Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 150 Lin Chaoyang Cleans Up the House

"grandfather!"

Lin Ming called out affectionately, reined in his horse immediately, got off the horse, and ran towards Lin Chaoyang.

Facing the villagers standing on the side and staring at him covetously, Lin Ming didn't care at all. After all, he had cultivated his energy, and these farmers in the village were no match for him.

"Grandfather, I am sorry for wronging you."

Lin Ming walked up to Lin Chaoyang, and the several warriors who were originally standing behind Lin Chaoyang disappeared at some point.

But even without these warriors, the villagers of Linhu Village did not dare to take action.

Xing Huaifeng, who was also on a horse, had eyes as sharp as a tiger, bringing great pressure to these villagers.

"Kneel down."

Lin Chaoyang looked at his eldest grandson and suddenly spoke.

Lin Ming was startled. Aunt Lin immediately winked at him and urged him, "Silly child, your grandfather blames you for not coming back to see him for so long. As the eldest grandson of the Lin family, even if you are busy practicing martial arts, you should take time to visit your grandfather."

After getting guidance from his mother, Lin Ming finally realized that this was probably how his mother explained it to his grandfather.

At that moment, Lin Ming knelt down in front of Lin Chaoyang with a bang, acting like a filial grandson.

Su Lingchuan and others who arrived shortly after were all expressionless when they saw this scene.

"Master Xing, you asked me to wait here, didn't you just want me to see this scene?"

Su Lingchuan was already prepared to break off relations with Lord Xing, and his words were no longer as polite as before.

"Lin Ming!"

Xing Huaifeng didn't care about Su Lingchuan's attitude. His target was Lin Chen. As long as he had solid evidence to prove that Lin Chen had a bad character, it would be enough. As for Su Lingchuan's disrespect to him, it would not be too late to settle the account later.

Lin Chen had poor moral character, and Su Lingchuan, as the director of the Military Affairs Institute, failed to notice it, so he should be blamed.

Hearing Xing Huaifeng's shout behind him, Lin Ming also reacted and grabbed Lin Chaoyang's legs with both hands: "Grandfather, you have been wronged in the village during this period of time. Your grandson has brought Lord Xing here. Lord Xing is the director of the Military Administration Department. You just need to tell the truth about how Lin Chen disrespected you, and Lord Xing will make the decision for you."

After Lin Ming finished speaking, Xing Huaifeng scanned the entire audience and even turned back to glance at Su Lingchuan and others.

"From this moment on, except for this old man from the Lin family, don't blame me for being ruthless when others speak!"

Xing Huaifeng said this because he was afraid that Su Lingchuan and others would speak up and threaten the old man from the Lin family. Although he was the director of the Military Administration Department, it was still too far away for the villagers. The common people at the bottom might not have even heard of this official position.

In comparison, the director of the Wuzheng Office and the county magistrate, and even the constables, the common people at the bottom are more afraid of them. The former is the biggest official they have ever heard of, and the latter is the official they have come into contact with.

Su Lingchuan was indeed ready to speak, and so was He Ruyun, but after Xing Huaifeng said this, the two looked at each other and chose to remain silent.

Since Xing Huaifeng had made his statement, if the two of them spoke up, it would be giving Xing Huaifeng an opportunity to take action.

"Grandfather, Lord Xing is a high-ranking official in the city. You can speak with confidence while he is around." Seeing that his grandfather did not respond, Lin Ming smiled and comforted him.

"Old man, I am the director of the Military Affairs Department of Raozhou Prefecture, in charge of the martial arts education of the entire Raozhou Prefecture. You don't need to have any scruples, just say whatever you want. With me here, no one can hurt you and your family."

Xing Huaifeng looked at Lin Chaoyang with a gentle smile on his face. Lin Chaoyang looked at him with his cloudy old eyes and nodded: "Thank you, sir. What do you want to ask?"

"Someone reported that your grandson was unfilial to you. Is this true?"

"Ah."

Lin Chaoyang nodded, Xing Huaifeng was delighted, and Lin Ming and his mother could not hide their joy on their faces.

Become!

Su Lingchuan and others standing behind Xing Huaifeng became serious. If Lin Chen's grandfather said that Lin Chen was unfilial, even if there was a hidden story in it, it would be enough for Xing Huaifeng to take advantage of the situation.

"Old man, please tell us how Lin Chen was unfilial to you, so that we can all be witnesses."

Xing Huaifeng felt relieved and no longer as anxious as before. He asked Lin Chen's grandfather to tell everyone about Lin Chen's unfilial behavior, and the matter would be settled.

"Sir, when have I ever said that Lin Chen was unfilial to me?"

Lin Chaoyang suddenly spoke, but took out a dagger from somewhere and stabbed directly at Lin Ming in front of him.

This sudden change shocked everyone present.

No one expected that Lin Chaoyang, an old man who was about to die, would actually have a dagger hidden in his arms, let alone that he would stab his grandson Lin Ming with the dagger.

Although Lin Ming had cultivated his energy, his reaction was not quick, and he never expected that his grandfather, who loved him the most, would actually attack him. He was caught off guard and was stabbed directly in the chest by the knife.

"What are you doing, old man!"

Aunt Lin, who was supporting Lin Chaoyang, saw that her son was stabbed. She didn't care about anything else, pushed Lin Chaoyang away, and immediately went to support her son.

"Ming'er, are you okay tomorrow?"

This cut had already exhausted all of Lin Chaoyang's strength. After being pushed by Aunt Lin, the old man fell directly to the ground.

Xing Huaifeng stood there with a sullen face. He Ruyun saw this and immediately scolded him, "What are you people from Linhu Village doing? Why don't you help the old man up?"

Zhao Zanghu, with his mouth slightly open, suddenly came to his senses and quickly ordered the villagers to help Lin Chaoyang up.

"Chaoyang..."

Zhao Zanghu looked at Lin Chaoyang with complicated eyes. The Lin family had experienced the incident of the money house demanding debts and selling land, and the whole village knew how much the grandfather Lin Chao was partial to his eldest grandson.

After that, Lin Chen began to show his talent and won good places in the martial arts hall again and again, making Lin Chaoyang a laughing stock in the village.

Zhao Zanghu was also dissatisfied with Lin Chaoyang's old age and confusion, until Lin Chen later won the first place in the March competition. That night, Lin Chaoyang talked with him for an hour in the old house.

At first he thought Lin Chaoyang wanted him to persuade Lin Chen, but later he realized that he was wrong.

Lin Chaoyang invited him to his home just to tell him one thing.

"Lin Chen has resentment towards my grandfather. I don't blame him. This is the retribution I deserve."

"When I was young, I also went to the county town and heard the stories told by Mr. Shuosheng. Before a person becomes famous, being sneaky and cunning is nothing, but once he becomes famous, someone will seize on this point. I asked the eldest brother to inquire about it. It seems that the Wuzheng Institute also has requirements for the moral character of students. Among them, being unfilial to elders is a moral violation."

"I asked the village chief to come here, not to ask him to help me persuade Lin Chen to consider his future and make peace with me, his grandfather."

"I just want to ask the village chief to help the villagers keep their mouths shut and not spread the news about our Lin family. Lin Chen has gone far in martial arts and will definitely offend many people. We need to be careful not to let others know about this and use it against this child."

Zhao Zanghu had a judgment in his heart that Lin Chaoyang really regretted treating Lin Chen like this.

This time someone reported Lin Chen for being unfilial. If it was someone else, he would not be afraid at all. Lin Chaoyang had already regretted it and would definitely not say bad things about Lin Chen, but the key was that the person who reported it this time was Lin Ming.

Lin Chaoyang's most beloved grandson, the eldest grandson of the Lin family's eldest branch, he was not sure whether Lin Chaoyang would change his mind again when facing Lin Ming.

According to Daliang law, false accusation is a serious crime, especially false accusation against a talented student like Lin Chen.

Would Lin Chaoyang really give up Lin Ming, whom he had loved for more than ten years, for Lin Chen?
Zhao Zanghu was not sure at first, until the hidden meaning revealed in Lin Chaoyang's previous words made him feel a little relieved. However, he did not expect Lin Chaoyang to do such a surprising thing.

"Old man, what are you doing?" He Ruyun said helplessly: "I am the magistrate of Poyang County, why do you have to do this?"

He Ruyun didn't care how ugly Xing Huaifeng's face was. As a senior official, he had the right to speak when someone was committing a crime on the spot.

"Your Excellency, I am an old man who failed to educate my children well. This scum has come out of my family. For a little money, he kidnapped and sold a child from the same village. If it weren't for my Lin Chen who found the child, how could my Lin family still have the dignity to stay in Linhu Village?"

At this moment, Lin Chaoyang's old eyes were like a tiger's eyes, staring at Lin Ming, while the villagers of Linhu Village were in an uproar.

When Qianqian disappeared, it caused a stir in the village, but after Qianqian was found, the incident gradually died down and no one talked about it anymore.

Although many villagers guessed that it might be related to Lin Ming, for Lin Chen's sake, everyone pretended not to know. Unexpectedly, Lin Chaoyang took the initiative to say it today.

There was a dagger stuck in Lin Ming's chest, blood was flowing out of the wound, his face was already pale, and his whole body was twitching when he heard these words.

"I, Lin Chaoyang, was blind in this life. I thought that the eldest grandson of my Lin family was my Lin family's Qilin child. In order to support him to study martial arts in the martial arts hall, I emptied the money of the second and third sons' families, and even forced the Lin Chen family to pay off the debt."

"Today, in front of the adults, I will not hide it. Lin Chen has returned to the village several times recently. The village has set up buffets, but I did not go. It's not that Lin Chen is unfilial, but I don't have the face to eat at this banquet. As a grandfather, I am not worthy of it."

As soon as Lin Chaoyang said this, the eyes of Su Lingchuan and others behind him lit up.

This statement is equivalent to denying Lin Chen's unfilial behavior.

"Even though I, as a grandfather, am so partial, the second and third sons still send me food and clothes. Otherwise, if I had relied on these two, the money in the family would have been spent and I would have starved to death long ago."

After saying that, Lin Chaoyang looked at Xing Huaifeng and said, "Sir, I thank you for sending the scum Lin Ming back and giving me a chance to clean up the Lin family. As for the fact that I killed someone, I will let you deal with it. But I have a request, and I hope you can fulfill it."

Bang bang bang!
Lin Chaoyang pushed away the hand of the villager who was supporting him, knelt down suddenly and kowtowed to Xing Huaifeng: "Lin Chen is a miserable child. With my biased grandfather, he didn't have enough food and clothes for the first fifteen years. Now he finally made a name for himself in martial arts, but was reported by this scum. I suspect someone is targeting Lin Chen behind the scenes. I hope you can find out who is behind it."

Xing Huaifeng's face was extremely gloomy. What Lin's grandfather said had a hidden meaning.

"Don't worry, old man. Lin Chen is a student from Poyang County. As the director of the Poyang County Military Affairs Institute, I will investigate the person behind this and will never allow anyone to secretly target students from Poyang County."

Su Lingchuan also stood up at the right time, and at this moment Zhao Zanghu glanced at Su Lingchuan and He Ruyun. He had already seen clearly that these two adults were on Lin Chen's side, but Director Xing had a higher position, so the two adults could not say it too obviously.

The Director of the Military Affairs Department was indeed a very high official, so high that a village chief like him might not be able to meet him once in his lifetime. Even if he could, he would probably only see him from afar at some celebration. But he knew that there were people with higher official positions than this Director!
"It's so hard to produce a genius in Linhu Village. Who is it that is plotting against Lin Chen from our village? He is trying to dig up the roots of our Linhu Village!" Zhao Zanghu was furious. "Sir He, when Mr. Jiang left our village, he specifically told us to inform him if there were any younger people in the village who were making progress. I thought it was too early for Lin Chen to join the martial arts hall, so I didn't tell Mr. Jiang. But now someone wants to deal with Lin Chen, and they are trying to make things difficult for the entire Linhu Village."

"I dare not trouble you to worry about such a small matter. Although I am old, I can still walk. Even if I can't walk, I will crawl to Raozhou Prefecture to find Mr. Jiang and seek justice for Linhu Village."

After saying that, Zhao Zanghu looked at the villagers behind him and said, "If I die on the road, you will continue to go. Unless all the villagers are dead, you must go to Mr. Jiang's house to ask for justice for Linhu Village, even if you have to beg for food."

Do you really think that no one in my Linhu Village can be bullied?

Zhao Zanghu was also furious. No matter what grudges there were between Mr. Jiang and Linhu Village, these adults in front of him didn't know about it, so he started to pull out the tiger skin.

When Xing Huaifeng heard what Zhao Zanghu said, he frowned, but didn't take it to heart.

He is just a juren. He was also a juren back then.

"Sir Xing, the Mr. Jiang that Linhu Village is talking about is Sir Jiang Duanchao." Su Lingchuan said softly.

Swish!
Xing Huaifeng's face changed instantly. He had naturally heard of the name Jiang Duanchao. Some people were Juren because they could only reach the Juren standard, and some people were Juren because the highest rank in the Xingdao Wuju was Juren, there was just a difference in ranking.

He didn't know that Jiang Duanchao was from Linhu Village, he only knew that Jiang Duanchao was from Raozhou Prefecture.

"I was reckless in this matter and believed the words of the villain. However, I came here in person to investigate this matter, which also proves Lin Chen's innocence."

No matter how unwilling he felt, Xing Huaifeng had to accept this result.

If the people of Linhu Village really make a big fuss, this matter will be impossible to resolve.

Looking at Lin Ming, whose lips were trembling due to excessive bleeding, Xing Huaifeng flicked his fingers and a ray of dark energy shot out and landed on Lin Ming's abdomen.

This hidden force is enough to kill Lin Ming.

Once Lin Ming died, the matter ended.

After all, he was a seventh-rank warrior, so neither Su Lingchuan nor He Ruyun noticed Xing Huaifeng’s attack.

"Ming'er, Ming'er, what's wrong with you? Don't scare your mother."

Aunt Lin found that her son suddenly spit out blood, his eyes rolled back, and he stopped breathing. She exclaimed in surprise.

Su Lingchuan and He Ruyun looked at each other, and first looked at Xing Huaifeng. After all, Lin Chen's grandfather was an elderly man. Although the knife had stabbed him, Lin Ming had cultivated his energy and would not die so quickly, so it was Xing Huaifeng who secretly took action.

This is to silence the witnesses and not allow for investigation of the person behind the scenes.

"Such a scum deserves to die."

Xing Huaifeng sensed the prying eyes of Su Lingchuan and He Ruyun, and snorted: "Sir He, since you are the county magistrate, you will be in charge of the next matter. I will return home first."

Xing Huaifeng no longer wanted to stay here, but what he didn't expect was that when he turned around and left, no one followed him, even the directors of the military administration offices in other counties were indifferent.

Zhang Wangshan and the others did not look Xing Huaifeng in the eye, but they knew in their hearts that Xing Huaifeng's position as the director of the Military Administration Department might be unstable.

It would be fine if it could really prove that Lin Chen was unfilial, but now this trip proves that Lin Chen is filial.

Regarding this matter, the powerful people in Poyang County will certainly mobilize all their connections to report it to the Wuzheng Hall, including the old director... I am afraid that Lord Xing will become the director with the shortest tenure in Raozhou Prefecture.

Even if it was not for the purpose of appeasing the major families in Poyang County, even for the sake of the face of the Military Administration Department, since a director personally targeted a student and was slapped in the face, the Military Administration Department had to transfer Xing Huaifeng.

No one moved. Xing Huaifeng was too embarrassed to bear the shame. As a director, he had to go back to Raozhou Prefecture alone?
What a shame!
"Will you stay in Poyang County? I have just taken office and will ask you about the status of martial arts education in various counties."

Xing Huaifeng looked at Zhang Wangshan and others. Zhang Wangshan and the others looked at each other. Well, this man is at least the director of the Military Affairs Department for now. Even if he may leave office tomorrow, they naturally have to follow him in the name of official business.

They came with a mighty force, but when they left, only a few light cavalry were left.

"Lu Hai, you are the mayor of Kaohe Town. You should discuss the next matter with the old village chief. I and others will return to the city first."

He Ruyun glanced at the scene. Lin Chaoyang stabbed Lin Ming, a scum, which was part of the family's cleansing of scum and did not violate the laws of Daliang. If they stayed here, it would only restrict the villagers of Linhu Village. He believed that Lu Hai knew what to do next.

"Don't worry, sir. I will learn more from Village Chief Zhao." Lu Hai understood it immediately. The county magistrate asked him to discuss it with Zhao Zanghu. Lin Chaoyang was naturally not guilty, and there was only one person who needed to be dealt with.

Lu Hai glanced at the woman holding Lin Ming's body with a cruel look in his eyes.

There was a great genius in the family, but he turned out to be a traitor. If it was his own daughter-in-law, he would have had his servants beat her to death with sticks.

This woman cannot be kept!
He Ruyun left with the government office and the patriarchs of the major families. Su Lingchuan looked at Zeng Qingyao. Zeng Qingyao nodded and ran towards the lakeside of Linhu Village with several museum owners.

Just when they arrived, they saw several figures leaving quietly.

I didn't chase them before because I was worried about the situation here. Now that there are no problems here, those people are most likely sent by the person behind the scenes. We can't let them get away.

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"Chaoyang, why do you have to do this? Just leave it to the adults to deal with."

All the outsiders left. Zhao Zanghu supported Lin Chaoyang, who looked very old at the moment. "It is my Lin family that has produced this scum. I am sorry to everyone. Naturally, I have to clean up the mess."

As early as yesterday, when his eldest daughter-in-law told him about Lin Ming's plan, he was already completely disappointed in Lin Ming. This child is hopeless.

He was being used without knowing it. He knew Lin Chen. If Lin Chen knew about this, he would definitely rush back. Rather than letting Lin Chen bear the stigma of killing his brother, it would be better for him, as the grandfather, to be the bad guy.

Lin Ming must die. In order to delay the mother and son, he pretended to be willing to cooperate. But he also took advantage of his eldest daughter-in-law's inattention to pass a note to his little granddaughter who came to see him. If things change, the second and third children who see the note can also take the note to prove Lin Chen's innocence.

This is also the reason why no one from the second and third sons’ families came out when things got so serious today.

There is no need to let them see family slaughter again.

"Hey, your eldest daughter-in-law?" Zhao Zanghu asked in a low voice.

Lin Chaoyang glanced at his eldest daughter-in-law and said, "People who betray the family should be thrown into the lake."

"Okay, Chaoyang, go back and have a rest. I'll take care of things here."

Zhao Zanghu was not surprised. Lin Chaoyang could kill his most beloved grandson, so he would naturally show no mercy to his eldest daughter-in-law.

Such a vicious woman really cannot be kept!

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The ancestral home of the Lin family.

Lin Chen's second uncle's family, as well as Lin's father and mother, looked at their father dragging his exhausted body and hurried forward to support him.

They had already heard from the villagers about what happened at the entrance of the village. Plus, their father had Xier pass a note yesterday, so the two families were not that shocked.

"Dad, sister-in-law and Ming'er brought this upon themselves. Don't blame yourself too much. Brother will definitely understand you when he comes back."

"Second brother, let's not talk about this. A few days ago, I asked someone in the village to go to the tailor shop in town to make a dress. It should be ready by now. Please go to town and bring it back for me."

"New clothes?"

Er Bolinhe didn't expect his father to mention new clothes at this time, but he still nodded in agreement.

"Everyone go back, let me be alone in the old house, Xiaoliang, help me in."

The old man really couldn't walk anymore. He looked at Lin Liang with expectation in his eyes. Lin Liang hesitated for a while, and when the old man's eyes gradually became disappointed, he finally took a step forward and held the old man's hand.

"Okay, that's great."

Feeling the warmth from his grandson's hands, the old man smiled.

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Three hours later.

That night!

Lin Chaoyang, dressed in new clothes, sat upright on an old armchair in the main hall of the ancestral home. Lin Liang held the old man's left hand, Lin Hui held the old man's right hand, and the little granddaughter Lin Xi nestled between the old man's knees.

The old man had a smile on his face, but there was a hint of regret in his eyes.

A quarter of an hour later, crying sounds were heard from the Lin family's ancestral home.

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At the special training ground, Lin Chen looked up at the sky. For some reason, he felt uneasy while practicing martial arts today.

(End of this chapter)