Jian Zhaoxing

Chapter 178 Double Agent! A Cunning Plan!
To be precise, it was his name in the Lin family.

She slowly looked up, only to see Lin Congli's face: "Master...Master!?"

Not only Lin Congli, but when the servant looked up, he saw Lin Zhiqing, Lin Yangyang, and Lin Shi'an were all there!

Before he could even speak, the world spun around him, and Lin Shi'an lifted him up.

Soon, the group arrived at Lin Congli's courtyard.

"boom!"

Lin Shi'an threw the object on the ground without any hesitation.

Lin Yangyang was very angry and pointed at the unanswered question on the ground:
"No, Qing told me at the beginning that someone would definitely get restless tonight, but I never expected that person to be you!"

"You've been with my father since you were little, and he's treated you well. Why would you betray the Lin family?"

Lin Shi'an grabbed Lin Yangyang's arm, signaling her not to get too excited.

Lin Zhiqing? Did Lin Zhiqing discover my whereabouts?

They shouldn't have looked at Lin Zhiqing, who was sitting calmly drinking tea.

Unable to answer Lin Yangyang's question, he slowly reached for his waist.

Before he could reach the thing at his waist, Lin Shi'an kicked his hand away.

Upon seeing this, Lin Zhiqing raised an eyebrow slightly, but remained silent.

Then, Lin Shi'an took out the small jade bottle that shouldn't have been on his waist; inside was a poison pill.
"Do you really think that dying will end this matter after you've done such an inhumane and unjust thing?"

"To settle it?" Lin Congli's expression remained unchanged.

But his grip on the chair and the slight rise and fall of his chest indicated that he was extremely angry at that moment.
"You shouldn't keep spitting out dirty water. I picked you up from the pile of beggars and gave you this name so that I could teach you to be upright and honest!"

Is this how you repay me now?

He should have gotten up, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed twice to Lin Congli, but he never said a word.

Lin Zhiqing knew what was going on and slowly said, "Since you have already betrayed me, why are you kowtowing and pretending to apologize?"

"Are you hoping my uncle will save you again?"

Upon hearing this, Ying Bu's pupils contracted, and he pursed his lips slightly, as if Lin Zhiqing had seen through him. He turned his head away without replying.

Seeing this, Lin Zhiqing slightly curled the corners of her lips.

If he hadn't been so stubborn and had simply died the moment he was discovered, Lin Zhiqing would probably have had even more respect for him.

But why was the poison hidden in the waist instead of the mouth?
Why didn't you just swallow the poison and die in that cave?
His actions just now clearly demonstrated an exceptionally strong will to survive.

As long as there is a will to survive, things will be much easier.

At first, Lin Zhiqing had people block the straw back, intending to test this idea.

Indeed, after returning from the execution ground at the market entrance, Lin Zhiqing secretly had his cousin inspect every corner of the Lin family home.

Because she always suspected that there were other forces working within the Lin family.

This inspection did indeed uncover several problematic areas.

Aside from the royal family, Liu Mang must have also placed people in the Lin family.

Otherwise, he would always know that Lin Congyan admires his mother, so he would find Chunqin, who resembles his mother, to lure Lin Jiusi into seducing Lin Congyan.
There is only one possibility to explain this: someone in the Lin family leaked the information.

In terms of timing, even Lin Zhiqing only learned about this when Lin Jingya revealed it to her after she was falsely accused of murdering her cousin.

Lin Congli's attitude toward the matter that day was not particularly surprised, which indicates that he knew about it to some extent.

In this way, Lin Zhiqing narrowed down the scope of the inside agent to the people around Lin Congli.

She did have doubts about Lin Congli at first, but his recent behavior dispelled her suspicions.

So her attention turned to the three or four people Lin Congli trusted most. When she dismissed the servants yesterday, she made a point of observing these three or four people and found that they all chose to stay.

At this point, those who are still willing to stay fall into two categories.

The first type is those who are truly loyal to the Lin family and willing to live and die with them.

The second type is those who have not yet achieved their goal.

Judging from Liu Mang's cautious approach, Lin Zhiqing guessed that Liu Mang would not withdraw the Lin family until the very last moment.

In other words, his people are not allowed to leave until his goal has been achieved.

But tonight is the last chance. If the Lin family is exiled to the army, the remaining servants will no longer be able to escape from the Lin family.

What command could be more important than one's own life? That is the nature of the human heart.

Lin Zhiqing guessed that someone would get restless tonight.

Therefore, she deliberately made everyone pretend to be asleep, so that the mole would think that the Lin family had run out of options and couldn't wait to show his face.

This sudden emergence was exactly what Lin Zhiqing wanted.

For their plan to be executed perfectly, they needed to get Liu Mang out of the Liu residence and onto the execution ground at Caishikou.

The apparent lack of response is clearly the best bait.

"Are you one of Liu Mang's men?" Lin Zhiqing asked, staring intently into Ying Bu's eyes.

Seeing that Lin Zhiqing had begun the interrogation, the others quietly stepped aside.

Although Lin Congli was annoyed, he knew that Lin Zhiqing must have had a reason for doing so, so he stopped talking.

Her eyes darted to the left, her body trembled slightly, and she avoided Lin Zhiqing's gaze.

This is clearly a sign of guilty conscience.

He was most likely one of Liu Mang's men.

Moreover, he kept it very well hidden.

If Lin Zhiqing hadn't inadvertently stumbled into this trap tonight, she truly wouldn't have been able to ascertain the identity of the mole.

Lin Congli's most frequently used servant was Ying Bu, who was Lin Congli's confidant.

It was precisely because of this that Lin Zhiqing once again felt how terrifying Liu Mang was.

He had sent Binglue into the Lin family several years in advance, and through his efforts, Binglue rose from a doorman to Lin Congli's confidant.

Such a rapid promotion is quite rare in the Lin family.

This is similar to how Liu Mang rose from a minor official to a high-ranking official of the fifth rank in just a few years.

Lin Zhiqing doesn't believe there's no trace of psychology involved.

Pushing these thoughts out of her mind, Lin Zhiqing slowly stood up and stood before Yingluo:
“Go back and tell Liu Mang that the Lin family is planning a raid on the execution ground, and that they seem to have other evidence in their possession.”

"Kill me or torture me, it's up to you. I will not work for the Lin family." He shouldn't turn his head away.

"Not doing it?" Lin Zhiqing circled around him:
“If you don’t do it, I’ll have someone stuff you back into that hole. You’ve already experienced it, and I don’t mind letting you experience it again.”

Hearing this, he shuddered, and the feeling of despair he had just felt surged back into his heart.

Seeing this, Lin Zhiqing pressed on, saying, "If you tell Liu Mang what I said, you will be free, and I will give you a sum of money and an indenture."

In other words, he could continue to live under an identity that he shouldn't have, thanks to that contract.

Such a risk is much smaller than the risk of earning a living from thugs.

Although he still didn't speak, his expression had long lost its previous firmness.