After a night of noise, the truth came to light.
Old Howlett, who had a bad reputation in Ghana, seemed to have aged 10 years. His gray hair had turned completely white, his back could not straighten at all, and his eyes, which were once as sharp as an eagle, were cloudy and dull.
His beloved grandson, James, was not of the Howlett family, but a bastard born after his daughter-in-law Elizabeth and the gardener Thomas Logan had an affair in the stable.
The heavy mental blow made old Howlett depressed, and he often fell into silence and daze for no reason.
Lin Qiming felt bored after eating melons online, and said goodbye to him after eating the breakfast brought by the servant.
The butler pushed old Howlett, who was staring blankly at the void, and he slowly focused his eyes on the person in front of him, revealing a puzzled expression. Obviously, he didn't hear what was said just now.
"Sir, Dr. Lin is going back now. The young master is already well!"
After hearing the housekeeper's reminder, Old Howlett rubbed his face with his rough hands.
"Oh, okay, Dr. Lin, I’m very grateful for everything you have done for the Howlett family!"
"Before you leave, please agree to this poor old man's humble request. Please keep the things that happened last night a secret. I will pay you 1,000 pounds as hush money!"
Old Howlett waved his hand, and the butler walked into the inner room, and soon came out with a stack of banknotes.
Lin Qiming nodded slightly and agreed to him readily.
This kind of ethical farce is nothing new, and it is not uncommon both in China and abroad, ancient and modern. Since old Howlett is willing to pay, just pretend that he has never experienced this.
1,000 pounds is not a small sum nowadays. You must know that the prospectus of the New Brunswick IPO this year claims that only 3 shillings can buy 1 acre of land. This hush money is enough to buy nearly 7,000 acres of land.
"Don't worry, Mr. Howlett, not a word of this will ever come out of my mouth!"
"There is an old saying in our Daxia country: if you take money from others, you should help them to eliminate disasters. If you have nothing else to tell me, I will take my leave now!"
Old Howlett nodded weakly and looked out the window in a daze again.
Lin Qiming looked at him sympathetically, and rode his horse out of the manor neatly, galloping forward along the way he came.
He gained a lot from coming to Howlett Manor this time. Not only did he get all the entries of the young Wolverine for free, which increased his strength dozens of times, but he also unexpectedly witnessed the online melon-eating of the rich family's scandals, and finally got a huge amount of hush money before leaving.
As for what will happen to James Howlett in the future, and how old Howlett will concoct the adulterer and whore who will cuckold his son, it is unknown. Anyway, the young version of the saber-toothed tiger Victor Logan was beaten badly.
More than an hour later, Lin Qiming was far away from the clinic and saw the little girl standing at the door waiting.
A group of musketeers patrolled back and forth near the clinic. Anyone who looked fierce or rogue was driven away. Obviously, they were the people sent by old Howlett to protect the clinic.
"You all go back and thank old Mr. Howlett for me!"
Lin Qiming waved at them and said with a smile
""Okay, Doctor Lin, I will tell the old master what you said!"
The musketeers nodded, and nimbly jumped on their horses and galloped away.
Lin Qiming rode his horse to the door of the clinic, and just as he jumped off the horse, a fragrant and tender body rushed over.
"Young Master, do you know how worried I was? I thought you had an accident on the road!"
"Xian'er thought you would be back in a few hours, but I waited until midnight and didn't see you, Young Master. I almost went to the police station at the trading station to call the police."
Listening to Lin Xianyin's crying voice, Lin Qiming felt a warm current in his heart.
The two of them had depended on each other for more than ten years, and their feelings were naturally extraordinary. He never treated the little girl as a servant, but as his half-sister.
"Okay, don’t cry. It’s my fault. I came back late and made you worry!"
"Next time, I won't see you unless necessary. Be good, Xian'er. If you keep crying, our Xian'er will no longer be beautiful. Be careful not to become an ugly monster. I don't want you anymore!"
Lin Qiming gently wiped away the tears from her eyes. Looking at the faint dark circles under her eyes, he knew that the little girl had not slept all night. She was probably worried and insomniac.
Lin Xianyin burst into laughter and patted his chest a few times with her little hand.
"Young Master, you are making fun of me again. Xian'er has made breakfast for you. I will tell you something good after you finish eating!"
She took Lin Qiming's hand and walked into the clinic. Her pretty face was slightly red, but she held it tightly.
After finishing a bowl of lean meat porridge and steamed dumplings quickly, Lin Xian'er took out a wrinkled and yellowed letter and placed it in front of him with a slightly nervous expression.
"Young Master, take a look. This is a letter sent from my hometown. It took more than a year to get here!"
"The sender was Ouyang Jing, the head of the Criminal Hall. The secret code of the sect also matched. He was indeed one of the people who escaped during the Qing army's encirclement."
Lin Qiming wiped his mouth slowly, picked up the letter and looked at it in the sunlight.
There was a sun mark on the upper left corner of the envelope, and a moon mark on the upper right corner. Both were written with special pigments and could only be seen at a 45-degree angle of sunlight.
"The secret mark is correct, it represents the eternity of the sun and the moon, and the eternal mark of the law of nature."
"However, 25 years have passed since the Tianli Sect was wiped out. Even if we deduct the more than one year that the letter was passed around, 23 years have passed. What on earth does he want to do by contacting us now?"
He tapped his fingers lightly on the table, and did not immediately open the envelope to read it.
There are many sinister means in the sect. Who knows if the letter inside is poisonous?
Seeing this, Lin Xianyin bit her red lips lightly and reached out to open the envelope for him.
Snap!
Lin Qiming opened her little hand and rolled his eyes at the little girl unhappily.
""Get out of the way. I don't need you to take risks for me. Just stand back and I'll open it!"
His tone was not good. He waved his hand to drive Lin Xianyin 10 meters away before tearing open the yellow envelope.
With the entry of Wolverine, ordinary poisons really couldn't kill Lin Qiming. At most, he would feel uncomfortable and painful for a while, and he would be fine after the damaged cells were repaired.
Fortunately, after the envelope was opened, there was no poisonous powder spraying out, and there was no poisonous letter paper. The worry on Lin Xianyin's face turned into relief.
"I am writing to you. I am the elder of the Criminal Hall, Ouyang Jing.
I have been hiding for more than 20 years since the battle in the capital. The Qing court has been chasing me like a tarsal bone. I led 30 surviving followers across the ocean and hid in Southeast Asia before I could rest for a while.
I never thought that God would bless me. I learned from a foreign merchant that the young leader was on the other side of the ocean. If everything goes well, the young leader must have grown up.……"
After reading the 300-word letter, Lin Qiming pouted and threw the letter on the table.
"The old guy must be sixty-two this year, it's true that he is a thief if he doesn't die!"
"He keeps saying that he wants to revive the religion and return to his homeland to avenge the tragic deaths of his followers, but in reality he just can't make it in Southeast Asia and wants to escape to me for refuge."
"If it were just that, it would be fine. It would just be 30 more compatriots who would eat with me. But the old guy secretly said that the seal of the leader was in his hand, and he would give it to me after I passed his test, and I would officially become the legitimate leader."
He was not interested in the so-called position of the leader of Tianli Sect, nor did he want to be involved in the drastic changes that were about to happen in his hometown.
The Great Xia Kingdom in the Marvel Universe is much deeper than the world center New York. Below is the mysterious Tarot Village, which hides the beasts and inherits the ancient Eastern magic. In the middle is the Shenlei Bureau, which is much more powerful than S.H.I.E.L.D., and above is the Kunlun Heaven Realm with countless immortals and gods. Even Odin, the god king who claims to rule the nine realms, avoids it as much as possible.
Lin Qiming does not think that with his current strength, he can return to the Great Xia Kingdom to stir up trouble.
Now an old man who has never met is relying on his age and seniority. Not only does he want to ride on his head and bully others by holding the seal of the leader, but he also wants to trick him into returning to the Great Xia to be a puppet tool man to rebuild the Tianli Sect. It's really a hungry man eating pie in his dream - wishful thinking!
"Xiaoxian'er, we don't need to pay attention to him. If they really come and behave themselves, I can still help them gain a foothold here."
"If they really have evil intentions, don't blame me for not cherishing our friendship!"
Lin Xianyin also finished reading the letter, tore it into pieces and threw it into the trash can.
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