Inside the study.

Ling Feihong sat behind his desk.

A soft white glow emanated from the two lanterns, illuminating the room as if it were day.

Ling Jiahui's wife cautiously pushed the door open and came to Ling Feihong's desk.

"Jiang Lishan, the surviving person, has seen the patriarch!"

The door was carefully closed by the people outside.

Jiang Lishan's heart tightened subconsciously.

Ling Feihong said softly: "Don't be nervous, I just want to know something from you." ”

"At the beginning, Ling Jiahui's assassination of Ling Jiuqiu has been decided, but I have always felt that there is something wrong with it, and I have secretly investigated it for a long time."

"With Ling Jiahui's temperament, even if he has hatred in his heart, he shouldn't have the courage to assassinate Ling Jiuqiu in person."

"He is a very responsible person, and it is impossible for him to take such a big risk and act impulsively without thinking about his family."

"I suspect that there is someone else behind this matter, and he will coerce Ling Jiahui by some means to cause him to do this risky move."

"Unfortunately, I never found any evidence."

Ling Feihong's eyes fell on Jiang Lishan's body, and said seriously: "Ling Jiahui is dead, and he is charged with assassinating his eldest son, and if you want to exonerate him, the only way to get rid of him is to find the mastermind behind the scenes." ”

"What clues do you have?"

According to Jiang Lishan's reaction when she learned the cause of Ling Jiahui's death, Ling Feihong was at least more than 50% sure that the other party knew about Ling Jiahui's collusion with the second wife, and it was very likely that he knew the whereabouts of the handwritten letter.

The reason why he sent Jiang Hai to search and personally inquire was just in case.

If that handwritten letter is not destroyed, if it is exposed in the future, it will immediately make Ling Jiuqiu understand that the second lady is closely related to the original assassination.

Since Ling Jiuqiu and Ling Bailong want to reconcile, and let the two brothers work together to strengthen the family, this hidden risk naturally needs to be eliminated.

Only by destroying the handwritten letter and killing Jiang Lishan did the original assassination incident really come to an end.

Jiang Lishan lowered her head and replied without hesitation: "Patriarch, I don't know why Jiahui did that, and I don't know if there is a behind-the-scenes mastermind, if there is, please ask the patriarch to find out and return Jiahui's innocence!" ”

Ling Feihong sighed lightly:

"Well, I won't go around the bend with you, in fact, I know that this matter must be related to the second lady, you don't have to worry about being retaliated against by the second lady afterwards, since I am determined to investigate this matter, I naturally will not take into account the relationship with him as husband and wife."

"After all, it's my son she's going to kill!"

"I won't let her go easily for this kind of thing that touches the bottom line, it's just that I need sufficient evidence to convince the public."

"If you have a clue, you must hand it over to me, I will avenge my son, and I will also make Jiahui innocent, now I only wait for a piece of evidence."

Hearing this, Jiang Lishan couldn't help but move.

After Ling Jiahui's death, due to the crime of assassinating his eldest son, the spiritual position was almost unable to enter the family ancestral hall.

In addition, there are some large and small punishments, which make her already declining family even worse.

If Ling Jiahui's charges can be canceled, or just reduced, it will relieve a lot of pressure on her life.

Moreover, Ling Jiahui's death, the one she hated the most in her heart, the first was Ling Jiuqiu, followed by the second lady.

If it weren't for the instigation of the second lady, how could Ling Jiahui die? How did her family get to where it is now?

"Since you killed Jiahui, why should I protect you!"

"Moreover, with the crime committed by Jiahui, it is impossible for Guangyao to accompany him to the Yanlong Martial Arts Academy, that is to say, it is impossible for the second lady to fulfill his promise."

Thinking of this, Jiang Lishan gritted her teeth, raised her head to look at Ling Feihong, and said word by word: "I have a handwritten letter that can prove that it was indeed the second lady who instigated Jiahui to assassinate Ling Jiuqiu. ”

Ling Feihong's expression was straight: "That's good, is there anything written in the letter about the assassination?" ”

Jiang Lishan hesitated: "No, but it says that someone will be sent to follow Ling Jiuqiu, which can also show that the assassination is related to the second lady." ”

"That's ......"

Ling Feihong shook his head with some disappointment: "This handwritten letter is also useful, but it can't be used as key evidence, I wonder if you have any other evidence?" Or witnesses? ”

Jiang Lishan shook her head: "No." ”

"Where did you put the letter?"

"I'll keep it in a secret compartment in the room, and if the patriarch needs it, I'll go get it now."

That's when it happened.

There was a knock on the door, and Ling Jianghai's voice came from outside the door: "Patriarch." ”

Ling Feihong asked indifferently, "How is it?" ”

"Mission accomplished."

"Come in."

Ling Jianghai pushed the door in, held an earthy yellow envelope in his hand, walked to the desk, and respectfully handed it to Ling Feihong.

Jiang Lishan looked at all this in a daze, and didn't react for a while, only feeling that this envelope looked quite familiar.

Ling Feihong opened the envelope, took out the letterhead, slowly unfolded it, looked at the handwriting of the second lady on it, and then turned the letterhead to Jiang Lishan.

"Are you talking about this handwritten letter?"

"Yes, but what do you ......, Patriarch?"

Ling Feihong waved his hand and said coldly: "Ling Jiahui and Jiang Lishan conspired to assassinate Ling Jiuqiu, the eldest son of the concubine, and are now sentenced to death, Jiang Hai, take it down, deal with it cleanly." ”

Only then did Jiang Lishan react, the horror and anger on her face were mixed together, blending into a hideous and distorted look.

"Patriarch! You lied to me! Why did you kill me! ”

"I'm not convinced, I didn't do anything!"

Ling Jianghai walked over, slashed her at the back of her neck with a palm knife, knocked her unconscious, and then walked out of the study with her neck in one hand.

"There shouldn't be any flaws now."

Looking at the closed door, Ling Feihong rubbed his eyebrows and thought about it.

"Next, you just need to find a way to reconcile Jiuqiu and Bailong, and then watch Jinghan, there will be no problem."

"With the talents of Jiuqiu and Bailong, as long as they can work together, my Ling clan will definitely rise!"

……

Ling Jiuqiu's so-called retreat is not a complete retreat, but only focuses on cultivation, occasionally going out to eat, and receiving guidance from Steward Geng.

Under the dedicated teaching of Steward Geng, Jiuqiu's comprehension of the swimming fish body method was almost a thousand miles in a day, and he was completely introduced in two days.

Day 3.

A staff member came to pass the message: "Ling Feihong, the patriarch of the Ling clan, has made an appointment and is waiting in the reception room at this time. ”

Ling Jiuqiu had no choice but to suspend his cultivation.

When he came to the reception room, Ling Feihong said with a solemn face: "Today is your mother's death day, I have arranged a feast at home, you can go back with me, our family has not been reunited for a long time, just take this opportunity to get together." ”

"Is my mother's death day?"

Ling Jiuqiu thought about it for a moment.

On the death days of previous years, the original body was alone in the ancestral hall with incense, silently paying tribute to the woman who had long been unable to remember her face.

Now, Ling Feihong has made an exception to prepare a feast, obviously to eliminate the estrangement between father and son.

Ling Jiuqiu nodded: "Okay." ”