Lin Jue frowned and didn't speak, only looked at Lin Ke in a daze.

Lin Ke said coldly: "Say, why don't you say it?" Can't open your mouth? ”

Lin Jue sighed and said, "There is a saying that there is no proof of death, and my brother can refer to it." ”

Lin Ke was stunned, and suddenly opened his mouth and laughed: "There is no proof of death, I understand, do you want me to die?" ”

Lin Jue shook his head and said, "It's not that I want you to die, it's that you have forced yourself to die." If this matter is not exposed at the moment, I am afraid that there is only one way. I don't want anyone in the Lin family to die, but if the Lin family needs someone to die, I'm afraid this person must die. At this moment, that person is you. As long as you die, Hai Dongqing can't use this to blackmail you, and because your death has no evidence, he can't coerce the Lin family with this matter. Even if Governor Yan finally finds out the connection between you and Hai Dongqing, because there is no evidence and no evidence, it can only be limited to suspicion, and the evidence is not admissible. So, this is the way and the only way. ”

"Hahaha, hahaha. Are you crazy? Do you want me to die? You must be crazy. I am the future head of the Lin family, I still have a lot of important things to do, how can I die? If I wanted to die, I would have died when they caught me on the island. Originally...... I didn't die at the beginning, how can I die now? Lin Ke's face turned pale and he laughed loudly.

"It is precisely because you were greedy for life and afraid of death that you have led to the current situation. Don't you understand? You are alive, once the truth is found out, or Hai Dongqing deliberately releases the truth, because you are a bandit, hundreds of members of the Lin family will have to die. Can a plaque from God be hung on the lintel? Hanging on is one more crime of bullying the king. The family of loyalty, hehe, the eldest son of the family of loyalty, the future head of the family has been a bandit for more than ten years, providing tens of thousands of taels of silver and a large amount of food and materials for the bandits every year, and the court will kill all of my Lin family. You won't be ignorant of this, your death is in exchange for the safety of my Lin family. Didn't you keep saying that everything was for the sake of the Lin family? Now is the time for you to make good on your promises. Lin Jue said quietly.

"Shut up, you want me to die, I'm not as good as you. I'll tell you how to solve this problem. Do you think I haven't thought of a solution? In fact, after you succeeded in suppressing the bandits, I thought about it all the time. Let me tell you this, the government can't find out, and after so many years, if it was exposed, it would have been exposed a long time ago. Although the government investigates and strictly suppresses the investigation, in the end, they are at most suspicious and have no real evidence. What I am worried about is a few people who know, Hai Dongqing must be very angry now, he may poke this matter out in order to take revenge on my Lin family, or to take revenge on you. But it doesn't matter, I know that he has now fled to the sea in the north of Jiaozhou to gain a foothold, and I will order someone to contact him, and I will also provide him with food and supplies, money and silver, and at this time he needs my relief the most. So, he won't divulge the matter. Except for him, only Jiang Jingui and Xu Xing knew about it. Jiang Jingui and Xu Xing both died in your hands, and dead people can't speak, so that's fine. Then the only person left to know is ......"

"It's me Lin Jue, right?" Lin Jue said quietly.

"It's you. You're the only one in the know, you're too nosy, I didn't want to do anything to you, but unfortunately you know about it. I wanted to test you to see if you knew. If you don't know, but you know the whole thing. Hey, that's what I can't do. ”

"So you think that maybe killing me will make your more than ten years of banditry disappear?" Lin Jue said in a deep voice.

"Exactly. It's not me who dies, it's you who dies. When you die, all is quiet. I still have a lot of big things to do, I will take over the position of the head of the Lin family in the future, I am the son of the head of the family, you are just a small concubine in the third room, you die or I die, this choice should not be difficult. Lin Ke bared his teeth and sneered.

Lin Jue sighed: "So today you invited me to this place where birds don't, in fact, you want to take my life, right?" ”

Lin Ke sneered: "You understand now but it's too late. yes, I'm going to find out if you know. If it is confirmed that you really know, I can only kill you. I have already thought that after killing you, I will bury you in this courtyard. I just promised you to let you stay forever, and you can stay here forever, forever and ever. ”

Lin Jue smiled bitterly: "In this way, I am so stupid that I fell into the net today." ”

"You're not stupid, it's just that you're still too tender. You don't know the dangers of the world. If you're shrewd, you won't reveal what you know, and then I might not be able to do anything to you. Lin Ke laughed.

"Eldest son, I also want to keep quiet, but this matter must be solved, do I have to wait until my Lin family loses their heads, will I say it? What's the use of then? Lin Jue smiled bitterly.

"Yes, it has to be solved, and today is the time to solve it. But it's not your solution, it's mine. It's not me who dies, it's you who dies. Lin Ke said coldly.

Lin Jue sighed: "How did things become like this? Looks like I'm going to die today. The eldest prince must have laid a net of heaven and earth, and it seems that I can't escape if I want to. ”

Lin Ke sneered: "How can there be too many people involved in such things? There are only a few of my henchmen in this house. But they're not there to use it against you. They all say that you are cunning, and in my opinion you are no more than Er. I'm afraid you don't know that I have been poisoned in the wine you drank just now. You are such a shrewd person, and you know my details, but why don't you take precautions? I thought it would take a lot of work. ”

Lin Jue was shocked and said, "In the wine I drank just now...... Poisonous? Didn't you drink it too? ”

Lin Ke smiled and picked up the wine jug, held it in his hand, and turned around and said, "See? This is the Yin-Yang Pot. I just flick this button, and the wine comes out differently. Of course, what I drank was the authentic golden flower carving of Renhelou, and what you drank was poisonous wine. If you didn't know about these situations, I would have given you an antidote in the third cup. Afterwards, you don't even know that you've come around from the ghost gate and come back. But if you still say these words, then I can only kill you. Lin Jue, don't hate me, I have nothing to do. I don't want to die. When you died, I said that you died of illness, and I would bury you well. After all, you are also the bloodline of my Lin family. Aren't you reading something that sacrifices your life for righteousness? You should sacrifice your life for me, and I will burn paper money for you during the New Year's holidays. ”

Lin Jue's face turned pale, and he said coldly: "I sacrifice my life for you, is your life more precious than my life?" ”

"Of course, I'm the future head of the house, and you'...... No matter how much he jumps, he is just a concubine of the Lin family. There are rules in this world, and no matter how capable you are, you can't jump out of these rules after all. Don't say it, you should have some pain in your stomach now, don't be afraid, this poison won't make you suffer too much before you die, the pain will be numb all over your body, and then you will die. There won't be much suffering. You see, this packet is the antidote, but you can't get it. Lin Ke slowly took out a cyan porcelain bottle from his arms, opened the red cloth on the mouth of the bottle, held the porcelain bottle in his hand, and then slowly flipped his wrist with a smile, and the white powder in the porcelain bottle was sprinkled like fine snow.

Lin Jue was shocked, shouted to stop it, and wanted to get up and snatch it, but he didn't seem to be able to stand up. The hands and feet also seem to be weak.

"What's wrong? I don't have the strength in my body, I can't even lift my hands. It was a poison attack. I know you hate me right now, but you can't help it. I have no choice but to kill you in this way, I know that you have that kind of domineering firearm on you, but I heard that Jiang Jingui was killed by you with that thing. So I can only secretly drink poisoned wine for you. Lin Jue, don't blame me, really don't blame me. I don't want to die. ”

Lin Jue's face turned red, and he seemed to be exerting himself, but his face was sweaty, but he didn't move half a finger. The palm of the hand on the table stiffened and could not move.

"Don't be in vain, when you exert force, the blood flow accelerates, the poison accelerates, you will die faster, while you can still speak, you can tell me if you have any wishes, and I will do it for you." Ay. I don't want to be like this, God knows what I've been through, all these years, do you know how hard I've worked? I can't sleep every night, I have nightmares every day, you know what kind of sin I suffer? Lin Ke sighed.

Lin Jue gave up his efforts and sighed softly, "It seems that I am dead." That's it, it's all fate, I didn't die in the hands of the bandits, but I died in the hands of the Lin family, it's really a trick. ”

Lin Ke said: "Don't blame me, don't hate me. It's useless for you to blame me for hating me, you're right, it's only for making people to blame. ”

Lin Jue said: "That's it, I'm going to die anyway, before I die, I want to ask you a few words, dead eyes." ”

Lin Ke said: "You ask, as long as I know, I will tell you everything." ”

"Okay, I want to ask you, did you deliberately make a big deal about the robbery of the birthday gift? Have you already communicated with the pirates? ”

Lin Ke laughed and said, "It's strange, you're going to die, and you still have to ask about this." It doesn't hurt to tell you. Hai Dongqing wanted to rebel and attack Hangzhou, but he was afraid. When they learned that our Lin family went to Fanguo for the queen mother's birthday to purchase a birthday gift for the palace, they made up their minds. They wanted to rob this birthday gift, causing the wrath of the imperial court to blame the officials of Liangzhejiang Road. If there is chaos here, he will have an opportunity. But things have changed, originally our Lin family's merchant ships had to pass through Haidongqing's territory if they wanted to go straight to Hou Chaomen Wharf from Qiantangkou. I've already told them the route, but my father ordered me to change the landing location for the sake of safety. In desperation, I had no choice but to do so, because I didn't want to arouse suspicion. ”

Lin Jue sighed and said, "It's still the head of the family who is cautious." ”

"That's natural, Daddy has always been cautious, but it also caused me problems. Hai Dongqing ordered someone to send me a letter, scolded me, and threatened to reveal my identity. I had to explain to him. Later they changed their plans and wanted to do it inland. This is the matter of the robbery of the birthday gift by the bandits on Guishan Island. Of course, I told them the time and place of the stop, and I also provided a small convenience after the incident. The evacuation of the transport ship gave Jiang Jingui the opportunity to rob the ship. ”

"You are really dead set on Hai Dongqing, and you are heartbroken for him." Lin Jue said coldly.

"You are wrong, if I have no other choice, how can I collude with this bandit? If I don't listen to him, my identity will be revealed, and the Lin family will all die. If it were me, what would you do? Lin Ke said.