Chapter 41: Turning the Tables on the Enemy's Army

  Counter-attack with one army

  It's hard to be a bad person, but it's even harder to be a good person. Being a hypocrite who appears to be good on the surface but is actually not is truly the most difficult thing of all.

  At this moment, Yin Ruofei knew how difficult it was for Rong Jingze to be a good person.

  One must be proficient in playing the zither, chess, calligraphy and painting; one must also master the use of swords, spears, lances and halberds.

  Rong Jingze set up a temporary study for Yin Ruofei, with a desk piled high with books, stacked higher than a person. Rong Jingze said that in the half month he stayed here, he must lay a good foundation for him.

  Yin Ruofei sat down beside the desk, looking at the stacks of books that were taller than his head, and was utterly stunned. "Brother Rong, are these all things I need to learn in just half a month?"

  "Ah?" Rong Shi looked at him and said, "No."

  Yin Ruofei secretly let out a sigh of relief.

  "This is what you need to learn by this afternoon in half a month."

  "Morning?" Yin Ruofei suddenly stuttered a bit, "Then afternoon..."

  Rong Shili revealed a hint of a smile, with endless sinister intentions, "In the morning, I practice horseback riding and archery, in the afternoon, I read books, in the evening, I practice sword fighting, at night... serve my master."

  Yin Ruofei almost jumped up in anger, did he still have the breath for this?

  "Brother Rong, I still have to go to school and practice my skills in the morning."

  "What are you practicing?" Rong Shi smiled, pulling Yin Ruofei's collar to lead him out the door. At the entrance, three young men with different appearances were already waiting, and Rong introduced them one by one.

  "Xin twenty-eight, main attack fist and foot. Jiang five, main attack swordsmanship. Ming twenty-one, main attack riding and shooting, they will be the objects that assist you in practicing your skills."

  "Is it a teacher?"

  "Of course not." Rong Shiyi smiled slightly, "I'm just a teaching assistant, the teacher is someone else."

  "Then who taught you internal skills, Brother Rong?"

  I.

  Before Yin Ruofei could wake up from this matter, about Lin Hui'er falling into the water, Rong Jingze had already investigated seven or eight parts of it.

  Yin Ruofei found that anything placed in Rong Jingze's hands became unusually simple, but unfortunately, this strength was not something he could borrow. As Rong Jingze had said, to borrow someone else's power, one needed to pay the corresponding price, and now he was penniless and unable to afford it.

  When Yin Ruofei arrived, there was already a guest in the small open house of He Xiangyuan. When Yin Ruofei looked up, he found it was his cousin Lin Yun'er.

  Lin Yun'er had just arrived and saw Yin Ruofei smile slightly, turn around and bow to Rong Jingze, "Your Highness Ze, the young woman has paid her respects."

  "Lin, we're not strangers, no need for formalities." Rong Jingze still looked lazy, but his eyes were sharp and alert. He turned to look at Yin Ruofei who was standing stupidly on the side, "Fei'er has already met Lin's sister, right?"

  "Yes." Yin Ruofei nodded. He was indeed a bit stunned and hadn't expected that the prince would know his cousin.

  "Now that it's come to this, I won't hide it from you either." Rong Jingze smiled and said, "Let Lin Niang speak instead. After all, your nephew is now also one of us."

  Lin Yun'er stood up and bowed, "Congratulations, younger brother."

  "Uh..." Yin Ruo Fei awkwardly smiled, following Zhe Qin Wang was indeed not bad, just looking at the studies he arranged, it's clear that he was cultivating him as one of his own. It's just that he wasn't sure if he could really learn with his own qualifications.

  With Rong Jingze's order, Lin Yun'er told her story smoothly.

  Months ago, Lin Yun'er took the opportunity to secretly take out several letters written by her father and sent them to different places. One of the notes was obtained by Rong Jingze.

  She has rarely gone out since she was a few years old, but this is only the surface phenomenon. In fact, she has disguised herself as a young servant girl and has been out many times.

  It all started with the Lin family. The eldest son of the Lin family, Da Lin, had been bedridden for many years due to poor health, and his condition had almost reached a critical point.

  Mrs. Lin was disheartened after Old Master Lin's death, and when Big Lin passed away, she completely took to her bed and never got up again. This direct line of descent had lost its mainstay. The power in the Lin family, however, had long ago fallen into the hands of Concubine Mei.

  The two sons of Hua Niang in the mansion were almost unopposed, while Lin Jia's eldest son and his wife's daughter, who should have inherited the family business, were strictly guarded, as if isolated from the outside world. Even on ordinary days, no one thought about it, no one mentioned it, and even the servants only had a few old servants who came with them.

  Yin Ruofei suddenly realized, why Lin Yun'er was dressed like that. He was probably afraid that his uncle didn't have much money either, and he wouldn't dare to dress his daughter up in a way that would attract trouble.

  What kind of trick did this flower aunt use to make Lin's house so heavily guarded?

  Lin Yun'er sighed when she heard Yin Ruofei's inquiry, "This matter has been the case since Grandfather was alive."

  Old Master Lin was born with a gentle nature, but he didn't have any great abilities. He had married one wife and two concubines, and at home, it was all about romance and pleasure.

  Both legitimate and illegitimate daughters were generally raised, and both legitimate and illegitimate sons were also generally treated. The two daughters married the Marquis of Yin together. Except for the youngest son, all others had achieved success and fame. For a time, Old Master Lin was praised by people.

  But behind this praise, it's not so beautiful after all.

  Since the eldest son of the Lin family's body deteriorated day by day, the old lady could only take care of her son, and the power was handed over to Huajie. Mr. Lin was fascinated by Huajie's usual gentle and charming manner, and he didn't know that this move made the entire Lin family lose its balance.

  Mr. Lin died suddenly, Mrs. Lin also died suddenly, and their eldest son, Lin Zhenzu, was barely clinging to life. The old lady was almost in despair, and these days were getting worse by the day.

  With his wife and daughter having no one to rely on, Lin Zhenzu gritted his teeth and wrote those letters, instructing his daughter to take them out. If they were discovered, she might as well not come back, just disappear.

  At this point, Yin Ruofei had already had a lot of doubts in his heart. His uncle and grandmother were both so seriously ill, hadn't they asked for a doctor? Moreover, this matter seemed fishy, making him suspect something was amiss.

  "It seems you haven't gone crazy yet." Rong Jingze hummed, tossing over a crumpled paper ball that was the size of a thumb, which surprisingly shocked Yin Ruofei's hand and made it ache.

  Unfolding the paper ball, there was a beautiful fly-head small script on it, and the content of the narrative made Yin Ruofei extremely surprised.

  "Is this, is this true?" If things were really as the note said, then it would be a big deal and also make sense, after all why Madam Hua could hold on to Lin's house.

  Rong Jingze gave him a white eye, "Isn't this what you're looking for? Otherwise, how would I have ended up here?"

  Yin Ruofei knelt down on both knees, "Your Highness, I guarantee on behalf of my father and grandmother that the Town Jiang Marquis Manor is loyal to the court and has no second heart towards Your Majesty."

  The contents of the note were too shocking and thrilling, Yin Ruofei's face had already turned pale, and her whole body was covered in cold sweat.

  At the moment when Yin Ruofei knelt down, Lin Yun'er also knelt beside him.

  Rong Jingze finally managed to get up, walked over to the two of them and let out a sigh, using his toes to nudge Yin Ruofei's leg, "Get up."

  "Your Highness."

  "Get up!" Yong Jingze's voice was cold and stern, and Yin Ruofei immediately got up obediently.

  Rong Jingze looked at the two people standing with their heads bowed and couldn't help but let out a cold snort, "If you don't doubt someone, they won't doubt you. Since I've come here and used you both, it means I trust you. How about you, do you not trust me?"

  "Thank you, Your Highness."

  "I didn't call you over here to talk about that," Jingze said with some annoyance, waving his hand. "Miss Lin, tell us what you know."

  "Yes, Your Highness." Lin Yun'er bowed and recounted the events at the flower appreciation party. "In fact, although I followed Lin Hui'er in the past, it wasn't me who pushed her into the water."

  "Has elder sister seen anyone?"

  "She's a little girl, about the same age as me, but she's too far away to see clearly." Lin Yun'er also felt some regret, if only she had been closer at that time and blocked the girl, she would have been able to clear her name of the slander that had fallen on her.

  Yin Ruofei went over things in her mind.

  Kobayashi held a flower viewing party, during which Hayashiya and Zuishin got into an argument and hit Rinuno. Later, Hayashiya ran out of the garden and was pushed into the water, with the blame being shifted to Rinuno.

  Yin Ruofei sneered, Lin Yun'er and Rui Xin both had suspicions, why did he only mention Lin Yun'er. It was just that Lin Yun'er was impossible, but Rui Xin, although young, had always been spoiled and similar to the previous him. To say that she was willful and stubborn by nature was certain, but killing someone, especially her own cousin, seemed unlikely as well.

  Yin Ruofei furrowed his brow, could it be that there was a third party involved?

  "This matter will just be left unsettled if older cousin grits her teeth and refuses to admit it, anyway they don't have evidence, in the end it'll probably just be dropped."

  "Good." Lin Yun'er nodded after hearing Yin Ruofei's words and backed out.

  Rong Jingze looked at Yin Ruofei and asked, "Do you have any ideas in mind?"

  "I think this thing..." Yin Ruofei said what he thought, and Rong Jingze nodded in rare approval, praising him a few words.

  Yin Ruofei returned to his room, still feeling uneasy in his heart, as if something was about to happen. Sure enough, not long after, he saw a young servant sent by Yin Haicheng.

  "Dad, Second Aunt." Yin Ruo Fei arrived at the guest house and saw Yin Hai Cheng and Xiao Lin Shi sitting in the upper seat, while Lin Hui Er and Lin Yun Er were also there. He roughly understood what was going on in his heart. However, he did remember the words that Rong Jing Ze had told him, and looking at the expressions of several people, they seemed to be innocent.

  Yin Haicheng had seen many people, and he knew very well what kind of expression a person with a guilty conscience would have, and what kind of expression a person with a clear conscience would have.

  At this moment, looking at Yin Ruofei's innocent and bewildered expression, Xiao Lin was already three-tenths disbelieving.

  "Fei'er, I'm asking you, do you know that girl standing next to us?" Yin Haicheng pointed to Lin Yun'er standing on his right side.

  "Understood." Yin Ruofei nodded.

  Kobayashi's face lit up with joy, and he quickly withdrew, turning his head to shout sadly: "Lord Hou!"

  "When did you meet?" Yin Haicheng's face was slightly stunned. Daling had been in poor health in recent years, and his youngest son had hardly left the Hou Mansion, while Lin Yun'er had also come once when she was a child.

  At that time, it was Fei'er's hundredth day, and relatives and friends were invited. The old lady of the Lin family brought her granddaughter to see her daughter. So many years have passed, he can't recognize them, how can Fei'er recognize them? Is it true what Zhen and Xiaolin said, that these two cousins, in this Marquis's residence, plotted against Lin Hui'er?

  "It was just now." Yin Ruofei smiled. "Grandma knew that our cousins hadn't met before, and there's a big difference between men and women, so she called us over to get acquainted."

  "So that's how it is." Yin Haicheng's mind was completely at ease.

  Actually, when I went to school today, there was a servant who called out for the young master to return and see his cousin. Yin Ruofei's face turned slightly red, "Later, the young master thought that there were many ladies visiting the mansion today, and he was afraid of causing trouble, so he wanted to postpone it. Unexpectedly, Prince Wang sent someone to invite him, and the young master returned with Gong Da Ge."

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