Zhou Lingshan glanced at her disdainfully: "She's not bad looking. Yi'er should like her a lot."
"Don't worry, you're safe now."
Lin Xiuyan felt like vomiting when she heard this. The father of a scumbag is indeed a scumbag.
Zhou Lengshan's guard whispered, "Sir, we have already sent out a distress signal."
"General He will arrive with his troops to rescue us in at most half an hour."
Lin Xiuyan was somewhat surprised to hear this. She hadn't seen them send out any messages, yet they had already done so.
She deduced that they must have a special way of communicating.
This road isn't exactly secluded, and it's not far from Galewind City, so they can't stay here for very long.
The guards around Zhou Lingshan are highly skilled in martial arts, so a head-on confrontation is definitely not a good approach.
Furthermore, Zhou Lingshan was too cautious, so they could only use croton oil, which has a relatively slow onset of action, as a poison.
Zhou Lingshan is vicious and cunning; under these circumstances, we can only outsmart him.
Zhou Lingshan breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the guard's words. Outside Liefeng City, this place was considered his base camp, and he had reinforcements.
He was in severe stomach pain and his face was slightly pale. He said to Lin Xiuyan, "Come here!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiuyan's face paled even more. Instead of coming over, she shrank back into the carriage.
When Zhou Lingshan saw her like this, his last bit of wariness disappeared, and he gave the guard a wink.
The guards understood and, lifting Lin Xiuyan like a chick, threw her in front of Zhou Lengshan.
Zhou Lingshan asked her, "Do you have any medicine for diarrhea here?"
He planned to wait until his stomach pain subsided a bit, then use Lin Xiuyan as a hostage to escape.
Lin Xiuyan shook her head, but Zhou Lengshan grabbed her snow-white wrist and pulled her in front of him, saying coldly, "You're lying."
"Go and get the medicine right now, and I'll spare your life!"
Zhou Lengshan's thinking was very clear: judging from their appearance, they had probably eaten something mixed with croton oil.
Even if common diarrhea medications cannot neutralize the toxicity of croton, they can still provide relief.
He asked this question because he saw that the carriage was loaded with medicinal herbs.
People who are in the medicinal herb business usually keep a lot of various emergency medicines on hand.
Zhou Lingshan would usually carry this medicine with him when he went out, but this time he rushed back to save Zhou Shuyi and didn't have time to prepare it.
Lin Xiuyan trembled with fright, sniffled and responded, then climbed back into the carriage.
As she entered the carriage, Zhou Lingshan instructed the guards beside him: "There aren't many people who dare to lay a hand on me."
"The person who made the move this time is most likely the heir apparent. Even the second young master suffered a great loss at his hands last time."
The guard said coldly, "He's just a prince with no real power; there's nothing to be afraid of."
A murderous glint flashed in Zhou Lingshan's eyes: "Even so, we cannot be careless."
"He was able to return alive from the capital and even make the Second Young Master suffer a loss. Such a person must have some extraordinary abilities."
The guard laughed, "Don't take the young master too seriously, sir. He caused the young master a loss before, so we can't let him off the hook."
"It's convenient that he dared to come and ambush me this time. We'll capture him alive in a bit, chop off his head, and let the young master calm down."
Zhou Lingshan just smiled when he heard this.
Although they had fallen into the trap set by Ye Junfei, he was not afraid at all.
Because he believed in the abilities of his guards and that his reinforcements would arrive soon.
He glanced in the direction of the carriage and said calmly, "The young master made things difficult for Yi'er a few days ago, and won over a group of people in Liefeng City."
"Right now I want to see if he truly cares for the unarmed civilians, or if he's just putting on an act."
"We'll take some medicine to relieve the symptoms first, and then I'll take that woman out."
"If Ye Junfei dares to make a move, I can ruin his reputation!"
When Lin Xiuyan heard Zhou Lingshan's words in the carriage, her almond-shaped eyes were full of contempt. This bastard was truly the worst of the worst.
When she came out, she was carrying a wooden box, and the murderous intent in her eyes had long since vanished. She looked extremely frail.
Zhou Lingshan was always extremely cautious, and even though Lin Xiuyan looked incredibly delicate, he still said, "Open the box."
Lin Xiuyan sniffed and trembled as she opened the box, then took out a small box from it.
Her hands trembled slightly: "The medicine is in the small box."
Zhou Lingshan saw that the box was only about half the size of a palm, and it looked safe no matter how you looked at it.
So he reached out and took it, then opened the lid.
The moment the lid was opened, a needle flew out and pierced his forehead.
The speed was extremely fast; before he could even utter a sound, the flying needle had already pierced his brain.
He looked up at Lin Xiuyan, the girl who had been trembling with fear just moments before, now looking at him with an extremely cold gaze.
He wasn't quite dead yet, but he was already unable to speak; he could only stare at her with his eyes open.
She looked back at him, her almond-shaped eyes clear and bright, with not a trace of the previous weakness and fear in them.
Before his death, Zhou Lingshan finally understood her identity: the Crown Prince's wife.
When he received the news about Zhou Shuyi, he also received a message about Lin Xiuyan: Ye Junfei's helper.
It was only because the person who sent the message was in a hurry to spread it that they didn't mention that Lin Xiuyan was skilled at making various weapons.
If the person who sent the message had written this part, they would probably have been more cautious.
But it's too late to say anything now.
Zhou Lengshan's guards, who hadn't heard him speak, asked, "Sir, is this medicine usable?"
When Lin Xiuyan gave Zhou Leng the yam, she was standing in front of him.
In addition, Zhou Lingshan was sitting there looking at the medicine because of abdominal pain, so even though she was slender, she could still block the eyes of the two guards.
Lin Xiuyan slowly turned her head and said, "This medicine is certainly effective. Would you two gentlemen like to try it as well?"
She still looked frail, and there wasn't a trace of murderous intent emanating from her.
But the two guards still felt that something was wrong.
This was the intuition they developed by following Zhou Lengshan as he traveled all over the country.
They immediately tried to draw their swords, but Lin Xiuxiu was much faster. She pressed the trigger in her hand and shot the sword directly at them.
Because she looked so harmless, she stayed very close to them.
At such close range, a mechanism is the most suitable option because it can maximize the destructive power.
They drew their swords to try and block, but it was too late.
The mechanism fired, shooting directly at them.
One of the guards reacted extremely quickly and immediately ran to the side.
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