Chapter 45: Arrest

Prince Chang glanced at Prince Duan and chuckled, "Over the years, I have specialized in military tactics and strategies. Although I have never personally fought in battle, I am certainly no worse than Wei Zixing."

"Even Bai Wuji, who has just emerged and is famous both at home and abroad, may not be able to compare with me in terms of military skills!"

Prince Duan put away his smile and advised seriously, "Don't be proud. We two brothers still have a long way to go. We must not be careless and lose Jingzhou."

Prince Chang touched his nose and smiled awkwardly, "Don't worry, brother. I'm reliable and there will definitely be no mistakes!"

Prince Duan added, "Now that the Crown Prince has lost his great general, Wei Zixing, and is in poor health, and has fallen out of favor with the Emperor, he is no longer a threat."

"From now on, we must pay close attention to the actions of Prince Qi and Prince Gong, and respond with caution."

"As for the other princes, they have neither the emperor's favor nor family background nor power, so they are completely unworthy of concern!"

"Yes, brother, don't worry! Our people have already infiltrated each of the royal palaces. We have spies around them, and their every move is under our control."

The two brothers had a pleasant conversation in the room.

Finally, Prince Duan still reminded him again and again with some concern, "Although the Crown Prince is weak now, he must not be careless."

"Even if a tiger is not completely dead, you must remain vigilant and never be careless. If it strikes back, the consequences will be immeasurable."

"Your Majesty is right." Although Prince Chang agreed verbally, he still disagreed in his heart. He did not take the prince seriously at all and even despised him.

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After coming out of the prince's palace, Lin Pianran went back to her own room first, washed up thoroughly, and then went to the old lady's mourning hall.

By this time, the mourners had already left.

Only the Lin family members were left huddled together in the mourning hall.

Lin Aodong and Lin Aosong were also in the mourning hall. They looked haggard, as if they had suffered a serious illness.

They don't look in good condition.

Seeing Lin Pianran coming over, Lin Aodong's face turned ugly. He stopped her and ordered, "So many things have happened at home, with people injured and missing. There are very few people available now. I'll leave the task of keeping vigil for the old lady tonight to you!"

Lin Pianran nodded and responded softly, "Okay! I'll stay in the mourning hall with Tianzhu and Huanxue tonight. Please rest assured, foster father!"

Lin Pianran couldn't help but sneer in her heart.

He is indeed a filial son and grandson. His own children and grandchildren do not observe mourning, but arrange for her, a person who has no blood relationship with him, to keep vigil.

It's really funny!

But I don’t know if there is any other deeper meaning behind their arrangement?

Lin Pianran couldn't guess, so she could only take it one step at a time.

Anyway, when the enemy comes, we will fight him; when the water comes, we will block it with earth.

No matter what tricks they use?

What are you planning?

She just took it!

I will never let them down!

But who was unlucky? Who suffered? It had nothing to do with her.

Anyway, the Lin family’s good days are over.

Soon, the Lin family members left one after another.

Only Lin Pianran and her servant were left in the mourning hall.

The entire mourning hall was silent. The dim oil lamps emitted a dim light, which magnified people's shadows infinitely and projected them onto the ground, stretching them out long.

A timid person would be terrified if he or she kept vigil in the dark night.

As an atheist, these had no effect on Lin Pianran at all.

She was not afraid at all.

At this time, Jingyu rushed in like a gust of wind, walked to Lin Pianran's side, and quietly reported, "Miss, Lin Chuyan sent a few people over here, asking them to dress up as evil spirits and play tricks in the mourning hall, intending to scare Miss half to death..."

"Haha, then let them come! Let's see who scares whom." Lin Pianran's face was full of excitement.

"You hide in the dark first, and I will handle the rest."

Jingyu jumped out of the window and hid in the darkness.

Lin Pianran instructed Huanxue and Tianzhu, "Go find the Imperial Guards or the government officials! Invite them to come watch a good show and catch a few little mice."

"Yes, miss."

After receiving the order, the two left quickly.

A quarter of an hour later, five men and women rushed in from outside the mourning hall. Their faces were smeared with thick white ash and painted with extremely ugly evil ghost masks.

If you don't look carefully, it does look a bit scary.

But Lin Pianran had received the news in advance.

Besides, she was not afraid of these things.

Seeing the five people floating in from a distance, Lin Pianran became interested and said excitedly, "You're here! But the face painting is too crude. It's obvious that it's a human costume. Can you be more professional?"

"This is so shoddy and perfunctory!"

"You won't be able to scare anyone by doing this. I can see through your tricks at a glance."

The five people originally thought that they could scare Lin Pianran into crying for her parents and howling like a ghost.

Make her look bad.

But I didn't expect Lin Pianran to look so calm.

He even accused them of not drawing well.

This is too weird!

How is this Miss Lin the same as the rumors?

The news was indeed wrong.

The five of them looked at each other, opened their arms, and pounced on Lin Pianran like wolves pouncing on their prey.

Since they can't scare people, they have a second plan.

I always feel that five people joining forces are more than enough to deal with a weak woman.

Unexpectedly, Lin Pianran played the five people around like a mouse playing with a cat.

She was as slippery as a loach, and no one could catch her at all, not even a corner of her clothes.

Lin Pianran actually continued to add fuel to the fire, "Hurry up! Why are you so slow? Who sent such a stupid person?"

The few people did not scare Lin Pianran, nor did they hurt Lin Pianran, and they were constantly provoked by her.

The five people were so angry that they screamed, "Miss Lin Liu, you'd better stop struggling and surrender!"

"If you get caught by us, you will have to suffer."

"Now, you are the only one in the entire mourning hall. You will never escape from our grasp!"

Lin Pianran teased them while continuing to provoke them, "Come and catch me if you dare! You are such useless people, how can you be of any use?"

"Oh my! How could you be so stupid? How could you even knock your companion down?"

Seeing someone fall, Lin Pianran took the opportunity to rush over and stepped on and kicked the person in the stomach several times.

The man curled up in pain and wailed continuously.

After dealing with this person, Lin Pianran continued to attack several other people.

They were beaten so hard that they cried out in pain.

After the fight, he continued to play cat and mouse with them, and laughed "chuckle" from time to time.

So unhappy!

When Huanxue brought the Royal Guards over, they saw that the mourning hall was in chaos.

There were several "ghost-faced men" running around.