Chapter 1415: Chapter 1415: Family Ruin

"Especially that vile woman Ms. Lin Su, I’ve told her long ago not to mistreat Miss Shang. If she’s not satisfied, she should just kill her and claim she died of illness. That way, the family can find Brother Tong a new wife with a good background. But that vile woman wouldn’t listen, saying that the Shang Family has a scholar, and if things get out of hand, it might be difficult to handle!"

"Now it’s really hard to handle. If Miss Shang had been killed earlier, the mistreatment by the Lin Family wouldn’t have become known."

Elder Lin is a beastly old man, and his curses are nothing but inhuman.

The favored concubine Aunt Feng sat beside him, brought a bowl of ginseng tea to his mouth, and softly said, "Don’t be angry, Old Master, Lin Su has never been prudent. Don’t let her upset you and harm your health, it’s not worth it."

But inwardly she cursed: Old man, if you dislike Lin Su so much, why don’t you divorce her? The truth is you can’t bear to leave the Su Family and don’t think highly of my Feng Family, unwilling to give me the position of official wife!

After hearing her, Elder Lin looked at Aunt Feng’s youthful and attractive face, feeling somewhat comforted: "Feng’er surely knows how to speak."

Elder Lin was indulgent towards Aunt Feng, not only because she was young, beautiful, and fertile but also because of her family name and the fortune teller’s words.

The fortune teller said Aunt Feng was born under the phoenix sign and if she had a better background, she could have married into the royal family and possibly become an empress.

Now she married him, and although she couldn’t become an empress, she could support him, helping the Lin Family become Imperial Merchants, or produce a high-ranking official from the Lin Family.

In any case, marrying Feng’er was indeed a lucky break for the Old Lin Family.

Elder Lin, thinking of the fortune teller’s words, was increasingly pleased when looking at Aunt Feng that he held her in his arms, passionately kissing and biting.

Aunt Feng, adept at dealing with situations, immediately squealed, "Oh, Old Master, don’t be like this, your legs are not fully recovered yet, what if you injure them?"

"Little demon, pretending with me, who was it that climbed onto me full of energy the other night?" Elder Lin grew more fervent, ordering Aunt Feng, "Hurry up, I can’t wait any longer."

Can’t wait?

True enough, if it goes any slower, this useless old man would run out of steam.

Despite detesting it in her heart, Aunt Feng had to comply for the sake of her family.

But today wasn’t the right timing; before the two could start, the room door was knocked loudly, and Housekeeper Lin shouted: "Old Master, something terrible has happened, our warehouse at the dock has been sealed, and the Feng family’s Uncle has been arrested by the government!"

"What?!" Aunt Feng heard her brother was arrested and couldn’t even bother to dress properly. She hurriedly threw on a garment and ran out to open the door, demanding to Housekeeper Lin, "What happened? Tell me quickly!"

Housekeeper Lin knew she was the favored concubine and must not offend her, promptly explained: "Today, a group of government officials suddenly broke into our warehouse at the dock, and several children were found inside. Those children were captured by child snatchers and meant to be transported across the river to Jiangnan and sold. The government insists that Uncle is an accomplice, violating the Great Chu Criminal Law, and must be arrested!"

After catching his breath, he continued: "Even our Lin Family might be..."

He hadn’t finished saying the word "raided" when Elder Lin limped out, grabbing Housekeeper Lin and asked: "What child snatchers? The warehouse at the dock is for storing goods; when did it become a hiding place for kids?"

Adding: "It must be Magistrate Shi, that dog official, deliberately scheming against our Lin Family, wanting to wipe us out!"

Elder Lin had bad luck, for the words were overheard by Squad Leader Wei, who had rushed in with the authorities to arrest them. Squad Leader Wei cursed him, saying: "You Lin, you’re truly bold and reckless, daring to insult a fourth-ranked official. Don’t you know just for these words, the government can arrest you and sever your head?"

Elder Lin was startled and quickly said: "Squad Leader Wei, calm down, I spoke without thinking, but the Lin Family truly has been framed. The Lin Family’s warehouse is full of goods, with no hidden people. Those children were surely planted by someone, having no relation to our Lin Family!"

Aunt Feng also said: "It has nothing to do with my Feng Family either, my brother is being wronged!"

Squad Leader Wei laughed: "Ha, indeed, those children were placed in the warehouse by someone, but it was Feng Laibao himself who did it. He colluded with people from the painted boat, selling stolen children to Jiangnan brothels for profit. This was not his first time; he’s been doing this dirty business for nearly two years."

Squad Leader Wei pointed at Elder Lin: "A vile merchant is nothing but a vile merchant, only listens to women without any sense, daring to let the brother of a concubine manage the family warehouse. No wonder your family is bound to fall!"

The Feng Family was impoverished, and Feng Laibao was a typical urban hooligan who, upon suddenly becoming rich through his sister, easily fell into bad company.

In fact, he didn’t need leading; Feng Laibao was inherently wicked, never returning home, preferring to hang out with prostitutes, and discontent with the little silver from the Lin Family. Upon learning the black business of the painted boat was highly profitable, he immediately joined in.

Hiding someone once would earn him ten taels of silver for a day, and if he also helped transport them across the Huai River, he could receive a share of the sale profits, much more than Lin Family’s wages.

If he encountered a pretty cargo, the silver gained would be substantial.

Feng Laibao was tempted and consistently engaged in this black business.

After Squad Leader Wei told Elder Lin everything, Elder Lin nearly fainted, still refusing to believe: "Impossible, impossible, I warned Feng Laibao not to touch dirty business, he couldn’t have done such a thing!"

Aunt Feng’s eyes flashed with guilt, but she quickly shouted: "Yes, my Laibao despises child snatchers and wouldn’t help them sell children. Someone must be deliberately using him to harm the Lin Family!"

She then clutched Elder Lin’s arm, crying out: "Old Master, someone is purposely using Laibao to sabotage us. You must save Laibao!"

Elder Lin quickly comforted her, saying: "Feng’er, don’t worry, I will definitely save Laibao and will not let the government wrong him!"

Squad Leader Wei’s expression turned cold, angrily saying: "You Lin, what do you mean? Do you think the government is deliberately framing you?"

"Who knows? Anyway, this leg of mine was intentionally broken by someone!" Elder Lin insisted that it was Magistrate Shi intentionally targeting his family to avenge Sister Yun’s plotting against Young Master Shi.

"Unbelievable!" Squad Leader Wei found it pointless to argue with Elder Lin, pointed at them, commanding: "Take them all, bind them, and bring them to the government office for trial."

"Yes!" In the cold weather, the government officials didn’t want to waste too much effort on the Lin Family, quickly stepping forward to seize Elder Lin and Aunt Feng’s arms, tying them up with ropes.

Elder Lin was shocked, struggling and shouting: "Stop, stop, what are you doing? Are you assisting Magistrate Shi to conspire against a respectable family?!"

Slap, slap!

Squad Leader Wei slapped Elder Lin twice, warning: "You Lin, don’t disgrace yourself further; once more you slander Magistrate Shi like this, and no one will save you."

Aunt Feng, who originally intended to call for injustice, seeing Elder Lin being struck, promptly closed her mouth.

Yet Aunt Feng was quite clever, her eyes rolling before she shifted the blame onto the Su Family: "Squad Leader Wei, my Old Master spoke out of confusion in anger, please don’t be unhappy, but my Laibao is falsely accused... It’s the Su Family, the Su Family resents the Lin Family for not rescuing Ms. Lin Su, and hates me for taking her place of favor, wanting to harm Laibao, intending to hurt both me and the Lin Family!"

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