Ling Jiqiu returned home and immediately gave Lin Zexu a book. After writing it, he thought about it carefully, the capital and Guangzhou are thousands of miles apart, and if there is any accident, it will be troublesome, so he copied another copy. Call two cronies in the palace and ask them to go to the capital immediately along different roads.

These two people, one is Yang Fu, the second housekeeper in Ling Jiqiu's mansion, and the other is Ling Zhen, the righteous son he once adopted, and the two have been by his side for a long time and have won his trust. Ling Jiqiu called the two of them separately and didn't let them know each other, just in case. But what Ling Jiqiu never expected was that the Prime Minister Yamen had already bribed Ling Zhen before Lord Chen came, asking him to secretly monitor Ling Jiqiu's movements.

Two days after Ling Zhen took the letter and left the city, he returned to Guangzhou City in disguise, and then went to the Prime Minister's Yamen.

Lord Chen carefully looked at the contents of the letter, and there were several important people in Guangzhou next to him.

"Humph! I really don't know how to lift, this Ling Jiqiu, so bold. Chen Da angrily smashed the tea bowl on the table to the ground.

"Lord Chen, why should you panic, if Ling Jiqiu really refuses to cooperate, find someone to kill, and then let's go to find someone else, I don't believe that such a big Guangzhou, no one is tempted to look at the silver of Bai Huahua." It was Zhang Jing (secretary in charge of the minister) Liu Fuyi of the Prime Minister's Yamen who spoke.

"Lord Liu, it's not easy to kill Ling Jiqiu, his tea has too deep a pulse, and if you move him, I'm afraid it will alarm the imperial court." Lord Chen said with a distressed expression.

Liu Fuyi smiled and said, "I said that you have been an official for nothing for decades, what's wrong?" If he wants to die, do you still need us to do it? ”

Lord Chen looked at the letter in his hand, rolled his eyes twice, and immediately understood Liu Fuyi's words.

A month later, Ling Zhen returned to Fuzhong. In fact, during this time, he had been hiding in the Prime Minister's Yamen, and when he came back this time, he received three hundred taels of silver from Lord Chen and was ordered to assassinate his adoptive father. At first, he didn't dare, but then he thought that as soon as his adoptive father died, he would have the opportunity to seize the property of the Ling family.

As soon as he returned to Ling's mansion, Ling Zhen immediately came to Ling Jiqiu's study and took out a fake reply letter and handed it to his adoptive father.

After reading this letter, Ling Jiqiu was a little relieved, and Lin Zexu had already said that he would report to the emperor immediately.

"Dad, Lord Lin also asked me to bring you some supplements from the Western Regions, saying that I thank you for your loyalty." Ling Zhen took out the American ginseng in the bag and said, in fact, it is sprinkled with chronic poison, and within seven days after eating, the blood will definitely burst and die.

"Zhen'er, you have worked hard these days, you can take these things back and use them yourself, and then go to the treasury to get a hundred taels of silver, and rest for two days." Ling Jiqiu's concern for his adopted son was sincere.

Ling Zhen didn't shirk it, he was afraid that his adoptive father would be suspicious, and if this plan didn't work, he had to think of another way. The bitterness of Lord Chen only gave him half a month, which made him unable to close his eyes for several days, and he knew that if he couldn't do this, Lord Chen would not be soft. So, on the sixth day back in Guangzhou, Ling Zhen finally decided to find an opportunity to do it himself.

Perhaps it was a coincidence that it was July 15th.

Late at night, the Ling Mansion was surprisingly quiet, all around was pitch black, and the only light was in Ling Jiqiu's study. In the shadows of the moonlit night, Ling Zhen quietly lurked under the rockery outside the study, wanting to wait for Ling Jiqiu to fall asleep before quietly starting. He carried two things with him, a thicker piece of hemp rope to strangle his neck, and a freshly sharpened dagger at his waist as a last resort.

Ling Zhen knew his adoptive father's habit, as long as he read a book at night, he would sleep alone in the study, and the study was far away from the other rooms, which was very suitable for himself. When it was almost time to arrive, the light in the study was finally extinguished.

Ling Zhengang got up, suddenly felt that something had touched him, and when he looked back, there was nothing. Today is the fifteenth day of July, and Ling Zhen's mind can't help but be a little flustered. But as soon as he thought of what he would get after the death of Master Chen and his adoptive father, he shook his head violently, and then tiptoed to the study.

Ling Zhen, who was just about to enter the door, suddenly heard a voice from inside the study again, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly lay down under the window. After trembling for a long time, there was no movement, and Ling Zhen put his head on the window tremblingly. Through the white window paper, Ling Zhen saw that there was a faint green light shining inside.

What's going on? Ling Zhen curiously used his fingers to break a small hole, and his eyes looked inside.

It turned out that the adoptive father was not asleep, but stood quietly with his back to the window. The one that shone was a green thing on the table. Ling Zhen guessed that this should be the "Night Pearl", right? He peered more closely at the green object.

It was a round dough-like thing, and the reason why Ling Zhen felt that it looked like dough was because its surface seemed to be very soft, gently lying together. There seems to be some miscellaneous objects inside, the white and black ones seem to be moving, and the more you look at it, the more weird it feels.

"Fifty years have finally arrived." Ling Jiqiu suddenly turned around and looked at the things on the table. He slowly took off a jade pendant from his neck, then twisted his neck, and said, "Dad, do you know how bitter you hurt me and my mother?" ”

Ling Jiqiu said as if in tears: "Why were you so confused back then, listening to the words of the demon, killing your two elder brothers, and letting your mother suffer outside, I have the intention to destroy this 'life-killing stone', but I am afraid that my mother will be implicated, now, our Ling family will be entangled by this thing for generations, cursed by it, Dad, can you be safe under the Yellow Spring?" ”

Hearing his adoptive father insulting the old lady like this, Ling Zhen was puzzled in his heart, although he died when he was very young, but in his memory, he was also very attentive to his adoptive father, and besides, didn't the adoptive father's mother die with the old lady? Why did the adoptive father say that?

At this time, Ling Jiqiu seemed to be unable to hold back the anger in his heart, and slapped the green thing on the table. Ling Zhen saw an incredible scene. The adoptive father's palm passed through the thing, and when he slapped it down, he heard only the sound of the table. The green thing rose into the air and floated in front of Ling Jiqiu.

Ling Zhen retracted his gaze, squatted on the ground and patted his head desperately, afraid that what he saw just now was an illusion. But when he looked up again, his adoptive father disappeared along with the strange thing. At this moment, the door of the corner study was gently pushed open. Ling Zhen immediately stepped back, and when he saw it, it was actually his adoptive father walking out.

Where is the adoptive father going on such a big night? Ling Zhen thought about it, didn't this give him a great opportunity? So, he followed.