Zhou Cheng has always been aware that interests can move people's hearts. As long as there are enough interests, even brothers can turn against each other. For power and status, there are many who kill their fathers and wives.
Therefore, Zhou Cheng was always on guard throughout the journey.
Even the distribution of grenades and bullets was reserved for trusted confidants who were absolutely loyal to the Zhou family.
And the third sister... who once vowed to be his backer and went to study at Nanyue Academy all by herself, will she really be so righteous as to betray the Zhou family and join the academy?
Zhou Cheng was unsure of the reason behind it.
But he thought that no matter which guess he had in his heart, whether it was true that she abandoned her family for the sake of profit, or whether this third sister was not the same as the other third sister, at the moment she decided to betray him, she was not worth his sympathy!
"master!!"
"Breaking news: Zhou Qianyan has obtained a grenade and has already left the house."
"She's heading towards the brothel girl's location now, probably intending to meet the Lin family girl... But she's already got the grenade, shouldn't she just flee Yan Kingdom and head straight for the academy?"
"Why would Zhou Qianyan risk going to a brothel? I don't understand," Cheng Yan said as she strode into the room and reported to Cheng Xianyi, who was leaning against a mahogany chair.
A perfectly intact silk jade garment was placed in front of Cheng Xianyi.
Half a month ago, a dozen female members took advantage of the princess's bathing and wrist-cutting to secretly steal the semi-transparent jade garment, and then sent it back to the Chenggui Pavilion branch overnight to make an identical one.
The jade garment placed before Cheng Xianyi was made of pure silkworm silk, and it felt smooth, light, and soft to the touch.
Wearing it can make your skin appear as white and tender as jade, making you look delicate and lovely.
"She simply wanted to use Miss Lin to deliver a blow to Cheng Gui Pavilion's back before leaving Yan Kingdom," Cheng Xianyi replied expressionlessly, gently stroking her clothes with her right hand.
"What's Cheng's reaction now?"
As soon as these words fell.
Ziyan, who had been keeping a close eye on the Zhou family, rushed over. As soon as she entered, she said to Cheng Xianyi, "The situation has changed. It seems that Young Master Zhou has guessed that Chenggui Pavilion and the Academy have formed an alliance!"
"An hour ago, he dispatched a hundred trusted men, fully armed, who seemed to be carrying hand grenades, and they were on their way to the brothel."
As soon as he said this...
Cheng Xianyi frowned slightly and stood up from her seat.
He guessed it?
That makes sense... He should have guessed such an obvious trap.
"There's one more thing!" Seeing Cheng Xianyi's unpleasant expression, Ziyan swallowed the words she was about to say, but finally forced herself to continue: "After Young Master Zhou left the manor with his trusted men..."
"We ran into the Fang family."
What!
The Fang family, the same Fang family that sent Lin Jiaoyun to the border.
An accident occurred during their escort, and with the added fuel to the fire by Cheng Guige, Lin Jiaoyun ended up in a brothel. Meanwhile, the Fang family members were either killed, injured, or forced to flee when they encountered bandits.
It is estimated that the Fang family, upon learning that Zhou Cheng had once again refused the marriage alliance, understood that the Yan Kingdom was about to change hands.
Unwilling to return to Beijing, and fearing that the Zhou family would settle scores with the Fang family, he wanted to use Lin Jiaoyun to ease tensions, so he waited near the Zhou family's residence for Zhou Cheng to come out and reveal the situation.
Zhou Cheng probably already knows that it wasn't Cheng Xianyi who was imprisoned in the brothel, but Lin Jiaoyun!
"What do we do? What do we do? Things are in complete chaos!"
Upon hearing this news, Cheng Yan was completely bewildered, and cold sweat began to bead on her forehead: "Young Master Zhou must think that Cheng Gui Pavilion is playing a trick on him, oh no, that Cheng Gui Pavilion and the Academy are playing a trick on him together."
"The courtesan is a fake, the news is fake, and Young Master Zhou's trust in Cheng Gui Pavilion is definitely ruined! Master's next plan is probably also ruined."
"Moreover, I suspect... given Young Master Zhou's temperament, he might directly take action against the brothel."
"What do we do?! Our people are still inside! We can't blow this up!"
Cheng Xianyi's original plan was as follows.
Taking advantage of Zhou Qianyan's absence from Zhou Cheng's side, he had his subordinates impersonate people from the academy and kidnap her in exchange for a timed grenade.
Then, at the appropriate time, pass these grenades to Zhou Qianyan to take back to the academy.
To prevent Zhou Cheng from prematurely detonating the bomb, the trusted Cheng Guige will step in to remind him to set a trap for the academy. When the time is right, all members of the Eastern Academy will gather at the academy, and then they can wipe them out in one fell swoop.
Everything's in complete chaos now!
Zhou Cheng probably wouldn't even step foot inside the brothel; he'd just wipe them all out in one fell swoop!
"Where is A-Cheng now?" Cheng Xianyi's gaze turned cold.
"We'll reach the brothel in a quarter of an hour. Zhou Qianyan has been inside for a while now." Ziyan was anxious, flustered, and worried. She had originally wanted to suggest that her master reveal his identity.
Besides this, there's probably no way to explain this matter clearly!
But since their master cares so much about Young Master Zhou's opinion, he certainly wouldn't dare reveal the truth at this crucial moment...
What should we do then?
There's no time to spare!
"I'll go to the courtesan myself. You all stay outside and act as you see fit." Cheng Xianyi's lowered eyelashes trembled slightly, and she immediately got up and walked out.
Ziyan shook her leg with a worried expression: "No, Master, you can't take the risk. Young Master Zhou probably doesn't even know how to open the door to a brothel. He'll just angrily blast it away! The impression of Cheng Gui Pavilion can't be salvaged. Let's just forget about it."
"I'm not trying to salvage a good impression."
"And who are you?"
"I went and got him."
Zi Yan stared in disbelief and horror: "???"
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