The whole family escaped from famine and accidentally occupied land

Bai Zhao was staring at the expression of the scholar opposite him, and beads of sweat were already appearing on the scholar's face.

"The man in front of me is called Lin Ge, with the courtesy name Yu Ru. He was Bai Zhao's former classmate, and the son of that master."

"His sister Lin Fuer was Bai Zhao's childhood sweetheart, and she married into the Qian family."

"I've looked through my original body's memories, and I found that Lin Fu'er was quite short of money. But the Qian family she married into was considered a wealthy family in Ping County, so logically they shouldn't be so greedy."

Bai Zhao thought about the information in his mind and sent it to Bai Jingzhi.

Lin Ge picked up the teacup beside him, took a few gulps, and his face returned to normal.

He clenched his fists, revealing his inner unrest.

Bai Jingzhi digested the news from Bai Zhao with a slightly frown on his face.

She was sitting alone in the carriage resting, with no one around to interrupt her thoughts.

It turns out that Bai Zhao and Lin Fuer eloped. Is there some hidden story behind this?

Is this Lin Chrom also involved?

"Dad, ask him quickly while he's distracted."

Bai Jingzhi quickly sent a message to Bai Zhao.

"Lin Yuru, when I got married to Wei, it was you who was involved, right?"

Bai Zhao listened to his daughter's instructions and did as she was told, without mentioning the fact that Lin Fuer had tricked him into eloping in order to get his money.

The entry point he found was fifteen years ago.

"You guessed it! As expected, you finally saw through Fu'er's tricks."

Lin Chrom took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

"Minghui, do you know that I have envied you since I was a child?"

Bai Zhao was stunned when he heard this. He stopped staring at the teacup and looked at Lin Ge. "Envy? What?"

"Of course it's your talent! My father said that you are the best disciple he has ever taught."

Lin Ge and Bai Zhao are of similar age. They have studied together since childhood and are equally good in academics.

Lin Fuer is one or two years younger than them, and the three of them grew up together.

Mr. Lin never encouraged Lin Fuer to study and never taught her to read.

Mr. Lin did not do well in the imperial examinations and spent the rest of his life teaching.

More than half of the scholars in Ping County have received guidance from the old man.

Mr. Bai and Mr. Lin were scholars of the same class and they had some friendship.

When Mr. Bai's health deteriorated, he specifically asked Mrs. Bai to send him to the Lin family's school to study.

The two men had some friendship. Mr. Lin lamented that the Bai family had a hard life and only accepted a symbolic salary.

Bai Zhao went to school when he was five or six years old and studied at the Lin Family Academy for nearly ten years.

During these ten years, Bai Zhao and Lin Ge were fellow students and best friends.

With Lin Chrom around, Bai Zhao and Lin Fuer gradually became familiar with each other.

In his spare time, Bai Zhao taught Lin Fuer how to read, and over time the two fell in love.

Mr. Bai was naturally happy to do so, and Mrs. Bai was reluctant but couldn't refuse.

The Lin family helped the Bai family a lot. Old Mrs. Bai originally wanted her youngest son to pass the imperial examination before arranging a marriage for Bai Zhao, so that he would have a girl from a good family to marry him.

Unfortunately, the two of them secretly got married, and Old Lady Bai could do nothing about it.

Bai Zhao and Lin Fuer were engaged when he was twelve years old, but the marriage was never made public.

The two families privately agreed that if Bai Zhao passed the imperial examination, their wedding would be celebrated with great fanfare.

Three years passed in a flash.

During the three years, Bai Zhao was still the young man who studied hard. He didn't know that the Lin brothers and sisters had other ideas.

Bai Zhao became famous overnight and became the youngest scholar in Ping County, and also the top of the list.

Lin Chrome came in second.

Bai Zhao quickly went over all these past events in his mind.

When he searched through his original body's memories before, he didn't pay special attention to these things. He just took a cursory look at some things he thought were important.

The incident happened in Lingzhou City.

It is also the place where Bai Zhao and Wei Hongmian met.

Men and women do not sit at the same table.

That year, Lin Ge had diarrhea on the way and left him there.

At that time they had just arrived at the banquet and had not yet reached the place where the male guests gathered.

Lin Chrom told him to go first and not to wait.

It turned out that Bai Zhao had a good sense of direction, so he had to ask his servants for directions.

The servant pointed out the direction and let him go on his own.

No one showed him the way.

Passing by the lotus pond, Wei Hongmian was struggling in the water and was about to sink to the bottom.

Bai Zhao didn't care about the difference between men and women and jumped into the water to save people.

Later, when people were rescued, the two of them became the focus of attention.

Bai Zhao covered Wei Hongmian with his coat and prepared to leave.

At that time, Lin Ge came, and with him came a scholar of the same period.

"You did it on purpose back then, didn't you? You didn't have diarrhea at all. You arranged for that servant to do that."

Lin Ge didn't say anything, just looked at Bai Zhao quietly.

After a long time, he said:

"Brother Minghui, how do you feel about stopping at the scholar level?"

"Is this why you hurt me?"

Bai Zhao put himself in the shoes of his original self and felt that it was not worth it.

Because of making the wrong friends, I ruined my future.

"Brother Minghui, if you think so, then it is!" Lin Ge turned his head away, avoiding Bai Zhao's sight.

"Dad, there must be something else. This guy's eyes kept blinking and dodging. He is lying."

Bai Jingzhi on the other end of the video had been keeping an eye on Lin Ge, and finally she discovered the flaw.

"Could it be that you did this for Lin Fuer? She's secretly pregnant with someone else, and for the sake of the Lin family's reputation, you're just scheming me to break off the engagement?"

Bai Zhao was just testing him, but Lin Ge's performance made him more certain that he was tricked by someone back then.

"How is that possible! My sister and brother-in-law love each other, but it is based on love and courtesy, and they have never done anything out of line."

Lin Gu was anxious and let the clue slip.

"Dad, don't say anything yet. I have a guess."

Bai Jingzhi quickly sent a message to Bai Zhao, "The Lin family only has a school, how can they have such great power in Lingzhou City? Since they dare to harm you and mother, it must be related to mother."

"Xiang Lian'er and mother are cousins. She set fire to mother that year. Could it be her?"

"You and mother have been at odds with each other for many years. Could it be that Xiang Lian'er is also causing trouble behind the scenes?"

Bai Jingzhi's ideas provided Bai Zhao with new ideas.

"Your guess might be true. No wonder Lin Fuer acted strangely when she was with her original body these years."

Bai Zhao replied to his daughter and started to deal with Lin Ge.

Bai Zhao cleared his throat. "I thought you were a man of high moral character, and your children were of the same stature. I am really disappointed! Since you want to cancel the engagement, you can just say so openly. Why tarnish your reputation?"

The original body's inability to recover was also related to this.

With his original talent, he wouldn't have lived a muddle-headed life in a small county town.

When Old Master Lin was mentioned, Lin Ge glared at him, "Don't bring this up with my dad. My dad treated you well. It was you who focused on studying hard and ignored my sister. Otherwise, how could these things have happened?"

Bai Zhao gave him a meaningful look, "Putting the blame on someone else? It's obviously you who were at fault first! What benefit did Xiang Lian'er give you?"

When the words "Xiang Lian'er" came out, Lin Ge's face turned pale. Then he sat up straight and asked, "Who is Xiang Lian'er?"

"Still playing dumb in front of me. Xiang Lian'er is the current Imperial Concubine Lian!"