Chapter 334 The Explosive Truth

silence.

There was a long silence.

Lin Jiang young sighed: "Are you planning to hide this secret for the rest of your life?"

Xu Lan lowered his head slightly, his face full of hesitation.

Don't speak.

Apparently, that's what she planned.

"You can't hide it!"

Lin Jiangnian looked at her and shook his head gently: "Besides me, there are others who also suspect you."

Hearing the news, Xu Lan subconsciously raised her head: "Who?"

"Paper Kite."

Xu Lan immediately looked a little flustered and nervous: "She, how could she do this?"

"She had doubts about Prince Lin's death before, and since you are closest to Prince Lin, she will naturally doubt you."

Lin Jiangnian paused and then said, "Not only Zhiyuan, but even my aunt has begun to doubt you!"

When Xu Lan heard this, her heart suddenly lifted.

She suddenly remembered the inexplicable questions Aunt Xiang asked when she came to Jiang Mansion to see her last time...

Aunt Xiang asked her if she had noticed anything wrong with Lin Jiangnian recently?

At that time, Xu Lan suspected something was wrong, but Aunt Xiang didn't continue to ask, and she didn't think much about it. When she heard Lin Jiangnian say this, her heart skipped a beat.

Aunt Xiang, are you starting to doubt her too?

Did they all discover something?

"and you……"

Xu Lan subconsciously looked at Lin Jiangnian: "Your identity..."

Since both Aunt Xiang and Zhiyuan suspected Lin Jiangnian's identity, wouldn't he...

Very dangerous? !

"So, you understand the seriousness of the matter now, right?"

Seeing Xu Lan's worried look, Lin Jiangnian suddenly lowered his voice slightly and said in a deep voice: "Zhiyuan and my aunt have begun to doubt you and me. It's okay for me for the time being, but you will definitely not be able to escape sooner or later. When the time comes, Zhiyuan and my aunt will ask you, how do you plan to answer?"

"Is it possible that you continue to pretend that you don't know?"

Xu Lan indeed planned this, but seeing Lin Jiangnian's seriousness and deep voice at this time, she became inexplicably panicked: "I, I don't know..."

At this point, she raised her head and said nervously: "Then, what should we do?!"

Lin Jiangnian continued in a deep voice: "There is only one way now."

Xu Lan quickly asked: "What can I do?"

"You have to tell me first how the former Prince Lin died, and what else do you know?... You need to tell me these things first, and then I can come up with a solution."

"Otherwise, you and I will be exposed sooner or later, and we will both be finished!"

Listening to Lin Jiangnian's nervous and serious voice, Xu Lan couldn't help but become more and more panicked as she imagined the consequences of the secret being revealed.

Exposed?

This guy is a fake!

If the secret is revealed, then he... will definitely be dead!

Uncle Lin would never let him go.

Thinking of this, Xu Lan's heart sank and she looked at Lin Jiangnian with complicated eyes, his face full of hesitation and tangle.

Seeing this, Lin Jiangnian said again: "Besides, only you and I know about this matter. I am a fake, and I will definitely not make these things public... You and I just need to keep it secret, doesn't it mean that you didn't say anything? "

"Besides, it's better for the two of us to share the burden of secrets than for you to bear it alone...don't you think so?!"

It has to be said that Lin Jiangnian's bewitchment did work.

Xu Lan's expression gradually wavered and she hesitated to speak.

So, Lin Jiangnian added the final fuel: "Aren't we friends?"

"Do you really consider me a friend?!"

"Don't you have any trust in your friends? Think about it, when did I betray you?"

"Yes?!"

"..."

Facing Lin Jiangnian's soul questioning, Xu Lan's head was dizzy, and she was at a loss for what to do.

When he raised his eyes, he saw Lin Jiangnian looking at him calmly. His eyes were serious and urgent, but for some reason, Xu Lan felt an indescribable tremor in his heart.

She hesitated for a long time, and finally took a deep breath.

It seems that something has been decided!

"That……"

Xu Lan hesitated for a long time and finally said: "You must not tell anyone else about this!"

Lin Jiangnian immediately said: "Don't worry, I will never tell this to a third person!"

"You swear!"

Lin Jiangnian: "..."

Under Xu Lan's burning and worried eyes, Lin Jiangnian finally made a vow.

Seeing this, Xu Lan felt relieved, breathed a sigh of relief, and felt relieved.

"Now, can you talk?"

Lin Jiangnian looked at her.

"Wait a minute!"

Xu Lan stood up and walked to the door, opened the door, and carefully looked outside.

The door and the courtyard were empty, with not a single person in sight. Xiaozhu and Xiaolu were also missing. Xu Lan closed the door again and locked it.

Then, he walked aside and made sure that all the doors and windows were locked. Then he felt relieved and returned to the table next to Lin Jiangnian and sat down.

Lin Jiangnian looked at Xu Lan quietly, with a cautious look on his face, and became more and more confused.

What happened to make her so cautious?

Xu Lan collected her emotions and calmed herself down. Then she raised her head and looked into Lin Jiangnian's eyes. After hesitation and consideration, her eyes were complicated and she said, "You are actually right... He is not my fault." Dead."

"But his death... I did expect it!"

"What's the meaning?"

Lin Jiangnian looked suspicious.

Xu Lan bit her lower lip lightly, as if recalling something in the past, and sighed softly: "He told me."

"He?"

Lin Jiangnian suddenly realized something: "Prince Lin?"

"He told you?!"

Xu Lan nodded heavily: "Yes."

Lin Jiangnian's face showed an incredible look: "He told you that he would die?!"

Xu Lan shook her head and nodded: "He didn't tell me he would die, but just told me... He said he might die one day, and said if that day really came, I shouldn't be surprised..."

Lin Jiangnian was stunned and very surprised. He knew that the death of Prince Lin was full of doubts, and he guessed that there must be something strange. But he never thought... that Prince Lin actually predicted his own death in advance?

Since he predicted it, why would he still...?

Lin Jiangnian asked: "What's going on?!"

"Actually, I don't know much..."

Xu Lan curled her lips and said: "My relationship with him is actually average. He is actually a very strange person. I don't like him very much..."

"In the eyes of outsiders, he is indeed an out-and-out playboy. Although he has not done anything too outrageous, he has all the bad habits that a playboy should have... In addition, he has a bad temper and is a bit moody."

As if thinking of something, Xu Lan sighed faintly: "So, he has a bad relationship with Miss Zhiyuan. He told me that he doesn't like Miss Zhiyuan very much and has always wanted to drive her away... But I always feel that he seems to be worried that Miss Zhiyuan will discover his secret..."

"Secret?!"

"Well, he is mysterious and sneaky, and has many secrets..."

Xu Lan nodded: "He often contacts some strange people. Those people are very strange, very good at martial arts, and not from the Lin Wang Mansion."

Lin Jiangnian frowned: "Not from the palace? They appeared in the palace and were not discovered?"

"He is the prince of Lin Wang, and the Lin Wang Mansion is his territory. It is not difficult for him not to be discovered."

Xu Lan hesitated, and then said: "After all, I am still covering for him..."

Lin Jiangnian looked at her unexpectedly: "You?!"

Xu Lan nodded: "It was his request. He asked me to go to the Lin Wang Mansion to find him often... He and I grew up together as childhood sweethearts. It is reasonable for me to go to the Lin Wang Mansion to find him, and it will not arouse anyone's suspicion."

"And the main purpose of my going to the Lin Wang Mansion is actually to cover for him and help him conceal these things..."

Lin Jiangnian was stunned. The reason why Xu Lan often appeared in the palace and was close to the prince of Lin Wang was actually this reason?

Everything was done deliberately?

In this way, the behavior of the prince of Lin Wang seemed... very strange!

"He is the prince of Lin Wang, and the Lin Wang Mansion is his home. Why is he so sneaky in his own home?"

"Is he afraid that Zhiyuan will discover his secret? What is he hiding?!"

"I don't know."

This time, Xu Lan answered very straightforwardly.

She had such questions before and asked the prince of Lin Wang, but she didn't get an answer.

"He was a strange man, very smart, but with a weird personality. He was a little better before, but later his temper got worse and worse..."

Xu Lan seemed to remember something and said, "By the way, half a year before he passed away, he had a quarrel with Uncle Lin, and it was very tense!"

"Half a fight?"

This was news that Lin Jiangnian didn't know: "What did they quarrel about?"

"I don't know."

Xu Lan shook her head, "After that quarrel, Uncle Lin left the palace and went north. When Uncle Lin came back half a year later, he had already..."

Speaking of this, Xu Lan's emotions were inexplicably complicated. She looked at Lin Jiangnian and was silent for a while before saying, "It was also at that time that he suddenly found me and told me inexplicably..."

"He said that he might die one day and asked me not to be surprised..."

"I didn't believe it at that time, so I said that it was just right for him to die, and Linjiang City would have one less disaster... That time, he also said that he was going to do something big!"

"Big thing?"

"He didn't say what big thing it was..."

Xu Lan shook his head.

Lin Jiangnian was silent.

He always felt that he had gradually grasped a certain clue and was very close to the truth!

But he didn't get the point.

He didn't understand the essence!

Big event?

Already expected?

Still full of mystery!

What happened?

"Then how did he die?"

Lin Jiangnian stared at Xu Lan and asked.

"What does his death have to do with you?"

"I don't know..."

Xu Lan shook her head subconsciously and tried to recall it carefully.

The memory that had passed for a long time seemed to have been sealed, and she tried hard to recall it.

"That time..."

"The day before he got into trouble, I went to the Linwang Mansion to find him. He seemed to be in a good mood that day... He told me that he was going to go out for an outing and do something big..."

"I don't know where he went, but he mentioned that someone wanted him dead..."

The picture of that day in Xu Lan's memory has gradually become a little blurred. For her, it was just an extremely ordinary day.

She didn't even take it to heart.

As for him saying that someone wanted him dead... It's too common!

From childhood to adulthood, as the Prince of Lin, he had experienced countless assassinations and people who wanted him dead, and even Xu Lan had gotten used to it!

Until that time... he really died!

Lin Jiangnian listened quietly, silent for a long time.

He suddenly stared at Xu Lan: "Are you hiding something from me?"

Xu Lan was slightly stunned: "Why, why do you ask?"

"How do you know he's dead? How do you know I'm a fake?"

Lin Jiangnian caught the loophole in her words.

The Prince of Lin did say that he might die, but how did Xu Lan know that he died on that day?

You know, when Lin Jiangnian was taken back to the Prince of Lin's mansion as the fake Prince of Lin, no one suspected that the original Prince of Lin was dead!

How did Xu Lan know?

There is also a more critical point...

She didn't show much surprise when she saw that Lin Jiangnian was a fake!

She even seemed to not care about it.

It's more like...

She had already expected this result?

Facing Lin Jiangnian's questioning, Xu Lan was silent for a while.

Finally, she nodded, looked at Lin Jiangnian with complicated eyes, and said: "He did tell me about this matter."

"Huh?"

"On the day he said he might die..."

Xu Lan took a deep breath, looked at Lin Jiangnian, and finally told him the secret that she had kept in her heart for a long time.

"He said that he might die one day and disappear from this world. But he also said... if he died, he would find someone who looked exactly like him to replace him..."

"He said that if one day I found out that the Prince of Lin in the Prince's Mansion was no longer him, I should not be surprised or panic..."

"He also said that I must keep the secret of death and never tell anyone!"

At this point, Xu Lan looked at Lin Jiangnian with complicated eyes: "That day, I heard that the Prince of Lin was assassinated outside the city. I realized that something might have happened, so I ran over to confirm... Sure enough, you are no longer him!"

"At that time I knew that he might have died..."

"And you are the one he said he wanted to find back, an identical replacement!"

"..."

Xu Lan's words were like thunder, exploding in Lin Jiangnian's ears.

He was shocked and stood there!

Find, someone who looks exactly like him? !

Why did the prince of Lin Wang say that he wanted to find someone who looked exactly like him to replace him?

There is only one possibility that can explain all this... The prince of Lin Wang probably knew about Lin Jiangnian's existence a long time ago!

No!

To be precise, the prince of Lin Wang probably knew that he had a twin brother!

And the big thing he was talking about, could it be that he was going to find Lin Jiangnian? !

In this way, it seems to explain why Lin Jiangnian woke up at the crime scene in the temple that night...

It turns out that there is a trace for all this!

The purpose of the prince of Lin Wang was not to go out for an outing, but...

to find Lin Jiangnian, who is also a twin brother? !

"..."