The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law

Chapter 1801: Unmasking the False Face

Jia Ren took the needle and gently lifted an edge on Fu Jian’s face, then used the needle to fix it in place to prevent the lifted skin from falling again.Then he placed the remaining needles and a fingernail-sized small blade into the prepared potion, using the potion-soaked needle to carefully prick holes on Fu Jian’s face.

He said, "In order for the potion to penetrate the skin, we must do it this way."

Jin Xuyao still remembered when he was in Plum Blossom Valley, seeing Jin Luoyin marinate chicken wings in the same way, using silver needles to prick them for better flavor.

Jia Ren’s sighs didn’t affect his hand movements at all, he pricked the needle almost perfectly and then used the knife to lift the layer of skin bit by bit.

He said, "It’s fortunate that he is already dead, otherwise the pain would have been quite unbearable for him."

Jin Xuyao unconsciously touched his own face; every time he changed faces, it was in deep night. After taking the medicine, he’d fall asleep, and waking up the next day felt as if he were peeling off a layer of skin, with unbearable pain.

According to Jia Ren’s method, he only did the first three steps, which was just up to the ironing stage.

Whereas Fu Jian’s process of pricking and marinating surely would have been quite unbearable.

It’s a pity he’s dead; he got off lightly.

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Outside, things were not idle either; Jin Luoyin and Searcy accompanied Gu Youyou inside the room. The window opened a small slit, allowing them to see the situation outside.

Outside, all of Tianhai Mountain Villa’s servants were present, and the butler had solemnly erected a platform.

Everyone quietly listened to the butler’s solemn narration, and by the end, their expressions changed one by one.

"Are you saying the owner was not actually our owner, our owner was actually killed long ago?"

"Exactly!" The butler said with a face full of grief, "What we saw was actually the former butler Qu at Tianhai Mountain Villa. He came to Tianhai Mountain Villa, approached the owner, and ultimately intended to replace the owner, seeking the owner’s identity."

Everyone was dumbfounded; this was simply too crazy. It must be understood that Tianhai Mountain Villa had many servants; what was replaced were only those in the inner courtyard, especially those who frequently came in contact with the Young Master.

The people from the outer courtyard weren’t replaced. Those who resided in the outer courtyard didn’t usually have much interaction with the owner, knowing nothing more than the face.

Yet it happened to be that the face was fake.

No, it should be said that other than that face being the owner’s own, the person was entirely fake.

How much of a slap in the face could this be?

Jin Zijin stood up, first lowering his noble status and deeply bowing to everyone, then said to everyone, "Due to our family’s matters causing disturbance to everyone, I, Jin Zijin, apologize here."

Given Jin Zijin’s status, even if he did something wrong, he wouldn’t need to apologize to anyone.

This surprised and alarmed the crowd.

"Prince, please don’t say that. We were deceived by evildoers and didn’t realize our owner was long dead, that we were loyal to a fake person, an enemy."

Jin Zijin sighed softly, nodded, and said, "Indeed, as the butler just mentioned, that person is the enemy I’ve been searching for many years. Everyone knows that on the day of my family’s Commandery Princess’s full moon, the child was taken away. We’ve been searching all these years. The remnants of the Beiping Army, Fu Jian, lived in hiding within Tianhai Mountain Villa, which was unforeseen to me as well."

He paused, looked at Jian Shiqing, and said with some regret, "The person we owe the most is him, the true Young Master of Tianhai Mountain Villa."

These words, once spoken, truly shocked everyone present.