Chapter 24 Chapter 24 Death Escape (Part 2) (Part 3)…

Ji Sui never imagined that he would see such a scene when he pushed the door open.

On the red lacquered beechwood bunk bed, the two of them snuggled up to each other. The woman in front of him, who was as cold as ice, was now leaning in the arms of another man with watery eyes and half-undressed.

He felt as if something exploded in his chest, and every inch of his flesh and blood was filled with rage.

Ning Shilu's movements also stopped with the sound of the door opening. He looked over and saw a man walking towards him against the morning light.

The man's face was immersed in darkness. Before he could see who was coming, a ray of light suddenly came towards him, just passing by his face and forcefully nailed into the crack in the wall behind him.

After a while, he felt a slight stinging pain on his cheek. He turned around again, narrowed his eyes slightly, and the moment he saw who it was, he put the person in his arms back on the couch.

The overwhelming anger overwhelmed the fear in his heart. With red eyes, he rushed towards Ji Sui and growled, "How dare you bully Zhen'er like this!"

He was angry, and so was the man in front of the door. The arrow he shot just now missed the target only because Ji Bai was too angry. He had no intention of sparing his life at all.

Before he could rush to Ji Bai, the latter had already taken a few steps forward and grabbed his outstretched fist tightly. The next moment, a terrible scream was heard in the room.

Shi Zhu and Kong Jinghe rushed into the room almost at the same time, looking at Ning Shilu lying in front of them in shock.

"Take him out and feed him to the dogs." The man with his back to them said coldly.

From this look and tone, Shizhu knew that his master's words were not a threat, but an order that could not be disobeyed.

The trip to Yizhou is just around the corner. Killing the son of Yong'an Hou at this juncture is not a rational decision no matter how you look at it.

"Will……"

Shi Zhu wanted to stop him, but as soon as he opened his mouth, his outstretched hand was held down by Kong Jinghe beside him. The two looked at each other, and he finally swallowed his words.

The master is so furious, how can there be any room for maneuver in this matter?

"Yes, General." He leaned over and dragged Ning Shilu up from the ground, and retreated with Kong Jinghe.

The door closed again, and the dim light from the window shone into the gauze curtain. Lin Zhen's face was as pale as ice, his long eyebrows were slightly furrowed, his pink lips were deeply pursed, and he lay unconscious on the couch.

Ji Sui stepped closer to the bed curtain in his black boots. He sat down in front of the couch, leaned over and lifted Lin Zhen's chin, whispering in her ear: "Submission is fake, catering to him is fake, meeting him secretly is the real thing."

"Is that right?"

Ji Rui came from outside with a cold aura. His cold words spit into Lin Zhen's ear, but made her feel much more relieved. The heat in her body made her instinctively want to get closer to him.

Ji Wei thought she was just half asleep, still immersed in the charm of the loser. He couldn't help but increase the strength in his hands and clamped her tightly. "It's a pity, he is going to die. His body will be thrown into the wilderness and fed to wild dogs."

Ji Sui's harsh words pulled Lin Zhen back into her nightmare. She murmured almost subconsciously, "No...no...he won't die...he won't die."

How could the person she had worked so hard to save die so easily?

He will not die, he will live forever...

Where she can't see...

"Open your eyes and see if he will die!" He pinched her cheeks fiercely, forcing her to wake up.

Lin Zhen opened her eyes dazedly in a burst of pain, and the familiar outline appeared in front of her again, but she thought she was still drowsy and had seen the wrong person, and mistook Ning Shilu for Ji Sui.

She began to struggle, "Let go..."

Naturally, Lin Zhen's reaction was like adding fuel to the fire. Ji Sui's face darkened. He quickly loosened his grip and pulled the man into his arms, pressing the burning body against his cold chest. He said maliciously, "Let go? This general will show you today who you should submit to."

The moment she was invaded, Lin Zhen bit her lower lip with her pearly teeth. The smell of blood in her mouth made her sober again. The sweat from the high fever made her whole body sticky as if she had been fished out of the water. Her wet eyes stared at the man who was so close to her.

Familiar eyebrows, familiar thin lips...

Seeing his brows furrowed deeply, she unconsciously reached out to touch them. Her weak fingertips barely brushed across his brows, and she called out breathlessly, "Lin Chu..."

"shut up!"

He didn't want to recall that foolish past, nor did he want to hear this name from Lin Zhen's mouth. He still remembered that when he was in Lin's house, he had planned to make Ning Shilu fall into the lotus pond. He had succeeded, but was still discovered by Lin Zhen. She made him kneel by the pond for a whole night.

She has always protected that loser.

Ji Sui suddenly intensified his movements and whispered in Lin Zhen's ear, "Did he do the same to you? Is it better to have me? Who do you like more?"

He knew clearly how difficult it was to enter her just now, but he still deliberately used words to provoke her.

However, Lin Zhen, who was now drowsy from a fever, could not hear these words clearly. She just unconsciously hugged Ji Bai's neck tightly and tried her best to bear everything from him.

The man, whose jealousy had reduced him to ashes, didn't notice Lin Zhen's abnormal body temperature at all, and just fell into her warm and soft body.

But no matter how he possessed the person under him, he still felt as if a part of his heart had been hollowed out and he could never be satisfied.

Suddenly, he slowed down his movements and looked at Lin Zhen's blurred phoenix eyes. His dark and bright eyes stared at her intently. Seeing her gradually frowning and moaning because of discomfort.

He pinched her chin and pressed his thumb deeply on her lips. His Adam's apple rolled and he said hoarsely, "Do you know who I am?"

His throat was dry and sore. Lin Zhen blinked his wet eyelashes and called out softly, "...Ji Sui."

The corners of the man's lips curled up beautifully, and he began to move slowly and heavily, continuing to seduce: "Say, you are mine."

Even when she was in a state of blurred consciousness, it was not easy for Lin Zhen to say such words, but after Ji Sui's persuasion, she still said it.

"Say you want me." He was still not satisfied and continued.

Lin Zhen's eyes were red, and he refused to say anything for a long time. However, he accidentally touched a sensitive spot, and he immediately became speechless and tremblingly said: "I want... I want you..."

Ji Sui seemed to be able to hear the heartbeat surging in his chest, making him lose control. He gripped Lin Zhen's neck tightly with his big hands, his dark eyes shining, and he blurted out: "Say you—"

His eyes suddenly caught sight of the half-inch-long sleeve arrow nailed into the wall, which was like a bucket of ice water poured over his head, completely extinguishing the bright red heart hidden in the flesh that was surging and jumping. He regained consciousness, and his eyes became gloomy. He turned Lin Zhen over with an expressionless face, and then nailed him from behind.

This entanglement lasted until sunset.

*

Outside the city, Shizhu threw the sack on the horse's back heavily to the ground. With a wave of his sword, the hemp rope that bound him fell to the ground, and Ning Shilu struggled to roll out of the sack.

Unlike last time, this time, his expression showed no fear, only intense hatred. "Kill me if you dare!"

Shizhu held a long sword and approached him step by step.

"Are you really going to kill him?" Kong Jinghe, who was standing aside, saw that he really started to fight, and hurried forward to stop him.

Shi Zhu was already furious, and when he came to stop her, she became even angrier, "If you hadn't lured her here, would this have happened?!"

Kong Jinghe didn't want to argue with him about Lin Zhen anymore, and just said, "The thing about Li Yuanhui was also done by your master, right? Now Lord Li is about to join forces with several old ministers to impeach him. At this critical moment, do you dare to harm the life of the Yong'an Marquis' son?"

Shizhu didn't want his life in the first place. In Shizhu's eyes, that woman was nothing compared to the general's grand plan. How could he agree with his master's actions today?

Seeing his expression soften, Kong Jinghe continued, "Even if you really want to kill him, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future. There's no need to rush today. I believe the general won't punish you too harshly once his anger subsides."

Shizhu froze in place for a long time. Just when Kong Jinghe thought he had convinced Shizhu, the man lying on the ground shouted at them again, "If you know you can't kill me, then let me go! Let me go find that slave! I want to kill him with my own hands!!"

Shizhu suddenly raised his eyes and looked at him, tightened his grip on the sword in his hand, and strode towards Ning Shilu.

"Dianthus!"

Kong Jinghe's loud shout, accompanied by a sharp scream, resounded throughout the sky above the countryside.

Under the silver moonlight, two horses galloped down the long street and stopped in front of the alley of Yong'an Marquis Mansion. Shizhu silently moved the sack in front of him to the stone lion at the entrance of the alley, cut the rope, and leaned the person inside against the stone pier.

He turned around and glanced at Kong Jinghe who was sitting on the horse. Without saying anything, he jumped on the horse and rode towards the other side.

Kong Jinghe also turned his horse around and left.

It was late at night. A sedan stopped at the entrance of the alley. A woman dressed gorgeously but looking tired walked out of the sedan. She leaned over and looked over. After seeing the man lying there clearly, she rushed over.

"Prince...Prince!" Qu Ruyun called out anxiously. Seeing that his right arm and lower robe were covered in blood, she was so scared that she hugged him and cried.

After a long while, the person in her arms moved while caressing him. Qu Ruyun hurriedly held up his face with joy, "Prince...you're awake!"

Her happy expression was completely distorted after hearing the man's next words.

"Zhen'er...go and save Zhen'er..."

*

The next day.

Lin Zhen slowly woke up from the couch. She seemed to have had a very long and absurd dream. When she wanted to get up from the couch, she felt a wave of soreness and weakness all over her body, and even a distinct strange feeling in the middle of her legs. All this showed that it was not a dream.

A few fragments of last night flashed through her mind briefly, enough to make her blush. She clenched her teeth and got off the bed in her slippers.

As soon as the high fever subsided, she felt dizzy again as soon as she stood up. She held on to the bedpost to steady herself before walking towards the table in the room.

After taking a sip of tea, I heard the waiter say outside the door, "I'm here to bring you some food. Is this convenient for you, sir?"

Lin Zhen's mouth felt bitter and astringent, and she had no appetite, but considering her weak body, she let the person in.

After taking a few sips, she looked at the waiter who was about to leave and asked, "I wonder... have you ever seen the general?"

Not only had he seen it before, he also knew clearly that General Ji Bai had come out of this room this morning. For this reason, he did not dare to neglect the girl in this room. He had heard before that the general was very fond of his new concubine, but he did not expect that he had another lover here.

Naturally, they didn't dare to comment on the nobleman's affairs, and only replied respectfully, "I heard this morning that the general went to the pleasure boat on the Green River."

Everyone knew that the pleasure boats along the Green River were not much different from those brothels, except for a different way of entertaining themselves. To avoid offending the girl before him, he deliberately added, "That's where we should entertain our distinguished guests."

Hearing this, Lin Zhen pursed his lips deeply and nodded slowly at him.

*

It was late autumn, and the pleasure boat on the Green River was covered with snow-white fox fur. A man in dark tights was lying on the couch, his hands folded behind his head, looking very comfortable.

"General, please try my wine! It's getting cold."

There were only thin curtains hanging around the pleasure boat, and a cool breeze was blowing from the river. The women in the pleasure boat were only wearing thin and transparent gauze clothes, trying their best to show off their beautiful figures. They supported their slender arms on the men's solid chests and raised their cups to feed Ji Sui who was lying on his back.

He lowered his head slightly and used his lips to catch the wine in the glass, but his pair of bright peach blossom eyes were fixed on the woman in white standing in the wind on the shore not far away.

Not long after, Shizhu boarded the pleasure boat on a small raft and said, "...she wants to see the general."

Although Shizhu was extremely reluctant to deliver Lin Zhen's message, she was already standing on the shore and her master could see her. At this point, he had no idea what his master was thinking.

Ji Sui released his hand from behind his head and placed it on his forehead. He took the wine cup from the woman and played with it nonchalantly. After a long pause, he sneered, "Are you trying to plead for that loser?"

"It's a pity that now I'm afraid I can only see his corpse." Ji Sui coldly withdrew his gaze and no longer looked at the people on the shore. "Since she is willing to wait, let her go."

It was not until sunset that the pleasure boat docked. Ji Sui was already drunk and staggered off the boat.

Lin Zhen was still standing on the shore. Seeing that he was unstable, she almost subconsciously reached out to help him.

"General, be careful."

The two women who followed closely behind him quickly jumped off the boat and caught Ji Sui steadily on the left and right.

The outstretched hand curled up slightly and was firmly grasped back into Lin Zhen's sleeve. When she was about to give up and turn away, she saw that person suddenly stopped in front of her.

He raised a beautiful smile at the corner of his lips, but the words he said were extremely cruel: "If the beauty is willing to serve this general together with them, this general may consider granting your request."

The wind on the river bank was blowing softly, the woman's white dress and black hair were fluttering in the wind, and the bone-chilling coldness surged into her internal organs.

At this moment, she suddenly woke up from the trance she had been in for the past two days.

Why was she so anxious to find him?

The fire in the princess's mansion five years ago reduced everything to ashes, leaving no room for maneuver. All that was left was hatred, endless hatred.

He hated her. He hated her when he was Lin Chu, and he also hated her when he was Ji Sui.

He should hate her, and she should be hated by him.

But why... does her heart hurt so much?

The hard protective shell that originally covered her heart suddenly shattered into pieces, and blood pierced into her heart.

After a long while, she finally managed to grab a piece of the fragment and held it tightly against her chest. She finally heard her own cold words in the air again: "I dare not disturb the general's leisure."