HLnovel Chapter 543
Chapter 543
"Master Lin, if it weren't for the Duke and the Prefect Gao's instructions, would we dare to take action against you?"
"No, it's impossible. I, I am a direct descendant of the Jiangnan Lin family. My aunt is the current empress dowager, and my uncle is the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty."
"How dare he, Yan Peng?"
When Lin Ke finished speaking, the chief guard wiped his sharp blade and sneered, "Master Lin, I'm afraid you don't know yet, right?"
"Prime Minister Lin personally issued a clan decree to expel Lin Ke, who colluded with the flood bandits, withheld relief grain, and embezzled tax silver, from the Jiangnan Lin Clan Ancestral Hall."
'boom! ’
When Lin Ke heard this, his head started buzzing.
As a veteran who had been in the officialdom for so many years, he naturally understood from these words that both Yan Peng and Lin Ruopu were ready to push him out as a scapegoat.
As long as he dies, and there are witnesses and evidence, we can confirm that these crimes were all committed by him for his own selfish desires...
Then this storm will be over.
Prince Ning is in Beijing, and Your Majesty, who has also gained benefits in Jiangnan, will definitely let it go in order to avoid chaos in the Ming Dynasty.
A fourth-rank prefect can be considered a reasonable explanation to the government and the people.
"Haha."
After sorting out all this, Lin Ke suddenly burst into laughter.
"Think of me, Lin Ke. I worked diligently for the Jiangnan Lin family and Duke Qing, but in the end, I was expelled from the ancestral hall and left dead in the streets."
Hearing this, the chief guard said, "There's nothing we can do! As the Duke said, in order to maximize profits, only the weakest one can die."
"Master Lin, do you have any last words? We'll pass them on for you. Of course, the price will be determined separately."
The reason why he talked so much nonsense with Lin Ke was that he wanted to get some more benefits from him.
"There are last words!"
"Please give a message to Duke Qing and Prime Minister Lin..."
"I, Lin Ke, will not let them go even if I become a ghost."
"If you are stubborn, then I will make your death a little more painful."
As he spoke of the captain of the guards, he was preparing to torture him to death bit by bit.
Maybe, you can get some useful information.
"What's he doing? Isn't this Lao Wu from the kitchen?"
"What are you doing here?"
Just then, shouts were heard outside the woodshed.
"The kitchen needs more fire, I'll get some charcoal."
"Go, go, go. Go away and come back later."
"We're working on something."
'Sizzle.'
The two guards at the gate had just finished their words when the kitchen worker, who they usually considered to be honest and even a bit hunchbacked, suddenly became taller...
Moreover, a fatal cut cut their necks.
"What's going on outside?"
"how……"
'Pfft. '
With two decisive strikes, the captain of the guards and his entourage were sent away.
Lin Ke, who was ready to die, was stunned after seeing this scene.
"You, you are..."
"Master Xu, let me tell you something: the sea of suffering is endless, but turning back is the shore."
'Snapped. '
After saying this, Lao Wu knocked Lin Ke unconscious immediately.
He was not in a hurry to leave, but pushed the cart carrying slop over.
He hid the bodies of the guards and Lin Ke on the ground floor. He first cleaned up the scene, then covered it up, and finally, as usual, pushed the car out from the back door.
"Old Five, are you going to pour out the slop?"
"Yes!"
"What's for lunch today?"
"Madam said there's meat today."
"That's great, leave some for me later."
"necessary."
Lao Wu, who showed no signs of acting, drove a carriage filled with slop into the alley!
'Whoa.'
The moment it stopped, Xuan Yueyu, dressed in the uniform of a guard from the Duke of Qing's mansion, mysteriously appeared beside the carriage.
"Move faster!"
With his order, the four dead guards were dealt with in a timely manner.
Lin Ke, who was knocked unconscious, was quickly transferred by the people from the Ghost Pavilion.
'Wow.'
Without any nonsense, Lao Wu unfolded the hand-drawn floor plan of the Duke of Qing's Mansion in front of Xuan Yueyu.
"Yan Peng always keeps a handy trick in everything he does. He keeps the leverage he uses to manipulate Suzhou officials and important documents in the darkroom of his study."
"This place is right next to the alchemy room where he usually seeks immortals and medicine. According to Lord Xu's instructions, at one quarter past noon, a furnace of elixirs will explode, causing a fire in the backyard."