Chapter 221: Confess
When she called out Brother Xuan Hui, Lin Chenyao seemed to be fixed. After a while, he raised his hand to hug her, patted her gently, and comforted her silently.
In his impression, whether she was young or now, she always had a smile on her face. The innocent smile from childhood is easy to infect people. Maybe she has experienced life and death changes. Now her smile is mostly disguised to confuse others, but no matter what, he has never seen her cry, just like now, crying silently.
Her tears wet his clothes as if they were flowing into his heart. The numb pain pierced into his heart like a needle tip, and then spread to his limbs and bones.
However, bad luck has happened, and no matter how much comfort is, he cannot fill her grief. All he can do is lend her shoulders and accompany her. After she has cried enough, he pushed her away slightly, wiped away the tears on her eyes, and comforted her: "You still have me in the future, I will not leave you again. I will not let anyone who hurt you!"
I thought the culprit was Hu Tianba, but I didn't expect that it was the smoke bomb that deliberately guided them. The real Hu Tianba was dead, so I never found the murderer who killed Mr. Fu San.
Now Chu Xinyu is the real Fu Yinghua. The one in the Duke of E is pretending to be a fake. As long as you follow this clue, is it still far from finding the culprit?
Of course, in the whole matter, the culprit should be pretending to be Fu Yinghua, but even if her daughter's family has great skills, she cannot kill so many people alone, especially looking for someone to pretend to be Hu Tianba, killing Fu Shaode's family, and colluding with Zheng Ying. The plan was so detailed that it was definitely not her own.
There must be someone behind her, and those people are one of the murderers, and there must be an unknown deal between them.
"Xu Zhilan, her name is Xu Zhilan." Chu Xinyu knew that he had believed in him and decided to tell him what he knew, "It is the daughter of my grandmother's twin sister, that is, my cousin. Eight years ago, because her hometown encountered a plague, her hometown was in Huaihe County. If there was a plague that year, you can go to the Ministry of Revenue to check. According to her, her parents and brother were both killed in that plague. Before her mother died, she asked her to surrender to my grandmother."
Lin Chenyao frowned slightly. It turned out to be the daughters born to twin sisters. They both look like mothers. No wonder they look so similar.
"In the third year of your return, I was eight years old that year. She followed the caravan all the way to Zhejiang. My mother had already broken off relations with the people of the Qin family, but when she saw her, who was dark and thin, like a monkey, she took her in for a moment. My mother and father treated her like a daughter, and I had a lot of them. She even suggested that she wanted to learn painting from me, and I taught her very carefully, almost giving her all the gifts. The only thing she kept was charcoal paintings."
Speaking of this, Chu Xinyu tugged the corners of her lips, gently holding his hands with both hands and said, "Maybe it is destined to be. Many years later, because of this skill, you will be suspicious of her. Brother Xuanhui, thank you!"
Thank you for always having me in your heart and keeping me in mind. Otherwise, even if she had this skill, if he had no such skill, he would not have doubted Xu Zhilan and believed in himself, but was afraid that the matter she had investigated would not go so smoothly.
Lin Chenyao didn't say anything, but held her hand, pulled her aside and sat down, poured her a cup of tea, but the tea was a little cold. Chu Xinyu didn't mind, and she let out a small voice, moistened her throat, and continued, "She pretended so well. In addition, after she gained weight, she gradually looked 70 to 80% similar to me. At first, many people thought that she and I were twins. Later, when they encountered several dangers, she didn't care about her own danger, and once she almost died.
I was a little reserved for her, but after all, I gradually trusted her very much, and once felt guilty because I had selfish feelings. I did not hide anything about you. Seeing that she likes painting so much, she plans to teach her charcoal painting after returning to Beijing, but I never expected that she would attack us on the way back to Beijing."
Chu Xinyu smiled bitterly, "Before she attacked me, she told me that she was trying hard to save me, but she just wanted to win my trust, teach her how to draw, tell her something about you, and let her plan go smoothly."
Lin Chenyao frowned and pondered, "What is the purpose of doing this in collusion with others and killing you?"
According to what Chu Xinyu described, Xu Zhilan obviously approached them with a purpose, but how could a child who was only about ten years old at that time have such a scheming?
"Her purpose is to replace me, and her goal is to be the queen of Mo Yi Tianxia. This is also the reason why she rejected your proposal and showed up for the Hundred Flowers Feast."
Chu Xinyu didn't know whether Xu Zhilan had contacted King Jin in private, so she did not directly point out to Lin Chenyao that Xu Zhilan's target was Princess Jin. In addition, when Xu Zhilan said that words to her privately that day, it was obvious that her goal had changed.
Lin Chenyao remembered the flash of images and said that he had accidentally seen a woman meet with King Jin in a house outside the city. The woman had a similar figure to Xu Zhilan. He sent someone to check it. The house was from the Jiang family, and the similar woman was a singing girl. The back of this woman was indeed somewhat similar to Xu Zhilan.
In addition, although Xu Zhilan's previous attitude towards him was not found, the seeds of suspicion had been planted in his heart. Therefore, he proposed marriage to her and tested her attitude before Hua Baiyan.
Seeing that she really showed up in the Hundred Flowers Banquet, I remembered the pressure from the emperor's grandmother and mother, and asked the emperor to marry the best position in painting. In fact, he was a bit angry at that time. Now, I think back, fortunately, I made this proposal impulsively, otherwise he and his sister might miss the opportunity.
The Marquis of Zhongyi got married with Duke Rong's mansion, and her mother was the first to object, but after the emperor gave her a marriage, she promised her in front of everyone, and it was too late for her to object.
Lin Chenyao remembered the incident of Deng Guozhu that Chu Xinyu asked him to investigate, and said that Deng Guozhu was very important to her and must protect his personal safety. He said, "Deng Guozhu is also from Huaihe County. You have investigated him specifically. Do you suspect that he has a relationship with Xu Zhilan?"
Chu Xinyu nodded, "I have seen Deng Guozhu meet privately with Xu Zhilan. They are fellow villagers and the only ones who can prove that she is not Fu Yinghua. Others who know Xu Zhilan's identity have been killed by her."
Fu Yinghua and Lin Chenyao looked at her. It seemed that she had adapted to Chu Xinyu's identity over the years. Otherwise, there would be no awkwardness when talking about these three words, but he knew that the process must be very bitter. She struggled in pain for countless nights, waiting for the opportunity to come back.
He held her hand tightly, "I will help you. Since Deng Guozhu is the only one who can prove Xu Zhilan, I will definitely protect his safety."
Deng Guozhu knew Xu Zhilan and knew her true identity, but never exposed her; Zheng Ying knew Fu Yinghua. When he was paying condolences, he returned to the capital and saw Xu Zhilan but did not expose her. Zheng Ying was also related to Shadow. In addition to Sister Yao's death, it is obvious that Shadow is not related to Xu Zhilan, so he doesn't know what position she holds in this organization.
Chu Xinyu suddenly changed the topic: "A fire broke out in a house outside the city last night. Do you know why?"
Lin Chenyao nodded. Yesterday Xiao Jingxuan had sent someone to tell him, and he also sent two people to participate. He was very clear about the whole process.
Seeing him nodding, Chu Xinyu also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The house is a warehouse of Shadow, which contains a large number of spices of the Seven Stars of the Intoxicating Soul. Now all have been burned by this fire. Lan Yi said that making these spices will take a long-term process. In other words, if Shadow wants to control the killers in the organization, it must use the Seven Stars of the Intoxicating Soul. Once the killer leaves the Seven Stars of the Intoxicating Soul, they will be destroyed in six hours, just..."
"Just what?"
"Does they still have inventory elsewhere?"
"We will find out the shadow's stronghold in China. Without shadows, they were like breaking a wing." In fact, he had already sent people to sneak into the shadows and could wipe out the organization in one fell swoop just by waiting for them to send messages.
Chu Xinyu had already learned from Xiao Jingxuan that Lin Chenyao had trained a secret guard with about a thousand people. This secret guard can defeat ten thousand troops, and the search for information is quite impressive. Maybe he has a secret plan.
After confessing his identity to Lin Chenyao, he had no scruples, and told him everything he knew, including Xu Zhilan wanted to marry King Jin. With his infatuation with her, he assisted King Jin to seize the throne and make her mother favor the world. However, he did not directly indicate that Xu Zhilan was reborn and was afraid that he would think too much, because according to Xu Zhilan, she married King Jin in her previous life. Not to mention him, she felt disgusted by herself.
Lin Chenyao heard this and found it ridiculous, so he said, "Where did she get the confidence? She has married someone, and I will help her?" After that, he narrowed his eyes slightly. Could it be that the person behind her was King Jin?
Chu Xinyu smiled and said, "Maybe she has believed in others' words and feels that she can replace me and make you fascinated by her. Even if she gets married, you will never leave her."
Lin Chenyao grinned and said, "If it were you, I would."
"What?" Chu Xinyu didn't understand what he was saying for a moment, but he quickly realized and said, "I don't want it!"
"Don't want anything?"
"Don't marry King Jin, my mother is in the world." She didn't have this ambition.
Lin Chenyao quickly kissed Chu Xinyu's cherry lips like lightning, "I know, I am the one you want to marry."
Chu Xinyu's face suddenly became hot. She pushed him nudged and said angrily: "I'm not serious!"
"Who said that I am very serious." Lin Chenyao smiled softly, "The marriage edict has been issued, and the betrothal gift will arrive soon. Just wait to be my bride."
His smile reflected from the corner of his mouth to the bottom of his eyes, as if a faint lotus bloomed clearly in the blue pool.
This is not the first time Chu Xinyu has seen him laugh, but this time his smile is particularly beautiful, as if it can melt the ice and snow, which makes her feel a little unconscious. If he had laughed at her like this for the rest of his life, it would not be wrong to marry him.
Thinking of this, her heart couldn't help but pound, her palms gradually sweated, and a blush appeared on her face.
Seeing her reaction, Lin Chenyao felt warm, he lowered his head and kissed her lips.
Chapter completed!