Chapter 90: I’m so scared that An An almost doesn’t recognize you

He missed the first shot and knew he would not succeed again, so he gave up.

However, Zhou Linyu still looked at Zhou Linjin angrily: "Why did you leave the city? Do you know that my mother and the others were killed by you?"

In fact, Zhou Linjin had almost ignored Zhou Linyu. He didn't want to talk to him. He was about to pull Chen Lianxiu back, but Chen Lianxiu gently pressed his hand.

She took two steps forward, facing Zhou Linyu directly, and said, "Shouldn't I be asking you this? If you hadn't defected, His Majesty wouldn't have been so suspicious. And Su Qiong, I don't know if anyone has told you that she died in childbirth, and the child didn't survive. What could have happened to her? What do you think?"

"You!" Zhou Linyu's face turned pale and blue. He looked at Zhou Linjin with gritted teeth, then at Chen Lianxiu. He clenched his hands tightly, but he still didn't dare to do anything to them.

Whenever Shen Lianxiu thought of the people in Duke Cheng's Mansion, such as Yang, Zhou Yishao and Zhu'er, her heart felt like it was being cut by a rusty, blunt knife. Although she knew that this matter was mostly due to the emperor's ruthlessness and stupidity, she absolutely could not tolerate Zhou Linyu's accusations and the attempt to put all the blame on Zhou Linjin.

Anyone can say something bad about Zhou Linjin, but Zhou Linyu, this dog, doesn't deserve it.

"Okay, no need to waste time talking to him," Zhou Linjin said, "Let's go in and wake An An up."

The two were about to turn around and go back into the house when Zhou Linyu angrily said, "Zhou Linjin, are you planning to go in and whisper something to her? Do you have any conspiracy? You are not loyal to His Highness at all!"

Zhou Linjin finally glanced at Zhou Linyu from the corner of his eye and said coldly: "Your Highness can judge my actions by himself. It is not your turn to point fingers at me."

Zhou Linyu's face suddenly turned red. Zhou Linjin's words made him feel uncomfortable as if he was being tortured by a hundred claws. He had defected to King Hui because he disliked Zhou Linjin, but he could not compare with him, so he came up with this way and even poisoned his grandmother Wu.

However, after making a desperate move, King Hui did not use him very much. Asking him to transport dead livestock was the most important task he had ever done, but he did not do it well. Instead, Zhou Linjin accidentally set the transport on fire. Later, Zhou Linjin persuaded King Hui not to use dead livestock to spread the disease, and King Hui agreed.

With Zhou Linjin's arrival, he had no place to stand and everything he had done was in vain.

But he couldn't even beat Zhou Linjin in a fight.

Seeing Zhou Linjin and Shen Lianxiu enter the house, Zhou Linyu could only kick a broken water tank.

Chen Lianxiu listened to the noise outside and walked in. He took the opportunity to whisper to Zhou Linjin, "Zhou Linyu, if he stays here, he will probably be a disaster forever..."

Zhou Linjin was silent at first. When he walked to the bed and looked at An An covered by the quilt, he carefully lifted the quilt from An An. After seeing An An's little face, he said to Shen Lianxiu, "King Hui has promised me to kill Zhou Linyu with my own hands."

Shen Lianxiu opened his mouth but no words came out.

Zhou Linyu might have been somewhat useful at the beginning, but now he is a dispensable person to King Hui. Zhou Linjin made this request, which should have made King Hui feel that this was one of the conditions for his surrender, and by the way, put all the blame on Zhou Linyu and resolved the hatred in Zhou Linjin's heart.

She glanced at Zhou Linjin who was quietly picking up An An. In fact, there was no need to ask any more questions, because she knew that Zhou Linjin would never stand with King Hui.

Just like Zhou Linjin didn't ask when he saw she was still here, he also knew she would not leave.

Zhou Linjin handed An An to Shen Lianxiu and said, "Hold her first."

Then he strode outside. Chen Lianxiu thought for a moment, then quickly followed him with An An in his arms.

Just as he reached the door and before he stepped over the threshold, he saw Zhou Linjin pull out a knife from a guard next to him. Before Zhou Linyu could react, he stabbed the knife into his chest. Zhou Linyu had anticipated it when he saw him draw the knife, but his movements were slow, and someone around him deliberately held him back, so he was hit right in the chest by the knife.

Blood flowed out, and Zhou Linyu looked at Zhou Linjin in disbelief.

"You... Second brother, how dare you... Aren't you afraid of His Highness..."

Zhou Linjin threw the knife to the ground, as if afraid that the blood would stain him. A faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said, "Brother, you can go with peace of mind. This is what His Highness promised me."

"What?" Zhou Linyu could no longer support himself and fell to his knees. This time, he didn't look at Zhou Linjin anymore. Perhaps he had lost the strength to even look up. He just kept muttering, "So I've been making wedding clothes for others... After all, I can't compare to you, but if you didn't have your father..."

The guards around him were annoyed with him, so they bent their knees and kicked him to the ground. After Zhou Linjin fell to the ground, he became silent and didn't even finish his last sentence.

Chen Lianxiu and Zhou Linjin glanced at each other at the same time. She sighed, "Even when death is imminent, you still haven't let it go."

Zhou Linjin took An An from Chen Lianxiu and held her in his arms. Soon, the group left, leaving Zhou Linyu's body lying there with no one to bury it.

***

It was daybreak when they arrived at Shen Wuyu's place. Shen Wuyu had already heard the news and was anxiously waiting for them at the door.

There was still some distance left to go when Zhou Linjin stopped.

"I won't be going over there. Just stay here for the next few days. I'll come visit you when I have some free time."

Shen Lianxiu nodded: "Be careful."

The two parted ways. Zhou Linjin walked away quickly, and Chen Lianxiu didn't even turn his head back.

Shen Wuyu had already run towards her and hurriedly asked Shen Lianxiu: "Sister, how are you guys? What happened?"

Chen Lianxiu said: "Let's go in first, I don't know anything."

Last night, apart from telling her that King Hui agreed to let him kill Zhou Linyu, Zhou Linjin didn't say anything to her in private, and it seemed that he had no intention of saying anything else.

But Shen Lianxiu could already guess what was going on.

She had always felt that Zhou Linjin seemed to have something on his mind, and had even asked him once, but Zhou Linjin did not reveal a word. Now that she thought about it, when Zhou Linjin discovered that he had lost contact with the capital, he should have guessed that something might have happened in the Duke Cheng's Mansion.

But he always chose to bear it alone in silence, even in the end he didn't reveal a word to her.

Even if Zhou Linyu had not transported the dead livestock, Zhou Linjin would still be in great danger. The emperor's raid on Duke Cheng's mansion had already exposed Zhou Linjin's whereabouts in advance, and Prince Hui would catch him sooner or later.

In all likelihood, Zhou Linjin deliberately let King Hui discover him and told him that something had happened in Duke Cheng's mansion, giving King Hui a chance to persuade him to surrender.

It is not difficult to guess what he was going to do by staying with King Hui.

But... the Duke Cheng's Mansion is gone, and the emperor no longer trusts him. What should he do?

Chen Lianxiu didn't think about it anymore, nor did he dare to think about it anymore. In short, he would take it one step at a time.

Seeing that Shen Lianxiu looked a little dazed for a moment, Shen Wuyu thought she was frightened, so she put An An, who was still sleeping, to sleep on her bed, and then poured Shen Lianxiu a cup of hot tea, and the two sisters sat down.

Shen Wuyu finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Sister, I was really scared last night. When someone first came to tell me the news, I thought he had killed you all. Then I waited all night and finally you came."

"It's okay," Shen Lianxiu took a sip of the hot tea and forced a smile, "It's over. It's okay."

Chen Wuyu said, "Ah, you said that the Duke's Mansion... Fortunately, sister, fortunately you and An An came out with your brother-in-law, otherwise wouldn't you have been involved as well?"

Hearing this, Shen Lianxiu was stunned. Too many things happened that night, and there were many things she didn't even have time to think about. If Shen Wuyu hadn't mentioned it at this time, she would not have thought of it at all.

Thinking about it this way, I feel scared.

Seeing her face turn pale, Shen Wuyu thought that she had said the wrong thing at the last moment. After all, the entire Chengguo Mansion might be in trouble right now. Although she felt fortunate for her sister and An An, it was indeed inappropriate to say it out loud.

"Sister, that's not what I meant," Shen Wuyu explained quickly, "Anyway, you should get some good sleep first. We'll slowly search for them later, and we may not find everything..."

"Okay, I don't blame you. It's just that you suddenly mentioned it and I just remembered it." Facing her own sister, Chen Lianxiu did not hide anything.

Shen Wuyu nodded, then suddenly looked at Shen Lianxiu again, and saw that there was no one around except the two sisters sitting there, so she asked in a low voice: "What should I do next? Will my brother-in-law really..."

"Sister," Shen Lianxiu immediately interrupted her and gave her a wink, "Don't talk about this for now."

Shen Wuyu understood and immediately shut up.

I never asked again after that.

About half a month passed like this, and King Hui suddenly came here again.

When he came, Shen Lianxiu did not go out, but just stood by the door and looked out secretly, but did not see Zhou Linjin.

King Hui did not stay long. He stayed in Shen Wuyu's room for about an hour and then left. When he left, he left a confidant with Shen Wuyu.

After he left, Shen Wuyu knocked on Shen Lianxiu's door without hesitation. Without avoiding the confidant, she said directly to Shen Lianxiu, "His Highness said that we will be going to the capital in a few days. Sister, you should make preparations so that you don't leave without time to pack. Oh, and brother-in-law, he may also come to see sister and An'an tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. He will be even busier from now on."

Sure enough, Zhou Linjin came that night.

Although it was something that had been agreed upon long ago, the confidant's eyes were still unscrupulously wandering around Zhou Linjin. Shen Lianxiu felt uncomfortable seeing this and immediately pulled Zhou Linjin into her room.

As soon as he closed the door, Zhou Linjin pointed outside. Shen Lianxiu understood that the confidant must be eavesdropping on their conversation.

"His Highness asked me to come and see you," Zhou Linjin said to Shen Lianxiu, "The capital city has been under siege and can no longer hold out. His Highness took it without a single soldier. We will be entering the city soon."

"Finally, I can go back. I don't want to stay here any longer. I have nothing to eat and nothing to wear," Chen Lianxiu also echoed, "I haven't seen you for so many days. Please spend time with us when you return to Beijing."

Zhou Linjin didn't smile, but he said with a smile: "How can I have time?"

Chen Lianxiu looked at An An who was playing by herself, and said something from her heart: "An An almost doesn't recognize you anymore."

Zhou Linjin called An An to his side, hugged her and asked, "Do you miss Daddy?"

An An shook her head decisively, without showing him any mercy.

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The author has something to say: Because I went out to play during the National Day holiday and the ending chapters need to be rewritten, the manuscripts are gone. I will stop updating for two days tomorrow and the day after tomorrow [pigeon], but the main text will definitely be finished this week [dog head holding a rose] Don't worry, babies, I will finish even the obscure stories with two or three hundred collections that are not V-rated [dog head holding a rose]