Making you a son-in-law is not about making you conquer the world.

Chapter 571 The Truth Behind the Murder

As Guo Zhixi left, many young men also departed. Some mustered the courage to bid, but Lin Ping eventually silenced them with money.

"The target has appeared, hurry up and chase after it."

For several days now, Lin Ping has been holding Guo Zhixi's hand again.

It would be a lie to say that there were no ulterior motives whatsoever.

"Where is he? Watch me kill him with one sword!" Guo Zhixi said excitedly.

However, she also felt a sense of loss. It was good to complete the mission, but her time alone with Lin Ping was coming to an end.

"It's okay, I can take on new missions. Anyway, my senior sister wouldn't dare to be openly with him."

Guo Zhixi thought to herself that she had forgotten she had important business to attend to.

Now, the poor young man, after leaving Cuiyun Residence, hurriedly ran and hid in a small alley, feeling much more relaxed.

Little did he know that Lin Ping had excellent eyesight and could see his figure through several walls.

"Over there!" Lin Ping said, pointing into the distance.

"Sir, there's a wall over there. You haven't lost them, have you?" Guo Zhixi said helplessly.

Even she hadn't mastered the ability to hear through walls, so she didn't believe Lin Ping's words.

"Whether it's there or not, we'll only know when we get there." Lin Ping ignored her sarcasm and leaped onto the wall, faster than Guo Zhixi.

"Even the White Lotus Realm has such lightness skills?" Guo Zhixi stared at Lin Ping curiously, then quickly followed behind him.

After the two men passed over several walls, they indeed found the shabby young man who was acting suspiciously.

"This is really possible?" Guo Zhixi exclaimed in amazement.

"You recognized his footsteps?" Guo Zhixi asked.

“Do you think I have dog ears? I saw it!” Lin Ping replied without hesitation.

"You can see through several walls?" Guo Zhixi suddenly felt that the clothes she was wearing were not very useful.

Snapped!

A slap landed hard on Lin Ping's face.

"You scoundrel!" Guo Zhixi shouted, clutching her chest with both hands.

Lin Ping then realized he had said the wrong thing and said, feeling wronged, "Does bragging get you beaten up?"

Upon hearing this, Guo Zhixi almost burst out laughing; she also felt that Lin Ping had been wronged.

No matter how skilled one is in martial arts, it's impossible to see the other person through several walls.

The two chased after him and discovered that the poor young master had actually entered a rather large mansion.

"So this is where they were hiding. We searched for them for ages."

This area is a bustling, downtown district, a place where the wealthy congregate.

Han Bofan was a poor, penniless scholar; no one would have guessed that he would live here.

As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place.

"I'm going to kill him right now!" Guo Zhixi drew her longsword and was about to rush over.

"Don't kill the wrong person," Lin Ping stopped him.

He wasn't the kind of person who would rather kill a thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free. If Han Bofan was truly wicked, he would kill him before Guo Zhixi could.

However, if there are other hidden reasons, or if this person is not Han Bofan, he would never harm anyone.

"Han Bofan!" Lin Ping shouted from the top of the wall.

The poor young man turned around abruptly, then suddenly realized something was wrong and quickened his pace to run into the house.

"That's the guy. I'm going to kill him."

After confirming the other party's identity, Guo Zhixi acted swiftly, her sharp blade piercing straight into the other party's chest.

"Brother Fan, did you bring your friends?"

A soft voice sounded from inside the room.

Lin Ping didn't want to stop Guo Zhiqian, but after hearing this voice, he immediately felt something was wrong and moved like lightning to block Guo Zhiqian's way.

"Senior sister, stop."

Guo Zhixi's sword grazed Lin Ping's shoulder as she angrily said, "Are you going to stop me? Do you really think I won't kill you?"

She was, after all, cold-blooded; even though she liked Lin Ping somewhat, she wouldn't allow him to ruin her plans.

"Who are you? What do you want?" the poor young man asked tremblingly.

At that moment, the woman inside the house also rushed out. Upon seeing the weapons, she huddled in the man's arms, timidly asking, "Brother Fan, who are they? Why are they holding long swords?"

"Mi'er, don't be afraid, Brother Fan will protect you." The man stroked the girl's head, and somehow he found his courage.

"What do you want? I want to take your life, of course." Guo Zhixi bypassed Lin Ping and pointed her longsword at his chest again.

"Chaos ensued!"

Lin Ping flashed forward and stood in front of Guo Zhiqian once again, risking his life to fight her.

"Next time, I'll kill you first!" Guo Zhixi said angrily.

"Senior sister, please calm down and allow me to ask a few questions," Lin Ping explained.

Guo Zhixi snorted coldly, giving him a little time.

"Young lady, are you from Guangde in the Wu Kingdom?" Lin Ping asked directly.

The other person was clearly a little afraid of Lin Ping, and nodded while hiding in Han Bofan's arms.

"Don't even think about messing with Mi'er. If you want to kill or torture her, come at me." Han Bofan spread his arms to block the woman.

"We've been scammed!" Lin Ping's mind raced.

"Deceived? Could it be that he isn't Han Bofan? But this girl calls him Brother Fan." Guo Zhixi didn't understand Lin Ping's meaning and twitched her longsword again.

“He is indeed Han Bofan, but he didn’t kill the daughter of that wealthy merchant in Guangde Prefecture, so we’ve been deceived,” Lin Ping explained.

Considering Lin Ping's words and the woman in front of her, even if Guo Zhixi was naive, she would understand his meaning.

This was the wealthy businessman's daughter; she hadn't been killed by Han Bofan at all.

"Since you're not dead, why did your father report you to the authorities? And even spend a lot of money to hire assassins from the Lotus Palace?" Lin Ping asked anxiously, feeling like he had become someone else's pawn.

“Father…he…” the woman stammered, unable to speak.

"Mi'er, what exactly is going on? Didn't your father agree to us being together? He even offered tens of thousands of taels of silver as a dowry?" Han Bofan demanded loudly.

Just as Lin Ping deduced, Han Bofan and Chu Mi were indeed in love, but their relationship was opposed by the girl's father.

But he didn't guess the ending correctly. Han Bofan not only didn't kill Chu Mi, but also won over the wealthy merchant, who even gave her a large dowry because he was afraid his daughter would live in poverty.

After becoming wealthy, Han Bofan didn't want Chu Mi to live in a thatched hut with him, so he bought a house.

Because he didn't want others to discover his sudden wealth, he deliberately hid and waited for the storm to pass before showing his face again. However, he couldn't resist the allure of poetry and went to Cuiyun Residence.

“I overheard my father talking to a man in black, who was probably planning to frame my brother Fan. I wanted to confront my father, but I was afraid he would change his mind and not let me go with you.”

"After thinking it over, I decided not to investigate further. Anyway, we are going to leave the Wu Kingdom, so it doesn't matter to me if I am framed."

Chu Mi said in a low voice, feeling guilty towards Han Bofan.

"The men in black must be from the Lotus Palace. They deliberately framed Han Bofan, then sent assassins to instigate a war between the two countries, so they could reap the benefits. What a clever scheme!"

Lin Ping analyzed carefully, his eyes filled with murderous intent.