GBP Chapter 200: Uncle sent someone to investigate you? What's going on?
Chapter 200: Uncle sent someone to investigate you? What's going on?
"This was given to me by my cousin Junle!"
Lin Xi touched the longevity lock and spoke slowly.
"Xi'er, when did you meet Jun Le? Also, why did she give you this longevity lock?"
Cao asked with eyes wide open.
At this time, Zhao Junhuan suddenly interrupted and said, "Niece, you are not the 'Brother Lin' that my sister always talks about, right?"
"Yes, the 'Brother Lin' that my cousin mentioned is me!"
Lin Xi nodded and smiled at Zhao Jun.
"So, you are the one who heals the soldiers, helps my cousin catch spies, delivers pills to them, and helps the people in the secret camp detoxify!"
Zhao Junhuan suddenly stood up and looked at Lin Xi in surprise with his mouth wide open.
Lin Xi raised her eyebrows. It seemed that Zhao Junhuan was trusted by Jun Moyue and his uncle, otherwise why would he tell him these things? She knew Zhao Junhuan. Although he looked unreliable, he would not be careless when it came to serious matters. He would not disclose military secrets without Jun Moyue's permission.
Perhaps Jun Moyue wanted to keep her in the army and let her do something, otherwise why would he allow a general's relative to come and go freely in the army and let her know these confidential matters.
"Yes, it's me!"
"Wow! Niece, how are you so awesome?"
Zhao Junhuan stared at Lin Xi with sparkling eyes. How lucky he was to have such an outstanding niece for nothing. Most importantly, her cooking was so delicious!
"Xi'er, what's going on? You haven't told me how this longevity lock came into your hands."
Cao pushed Zhao Junhuan aside and asked Lin Xi.
Lin Xi then recounted in detail what happened when she met Zhao Junle in the military camp.
After that, she took apart the longevity lock and took out a blood spirit from the boundary bead. She said to everyone, "After I got this longevity lock, I smelled the scent of herbs inside it, so I took it apart and found the blood spirit inside!"
"Blood Spirit?"
Everyone was confused when they heard this. What was this?
Lin Xi looked around at everyone's faces, and finally set his sights on Cao's face, and said word by word: "Blood Spirit Seed is a holy medicine for promoting blood circulation. If a pregnant woman wears it close to her body, she will have hemorrhage and die during childbirth!"
Lin Xi's words exploded like thunder in Cao's heart!
She cried and laughed while holding the longevity lock!
"He died of hemorrhage! He died of hemorrhage!"
She didn't kill her mother! She finally resolved the knot in her heart that had been bothering her for years! But what followed was an overwhelming hatred and anger. Who on earth would be so deliberate in harming her mother?
Seeing that his mother was holding the longevity lock tightly with a look of devastation on her face, Lin Xi was afraid that she would hurt herself, so he took out a silver needle and pricked her twice. Cao gradually calmed down.
She placed the longevity lock on the table and stared at it in silence, recalling what her brother had told her about her mother's past.
"Mom, do you know where this longevity lock came from? Was it given to grandma by someone else, or did grandma buy it herself?"
Seeing that Cao's breathing had calmed down, Lin Xi felt relieved and looked at her seriously and asked.
"My brother said that when mom was pregnant with me, the nanny beside mom told mom that a jewelry store had received a batch of very beautiful jewelry, and suggested that mom go shopping to see if there was anything she liked. At that time, my brother was also with mom. After they got there, mom fell in love with this longevity lock at first sight and bought it immediately as a gift for me who was not yet born. Later, she went to the temple to worship it for a few days. Mom had a period of restlessness in her fetus, so she put the longevity lock on her body, and she wore it from then until I was born!"
Cao spoke slowly as she recalled carefully.
After listening to this, Lin Xi narrowed his eyes. It seemed that he had to investigate the nanny, the temple, and everyone around his grandmother who had access to the longevity lock, to find out who was secretly harming his grandmother.
"I have to return to Beijing as soon as possible and investigate everyone who had access to my aunt's longevity lock. How dare they harm my Zhao family? They are so bold!"
Zhao Junhuan's eyes were cold and he spoke in a cold voice.
"Uncle, when you return to Beijing, you must keep the fact that my mother is still alive a secret! I haven't even recognized my cousin Junle yet, and we don't want anyone to disturb us right now!"
Lin Xi looked at Zhao Junhuan and said seriously.
"I know! Don't worry, but I must tell grandpa. He is very shrewd and like an old fox. He will definitely be able to help us a lot. If he knew that my cousin was still alive, he would be very happy. When grandpa learned that my cousin fell off the cliff, he led people to look for her for a long time without sleep!"
Hearing that her grandfather cared so much about her, Cao's nose felt sore. Because her grandmother hated her, she deliberately distanced herself from the Prime Minister's Mansion. Her grandfather often sent people to send her gifts, but she felt awkward and always avoided going to see him. She stayed in her own little world in the general's mansion every day.
"Xi'er, don't worry, your great-grandfather is a very reliable person. If he knew that mother was still alive, he would only help mother vent her anger in secret and would not cause any trouble!"
Cao let out a long sigh, looked at her daughter, smiled, and said.
Seeing that her mother and cousin said so, Lin Xi felt relieved and nodded in agreement.
"Cousin, I'm going back to the county town now, to get my things ready, and I'll leave for Beijing early tomorrow morning!"
Zhao Junhuan stood up, bowed to Cao and said.
"You should stay here for a few days before leaving. We have waited for so many years, so a few days won't hurt. Didn't you say you wanted to eat Xi'er's cooking? Eat more here these few days!"
Lin Dayong also repeatedly asked him to stay for a few more days before leaving, and asked Lin Xi to prepare delicious food for him tomorrow.
When Zhao Junhuan heard about the delicious food, his eyes lit up and a look of hesitation flashed across his face.
Seeing this, Lin Xi interrupted and said, "Uncle, stay here for one night and go back tomorrow. If there's a chance in the future, I'll disguise myself and pretend to talk business with my uncle, and then go to Fulin Restaurant to make you something delicious!"
Seeing her parents frowning, she explained, "Mom, you forgot that the Minister of Rites sent someone to investigate us. My cousin's identity is out in the open. If the people sent by the Minister of Rites later notice my cousin and find us through him, it will be bad. Since we don't want to confront the people in the capital so early, we'd better be careful!"
"Second uncle sent someone to investigate you? What's going on?"
Zhao Junhuan frowned and asked in confusion.
Lin Xi then told her about the conflict between her, her mother and Wang Siruo, how Marquis Anyang recognized her mother and sent people to stay in Linshan County to protect her, and how the Minister of Rites' men suddenly came to investigate her and her mother.
After hearing this, Zhao Junhuan tapped his forehead with his folding fan and fell into deep thought.
Things in Beijing are not simple! Is Second Uncle trying to vent his anger on his great-granddaughter? No! He shouldn't do that for such a small matter.
Since Marquis Anyang knew that his cousin was still alive, he would definitely be suspicious of what happened that year, and it is certain that he would order people to investigate the incident of his cousin falling off the cliff.
Given his affection for his cousin, he would not let his daughter off easily if she humiliated her. Perhaps the Marquis of Anyang punished his daughter much more severely than usual, which caused Cao Fangqing to become suspicious of the identities of the mother and daughter who had quarreled with his daughter?
After thinking about it, he told Lin Xi and the others his guess in detail.