"Li Qianlin?"
In the quiet room, on the bed, Lin Jiangnian stared at the female assassin with tears in her eyes but an unwilling look on her face, and narrowed his eyes.
Just as expected.
It's him!
A few months ago, ever since Li Qianlin appeared in Linjiang City, Lin Jiangnian noticed that there was something wrong with this person.
From the conflict caused by the teahouse, to Song Jue being killed for tipping off others, to Li Qianlin's series of actions behind the scenes, it was obvious that they were all aimed at Lin Jiangnian.
Before leaving Linjiang City, Lin Jiangnian specifically asked Lin Kong to secretly release Li Qianlin out of the city, because he wanted to play a long game and catch a big fish, to see who was behind Li Qianlin.
As expected!
Li Qianlin came for Lin Jiangnian and had been planning for a long time.
In the room, Lin Jiangnian narrowed his eyes and thought for a long time.
On the bed, the female assassin who was still pinned down was already naked. She grabbed the quilt beside her to cover her snow-white skin. Her eyes were slightly red, she bit her lower lip tightly, and stared at Lin Jiangnian with resentment.
"I, I've told you everything, but, can you let me go?"
The voice was filled with shame and anger.
Hearing this voice, Lin Jiangnian gradually came back to his senses. He looked down at her and then slowly stood up.
After regaining control of her body, Shen Lingjun quickly wrapped herself in the quilt beside her to cover up the spring light that had been exposed.
"Wouldn't it be easier if you had been so obedient and cooperative earlier?"
Lin Jiangnian looked at her reaction and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
"Despicable, shameless, obscene..."
Shen Lingjun stared at him fiercely, gritting her teeth, and a fierce look appeared on her tearful face.
If it weren't for this bastard prince being so shameless and using such vicious and despicable means to deal with her, how could she...
"You can curse as much as you want, as long as you are happy."
Lin Jiangnian withdrew his gaze, ignored her, and turned to walk to the door of the room.
Open the door.
Outside the door, Lin Qingqing had been waiting for a long time.
"Let Lin Kong come to see me."
Lin Jiangnian spoke lightly.
In this trip, in addition to Lin Qingqing, Lin Kong was also among the guards entering the capital.
After all, Lin Kong was the former commander of the prince's personal army. Although he did not have deep loyalty to Lin Jiangnian, Lin Jiangnian knew his weak spot and kept him by his side for better control.
Lin Kong, with his skills and abilities, can help him with many things along the way to Beijing.
Lin Qingqing was stunned for a moment: "Your Highness, are you going to..."
"Catch the assassin!"
Lin Jiangnian sneered and said, "This time, I will catch them all in one fell swoop!"
“…”
Late at night, in a village outside the town.
A figure rushed into the room.
"That woman surnamed Shen sneaked into the town's inn alone, intending to assassinate that bastard prince. It's too late to stop her!"
"Lin Jiangnian and his group checked into the inn. If nothing unexpected happens, she's probably already made a move!"
“I don’t know if it succeeded!”
“…”
In the room, Li Qianlin had a gloomy face and walked back and forth in the room with an extremely ugly look.
"It would be fine if she could kill Lin Jiangnian, but if she fails..."
Li Qianlin's ominous premonition became stronger and stronger.
Who is the Prince of Lin?
After the previous assassination attempts failed, the Lin Palace had long been extremely vigilant. If Lin Jiangnian wasn't a fool, he would have known that he would most likely encounter danger on his way from Linjiang City to the capital.
Does that woman surnamed Shen want to eliminate Lin Jiangnian alone?
If she really had this ability, why would they have to prepare so carefully for so long?
“Something’s wrong!”
Li Qianlin suddenly stopped, took a deep breath, and his face looked extremely ugly.
"What's wrong?"
"We might have fallen into a trap!"
The ominous premonition in his heart grew stronger and stronger. Li Qianlin absolutely refused to believe that Lin Jiangnian was unprepared. The two previous setbacks at Lin Jiangnian's hands had already given him a new understanding of Lin Jiangnian.
That bastard prince is not that simple!
"withdraw!"
As if thinking of something, Li Qianlin immediately ordered: "Everyone, evacuate this place and make a long-term plan!"
"this……"
Someone nearby wanted to retort, but was interrupted by Li Qianlin: "If you don't want to die, leave now!"
"Otherwise, when that bastard prince's men come looking for you, prepare to die."
Li Qianlin turned around and left in a hurry without saying a word.
Not long after, under the cover of night, countless dark shadows in armor appeared outside the village and sneaked in silently.
"ah!!"
A miserable and sharp scream pierced the night sky, instantly waking up Li Qianlin who was about to escape from here. He saw the originally dark village behind him suddenly burst into flames.
Under the countless torches, several figures wearing sharp black armor came into view.
Li Qianlin's pupils suddenly shrank.
"Retreat, retreat quickly!"
“…”
Small town, inn.
It was late at night and the townspeople had already fallen asleep.
Inside the inn.
Perhaps the noise at night disturbed the sleeping maid next to her. Xiao Zhu opened the door and came out, rubbing her sleepy eyes. "What's wrong, Your Highness? Did something happen?"
"fine!"
Outside the corridor, Lin Jiangnian gently touched the little maid's head and said, "Go back to sleep and have a good rest."
"oh."
The little maid didn't understand what was going on, but she nodded obediently and went back to her room.
After the door was closed, Lin Jiangnian turned around and walked into the next room.
The room was still quiet.
On the bed not far away, the female assassin was still wrapped in the quilt, staring at Lin Jiangnian with fierce and vigilant eyes.
"I've already told you everything."
Shen Lingjun gritted her teeth: "Can you let me go?"
Tonight, she had suffered such a great humiliation in her life. She secretly swore in her heart that if she could leave here alive, she would repay the humiliation she suffered today tenfold.
"sure."
Lin Jiangnian glanced at her and nodded lightly: "You can go."
Shen Lingjun's expression froze, as if she was unprepared. Was this bastard prince really willing to let her go?
She stared at his face, trying to see if he was up to something, but she saw nothing.
Finally gritted my teeth!
Just go!
Since he dares to let go, I dare to leave!
Having made up her mind, Shen Lingjun immediately stood up and left. But the next second, she quickly realized something.
Looking down, he saw that his clothes had been torn by Lin Jiangnian a while ago, leaving only a few strips of cloth. Beneath the clothes, the light-colored bellyband was exposed to the air.
Obviously, it can no longer be worn.
A blush instantly appeared on Shen Lingjun's fair face. Could it be that she was going to leave like this?
She sat on the bed and hesitated for a long time. She wanted to leave here as soon as possible. But her clothes were disheveled. If she went out like this, even at night, it would be...
Outside the screen, Lin Jiangnian looked up and saw the female assassin still sitting motionless on the bed, as if hesitating about something. He immediately asked, "What? Are you still reluctant to leave?"
Hearing this, Shen Lingjun gritted her teeth in shame and anger, wanting to say something, but ultimately held it back. After a while, she took a deep breath and finally spoke: "Clothes!"
"Um?"
Lin Jiangnian didn't seem to hear clearly.
"I want clothes!"
Shen Lingjun's eyes were red and she gritted her teeth.
Seeing that she was still wrapped in the quilt, Lin Jiangnian understood something and waved his hand: "Where do I have clothes?"
"you……"
Shen Lingjun was embarrassed and anxious. How could she not know that this bastard did it on purpose?
It's obvious that he still wants to humiliate her!
Thinking of this, Shen Lingjun felt even more ashamed and angry. She bit her lower lip tightly, her eyes fell on the bedding on her body, and she gritted her teeth.
“Tear!”
A large piece of the bedding was torn off in an instant, and then Shen Lingjun quickly wrapped the bedding around her body, making a simple "clothes".
Although it looks weird, at least the body is covered tightly.
Shen Lingjun finally breathed a sigh of relief, then turned over and got out of bed, his legs trembling slightly as he stepped on the ground.
Her whole body was still weak and she had no strength left. But at this moment, she could no longer care about anything else. The most important thing was to leave this place.
The most important thing is to escape from the clutches of this bastard.
She glared at Lin Jiangnian fiercely, walked quickly to the door, opened it, and prepared to leave.
only……
Just opened the door.
Outside the door, a figure stood quietly, blocking her way.
Lin Qingqing stood at the door expressionlessly, staring at her.
Shen Lingjun seemed to realize something, and suddenly turned to look at Lin Jiangnian, gritting his teeth: "Didn't you say you would let me go?"
Lin Jiangnian nodded: "Yes!"
"Then why is she blocking the door?"
"How does this prince know?"
"You tell her to go away!"
"She doesn't listen to me."
Shen Lingjun: “…”
She immediately became extremely angry: "Shameless!"
This bastard prince, didn't even think about letting her go?!
With Lin Qingqing blocking the door, how could she leave?
Lin Jiangnian sat down at a nearby table and shook his head gently, "This prince is indeed prepared to let you go, but... whether she is willing to let you go or not is not up to this prince to decide."
Shen Lingjun's eyes were filled with anger. What was the difference between him saying this and not saying anything?
At this time, Lin Qingqing outside the door was also looking at Shen Lingjun at the door.
This "female assassin" who attacked the Crown Prince at night?
When he saw the quilt wrapped around the other person and the strips of cloth casually dropped under the bed not far away, he vaguely realized something.
Your Highness, you really didn’t let this female assassin go?
Your Highness is truly...brave!
A thought flashed through her mind, and she glanced at His Highness in the room, and she understood. His Highness might have taken a fancy to this female assassin. If so, as his subordinate, she naturally had the obligation to stop this female assassin for His Highness.
Thinking of this, Lin Qingqing's eyes gradually turned cold: "You can't leave!"
She said expressionlessly, "You have assassinated His Royal Highness, and you deserve the death penalty... Even if His Royal Highness is kind-hearted and lets you go, you can escape the death penalty, but you can't avoid the punishment of life!"
Shen Lingjun looked at the master and servant in front of her, and sneered in her heart. She could see that the master and servant were playing a trick on her.
From the beginning to the end, this bastard prince had no intention of letting her go.
She really underestimated the insidiousness and cunning of this dog prince. That's right, this dog prince is a dog full of evil, how could he be kind enough to let her go?
After realizing this, Shen Lingjun gave up.
He turned around and walked to the table, sat down directly opposite Lin Jiangnian, and stared at him fiercely.
Lin Jiangnian looked at her with interest: "What? You're not leaving?"
Shen Lingjun sneered: "Is it fun to play with me like this?"
Lin Jiangnian was startled and asked in surprise, "Isn't this prince playing yet?"
"You haven't played yet?!"
Shen Lingjun opened his eyes wide: "You, neither you nor your servant is a good person!"
"If you have the guts, kill me!"
"Since I promised not to kill you, I will naturally not kill you." Lin Jiangnian spread his hands: "Otherwise, wouldn't it seem that I am not trustworthy?"
"Aren't you still untrustworthy?!"
Shen Lingjun sneered repeatedly.
Being a hypocrite, huh?
Lin Jiangnian glanced at her and asked, "Why do you want to assassinate this prince?"
Shen Lingjun sneered: "Don't you know what's going on?"
"Not really."
Lin Jiang sighed, "I'm curious, why do you seem to hate me so much?"
"You, this son of a bitch, deserve to be killed by everyone!"
Shen Lingjun sneered, "You've exploited the people, harmed decent women, and killed innocent people... Do you think you deserve to die for all the beastly things you've done over the years?"
After listening to this, Lin Jiangnian sighed softly: "Hearing what you said, does this prince really deserve to die?"
"I'm glad you know!"
"Then how do you know that I have done these things?"
Lin Jiangnian glanced at her and asked, "Did you see it with your own eyes?"
“Who in Linjiang City doesn’t know?”
"How did they know that?"
Shen Lingjun's expression froze. This question...she had never thought about it.
Lin Jiangnian added, "You didn't see it with your own eyes, so how can you be sure they weren't slandering me?"
Shen Lingjun stared at him coldly: "Do they really need to slander you?"
"That may not be the case!"
Lin Jiang knocked on the table, half-smiling, "Perhaps those scholars in Linjiang City are jealous of me and are spreading rumors to smear my reputation?!"
Needless to say, the scholars and literati in Linjiang City truly hated Lin Jiangnian. As for the reason, it was self-evident.
Shen Lingjun didn't believe his nonsense at all: "Why should they be jealous of you?"
"Of course, this prince was born with the wealth and glory that they will never get in their lifetime!"
Lin Jiangnian said calmly, "I was born the Crown Prince of Linzhou, the future King of Linzhou. Wealth, power, and women are all easily within my reach... What do you think? Shouldn't they be jealous?"
Shen Lingjun was silent.
She really wanted to refute, but this bastard's words made her not know where to start.
After a while, she seemed to remember something and said fiercely, "Then Chen Yingying was killed by you...isn't that correct?"
Lin Jiangnian still shook his head: "I didn't kill her."
"You're still trying to make excuses?!"
"She committed suicide!" Lin Jiangnian said lightly.
Shen Lingjun chuckled, "Wasn't she captured by your Lin Wangfu's men and tortured into confessing?! Miss Yingying is so frail, how could she withstand the torture you're using at the Lin Wangfu?"
"Then why don't you ask why the people from Prince Lin's Mansion wanted to arrest her?"
Shen Lingjun was stunned again. She only knew that Chen Yingying was captured by Prince Lin's Mansion and killed by this bastard prince, but she was not sure why Yingying was captured.
"Isn't it you, this bastard prince, who had ill intentions towards her? Yingying didn't want to, so you got angry and killed her?!"
Lin Jiangnian glanced at her with a slightly retarded look in his eyes: "Do you think that the woman this prince wants needs to be forced?"
Shen Lingjun was stunned again and remained silent.
This reason really couldn't even convince herself.
"Then why did you capture Yingying?"
After a long silence, Shen Lingjun gritted his teeth and spoke, his eyes slightly red.
She had some friendship with Chen Yingying and they had a good relationship. When she learned that she was killed by Lin Jiangnian, she naturally hated this bastard prince to the core.
I wish I could kill her to avenge Yingying!
"It wasn't me who arrested her, but someone from the Linwang Mansion."
Lin Jiangnian shook his head slightly: "The reason why the Lin Palace arrested her is because she colluded with the assassin and had ill intentions towards this prince..."
"Two months ago, this prince was attacked outside Linjiang City and narrowly escaped death... and Chen Yingying was the one who informed on me!"
Shen Lingjun's pupils suddenly widened, and he said subconsciously: "This is impossible!!"
“…”