

Seeing that he was not impulsive, but was thinking of himself, Lin Liu calmed down.

But to ask grandparents to take him in?

Lin Liu shook his head, but he didn't think it was a good idea: "Have you ever thought that the reason you escaped successfully at the Xuzhou pier was not because you were smart and chose the right time, but because your parents had already sensed the imminent crisis, so Happy with your escape?"

As soon as these words came out, Ji Song was stunned in place for an instant.

Lin Liu couldn't bear it, and after hesitating, he continued to speak: "Have you ever thought about it, why no one has heard about the Ji family leaving the capital, or the Ji family being wiped out, or after the funeral of the Ji family's disappearance?" Remember your grandparents' house ever appeared?"

"Ji Song, don't trust your grandfather's family before you find out the truth of the matter."

If she hadn't doubted Ji Song's ancestral home, when Lin Ruhai said she would send Ji Song away, she would have proposed to send Ji Song to his ancestral home with great fanfare.

With his grandfather protecting him, Ji Song is safer than staying in the Lin family.

Ji Song felt that the whole world began to shake, as if it was about to collapse in the next moment, leaving him with a