Lin Jue frowned and said nothing, just looked at Lin Ke blankly.
Lin Ke said coldly: "Say, why don't you say it? Can't you speak?"
Lin Jue sighed and said: "There is a saying that there is no proof of death. Brother, you can refer to it."
Lin Ke was stunned for a moment, then suddenly opened his mouth and laughed and said: "What a dead man, I understand. Do you want me to die?"
Lin Jue shook his head and said: "It's not that I want you to die, it's you who pushed yourself to death. If this matter is not exposed at the moment, I'm afraid this is the only way. I don't want anyone in the Lin family to die, but if anyone in the Lin family needs to die,
I'm afraid this person must die. At this moment, this person is you. As long as you die, Hai Dongqing will not be able to blackmail you, and because there is no evidence of your death, he will not be able to blackmail the Lin family with this matter. Even if Magistrate Yan finally investigates
As for the connection between you and Hai Dongqing, since there is no real evidence and no corroboration, it can only be limited to suspicion, and the evidence is not credible. Therefore, this is the only way."
"Hahaha, hahaha. Are you crazy? You want me to die? You must be crazy. I am the future head of the Lin family. I still have many important things to do. How can I die? If I am willing to die
, I went to die when they were captured on the island. Back then...I didn't die back then, how could I die now." Lin Ke turned pale and laughed loudly.
"It is precisely because you were greedy for life and afraid of death that we are in the current situation. Don't you understand? Once you are alive, once the truth is found out, or Hai Dongqing deliberately reveals the truth, because you are a bandit, hundreds of people in the Lin family will be killed.
You have to die for your words. Can the plaque given by the Holy One be hung on the lintel? Hanging it up would be a serious crime of deceiving the emperor. The loyal family, hey, the eldest son of the loyal family, the future head of the family has been a bandit for more than ten years, and every year he
The pirates have provided tens of thousands of taels of silver and a large amount of food and supplies, and the imperial court will kill all the Lin family. You don’t understand this. Your death will bring the safety of my Lin family. You are not just saying that
Are you saying that everything is for the sake of the Lin family? Now is the time for you to fulfill your promise." Lin Jue said quietly.
"Shut up, you want me to die, but I don't agree with you. I'll tell you how to solve this problem. Do you think I haven't thought of a solution? In fact, after you successfully suppressed the bandits, I have been thinking about it all the time.
Let me tell you this, the government can't find out. After so many years, if it had been exposed, it would have been exposed long ago. No matter how the government investigates, no matter how serious they are, in the end they will only have suspicions without any solid evidence. What they are worried about is
For those who know about it, Hai Dongqing must be very angry now. He may expose this matter in order to take revenge on my Lin family, or in other words, on you. But it doesn't matter, I know that he has now fled to the north and established himself on the sea near Jiaozhou.
, I will order people to contact him, and I will also provide him with food, materials, money, and he needs my help most at this time. Therefore, he will not leak the matter. Apart from him, the only person who knows is Jiang
Jin Gui and Xu Xing are dead. Jiang Jingui and Xu Xing both died in your hands. Dead people cannot speak, so that’s it. Then there is only one person left who knows..."
"Is that me, Lin Jue?" Lin Jue said quietly.
"It's you. You are the only one who knows. You are too nosy. I didn't want to do anything to you, but it's a pity that you found out about it. I originally wanted to test you to see if you knew. If you didn't know,
That’s all, it’s a pity that you know all this. Well, that leaves me with no choice.”
"So you think that maybe by killing me, you can disappear the fact that you have been a gangster for more than ten years?" Lin Jue said in a deep voice.
"Exactly. It's not me who is going to die, but you who are going to die. Once you die, everything will be peaceful. I still have many important things to do. I will also take over the position of head of the Lin family in the future. I am the eldest son of the direct line eldest son.
, you are just a little bastard from the third house, you die or I die, this choice should not be difficult." Lin Ke bared his teeth and sneered.
Lin Jue sighed: "So today you invited me to this place where birds don't shit, are you actually trying to take my life?"
Lin Ke sneered: "It's too late for you to understand now. Yes, I want to find out whether you know. If it is confirmed that you really know, I can only kill you. I have already thought about it. After killing you, I will
So I will bury you in this courtyard. I just promised you that I would let you stay here permanently, and you can stay here forever, forever and ever."
Lin Jue smiled bitterly and said: "It seems that I was stupid enough to throw myself into a trap today."
"You're not stupid, you're just too young. You don't know the dangers of the world yet. If you were smarter, you wouldn't reveal what you know, and then I might not attack you." Lin Ke chuckled.
"My eldest son, I also want to keep silent, but this matter has to be resolved. Do I have to wait until everyone in the Lin family loses their heads before I speak out? What's the use then?"
Lin Jue smiled bitterly.
"Yes, it must be solved, and today is the time to solve it. But it is not your solution, but my solution. It is not that I die, but that you die." Lin Ke said coldly.
Lin Jue sighed: "Why did things become like this? It seems that I am dead today. The eldest son must have laid a dragnet. It seems that I can't escape even if I want to."
Lin Ke sneered and said: "How can there be too many people involved in such things? There are just a few of my confidants in this house. But they are not here to deal with you. They all say that you are extremely cunning, so...
I can't even tell. I'm afraid you don't know that I have poisoned the wine you drank just now. You are such a shrewd person and know my details, but why don't you take precautions? I thought it was okay.
It’s going to take a lot of effort.”
Lin Jue changed his face in shock and said: "The wine I drank just now... was poisonous? Didn't you drink it too?"
Lin Ke smiled and picked up the jug, turned it around in his hand and said, "Did you see it? This is a yin-yang jug. I just need to move the button, and the wine that comes out will be different. Of course, the wine I drink is the authentic one from Renhelou."
Golden Huadiao, and what you drank was poisonous wine. If you didn't know these circumstances, I would have given you a cup of antidote in the third cup. Afterwards, you didn't even know that you had gone from hell to hell.
You're back. But you still said these words after all, so I can only kill you. Lin Jue, don't hate me, there's nothing I can do about it. I don't want to die. After you died, I said you died of illness.
, I will give you a good burial. After all, you are also a bloodline of my Lin family. Don’t you read something about sacrificing your life for righteousness? Just think of it as sacrificing your life for me, and I will burn paper money for you during the holidays."
Lin Jue's face turned pale and he said coldly: "I sacrificed my life for you, is your life more valuable than mine?"
"Of course, I am the future head of the family, and you... no matter how you fool around, you are just a concubine of the Lin family. There are rules in this world. No matter how capable you are, you will never be able to break out of these rules. I won't say it anymore, you are now in your belly
You should feel some pain, don't be afraid, this poison won't make you suffer too much before you die. It will hurt for a while and your whole body will go numb, and then you will die. You won't suffer too much. Look, this
One pack is the antidote, but you can't get it." Lin Ke slowly took out a cyan porcelain bottle from his arms, opened the red cloth stopper at the mouth of the bottle, held the porcelain bottle in his hand, and then slowly smiled with a smile.
Slowly turn your wrist, the white powder in the porcelain bottle is falling like fine snow.
Lin Jue was shocked, shouted to stop him, and wanted to get up to grab it, but he seemed unable to stand up. His hands and feet seemed to be weak.
"What's wrong? You don't have any strength. You can't even lift your hands. It's because of the poison. I know you hate me now, but there's nothing you can do about it. I have no choice but to kill you in this way.
, I know you carry that domineering firearm, but I heard that Jiang Jingui was killed by you with that weapon. So I can only drink poisonous wine for you secretly. Lin Jue, don’t blame me, really
Don't blame me. I don't want to die."
Lin Jue's face turned red, and he seemed to be exerting force, but his face was covered with sweat, but he didn't even move a finger. His palms on the table were stiff and motionless.
"Don't work in vain. When you exert force, the blood flow will accelerate and the poison will accelerate, and you will die faster. While you can still speak, you can tell me what you wish for, and I will do it for you if I can. Hey.
I don’t want this either. God knows what I’ve been through. Do you know how hard it has been for me over the years? I can’t sleep every night and have nightmares every day. Do you know what kind of suffering I have suffered?” Lin Ke sighed.
road.
Lin Jue gave up his efforts and sighed softly: "It seems that I am destined to die. Well, this is fate. I did not die in the hands of the pirates, but in the hands of the Lin family. It is really a trick of fate."
Lin Ke said: "Don't blame me, don't hate me. It's useless if you blame me and hate me. You're right, the blame is only on the fate of people."
Lin Jue said: "That's all, I'm going to die anyway. Before I die, I want to ask you a few words so that I can die in peace."
Lin Ke said: "Ask me. As long as I know, I will tell you everything."
"Okay, I want to ask you, did you deliberately make things big when your birthday gift was robbed? Did you communicate with the pirates a long time ago?"
Lin Ke laughed and said: "It's strange that you are going to die and you still ask these questions. It's okay to tell you. Hai Dongqing wanted to rebel and attack Hangzhou, but he was afraid. When he learned that our Lin family was celebrating the Queen Mother's birthday,
After going to Fanguo to purchase birthday gifts for the prince, they made up their minds. They wanted to rob the birthday gifts, arouse the wrath of the court and punish the officials of the Liangzhe Road. If there was chaos here, he would have an opportunity.
But something changed. Originally, our Lin family's merchant ship had to go directly from Qiantangkou to Houchaomen Pier and had to pass through Haidongqing's territory. I had already told them the route, but for the sake of safety, my father ordered me to change the landing place.
.In desperation, I had no choice but to comply because I didn’t want to arouse suspicion.”
Lin Jue breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The head of the family should be cautious."
"That's natural. Dad has always been cautious, but it also brought me trouble. Hai Dongqing ordered someone to send me a letter, scolding me and threatening to expose my identity. I had to explain the whole story to him. Later
They changed their plan and wanted to do it inland. That's how the bandits from Guishan Island robbed birthday gifts. Of course, I told them the time and place of stopping the ship, and I also provided a small convenience after the incident. Water transportation
The ship evacuated, giving Jiang Jingui the opportunity to rob the ship."
"You are really devoted to Hai Dongqing and your heart is broken for him." Lin Jue said coldly.
"You are wrong. If I had no other choice, how could I collude with this pirate? If I don't listen to him, my identity will be exposed, and everyone in the Lin family will die. If it were me, what would you do?
