Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Inferior.
Lin Zhen had never seen Ji Sui like this. When he was in the Lin Mansion, Lin Chu was always bold and presumptuous. Now, he hated her so much. Only on that night three years ago, he seemed to be the same as he is now.
However, that was just a means for him to enter the Lin Mansion at that time.
Lin Zhen frowned slightly and tried to push away the person behind her. As soon as she moved, she heard a muffled groan of pain.
He was still wearing the ink-colored brocade robe, but his silver armor had been removed. There were many dark bloodstains on the robe, and it was impossible to tell whether they were his or someone else's.
Lin Zhen was delayed for a moment, and then the man hugged him even tighter.
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Lin Zhen woke up on the couch. When she opened her eyes, she found that she was still restrained by strong arms. She pushed his hands away and went out.
There is a small house in this remote courtyard. When Lin Zhen was in the Lin Mansion, she always slept alone. But when she first entered the Jiaofangsi, Hongye was worried that she would be scared, so she always slept in the same room with her.
Seeing Ji Sui coming last night, Hongye went back to her cottage.
She prepared water in the yard, and when she saw Lin Zhen coming out, she helped her wash up.
Although Ji Sui was already drowsy when he arrived here last night, Hongye was still worried. She stood by and kept looking at Lin Zhen secretly, her eyes full of worry.
Until I heard Lin Zhen's calm voice: "Last night, nothing happened."
Hongye smiled a little embarrassedly and breathed a sigh of relief, changing the subject. "Sanniang already knew what happened yesterday. She pulled me over early this morning and questioned me for a long time. After confirming that the young lady was fine, she personally prepared some soothing medicine and told me to wait for the young lady to wake up and bring it to her. I'll be right there."
Without waiting for Lin Zhen's response, Hongye hurried out.
Lin Zhen pursed her lips slightly and sat down at the small stone table in the yard. She naturally didn't sleep well last night and her forehead was slightly painful. She closed her eyes gently.
After a while, she heard footsteps approaching from the side. She thought it was Hongye coming, so she raised her hand slightly and said, "Leave it there."
Lin Zhen's outstretched hand was not retracted and was held in a fat palm.
"It's so easy for me to find a beautiful woman!"
The man next to Lin Zhen was Li Yuanhui, who surrounded her in Shanglinyuan last time. However, Lin Zhen was blindfolded at the time and she did not see him.
Lin Zhen suddenly opened her eyes and frowned as she looked at the man in front of her with a shameless smile. She withdrew her hand indifferently, stood up suddenly, and her height was almost as tall as that of the pot-bellied man.
"You've got the wrong person."
Last time when Lin Zhen was blindfolded, her slender waist, beautiful legs and pretty face had already attracted Li Yuanhui deeply. Now Lin Zhen looked at him with a pair of clear and bright eyes, even if she was indifferent, it made his heart almost jump out.
After a moment of daze, he saw Lin Zhen walking away and hurried forward to stop him, saying, "How could I be mistaken! You are the daughter of the Lin family! I never thought that old man Lin Yunfeng had such a beautiful daughter. If I had known about it earlier, I might have been willing to accept him as my father-in-law and save his life."
"Get lost."
When Lin Zhen said these two words, there was a chill in his eyes, which made Li Yuanhui, a grown man, feel a chill on his back.
But the fat meat is already in my mouth, how can I spit it out?
Li Yuanhui managed to steady his steps. His mind raced as he suddenly remembered something. His slightly panicked expression instantly disappeared. He smiled and said, "If I remember correctly, you were taken away by that Ji Sui last time, right?"
"Hey, you can even serve the beast that killed your father, but you can't serve me?"
Lin Zhen's slender fingers clenched under her long sleeves, her fingertips sinking into her palms. After a long while, she sneered at him, "So, are you the same person as him?"
Li Yuanhui hadn't expected that Lin Zhen would even curse him in a roundabout way. He immediately pointed at Lin Zhen and said angrily: "You are lucky that I like you! A mere--"
Before he could utter the word "prostitute", he suddenly felt a chill on his neck and a sharp dagger was across his neck.
"Why don't you say anything?"
Ji Bai's cold voice came from behind. Lin Zhen did not close the door when he left the room, so neither of them noticed Ji Bai coming.
Li Yuanhui carefully turned his neck, and when he caught a glimpse of Ji Sui from the corner of his eye, he smiled and said, "Ji... so you are the general... General, what do you mean...?"
His greasy throat rolled, and he lowered his eyes to glance at the shiny blade beneath his neck. "Perhaps... there's some misunderstanding?"
Ji Sui raised the corners of his lips, revealing a chilling smile, and then kicked Li Yuanhui to the ground.
"Killing you would dirty this general's dagger."
Although Ji Sui was injured, the kick he had just delivered was solid, and Li Yuanhui fell heavily to the ground. After all, he was the grandson of the elder, and being insulted like this made him angry: "You are so good, Ji Sui! You are just a lowly servant, and now that you have power, you really think you are a big shot?!"
Li Yuanhui rubbed his chest vigorously and spat a mouthful of bloody phlegm on the ground while speaking. His eyes wandered between Ji Sui and Lin Zhen for a moment, and suddenly he laughed and said, "No wonder I can't find this woman. I told you to hide her. What a pair of bastards."
Ji Sui's eyes turned visibly cold. Without saying a word, he just watched Li Yuanhui stagger to his feet from the ground and walk out of the yard, then retreat step by step.
Li Yuanhui was pointed at by two attendants outside the courtyard with long swords, forcing him to retreat. At this time, Ji Sui's gloomy voice rang out from inside the courtyard: "The young master of the Li family indulged in wine and women, and after getting drunk, he fell into the lotus pond of the Jiaofangsi."
"Ji Sui, you really dare to kill me! Do you know who I am!!!"
Li Yuanhui became very emotional, but he had no choice but to stop. As soon as he finished speaking, his mouth was blocked by someone.
"...Are you crazy?" Lin Zhenyi opened her phoenix eyes and looked at Ji Bai. She didn't expect that Ji Bai would be so careless in executing someone regardless of the man's identity.
Ji Sui also turned around and met Lin Zhen's eyes. A mocking smile appeared on his handsome face: "He's just a lowly person like me. What? Are you still going to stop him?"
Lin Zhen looked at his eyes which seemed to be smiling but not smiling. The two stood facing each other in a stalemate for a while. Finally, Lin Zhen withdrew his gaze first and walked into the house.
The moment they passed each other, the smile on Ji Wei's face gradually faded, and a dense dark cloud covered him.
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During the Zhongyuan Festival rebellion, General Ji Bai made great contributions in suppressing the rebellion. After discussion and resolution by the Ministry of Personnel and the Cabinet, some of the rebel generals of the traitor Qi Hanzhen were incorporated into Ji Bai's command. The original commander of the imperial guards failed in his duty in guarding the queen, so the Shenwu Camp under his command was handed over to Ji Bai.
The imperial guards of the capital were divided into five armies, among which the Shenwu Battalion had the title of "guarding the capital internally and preparing for war externally", and was the most powerful army among the imperial guards.
With such a strong army in Ji Sui's hands, he would be even more powerful.
Of course, all of this was part of the deal between Ji Sui and Meng Liangyu.
The third prince became the only candidate for the Autumn Sacrifice as he wished, and his mother, Concubine Jiang, specially held a banquet in the palace to entertain Ji Sui.
On Penglai Lake near Xianfu Palace, several palace ladies stood outside the pavilion. The breeze caused ripples on the palace ladies' skirts and the surface of the lake.
Midsummer has passed, the lotus flowers on the lake have begun to wither, and it is time for the garden to be filled with the fragrance of osmanthus.
Imperial Concubine Jiang was younger than the Empress. Her complexion became brighter as she experienced good fortune, and her already beautiful face became even more radiant.
The beauty behind Concubine Jiang came closer. A woman was leaning on the railing and gazing into the distance. She was holding a round fan in her hand and fanning it intermittently with a gloomy look on her face.
"Yuchang, Ji Rui will be here soon. You can't look like this then." Concubine Jiang frowned slightly and said to the woman.
Jiang Yuchang is the niece of Concubine Jiang and the only daughter of Duke Rong. She has been doted on since childhood and is well-versed in poetry, songs, calligraphy, chess, and painting.
Such a family background, coupled with a beautiful appearance, made her look down on others. She was over the age of marriage, but still unmarried. Even her cousin, the Third Prince, was not worth her attention.
When she heard her aunt asking her to come and see some great general today, she was reluctant at first. However, she has been smart since she was a child. Her aunt has no daughter, so she has always loved her. Seeing that her aunt is even happy recently, she doesn't want to spoil her fun.
Besides, as long as she doesn't agree, who would dare to force her?
Thinking of this, Jiang Yuchang finally turned around and responded softly.
"Your Majesty, the general is waiting outside the garden. Would you like to summon him?"
"pass."
After a command was given, a man in a silver crown and black clothes slowly walked over from the stone bridge after a while.
Ji Rui was wearing a dark-colored tight-fitting suit, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, and his long legs walked slowly towards him.
In terms of Ji Bai's figure and appearance alone, no one in the whole capital can match him. When he walked to the pavilion to pay his respects to Concubine Jiang, Jiang Yuchang's expression changed obviously, and the original arrogant and disdainful look had diminished a lot.
"Yuchang, I haven't met the general yet."
Jiang Yuchang's arrogance was not developed overnight, and she would naturally not throw her arrogance aside just because of her appearance. She folded her silk fan lightly, knelt slightly and greeted Ji Bai without saying a word.
Concubine Jiang was satisfied that Jiang Yuchang could do this. She smiled and asked Ji Bai to sit down with her.
"My son is able to take on the important task of this autumn sacrifice. I would like to thank the general on his behalf." Concubine Jiang held the wine pot and wanted to pour wine for Ji Sui.
Ji Sui chuckled, picked up the wine cup, and filled it with the wine pot beside him. He looked at Concubine Jiang and said, "It is my duty to wipe out the rebels."
Ji Bai's distant attitude made her look a little embarrassed, but soon Concubine Jiang changed her expression. She also raised the wine cup in front of her and toasted Ji Bai from a distance.
I had heard from Meng Liangyu a long time ago that his adopted son had a moody temperament. He appeared warm on the surface, but from time to time he always gave people a sense of alienation.
It was for this reason that Concubine Jiang arranged today's situation. Since ancient times, heroes have been unable to resist the temptation of beautiful women. If she could really tie his heart, there would be no need to worry about him refusing to cooperate.
After several rounds of drinking, Concubine Jiang left with an excuse, leaving the two of them alone in the pavilion in the middle of the lake.
Jiang Yuchang's proud nature prevented her from being shy and timid like other women when meeting men. As soon as the imperial concubine left, she started talking: "I've heard that the scenery at the border is magnificent and vast. I wonder if I'll be lucky enough to experience its beauty from the general's mouth."
Ji Sui took a sip of the wine in his glass, withdrew his gaze from the misty lake, looked at Jiang Yuchang steadily, and said, "Ten miles of yellow sand, corpses wrapped in horsehide, such a bloody scene, I don't think the girl would like it."
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously.
Jiang Yuchang was too smart. She just thought Ji Rui was hinting to her that he was not as good as she thought and was not worthy of her.
This only aroused her competitive spirit even more. Jiang Yuchang replied with a smile without hesitation: "General, you have never brought Yuchang to see it, so how do you know that I don't like it?"
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