The concubine is soft and delicate, making her the treacherous minister's white moonlight

Chapter 48 Sufficient evidence

“S-Sorry.”

After a long time, Guo Yinli looked at her without the anger in his eyes, and even his voice trembled. Over the years, he would think of the case from time to time, but for the sake of his family, he could only bury the evidence and the truth of that year deep in his heart.

But now, looking at Lin Mowan in front of him, with tears welling up in her eyes flowing out one after another, the feeling of powerlessness that had been pent up in his heart for many years suddenly surged up in his heart, as if a flood or a beast was going to eat him whole.

He sighed weakly, lowered his head and stopped talking. Lin Mowan was angry but had no place to vent it. She tightened her hand that was pulling his collar.

She thought that if his reaction after knowing the truth was to push her away in anger, to argue with her vigorously, or to try every means to shut her up, then Lin Mowan would not be as helpless as she is now.

She always felt like there was a breath stuck in her throat, which she couldn't spit out or swallow. Finally, she calmed down a little, let go of his hand weakly, took a few steps back, and put some distance between them.

She looked at him and spoke slowly: "If you really feel sorry, don't try to help the Jiang family. You can't find any evidence to prove that I did it. They are all accidents, just like my mother's case back then."

She said this with gnashing teeth, determined to make them pay the price they deserved. Guo Yinli had mixed feelings. As the magistrate of Sheng'an, according to the law, he could not condone Lin Mowan's revenge with such extreme means, but according to his feelings, he really could not bear to stop her.

The case in which there was irrefutable evidence but the murderer was still at large has always been a knot in his heart that he could not untie. He understood Gongshu Tingyue's background better than anyone else, and no one could bring her down unless the Rong Kingdom was no longer named Gongshu.

But if Lin Mowan used such means, with the abilities she has currently demonstrated, it is entirely possible that Gongshu Tingyue would get the retribution he deserves, or even a more cruel one.

Guo Yinli finally stopped talking, and exhaled a heavy breath with a solemn look, deciding not to talk about this topic anymore. He asked instead, "Where have you been these past few years? Why did you suddenly show up?"

At this time, Lin Mowan had calmed down a little, but she just shook her head and said, "I don't know."

Guo Yinli was stunned for a moment when he heard this. At first, he thought that Lin Mowan still didn't trust him, so she refused to confess to him. But he really didn't think about what to do. He suddenly asked this question just to resolve the doubts in his heart back then.

Why did she disappear? If she was not dead, why did she suddenly appear ten years later? This was a question that had puzzled him for ten years.

After all, although he had just taken office, he still had a group of reliable people at his disposal, and he had privately sent people to look for the missing child countless times.

However, he had never seen this child, and he only knew from people's words that it was a girl. But the entire Rong Kingdom was so big that finding her was as difficult as searching for sand in the ocean. Moreover, due to pressure from the royal family at that time, he could not look for her openly.

But when he met Lin Mowan's sincere eyes, Guo Yinli felt that she did not seem to lie to him. In other words, she didn't remember it.

Lin Mowan said: "I was fished out of the river three years ago. I only remember what happened before my mother died, and some scattered memories that can't be pieced together."

When she said this, a trace of panic flashed through her mind. She had never told anyone about this matter. In fact, the relationship between Guo Yinli and her mother's murder case was only partly remembered when she saw Guo Yinli at Jiang's house not long ago.

Along with him, she also remembered a vague figure. She couldn't remember what that person looked like, but she remembered the purse around his waist, which was embroidered with lotus patterns, and the smooth tassels fluttered in the wind.

But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't remember who he was, what he looked like, or who he was. She could only vaguely remember a general outline...

Or perhaps, even she herself was not sure whether this person really existed or was just a figment of her imagination.

Guo Yinli sighed, his complex emotions could not be calmed for a long time. He did not stay any longer and turned around to leave. However, just as he opened the door and stepped out of the room, he seemed to think of something and immediately stopped and looked back into the room: "I'll have someone take you back." Lin Mowan was stunned, as if she had not recovered from desperately recalling. She looked back at the person behind her with a surprised expression. He only said: "It's too late. It's not safe for you to be alone."

"..."

However, the only response he got was silence. In the end, Lin Mowan did not refuse Guo Yinli's kindness. She sat in the carriage and Guo Yinli rode a horse to take her all the way to the gate of Zither Garden.

Lin Mowan got off the carriage, and Guo Yinli rode on the horse. The look in his eyes when he looked at her returned to his previous distant and upright look, without the trace of guilt he had in the temple. He still looked like the upright and impartial magistrate of Sheng'an.

Finally, he simply said: "I will investigate the Jiang family's case thoroughly and will not stop collecting evidence. Once I have enough evidence, I will never let go of any person who despises the law."

Lin Mowan stood on the steps outside the courtyard gate, staring at him blankly, without saying a word, just watching him ride away on his horse.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, this is not difficult to understand. Perhaps it is not just a warning, but also telling Lin Mowan not to let him find evidence.

She lowered her eyes, feeling satisfied with today's unexpected gain. She walked into the room with Yuzhi, crossed the corridor, and just as she reached the door, she saw a familiar figure standing outside. It was Wei Lin.

Since Wei Lin was outside the door, Shen Weiyuan should be inside the house. It was not too late now, just dusk. She was a little surprised that Shen Weiyuan came so early today.

She paused, quickly adjusted her mentality and went to greet her. Seeing that it was Lin Mowan who came back, Wei Lin did not stop her. He nodded slightly respectfully and stepped aside.

Lin Mowan pushed the door open and Yuzhi tactfully did not follow her in. She carefully closed the door behind her.

Stepping into the house, Lin Mowan looked around, but did not see Shen Weiyuan. She was feeling a little puzzled, but her feet had already entered the inner room.

Her eyes swept across the familiar places, but still no one was in sight. Lin Mowan was just wondering when she suddenly felt a chill on her back. She turned her head subconsciously and saw a tall man who had appeared behind her without her knowing.

Lin Mowan was startled and staggered back, but he grabbed her waist and forced her back, pressing her tightly against him. She tilted her head and looked at him with fear in her eyes that she couldn't hide.

He just tightened his big hands around her slender waist, his eyes teasing, and he seemed to be in a good mood. He swept his gaze over her body, and when he finally met her eyes, his eyes darkened unconsciously.

He asked her, "Who did you come back with just now?"

Lin Mowan looked at him, hesitated for only a moment, and answered truthfully: "Master Guo sent me back."

Sure enough, the coldness between his brows faded a little.

Although Lin Mowan didn't dare to claim that she knew Shen Weiyuan very well, after all, they had been together for three years, so she was very clear about his temper.

When he suddenly asked a question he had never asked before, or a question that made no sense, it definitely meant that he didn't really want to know the answer from her, because no matter how she answered, he already had the correct answer in his mind.

He asked this just to test whether she would hide something from him. Obviously, Lin Mowan's answer satisfied him, but then his face turned cold again, and he continued to ask: "Why are you together?"

(End of this chapter)