Time Travel: Did My Sister-in-Law Get Slapped in the Face Today?

You've fallen for their trap.

Li Lan spoke calmly.

"Heh, keep making things up!"

Qin Wu, however, looked at Li Lan with smugness and disdain: "Refusing to plead guilty only makes the crime more serious!"

Zhao Tanyue asked, "What do you mean?"

She did indeed have some doubts about this case.

Li Lan glanced at the scout and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this person was captured in the kitchen, and coincidentally broke a jar of vinegar?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Tanyue's eyes lit up instantly, but she shook her head: "It wasn't in the kitchen. This person was disguised as a vinegar merchant. During the struggle when he was captured, a bunch of vinegar jars were indeed broken."

Li Lan nodded again and said, "I see. Then this person must have more than just this one letter on him, right?"

Zhao Tanyue said, "We've checked. All the other letters are normal family letters, but your letter has something hidden inside."

Li Lan said, "You're wrong."

"The other letters are the secret messages he truly intends to deliver!"

Before Zhao Tanyue could answer, the Northern Hu spy they had brought in suddenly roared, his body bursting with unimaginable energy. The steel chains binding him were torn apart, and he leaped up and pounced on Li Lan!

They're completely reckless!

"Broken mountain!"

Lin Zheng shouted loudly!

Tie Poshan was already beside Li Lan. At this moment, he stepped forward, thrusting out with his single arm. A strong wind seemed to surge in the air as he and the spy met each other's blows.

bump!

Tie Poshan was indeed as still as a mountain, but the powerful force that erupted still sent Li Lan flying backward, crashing into Lin Ruobing's feet, spitting out blood.

The Northern Hu scout, after exchanging a blow with Tie Poshan, seemed to have exhausted all his life force and took a few steps back. He stared at Li Lan with undiminished killing intent in his eyes, but he was too weak to fight any longer and immediately fell to the ground, already dead, his body torn into five or six pieces!

This scene happened too quickly and too cruelly, and all the guests in the room changed their expressions drastically.

"What...is going on?"

"Hasn't this person already been caught?"

"He's willing to die to kill Li Lan, could it be that what Li Lan said is true?"

Once they realized what was happening, all the guests started to speak.

Zhao Tanyue's face flashed with anger as she said, "Lord Qin, this person is under your jurisdiction to arrest and detain him!"

Qin Wu's expression changed drastically as he said, "I failed in my duty. I had already pierced his collarbone, but I truly did not expect that he would possess such an evil skill..."

"Do you know who he is?" Zhao Tanyue's pretty face darkened.

"I don't know..."

"I know!"

Zhao Tanyue said coldly, "The last strike this person used was the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique. If I'm not mistaken, he is the remnant of the Northern Barbarians who attacked and killed the Empress back then, Yu Shiyi, a master of the Northern Barbarian Heavenly Demon Hall! His target in the capital is the royal family!"

She became famous throughout the world because of that battle back then, so she was extremely familiar with the experts of the Heavenly Demon Hall and could not be wrong!

Upon hearing this, Qin Wu was horrified and immediately knelt down, cold sweat pouring down his face: "This subordinate truly did not know, this subordinate has failed in his duty, this subordinate has failed in his duty!"

Zhao Tanyue did not let him stand up, but continued coldly, "This person is already a first-class expert, how could you have captured him so easily? Now it seems that his capture was intentional!"

"Yes, that's right. In a month, His Majesty will hold the Qingtian Ceremony. At that time, His Majesty will release all the prisoners in the death row on Qiudao Mountain to show his benevolence. He will then have the opportunity to get close to the royal family and even His Majesty... Lord Qin, you should be glad that this is the Lin residence today, and not Qiudao Mountain! You should also thank Li Lan..."

Qin Wu prostrated himself on the ground, trembling with extreme fear, "Your subordinate deserves to die a thousand deaths, a thousand deaths!"

At the same time, he hurriedly turned around, knelt down before Li Lan, and kowtowed repeatedly: "Thank you, Young Master Li Lan, for saving my life!"

He was truly panicked, completely panicked.

This is a huge matter. If Yu Shiyi really manages to get to the Seeking the Dao Mountain, even Qin Wu's entire clan won't be enough to wipe him out.

All the guests present were stunned at that moment!

How could such a huge conspiracy be hidden behind a death row inmate?

"If Li Lan hadn't revealed his secret and forced him to take action, the royal family would have been in grave danger!"

"too frightening!"

The crowd was in an uproar.

Lin Zheng stared at the pile of mangled corpses, his eyes flashing with anger, his fists clenched.

Zhao Tanyue ignored Qin Wu and instead looked at Tie Poshan, the one-armed steward of the Lin family, her beautiful eyes filled with respect!

She had heard of Tie Poshan's formidable reputation on the battlefield, and seeing him now, she was no less impressive than before!

But her gaze lingered on Tie Poshan for only a moment before she looked at Li Lan behind her and asked, "Is Young Master Li Lan alright?"

The way we address each other has changed!

Yu Shiyi, a master of the Heavenly Demon Hall, made a desperate counterattack before his death, revealing his true intentions and exposing the flaws in this frame-up scheme.

If Li Lanzhen was truly an accomplice of Yu Shiyi, why would he thwart Yu Shiyi's plot to attack the royal family? And why would Yu Shiyi risk her life to kill him?

On the contrary, Li Lan has actually made a great contribution this time!

Li Lan collapsed to the ground, feeling his breathing become erratic and unable to catch his breath. He managed to say with difficulty, "Wife, quick, help your husband up..."

He said to Lin Ruobing beside him.

Lin Ruobing's face was already complicated, but when she heard Li Lan's address, she couldn't help but feel annoyed. However, with everyone watching, she naturally had to play the role of the older sister, Lin Ruoxue. So she helped Li Lan up, gritted her little tiger teeth, and said, "Husband, are you alright?"

"fine."

Li Lan naturally placed his hand on Lin Ruobing's shoulder, almost as if he were embracing her.

In public, this was certainly inappropriate, but all the guests were still shocked by the recent events and were extremely curious about and even admired Li Lan, so no one cared about these details.

"Young Master Li Lan, you're saying we've fallen into a trap, and that the other secret letters are the real ones? I'd like to hear the details."

Zhao Tanyue's eyes were extremely solemn.

For this letter, the experts of the Heavenly Demon Hall did not hesitate to give up the opportunity to assassinate the royal family on the Mountain of Seeking the Dao, and were willing to risk their lives to protect it... What exactly is this letter?

This could very well be related to the fate of the entire Dali Dynasty's court and nation!

"Bring over the other secret letters, and you'll find out."

Li Lan said.

Zhao Tanyue nodded: "Go back to the department and get those letters over immediately."

One of his men quickly left.

But soon, the subordinate came running back with a grim face: "Lord Zhao, something terrible has happened... The office is on fire, all the letters have been burned, and we only managed to salvage this half-sheet of paper!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Tanyue's usually icy expression changed for the first time, and her pupils contracted slightly: "What? The department is on fire?!"

Her sharp gaze swept across the entire room in an instant, carrying a scrutinizing intent.

The Northern Hu master just died, and the secret of the letter was just revealed by Li Lan, and then the department caught fire. What does this mean?

Even the Secret Service... has a mole within it?

Her heart sank to the bottom!

The Dali Dynasty was plagued by corruption and chaos. The current emperor was obsessed with seeking immortality and even changed the era name to "Xianxian" (meaning "Immortal Manifestation"). He neglected state affairs, and internal uprisings were rampant. External threats came from the Northern Hu and the Eastern Yi. Her secret service was like a pillar and a sharp blade in a precarious situation, but now...

"Young Master Li, is there anything else you can glean from this half-sheet of paper?"

She took a deep breath, not defeated by the bad news, but instead ignited a fierce fighting spirit. She gritted her teeth, picked up half a piece of paper, stepped forward, and presented it with both hands.

Everyone was awestruck. Who was Zhao Tanyue? Trusted by the royal family, she held immense power and had executed countless corrupt officials under the imperial sword. To everyone, she was like a high and mighty Grim Reaper, an untouchable iceberg.

But now, he treats Li Lan with such respect!

But Li Lan hesitated for a moment, did not answer, and glanced at Lin Zheng.

This matter was likely to involve court infighting, and now that experts from the Heavenly Demon Hall were also involved, Li Lan was completely unaware of the court's situation. Now that he had cleared his name of treason, whether or not to help Zhao Tanyue was a question he needed to consider.

What unpredictable trouble might arise if I help Zhao Tanyue?

Having navigated the ups and downs of officialdom for many years, Lin Zheng was well aware of the situation, so Li Lan wanted to see what Lin Zheng was thinking.

Just then, Lin Zheng's gaze also turned over, and there seemed to be a hint of approval in his eyes before he nodded.

Li Lan then said, "If I'm not mistaken, the secret messages on these Hu spies are all written with alum. Once written with alum, they will disappear without a trace, but if you wipe them with vinegar, the contents of the secret messages will be revealed."

"This letter was indeed written by me on behalf of the women in the brothel, but they had already written these military intelligence messages with alum before the letter paper arrived."

"He was carrying several secret letters. When you captured him, he deliberately wet the letter I wrote to him with vinegar. This way, firstly, he could sneak into the death row and get close to Qiudao Mountain, and secondly, your secret service would shift its focus to the Lin family and stir up a power struggle in the court of Dali, giving them a chance to do other things."

Li Lan recounted them one by one.

Actually, there's one more thing he didn't mention: behind this Hu master... there might not just be more than just the Northern Hu.

The power and status of someone who could plant spies in the Lin family mansion to poison Li Lan, and who could also set fire to the secret intelligence agency to burn real secret letters... is hard to imagine.

In the shadows, an unfathomable dark force remains hidden!

Zhao Tanyue was overjoyed and hurriedly asked someone to bring her vinegar. She immediately wiped the vinegar on the paper. Sure enough, some words appeared on the ordinary letter paper that had been checked countless times. The more she looked at it, the more she frowned, as if it was difficult to decipher.

After all, only half a sheet of paper remains, and the information is incomplete.

She looked up at Li Lan, and at that moment, she subconsciously regarded Li Lan as her savior.

However, Li Lan coughed lightly and said, "I am seriously injured and need to rest. If you gentlemen are alright, please come to the Lin residence to have a drink to celebrate my and Ruoxue's wedding. I cannot accompany you..."

"My lady, help me back to the bridal chamber!"

He said to Lin Ruobing.

Li Lan had absolutely no interest in the contents of the letter!

Avoid trouble and eat more rice!

How to investigate the case afterward is a matter for the Secret Service. He has no intention of getting involved in the political turmoil of the Great Li Empire.

Lin Ruobing looked at Li Lan, her beautiful eyes filled with complex emotions and curiosity. She nodded and gracefully helped Li Lan back to her room.

Close the door directly.

Outside the door, the guests all felt a sense of lingering interest. The various upheavals at the Lin residence today were truly like a grand drama, full of unpredictable twists and turns and endless mysteries.

Many people were even curious and eager to know what the secret letter contained, especially since everyone could see that Zhao Tanyue probably hadn't found any useful clues... and the only person who could probably find clues was Li Lan.

Li Lan refused to take the bait and left, leaving everyone somewhat disappointed.

"This Li Lan... is truly extraordinary!"

"I used to think that General Lin was blind to choose such a poor and shabby boy as his son-in-law... Now I realize that he had a discerning eye to recognize a hero!"

"General Lin has truly found a fine son-in-law!"

Many people lamented.

Zhao Tanyue looked at the closed door to the bridal chamber, hesitant to speak. She really wanted to rush in and drag Li Lan out.

But since he was unwilling to help and get into trouble, how could she force him? Besides, he was the son-in-law of the General of the State, and Zhao Tanyue couldn't force him.

She sighed and turned to Lin Zheng, saying, "General Lin, I am truly sorry for troubling you so much today."

Lin Zheng smiled slightly: "Lord Zhao, you are too kind."

"A small token of my congratulations on your marriage!"

As Zhao Tanyue spoke, she took a jade pendant from her waist and solemnly handed it to the steward, Tie Poshan, saying, "I am deeply grateful for Young Master Li's kindness today, and I will remember it!"

After saying that, she left with her entourage.

Everyone in the room gasped in astonishment.

That jade pendant was Zhao Tanyue's personal possession, and she actually gave it away...

This means it's a favor!

If Li Lan ever needs anything in the future, he only needs to visit her with the jade pendant, and she will probably have no choice but to help him!

"To have Lord Zhao's favor... is truly enviable!"

"Among the many powerful officials in the court, even getting an audience with Lord Zhao is difficult, let alone establishing a connection with him..."

"This son-in-law of the Lin family is extraordinary!"

The guests who came were all famous and influential people in Kyoto, but at this moment they couldn't help but feel envious!

Li Lan is definitely going to become famous in the capital today!

"Brother Lin, you're really not being fair! You've got such a worthy son-in-law, yet you've kept it a secret for so long, not revealing a thing! If it weren't for today's unexpected turn of events, which allowed everyone to witness Li Lan's brilliance, we would all have believed the rumors were true, and that Li Lan was just a weakling who was just trying to make a living..."

A close friend joked with Lin Zheng, "It seems that Li Lan has a bright future ahead of him!"

Lin Zheng smiled slightly and said, "You flatter me. Li Lan is merely quick-witted. What future is there to speak of? To be honest, Li Lan's meridians are blocked, and he will never be able to cultivate martial arts in this lifetime!"

He sighed and said to an old man in the crowd, "I once asked Imperial Physician Liu to examine his health."

The old man nodded, stroked his beard, and said, "That's right, Li Lan's body is no different from that of a cripple. His physique is poor, and he will never be able to cultivate martial arts in this lifetime!"

As soon as this statement came out, the whole audience was in an uproar!

Imperial Physician Liu was not only a court physician but also a master of martial arts. He had seen it with his own eyes, so there was no doubt about it.

"Pity."

"So that's how it is... Then one's achievements in this life are destined to be limited."

"They may have some intelligence, but if they can't pursue martial arts, they're still just ants."

Many people secretly shook their heads.

In the Great Li Dynasty, martial arts are revered, and wisdom is still admirable. However, without martial arts skills, one is like a useless person with no future and can only become a civil official at best!

Lin calmly drank a glass of wine, looking completely composed!

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Inside the bridal chamber.

"How do you know that secret letter is real or fake?"

Lin Ruobing spoke eagerly and curiously.

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