Since Wu Yong's betrayal, all the affairs of the village have been handed over to Zhu Wu. Li Gui himself won't do it anyway!
Zhu Wu was working by himself today. When he heard someone on patrol saying that he had caught a spy, he hurriedly called him over for interrogation.
He read the two letters first, and saw that one letter was obviously Wu Yong's handwriting. It was full of words about solicitation and bribery, as well as various conspiracy contents, and there were large smears on it.
Another letter expressed Lin Chong's kindness to Song Jiang, made various complaints about Li Gui, and contained various inappropriate contents.
What's worse is that when he looked at the handwriting, it was clearly Lin Chong's handwriting.
Zhu Wu became nervous at this moment. The leader's betrayal had just happened in the village, and now he encountered such a situation, how could he dare to neglect it again?
I was lucky enough to be discovered by Wuhan University last time, but how can I be so lucky every time?
He called all the relevant people over and interrogated them one by one.
Li Da was bitten to death. He just delivered the message and didn't know anything else.
The patrol leader showed off the money he had on him to prove that he could not get so much money for delivering letters. He also claimed that he had spent a lot of money recently and was lavish, so there must be more than that.
Zhu Wu asked people to search, and sure enough, dozens of silver coins were found in Li Da's room.
Zhu Wu asked about the letter again, and Li Da honestly told him that neither of the two leaders had received the letter, and that Song Jiang had given him these two letters.
But Zhu Wu clearly recognized that the handwriting on the letter belonged to Lin Chong, and he couldn't help but doubt his words.
Only then did Li Da realize what kind of thing he was involved in. He was immediately frightened and only shouted that he wanted to see the leader of the village.
Zhu Wu suspected that it was a divorce plan, but he had no evidence. He was afraid of misjudgment and could not make up his mind for a while, so he had to take them to the Juyi Hall and invite all the leaders to discuss the matter together.
After everyone gathered together, Zhu Wu told the truth about the situation and put the letter on the table. When everyone took a look, it was indeed Lin Chong's handwriting.
Lin Chong picked up the letter and compared it carefully, but when he looked left and right, he saw that the letter was clearly his own handwriting. He was shocked, his whole body was shaking, and his face was ashen.
He put down the letter and looked around. He saw that the brothers around him looked suspicious, and he wanted to explain.
But as he spoke, the words Li Gui once said suddenly rang in his mind. After hesitating again and again, he gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, slapped the letter on the table, blushed and acted arrogantly, and raised his eyebrows. cried:
"I didn't write this letter!"
"I, Lin Chong, am not a villain like that!"
"Believe it or not!"
"If brother doesn't believe it, take my head and defecate!"
After saying this, he panted heavily and sat in his seat without saying a word, just waiting for Li Gui to say something.
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Gui laughed.
"Ri Xie Niang!"
"I thought you were going to talk nonsense again!"
"Look at how much it is!"
"If you doubt it, just say doubt it!"
"If not, just say no!"
"Speak out everything and don't hide it. Wouldn't it be a hundred times more enjoyable?"
"We are all brothers, what can't we say directly?"
"Those who believe you, you are lying, and he will believe you!"
"For those who don't believe you, even if you tell the truth, they won't believe it!"
Li Gui slapped the table, pointed at everyone present and asked:
"Brothers, you don't need to worry about the evidence or not. Just speak with your conscience. Do you believe Lin Chong?"
Shi Jin has been studying military training with Lin Chong these days. Lin Chong treated him very kindly and never kept secrets. He was the first to respond, patting his chest and shouting:
"Brother Xin Linchong, the first one!"
"This letter was definitely not written by him!"
With the beginning, Chen Da and Yang Chun followed suit.
Zhu Wu also said:
"I originally suspected that this was a divorce plan used by Wu, but I had no evidence, so I had to invite everyone to discuss it."
"But if you ask me my personal opinion, of course I also believe in brother Xin Lin Chong."
The three Ruan brothers looked at each other and said:
"After we went up the mountain, we didn't have much contact with Brother Lin Chong. I can't say whether I believe it or not."
"But we know that Wu Yong is used to harming others, and he is probably the one who did it!"
The rest of the people also expressed their opinions, some said they believed it, and some said they didn't believe it. It all depends on their friendship with Lin Chong, and no one cares about the evidence.
After everyone had finished speaking, Li Guicai smiled and said to Lin Chong:
"look!"
"It's all because you didn't get close to everyone in the past and rarely interacted with your brothers. No one knows what your character is."
"What happened today is all your own fault!"
"There are many brothers on this mountain. It's not a good choice for Wu Yong. But he chose you. You know your character. You don't fit in with others on this mountain, and you are most likely to fall prey to this alienation scheme!"
Lin Chong looked ashamed, stood up, bowed to his brothers, and blamed himself:
"Since I came to the mountain, I have been proud of my official background. I often look down on my brothers. I am arrogant and inevitably alienated."
"Now I know I was wrong. All my brothers are first-rate men, a hundred times stronger than a weak and coward like me!"
"It's not that the older brothers are not worthy of the younger brothers, it's that the younger brothers are not worthy of being friends with the older brothers!"
"Everything is my fault. Please give me a chance so that I can change my past and start a new life!"
After everyone heard this, they all laughed.
"If you make a mistake, correct it. This is what a good man is!"
"Since Brother Lin Chong said so, we must get closer in the future!"
"Let's talk about it in front of you. If you don't have ten jars of wine, you won't be able to get through this!"
Lin Chong hugged everyone one by one and was filled with emotion. In the first half of his life, had he ever truly interacted with someone like this?
Even the colleagues in the Yamen kept half of what they said. The only one who had known each other since childhood, Lu Yuhou, turned out to be a wolf-hearted person.
At this time, Lin Chong's heart opened up a little and he began to try to change his life.
Li Gui then asked people to prepare another banquet to celebrate Lin Chong's new life.
As for the letter on the table, no one has looked at it again.
Li Gui called for Li Da to be sent in again. Li Da was tied up and pushed in. As soon as he saw his figure, he fell to the ground and shouted injustice.
"Master Dazhai, please spare your life!"
"The villain is really not a meticulous worker!"
Li Gui sneered and cursed:
"You are such a shameless person. For a few coins, you dare to do anything and act without any sense of propriety."
"When you get money, but you don't spend it with your brothers, you just eat without vomiting, you're just like that brave man, why don't you choke to death, you bastard?"
"You only thought that what Song Jiang gave you was a reward, but you didn't know that it was money to buy your life!"
"If I really fall into his trap and chop off Lin Chong's head, how can I let you go again?"
Li Da was frightened and hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy.
Li Gui asked Zhu Wu to punish him according to the rules of the village. He was beaten with a dozen sticks and lay in bed for half a month before he could go to the ground again.
From then on, Li Da hated Song Jiang to death and spoke ill of Song Jiang whenever he met.
(End of chapter)
