Chapter 199 A Bit Too Much
Seeing that Teng Zijing came without a carriage, Fan Xian did not keep him. He asked him to go back and report to Fan Ruoruo that he was safe, and then he rushed to Prime Minister Lin's residence alone.
Control Yuan.
Lin Ruofu's adviser Yuan Hongdao came into conflict with a group of spies from the procuratorate because he carried a lot of torture instruments.
During the confrontation, Zhu Ge came late and rescued him. After finding out the reason, he sent him to the dungeon.
Si Lili was sitting in the cell with her eyes closed, resting. When she heard some noise at the door, she looked up.
Seeing a strange middle-aged man open the door and enter the cell easily, she was a little flustered at first but then forced herself to calm down and looked at the man quietly.
After closing the cell door, Yuan Hongdao knelt down in front of Si Lili with a cloth bag in his hand. He didn't say anything, but just kept looking at her.
Si Lili looked at him for a while and then she couldn't bear it anymore and looked away first. The way this man looked at her was so strange that it made her feel a little chilly.
Yuan Hongdao looked at him for a while before speaking with a smile in a very gentle tone.
"Miss Lili, I won't keep you too long. I want to ask you a question related to Lin Gong."
Si Lili thought for a moment and replied.
"Who is Lin Gong? What does he have to do with me?"
Yuan Hongdao smiled and gently placed the cloth bag on the table beside him, then looked at her and said.
"No need to hide it. I already know everything about the Second Young Master's plan for Niulan Street."
The manager thought about it and didn't say anything.
Yuan Hongdao put away his smile and spoke seriously.
"Please listen carefully. When Fan Xian was interrogating him at night, did you tell him that Lin Gong was the man behind the scenes?"
Si Lili looked at him quietly for a while, and suddenly asked back.
"who are you?"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Hongdao suddenly realized that he had not introduced himself yet, and hurriedly bowed to her.
"Minister Lin's advisor, Yuan Hongdao."
After saying this, he bowed and nodded in a serious manner.
Si Lili said.
"Did Lin Ruofu ask you to ask?"
Yuan Hongdao.
"Please answer, young lady."
Si Lili did not hesitate.
"No, I didn't tell Fan Xian."
Yuan Hongdao stared into her eyes for a moment, slapped his thigh hard and roared at the same time.
"Okay! Enjoy!"
After yelling, he twisted his body and unwrapped the cloth bag on the table while speaking softly.
"Next, I want to test whether the girl is lying!"
Si Lili asked with a slightly trembling voice as she looked at the hammer, saw, knife, steel needle, awl, and iron hook in the toolkit, which looked a little mottled and faintly stained with blood.
"How to try?"
Yuan Hongdao's fingers lightly brushed across the torture instruments and he smiled.
"Of course, we will try them one by one. In the end, if the girl's answer is still the same, then that is the truth! Girl, do you want to try that first?"
Si Lili's pupils shrank after hearing this. If she only had to choose one, she could grit her teeth and bear it. After all, she had received training in this area and was mentally prepared.
Just from what Yuan Hongdao said, she had to endure every torture device before she passed. Is there any need to think about it? She definitely couldn't endure it.
So Si Lili was visibly panicking.
"I, I didn't lie. I didn't reveal Lin Gong's name! I can swear!"
Yuan Hongdao smiled and waved his hand.
"Don't worry, don't worry, it will be fine in a moment."
Then he glanced at the tool kit, stretched out his hand and pulled out a bloodstained silver needle, held it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully, and suddenly he let out a disgusted sound.
"It's old blood, it can't be wiped clean, just use it, girl, come on."
As he said this, he held the needle in one hand and hooked his finger at Si Lili with the other.
It would be strange if Si Lili could get through. She slowly moved backwards with a look of fear on her face, muttering to herself.
"No, no, I really didn't say that!"
The smile on Yuan Hongdao's originally warm face gradually faded, becoming extremely gloomy, and he grabbed Si Lili's hand.
He forced her fingers apart and inserted the steel needle in his hand into the inside of her index finger nail.
At the critical moment, a young man's clear voice suddenly came from the cell door.
"The torture is a bit excessive, Mr. Yuan!"
……
Lin Xiangfu.
Fan Xian knocked on the door and announced his name, then was taken to the bottom of the steps outside the study by a servant and asked to wait.
When Fan Xian was looking around curiously, a voice suddenly came from behind him.
"who are you?"
Fan Xian immediately turned around and saw a chubby-faced man in fancy clothes holding a windmill-like toy in his hand. He was hiding behind a water tank with only his head exposed, looking at him with curiosity in his clear eyes.
Fan Xian was a little confused about the situation for a moment, so he didn't answer.
Seeing that Fan Xian didn't say anything, the man stood up from behind the water tank and repeated the question.
"who are you?"
After listening to it for the first time, Fan Xian was still unsure. After listening to it again, Fan Xian was sure.
Fan Xian looked at the tall and big but seemingly not very smart fat boy in front of him and smiled.
"What are you doing hiding behind the water tank?"
Lin Dabao said "oh".
"I'm playing hide-and-seek with my best friend, so of course I have to hide."
Fan Xian was stunned for a moment when he heard this and looked around.
"Good friend? Where is your good friend?"
Lin Dabao pointed at the water tank.
"In the jar."
Fan Xian's heart moved and he moved closer out of curiosity.
There are lotus flowers planted in the water tank, and several small fish of different colors and sizes are swimming under the lotus leaves.
“Are these little fish your friends?”
Lin Dabao stood beside him.
"Yes, yes, they are all my good friends!"
Fan Xian said "oh".
"Do they have names?" Lin Dabao was a little excited when he heard that.
"Yes, yes, yes. Of course they have names. I gave them all to them. Can I introduce them to you one by one?"
Fan Xian laughed.
"Okay!"
Lin Dabao was happy. He lowered his head to look into the tank and pointed the toy in his hand in a certain direction at the bottom of the tank.
"This, this, the one below is Xiaohong!"
"Xiao Hong."
Muttering the name, Fan Xian bent over and looked towards the bottom of the tank in the direction he pointed. He soon saw a small red fish.
"Ah, I see it."
As he spoke, Fan Xian also greeted Xiaohong.
Lin Dabao was so happy that he turned his eyes and pointed in another direction.
"This, this, it's called Poria cocos!"
Fan Xian looked at it again. The fish was as its name suggested, dark in color.
"Hello, Fuling."
After saying hello, Fan Xian accidentally caught a glimpse of a goldfish, which was much bigger and quite pretty. He picked up a fish food from the fish food box beside the tank and threw it towards the goldfish.
"Hey, look, there's a little goldfish here. What's its name?"
Lin Dabao became anxious when he saw it, and ran from Fan Xian's left side to the right side, almost throwing the toys in his hands apart, and said anxiously.
"Hey, hey, hey, Jinxiu, Jinxiu, don't feed it. Jinxiu always eats the most. Oh, Jinxiu."
Seeing his anxious look, Fan Xian pointed at the little goldfish at the bottom of the tank with an embarrassed expression and warned him.
"I see, don't eat it!"
Lin Dabao was in a hurry and didn't know what he thought of. Suddenly, he was no longer in a hurry. He turned to look at Fan Xian and asked him with a smile.
"Hey, what's your name?"
Fan Xian no longer concealed it this time.
"Fan Xian!"
Lin Dabao tilted his head and savored his name.
"Are you here to look for someone in our house?"
Fan Xian laughed.
"I told you my name, but you haven't told me yours yet. What's your name?"
Lin Dabao was startled when he heard this. He looked back nervously at first, then turned back to hush at Fan Xian and leaned close to him and whispered.
"Dad said, be careful with outsiders, don't tell Dabao's name to others casually! Shhh~"
Fan Xian thought about it, grabbed his shoulder and whispered.
"I think, we've been chatting for such a long time, and you've introduced all your good friends to me, so I can't be considered an outsider. What do you think?"
Lin Dabao raised his eyes, thought for a moment, then smiled and nodded.
"It makes sense!"
Fan Xian lazily pulled his shoulder towards him.
"Come on, come on, tell me quietly."
Lin Dabao looked around and said in a low voice.
"Then let me tell you, my name is Dabao."
Fan Xian liked it immediately.
"Good name!"
Lin Dabao strongly agreed.
"Yes, yes, Dabao is a nice name!"
As he spoke, his eyebrows suddenly drooped.
"But, Erbao, Erbao doesn't like it. He doesn't like me calling him Erbao."
Fan Xian asked casually.
"Erbao is your brother?"
"Yeah, how did you know? Hey, have you seen him recently? He hasn't been home. I miss him."
Fan Xian thought about it.
"Erbao, do you have any other names?"
Because his back was facing away, Fan Xian didn't know that when he asked this question, Lin Ruofu was standing by the railing on one side of the study, looking at him and Lin Dabao with complicated eyes.
Lin Dabao replied.
"Yes, his name is Lin Gong."
Fan Xian was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and looked at Lin Dabao with some sympathy and pity.
Lin Dabao didn't notice and continued talking to himself.
"But I still think that Erbao, Erbao is a nice name, isn't it?"
Fan Xian looked at him quietly without saying anything.
Lin Dabao rolled the windmill-shaped roller toy in his hand over Fan Xian, pouting and mumbling softly.
"Do you know when he's coming home? I have a lot of questions for him."
After a long silence, Fan Xian held his shoulder and spoke in a relaxed tone.
"Whatever you want to say to him, I'll answer for him."
Lin Dabao was pleasantly surprised.
"Really? I want to ask Erbao, eh? What did I want to ask Erbao? I want..."
Looking at Lin Dabao who was becoming a little anxious, Fan Xian stroked his back and comforted him.
"Don't worry, don't worry, take your time to think about it."
Lin Ruofu, who was standing behind them, looked at their backs, took a deep breath, and left quietly.
When Fan Xian seemed to sense something and turned his head to look, the place was empty.
……
Yuan Hongdao and Si Lili were both stunned when they heard the sudden voice coming from behind them.
Yuan Hongdao stopped stabbing and Si Lili stopped struggling. They both looked in the direction where the sound came from.
Si Lili exclaimed after seeing who was coming.
"Mei Chengan? Why are you…"
As she spoke, she suddenly realized that she had no time to talk nonsense. While Yuan Hongdao stopped moving, she continued to struggle and shouted at Mei Chengan.
……
(End of this chapter)
