After the assassination incident, the Imperial City of Hai Kingdom has been in a strange calm. A few days later, this calm was suddenly broken. All four gates of the Imperial City were sealed, no entry was allowed, and many government officials and emperors suddenly appeared on the streets.

The soldiers of the city garrison began to search for the assassin's accomplices from house to house.

The Zhiyuan Escort Bureau is one of the most powerful escort bureaus in the Hai Kingdom. Its owner is Zhang Qiu, the cousin of Lin San, the steward of the Lin Mansion.

This morning, as soon as the Zhiyuan Escort Bureau opened for business, a large number of Imperial City Guards soldiers rushed in. After entering, these soldiers broke into the Escort Bureau's warehouse and quickly found dozens of weapons specially designed for the Haiguo Field Legion in the warehouse.

Magic repeating crossbow.

Originally, the State of Hai did not have very strict control over military supplies such as Lian Nu. Institutions such as escort agencies and trading companies would get some for use. As long as the holders did not use these items to fight against the government, the government would usually turn a blind eye.

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But this time, despite the good words of the chief escort of the Zhiyuan Escort Bureau, and even the use of precious spiritual stones as bribes, the officers leading the team remained unmoved. In the end, the Imperial City garrison directly attacked the Zhiyuan Escort Bureau on the grounds that the Zhiyuan Escort Bureau had hidden weapons.

The escort bureau was sealed, and all members of the escort bureau, including the owner Zhang Qiu, were also arrested.

At the same time, properties under the Lin family's name, such as restaurants, inns, silk shops, wineries, etc., were also closed down due to various bizarre reasons such as substandard sanitary conditions and the sale of fake and shoddy goods.

That night, Lin Dong, the head of the Lin family, urgently summoned core members in the Imperial City to discuss countermeasures. The atmosphere at the scene was extremely depressing.

Lin Dong spoke first: "Everyone, a lot of my Lin family's property was inexplicably sealed up today. I asked my housekeeper Lin San to come forward to smoothen the relationship, but all those guys kept it secret, and some of them couldn't even see anyone. What do you think about this matter?

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Lin Dong's younger brother Lin Liang said with a cold face: "How else can we look at it? This clearly shows that someone in the court is deliberately trying to harm our Lin family. In the past, when those government servants and soldiers saw people from my Lin family, they all looked very similar to me.

They are just like dogs. If there wasn't someone behind them to support them and lend them a hundred courage, they wouldn't dare to seal up my Lin family's property."

Lin Dong: "Nonsense, of course I know that someone is deliberately trying to harm our Lin family, and this person's status in the court is still very high, otherwise the people who are doing things would not be so unreasonable. The question now is, who are we being targeted by?

We are being targeted. What is the purpose of targeting us?"

Lin Dong's uncle, Lin Ran, mused: "Today, the imperial city is under full martial law. A large number of soldiers and government officials are searching the streets for assassins' accomplices. The court must have noticed something. Otherwise, they would not have singled out my Lin family's property."

Lin Liang: "No way, we did this very secretly, and the core members of the family never showed up."

Lin Ran: "There is no airtight wall in the world. No matter how secretive something is, it will leave traces. As long as the court is willing to work hard to investigate, it will definitely find out the clues."

Lin Dong: "So what if the court can find some clues, I'm sure they have no direct evidence that my Lin family was involved in this matter."

Lin Ran said in a deep voice: "They really don't have direct evidence, otherwise you and I would have been prisoners long ago. Their purpose of doing this is to alert us and make us confused, thus exposing our flaws."

Lin Dong: "Then we will remain unchanged in response to all changes. The properties of inns and restaurants are nothing to our Lin family. If they are willing to seal them up, just let them seal them up."

Lin Ran: "Things are not that simple. After all, the assassination of the prince is a big deal. As long as the court thinks that we are involved, it will not stop easily. Just wait and see, they must have some back-ups. The top priority now is to figure it out.

Whoever is in charge of the investigation of the case can only suppress this matter by starting from him."

Lin Dong: "According to the news in the palace, Emperor Yan Fang has not shown up for several days. Now the person in charge of the daily affairs of the court is Princess Lan from Chen State."

Lin Ran frowned and said: "Has Yan Fang's head been caught in the door? How can national affairs be easily handed over to a foreign woman? What is the background of this Princess Lan?"

Lin Dong: "This Princess Lan calls herself Mi Chong. She is a very popular figure in the elixir world in recent years. She is about twenty-five years old and her origin is unknown. It is said that she is deeply loved by Emperor Ye Chenchen of the Chen Kingdom. Her other side is

My uncle may have heard of her identity, she is Princess Mo Lan of the Wei Kingdom, the lord of the Ghost Capital County of the Chou Kingdom, and the owner of the ruins of the vast ancient city."

Lin Ran: "Things are getting difficult. I've heard of this person. She can lead an equal number of soldiers to defeat the monster army. At the same time, she can also make the emperors and princes of various countries who go to Gudu County to share the treasure obey her.

The rules she formulated are not very powerful. The most troublesome thing now is that our Lin family has no contact with her. Even if we want her to let us go, we can't find anyone who can talk to her."

Lin Liang: "If that doesn't work, let's kill her. Then the court will have to change someone to be responsible for investigating the assassination. Maybe we can meet an acquaintance."

Lin Dong shook his head and said: "Brother, you think things are too simple. When she came to Hai Kingdom, she brought a convoy of tens of thousands of people, and each of them was a master. It would be more difficult to assassinate her than to assassinate Yan Fang.

It’s much more difficult.”

Lin Liang: "This won't work, and that won't work either. We can't just sit back and wait for death."

Lin Dong: "Things haven't gotten out of hand yet. We'll just wait and see what happens. We'll tell the family to be more honest during this period and try not to go out if nothing happens. Don't mess with me at this juncture."

Whatever happens, otherwise, the family law will be ruthless."

The Lin family, who could barely hold their own the day before, was completely panicked the next day. Overnight, rumors were flying all over the imperial city, saying that the Lin family was involved in the assassination of the prince, and the imperial court would soon imprison the Lin family.

The family was confiscated and the family was exterminated. The direct consequence of this news was that a large number of depositors surrounded the door of the Lin Family Bank, demanding that all the money they had deposited in the Lin Family Bank be withdrawn.

If inns, restaurants and the like are only peripheral industries of the Lin family, then the bank is the core industry of the Lin family. If the bank goes bankrupt due to a run on depositors, it means that the entire Lin family is bankrupt, which is a consequence they cannot afford no matter what.

After receiving the news, Lin Dong, Lin Ran, Lin Liang and others gathered together again to discuss. Lin Dong said a little discouraged: "Everyone, have you heard about the banker's affairs? Is there any solution?"

Lin Liang: "The trend of bank runs has formed. Unless we can borrow enough funds from our peers to cash out all the depositors' deposits, bankruptcy is inevitable."

Lin Ran smiled bitterly and said: "At this time, there are no banks willing to lend us money. In this world, there are many icings on the cake, but few who provide help in times of trouble."

Lin Dong said dejectedly: "For the present plan, the only way is to evacuate the Imperial City and seek refuge with Shen Kingdom."

After a while of silence, all the core members of the Lin family reluctantly agreed to the patriarch's proposal.

Lin Liang said: "Then the bank should stop cashing out to reduce losses."

Lin Dong shook his head and said: "No, there must be someone from the court watching the bank. If we stop paying, they will immediately know that we want to retreat. Our retreat cannot be carried out until night. In order not to attract the attention of the court, the bank will pay as usual.

But you can notify the counter and ask the staff to move more slowly and try every means to delay the payment, so you can save one by one."

After the discussion, the members of the Lin family began to pack away their valuables. Lin Dong secretly found his nephew Gao Yu, the gate official of the north gate of the imperial city, and gave him one million gold, asking him to bribe the emperor.

The guard at the north gate of the city opened the city gate that night and let them out of the city. Because Gao Yu had participated in the assassination of the prince, Lin Dong was not worried that Gao Yu would betray the Lin family or embezzle the million gold.

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That night, Lin Dong sent several waves of people to the streets to observe the patrol routes and time intervals of the Imperial City garrison. After finding out the patterns, he led the direct members of the Lin family towards the north gate.

As soon as Lin Dong arrived at the north gate, he saw the signal sent by Gao Yu, and then the inner and outer city gates opened at the same time. Lin Dong, who had no suspicion of fraud, quickly led the Lin family through the inner city gate and entered the urn city.

When all eighty-seven members of the Lin family entered the barbican city, the inner and outer gates were instantly closed, trapping them inside the barbican city. At the same time, torches were lit up on all four walls of the barbican city. Immediately after, Zhang Yingtie, commander of the imperial city garrison,

The voice came out: "Head of the Lin family, where are you planning to go with your family and the family in the middle of the night?"

Lin Dong stared fiercely at Gao Gao next to him, suddenly hit him on the chest with his palm, and cursed: "You are a rip-off, how dare you betray me."

Zhang Yingtie looked at Lin Dong and mocked: "Clan Chief Lin, you really wronged your nephew. He did not betray you. Everything here today was arranged by Princess Lan."

Lin Dong: "That's all. I didn't expect that I, Lin Dong, thought I was wise, but I didn't expect that I would fall into the hands of a yellow-haired girl."

Zhang Yingtie: "It's useless to talk more. Here are the people. The Lin family intends to defect. We will capture them all. If there is resistance, we will kill them without mercy."

Lin Dong also risked his life: "Young man of the Lin family, I swear not to be a prisoner until my death. Come and kill with me. I'll count them all when I rush out."

After saying that, Lin Dong took the lead and rushed towards Zhang Yingtie who was on the city gate. However, the location where the Lin family was located was an urn city, which was a desperate place. The walls on all sides were filled with soldiers holding magic repeating crossbows. Their

The charge was feeble. In just half a minute, all eighty-seven members of the Lin family were turned into hedgehogs. Only Lin Dong was left standing. In despair, he hit himself on the forehead with a backhand.

, ended his life.

At the same time, the Imperial City garrison dispatched troops to encircle and suppress all forces related to the Lin family inside and outside the Imperial City. The shouts of killing in the Imperial City did not stop throughout the night, and it was not until the next morning that it gradually became quiet.
Chapter completed!