Chapter 1002 Scapegoat
"Shiyuan, it's so late, what are you going to do when you call all the family over? As soon as Lin Shiyuan arrived outside the small hall, several elders of the Lin family impatiently surrounded him.
"The dead father is lying inside, what do you say. Lin Shiyuan said coldly, and then walked through the crowd until he walked to the front, "Why don't you open the door?"
Di Zhan silently walked to the door, and under the gaze of hundreds of Lin family members around him, he raised his hand and knocked on the door: "Uncle is here, open the door." ”
After shouting, Di Zhan took half a step back and waited quietly for a while, but did not see any response.
Lin Shiyuan frowned slightly, Di Zhan knew that he was already impatient, so he raised his hand again, intending to call the door for the second time. At this moment, there was a sound in the door, and then the two red-painted doors were slowly opened.
Lin Yuan, who was dressed in filial piety clothes, had pale cheeks, and stood silently by the door with his hands down: "Uncle." ”
Lin Shiyuan glanced at him lightly, didn't pay the slightest attention, walked directly inside, and walked until he walked to the Nanmu coffin in the center of the mourning hall before he paused, and then knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
Everyone in the Lin family knew that tonight must be extraordinary, seeing that Lin Shiyuan had already knelt first, and the juniors and juniors behind him did not dare to stand anymore, and for a while, a large number of people knelt down in the mourning hall, and the fake sobbing sound gradually sounded.
After bowing, Lin Shiyuan stood up with Di Zhan's support and waved his hand at Lin Yuan: "Yuan'er, you come to me." ”
Lin Yuan, who was hiding far away at the back, heard Lin Shiyuan call himself, and his body trembled suddenly. His eyes were already filled with a little fear, but he didn't dare to disobey, so he had to respond in a low voice, and then stubbornly walked through the crowd, came to Lin Shiyuan's side and bowed slightly: "Uncle." ”
"I ask you. Lin Shiyuan paused slightly, and then continued, "What disease did your grandfather die from, and where did he die?"
Lin Yuan's body froze, and he hurriedly replied in a low voice: "Grandpa's heart has always been bad, and he died in his sleep that night, and when the old housekeeper found out, it was too late." However, the doctor said that Grandpa walked peacefully and did not suffer..."
Lin Shiyuan blinked and stared at Lin Yuan's face tightly: "When your grandfather left, weren't you around?"
"No. Lin Yuan hurriedly shook his head, "I know that grandpa doesn't want to see me, although he came back a few days earlier, he lives with his sister." It was Steward He who informed the family after finding out that Grandpa had gone, and I rushed over. Uncle, I'm sorry, if I've been with my grandfather, maybe I won't..."
"Lie!" Lin Shiyuan suddenly shouted and slapped Lin Yuan to the ground.
Lin Yuan covered his instantly swollen cheek with one hand and grinned. He moved his body and was about to stand up, when Lin Shiyuan kicked over again. Lin Yuan screamed and fell to the ground again.
The other members of the Lin family were frightened when they saw this, and they retreated towards the mourning hall reluctantly, for fear of being affected by Lin Shiyuan's residual power.
"What are you running?" Lin Shiyuan stared coldly at the retreating crowd, "Could it be that they have all done something wrong!"
Being drunk like this, the people in the mourning hall had to stop their steps and didn't dare to retreat anymore.
"Uncle..."Lin Yuan struggled on the ground for a while, and as soon as he spoke, Lin Shiyuan's subordinates came up and grabbed him, making him kneel on the ground, "Uncle, what are you going to do! The elders of the family are here, you have to do it, and you must make it clear first!"
"Yuan'er. Lin Shiyuan asked coldly, "Did you really not lie just now?" ”
Lin Yuan hesitated slightly, and then replied categorically: "Uncle, I don't need to lie at all, now the uncles and uncles in the house can testify for me." ”
Nodding slightly, Lin Shiyuan turned his head and commanded Di Zhan: "Open the coffin!"
As soon as these words came out, bursts of cold air sounded in the mourning hall one after another.
A Lin family elder walked up to Lin Shiyuan tremblingly, and persuaded bitterly: "Shiyuan, don't do it, there will be a funeral tomorrow, you open your father's coffin now, this is a big disrespect, you will go to hell." ”
Lin Shiyuan turned around and knelt down facing the Nanmu coffin, his cheeks flushed, and he didn't pay any attention to the admonitions of his elders.
Di Zhan also knelt beside the coffin and kowtowed three times, then jumped onto the platform with gloves on, grabbed the coffin lid with both hands and moved it aside.
Seeing this scene, the juniors of the Lin family knelt down again, and there was silence in the mourning hall for a moment, and the needles could be heard.
Di Zhan stretched out his hand and was about to poke into the coffin, when he suddenly heard Lin Shiyuan shout softly: "Stop!"
Hurriedly retracting his hand, Di Zhan looked at Lin Shiyuan with a stunned expression, only to see that the latter had already stood up from the ground and walked towards him: "I'll come by myself." ”
"Yes. Di Zhan jumped down, took a chair from the person behind him, put it on the side of the table, and then helped Lin Shiyuan up, and handed him a pair of white gloves.
"Dad, I'm sorry for you. Lin Shiyuan put on gloves and put his hand into the coffin for an autopsy.
The unpleasant smell of the corpse ** permeated the mourning hall, and some of the Lin family juniors kneeling below had blue cheeks and began to retch.
Half of Lin Shiyuan's body leaned into the coffin, his movements suddenly froze, followed by his body shaking, and the sound of chattering teeth sounded.
Di Zhan took half a step forward, his eyes were full of anxiety, and he called softly: "Uncle..."
Lin Shiyuan straightened up and waved his hand with his back to Di Zhan.
"Rest in peace, Dad. Lin Shiyuan closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and closed the lid of the coffin again.
Lin Shiyuan jumped down from the platform, and when he landed, he stumbled under his feet, Di Zhan hurriedly stepped forward to support him: "Uncle, be careful." ”
"Hmm. Lin Shiyuan nodded, took off his gloves and threw them aside, then slowly walked to Lin Yuan and held up his chin, "What about your father?"
Before Lin Yuan could answer, a calm and heavy voice suddenly came from behind him: "Big brother!"
Lin Shiyuan turned around suddenly, only to see that Lin Shiqing, who was dressed in a short coat, had already appeared on the railing on the second floor, looking at himself from top to bottom.
"Shiqing. Lin Shiyuan's voice was a little cold, "Should you explain to me how my father left?"
"You don't need to say it, I will also give you an explanation. Lin Shiqing said, raised a hand and beckoned. Two more men walked out from behind him, escorting the old butler He Tangzhi, whose mouth was gagged.
"Hmm..." He Tangzhi's eyes widened, and he nodded anxiously at Lin Shiyuan, not caring that his location was on the second floor, and he wanted to rush forward, but was pulled back by the two men.
Lin Shiyuan squinted slightly: "Shiqing, what do you mean by this?"
"Give an explanation to my eldest brother. Lin Shiqing said, took the rope from a bodyguard behind him, tied it to the railing on one side, and tied He Tangzhi's neck on the other. At this time, He Tangzhi struggled desperately, his eyes were cracking, and he glared at Lin Shiqing viciously, but to no avail.
"I found out very clearly that the old housekeeper had done something to my father. The corners of Lin Shiqing's eyes twitched slightly, and he grabbed He Tangzhi's neck and pressed it down, causing his forehead to slam against the railing, "Just wait for the eldest brother to come back and give him a disposition." ”
Lin Shiyuan asked: "What is the purpose? The old housekeeper has served his father for decades, why should he be a killer?"
Lin Shiqing didn't answer, because he knew that there was no need to answer at all. So far, everyone knows who Lin Sheng died in his hands and why he died, the key is whether Lin Shiyuan is willing to let himself go.
So Lin Shiqing didn't hesitate at all, reached out and grabbed He Tangzhi's belt, and threw him off the second floor with a fierce struggle with his arm.
He Tangzhi's body fell downward, and then he was frozen in mid-air. The rope around his neck was instantly stretched straight, and there was a creaking sound between his struggle and the railing.
After kicking his legs a few times, He Tangzhi lowered his head, his cheeks were gray, and he didn't move. He probably never dreamed that he was obviously a meritorious man, but he was the first to be hanged by Lin Shiqing.
Fingers lightly tapped on the railing, Lin Shiqing stared at Lin Shiyuan with a calm face: "Big brother, Yuan'er is still young after all, and he is your own nephew, as an elder, he should always be given a chance to reform himself." ”
Seeing that Lin Shiyuan didn't speak, he was silent for a while, and Lin Shiqing spoke again: "After a while, it's time for Shijing's death." Our three brothers have had a good relationship since childhood, and they have never blushed..."
Lin Shiyuan stared at He Tangzhi's corpse and raised his head slightly: "If you have something to say, don't sell it." ”
"Okay. Lin Shiqing responded, "When Xiaohai killed his own uncle, eldest brother, didn't you let him go?" Now Yuan'er is just ignorant for a while, bewitched by He Tangzhi, and the responsibility is not him, why can't you open the net?"
Lin Shiyuan narrowed his eyes: "Shiqing, the last time I went home, you said that the Mahayana sutra was copied three thousand six hundred times, and the flesh and bones have melted into it. I was quite relieved at the time, but now it seems that you have been like me all these years, one eye in the red dust, one eye outside, after all, you are floating in the air. ”
His cheeks changed slightly, and Lin Shiqing's voice revealed a trace of irrepressible annoyance: "Big brother, you have a son and a daughter, and I also have a son and a daughter.
"Shiqing, I'm your eldest brother. If it's an ordinary thing, it won't fight with you. Lin Shiyuan untied the belt on his filial piety clothes, walked behind Lin Yuan, and wrapped it around his neck twice, "But today's incident is the revenge of killing my father, and I can't get over it no matter what." ”
As soon as the words fell, Lin Shiyuan's forearms and tendons burst out, and he suddenly tightened the white belt wrapped around Lin Yuan's neck, raised his head, and stared at Lin Shiqing with a cold face.