After leaving the suburbs and walking onto the street, Lin Yan suddenly heard someone calling him from the bookstore next to him.
This man is white-faced and beardless, with an elegant temperament. He is wearing a green shirt and holding two new thread-bound books in his arms. He looks like a scholar. If not Xia Fourth Master Xia Anzhi, who else could he be?
Lin Yan has always had a good impression of Xia Anzhi. Xia Anzhi was one of the few people who really cared about him when he was working as a handyman in the Xia Mansion. He has always been grateful for this. Xia Anzhi's honest nature as a scholar also made him
Don’t worry, I will leave the matter of clearing the fifth lady’s grievances to the other party.
"Hello, Fourth Master." Lin Yan greeted Xia Anzhi politely, and at the same time the two of them walked to the corner.
Xia Anzhi was obviously surprised to meet Lin Yan here and kept smiling, but there was a hint of unnaturalness in his smile, which Lin Yan could easily see.
Lin Yan knew that this must be related to the deaths of Xia Long and Xia Ping. After all, these two people were Xia Anzhi's relatives.
"Lin Yan, I thought you had left Xiaoshui City a long time ago, but I didn't expect to meet you here."
Without waiting for Lin Yan's answer, Xia Anzhi immediately said: "I have taken care of everything in the Xia Mansion. The grievances between you and the Fifth Madam have been washed away. Now everyone in the Xia Mansion knows that it was Xia Ping who did those dirty things. Thanks to you
He escaped safely and helped the family owner to restore the truth of the matter. However, the family owner was deceived and made a wrong judgment, which led to the drowning of the fifth wife. He blamed himself afterwards and committed suicide by taking poison in the afternoon not long ago."
Lin Yan had already heard the clue from Xia Anzhi's words. Although the grievances between himself and the Fifth Madam had been cleared, it was obvious that Xia Anzhi still did not want to make a big family scandal, so he made great changes on the issue of Xia Long.
, he actually transformed Xia Long, who was originally a murderer, into an upright and affectionate good man. By "committing suicide by taking poison", he established an innocent image of Xia Long, which must have won the sympathy of everyone in the Xia family.
Lin Yan felt a little unhappy because of this, and said a few words lukewarmly: "What then?"
Xia Anzhi also knew that the matter was not handled according to Lin Yan's original wishes, and his expression became even more unnatural, but he could only bite the bullet and continue.
"Then we performed a ritual ceremony for the fifth lady so that she could live peacefully in the underworld. At the same time, the truth was also spread to the fifth lady's home. Now the fifth lady has been included in the family genealogy and can also be buried in the family cemetery."
Lin Yan felt a little better now. At least the fifth lady no longer had to suffer unjust injustice.
"Then how did Xia Shihu and the other five teachers deal with it? You must not have told the truth, right?" Since Xia Long is already a victim, naturally the six people assigned by Xia Long to hunt him down cannot be reconciled.
Nothing to do with summer dragons.
Lin Yan was also curious and wanted to see how Xia Anzhi dealt with it. In the past, he thought that Xia An was stubborn, but now it seems that in order to preserve the image of the Xia family, Xia Anzhi changed his mind as a scholar and chose to do something.
to cover up part of the truth.
Knowing that Lin Yan would ask such a question, Xia Anzhi told the truth.
"I know that the elder brother sent the third brother and five teachers to hunt you down in secret, and other people didn't know about it, so I took advantage of this. I just said that the six of them disappeared suddenly, and the whole government didn't know about it.
We are still sending people to look for them. Anyway, my third brother is a warrior.
I have made some enemies on weekdays, and it is reasonable to say that they have disappeared. Besides, a boss of Xiaoshui City Pier and twenty warriors died inexplicably a while ago. People easily think that the world is not peaceful recently, and they will not be killed.
Death is associated with you."
"Fourth Master Xia also knows how to turn around when doing things. In this way, not only will the grievances between the fifth lady and I be eliminated, but the Xia family's face will also be preserved as much as possible. I think you also blame Xia Ping's death on me, right?
"
From Xia Anzhi's point of view, Lin Yan felt that Xia Anzhi's handling was actually the most correct way. However, as Lin Yan himself, he was not very satisfied with the result, so his words were still lukewarm.
Xia Anzhi smiled awkwardly and said, "Xia Ping deserves to die for doing such a heinous thing. Lin Yan, you kill him to get rid of the harm."
"Lin Yan, I know that you must be very dissatisfied with what I did, and the identical piece of evidence in your hand is enough to reveal all the truth again and ruin the Xia family's reputation. But I ask you not to do this.
"
Xia Anzhi said respectfully. If it weren't for being on the street, he would have knelt down towards Lin Yan at this moment.
"The Xia Mansion is really not good to you. You have ten thousand reasons to embarrass my eldest brother, and you are not wrong at all in doing so, because it is indeed the Xia Mansion, and it is Xia Long who can't help you! But I still chose to
This part of the truth is covered up because I don’t want the century-old Xia Mansion to be destroyed. Lin Yan, please forgive me for using some tricks. I, I am also helpless."
After saying that, Xia An hugged the new thread-bound book with one hand, covered his face with his wide sleeves with the other hand, and sighed, as if he was ashamed of doing so.
Lin Yan suddenly understood that Xia Anzhi was still reading the books of saints and receiving the teachings of saints after all.
In the final analysis, in order to protect the face of Xia Mansion, Xia Anzhi, a pure scholar, thought hard and came up with this series of very unnatural ideas and made a series of actions against his will. For Xia Anzhi himself,
It is indeed a kind of helplessness.
"It's hard for you." Lin Yan looked at Xia Anzhi and said slowly.
"You don't blame me?" Xia Anzhi said in a tone that even he himself couldn't believe.
"You also have your difficulties." Lin Yan said.
Xia Anzhi's expression became even more lonely: "But I still did something that a scholar should never do. What I did was actually unworthy of the teachings I received. I am no longer worthy of being a scholar."
"In fact, Fourth Master Xia, you are no longer a scholar." Having forgiven Xia Anzhi, Lin Yan simply decided to remind him a few more words, "Fourth Master Xia should be the new head of the Xia family now, right?"
Xia Anzhi nodded.
"That's right. From the perspective of a family head, there is nothing wrong with what you do. And in the future, you will no longer be able to handle many things according to the mentality of a scholar, because some things are very complicated and must be handled with some flexibility.
We'll deal with it the same way you dealt with the matter between me and the fifth lady."
Xia Anzhi looked at Lin Yan in disbelief, as if he couldn't understand why a handyman in the Xia Mansion could actually say such sharp and clear words.
"Don't look at me like this. I was forced to learn this truth. Mr. Xia, I respect you, that's why I say this. However, justice should still be possessed, and the integrity that should be upheld should also be upheld. Otherwise, it will become
If you become someone like Xia Long, you are no different from a villain."
"Lin Yan, don't worry, I will be a good and upright head of the family." Xia Anzhi said solemnly.
Lin Yan didn't say anything else. Today he forgave Xia Anzhi and told Xia Anzhi some of his innermost thoughts. It's just that he respected Xia Anzhi in the past and felt that he should remind him not to use the scholar's saintly standards to handle things anymore.
As for Xia Anzhi's vow that he would be a good head of the family, Lin Yan didn't care whether he believed it or not. The environment can easily change a person. No one can tell what Xia Anzhi will become in the end, but that is all a matter of the future, and he
It's completely irrelevant.
But Xia Anzhi still wanted to trouble him.
"Lin Yan, I just learned that you are now famous in Xiaoshui City and are very powerful. You are no longer what you were before... So, I would like to ask you to help me solve something."
"You're welcome, Fourth Master Xia. I used to be called a 'waste, useless piece of firewood' by people in the Xia Mansion. You would scold those people every time. I still remember that one New Year's Eve I didn't finish chopping firewood because my hands were frostbitten.
, even the only bowl of noodles for dinner
I was thrown on the snow by the housekeeper and Xia Shihu, but in the end it was you who brought me a bowl of rice and a bowl of meat from the kitchen, allowing me to spend that cold New Year's Eve. I have always remembered this in my heart. Now I can help you
I'm happy to do something."
Lin Yan spoke with some emotion.
In the ten years in the Xia Mansion, apart from the old accountant, only Xia Anzhi really cared about him, which made him feel that the ten years of life as a handyman actually had some warm memories.
Xia Anzhi had a completely different feeling.
Xia Anzhi feels very lucky.
If it weren't for treating Lin Yan fairly before, if it wasn't for Lin Yan being grateful and remembering the trivial things he had done, then once Lin Yan exposed Xia Long's true face, the Xia family would definitely lose their face.
, it is no longer possible for it to exist, and at the moment, it is impossible to ask Lin Yan to solve a troublesome matter for him.
At that moment, Xia Anzhi said: "The thing is like this. The five teachers who disappeared with Xia Shihu all have certain connections behind them. Originally, we had compensated them in accordance with the government regulations, but they refused.
With some skills, the five families banded together to blackmail
I gave in several times, and I just wanted to spend money to eliminate disasters and buy peace. Who knew that they had intensified their troubles and recently came to cause trouble, demanding that we pay for it. I even asked the government to come forward, but the government was afraid of them.
I don’t want to worry about my identity as a warrior, I really have no choice.”
"So you thought of using some clever tricks to get me to show up?" Lin Yan said with a smile.
"I think you are right, Lin Yan. You have guided me, Xia Anzhi, and I have benefited a lot." Xia Anzhi also laughed.
"You're pretty quick at learning and selling now." Lin Yan joked.
"Lin Yan, you guided me well." Xia Anzhi said seriously.
"Let's go and have a look."
Xia Anzhi hired a carriage and the two of them rode in it, heading all the way towards Qingyang Town.
The coachman knew Xia Anzhi, and when he saw that the dignified head of the Xia Mansion was so polite to a young young man, as if he was treating him as a guest, he couldn't help but look at Lin Yan with admiration.
If the coachman knew that Lin Yan was a handyman in the Xia Mansion half a year ago and was now enjoying such treatment, his eyes would probably drop in surprise.
Lin Yan actually wanted to see what the people in the Xia Mansion would think of him, especially the housekeeper who was so arrogant.
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