The stepson of the Lin family of the Red Chamber

Lin Yao was unmoved, "King Yu wanted to use the rare poisonous fruit like red cloud pomegranate to wipe out the emperor, queen and the prince, but he failed. Are you planning to attack the prince directly?"

Luo Jinhua's expression changed slightly. If you don't pay attention, it's hard to see the change in his expression. He said in a calm tone, "What red cloud pomegranate, Mr. Lin thinks it will be useful to fabricate this ridiculous poisonous fruit to plant Yuwang?"

"It turns out that Master Luo doesn't believe in the poisonous fruit of the red cloud pomegranate?" Lin Yao smiled slightly, "I thought of this a long time ago, so I brought the red cloud pomegranate here," she said, taking out a piece of fruit from her sleeve. A red fruit that is very similar to a pomegranate, "This red cloud pomegranate looks like a pomegranate at first glance, but the flesh is poisonous, as long as you eat a little bit, your internal organs will fail and you will die slowly. No one can see it It was poisoned to death, if Master Luo thinks that I am deceiving you with pomegranates, the official 'Pomegranate' will tell the jailer to feed you now."

Luo Jinhua's face changed suddenly, "You—"

"Don't worry, my lord, it's just a pomegranate. You'll be fine if you eat it. Who would die after eating a pomegranate?" Lin Yao looked at Luo Jinhua with a smile, then sighed, "It's just a pity, The honor and disgrace of the entire Luo family is tied to Lord Luo. If Lord Luo dies in prison for such a crime, the crown prince will certainly be stigmatized, but Lord Luo's wife and children are afraid that in the future... they will be bullied .”

"Hmph, I don't know what you're talking about." Luo Jinhua seemed to have calmed down, and said in a bad tone.

Lin Yao was not surprised either, this is Luo Jinhua's temperament.

To put it bluntly, it is stubbornness, but to put it bluntly, it is a dead duck with a stubborn mouth.

"Lord Luo thinks that King Yu will help you take good care of your wife and children?" Lin Yao said with a smile, "Master Luo, this second-class Jinshi, shouldn't he be bought with money? How could he be so naive?"

Luo Jinhua's face turned ugly, "You can humiliate me, but you can't insult me ​​like this. My fame is based on my poor study for many years. I don't have a high background. Besides, I have a low background. Even if I want to spend money to buy it, where did I get it?" money?"

"Since Mr. Luo cares about his innocence, why should he get involved in these matters? Isn't it good to be a pure minister?" Lin Yao put away her smile and said lightly.

Luo Jinhua fell silent again.

Seeing that he was still stubbornly resisting, Lin Yao's patience was almost exhausted.

"Master Luo, I am really worried about your wife and children. Your eldest daughter has just reached the age of [-], and it is time to discuss marriage. You bear such a bad name, can she still marry? And your son, you Is your son still studying? Is the teacher a famous Confucian? Don’t Mr. Luo know that famous Confucians are very noble and care about Qing Ming very much. If you do such a thing, you still think that the famous Confucian will continue to teach your son? The Luo family It has finally developed to the present state with your hard work, do you want to ruin it in your hands?"

"King Yu is sinister and vicious. He can do this to his father and brothers. Do you think he will help you take care of your wife and children? If he asks someone to take care of your wife and children, isn't he telling others that this time He was the one who did the fraud case? Believe it or not, even if I didn’t feed you the red cloud pomegranate today, someone will come to silence you soon, and the crown prince’s charges will be confirmed only after you die.”

Sweat dripped from Luo Jinhua's forehead, and his lips trembled.

Obviously, he was shaken.

Because he knows very well that 90.00% of what Lin Yao said is possible.

"I'll give you this red cloud pomegranate. If Master Luo insists on going his own way and insists on helping the evil, then you might as well eat it, so that you won't see someone who comes to kill you, why bother?" After finishing speaking, Lin Yao He didn't stop, just turned around and left.

He walked so fast that Luo Jinhua didn't even have time to stop him, and Lin Yao had disappeared without a trace.

Seeing Lin Yao come out, Ruan Yiran immediately stepped forward, "How is it?"

"In the past two days, more people have been added to protect Luo Jinhua, and he may retract his confession," Lin Yao added, "Of course, Luo Jinhua is not the prince's confidant, he is the one who was pushed out to take the blame, and King Yu will probably silence him , if you don't protect it well, the scapegoat will be pinned on the prince's head again."

Ruan Yiran's expression became more serious when he heard this, "I'll send someone over to watch over it."

"Well, I'll go back when I'm fine." Lin Yao said as she prepared to leave.

Ruan Yiran followed, "Wait."

Lin Yao stopped, "Is there anything else?"

"What did you tell Luo Jinhua? He is willing to retract his confession? He is the most stubborn."

Lin Yao said with a smile, "No matter how hard-talked a person is, he will have weaknesses. As long as he grasps his weaknesses, it is not difficult to persuade him."

Even Yu Wang has weaknesses.

"Then Lu Hongwei, do you want to go see him too?"

Seeing that Lin Yao was so efficient, Ruan Yiran had the idea of ​​asking Lin Yao to persuade Lu Hongwei.

In conclusion, Lu Hongwei is the person with the highest official position involved in this fraud case.

Lin Yao shook her head, "It's not necessary, Mr. Lu was framed."

"you sure?"

Lin Yao said, "Lord Lu belongs to the prince, don't you know?"

"Of course I doubt him when something like this happens."

It is suspected that he is a traitor who came undercover by Wang Yu.

Lin Yao sighed, "Lu Hongwei is a person who insists on maintaining orthodoxy. What is orthodoxy? He is orthodox when he is born. I believe you can see how he treats the prince these years. He has paid too much for the prince. If he It's a traitor, and many times he didn't need to do things to the extreme. When something like this happens, people on the prince's side will doubt Mr. Lu's loyalty, and King Yu's side is going all out to cut off the prince's arm , Master Ruan, think twice." After speaking, Lin Yao left, ignoring Ruan Yiran who was in deep thought.

After Lin Yao left, a young man came out from the shout.

"It's no wonder that both my uncle and my father respect Mr. Lin so much. It's really extraordinary."

Ruan Yiran came back to his senses and shook his head helplessly, "Why did you come out? How do you explain it when someone sees it later?"

"It's okay, I came out this time and asked my father for instructions." The young man smiled.

Ruan Yiran said, "Forget it," and then said, "Natural Selection will never target indiscriminately. Since he said so, he must be absolutely sure to prove that Lu Hongwei is innocent. It seems that we have misunderstood Mr. Lu."

"I will tell my father what Mr. Lin said truthfully, and I believe that my father will make his own decision."

After Ruan Yiran heard this, he didn't say anything more.

Lin Yao went back to the mansion directly after leaving the prison.

He went straight back to the east courtyard, not wanting to hear a woman's cry from the main room as soon as he entered the courtyard gate.

Lin Yao frowned, it seemed... not Lan'er's voice.

Lin Yao turned around and walked towards the main room, but there was no one guarding the door.

Although there are not many people left to serve in the east courtyard, there are seven or eight of Lin Yao's maids alone. Why are none of them missing at this moment?

"Sister Tanchun, don't be sad. My second aunt also wants to wait a little longer to pick a better husband and son-in-law for you. I don't know." Gu Fulan's voice came from inside the room, and Lin Yao was slightly startled.

Tanchun?

Why did Tanchun come to find Gu Fulan when he was fine?

Lin Yao turned around and left, and went straight into the study. After a while, the door was pushed open, and Yu Zhu came in. Seeing Lin Yao sitting in the room, she was startled, "Master? When did you come back?"

Lin Yao signaled Yuzhu to keep silent, beckoned her to come in, and closed the door.

Yu Zhu realized something, closed the door, and walked forward, "Master, do you want to ask your servant?"

Yu Zhu was the maid who served Lin Yao the longest except for Bi Wan back then, so she naturally knew what kind of person Lin Yao was, and she would never let her thoughts go astray.

"Is Tanchun from Jia's mansion very familiar with your grandma?"

Lin Yao remembered that Gu Fulan had matched up marriages for Yingchun and Tanchun in Jia's mansion several times, and she picked first-class good families. He didn't think too much about it at the beginning, but now Tanchun actually came to his house to find Gu Fulan and cried. What is it like to be in a good relationship?

Tanchun is not a person who is easy to talk to. Since she was wronged and thought of coming to Gu Fulan, it shows that Gu Fulan has a very good relationship with her.

But as far as he knew, Gu Fulan only became acquainted with the two cousins ​​of the Jia family after she married him. Did she have such a friendship in just one or two years?

Lin Yao didn't believe it.

When Yu Zhu heard this, she seemed a little surprised, "Don't you know?"

"What do I know?"

Yuzhu lowered her head and said, "The old man had his birthday the year before last, and Mrs. Gu came to congratulate her with her grandma who was not married at that time. In the inner courtyard, the maids of Jia's mansion had a dispute with the servants of the Gu family, saying... Originally, the old man It should be the second or third girl of their family."

Lin Yao's face darkened, "Why didn't anyone tell me about this?"

Seeing that Lin Yao was angry, Yuzhu knelt down on the ground in fright, "Yes, it's the grandma. She didn't want to tell the uncle. She also had a good talk with Miss Yingchun and Miss Tanchun, and then the sisters did not know what kind of deal they reached in private. , suppressed this matter, not many people knew about this matter, and the slaves were also ordered by the uncle to take care of the grandma, so they happened to be there, so they knew about it."

Lin Yao rubbed her forehead and was speechless for a while.

He remembered an incident a long time ago, when he was still in Yangzhou, one day his wife received a letter from her natal family. He didn't know what the letter said, but he still remembered it, and his wife was very angry when she read the letter. , Even mentioned will be black face.

At that time, he guessed that something related to him was mentioned in the letter, because he was adopted and it was not easy to ask, so he stopped Lin Ruhai and told him about it. Then the next day, his wife looked at him as usual. I didn't think about it any more.

Looking at it now, I'm afraid that what was mentioned in the letter at that time was this fictitious marriage.

He also remembered the first time he went to Rongguo Mansion. The old lady of Rongguo Mansion liked him very much when she saw him. Divert the old lady's attention.

It seems... the wife knows about this.

Lin Yao rubbed her forehead, "If such a big event happens in the future, don't hide it from me. Your grandma is confused, are you going to mess around with me?"

How could such a big matter be kept from him?