Marrying Gold and Jade

"No."

Lin Yu's mouth seemed to speak faster than his brain.

The thought "Xu Jinxuan is the fifth prince" flashed through her mind, but she still couldn't believe it.

Or rather, unwilling to believe it.

Her solemn expression showed that she was not in a peaceful mood. Lin Yu now had only one thought, to go back and find Wan Ying, and force her to say something this time.

When they got home, there was a sedan waiting for them at the door, but Lin Yu thought it was too slow, so he walked in by himself.

Although Lin Ji didn't know what she was in a hurry about, he had just agreed in the teahouse that he would find Wan Ying to clarify.

The two of them went straight to Changrui Pavilion. It was even the first time for Lin Yu to enter this courtyard. Because Wan Ying was confined to the house for disobeying the order, the door was locked.

"Open the door."

Xiangqiao had to take care of people's daily life, so she held the key in her hand, answered "yes" and went forward to unlock the door.

As soon as the door opened, she screamed when she saw the scene inside and immediately moved aside.

Just as Lin Yu was about to look inside, a pair of hands came from behind and covered his eyes in time.

"No need to look." Lin Ji's voice sounded above his head.

Even with his hand covering her face, the strong smell in the room did not sound unfamiliar to her.

There is blood. There should be a lot of blood in this room.

"No..." She hurriedly pushed Lin Ji's hand away, and saw Wan Ying lying in a pool of blood.

Moreover, blood was oozing from all seven orifices, and he died with his eyes open.

He looked extremely miserable.

Seeing that she was determined to step forward, Lin Ji had no choice but to say in a deep voice: "Don't touch her yet, wait for the coroner to come and perform an autopsy."

Lin Yu nodded blankly, then slowly squatted down in front of the corpse.

Wan Ying lay on the ground with her arms over her head, her eyes still open looking at her right hand.

The five fingers were stretched somewhat stiffly.

On the other hand, her left hand was clenched into a fist.

That was the answer she gave herself, and Lin Yu understood it.

When she was asked whether the person behind the scenes was the Fifth Prince, she refused to answer.

Now she has become a corpse, and she has left this clue.

"It's the fifth prince."

By the time the people from the yamen cleaned up the scene and took Wan Ying's body back for examination, night had almost fallen.

Lin Yu didn't have lunch. After seeing that kind of scene, he really had no appetite to eat.

Lin Ji personally brought in the meal prepared in her small kitchen, and heard her muttering these words.

"I asked her before whether it was the Fifth Prince who ordered her to do so. She refused to admit it then, but now she is telling me."

But Lin Ji was confused by his words, "Then how did you guess that she was instructed by the Fifth Prince?"

After all, she had started to inquire about that person's whereabouts a long time ago.

Lin Yu wanted to explain, but how could he explain those things in his past and present lives?

The only person who came back with me, she is dead.

She opened her lips several times, but in the end she only said, "I just know it."

Perhaps it was because she had seen such a bloody scene, or perhaps it was because she had not eaten well all day, her originally rosy cheeks looked pale.

Lin Ji couldn't bear to see this, so he just said, "Eat something first."

"Lin Ji," Lin Yu held his hand as he put down the dishes, "Is it like I guessed? The fifth prince wants some money to return to the palace, so he has set his sights on our family."

The man had no choice but to sit down next to her. "What you said makes sense, but it's just talk. We have no evidence."

What's even more helpless is that even if there is evidence to prove that Wan Ying had an affair with the Fifth Prince, it was Lin Jianchang who volunteered to take Wan Ying home, so what can be done to him?

"What should I do..."

Mingyuan is gone and Wanying is dead.

The fear of being pierced by a sword surged up in her body again, causing her to tremble slightly.

"He wanted to marry a daughter of the Lin family, and Wanying died... Then, I am the only one left..."

Lin Ji listened to her talking to herself, and seeing that she was so frightened that tears welled up in her eyes, he stepped forward and hugged her in time.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid."

Without questioning her inexplicable words, Lin Ji leaned her head against his shoulder and stroked her back to comfort her: "I am here, I will protect you."

"I don't want to marry him."

Wan Ying is her chess piece, and he can even kill his own people at will.

Although Lin Yu had never seen him, whenever he thought of him, a bloody blade would appear in front of his eyes.

She said it again: "I don't want to marry him!"

"If you don't want to marry, then don't marry."

When Ruan entered her daughter's room, she saw this scene: the petite girl was sobbing in a man's arms, and the man was coaxing her very patiently, wiping her tears from time to time.

She didn't go in for a while.

Ruan heard about the evening reception. People from the government office also came. Fearing that her daughter might be scared, she came to check on her late at night.

But I didn't expect that someone else would coax me first.

I used to think this adopted son was cold and aloof, but I didn't expect that when he tried to coax people, he would be so patient and careful.

"Cough-cough-"

Hearing a clear cough outside and catching a glimpse of his mother's figure, Lin Yu hurriedly got out of her arms.

"Why is mother here?"

It sounded like she came at the wrong time.

"With such a big thing happening at home, I was worried that you would be scared."

Lin Yu was embarrassed and shy when she was caught behaving intimately, but Lin Ji was calm and handed her the handkerchief before turning around and calling her "mother".

Ruan asked him, "Are there any progress on the matter of Changrui Pavilion?"

Since Lin Jianchang is not at home, Lin Ji is the most trustworthy man in the family, so she doesn't have to make two trips.

Lin Ji said: "Today is a rush, and we can only conclude that he died of poisoning."

"Poison?" Ruan was shocked. "Has the food been tested?"

She turned to look at the food on the table. Fortunately, they did not eat together recently. The meals were prepared by the small kitchens in each courtyard.

Lin Ji replied calmly: "We have tested everything. The food is not poisonous. As for how they poisoned people, we will wait until tomorrow..."

He thought about it but still didn't say the word "autopsy".

Ruan nodded, then changed her tone to something strange: "His precious girl is gone, so he doesn't plan to come home?"

She was asking about Lin Jianchang, and Lin Ji took some time to figure out what she was talking about.

"Something went wrong in my father's shop recently. I'm afraid I just learned the news." Lin Ji added, "Don't worry, mother. I'm at home."

Ruan sighed softly.

"It's good to have you."

Otherwise, she and her daughter, two women and children, would have to live in fear.

After all these things were said, Ruan did not ask about the scene she saw when she entered the house. She only said to her daughter: "Dinner has not been eaten yet?"

Lin Yu wiped away her tears and nodded.

Ruan didn't ask her why she was crying. Her daughter knew it herself. She was afraid of thunder. She heard that something happened in Changrui Pavilion today, and it was she and Lin Ji who discovered it first, so she couldn't help but be scared for a while.

"It's okay, I have mother and you..." Ruan's brother turned around and spoke again, "With me and Aji here, Yu'er won't be afraid."

Although Lin Yu nodded, he still couldn't suppress the fear.

However, Lin Ji noticed the change in the woman's attitude and nodded slightly at her.