<h1 ss="dib mb0 fw700 fs24 lh1.5">Chapter 365: Swindling the Truth</h1><h2 ss="subtitle fw400"><strong>Trantor:</strong>Lonelytree</h2>


    This made Lin Yiwei frown again. He frowned and thought deeply. In the end, he sighed heavily in his heart and said, ‘Forget it. I’ll leave it to Qing ‘Er to deal with it himself.’


    Lin Laosan and his sons had caused Qing ‘Er to almost lose his life. Fortunately, the heavens had blessed their Qing ‘Er with good luck. Otherwise…


    Lin Yiwei felt a lingering fear when he thought of the consequences.


    This was no different from the crime of murder. Therefore, it was better not to forgive such individuals.


    “Lin Mingqing, are you nning to send them to court?” Lin An asked sternly. From his stern tone, it was obvious that he did not approve of this. This would tarnish the Lin family Vige’s reputation.


    “Yes! Grandpa An, what would you do if something like this happened to uncle Ping?” Lin Mingping was Lin An’s youngest son.


    This was Lin Mingqing’s way of telling Lin An to put himself in his shoes.


    He had suffered so much for the past three years. How could he let these culprits off so easily?


    “Great-grandfather An,” Lin Yun stood up and said, “if it wasn’t for uncle Mingqing’s good fortune, he would be a pile of bones by now. However, his soul wouldn’t be able to rest. Do you think the peace of the dead is more important, or is it more important to protect the culprit and ruin the reputation of the vige?”


    No matter how vicious a person was when they were alive, they would be given respect after death. Furthermore, people of this era believed that people woulde back as ghosts if they had died an unjust death.


    So, if Lin Mingqing had really died in that ident three years ago, then the Lin family Vige would have been haunted by his vengeful spirit.


    Lin An’s shrewd gaze turned to Lin Yun, and he asked sternly, “Girl, what do you mean by protecting the culprit and ruining the reputation of the vige?”


    Lin Yun wasn’t afraid of Lin An’s sharp gaze at all. She said, “there are good and bad people in every vige. However, if we cover up for the criminals to preserve the vige’s reputation, then let me ask you, great-grandfather An, can you guarantee that these people will turn over a new leaf?


    “As the saying goes, it’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks. Furthermore, the fact that the vigers decide to cover up their bad deeds will give them confidence that they will not be punished if they do anything horrible. Therefore, they might kill more people without any restraint. When the kill count adds up, the authorities will be alerted. Then the vige will really be a murderer’s vige.”


    “Oh yeah. I remember that a year ago, there was a murderer in Back vige. He killed a woman and was caught. However, for the sake of the vige’s reputation, the elders there didn’t send him to the authorities. Instead, they made him kneel in the ancestral hall for three days without eating or drinking and punished him with thirty strokes. A monthter, he started killing again, and it was another woman. He was punished with kneeling again. When he recovered, he killed more people. I heard that this continued until his fifth victim. Everyone was afraid. The vigers finally couldn’t stand it anymore, and someone secretly reported it to court. Only then did the murder casee to an end. However, the reputation of the vige rose because of this. It was said that the viger who reported it was driven out of Back vige by the n elders.”


    “Hey, I’ve also heard about that.”


    “Yes. If they had sent the killer to court at first, four innocent lives wouldn’t have lost.”


    “You’re right. They wouldn’t have to live in fear all day long either.”


    “That’s why we should punish these criminals. Or we might end up as Back Vige.”


    “Back Vige was called Murder Vige not because of the murderer but because too many women had died. If the culprit was secretly sent to court, who would know that there was a murderer in the vige?”


    “That’s true.”


    Listening to the vigers’ discussion, Lin Yun’s lips curled up, and then she said sternly, “so, instead of shielding the criminals and letting them continue tomit crimes unscrupulously, it’s better to stop these people’s criminal activities from the beginning and let the authorities give the most severe punishment. Sending them to jail is the best warning to the vigers. This will prevent the others from making the same mistake. The vige would be more peaceful. Don’t you think so, great-grandfather An, Grandpa vige chief?”


    Since Lin Mingqing had already made up his mind, Lin Yun would help him. She had to get Lin An to agree to it. Otherwise, it would cause a bacsh from the vigers. That would make Lin Mingqing and Lin Yiwei lose the people’s support. This would ce Lin Yiwei in a difficult position, and Lin Yun didn’t want that.


    Therefore, she had to first convince Lin An and Lin Yiwei. The surrounding vigers were thankfully very supportive.


    With the example from Back Vige, the vigers didn’t want to cover up for Lin Laosan’s family in case they followed the same fate.


    As expected…


    Lin An furrowed his brows deeply, and after some careful consideration, he said to Lin Yun, “Girl, what you said seems to make sense. Forget it, forget it. I’ll leave this matter to Lin Mingqing to handle. I’m old. I’m tired now and I need to go back and have a good rest!”


    With that, Lin An left with the help of others.


    “Uncle An, take care!”


    “You can’t go, uncle An, you can’t go!” Li Cuihua immediately shouted to stop him.


    “Uncle An is already tired. Do you want him to die of exhaustion? You shrew, get out of the way!”


    “Grandpa An, be careful!”


    “Great-grandfather An, take care!


    Along the way, no one asked Lin An to stay.


    Seeing Lin An leave, Lin Laosan’s family’s faces turned ashen.