Phoenix Nine Heavens

Chapter 4 The Truth Revealed

"It turned out to be Mrs. Chi, please blame the students for being rude!" Hearing Su Xuan's introduction, Lin Wanrong did not dare to neglect, and immediately bowed in front of Su Xuan. It was obvious that he had not forgotten that he was a scholar, and he needed to show respect in front of Su Xuan. Deserves grace and courtesy.

"Are you famous?" Seeing Lin Wanrong's actions, Su Xuan asked.

Generally, those who call themselves students in front of officials must have fame, otherwise they can only call themselves grassroots or villains. Now that Lin Wanrong calls himself a student in front of her, Su Xuan naturally guessed that he is someone with fame.

"Responding to my lord, the student was lucky enough to get a scholar in the rural examination in the year of [-]!" the other party replied.

"Since he has fame, he must also come from a famous family. Why would he be willing to sink into the family and become a son-in-law?" Su Xuan continued to ask, as if she wanted Lin Wanrong to explain the reason clearly.

"The student was poor since he was a child, and his parents passed away before he became weak. He survived by relying on his uncle's support. His uncle died of illness a few years ago, and his cousin had no responsibility to support him. In order to make a living, he chose to come to the house to be a nurse. Son-in-law!" Lin Wanrong let Su Xuan into the house, and while leading the way, said to Su Xuan, "Fortunately, the mother-in-law is sympathetic and the wife is virtuous, so there is only a student today!"

"I heard that you recently passed the scientific examination, and your temperament has changed drastically. Your mother-in-law even suspects that you are not the original son-in-law. So what?" Su Xuan walked to the hall and asked Lin Wanrong.

"During the ten-year cold window, the loss of Sun Shan's name did make the students depressed, but it didn't change their temperament. This must be the student's mother-in-law who is insane!" Lin Wanrong said to Su Xuan at this time, "Please don't listen to one-sided words, my lord. Words, you have to be discerning!"

"Oh? Your mother-in-law suffers from dementia?" Hearing this, Su Xuan continued to question her. She had to figure out all the details.

"It's true, since my mother accidentally fell down and hit the back of her head three years ago, it's been like this until now. When she was confused, she even didn't recognize the person in front of her. The students and wretches can only take good care of them, there is no other way! Lin Wanrong then explained.

"Can I ask your wife, Abi, a few words alone?" Su Xuan felt that she had finished asking Lin Wanrong, so she said to Lin Wanrong.

"Of course, sir, please!" Lin Wanrong naturally had no way to refuse, so he could only agree, and called his wife to come over, but he himself took the initiative to withdraw, looking like a gentleman.

Naturally, Su Xuan ignored Lin Wanrong's magnanimity. Seeing Abi coming in front of her, she immediately asked Abi, "Abi, I ask you something, answer me truthfully, can you do it?"

Abi nodded, but there was some fear and uneasiness in her eyes. I don't know if it was because of the nervousness of not having seen the official before, or because of something else.

"Your mother, Granny Song, fell down a year ago and became unconscious after hitting her forehead?" Su Xuan immediately asked Abi.

"Fall down...?" Abi was a little shocked when she heard this, but soon regained her composure, and said to Su Xuan, "That's true, the woman has taken care of it for quite a while!"

"It's a lie, what your husband Lin Wanrong said was that your mother fell down three years ago, and the bruise was not on the forehead, but on the back of the head. As a daughter, how could you not know?" After some probing by Su Xuan, she really noticed Something was wrong, so she immediately questioned Abi, "Actually, your mother didn't fall down, and she never touched her head. Everything was fabricated by you Fu Lin Wanrong, and you wanted to help your husband lie, but because I didn’t collude with the confession in advance, so it’s self-defeating, but it was exposed to the official years ago, isn’t it?”

"No, it's the woman who remembered it wrong. The woman is a villager in the countryside. She has never seen anything in the world. She was very nervous when she saw the adults, so..." Abi immediately argued to Su Xuan.

"An old man falls and hurts at home, and taking care of his daughter is a matter of course. How can he even remember where his mother was injured?" Su Xuan immediately angrily said, "Hurry up and recruit the truth, otherwise This official brought together the Yamen servants and took you to the court, but this is not how it is handled now!"

"My lord..." At this moment, Lin Wanrong walked in from the outside and came directly to Abi's side, then turned to look at Abi and said distressedly, "Abi, let's talk about it, it seems that this matter is not worth mentioning." You can't hide it!"

"No, I can't say it, my mother will not be able to bear it!" Abi shook her head, her face full of displeasure, trying to stop Lin Wanrong from continuing.

"I really can't bear to see you like this. Although I'm not him, my heart has been given to you. I can't let you suffer this kind of torture again!" Lin Wanrong said affectionately to Abi at this time After saying such a sentence, she turned around and knelt down in front of Su Xuan, and said, "My lord, in fact, I am not Lin Wanrong at all, let alone Abi's husband. My name is Amu, and I am just a beggar, because Abi's husband gave Two steamed buns gave me enough food and clothing, so I agreed to help Lin Wanrong take care of his mother-in-law and wife before he died."

"Lin Wanrong is dead?" Su Xuan was very shocked when she heard this. She thought it was just Li Daitao's case, but she didn't think there was such a thing in it.

At this time, Granny Song just came out of the back room, and when she heard this, she fainted on the spot and fell to the ground.

Amu and Abi immediately helped Granny Song onto the bed, and Su Xuan asked Xiao Jing to call for a doctor.

While the doctor was diagnosing Granny Song, Su Xuan continued to ask the fake Lin Wanrong: "How did Lin Wanrong die, and how did you get to the scene?"

"It was the day of the big exam. As usual, I was begging along the street near the restaurants and teahouses on Yuzhoufu Street. I happened to bump into some students who were drinking in Gaosheng Restaurant after the big exam. Lin Wanrong was among them. He showed off his skills. How good the article is, how can I get No.1 in this round of the state test, and reward all the money I have on my body to Xiao Er and the shopkeeper, and I also got two steamed buns at that time!" Amu continued.

"And then?" Su Xuan continued to ask.

"After I finished eating the steamed buns, I was planning to take advantage of Lin Wanrong's good mood to ask for some more rewards, but when I went upstairs again, I found that those students had already left." Amu continued, "I thought it was just like this I will never see the God of Wealth again, but I never thought that that night, when I peed outside the ruined temple where I lived, I saw Lin Wanrong covered in blood."

"It's covered in blood?" Su Xuan frowned slightly when she heard this, and then continued to ask, "What's the matter?"

(End of this chapter)