Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 686: Seven Eight Eight: The Charges Are Confirmed, and Lin Xuelan Is Rescued
In the Lin family's mansion in Kyoto.

As soon as Lin Luo came back, Lin Xuelan and the others hurried over to greet him, anxiously asking, "Second Uncle, what happened?"

Lin Luo shook his head, sighed, and then started to curse again: "Before the eldest brother was arrested, everyone was so friendly at the wine table, and they looked like they would stick out their lives for their brothers. But now that something's happened, everyone is like a turtle hiding their heads, afraid of provoking us, and they are unwilling to help."

When Lin Xuelan heard this, her heart sank to the bottom. A day had already passed, and she had no idea how her father was doing now.

“Second Master, what about Princess Deyi? After all, she is the daughter of the eldest princess. Although the eldest princess is gone, we still have some friendship with her father. Maybe we can ask Princess Deyi for help.” Han Yang knew that it was a bit "excessive" to ask Princess Deyi to help rescue the eldest princess just after her death, but he had no other choice now and had to do this.

"Mr. Han, I went to look for her, but the people at the Princess's Mansion said that Princess Deyi is not in Kyoto at the moment." Lin Luo sighed. So far, he has tried everything.

Lin Xuelan, Yuzhu and Han Yang all lowered their heads with gloomy expressions.

The atmosphere was extremely depressing and pessimistic.

After a long silence, Lin Luo said in a deep voice: "If there is no other way, we can only ask Diao Hong for help. We need to explain things clearly to him and see what our Lin family needs to pay before Diao Hong is willing to let Big Brother go."

"Shouldn't we go and ask the Third Prince for help?" Yuzhu asked with some confusion.

"For now, the Third Prince should not know about this. Otherwise, the government would not only arrest my eldest brother but also the entire Lin family just because the Lin family colluded with Lou Wo. When we first entered Kyoto, we were arrested by the government, but now we are fine. This shows that Diao Hong is using the Third Prince's identity to deal with the Lin family." Lin Luo pondered.

"And regarding the matter of Miss Shuang'er, we can't go to the Third Prince. What if what Miss Shuang'er said is true..." Han Yang also spoke up.

Speaking of Shuang'er, Lin Luo asked casually: "Xue Lan, how is Miss Shuang'er?"

"I can get out of bed now. The medicine that Mr. Mo gave me before he left is really magical." Lin Xuelan said in surprise.

Lin Luo frowned at this and said, "It will be troublesome for Miss Shuang'er to stay with us. Xue Lan, how do you plan to deal with her?"

"Second Uncle, I've thought about it. I plan to hand her over to Princess Deyi, and let Princess Deyi judge whether what she said is true or false. Since Princess Deyi hasn't come back yet, we can only wait for Princess Deyi to come back." Lin Xuelan said.

Princess Yanyang was "assassinated to death". As the only bloodline of the princess, Princess Deyi would definitely come back after hearing the news.

Lin Luo nodded. This was the only way.

"Miss, you guys continue chatting. I'll go downstairs to cook." Yuzhu said.

Lin Xuelan: “Yeah.”

Just when the three of them were thinking about whether there was a better way, Yuzhu, who had gone downstairs to cook, suddenly came back and said in a panic, "Miss, it's bad. The soldiers have surrounded our house, saying that we are colluding with Louwo and selling out our country. They have already broken in."

"what?"

Lin Xuelan, Lin Luo and Han Yang were all shocked.

Just as he was startled, he heard footsteps outside the hall, accompanied by a burst of noise:

"Go over there and search thoroughly. Don't let anyone escape."

Lin Luo frowned and wanted to go outside to check the situation, but Han Yang had already left the hall and closed the door:

"Second Master, Miss, hurry up, we can't all die here, otherwise there will be no one to save the Master. I will lead them away."

All this happened so suddenly that when Lin Xuelan and the other two reacted.

The noise outside became even louder.

"Someone, come quickly, he ran away, chase him..."

“No, Han…” Lin Xuelan’s eyes were red, and she was about to shout, but Lin Luo covered her mouth, knocked her out, and handed her over to Yuzhu: “Take the young lady through the tunnel, I’ll go find Miss Shuang’er.”

The arrival of the officers and soldiers made Lin Luo vaguely realize that what Miss Shuang'er said might be true.

But no matter whether it is true or not, judging from the behavior of the group of people outside the city who were chasing Shuang'er, they even wanted to silence anyone who saw them.

If the officers and soldiers found out that Shuang'er was in Lin's house, they would never let them go.

Yuzhu nodded, carried Lin Xuelan on her back and left, very decisively.

As for tunnels, any larger family in Yelang Kingdom would build one at home just in case.

……

On the other hand, Chen Mo, who had been watching the tavern for a whole day, decided to ask Lin Xuelan for help.

As soon as I arrived at the Lin Mansion, I saw a large group of soldiers surrounding outside.

The scene in front of him immediately made Chen Mo frown.

This Lin Xuelan is indeed a trouble. It hasn't been long since she arrived and already the government soldiers have surrounded her mansion.

He didn't want to help, but he heard onlookers saying that the Lin family was in collusion with Lou Wo, and that the girl Shuang'er who assassinated Princess Yanyang was instigated by the Lin family and developed into a spy.

This reminded Chen Mo of the incident in which the masked man in black silenced someone outside the city.

If Lin Xuelan and the others were caught, they might give him away, and then they would still be in endless trouble.

"I shouldn't have agreed to her at that time. It's really troublesome." Chen Mo gritted his teeth, walked around the crowd, and then took out a handkerchief that he picked up and covered his face with it. After knocking out the soldiers guarding the back door of the Lin Mansion, he entered the Lin Mansion and muttered to himself:
"After the matter of Yelang Kingdom is settled, I must ask Lin Xuelan for compensation."

……

The officers and soldiers who surrounded the Lin family were led by the butler He from the Third Prince's mansion.

In the eyes of the Third Prince, the fact that the Lin family was able to safely reach the capital despite being ambushed by the Diao family showed that there were obviously experts among their entourage. Therefore, the people sent to encircle and kill them included not only several fifth-rank warriors, but also elite soldiers in the army, who cooperated well with each other.

When Chen Mo came in, he saw Han Yang who had been captured. His head was shattered by a palm strike from a middle-aged man who was wearing a brocade robe and looked rather elegant. At this distance, it would be too late for Chen Mo to rescue him.

This made Chen Mo frown. These soldiers were not just here to arrest people, they didn't want to leave anyone alive. Han Yang had clearly lost the ability to resist.

Chen Mo did not stop, avoiding the sight of the officers and soldiers here, and turned to look for someone else.

The words are divided into two parts.

On Lin Luo's side, he had just explained the situation to Shuang'er when he heard a whoosh. A rocket pierced through the window paper and shattered a vase on the table in the room, sending sparks flying.

When Lin Luo saw this scene, his face changed and he shouted in his heart: "It's over, I've been discovered."

It was obvious that the officers and soldiers were not just trying to arrest them, it seemed as if they did not care about their lives at all.

Shuang'er, who had just gotten out of bed, covered her chest and said weakly, "Uncle Lin, don't worry about me. Go ahead. I'll cover you."

As she spoke, Shuang'er glanced around the room, trying to find a weapon that suits her.

As she spoke, more and more rockets were shot into the house. The arrows were all filled with kerosene and would ignite at the slightest touch.

Soon the house was filled with flames, and the smoke from the burning made the two men cough continuously.

The two were not newbies who knew nothing. They immediately found a piece of cloth, wet it with tea, and covered their mouths and noses.

Then Lin Luo picked up a stool next to him and smashed it towards the window, hoping to create a hole to release the smoke in the house so that he could break out through the hole.

However, as soon as the stool smashed a hole in the window, dense arrows shot in from the hole.

If it were a human, he would have been shot into a hedgehog.

Lin Luo's face changed slightly. Just when Lin Luo thought he was finished, a wailing sound suddenly came from outside the house, and the number of rockets fired into the house also decreased a lot.

"Good opportunity." Lin Luo turned around and said "Hurry up" to Shuang'er. Then he moved as fast as a cheetah. After rolling on the ground, he jumped up and flipped out of the broken window. He just happened to meet the eyes of Chen Mo who had dealt with the officers and soldiers outside. When his eyes glanced at the corpses all over the ground, Lin Luo's face changed.

Chen Mo had his face covered, so Lin Luo did not recognize him. Although he did not understand why the masked man helped him out, the first thing that came to his mind was to run.

Seeing that Lin Luo was about to run away, Chen Mo quickly called him, "Second Master Lin."

"Mr. Mo?" Hearing this familiar voice, Lin Luo paused.

"Where are Miss Lin and the others?" Chen Mo walked over and asked.

"Cough cough." At this time, Shuang'er also climbed out from the window. Perhaps due to her injury, she was coughing violently. When she saw Chen Mo, her eyes were full of confusion.

"Yuzhu and Xuelan have already entered the tunnel. I came here to take Miss Shuang'er away, but I didn't expect to be detained. Thank you, Mr. Mo, for your help."

Lin Luo didn't introduce himself to Shuang'er yet. As he was speaking, he heard a burst of dense footsteps coming from not far away.

Someone else is coming.

"Mr. Mo, follow me to the tunnel quickly." Lin Luo said anxiously.

"You go first."

After entering the tunnel and walking for a distance, in order to prevent the soldiers from finding the tunnel and chasing after him, Chen Mo collapsed the tunnel behind him with a palm.

……

At the other end of the tunnel, there is a dry well connected to a house two streets away.

With the Lin family's wealth, they certainly have more than one house in Kyoto. This house is not as big as the previous Lin house. It was purchased by Lin Xuelan's father in the name of Hu.

It was also the first house purchased by the Lin family in Kyoto.

At this time, Lin Xuelan had already woken up, and she and Yuzhu climbed out of the dry well one after another.

"Grandpa Han" Lin Xuelan's face was filled with grief, and her eyes were swollen from crying.

"Miss, don't be sad. Mr. Han will be fine," Yuzhu comforted.

After the two women climbed out of the dry well, they did not leave immediately, but waited for Lin Luoge and Han Yang and others.

Not long after, there was movement at the bottom of the dry well.

"Yuzhu." Lin Luo shouted in the well.

"It's the Second Master."

"Come and lend a hand."

Yuzhu helped pull Shuang'er out of the dry well.

Lin Luo and Chen Mo came out of the dry well one after another.

Chen Mo glanced at the surroundings and said, "This is not a place to stay for long. Come with me. My place is relatively safer."

"Mr. Mo?" Lin Xuelan stopped sobbing, raised her red and swollen eyes, looked at the masked Chen Mo, and asked immediately: "Why are you here?"

"Mr. Mo just saved Miss Shuang'er and me, otherwise my uncle might not be able to see you again alive. These soldiers and officers want to kill us." Lin Luo interjected.

"Ahem, are you the Mr. Mo who saved me that Miss Lin mentioned before?" Shuang'er coughed and shifted her gaze over.

Chen Mo said: "This is not the place to talk, let's go first."

"Mr. Mo is right." Lin Luo said.

This house is also registered with the Kyoto government office. It won’t take long for the officers and soldiers to find it and come here.

"But Grandpa Han hasn't come out yet, Mr. Mo, can we wait for Grandpa Han for a while?" Lin Xuelan looked at Chen Mo pleadingly.

Chen Mo sighed: "Mr. Han can't come. When I first arrived at the mansion, Mr. Han was killed by soldiers."

"what?"

Lin Xuelan's pretty face turned pale, and her delicate body began to stagger. If Yuzhu beside her hadn't supported her in time, she would have fallen to the ground.

Lin Luo's expression also became very ugly, but he was not as sentimental as Lin Xuelan after all, and said: "Yuzhu, take the young lady and go with Princess Mo."

As he said that, Lin Luo carried Shuang'er on his own. He definitely couldn't trouble "Mo Yu" again because of this matter.

……

In a small courtyard in a remote alley in the city.

Finding someone in Kyoto takes a lot of time, so Chen Mo paid to find someone to help him rent a yard here.

There are not many rooms in the courtyard, only two.

Originally, Chen Mo wanted Nalan Yiren and Si Song to live in one room, and he and Liang Mu to live in one room.

But Nalan Yiren took the initiative to ask to live in the same room with him.

Chen Mo took Lin Xuelan and the others to his room.

Nalan Yiren and the other two are not here. They are still keeping an eye on people in the restaurant opposite the tavern. Today, they have temporarily hired someone to keep an eye on the tavern.

Lin Luo helped Shuang'er lie down in the room, and then curiously asked the three people around Chen Mo.

Chen Mo said: "They are not here because of something."

After hearing this, Lin Luo did not ask any more questions.

"Thank you, Mr. Mo, for saving my life." After seeing that they were safe for the time being, Shuang'er expressed her gratitude to Chen Mo.

"Mr. Mo, why are you here?"

Seeing that the young lady was still in grief over Han Yang's death, Yuzhu could only ask on her behalf.

"I wanted to ask you for help with something, but as soon as I arrived outside the mansion, I saw soldiers surrounding the place where you were staying. I heard that Miss Shuang'er, who assassinated Princess Yanyang, was a spy developed by the Lin family to form Lou Wo. Since the soldiers are surrounding us, it seems that the collusion between your Lin family and Lou Wo has been unilaterally confirmed by the court." Chen Mo said slowly.

Yuzhu and Lin Luo looked at each other and their faces darkened.

They knew the worst had happened.

Now that the charges are proven, unless the current emperor and the third prince say to release him, Lin Kong will probably not be able to get out.

However, what Lin Luo is most worried about now is not Lin Kong, but the Lin family in Jincheng.

"Oh no, I have to go back to Jincheng. Now the charges have been unilaterally confirmed, and treason is a crime punishable by the death of nine generations of my clan. I must go back and inform my sister-in-law and the others to run away." Lin Luo's face changed drastically.

(End of this chapter)