In Lin Jue's small courtyard, the lights in the room were on and the long windows were open. The faint scent of flowers lingers in the night. In the corners of the houses with flowers and grass roots, night insects chirp and chirp, one by one loud, like a concert.

Lin Jue sat in front of the bookcase under the window, holding a book in his hand for reading. But he didn't read a word at all, he was waiting.

A jumble of footsteps came from outside the courtyard, and the insects suddenly lost their voices and hid in their hiding places. In the light of the lantern, the courtyard door was pushed open with a bang. A crowd of people cheered in.

Lin Jue put down the book in his hand and looked up, he saw the figure of Lin Ke, Lin Song, and Lin Run, the three brothers, striding into the courtyard. Lin Jue got up slowly, with a smile on his face. It's finally here.

"Lin Jue, haven't you slept yet?" Seeing Lin Jue walking out of the house, Lin Ke asked with a sneer.

"The eldest brother is good, the second brother is good, and the third brother is good." Lin Jue saluted respectfully: "Didn't the three brothers sleep too?" The weather is a little hot tonight, I can't sleep, so I just read a book. ”

"Hey, I'm working hard." Lin Song said with a smile.

"I can't talk about hard work, I'm going to study at the academy soon, and I can't embarrass my family, so I ......"

"We're not interested in hearing that." Lin Run interrupted rudely.

Lin Jue frowned and said, "Is there something wrong with the three brothers coming here so late?" ”

"Less garlic, don't you know? What happened to Mochizuki Tower tonight? Lin Song sneered.

Lin Jue stretched out his hand to support his forehead, and suddenly said, "Oh, the three brothers are saying that Steward Huang and they arrested that Zhang Yanei?" Of course I know this, and I know it in the house. ”

"I know I'm still so calm. You don't want to explain the explanation? Lin Run shouted.

Lin Jue spread his hands and said, "What do I explain?" I don't have a penny to do with this. ”

"You're still quibbling,......," Lin Run shouted.

"Third child, don't do this." Lin Ke finally couldn't stand the noise of his two younger brothers, and stopped him.

Lin Run had to shut up and retreat.

Lin Ke looked at Lin Jue with a smile and said, "Do you know how the head of the family punished Steward Huang?" Just now, Steward Huang was beaten with ten sticks and carried back. He is no longer my Lin family's butler, just an ordinary servant who drives a cart and feeds the horses. ”

Lin Jue sighed and said, "It's a pity, how could such a shrewd person as Steward Huang do such a stupid thing." Family law does not tolerate it, and although I sympathize with him, he is also to blame. ”

Lin Ke laughed and said, "Yes, it's your own fault." However, I think he was designed. Lin Jue, we real people don't tell lies. The three of us came here on the orders of the head of the house. I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, Uncle Changqing saw you go to the Moon Tower, and wanted to take you on the spot, but somehow provoked Zhang Yanei. Not...... Let's not talk about how he provoked Zhang Yanei, we are ordered by the head of the family to ask you, do you admit that you went to Mochizuki Tower today? ”

Lin Jue nodded without hesitation and said, "I went, not only today, but also yesterday and the day before yesterday." ”

"Well, you're honest. On the day of court training last month, you were beaten for this, and you still dare to do this after that. Do you see family law as nothing? Or are you deliberately trying to challenge the power of family law? Lin Ke asked coldly.

Lin Jue smiled: "What did the eldest brother say?" How dare I? I didn't go to Mochizuki Tower to do anything bad. I went to a beating last month, and I didn't explain it because I couldn't explain it. But afterwards, I felt that I had to explain it clearly, so that the head of the family and everyone in the house would not misunderstand that I had ruined the reputation of the family by going in and out of the land of fireworks. Therefore, I went these days to ask the people in the Moon Tower to prove it to me. ”

"What are you talking about? How can we not understand? Lin Ke frowned.

Lin Jue sighed and said, "Originally, I interrupted going to see the head of the family early tomorrow morning, but since a few brothers came to ask about it, I explained it to the brothers in advance." Wait a minute, three brothers, I'll go get something for you to see. ”

Lin Jue turned around and went back to the house, but after a while, there was a thick stack of paper in his hand.

"What is this?" Lin Ke frowned and looked at the stack of papers handed over by Lin Jue.

"Big brother will know the ins and outs by looking at it." Lin Jue smiled.

Lin Ke stretched out his hand to take it, and the servant next to him stretched out the lantern to shine it, and Lin Ke looked at the paper by the light. After flipping through several sheets in a row, Lin Ke's face was a little ugly, because he had roughly understood what the contents of these papers were trying to prove.

It was a stack of eight or nine people's handprints. What is proved is the fact that Lin Jue rescued a woman who fell into the water on the red boat of Wangyue Tower in the West Lake more than 20 days ago. The oral testimonials included a boatman who operated a boat rental boat, two tourists on the lake who were swimming in the lake not far away, as well as Xie Danhong, the mother of Mochizuki Tower, Xie Yingying, the head of Mochizuki Tower, and two Qinglou women who were present.

The last three or two photos are the oral accounts of witnesses when Lin Jue and the two Qinglou women were pulling and pulling on the street that day, recording the conversation between the two women and Lin Jue at that time, proving that Lin Jue was recognized by them as a life-saving benefactor and invited into the Moon Tower to drink tea.

All oral statements are marked by names and handprints, which is the most effective proof document in the Great Zhou Law, and can be used as evidence in the court.

"On that day, the three of us went to the West Lake with the Green Dancing Little Tiger and saw someone falling into the water in the middle of the lake, so we saved the person who fell into the water. I didn't know that they were from the Qinglou, but even if they were Qinglou women, their lives still had to be saved. After that, we did not reveal our identity as the Lin family, so we went ashore and left. Unexpectedly, the people in the Moon Tower have always hoped to repay the favor of saving people, and they have inquired everywhere about my whereabouts. That day, I was shopping with Green Dance, and I happened to be recognized by Mochizuki Tower's mother, Xie Danhong and Lan Niang. The two refused to let me go, and asked me to go to the Moon Tower to say that the rescued girl Xie Yingying wanted to thank me in person. I saw that it was really indecent to talk on the street, so I had to go to Mochizuki Tower with them. Lin Jue slowly narrated.

Lin Ke frowned and said, "In that case, why didn't you say it on the day of the court training?" But are you willing to be severely punished by the law? ”

Lin Jue smiled and said: "Big brother, I had no evidence and no one to prove it at the time, if I said it, will you believe it?" The only ones who can prove it to me are the maids in my room, Green Dance and Little Tiger. Will you believe their words? ”

Lin Ke was silent. Of course, he knew that on top of the court training that day, it was useless for Lin Jue to tell this story without evidence, and that family law was absolutely inevitable. The testimony of the maid and the servant in the room is not credible at all. Lin Jue's mind is very clear.

"I have nothing to say about that family law, because I myself have been caught. But afterwards, I had to clarify the matter, so as not to make the head of the family and everyone in the clan think that I was going to the land of fireworks in the Qinglou to have fun. Therefore, the purpose of my frequent visits to the Moon Tower in the past few days is to ask the people in the Moon Tower to prove my innocence and explain the ins and outs of the matter. I have also found relevant eyewitnesses, all of whom are named and surnamed, and you can ask them one by one. ”

"Originally, the people in the Mochizuki Tower heard that I was beaten because of this, and hoped that they could come to the door to clarify for me. But considering their identities, it seems inappropriate to let them come to the Lin family's mansion without the permission of the head of the family. So they wrote oral certificates. But as long as the head of the house is willing, they can come to my door at any time to clarify it. ”

"I did go to the Moon Tower this evening, and I went to pick up these things they had written to prove my innocence. Once I got that, I had everything I needed to prove my innocence. I stayed there for half an hour, and then I went home. As for what you said happened there tonight about Zhang Yanei, I don't know at all, because I wasn't there at all when it happened. After returning home, I listened to what Lin Hu told me. I was going to hand over these things to the head of the family early tomorrow morning to prove my innocence, but when the brothers came, it would be better to make it clear in front of the brothers. I wonder how many brothers can hear it clearly? ”

Lin Jue talked calmly, explaining the ins and outs of the matter and his own mental journey clearly. To put it mildly, it was even more downplay to put tonight's events clean. Lin Ke frowned and groaned, he didn't expect that this matter would have such an inside story. The oral statements of these eight or nine witnesses directly proved the error of the punishment of the court discipline and family law that day, and it also made the reason why Lin Jue frequently went in and out of the Moon Tower in the past few days to become reasonable. Originally, after the meeting ended with the punishment of Huang Changqing in the hall just now, the more the three brothers thought about it, the more annoyed they became, so they came together to ask Lin Jue to interrogate Lin Jue about entering and leaving the Qinglou a few days ago, and took the opportunity to beat Lin Jue again. But now, all this is not justified. Lin Jue was just looking for evidence to prove his innocence, he wasn't looking for flowers and willows.

All this seemed to be impeccable, although Lin Ke felt more and more that this was a careful design by Lin Jue. The thing that saved people may be true, but Lin Jue must not be innocent about tonight. Only now, it seems that no vulnerability can be found. I know that there is something greasy in the matter, but the dog bites the hedgehog and has no way to start, which is a very unpleasant feeling. Looking at Lin Jue, who had a calm face, Lin Ke seemed to be able to hear the ridicule in his heart, and there was a sense of frustration in his heart that his IQ had been crushed.