The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 166 Poppies (15)

What did Lin Yuxi come to see the second wife for?
Among the people present, Yuan Haowen and Mrs. Lin did not know that Lin Yuxi had returned, so Mrs. Lin's face changed a little, "The horned beast appeared in the second lady's room? It was her...she killed my father !"

I shook my head and said, "Not necessarily." Then I shouted loudly, "Second Madam! Second Madam!"

For some reason, the second lady didn't respond.I felt something was wrong, and was about to call again, when Mrs. Lin pushed the door open.It's not easy for us to set foot in the women's boudoir, so only Ji Mingmei followed her in.After a while, it seemed that the second lady had already dressed, so Ji Mingmei came out and said to us, "Come in."

I went in with Yuan Haowen and Guanshi Lin.As soon as I entered, I saw a burner of incense burning on the table, and the fragrance was fragrant.I'm not used to smelling incense, so I sneezed several times as soon as I entered.The second lady was neatly dressed and sat on the chair beside the table. She was originally heartbroken over Lin Yubin's death, but now she was frightened by the horned beast, and her face was frighteningly pale.

"What is the horned beast looking for you for?" Mrs. Lin asked first, her tone a bit hostile.

The second lady said blankly: "Uncle is back."

These words immediately revealed the truth about the cause of Yuan Chumo's death. Since it was impossible for Lin Yubin to appear in the thatched cottage when Yuan Chumo died, it was naturally Lin Yuxi who appeared at that time.The two brothers looked alike, Madam Lin and Yuan Haowen naturally knew, so they asked almost at the same time: "Where is he?"

"I just went out." The second lady seemed a little confused, "He brought a wooden cat...then...is that a horned beast? The horned beast listens to him..."

Although she didn't speak very clearly, after Mrs. Lin and Yuan Haowen listened, they undoubtedly became more certain that Yuan Chumo's death was related to Lin Yuxi.This may be the reason why Lin Yuxi couldn't show his face in front of people. Now Mrs. Lin is the mistress of the Lin family, but he is the real culprit of her father's death, so he can't face Mrs. Lin.

When Mrs. Lin heard that Lin Yuxi was still in the Lin family, she immediately became excited, "He returned to the Lin family but didn't come to see us. He killed Yu Bin, and my father was also killed by him, right?"

In her heart, she may very much hope that Lin Yubin's death has nothing to do with Yuan Haowen, so once she learned that Lin Yuxi's father's death was related to Lin Yuxi, she naturally placed Lin Yubin's death on Lin Yuxi.

The second lady murmured: "Is Yu Bin's death related to him? I don't know...I don't know..."

When she said this, her face was still extremely pale, and she seemed to be speaking to Mrs. Lin, but also to herself.Seeing her look so bad, I couldn't help feeling a little worried.At this moment, Mrs. Lin didn't get any rebuttal, she became more emotional, and she became more and more sure that Lin Yuxi had something to do with Lin Yubin's death. Dang even clamored for Steward Lin to search the house to find Lin Yuxi.

The truth of the matter is unknown, and I can't say anything for Lin Yuxi.What's more, Yuan Chumo's death was indeed Lin Yuxi's handwriting, so I kept my mouth shut, and never revealed that I had met Lin Yuxi.

Steward Lin was a little confused for a moment, and he might not be so convinced that Lin Yuxi was innocent anymore, so he hesitated and looked at Mrs. Lin in a daze for a while.Seeing that he was stunned, Mrs. Lin immediately scolded him twice.Manager Lin came back to his senses, and hurriedly left the second lady's room with her.

Yuan Haowen naturally followed suit, and the three of them began to search for Lin Yuxi all over the house, but left Ji Mingmei and me in the second lady's room.Originally, we should have gone out with them, so it would be rude to stay in the room like this.But since Mrs. Lin didn't say anything, I had something to ask the second lady, so I stayed brazenly.

Seeing that we didn't leave, the second lady also looked strange. She saw that we didn't speak, and seemed to be waiting for us to speak.I looked at her for a while, I thought she would be a little flustered, but the eyes of the second lady were calm, even a little peaceful.This is the look in the eyes of a person with peace of mind. I looked at her for a while, and almost began to doubt my guess.

"Mr. Lin went to the bookstore to ask you about Lin Yuxi's whereabouts, but after he left the bookstore, he went straight back to the study room. Did you tell him something?" Ask her.

"He asked about my uncle's whereabouts. I didn't know, but I lied to him that my uncle had left him a letter in the study. He also said that my uncle told me that if he asked, I would ask him to look for it in the study." Two Madam smiled sadly, and reached out to brush her long hanging hair.I was a little surprised that she was so frank.

"So, you actually killed Mr. Lin, didn't you?" Ji Mingmei said softly, but she couldn't hide the surprise in her voice, "But, don't you love him? The previous concern for him was all a fake from?"

"I'm afraid the second lady made up her mind to kill Mr. Lin because she was too emotional for Mr. Lin." The second lady didn't make a sound, so I answered for her.

By now, I naturally guessed that Lin Yubin was indeed killed by her hands.As for the time, it will be almost the same as when Yuan Haowen burned the paper figurine, but it is purely a coincidence.Seeing me say that, Ji Mingmei also looked at me suspiciously.

"Do you still remember what you said to me last night? You said that Mr. Lin raised an outer room outside. No one thought it was a big deal. Even Mrs. Lin didn't say much. But for the second lady, That might be the big deal.”

"So... that's why you... killed your loved one?" Ji Mingmei was so stunned that she could hardly speak, and the look in her eyes when she looked at the second lady became strange.

"Do you know?" The second lady smiled slightly, making her look even more desolate against her pale face, and even her voice was a little hollow, "He said he would treat me well, so I did everything I could to redeem myself and follow him Going home. I thought this was a destination, but who would have thought that, I exhausted everything and just rented an empty boudoir for myself."

Tears fell from the corners of her eyes as she spoke, and for some reason, I suddenly felt that these tears had color, and were as pale as her face.When a fig tree is torn off a piece of skin, milky white sap will also ooze from the tree.The fig tree can also hurt, but the tree can't scream when it hurts, it can only ooze juice silently.

The second lady would also be in pain, but she didn't yell—maybe, no one would listen to her if she yelled.

"When I first came to the Lin family, everyone in the Lin family felt that I had defiled the lintel of the Lin family, and they didn't allow me to enter through the gate." The second lady's tone was calm, but she looked a little dazed, "It doesn't matter, since they don't allow it, then I will go through the side door alone. Just walk in. I thought to myself at that time, I don’t live with other people, so it doesn’t matter what they think of me. As long as the person who promises to be nice to me is really nice to me, my wish will be fulfilled.”

Ji Mingmei and I looked at each other, thinking that when she walked in through the side door, maybe she was dissatisfied.Everyone looked down on her, but she had confidence in her heart, and felt that the person she entrusted would be different from everyone else, so she would fight back the contemptuous gaze for her.However, the person she trusted finally let her down.

"After entering the Lin family, everyone treated me indifferently, and he was the same. I thought, after all, there is a big woman in the family, so it's no wonder he treats me like this. It doesn't matter, since I have entrusted myself to He can guard him now, and a little grievance is nothing."

As she spoke, she stopped and looked at us, with a faint self-mockery on her face, "I didn't know until I heard that he kept an outer room outside, so everything has nothing to do with others. Yes, everything has nothing to do with others It's not because of the old lady that he neglected me, nor is it because of the lintel that he allows others to despise me. It's all because he doesn't care about me. I have been in the Lin family for 20 years, and I only understand this truth today."

Maybe she didn't understand this truth today, but before that, she could find an excuse to comfort herself.When the news came that Lin Yubin was adopting a concubine, she could no longer comfort herself.This news may not be fatal, but it is the last straw that crushes her.

"It's really strange," the second lady said softly, "You say, since he doesn't care about me, why did he take me home? I didn't pester him."

There was a puzzled expression on her face, as if she was really a little strange about Lin Yubin's behavior back then.Seeing this, Ji Mingmei couldn't bear it, so she responded aloud: "Perhaps he was sincere when he brought you home. It's just a matter of two people, and it doesn't necessarily have to do with only two people. There are some things after he returned to Lin's house." It’s possible that it will change.”

"Probably." The second lady seemed to understand a little bit, then changed the subject and said to me, "How did you know that I did this?"

"I don't know, but I met Lin Yuxi. He told me to find out the truth about Mr. Lin's death, but he came to you instead, so I guess you did it."

"Oh, my uncle did conclude that I did the thing, but he didn't do anything to me. Instead, he asked me why." The second lady tilted her head and said, "I told him what I just said, guess what? What's the matter? He was silent for a while, saying that the Lin family was sorry for me, and asked me what my future plans are."

"Then what about you, how did you answer him?" Ji Mingmei asked.

"What plans can I have?" The second lady suddenly laughed, "I had a promise with him, since he is gone, I will naturally be widowed for him. You see, he betrayed me, But I don't blame him. I always forgive him...always forgive him."

She was almost muttering to herself when she said that.Ji Mingmei and I looked at her satisfied face, and suddenly felt creepy.She killed Lin Yubin, maybe it was because of this white-headed covenant, in order... to keep him a widow!
We were all silent and didn't speak. It took a long time before I suppressed the trembling in my heart and said, "Lin Yuxi didn't do anything to you, but just now deliberately asked you to speak up. Do you want to take all these things on yourself?"

"That's right. He said that since he doesn't plan to go back to the Lin family, he should take all these things. The Lin family is sorry for me, and this is all he can do for me. "

I silently listened to what the second lady said, thinking that Lin Yuxi knew who the murderer of Lin Yubin was after listening to my words yesterday.He has seen a lot over the years, and the second wife was the only one who went to the study room yesterday except for Lin Yubin, so there are some details that we can't see, but he may have spotted them at a glance.

He saw it, but didn't reveal it in front of us, presumably he had guessed the motive of the second lady's murder and wanted to cover it up for her.From this point of view, although he has done many things that should not be done in recent years, he is not as irritable and irritable as we imagined, and he will not easily anger others.

Lin Yuxi would not return to the Lin family, and Madam Lin and the others naturally couldn't find him.The two murder cases of the Yuan family and the Lin family probably ended up like this.This may also be the best ending for the matter. Everyone's resentment is on him, and the rest of the people will naturally be able to live well.

At this time, the second lady suddenly said: "The uncle said something before he left, he said that the lady will definitely blame him for everything, so as to let go of the accountability of myself, which is also very good."

We all went to see her when we heard the rumors, and the second wife said, "If it wasn't for her, how could Mr. Yuan enter the thatched cottage 20 years ago to steal books? Therefore, she is mostly responsible for the current situation of the Lin and Yuan families. I also vaguely know it, but I don’t want to admit it. So the uncle said, let him bear these charges, at least it won’t let Madam’s relationship with the Yuan family be severed.”

This is why Mrs. Lin was so eager to draw a conclusion, and Lin Yuxi had already anticipated her thoughts.I thought in my heart that I had great admiration for Lin Yuxi.

"If you're so honest, aren't you afraid that we will reveal this?" Ji Mingmei asked her.

"If you want to speak out, you won't wait for Madam and the others to leave to ask me about these things." The Second Madam replied in a daze, as if she didn't really care whether we would disclose these things.

"Then how did Mr. Lin die, can you tell us? Why did you enter the study several hours ago, but you were able to light the study several hours later?" I finally asked.

"It's nothing," the second lady replied, pointing to the incense burner on the table. The incense sticks emitted curling smoke, gently and slowly, "I lit a stick of incense for him. The incense burner was sprinkled with white phosphorus. , the chairs, and the ground are all covered with white phosphorus. White phosphorus is the easiest to catch fire. When the incense stick burns to the end, it will cause the white phosphorus to catch fire, and the study will be on fire. After the white phosphorus burns, there will be a pungent garlic smell. It was said that there was a smell of garlic at the scene, so it was obvious immediately.”

The second lady replied calmly, "I ordered agarwood for him. I like agarwood the most in my life, so I used this favorite incense to send away my favorite person. That's great, isn't it?"

(End of this chapter)