Chapter 48: Slander
Lin Lan's residence in the Lin family's mansion is a small courtyard, and there are four rooms in the courtyard, which is also where she grew up.
In the past, Lin Lan and her parents, as well as Granny Lian, lived here.
It had been a few years since Lin Lan last came back, so there were cobwebs everywhere, and walking a few steps would kick up a cloud of dust.
However, under the cleaning up of Granny Lian and Ah Fu, it only took half an hour of effort, and the entire courtyard had been completely renewed.
"Miss, I thought that Lin Hua would embarrass you, but I didn't expect that he not only didn't embarrass you, but also didn't let others embarrass you, so he let you enter the family mansion. ”
Granny Lian said to Lin Lan with some surprise.
"I didn't expect that either. ”
Lin Lan also showed a look of surprise on her face.
"Granny Lian, why do you think that Lin Hua will embarrass her mother?"
Zhou Donghuang asked curiously.
"Young master, that Lin Hua was one of Miss's suitors back then, and Miss Pursuit can be described by the words 'stalking'...... It wasn't until the end, when Miss rejected him in front of everyone, that he didn't pester Miss anymore. ”
Granny Lian smiled: "When I saw him just now, I thought he would hold a grudge and embarrass Miss because Miss made him lose face in public back then." ”
"Now it seems that it is I who live the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. ”
Granny Lian said.
"And this?"
Zhou Donghuang looked at Lin Lan, it seemed that his mother was very attractive back then, otherwise it would not have been entangled like that.
"How many years ago? If he still remembered it, he would be a little cautious. ”
Lin Lan shook his head and smiled, "Moreover, the reason why I rejected him in public back then was because I was entangled and afraid by him, so I decided to cut through the mess in that way, not intentionally to embarrass him." ”
Just as Zhou Donghuang and the three of them were chatting energetically, Ah Fu's voice, who was repairing the broken courtyard gate at the gate of the small courtyard, came in, "Young master, madam, someone is here." ”
"One of them seems to be the one who let us in at the gate just now. ”
Ah Fu said.
In a moment, an old man in a gray robe who was over the age of antiquity, surrounded by a middle-aged man, appeared in front of Zhou Donghuang and others.
"Lin Lan, I've seen the Second Elder. ”
"I've seen the Second Elder. ”
Lin Lan and Granny Lian respectfully saluted the old man, and Lin Lan even glanced at Zhou Donghuang, who was standing aside, indifferent, after saluting, and reminded, "Donghuang." ”
"Second Elder. ”
After Lin Lan's reminder, Zhou Donghuang looked at the old man with some reluctance and nodded lightly at him.
The old man frowned slightly and glanced at Zhou Donghuang dissatisfiedly, then his eyes fell on Lin Lan's body, and said in a deep voice: "Lin Lan, the head of the family has an order, unless the family summons, you are not allowed to step into the family gate for half a step...... When you came back in a hurry, did you not take the head of the family in your eyes, or did you not take the Lin family's family law in your eyes?"
"Second Elder. ”
Lin Lan said respectfully: "I, Lin Lan, will never dare not take the head of the family in my eyes, nor will I dare not take the Lin family's family law in my eyes." This time, I came back precisely so that the head of the family could retract the ban against me. ”
"Let the head of the house take back the ban?"
The old man sneered, "What you said as the head of the house is child's play? Thinking about getting the head of the house to retract the ban, why don't you want to think about what mistakes you have made?"
"Second Elder, it's my Lin Lan's fault for leaking the hemostatic medicine prescription given by the family, I admit it. ”
Lin Lan said in a deep voice: "But, later, when I returned to the family, I gave the family a better prescription for hemostasis and dispersion...... Just because the four elders swallowed the hemostatic medicine prescription I handed over and handed it over to the family in their own name, do you want to deny my Lin Lan's merits?"
"I'm not convinced!"
When Lin Lan said this, her voice suddenly rose high, and the depression that had been suppressed for more than a month seemed to be completely vented at this moment.
Hearing Lin Lan's words, the old man was stunned at first, and then frowned.
The prescription for stopping bleeding and dispersing medicine handed over by the four elders was handed over to the family by Lin Lan?
"Humph!"
And at this moment, the middle-aged man standing behind the old man, Zhou Donghuang and the others who had just seen the Lin family's disciple 'Lin Hua' outside the gate of the Lin family, suddenly let out a cold snort.
"Lin Lan, it's okay if you take someone over the wall and return to the family like a thief, and now you dare to slander the four elders?"
Lin Hua sneered.
"Over the wall?thief?"
Zhou Donghuang stared at Lin Hua, his eyes narrowed slightly, and the cold light flashed.
"Lin Hua, what do you mean?"
Lin Lan's face changed, and she glared at Lin Hua angrily, "Just now, didn't you let us in?
"Lin Hua, you are spewing blood!"
Granny Lian couldn't stand it anymore, and stared at Lin Hua coldly, "I was still saying just now that you are open-minded and don't hold grudges against those little things in the past...... Now it seems that I really think highly of you. ”
"You let us in just to slander us?"
Later, Granny Lian said that her old face was slightly distorted with anger.
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Lin Hua's face sneered even more, "The head of the family has long ordered that unless the family summons is issued, Lin Lan is not allowed to step into the family for half a step...... Without a summons from the family, how could I, Lin Hua, let Lin Lan in?"
"You're looking for death!"
Zhou Donghuang's face was cold, killing intent flashed in his eyes, and then he took a step forward, ready to kill this beast who slandered his mother.
However, he was stopped by Lin Lan in time.
"Mother. ”
Zhou Donghuang stared at Lin Lan, suppressed his voice, and said in a deep voice almost word by word: "He slandered you...... I can't bear it. ”
"Donghuang, promise my mother...... In the Lin family, unless the Lin family makes the first move, don't make a move against the Lin family. ”
"The Lin family is the root of the mother. ”
Lin Lan had a begging in her eyes, she knew that her son was not ordinary now, it was Lu Qinghu, the head of the Lu family of the Wang family, in front of her son, he was respectful and did not dare to make a mistake.
However, she didn't want her son to use force on the Lin family, which would only make him and the Lin family go to the opposite side and drift apart.
She hopes that the Lin family can accept her son, this is her home, and she also hopes to become her son's home.
The anger in Zhou Donghuang's belly, after seeing the begging look in Lin Lan's eyes, could only be forcibly suppressed.
"Okay, I'll listen to my mother. ”
Zhou Donghuang took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "I only hope that the Lin family can be reasonable and give you justice...... Otherwise, don't blame me Zhou Donghuang for being polite!"
When the words fell, Zhou Donghuang's cold gaze swept over Lin Hua and the second elder of the Lin family in a timely manner.
"Lin Lan, this is your adopted son? What a big breath! I want to see how he, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, is not polite to me Lin Hua!"
Lin Hua looked at Zhou Donghuang, his eyes full of disdain.
He Lin Hua, a dignified and concentrated dual martial arts monk, would he still be afraid of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy?
"Lin Lan, do you have any evidence for everything you just said?"
The second elder of the Lin family, 'Lin Chonghuan', had also come back to his senses at this time, looked at Lin Lan and asked.
When the words fell, he added, "If there is no evidence, you are openly slandering the four elders, and the crime will be increased by one degree!"
"Yes. ”
Lin Lan nodded resolutely.
"Okay, you stay here for the time being, and I'll report to the head of the house...... When the Four Elders come back, we will call you over to confront the Four Elders. ”
Lin Chonghuan nodded, then turned to leave.
"Second Elder, let's not mention the matter of the prescription for the time being...... This Lin Lan brought people over the wall to come in, shouldn't she be punished first?"
Seeing that Lin Chonghuan was leaving, Lin Hua hurriedly followed and reminded.
"If what she said is true, the head of the family will take back that order, so that no matter how she enters, it will not be considered trespassing on my Lin family's mansion. ”
Lin Chonghuan said.
"How could what she said be true? ”
Lin Hua said disdainfully: "The hemostatic powder prepared by that prescription is even better than the medicinal effect of the hemostatic powder prepared by the Chinese pharmacist enshrined by our Lin family, how could she Lin Lan have that kind of prescription." ”
"Fourth Elder, I'll be back in a few days. When the time comes, we will know what the truth is. ”
Lin Chonghuan ignored Lin Hua and left.
Lin Hua glanced back at Lin Lan hatefully, and then left.
"This second elder of the Lin family is quite reasonable. ”
Retracting the cold gaze that fell on Lin Hua, Zhou Donghuang said lightly.
Lin Lan smiled, "Second Elder, in the Lin family, is responsible for the precepts of the family law, is upright, and is a respectable elder. The next time you see him, don't be rude. ”