Chapter 1845
The True and False Jinshi
Liu Tong took Liu Xi with her to visit the Lin family.
Lin Ruhai also called his son over.
Yes, Lin Ruhai has a son!
After being transferred back to the capital and witnessing how the Rongguo Mansion bullied his daughter, Lin Ruhai's guilt towards Jia Min disappeared by more than half—Jia Min had helped Lin Ruhai take the blame and was poisoned to death by the salt merchants—and thinking of the Lin family's lineage, Lin Ruhai married another wife.
His wife was arranged by the emperor.
The emperor selected the most outstanding among the female officials who were about to leave the palace and bestowed her upon Lin Ruhai as his second wife.
A woman in her mid-twenties is at her most fertile, as her body is mature.
So, not long after their marriage, Mrs. Lin became pregnant.
The following year, she gave birth to her eldest son, Lin Ye, and then became pregnant again, giving birth to her younger son, Lin Xuan, breaking the Lin family's tradition of having only one son per generation.
Lin Ruhai was overjoyed and spent all his free time with his wife and children, diligently teaching his two sons.
Lin Ye is now ten years old and Lin Heng is eight years old. They are both healthy and show no signs of premature death.
Liu Xi gets along very well with the two children. The two children have been personally taught by Lin Ruhai since they were five years old, and their knowledge is now no less than that of some students in their twenties or thirties.
After that, the Lin family and the Liu family maintained frequent contact.
On one occasion, Liu Dong met Lin Daiyu, who was visiting her parents' home. She was indeed beautiful and graceful, with no trace of sorrow in her eyes, only serenity.
Liu Xi rescued a woman on the road and took her home.
The woman was very beautiful, well-versed in poetry and literature, and eloquent; it's normal for a young man to be attracted to her.
It is said that she came to the capital to stay with relatives, but because they had not been in contact for many years, she found that her relatives had already left the capital when she arrived.
The woman had no relatives or friends and was injured in the foot; she didn't know where to go or what to do.
Liu Xi took pity on the woman and brought her back to his residence.
Liu Tong felt that Liu Xi should be given a series of courses to distinguish between innocent-looking but manipulative women and honey traps.
Liu Dong fell silent upon seeing the woman named He Xinya.
No wonder Liu Xi took a liking to He Xinya at first sight; it turns out the two were connected by blood.
These two people are very likely siblings!
Unlike the original owner, Liu Tong didn't think that with Liu Xu's parents and wife all dead, he could rest easy and no one would expose his identity.
Since Liu Dong replaced Liu Xu, she naturally needed to fully understand Liu Xu, as many people knew Liu Xu.
He wanted to make sure that if he encountered Liu Xu's acquaintances in the future, they wouldn't notice anything different about him.
Therefore, Liu Dong had already secretly investigated everything about Liu Xu, even finding out that Liu Xu was nearly drowned when he was a child after being knocked into a pond by a white goose.
But now he realizes that there are still many things he doesn't know about Liu Xu.
But it's not his fault. After all, Liu Xu wouldn't let a third person know which woman he was having an affair with.
Liu Dong quickly filled in the gaps and followed He Xinya's investigation.
He Xinya's mother was Liu Xu's cousin, and the two developed feelings for each other and became intimate.
However, He Xinya's parents thought the Liu family was too poor and couldn't even afford a proper betrothal gift.
They then found a wealthy merchant, received a large dowry, and married He Xinya to him.
Although He Xinya's mother liked Liu Xu, she didn't want to suffer with him. She told Liu Xu that she had no choice in the matter, and after a night of passion with him, she got into the bridal sedan chair.
After getting married, Liu's cousin discovered that life wasn't easy for the wealthy merchant.
The wealthy merchant was a womanizer. Besides his second wife, Liu, he had several concubines. These concubines didn't respect Liu at all, especially since she only had one daughter, while they had given birth to the merchant's son.
The wealthy merchant's favoritism towards his concubine and neglect of his wife made life very difficult for Liu's cousin and her daughter.
Fortunately, the wealthy merchant died in the bed of one of his concubines.
As the head of the household, Liu's cousin immediately took control of the wealthy merchant family.
Even if concubines were favored, they were still considered lowly and had contracts of servitude.
Cousin Liu used their indentures to threaten the concubines, saying that if they didn't leave with their sons, she would sell them into a lowly brothel.
The concubines hated Liu's cousin so much they wanted to tear her apart, but they were helpless. They didn't want to become the lowest kind of prostitutes, so they could only leave with their sons and the money Liu's cousin had given to his illegitimate son.
The wealthy merchant's entire fortune ended up in Liu's cousin's hands.
She thought she and her daughter could finally live a good life, but the wealthy merchant's relatives bullied them, a widow and her child, and seized most of their family's wealth under various pretexts.
In the end, they were left with only a small amount of money, barely enough to make ends meet.
Life became even more difficult than before she got married, how could Cousin Liu endure it?
When Liu Xu passed the imperial examination and became a high-ranking official in the mountains, Liu's cousin was filled with regret!
If she had married Liu Xu instead, she would have been the wife of a high-ranking official!
They are still suffering there as they are now.
Every day she lamented like this, and her regret gradually turned into resentment.
Cousin Liu resented Liu Xu for not insisting on marrying her back then, and resented that Liu Xu didn't come looking for her after he became successful...
She often complained to her trusted nanny, and He Xinya overheard her one time.
He Xinya didn't hear everything, only snippets of conversation, including Liu's cousin complaining that their current miserable lives were all caused by Liu Xu.
Upon hearing the name of Master He again, He Xinya misunderstood and thought that Master He had been killed by Liu Xu.
He Xinya regarded Liu Xu as her enemy!
Even if she knew who the enemy was, how could He Xinya, a young woman, avenge her father?
Then, He Xinya fell ill.
He Xinya died from a high fever, and a transmigrated soul possessed her body.
The reborn He Xinya received the memories of the original He Xinya and knew that the original He Xinya was determined to avenge her father.
This new student, He Xinya, is a very efficient person; she was a mercenary in her modern days.
While recuperating, she also trained to regain her skills. Once she was able to defeat two adult men with her skills, He Xinya went to the capital to seek revenge on Liu Xu.
She learned that Liu Xu had a son named Liu Xi, and then planned to get close to Liu Xi to infiltrate the Liu family mansion, and then find an opportunity to assassinate Liu Xu.
No one would think that a weak woman like her would be capable of killing; they would only assume that she was an assassin sent by Liu Xu's political enemies.
He Xinya felt that her plan was very good.
On the tenth night after entering the Liu residence, He Xinya sneaked into Liu Tong's study.
As a result, she didn't even last three moves before Liu Dong dislocated her arms and forced her down on a chair.
He Xinya asked in disbelief, "You actually know martial arts?"
Ancient martial arts! This is the legendary ancient martial arts!
So this isn't an ordinary ancient world, but a martial arts world?
Liu Tong: "You're making a fuss over nothing!"
He Xinya thought that if she fell into Liu Dong's hands, her fate would be the same as the original owner's biological father, and she would not be able to save her life.
She said, "Liu Xu, you murderer, you won't get away with this!"
Liu Tong feigned confusion: "Who did I kill?"
He Xinya said He Laoye's name: "You killed my father!"
Liu Tong chuckled: "It was your own mother who killed your father!" (End of Chapter)