Whether intentionally or not, Qi Junce was invited by the Lin family to be a guest in the hall. Baozhu and Jiang Heng stood behind him like two door gods, but they were both looking forward to the good show waiting for them.
Mrs. Wang was sitting in the high hall with a livid face, and beside her was Lu Zhiwen's spiritual tablet. This strange scene caused everyone to whisper, and Mrs. Wang finally showed a smile of success.
"The bride has arrived—!" As a voice rang out, everyone watched with bated breath as Lu Zhixiu, who was smiling as if he had found a treasure, came holding Lin Qi's hand.
Baozhu's peripheral vision caught the twitching of Mrs. Wang's mouth, and her ears caught the ridicule of an unknown housewife next to her.
"It is completely unheard of for a newlywed husband to marry his younger brother before his body is even cold."
"It's harmful. Who can say it's not the case? I don't know what tricks the second master Lu used to make Mrs. Wang agree."
While the two were sighing, Lu Zhixiu and Lin Qi had already begun the stage of worshiping heaven and earth.
Qi Junce looked at the wedding banquet with some boredom, wondering what Lin Qi was going to do.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly, even Xiniang who was supporting her had beads of sweat on her forehead. Maybe no matter how much money I give her in the future, she won't be willing to take on such a job anymore.
"Husband and wife bow to each other -!" This bow not only indicates that Lu Zhixiu and Lin Qi will become a couple recognized by heaven and earth, but also signals the end of the wedding.
Lu Zhixiu was shaking with excitement, and the joints of his hands that were holding the red knot were turning white. Before he could finish his words, he bent down early.
But Lin Qi stood like a pine and a cypress, not moving at all.
Xi Niang was a little embarrassed, because there were so many people and noisy Lin Qi didn't hear her, so she cleared her throat and shouted again.
But Lin Qi remained motionless, and the atmosphere in the hall began to become subtle.
"Lin Qi," Mrs. Wang finally couldn't hold it in any longer, her tone was as cold as her face. "This is the marriage you asked for. What are you going to do?"
Everyone's eyes fell on Lin Qi, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes. On her hijab was a soaring phoenix, with thin golden threads shining brightly in the sun.
The next second, Lynch pulled off the hijab and let it fall to the ground. The tassels on the crown on Lin Qi's head were trembling, corresponding to the anger on her face.
"I wonder which husband of mine Mrs. Wang wants me to worship?" Lin Qi retorted not to be outdone, and Mrs. Wang's face suddenly turned pale.
"You—!" Mrs. Wang suddenly stood up and pointed at Lin Qi and shouted.
Lin Qi ignored Lu Zhixiu's pleading eyes and the movement of grabbing her clothes. He turned around and faced the sky outside the hospital. He raised his face and couldn't hide his haggard face with makeup.
"The sky is above, and the earth is below. I, Lin Qi, of the Lin family, plead grievances for my husband, Lu Zhiwen!" Lin Qi suddenly shouted sadly, and everyone was in an uproar.
"Qi'er," Lu Zhixiu ran over anxiously and grabbed the slightly crazy Lin Qi, "I know you are sad that my eldest brother is gone, but I will also treat you well."
Lin Qi laughed wildly and turned back to look at Lu Zhixiu fiercely. The hateful look in his eyes made Lu Zhixiu take a step back involuntarily, with fear in his eyes.
Lin Qi pulled Lu Zhixiu over, stood up on tiptoes and kissed Lu Zhixiu's lips.
This move caused another exclamation. Bao Zhu could now fit two eggs into his mouth. He was really shocked.
Then Lin Qi let go of Lu Zhixiu, with a strange smile on his face. Lu Zhixiu touched his still warm lips, his face full of disbelief.
"How unbecoming!" Mrs. Wang scolded sternly, "Someone, get this crazy woman down for me."
"Let me see who of you dares!" Lu Zhixiu also shouted. The battle between mother and son is really beautiful.
Lu Zhixiu looked helplessly at Lin Qi, who looked indifferent, and lowered his arms feebly.
He said in a hoarse voice: "You asked me to marry you. God knows how happy I was that day. I did everything you asked for, but what are you doing now?"
Lin Qi snorted sarcastically, "My Lin family made a fortune in the Western Regions in the early years. The first thing we made was medicinal herbs and spices."
Mrs. Wang's expression changed slightly when she heard this, but everyone's attention was on Lin Qi.
"Don't say it's poisonous wine, even if it's arsenic, I can tell it right away." Lin Qi said as he glanced at Lu Zhixiu and Mrs. Wang fiercely.
"But Zhiwen and I never thought that Mrs. Wang, whom we regard as our mother!" Lin Qi's voice began to rise, and everyone's eyes fell on Mrs. Wang.
"You actually poisoned your son who was growing up in front of you." Lin Qi spat out these words sadly, and Mrs. Wang's face turned a little pale.
"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Mrs. Wang's retort sounded a little angry. Baozhu's eyes were moving back and forth between the three of them, for fear of missing something.
"Nothing Zhiwen ate or used was suspicious. But it is true that he died of poison, but it was not something he encountered." Lynch continued.
Qi Junce narrowed his eyes, tapped his fingers on the table, and listened carefully to Lin Qi's words.
"I once heard that there is a poison called a lover's whisper. What a poetic and picturesque name, but in fact it only starts slowly. After the lover expresses his feelings to each other, he dies suddenly and there is no way to recover."
Lin Qi's words were like a sharp sword piercing Mrs. Wang's chest. Mrs. Wang's hands were tightly gripping the chair, and a vein popped out on her forehead.
"And Zhiwen just kissed the rouge on my face. He died suddenly within a few moments of us exchanging love words."
When Lynch said this, tears were already streaming down his face. She brushed the tears off her face nonchalantly and continued.
"And I'm the only one in the wedding room, so I can't argue with you. I'm killing two birds with one stone, trying to drag the Lin family into trouble."
Lu Zhixiu looked at Mrs. Wang in the high hall with some disbelief, his eyes full of fear.
"Then, I'll let you taste the feeling of losing the one you love." Lin Qi laughed wildly, and Lu Zhixiu actually started to bleed from his seven orifices in the laughter, just like Lu Zhiwen that day.
Mrs. Wang finally understood the meaning of Lin Qi's insistence on holding this wedding. Her dignified demeanor began to collapse at this moment, and she wailed and rushed towards Lu Zhixiu who fell to the ground.
For a moment, Mrs. Wang's screams, the guests' exclamations, and Lin Qi's wild laughter caused the scene to become chaotic.
Lynch laughed so much that she coughed until she doubled over. Gradually, she began to bleed from her nose. Lynch stopped laughing wildly, opened a pill from the necklace around her neck and took it.
Holding the unconscious Mrs. Wang in her arms and crying, she wanted to get up and grab the antidote in Lin Qi's hand.
But Lin Qi poured all the antidotes on the ground and crushed them one by one with his embroidered shoes embroidered with mandarin ducks.
Mrs. Wang could only hold up a handful of dust with her hands.
"Despair?" Lin Qi looked down at the dull Mrs. Wang, "That's how I felt that day."
Qi Junce may be a little tired of watching, he doesn't care about Lynch's revenge, he only cares about whether Lynch's promise can be fulfilled.
"Lin Qi," Qi Junce's voice finally silenced the chaotic scene, "Is this what you want us to see?"
Lin Qi raised his head, his face full of sadness, and he said yes in despair.
"But you should know that I don't care about the love and hatred between the Lu and Lin families. What I want is not a farce." Qi Junce said coldly, and Baozhu curled his lips helplessly.
"Master Yan, don't be anxious. Zhiwen's death was also due to the salt tax." Lin Qi said.
Immediately, the faces of other people in the Lu family present began to look very embarrassed. He was holding Mrs. Wang, who was bleeding from all her orifices, and looked at Lin Qi with gritted teeth, wishing to tear her into pieces.
"What, what are you going to do!" Mrs. Wang roared angrily.
Lin Qi smiled slightly and began to take off the outer robe of his wedding dress, revealing the inner garment. The sharp-eyed Jiang Heng discovered that this was actually her wedding dress when Lin Qi and Lu Zhiwen got married that day.
Bao Zhu swallowed his saliva, Lin Qi was nothing short of amazing, every step he took was unexpected. I just don't know what she is going to do at this moment.
Lin Qi raised his hands, and his wide sleeves were embroidered with patterns that were different from other festive totems on wedding clothes, but Qi Junce's eyes widened.
"Master Yan, I think you should be very familiar with these code words, right?" Lin Qi asked.
Qi Junce nodded slightly, which was his code word when communicating with Lu Zhiwen. Unexpectedly, this Lin Qi actually fixed it on his wedding clothes.
"Three days before the wedding, my husband Zhiwen suddenly brought over an extra wedding dress and said that he might be killed." Lynch said, lost in memories.
"And these patterns were specially drawn by him. In order for someone to destroy the evidence of the crime, the crime would be silenced forever."
Lin Qi turned around, looked at the guilty Lu family and said, "Inside, there are not only evidence and clues of corruption, tax evasion, and yin and yang accounting books by the other branches of the Lu family, but also evidence of the monopoly of salt production by the rest of the Lu family."
Qi Junce had a smile on his lips, and he became more and more impressed by Lin Qi and the dead Lu Zhiwen.
"Even though I was careful that day, I didn't want someone to tamper with my rouge." Lin Qi said sadly and angrily.
"If Lu Zhixiu hadn't insisted on me drinking that bowl of soothing soup, and I could smell the smell of different medicinal materials, I wouldn't even know why my husband died."
Mrs. Wang's hands trembled as she touched Lu Zhixiu, whose life was gradually dissipating.
"But this child Zhixiu is innocent and loves you sincerely. If you want revenge, just come against me, an old woman. He is my only son." Mrs. Wang said.
"Innocent?!" Lin Qi's emotions exploded again, "None of the Lu family members present are innocent."
Lin Qi's words made everyone's eyes begin to flicker. Lin Qi's eyes were as vicious as a falcon, looking straight at the ugly souls behind them.
"After my husband died, all of you got benefits invariably. Not to mention these, we need to arrange manpower in advance, bribe businessmen who understand pharmacology, and then make poisonous rouge."
Lin Qi said carefully, with determination on his face.
"All of you have my husband Zhiwen's blood on your hands. Even if you are not involved, your acquiescence and turning a blind eye are the biggest accomplices!" Lynch yelled.
Lu Xianzheng, the second roommate, held his hands tightly and quibbled, "What reason do we have to kill Zhiwen? He's the one we watched grow up."
It seemed that there was a leader, and everyone who had been shying away just now also echoed and said yes, yes.
Lin Qi pointed to his wedding clothes, "This is what you are afraid of being exposed. It can range from exile to beheading. Why aren't you afraid?"
Lin Qi turned to Mrs. Wang and continued: "And you, Mrs. Wang. Just because Zhiwen is not actually your biological child, his existence hinders Lu Zhixiu's path, right?"
Mrs. Wang closed her eyes regretfully and shed two tears.
