Jian Zhaoxing

Chapter 123 A man’s mouth is a liar

A day is neither long nor short.

As night fell that day, a letter from Bianliang entered the Lin family unimpeded and fell into the hands of Fourth Aunt.

At the same time, Lin Zhiqing and Lin Shian arrived outside Fourth Aunt's yard.

As the sound of porcelain breaking was heard, they looked at each other, the time had come!

Before the two of them could make a move, Fourth Aunt suddenly ran out from the yard.

She looked terrified: "Jingya, my Jingya..."

The quiet and elegant voices stopped abruptly after she saw Lin Zhiqing's face.

Fourth Aunt's body stiffened, and then she seemed to react and walked quickly towards Lin Zhiqing.

"It's you, it's you, right?" She stood in front of Lin Zhiqing, and the hand holding the letter paper kept shaking.

"What is Fourth Aunt saying? Why don't I understand?" Lin Zhiqing tilted his head.

Lin Shian took a small step forward and said, "Fourth Aunt, what do you mean by this?"

The four gods held up the letter and asked, "What did you do to Jingya? Wasn't she in Bianliang? Why were you abducted and brought to Shengjing?"

"Where is she? You hid her, right?"

As she spoke, she was about to step forward, her chest heaving, and her face showing a panic that Lin Zhiqing had never seen before.

"Aunt Si, don't worry, Sister Jingya is fine." Lin Shi'an stopped Lin Zhiqing behind him and asked, "Did you forget to tell us something?"

When she mentioned this, Fourth Aunt's lips began to tremble.

Her eyes passed Lin Shian in disbelief and fell on Lin Zhiqing: "Are you threatening me? Jingya is your sister!"

"Aunt Si, it's precisely because she's our sister that I want to give you a chance." Lin Zhiqing's eyes were filled with a subtle regret:

"Haven't you been looking forward to Jingya's return to Shengjing? Now that she's back, you're unhappy. Why? Is it because you...feel guilty?"

As soon as the word "guilty" came out, Fourth Aunt's face changed completely. She hesitated for a long time but couldn't say a complete sentence.

Seeing this, Lin Shian knew that Lin Zhiqing's guess was reasonable.

Fourth Aunt looked like she had done something wrong.

Lin Zhiqing further confirmed her thoughts. Her expression was very serious. "Fourth Aunt, I wasn't able to come to your yard during the day. Can I go in and talk now?"

There are too many people outside and it's not a good place to talk.

It was only at this time that Fourth Aunt realized that she had lost her composure.

She turned her neck, and finally gritted her teeth and walked into the yard first.

Lin Zhiqing and Lin Shian followed closely behind.

Soon, a row of maids and nannies were asked to leave the yard.

There were only three people left in the huge main house.

"Aunt Four, did you know that Aunt Chun would accuse Uncle Four of her own death?" Lin Shi'an was anxious and asked the most important question right away.

Fourth Aunt sat alone at the table, not even raising her head: "So what?"

Lin Zhiqing walked to an exquisite screen without even raising her eyelids. "Fourth Aunt, was it only Aunt Chun who informed you about this matter, or were you involved as well?"

Lin Zhiqing got straight to the point and asked a crucial question. Fourth Aunt's eyelids twitched: "Why are you so sure this matter has something to do with me?"

The corners of her eyes turned upward, her lips were tightly pursed, and her right eye was tilted upward, with a strong hint of suspicion. Of course, Lin Zhiqing also saw some uncertainty in her eyes.

She was so stubborn simply because she was still holding on to a fluke mentality. What if Lin Zhiqing was just guessing?

But unfortunately, Lin Zhiqing has evidence in his hands.

She sighed slightly, took out all the evidence related to Fourth Aunt reselling medicinal herbs and sending horses at the post station, and placed them on the table.

"The Lin family has indeed treated you poorly over the years." Lin Zhiqing shook his head slightly. "Fourth Aunt needs money, and she actually has to ask her mother's family for help."

These words made Lin Shian blush.

Any respectable clan in the capital would not allow a wife to have too much financial involvement with her parents' family.

This is to further prevent the wife from using the power of her husband's family to support her own family.

Unexpectedly, the situation was reversed when it came to Fourth Aunt.

The Lin family is a marquisate after all, but they need to get money from a merchant.

To Lin Shian, the head of the Lin family is still a head shorter than him.

Mentioning this, Fourth Aunt seemed to have found an outlet for her grievances: "Since I married into the Lin family, I relied on my own dowry and carefully calculated it, and finally raised Jingya."

Her eyes fell on the list of medicinal herbs for sale, and she felt very uncomfortable:
"Your fourth uncle is obsessed with literature. During the first two years after I got married, the women in the backyard were all restless."

"It just so happens that the Lin family is best at whitewashing the situation. I have no place to vent my grievances, and I always think that if I treat them sincerely, I will be rewarded."

"It's as if those women were born to be on the opposite side of me. They can't stand my behavior as a merchant's daughter, but they are jealous of me for holding this position."

When she mentioned these things, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "But who knows that my dowry filled it layer by layer."

"Even your fourth uncle doesn't know about this, but I'm happy with it."

Hearing this, Lin Zhiqing frowned.

The Lin family's bad debts over the years have harmed many people, but Lin Congli and Lin Congyan still think that the Lin family is impregnable.

There is no such thing as a truly peaceful life. It is obvious that someone is carrying the burden for them.

Even though Lin Congyan is his own fourth uncle, Lin Zhiqing still thinks he is very vulgar.

Even Lin Shian turned his head away, feeling very complicated.

Fourth Aunt's words overturned his opinion of Lin Congyan.

"Look, you all know it clearly in your hearts." Fourth Aunt raised her lips, then thought of some past events, and her lips fell again:
"When I first married into the Lin family, he treated me very well, and even gave me the illusion that he really loved me."

"When we were in love, he once said that having me alone was enough for him. I was so stupid back then that I actually believed his nonsense."

She laughed dryly twice, not knowing whether she was laughing at herself or at fate:
"Until Jingya was born, with the full support of my mother's family, the Lin family finally paid off their debt."

"Your fourth uncle suddenly changed. He became cold and indifferent. He hung a portrait of another woman in his study and brought concubines into his rooms one after another. He betrayed his original vows."

"Tell me, was our initial encounter premeditated? Did he marry me simply because I came from a merchant family and had enough money to help the Lin family through this difficult time?"

Fourth Aunt looked at Lin Zhiqing. Although she already had the answer in her heart, she still longed for someone to tell her that it was not the case.

But faced with this question, Lin Zhiqing turned his back.

The minds of old friends change so easily, yet they say that the minds of old friends change so easily!
Men's words can lie. Lin Congyan is heartless, and this incident really sounds like something he could do.

Even Lin Shian's eyes were a little evasive.

Seeing this, Fourth Aunt sniffed, her eyes reddening. "Even if I feel something, I'd rather be blind and deaf, but Jingya is his biological daughter!"