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Lin's backyard.

Lin Jingzhi stood in front of a room with his hands behind his back, hearing a few mournful sobbing sounds from time to time in the room, his heart felt stuffy and uncomfortable, and he clenched his fists tightly.

Lin Lizhi was sent back with the help of passers-by. Although he didn't like this third brother before, seeing Lin Lizhi's miserable state after being beaten severely made his heart ache.

Aunt Yu stood beside Lin Jingzhi, and from time to time, she would glance at his handsome face that was getting colder and colder. She wanted to comfort him, but she didn't know how to say it.

The door of the room was wide open, and five or six maids came in and out, busy all the time, some were helping Lin Lizhi wipe his body, and some were helping the doctor to fetch things.

After a long while, the doctor came out of the house, bent down and said, "Second Master, Third Master suffered all skin injuries, and did not hurt any muscles or bones. The villain has already given him the golden medicine. After five or six days, change it again, and it will be fine."

Lin Jingzhi took a deep breath, turned around, forced a smile to himself, "Thank you, Lin."

"Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it." The doctor hurriedly replied, and then followed the servants to collect the consultation fee.

"Yu'er, wait here for a while, I'll go in and have a look." Aunt Yu is a daughter, so she can't walk into Lin Lizhi's bedroom at will. Originally, Lin Lizhi is getting old, so Aunt Zhen should also come out to avoid suspicion. Yes, but after seeing his son's miserable appearance, he cried bitterly and fainted several times, so he couldn't control so much.

Stepping through the threshold, Lin Jingzhi came straight to the bed, only to see in his memory, Lin Lizhi's disgusting face was bruised and swollen, and his heart felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

Aunt Zhen was crawling on the side of the bed, still weeping in a low voice intermittently, when she saw Lin Jingzhi walking in, she wailed again, "My poor son was beaten into such a state by the murderous gangsters, respectfully, you must To avenge Li Zhi's blood hatred!"

"Don't worry, I will never make them feel better!" Lin Jingzhi gritted his teeth and replied coldly.

At this time, Lin Lizhi, who was lying on the bed, was woken up by the conversation between the two of them. He opened his eyes and saw his second brother standing in front of him, as if seeing his father who always gave him a sense of security a few years ago. He felt very aggrieved, tears flowed down instantly, choked up and cried: "Second brother, they beat me and asked me to cooperate with them to kill you. If I refused, they hung me up and whipped me They whipped me with salt water, it hurt, it hurt so much that I couldn’t help but agree, and they would let me go, but after I repented, they whipped me again..."

Lin Jingzhi's eyes were red when he heard the words, and he hurriedly turned his back, while Aunt Zhen was crying so hard that she soaked the quilt. He didn't give up a slap, and at this moment, he heard his son being hung up and whipped, and his heart was pulled and pulled, and the pain went straight to the bone marrow.

When his nose was no longer sore, Lin Jingzhi turned around again, took two steps forward, and sat down beside the bed, "Stop crying, the old lady will come to see you in the courtyard later, you are a man, remember to Be strong, don't make the old lady cry."

Because Mrs. Lin was getting old, Lin Jingzhi was afraid that she would be too sad and there would be a mistake, so he asked Tang Yuxiang and Mrs. Lin Zhou to dissuade Mrs. Lin and come to visit after dinner. When I first came back, I was covered in blood, and it was easy to scare the old man.

"Hmm..." Lin Lizhi cried with tears and snot running down his nose, Lin Jingzhi instinctively took out a cotton towel and wiped his face clean.

"Second brother, I'm afraid." Seeing that Lin Jingzhi seemed to get up, Lin Lizhi stretched out his hand in a panic and grabbed his sleeve, not letting him go. Due to his violent movements, the wound was touched, and Lin Li was in pain. He gasped again and again.

Feeling soft, Lin Jingzhi patted his arm, "Don't be afraid, with Second Brother here, I will definitely not let bad people bully you in the future. From today onwards, you will move back to live in the compound."

"En." Lin Lizhi responded, but still held on to Lin Jingzhi's sleeve.

"Sleep, the doctor wants you to rest more." Seeing Lin Lizhi getting tired and sleepy, Lin Jingzhi comforted him softly. Dreamland.

After falling asleep, the peaceful appearance is like that of a child.

At this moment, for the first time, Lin Jingzhi felt a brotherly relationship with this boy. He opened Lin Lizhi's fingers and carefully tucked him into the quilt. Lin Jingzhi and Aunt Zhen left the room together.

"Second Lord, the servant girl just asked Lizhi, and he said that the person who arrested him seems to be an official..."

"Stop talking!" Aunt Zhen walked out of the door, turned around and closed the door, she was interrupted by Lin Jingzhi in the middle of speaking, the fight between the Lin family and Wang Meng should not be raging, everyone knows it.

Lin Jingzhi was afraid that Aunt Zhen would talk nonsense with others, so he warned: "I have already found out the identity of that villain, and I will definitely seek justice for Lizhi in the future, but this matter can only be done in secret, so you and Lizhi You have to keep the secrets strictly and not spread them outside, you know!"

Seeing Lin Jingzhi's complexion turned serious and his voice solemn, although Aunt Zhen felt unwilling, she could only nod her head, and then retreated.

"Let's go, let's go to your small courtyard!" Lin Jingzhi said to Aunt Yu, and stepped out first.

After arriving at Aunt Yu's small courtyard, the two of them drove out all the maids and servants. Sitting in the hall, Lin Jingzhi's face was as cold as an iceberg. Aunt Yu knew that this man was really angry.

After sitting in silence for a long time, Lin Jingzhi said in a deep voice: "Then Wang Meng probably couldn't bear the pressure from above, and planned to attack the Lin family officially. This person has a high position and authority, and he has Tian Ji as his backer. Commander, let them prepare their way out now, it doesn't matter if I die in the future, but the Lin family must not be cut off!"

Hearing the determination in the scholar's husband's voice, Aunt Yu was stunned. She also knew that the Lin family's current situation was very bad, so she bit her lip and nodded cautiously.

"What about the Second Young Master Wang?" Aunt Yu asked.

Of Wang Meng's three sons, only the Second Young Master Wang is smarter, but this man is just like the other young masters from aristocratic families, lustful and flirtatious. Aunt Yu and the hidden guards of the Lin family were the ones who felled near a brothel yesterday and knocked him out. , and then transported it outside the city with a diesel truck.

Speaking of the Second Young Master Wang, Lin Jingzhi narrowed his eyes slightly, gritted his teeth and said, "Wang Meng, a dog official, relied on someone behind him to back him up, and turned into a bandit regardless of his status. Since he dared to beat my third brother like this Naturally, I can't make his son feel better, Yu'er, just pass on the order with a carrier pigeon, let the hidden guards entertain the second son of Wang for a night, as long as he doesn't die, he will be fine."

Aunt Yu was startled, and replied: "This is not good, otherwise what should I do if I anger Wang Meng?"

In addition to venting anger at Lin Lizhi, Lin Jingzhi naturally had other intentions in doing this, and replied: "Now the Lin family and Wang Meng are in an unending situation, and after this incident, the relationship has been clarified. If I don't entertain If that son of a bitch with the surname of Wang talks about it, Wang Meng will really think that I, Lin Jingzhi, are made of mud!"

"Yes!" After hearing this, Aunt Yu suddenly realized that the scholar's move was to warn Wang Meng to be cautious, at least the next time he attacked the Lin family, he had to think about whether he would be bitten by the Lin family.

If the enemy is a sheep, you can kick it casually, but what if it is a poisonous snake?

The two chatted for a while, and it was time for dinner. Lin Jingzhi was afraid that Mrs. Lin would be too sad to see Lin Lizhi's serious injury, so he rushed over alone, while Aunt Yu came to the side room and called A carrier pigeon conveyed Lin Jingzhi's order.

As expected, although Mrs. Lin usually has a firm heart, seeing her grandson being beaten into such a state with her own eyes made her feel distressed and burst into tears. After Lin Jingzhi arrived, he quickly advised a few words, Helped Mrs. Lin to go back.

Back in the small courtyard, Mrs. Lin felt so stuffy and unable to eat, so Lin Jingzhi had to leave with Tang Yuxiang and Lin Zhou.

On the way back to the small courtyard for the three of them, Tang Yuxiang couldn't help but said: "Second Master, that villain is really hateful, he beat the Third Master into such a state."

Although the relationship between Lin Zhou and Lin Li was very bad before, seeing Lin Lizhi being wrapped in white cloth by the doctor with his own eyes, and his face was bruised and swollen, Lin Zhou also felt annoyed in his heart, "Yes. Ah, those villains are really inhuman!"

"Second Master, have you found out who the murderer is?" After agreeing, Lin Zhou turned her head and asked.

The less people who know about the fight with Wang Mengming, the better, otherwise it will definitely make the whole house panic. Lin Jingzhi pondered for a while and replied: "Not yet."

"Oh? Then why did they let the third master back?" Tang Yuxiang asked suspiciously.

"This... Although the Lin family didn't find out the identities of those villains, they already had clues. Presumably they were afraid that the Lin family would really find out about them, so they quickly released them." After finishing speaking, Lin Jingzhi again Tell the second daughter about the secret collusion between the two male servants and the gangsters in the west courtyard of the Lin Family City.

The second daughter didn't expect that this incident would involve two male servants, they all sighed, the master was robbed, and those innocent servants would have to go around without food, and now such a thing has to be spread, accusing Maybe when Mrs. Lin is furious, she will kill a few people to express her sulking.

Lin Jingzhi saw the worry of the second daughter, but he didn't say much. If Mrs. Lin ordered the guards to be killed, he would not persuade them, because if it weren't for their serious dereliction of duty, the two Even a male servant has no ability to collude with outsiders, so Lin Lizhi will not suffer so much.

Back in the small courtyard, there was nothing to say all night.

In the early morning of the next day, Lin Jingzhi got up early as usual, and after washing up, he went to Aunt Yu's small courtyard. When Aunt Yu saw him coming, she changed into clean clothes and dragged him to call the crowd. The guards rode to the east gate of the city. Not long after leaving the gate, Lin Jingzhi saw a large group of people in front of him.

Among this group of people were yamen servants, errands, and servants in green clothes. Among them, the most conspicuous one was Wang Meng, who was dressed in a gorgeous official robe, standing there with an ashen face and fire-breathing eyes!

Hearing the sound of horseshoes, Wang Meng instinctively looked over, seeing that it was Lin Jingzhi who came, his face changed drastically.