Jian Zhaoxing

Chapter 216 The Boss of Dali Temple
Because Zhou Chongzheng did not try to evade Lin Zhiqing's concerns, but instead told her directly that the Dali Temple believed Liu Mang was carrying poison.

In other words, they believed that Liu Mang committed suicide.

Who is Zhou Chongzheng?
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, the top leader of the Court of Judicial Review!

His attitude represented the attitude of the Dali Temple, and also the attitude of the imperial family.

It's very simple. Investigating Liu Mang's matter will not benefit them, but it will benefit the Lin family.

If it benefits the Lin family, then it does not align with the royal family's demands.

Why would the Dali Temple need to continue its investigation?
The phrase "preliminary assessment" is nothing more than a pretext.

After all, only one night had passed since Liu Mang's death.

If it's directly concluded that he died from poisoning himself, the case would be closed far too quickly.

The Dali Temple was also afraid of Lin Zhiqing causing trouble.

But Lin Zhiqing deliberately didn't make a fuss.

Lin Zhiqing had a preliminary guess in his mind: Liu Mang was very likely working for Jiang Liuyun.

Regardless of whether Jiang Liuyun knew that Lin Zhiqing had already seen through his identity, Lin Zhiqing was already certain that Jiang Liuyun was not a good person.

Liu Mang was no good either; all the previous clues indicated that the two were likely on the same pirate ship.

Firstly, if Lin Zhiqing were to make a scene, even if the royal family found out, it would most likely be dropped, because the Zhenyuan Marquis's mansion was too powerful.

Secondly, Jiang Liuyun's actions were consistent with the royal family's goals, which was to bring down the Lin family.

If Lin Zhiqing were to make this public, then the enemy of an enemy would become a friend.

Now that the royal family and the Zhenyuan Marquis's mansion are being pushed together, how could the Lin family possibly withstand it?

Regardless of the circumstances, the matter of Liu Mang has been settled. The royal family said that Liu Mang committed suicide, so he did commit suicide.

At least for now, Lin Zhiqing's pursuit of the cause of Liu Mang's death is a completely pointless endeavor.

Having figured this out, she simply thanked Zhou Chongzheng and then turned and left.

Zhou Chong's expression remained unchanged, but he was somewhat surprised inside.

After the incident at the execution ground, he realized that Lin Zhiqing was the kind of person who wouldn't give up until he achieved his goal.

He had thought Lin Zhiqing would cause more trouble today.

But judging from the current situation, this woman is very clever.

He stared at Lin Zhiqing's retreating figure, narrowing his eyes.

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When Lin Zhiqing returned to the Lin family again, her goal was very clear.

She first visited Lin Congyan and learned that Biluo's body had long been thrown into a mass grave with a tattered mat, so she gave up the idea of ​​looking for the body.

So much time has passed, even if it could be found, it would probably be rotten beyond recognition.

Shortly after Biluo's incident, Lin Zhiqing inquired about her family, but learned that Biluo's family had long since died.

In other words, Biluo was all alone.

At the time, Lin Zhiqing also considered that someone had taken care of Biluo's family in advance, but she suspected that it was done by the Lin family, but she never suspected Jiang Liuyun.

Even though Lin Zhiqing now understands that Biluo's death is inextricably linked to Jiang Liuyun, too much time has passed and it is difficult to gather evidence.

Biluo's storyline is now considered useless.

But she did gain something from it.

After figuring out exactly how Biluo died, Lin Zhiqing could at least come to a conclusion:
Biluo's accusations against herself were very likely orchestrated by Jiang Liuyun.

To make this judgment, Lin Zhiqing disregarded the wide-eyed expression on Biluo's face that his cousin had mentioned.

While this can serve as a reference, Lin Zhiqing couldn't make any judgments since she hadn't seen it with her own eyes.

Previously, Lin Zhiqing thought that Jiang Liuyun wanted to erase the evidence of the murder so that she could not find out the truth.

But if that were all, Jiang Liuyun wouldn't have been so well-prepared with the poisonous smoke and cover-up methods to kill Biluo.

This requires having certain information to prepare in advance. How can one obtain this information?
Unless Biluo was someone Jiang Liuyun had arranged long ago, or the Lin family had Jiang Liuyun's spies.

There must have been informants, but the incident happened so suddenly that Lin Zhiqing's rebound was something no one had anticipated.

Biluo had only been arrested for a short time when Jiang Liuyun arrived.

There wasn't nearly enough time for Jiang Liuyun to prepare in advance.

Therefore, only if Jiang Liuyun had prepared to kill Biluo before he arrived can everything be explained.

He has the cunning to plan everything.

If Biluo hadn't slipped up, she would have died after accusing Lin Zhiqing.

That would leave them in a situation where there's no way to prove anything, and Lin Zhiqing would definitely not have a good ending; she might even die.

Lin Yangyang's condition will not improve afterward.

The Lin family's disorganized state definitely won't last long.

Perhaps the Lin family will bring about their own destruction without Liu Mang even having to lift a finger.

Therefore, Lin Zhiqing's death was just a trigger, a trigger that affected the entire Lin family.

If Lin Zhiqing hadn't come to the Lin family by chance, the whole truth would probably have been buried long ago.

But here's the problem: Lin Zhiqing thought the truth he had uncovered was the truth, but now it seems that it might not be.

The truth is like a fine net, trapping the entire Lin family inside.

Lin Zhiqing thought she had torn through that net, but she didn't expect there to be an even bigger net outside.

Fortunately, at least she knew who had cast the net.

Lin Zhiqing didn't have time to sigh, as the path to Biluo was different, so she focused her attention on Lin Jingya.

Lin Jingya's methods were not very clever at the time; the rhinoceros lacquer teacup and the poisonous azalea tea were the biggest loopholes.

Both of these items came from my fourth uncle.

After guessing that Jiang Liuyun was behind the scheme, Lin Zhiqing asked Lin Congyan about these two items again.

Although Lin Congyan was puzzled by these questions, he did not ask any further.

Azalea tea comes from Yunnan and is very precious.

The Lin family had businesses in Yunnan, and occasionally they would bring some pastries made from fresh flowers from Yunnan to the Office of Transmission and invite their colleagues to taste them together.

The first to bear the brunt was Liu Mang, who had shown goodwill towards Lin Congyan.

Liu Mang once mentioned azalea tea from Yunnan, and Lin Congyan, in order to please his superiors, went to great lengths to bring some azalea tea back.

Whose side was Liu Mang on? It goes without saying!

The origin of the rhinoceros-hide lacquer tea set is similar to that of the azalea tea set; however, the official involved was transferred away a few months ago.

At this point, all leads related to the murder of her cousin were cut off.

Except for... Lin Jingya.

Lin Zhiqing knew perfectly well that the person manipulating everything behind the scenes was Jiang Liuyun, and that Jiang Liuyun was also the one who wanted her and the Lin family to die.

The Zhenyuan Marquis's Mansion behind Jiang Liuyun is a huge threat.

Lin Zhiqing even suspected that her father had colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country, as the timing of the Zhenyuan Marquis's rise to power was too coincidental.

Regardless, once it's confirmed that Jiang Liuyun is involved in something, Lin Zhiqing must find conclusive evidence that Jiang Liuyun manipulated Liu Mang and murdered her cousin if she wants to resist the Zhenyuan Marquis's Mansion.

There's no way to verify Liu Mang's story since he's dead.

The investigation into the murder of her cousin still needs to go.

Lin Zhiqing made up his mind to have another contact with Lin Jingya, this key figure.

But Lin Jingya is currently in Bianliang. If we were to summon her back now, it would be too sudden and might alert Jiang Liuyun.

After much deliberation, Lin Zhiqing decided that the best way to avoid suspicion was to go to Bianliang.

However, the reason for going to Bianliang needs to be carefully considered.