The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 163 Poppies (12)

Lin Yuxi will take care of the Lin family, I thought to myself, when I walked out of the hotel, I told the owner that if Ji Mingmei came back, I would tell her that I went to the Lin family and ask her to find me there.The shop owner agreed immediately, and I went to Lin's house with Steward Lin.

On the way there, I stopped by and asked Guanshi Lin what happened to the book I bought at the bookstore.Manager Lin didn't hesitate, and immediately replied that he told the second wife that if a man and a woman who looked like us came to the bookstore to buy a book, he would recommend that book to us.

I was surprised when I heard it, "But, how did you know that I would come to Donglin Town?"

"It's not me who knows, Mr. Da knows." Steward Lin replied, "As for how he knew, I don't know. After you read the book and experience what happened in the thatched cottage, you can easily guess where the thatched cottage was stolen. The truth. He didn’t intend to see you, and it was inconvenient to explain all this to you, so he thought of this way to remind you.”

I said "oh", and my heart became more and more suspicious. It is true that the Lin family is a member of the Six Arts Association, but Lin Yuxi has been away from the Lin family for [-] years and has just returned to Donglin Town. How did he know that I will come to Donglin in the near future? Lin Zhen coming?Could it be...he has been following me?
"What about the second lady, is she with you?"

"No, she doesn't know anything. But the second lady is kind, and the situation at home is not very good, so she doesn't want to offend anyone. I asked her for help and she agreed, without even asking about my intention."

So Lin Yubin couldn't ask anything from her, but he didn't know why he returned to the Lin family's study after leaving the bookstore.With doubts in my heart, I walked all the way to Lin's house with Lin Guanshi.Lin Yubin's study is in a corner of Lin's house, forming a courtyard by itself, probably to make it quiet.

The courtyard was indeed as Steward Lin said, there was only one door to enter and exit. If someone was tending the flowers and plants at the door, it would be impossible for other people to enter the study.The study room had been burned down. Fortunately, most of the Lin's house was a mixed building of stone and wood. Although the fire burned the house into a mess, the house has not yet collapsed, but there are traces of the fire everywhere.

Lin Yubin's body had been moved to the hall, and the people from the town hall were questioning what happened there, but they must have no clue.They also believed in sorcery, but they couldn't convict Yuan Haowen, so they were quite distressed and kept sighing.

Presumably, just after the horned beast killing incident, there was another murderous killing incident by sorcery. Anyone who encounters it will be a little frustrated.So they were a little perfunctory when they had nothing to do, but kept emphasizing that they had sent people to the county to ask someone to investigate, and when they came from the county, they would give the Lin family an explanation.

This is a plan to blame Jiangdong. They themselves are helpless against the strange power and chaos. It may not be possible that someone from the county will be able to make friends with the Mantian gods and Buddhas and help them solve the case.While checking the burnt-out study, I asked Guanshi Lin what happened to Lin Yubin, but he asked me to do it.

Steward Lin hesitated for a moment, and said, "I heard some clues from Mr. Da's tone. The Lin family is actually a member of some organization, and Mr. is an important figure in this organization."

It turned out that he was thinking that both the Lin family and I were members of the Six Arts Association, and that perhaps he could use the power of the Six Arts Association to find an explanation for Lin Yubin's death.It's just that what he doesn't know is that my next leader is a polished commander who can't adjust anything except his own facial features.

So I moved my expression and spread my hands towards him, indicating that there was nothing I could do.Steward Lin sighed in disappointment. I sniffed at this moment, but somehow I smelled a bad smell, so I frowned and asked, "Why is there a bad smell, it smells like...garlic?"

The burned ruins naturally have various smells, and this garlic smell is not very strong, but it is a bit strange to smell garlic in the study.Steward Lin also sniffed vigorously, then looked around, and replied, "Maybe the flowers and plants in the yard were infested with insects, so someone sprayed them with garlic water."

"Oh, so garlic can also prevent insects?" This is the first time I have heard of it.Steward Lin nodded, and I stopped talking about it, and asked if Lin Yubin was the only one who visited the study today.

"I heard people say that the second lady came here in the morning and tidied up the study for Mr. Lin." Steward Lin hesitated, "But she left soon. It is true that only Mr. came here in the afternoon."

The second lady came in the morning, but the fire in the study only caught fire in the evening, there was an interval of several hours, so naturally it has nothing to do with it.I lowered my head and looked around the ruins. One of the places was probably where the desk was. At this moment, the desk was burned, leaving only a few legs of the table, and there were many fragments of books among them.

The rest of the items include the burnt remains of pens, inks, papers and inkstones, including a brass incense burner.I picked up the censer and asked Guanshi Lin: "Why is there still a censer in Mr. Lin's study?"

"This is for incense." Steward Lin hurriedly said, "Infuse incense in the study, it can not only remove the smell but also refresh the mind."

The life of the Lin family was fine, I nodded knowingly, threw the censer into the ruins, and walked out with Steward Lin.As soon as she walked out of the side courtyard where the study room is located, she saw the second lady staggering in from the outside. Before she entered, she cried out in a crying voice: "Where is the sir? Where is the sir?"

"Sir has been moved to the hall." Steward Lin replied, seeing that she was about to fall, he stepped forward to support her.The second lady flung her hands away and stumbled towards the hall again.I was taken aback and asked, "Why did the second lady just hear the news?"

"Yes. There was a big mess at home, and no one told her for a while. It must have been said just now, so she hurried back."

After hearing this, I couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional. Even an irrelevant outsider like me had already heard about it, but no one thought to inform the second lady. It can be seen how she was not taken seriously at home.Seeing her distraught look just now, she has deep affection for Lin Yubin.

This is the Lin family's business, so it's not my turn to say anything.Right now I can't help much, so I felt a little ashamed, so I left aloud, asking Steward Lin to attend to Lin Yubin's funeral, and I will go back by myself.Steward Lin originally had high expectations for me, but he couldn't hide his disappointment at this time, but he didn't say anything, and sent me out of the Lin family.

I said goodbye to him at the gate, and within a few steps, I met Ji Mingmei head-on.Seeing me coming out of the Lin family, Ji Mingmei asked without waiting for me to speak, "Is something serious happening to the Lin family?"

"How do you know," I wondered, "who told you?"

"No one told me that I came with the second lady. Someone went to the bookstore and told her what happened, and she was so out of her mind that she didn't even close the door of the bookstore, and stumbled back." Ji Mingmei looked strange, "Lin Yubin problem occurs?"

I nodded and told her about Lin Yubin's murder.The more Ji Mingmei heard it, the more weird her face became, "Yuan Hao asked the paper burning man, and Lin Yubin was kissed by fire. This is really weird. Do you think this method is exactly the same as the murder of Yuan Chumo and the mayor?"

"You suspect that this matter has something to do with Lin Yuxi?" I was taken aback. "Lin Yuxi designed Yuan Chumo and the mayor for the book theft case 20 years ago. Lin Yubin is his own younger brother. Why did he design him?"

"He was originally the head of the Lin family. He left home for [-] years because of the book theft case. Now that the book theft case is over, if... if Lin Yubin is gone and he returns to the Lin family, isn't he the head of the house again?"

"This...can't be?" I heard her say this, but I didn't really believe it in my heart, "When Lin Yuxi killed Yuan Chumo, he specially arranged for Lin Yubin and Yuan Haowen to meet to clear him of the suspicion. If he If it's really going to be bad for Lin Yubin, then Lin Yubin should be accused of killing Yuan Chumo, so Yuan Haowen's revenge on Lin Yubin is logical."

"That's right." Ji Mingmei responded, and frowned, "Could it be that Yuan Hao asked what the hell was going on there?"

I am also full of doubts about this matter, but I don't have any clues. The Lin family is in chaos. Naturally, we don't want to go to the door to ask if there is anything at this time, so we plan to go back to the hotel.Unexpectedly, when he just turned around, he saw a cat flashing past his eyes, and then jumped onto the wall of Lin's courtyard.

"Horned beast!" Ji Mingmei and I exclaimed in surprise at the same time.Immediately, I reacted, and quickly turned around the corner to look at the other side of the courtyard wall. In the thin night, I saw a figure on the other side of the courtyard wall and disappeared.Ji Mingmei also chased after him at this moment, looked at the figure and said, "It's Lin Yuxi!"

I nodded and walked briskly around the corner again.This side is a dead end, blocked by a wall at the bottom and a side door on the side wall.Because the Lin family is quite big, this side door must be convenient for ordinary access.Ji Mingmei and I rushed to the alley, but the side door was closed tightly, but Lin Yuxi had disappeared.

We stood still, thinking that he had gone through the side door.He is the original head of the Lin family, so it is not surprising that he has the key to the side door.Ji Mingmei hesitated for a moment, and said, "Lin Yuxi sneaked back to Lin's house at this time, it must be because of Lin Yubin's murder, should we go to Lin's house to see?"

She said, maybe because she was afraid that I would think she was busy, and added, "The Lin family was also a member of the Six Arts Association, and the several people who died one after another were related to the Six Arts Association's case of missing books back then, so it's not like we are meddling. Besides, the clues of the Wenling landslide also point directly to this place."

I nodded and didn't say anything. Just as we were about to turn around and leave, someone suddenly said in a trembling voice, "Is Yu Bin dead?"

The voice did not come from the side door. When we turned around suddenly, we saw a face protruding from the wall blocking the alley. The face was not very clean and the hair was messy. It looked like a man. Beggar, but if you look carefully, you can see that he is indeed somewhat similar to Lin Yubin.

"Are you Lin Yuxi?" We didn't expect him to be right next to him.Looking at this appearance, it seems that he has been walking outside with this appearance all these years. No wonder Manager Lin said that he did not want to return to the Lin family, for fear of tarnishing the Lin family's lintel.

Judging from his tone, he didn't know that Lin Yubin had been killed.I raised my head and said to him, "Since you didn't know that Mr. Lin was killed, why did you suddenly come back to the Lin family?"

"I've been near you all the time, and when I heard the sound of crying from home, and saw the second lady crying panickedly when she came back, I was worried that something happened to Yubin, so I wanted to take a sneak peek, but found someone following behind. "Lin Yuxi said anxiously, "He...how did he die?"

I told him everything related to Lin Yubin's murder. Lin Yuxi clenched his fists and said through gritted teeth, "Is the Yuan family trying to use their own bodies to punish others?"

The deaths of Yuan Chumo and Lin Yubin seem to have something to do with strange powers and chaos, isn't it just a way to punish others with their own bodies?It's just that Yuan Chumo's death has been solved by us, but we don't know how the Yuan family did Lin Yubin's death.The two families are so far apart, it is far-fetched to say that the Yuan family set fire to Lin Yubin to death.

Lin Yuxi looked pained, thinking that he was saddened by Lin Yubin's death.I couldn't help asking him: "You haven't seen Mr. Lin for many years, and now that he's gone, don't you go see him?"

"The Lin family has been scholarly for generations, and it is a decent and innocent family. What I have done these years is shameful, and I have no face to go back and shame my ancestors." Lin Yuxi said in pain, "It's just that I didn't expect to live and die with my younger brother so far. It’s me, the elder brother, who didn’t take good care of him!”

"What have you been doing all these years, and you dare not even go back home?" Ji Mingmei asked curiously.

Lin Yuxi glanced at her, "You come from Yanzhi Town, do you know that its predecessor is Caoxi Town?"

When we heard him mention Yanzhi Town suddenly, our eyes widened suddenly. He really followed us all the way!Lin Yuxi must have known what we were thinking, and said again: "I didn't follow you all the way. After you arrived in Yanzhi Town, something happened to Qi, Quan and other five families, so I went to inquire about it and learned that you were inquiring It was only after the Wenling landslide that I recognized you."

"So you've been in Rouge Town all this time, do you know that someone in the town goes to Wenling to create landslides every year?" What I want to say is, if he knew, why didn't he inform the Wen family to organize the landslide.

"I heard about the Wenling landslide, but I didn't know anyone in the town was involved in it." Lin Yuxi said, "I stayed in Yanzhi Town because Caoxi Town was destroyed by me."

"What, Caoxi Town was destroyed by you!" Ji Mingmei and I exclaimed at the same time.I remember Bu Ying said at the time that it was because two small warlords exchanged fire there, which led to the destruction of Caoxi Town. Why did Lin Yuxi say that this matter was related to him?
"The real founders of Yanzhi Town are the couple from He's Shaodong family, don't you know?" Lin Yuxi said, "20 years ago, the Donglin Thatched Cottage was stolen, and the special paper used by the Six Arts Association to appoint the leader was lost. The three people who were in the Lin family at that time The guests, one is Mrs. Wen, the other is Yuan Chumo, and the other is Mr. He, the father of the young owner of the He family."

I have never figured out why those people were the participants in the Wenling landslide.For example, Wu Hanxiang from Heshang Town, and Mrs. Qi from Yanzhi Town, they actually had nothing to do with the Wen and Wei families, but somehow got involved.Now hearing what Lin Yuxi said, I suddenly realized that all the things we encountered along the way are related to each other!

(End of this chapter)