Chapter 593: The heart is black

Xu Lin was completely bewildered; he suspected Chen Guanlou was bluffing him.

Chen Guanlou knew clearly that the other party would not believe him based on a single sentence. Thus, he continued: "Do you know that your father was once favored by a certain Master Shen in his early years, which allowed him to turn his situation around from a difficult predicament? Later, this Master Shen was beheaded due to a case, and his clansmen were exiled to Xizhou. Your father took the opportunity to encroach upon the connections left behind by the late Master Shen, and thus rose to power."

"Speaking of which, the greatest contributor to your Xu family's rise is none other than the Shen family. The Shen family had both the grace of helping and supporting your Xu family during times of crisis, and the grace of helping your father rise to the top. It would not be an exaggeration to say that this debt of gratitude is greater than heaven."

Xu Lin frowned, his expression appearing both shocked and enlightened, vaguely recalling some things from his childhood. He believed three-tenths of what Chen Guanlou said. The remaining seven-tenths, naturally, was suspicion of Chen Guanlou's intentions.

Chen Guanlou smiled knowingly, "Are you very curious why I know this so clearly? A while ago, during the serial case, the Grand Court of Justice imposed a martial law order to solve the case and arrested many people, locking them in the prison. Our Heavenly Prison also received a batch of people. Among them was a pair of father and son who claimed to have come from Xizhou, entering the capital to seek medical help."

"It's just that the family they wanted to find was a high-ranking and powerful household. They had just knocked on the door and hadn't even explained their intentions clearly before they were violently driven away by the gatekeeper. Unfortunately, this pair of father and son had just entered the capital and knew nothing about the capital's martial law order, so they were arrested that very night. Guess what happened to that pair of father and son."

Xu Lin's expression shifted slightly; he opened his mouth but made no sound.

Chen Guanlou glanced at him; he was a man with depth and a clear mind, but his bottom line for being a person and doing things was too low, even non-existent, which made people criticize him.

He continued: "After traveling thousands of miles and walking for half a year to reach the capital, tsk tsk, this pair of father and son had nowhere to turn for help in the vast capital, and couldn't even find a place to stay. Unluckily, they were locked in the prison again. The child is seriously ill, and in the harsh environment of the Heavenly Prison, he will die in the prison within two days. The child is dead, you tell me, whose responsibility is it? Is it the child's thin fate, or is it that the old acquaintances of the past saw death without saving him, being ungrateful? If it were you, Third Master Xu, what would you do?"

Xu Lin opened his mouth, wanting to defend something, but swallowed it back.

After a long while, he regained his spirit, "This story from Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen is quite pleasant to hear."

"If you treat it as a story, then it is a story." Chen Guanlou smiled without smiling, "It's just that I don't know what Master Xu Jinsong will plan to do after learning about this?"

Xu Lin suddenly exploded, "Just because of your nonsense, you want to ruin my father's reputation? Keep dreaming."

"Hey, what did I say? Third Master Xu, why are you so excited? Why don't you ask if that seriously ill child is dead or not?"

"You..."

Xu Lin couldn't distinguish Chen Guanlou's intentions for a moment, but he still asked, "Is that child dead?"

"He has a big fate; I discovered him, and Medical Official Mu treated him in time, saving his life. That night, if I hadn't patrolled the cells, guess what the consequences would have been? A human life, oh, the descendant of a benefactor, perhaps even the only seedling. You say, if he died, whose responsibility would it be? Your Xu family, haha..."

"How would I know if this matter is true or false? Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, don't try to fool me."

"It doesn't matter, whether you believe it or not. Anyway, you will be going out soon. At that time, ask your father, or ask the old people in your mansion. Things from twenty or thirty years ago, surely many people still remember. After all, such a big case, and it was a family friend of your Xu family, no matter who is forgotten, the Shen family cannot be forgotten, right?"

"I have never heard of this matter."

"The gatekeeper of a Prime Minister is a Seventh Rank official; your family's gatekeeper is indeed quite majestic." Chen Guanlou mocked.

Xu Lin looked slightly embarrassed, "I wasn't at home at the time; if I were..."

"Even if you were there, you couldn't change anything. The gatekeeper didn't report it at all; how would you know? Even if you knew, would you really acknowledge this relative? Third Master Xu, your heart is black; stop acting, I saw through you long ago." Chen Guanlou pointed at the other party's heart and said.

A person who acts recklessly, doesn't put others' reputations and lives in their eyes at all, and tramples on others at will, how could they possibly accept the Shen father and son with generosity? If he had known about this in advance, he might have been even more ruthless than the women of the Xu family, simply finishing them off once and for all.

If the Shen father and son died, they died; anyway, no one would pursue it. By the time the Shen family in Xizhou waited and waited, got no news, and sent people to the capital to find them, the day lily would have already gone cold. Seeing no person and finding no corpse, with nowhere to turn for help, the Shen family in Xizhou could only admit their bad luck and roll back to Xizhou in a dejected manner.

Given Xu Sanye's habit of enjoying freebies and his reckless nature—knowing full well that a woman's reputation in this era is paramount—he is absolutely capable of doing such a thing.

The reason Chen Guanlou told Xu Lin was that he wanted to see how the other party would react. Would he send people to intercept and kill the Shen father and son, or would he tell Xu Jinsong the truth?

If Third Master Xu dared to take action and kill, he wouldn't mind being a hero of the Wu Lin for once and finishing this kid off. By the way, he could vent his anger for Old Wei San.

Sigh, this account is messy...

At first, he found Third Master Xu pleasing to the eye and accepted the Xu family's silver to help take care of him. The more he interacted, the more he realized that this guy Third Master Xu was not a good thing, wasting young girls and young wives. Although it was a matter of mutual consent, this era was, after all, harsh on women. Being a person doesn't mean having a conscience, but at least one must have a bottom line and principles.

Like him, he also loves beauty, but he never messes with young girls or young wives; he has always kept his distance from those people. He has always settled accounts clearly, avoiding future worries, not wasting others, and not letting others waste him.

He has an older sister and a niece; he knows how difficult it has been for his older sister over the years, and he also knows that his niece will also need to find a partner in ten years or so. If someone relied on having a good-looking face and ran to mess with his older sister and niece, and then patted his butt and left afterwards, not caring about anything, he would definitely beat that person to death and dismember them.

Being a person must have a bottom line!

As for Old Wei San, he is also not a good thing, but Old Wei San at least didn't mess with other people's wives and didn't have the hobby of giving people 'green hats' (cuckolding).

Xu Lin narrowed his eyes; he did not refute Chen Guanlou's words.

He thought carefully, if he had known about this early on, what would he have done? It seems he would be more inclined to Chen Guanlou's statement: thoroughly clear the obstacles and eliminate future troubles forever.

His heart was indeed black; Chen Guanlou was really accurate in judging people.

He laughed at himself, "Everything is a hypothesis; Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, don't wrongly accuse people randomly."

"How would I dare to wrongly accuse Third Master Xu. Sigh, that pair of father and son is really miserable; they didn't do anything, yet they suffered an unprovoked disaster."

Xu Lin coughed lightly, "I don't know where the Shen father and son are now? Since they are our Xu family's benefactors and also family friends, I will inform my father in time about this matter and ask him to make the decision."

"You have such a kind heart?" Chen Guanlou didn't believe a single word. ===== CHAPTER 594 =====