At this time, Gu Crocodile didn't feel glad that his intuition was correct, because he was now facing Lin Zhan alone.

"Gu Crocodile, is there any secret in this Lin family that I don't know?"

When there were only two people left in the room, Gu Crocodile and Lin Zhan, Lin Zhan suddenly asked.

Gu Crocodile was slightly stunned, and asked with some puzzlement: "What does Childe want to know?"

"Lin Tianxiao, Lin Kecheng, Lin Keluo, Lin Kezhi, Lin Feng, Lin Ling, Murong Xiaoqing, Pang Tian, Xiao Jing, the generals of the Lin family, the affairs inside and outside the Lin Mansion, people from all walks of life, and you. In the Lin family, apart from these, is there anything I don't know?"

Gu Crocodile's face changed, and he asked with some hesitation: "What Gongzi said is the eldest lady." ”

The eldest lady, Lin Kecheng's wife, the second-generation mother of the Lin family, and Lin Zhan's mother.

Lin Zhan nodded slightly at Gu Crocodile.

At this time, Gu Crocodile's face became a little unsightly, as if he was hesitating about something.

Lin Zhan's reaction to Gu Crocodile was a little strange.

Although he had just reprimanded Gu Crocodile and them, Lin Zhan still had a lot of loyalty to Gu Crocodile in his heart. Gu Crocodile's hesitation at this time should not be that he wanted to deliberately hide something. The biggest possibility is that the question Lin Zhan asked is itself very problematic.

Gu Crocodile hesitated for a long time before replying, "Son, the eldest lady has been away from the Lin family for more than ten years. At that time, his subordinate was just a small guard who had just entered the Lin Mansion, and he was not very clear about the affairs of the eldest lady. The subordinates only knew that it was an absolute taboo not only in the Lin family, but even in the entire Heavenly Star Empire. Since the eldest lady left that year, the whole Celestial Star Empire has strictly forbidden to discuss matters related to the eldest lady, and all news about the eldest lady has been blocked and destroyed. ”

"Now, except for a few people in the upper echelons of the empire and the core of the Lin family, no one knows the news of the eldest lady. ”

When Gu Crocodile said these words, his face turned a little pale, and there was even some fear in his eyes.

Lin Zhan saw these in his eyes, and then waved his hand to let Gu Crocodile retreat.

Lin Zhan is quite confident in himself, and he also has a certain confidence in the Lin family. But self-confidence is not the same as arrogance, Lin Zhan also knows in his heart that no matter how powerful he was in the past and how powerful he will be in the future, but now Lin Zhan is just a small martial artist at the fourth order, and the forces under him cannot compete with an empire no matter what.

Even if Lin Zhan had the backing of the Lin family behind him, it wouldn't work.

Lin Zhan knew very well in his heart what what what he did yesterday meant to an empire. Not to mention Lin Zhan's audacity, Lin Zhan's private detention of the third princess and the sixth prince for interrogation has already touched the bottom line of the royal family. By the time Lin Zhan openly confronted the Ma family later, Lin Zhan had already predicted the possible reaction of the royal family.

It is certain that in order to maintain the majesty of the royal family and the laws of the empire, severe punishment is necessary, and it will even implicate the Lin family.

Lin Zhan had imagined several endings in advance, and he was mentally prepared for the price he needed to pay, but Lin Zhan never expected that the final punishment would only be thirty court rods and a one-year grounding.

To say that Lin Zhan's own sophistry worked, Lin Zhan would never believe it. Lin Zhan himself is smart, but others are not stupid, and in that case, quibbling can play a rather limited role.

At that time, as long as the royal family wanted to deal with Lin Zhan, there was no need for any reason.

Since it is not his own means, the biggest possibility is that Lin Zhan or the Lin family have a strong backer that the royal family does not dare to move.

Lin Zhan's situation Lin Zhan himself knows best, he was reincarnated as a human after forcibly breaking the barrier between the Three Realms and escaping, so naturally it would be his former God Realm generals who also ran down to cover him.

Then this backer can only come from the Lin family.

Lin Zhan already knew about the big and small people inside and outside the Lin family, and they had always been in Lin Zhan's sight. In addition, there are only two people who have not appeared for a long time, one is Lin Tianxiao's sworn brother, Lin Kezhi's biological father - Xiao Jing.

However, Xiao Jing had already died on the battlefield many years ago, which was personally confirmed by Lin Tianxiao.

In that case, there is only one person left.

It was precisely because of this that Lin Zhan asked Gu Crocodile, but Gu Crocodile's answer made Lin Zhan even more puzzled.

For his mother, Lin Zhan actually doesn't have much of an impression. The reason is that not long after Lin Zhan was born, his mother left the Lin family. At that time, Lin Zhan had just been reincarnated as a human being, and he was busy exercising his spirit, so he naturally didn't have time to pay attention to his mother.

Lin Zhan's deepest impression was that before his mother left the Lin family, the Lin family seemed to have suffered a big chaos, and after that, the Lin family suddenly appeared with many powerful aura.

After that, his mother disappeared with these powerful breaths.

Thinking of this, some strange looks appeared in Lin Zhan's eyes, and he whispered to himself, "My ...... Mother, it seems to be called Ouyang Xue. ”

The Royal Palace, the Imperial Study.

As the center of political power in an empire, the palace was certainly well guarded. As the emperor's imperial place, the imperial study, its guards are even more important.

Look at these ten steps and one sentry, five steps and one post, there are countless open and secret guards, and they are said to be people, even a fly may not be able to get close.

In the imperial study, a middle-aged man in an imperial robe was holding a red pen there, and the pen was walking on the rice paper on the clothes, and he saw that a number was about to succeed.

This person is none other than Liu Shen, the emperor of the Celestial Star Empire.

Opposite Liu Shen, there was also a young man in a yellow brocade robe. The clothes worn by the two looked somewhat similar, but Liu Shen's imperial robe was embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon, while the young man was embroidered with a four-clawed ground python.

This person is none other than the crown prince of the Heavenly Star Empire - Liu Yi.

Liu Shen turned his wrist, and the word "emperor" jumped on the paper.

Liu Shen breathed a sigh of relief, put the red pen on the pen holder, picked up a piece of cotton brocade and looked at the words he wrote while wiping his hands, and at the same time asked Liu Yi, who had been standing there respectfully and did not dare to disturb him, "Are you very confused?"

Liu Yi replied very respectfully: "Yes, I am very puzzled by what my father did. ”

Liu Shen looked at what he had written, nodded, and motioned for Liu Yi to continue.

"The causes and consequences of this matter have been investigated. Lin Zhan is bold and arrogant. The third emperor sister and the sixth emperor brother are also members of our royal family, even if there is something wrong, it should be dealt with by our royal family. Lin Zhan not only set up a private torture hall and detained the two of them, but also coerced and coerced them to write confessions. Such actions do not take my royal family into account at all. Yesterday, the six emperor brothers defended Lin Zhan above the court, showing that they were coerced by Lin Zhan. Such contempt for the royal family is a great sin of extermination. Even if it can't be killed as an example because of the power of the Lin family, it will be punished severely. By the way, they can also suppress the Lin family, reduce their military power, reduce their prestige, and eliminate their hidden dangers. ”

When he said the last sentence, Liu Yi's eyes flashed with brilliance. Obviously, this is his ultimate goal.

Liu Shen nodded again.

"Yes, you have such insight to show that you are genuinely thinking about the Empire. It's not like your brothers, who only know how to cater to my wishes and slap horses all day long. ”

Liu Yi immediately said with sincere fear: "Father and Emperor have praised it. ”

Liu Shen waved his hand and continued: "According to what you just said, it is indeed possible. By the way, you can also knock and knock those who are not very restless, and change the atmosphere of the whole empire. ”

Liu Yi hurriedly asked, "Then why did the father emperor let Lin Zhan go so easily?"

Liu Shen showed a wry smile, and there was some helplessness in his eyes.

I believe that it is not a trivial matter to make a peerless emperor like him feel helpless.

"There's nothing wrong with that. But there is a premise for it to be realized, that is, the Lin family is just an ordinary courtier of the Celestial Star Empire. ”