The wronged female supporting role made a comeback with a divine reply

Chapter 318 Big Killer

When Zhong Jingchen returned to the Zhong family, he saw Zhong Jingyu still waiting at the door. He recovered his strength and stepped forward to explain something, but Zhong Jingchen just glanced at him indifferently, said nothing, and walked past him into the house.

Zhong Jingyu suddenly felt ashamed and angry. Humph, is being the eldest son so great? Who will depend on whom in the future?

However, Zhong Jingchen did not go directly to see Lord Zhong. He first went to find Lord Zhong, and then calmly narrated what he had seen and heard today, and finally added his own analysis, saying it all out in one go.

Lord Zhong didn't show it on his face, but he could tell from Zhong Jingchen's words that he was very dissatisfied with his younger brother from the second house. Of course, he was also speechless in his heart.

"Jingchen, you handled it very well, but you still need to control your attitude. As the future head of the clan, you can be disappointed with your brothers, but you can't be too disgusted with them! Do you understand?"

Zhong Jingchen's expression became serious: "My son knows!"

"Yes." Master Zhong nodded and said, "There is no room for negotiation on this matter. Just tell your grandfather the truth. I will go and talk to the Second House."

"Yes! Then Dad, what do you think Grandfather would do?"

"What else can we do? Of course we should beat that rebellious son half to death, inform the whole family to serve as a warning, and finally cut the resources of the second branch in half."

"so serious!"

Zhong Jingchen had actually guessed that Lord Zhong would give Bai Lin this explanation, but he still underestimated the result.

"Serious? This is not over yet!" Lord Zhong said slowly, "Siming also needs to make concessions and give him some rights over the salt permits. Of course, he may not accept them."

Zhong Jingchen was shocked: "Dad, Princess Zhaohe mentioned the Crown Princess, which is at least a favor. Siming has already relented and said he has no complaints!"

"Crown Princess? How can she be that important?" Lord Zhong smiled and explained, "Princess Zhaohe is doing this for the sake of my father, and perhaps for An Yu, but definitely not for the sake of the Crown Princess.

Think about it, why would Siming rather let your grandfather come forward? Doesn't he know that this will make things worse and completely offend the second house?"

"Because he wanted the Zhong family to handle the matter impartially, rather than having his father settle it privately."

"Wrong, if we really want to handle this matter impartially, we should report it to the Dali Temple or His Majesty. Xiao Ce can arrest Zhong Jingyu tonight!"

"...That's fine too. I agree." Zhong Jingchen said unhappily.

"Hahaha!" Lord Zhong laughed out loud. "Your brother is indeed a troublesome one, but he has hit a wall this time. Your uncle and aunt will never indulge him again."

"I hope so!"

"Okay, let me tell you, Siming not only mentioned the distribution of salt permits, but also the taxation of Jiangnan. However, these two issues have nothing to do with his position. Why did he bring them up?"

"…This means that he knows these two pieces very well and has some involvement in them. Otherwise, how can he control my grandfather?"

"Yes, then why do you think he knows everything? And why did he target your grandfather instead of me?"

"…Does it make any difference? Um…Are you saying that His Majesty is worried about us?"

"Of course, how could His Majesty completely trust a family? So he asked Bai Lin to observe secretly."

"So Siming told us without reservation, which is actually a kind of sincerity. He also hopes that we can accomplish these two things. Moreover, he didn't want you to come forward because he didn't want to waste the teacher-student relationship. Grandfather is different. Grandfather is the patriarch, and he should handle official matters impartially."

"That's right, so your father will not intervene in this matter. Your grandfather will not waste your father's friendship, and he is also unwilling to waste the favor of Princess Showa."

"I understand, Dad. That's why Grandfather severely punished Zhong Jingyu to save the favor of Princess Zhaohe. Giving Siming a share of the pie was also to show his sincerity. Everything is for the sake of the stable cooperation between the Zhong and Bai families!"

"Well, that's enough, go ahead!"

"Yes!"

Sure enough, Lord Zhong was furious. He called the second wife and her husband over and scolded them severely in front of all the servants. He also personally watched as Zhong Jingyu was beaten with a stick. After applying medicine, he did not let him rest, but made him kneel in the ancestral hall.

Soon, the news that Zhong Jingyu offended Princess Zhaohe and was severely punished by Lord Zhong spread.

Soon after, several carts of gifts were sent to the Bai residence in a swaggering manner. This incident became the talk of the capital. When Jiang Yuanmeng and her sisters found out about it, they were deeply impressed. They all agreed that Bai Zhaozhao was like a big killer, and as long as he became famous, he would open fire!

But what no one expected was that a rumor started spreading in Beijing:

The first person to propose marriage to Zhaozhao was Chen Tianlin, but Dingyuanhou's family was wiped out;

The second person who fell in love with Bai Zhaozhao was Xu Zhen, but he died not long after he confessed his love to her. Later, the Xu family was also wiped out.

The third person who likes Bai Zhaozhao is the eldest prince, who once asked the emperor for a marriage, but was rejected and is now imprisoned;

Now the fourth one has appeared. It is said that Zhong Jingyu admired Bai Zhaozhao and secretly went to see her, but was mistaken for an assassin and bumped into Bai Zhaozhao during the fight. So in order to avoid the fate of being wiped out, the Zhong family sent a generous gift to Bai Zhaozhao overnight!

From then on, Bai Zhaozhao became a noble lady whom no one in the capital dared to marry.

The Bai family, Princess An, and several of Wang Jinnian's senior brothers were originally very angry about this rumor, but Bai Zhaozhao herself said that she liked this rumor very much, so she let it go and allowed it to develop.

Zhong Family Ancestral Hall.

Lord Zhong looked at Zhong Jingyu kneeling on the ground with a constipated look on his face, not understanding how this grandson had grown up so crooked.

Six years ago, a wandering Taoist priest came to the Zhong family and said that he and Zhong Jingyu had a master-disciple relationship. He insisted on accepting Zhong Jingyu as a lay disciple and then took him out to travel.

Of course the Zhong family would not agree, but a month later Zhong Jingyu fell ill and no medicine worked. The wandering Taoist priest appeared in time and saved him. He also said that he became ill because of the weak kinship and that he must worship the Taoist priest as his master in order to resolve the disease.

So the Zhong family agreed.

Last year, Zhong Jingyu came back. Not only was he an expert in calligraphy and painting, but he was also very talented. The Zhong family was very happy. However, he made several bold statements, saying that he would definitely become the top scholar and achieve higher achievements than Bai Lin. Now he actually went to assassinate Bai Zhaozhao!

Is this a ghost possession?

Zhong Jingyu was very unconvinced, but under the intimidation of his grandfather, he did not dare to argue loudly. Instead, he whispered, "I didn't go to assassinate her. I'm just an old acquaintance of her secret guards, so I just wanted to learn from her."

"To learn from each other?" Elder Zhong sneered, "Then you are also learning from each other when you speak nonsense to Princess Zhaohe? Tell me, why would she beg you in the future?"

"I..." Zhong Jingyu paused, suppressed his emotions and said, "I said I would be the top scholar and better than Bai Lin because I was drunk. I didn't expect it to be spread out. As for what I said Bai Zhaozhao would beg me, it was just an angry remark!"

"Really?" Zhong Ge Lao did not comment. "Do you think that my eyes are blurry and I can't tell the difference between drunken gaffes and drunken truths?"

Zhong Jingyu lowered his head and said nothing.

Elder Zhong continued, "You boast of your extraordinary talent and are jealous of Bai Lin's achievements. You think that when you pass the imperial examination, you will be able to do better than him, right? Humph, you are ignorant!"

Zhong Jingyu finally couldn't help it: "Grandfather, isn't he just a top scholar? My family background is better than his, I have more resources than him, and my ability is not bad, why can't I be compared with him?"