Yusui Chang'an

Lin Jinyun had just come out of the back door of Zhou's mansion in a daze when the news reached Wei Zhong.

Bai Zhi was disappointed to learn that Lin Jinyun did not return home directly but went to the pub to get drunk:
"It's hard for you to be able to endure this, young master. With such a character, he will surely become a great man, and no one can catch up with him."

Lin Jinyan, who was reading a book, looked up with amusement:

"Swearing becomes more euphemistic."

After reporting the news, Hong Jiu stole a glance at Lin Jinyan who ignored him, feeling sad.

Bai Zhi: "Miss, why are you not surprised at all? Did you expect that your cousin could coax the young master?"

Lin Jinyan lowered her eyes to the book, her thoughts drifting to her unforgettable past life, her eyes were cold:
"Zhou Yuexue is a very selfish person. She has no sense of courtesy, honor, or gratitude, and she is used to showing weakness. It is easy for her to appease my infatuated elder brother."

Bai Zhi still couldn't figure it out:
"No matter how infatuated the young master is, how could he bear it if he knew that his cousin had hired someone to kill him and married someone else?"

Lin Jinyan calmly withdrew her thoughts and turned the pages of the book:
"My cousin would probably say that the bad guys were hired by Lord Zhou and she didn't know about it. Besides, she was pregnant."

Bai Zhi opened her eyes wide in surprise:
"Could it be that... Miss Cousin will say that the baby in her belly is the eldest young master's?!"

Seeing Lin Jinyan's calm expression, Bai Zhi smacked her lips and said:

"He is truly shameless and invincible."

Hong Jiu watched Lin Jinyan finish her words and concentrate on reading. She had no intention of talking to him at all. He stepped forward and saluted cautiously:
"Miss, Qin Zongliang has indeed sent people to arrest Sun Delai as you expected. Du Xing has sent a message to ask what to do with Sun Delai?"

Bai Zhi: "After getting married, Sun Delai had affairs outside and wanted to have a mistress, so he divorced Ding Xiang on the grounds that she was infertile.

He also withheld Dingxiang's dowry, kicked Dingxiang out of the house in the middle of the night when she was penniless, and almost forced her to death. Now that he has discovered that Dingxiang has a child, he is spreading rumors everywhere to ruin Dingxiang's reputation. This is really despicable."

Lin Jinyan looked at the book and said indifferently, "Why keep such a heartless and narrow-minded person? Take him to the woods behind the school and kill him, and lead Qin Zongliang's people to collect the body."

Seeing that Lin Jinyan didn't even look at him, Hong Jiu responded in a low voice and left the house with a lonely look.

After the person walked away, Lin Jinyan raised her eyes to look at Hong Jiu's back, a trace of heartache flashing across her face.

Bai Zhi smiled and said, "You are the one who scared me, but you are also the one who couldn't bear it. I don't know whether you are punishing Hong Jiu or yourself."

Lin Jinyan said angrily:

"I asked you to keep it a secret, but you kept your mouth shut and didn't even bother to persuade her."

Bai Zhi's eyes were smiling, but her face was full of disbelief:

"Why are you blaming me for this? It's such a huge injustice."
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The Duke's Mansion of the State of Qin.

The people Qin Zongliang sent to capture Sun Delai returned empty-handed, so they went around looking for Sun Delai's whereabouts.

The spy accidentally discovered that Song Yi disguised himself and went out of the city. He followed him from a distance, but accidentally lost him. He wanted to return to the city to report, but found Sun Delai's body, which was still warm, nearby.

After learning that Sun Delai died in Lin Jinyan's territory, and died under the sword, Qin Zongliang became more and more certain that it was Chu Chengyao who set up the trap:

"Although the farm was built by the little girl of the Lin family, the land deed was awarded by His Majesty. If we hadn't discovered that Sun Delai had dealings with people from the Prince of Jin's Mansion, I'm afraid we would have fallen into his trap and confronted Lin Jinyan for no reason, offending both the Gu and Lin families."

But…if Chu Chengyao set up a trap, even if he was discovered, how could it be so easy? If he framed Sun Delai's death on him and then led the Lin family to discover it, wouldn't it be even more difficult for him to explain himself? (End of this chapter)