803 A Visit
After Zhou Anping recovered from his shock, he immediately went into a state of deep thought. He said slowly, ” it seems that Lin Deshan’s granddaughter, Lin yuelan, is not simple!”
Immediately, he reacted. “That’s not right. When Lin Deshan disappeared from Qingfeng City 20 years ago, he hadn’t been married yet. If he had gotten married immediately after he disappeared, his granddaughter would only be a few years old. How could she have done such an earth-shattering thing? How old is Lin yuelan?”
The servant said, ” it is said that this Lin yuelan is not even 12 or 13 years old.”
Zhou Anping was very puzzled. this is even more wrong. “Even if Lin Deshan had gotten married twenty years ago and had a son, and the Son had children, there was no way he could have a granddaughter this old. Could it be that when he was the young master of the Lin family, he already had an illegitimate child that was a few years old?”
The servant noticed his master’s confusion and immediately reported, ” master, I heard that Lin yuelan is a granddaughter Lin Deshan acknowledged in a village in the mountain. She’s not his biological granddaughter!”
Zhou Anping immediately understood and said, ” that’s right!” But then he was suspicious again. He said, ” you said that Lin yuelan’s martial arts are strong, but she’s a child from a mountain village. No matter how strong her martial arts are, it’s impossible for her to be stronger than the third Prince’s guards! How could the third prince be threatened by her and even allow Lin yuelan to go against him?”
The servant shook his head and replied, ” master, this old servant is not clear about this. But the rumors are just like that.”
Zhou Anping waved his hand and said, ” alright, I’ll ask brother Xingfa about this. He should be the clearest about this.”
Speaking of Zhou Xingfa, the Butler hesitated. He didn’t know if he should say this.
“If you have something to say, say it!” Zhou Anping glanced at the Butler and said.
In the end, the Butler decided to report this to Zhou Anping and said, ” old master, I don’t know if I should report this matter. However, this servant still has to tell you.”
“What’s the matter?” Zhou Anping asked in confusion.
“I heard that after the auction, Lord Zhou and Lin Deshan fell out!” the Butler said.
“What’s going on?” Zhou Anping immediately said in a serious tone, “Didn’t Lin Deshan take out the thousand-year-old ginseng to help Brother Xingfa out of his predicament? Why did he suddenly turn against him?”
The Butler reported, ” old master, I heard that old master Zhou was threatened by the third Prince. He asked him to persuade Lin Deshan to hand over the thousand-year-old ginseng. However, Lin Deshan had been kidnapped and disappeared halfway through their journey, and old Zhou suffered the third Prince’s wrath.
“Later, when he found out that Lin Deshan’s kidnapper was his granddaughter, Lin yuelan, Lord Zhou immediately flew into a rage at Lin Deshan, saying that it was because of him that he had to face the third Prince’s anger.
“His words had annoyed Lin yuelan. Then, Lin yuelan immediately exposed him, saying that in order to get the thousand-year-old ginseng for himself, old Zhou had once purposely tried to harm Lin Deshan.”
When Zhou Anping heard this, his expression turned dark and terrifying. He asked sternly, ” what kind of thing did Zhou Xingfa do to make a man as loyal as Lin Deshan fall out with him? ”
The steward said, ” after Lin Deshan handed over the 1000-year-old ginseng, Master Zhou arranged two servants to serve him, but he didn’t arrange any guards to protect him!”
“Silly!” Zhou Anping immediately said angrily, ” why didn’t he think about it? if Lin Deshan really handed him the thousand-year-old ginseng, and he died in the Zhou mansion courtyard the next day, everyone would know that he must have tried to steal the thousand-year-old ginseng and harmed Lin deshan.
“Does he think he can escape the blame?”
The Butler remained silent. Zhou Anping then asked sternly, ” did Brother Zhou do anything for me while I was being held captive by the Third Prince? ”
The Butler was a little hesitant at first, but then he said, ” No. Because everyone knows that the old master and old master Zhou are brothers. So, when you were imprisoned by the third Prince, everyone believed that you had offended the third Prince. In addition, there were rumors that you embezzled the disaster relief silver, and the third Prince was here as an Imperial envoy to investigate the case.
“Because of this, it affected old master Zhou’s business, causing his business to plummet. He was busy saving his business and didn’t have the time to care about your life and death!”
