Chapter 66: Crisis in Zanhua Lane
The matter has not been completely resolved yet. Nanjing is not a place to stay for long.
After a night's rest, Jiang Hanfeng led Shen Yingxue and Lan Jin to retreat under the escort of the assassins from the Blood Shadow Tower. Before leaving, they were chased and intercepted again, but this time they were just a group of minions who could be dealt with by the Blood Shadow Tower. Lan Jin's poison also came in handy, and they left Jinling smoothly. The group headed to Zanhua Lane.
Shen Yingxue was thinking about the dream and was absent-minded all the way.
Lan Jin was not surprised and took care of his daily life as usual. Jiang Hanfeng remembered what Shen Yingxue said when she woke up and felt that he could not just leave it alone, so he spoke to him in a gentle voice and carefully comforted him.
"You have been Shen Yingxue from the beginning to the end. Even if you had no choice but to disguise yourself as someone else, you always stayed within the boundaries of what you did. Even if you used different code names, what difference does it make?" Jiang Hanfeng essentially analyzed the commonalities between the various aliases and told Shen Yingxue not to take it too seriously.
Shen Yingxue seemed to be thinking about something.
That's true. At this point, it doesn't matter whether he is the original owner or not. Anyway, the original owner doesn't have an unclear lover, and he wants to avenge the original owner. After inheriting this identity, he will also inherit those complicated interpersonal relationships.
It doesn't make much difference whether it is the original owner or not.
There is only one thing that Shen Yingxue cares about.
[Hey, do you really exist?]
[Of course.] The system's responses were always timely and Shen Yingxue would not be kept waiting for long.
[What happened to my dream? Why did I dream about the original owner and feel so involved? Could it be that I am really him and you just sealed my memory?]
[Perhaps because this body is his, the latent memories are stimulated and affect you.] The system said, [This is a good thing, it will help you integrate into this world. If you can participate as Shen Yingxue and stop wandering away from the world, your life will be guaranteed.]
[Maybe.]
Jinling is not far from Huaicheng. After leaving there, the group immediately headed for the base camp.
But Huaicheng is not stable either. Even though Shen Yingxue has ordered not to kill anyone, fights are still very common in Zanhua Lane. Especially recently, batches of people have been looking for trouble, and the smell of blood, which had originally faded a lot, has become strong again.
Shen Yingxue got off the carriage, ignored the surprised looks of her subordinates, and walked straight back to her own courtyard.
Lan Jin had been away from here for a long time and didn't know the situation here. He briefly asked other people and called Li Baiqi over.
"You've suffered outside. It's good that you're back. Take a good rest these days." Li Baiqi said with concern when he saw Lan Jin's pale face.
"Thank you, Brother Qi." Lan Jin took him to see Shen Yingxue and asked, "Isn't the alley uneasy lately?"
Li Baiqi nodded, and after entering the house he explained everything in one breath.
"It was peaceful some time ago, no one dared to provoke us, but a few days ago... it was the day you went to Jinling, and suddenly there were more people making trouble outside. I have inquired and found out that those people are from those martial arts sects, and they came to Zanhua Lane to compete for a secret book. They all said that you practiced the secret book, which is why your martial arts are so powerful. Whoever can get the secret book will be the best in the world."
Shen Yingxue thought that this was a case of someone misleading her.
Their previous behavior of searching for secret manuals everywhere did attract attention. Initially, it disturbed the outside world and made those righteous sects more chaotic. Now, it has come back to haunt them.
And the timing was just too coincidental.
If they really died in Jinling, the people in Jinling would come out to deal with Zanhuaxiang. Zanhuaxiang was leaderless and could be easily dispersed.
Li Baiqi described in detail which people had come to cause trouble in the past few days. The more Shen Yingxue listened, the more she felt that it was all planned.
After all, news nowadays travels very slowly. If that group of people knew that the people outside Zanhua Lane were entangled in trivial matters, they would dare to come here blatantly. There must be a time lag of several days, and it is impossible for them to be so timely.
He remembered something: "Where did you get that secret book from?"
Lan Jin was stunned for a moment. "It was sent to me by my subordinates. They bought more than ten copies at the auction house and sent them all to the alley. I wanted to send them to you after copying them, but time was tight, so I only had time to send the first copy."
"Who else knows about this?" Although Shen Yingxue asked this, she felt in her heart that this matter had little to do with the calculations of outsiders.
Lan Jin said: "The search for the secret book was not hidden before, and almost everyone knew about it. When we were in Cizhen, the loss of the secret book in Gao's house caused a lot of commotion, and many people were paying attention to this matter."
"Okay." Shen Yingxue sighed.
This time they escaped from the siege of Bafang Zong and others, which further proved the rumors outside. The rumors about Shen Yingxue's martial arts may be pushed to a higher level. The higher his martial arts, the stronger his intimidation, but there will also be people who are not afraid of death and want to get this secret book.
What is going on?
Shen Yingxue originally wanted to take it slow, screen out those innocent people, and take action selectively. But now it seems that time is running out. Even if he wants to be righteous, others will not let him go easily.
Lan Jin and the others were relieved when Shen Yingxue's idea changed. They immediately sent a message to the people outside, asking them not to show mercy.
Xun Yan got the news and became even more ruthless. Lan Jin didn't dare to go out on the field anymore, so he stayed in Zanhua Lane to recuperate, doing logistics work and giving orders to the staff in several places.
Shen Yingxue suddenly remembered that there were still a few people imprisoned in Zanhua Lane.
Fu Sheng, his sister, and the robot cat were all eating and drinking for free in Zanhua Lane. I don’t know how they reflect on this now.
He ran to the backyard to see those enemies, and saw that Fu Sheng was calm and looked much gentler than before. The robot cat was the opposite, and he had suffered a lot and looked haggard.
Shen Yingxue had already removed his disguise and showed up in his true appearance this time. Jiang Hanfeng, who was inseparable from him, also came along.
As soon as the two people appeared, they were glared at by the robot cat.
"Jiang Hanfeng, you have no shame!" Tingxuan said angrily.
He knew what kind of person Shen Yingxue was. Shen Yingxue didn't care about other people's business at all. The reason why these people were arrested must be that Jiang Hanfeng tricked Shen Yingxue into doing it.
You can't tell a person's heart from his face. Tingxuan never thought that Jiang Hanfeng looked upright on the surface, but was so filthy behind the scenes. Their leader was such a good person, how could he allow Jiang Hanfeng to bully him like this?
Jiang Hanfeng ignored him and focused all his attention on Shen Yingxue.
Shen Yingxue didn't take the robot cat seriously. If his mosaic wasn't so conspicuous, she would have retaliated against him just like she did to Sang Zichen. But she had gotten along well with him before, so it was strange that he suddenly turned against her.
If the robot cat still has the same attitude as Gu Liansheng, Shen Yingxue will definitely not let him off easily. After all, Gu Liansheng almost killed him.
Even though Gu Liansheng did this to avenge "Shen Yingxue" and rescue him, Shen Yingxue still felt angry. What did these people think of him? What qualifications did they have to make decisions for her?
He and Jiang Hanfeng were both willing, and when he was the flower owner, he also said that "Shen Yingxue" was happy. Obviously, Gu Liansheng and Tingxuan were the ones who treated him unfairly, but they still occupied the moral high ground and pointed fingers at them, which made Shen Yingxue very unhappy.
Fu Sheng's sister stayed here for a long time to find out the grudge between her brother and Shen Yingxue. Although she had never met Shen Yingxue, she guessed their identities when she saw that they were dressed in extraordinary clothes and Fu Sheng was alert.
She was about to make amends for her brother when Fu Sheng pulled her behind him.
Fu Sheng said, "I am willing to make amends to you, but I only ask you to let my sister go back."
"Sheng'er..."
Shen Yingxue had no intention of doing anything to his sister, so she agreed out of kindness, sent someone to send Zhang Erjie home, and gave her some silver.
Zhang Erjie didn't want to leave, and kept looking back as if she and Fu Sheng were parting forever and there was no possibility of them meeting again. Fu Sheng also had the same farewell look, but he didn't feel any regret, only despair.
Shen Yingxue sat on the chair and said, "Now that the Jueyue Tower is gone, you can't cause much trouble. I'm not so petty as to kill you."
Jiang Hanfeng thought silently: Is Yingxue narrow-minded? It seems that she is, but it also seems that she is not... Perhaps it is more appropriate to call it giving someone a taste of their own medicine.
Fu Sheng asked: "What do you want me to do?"
"Why don't you stay in Zanhua Lane and do your work?" With Sang Zichen as a comparison, Shen Yingxue felt that he was still a decent person, and his character was impeccable. It was just that his methods were a bit vicious, and because of this, it was more reassuring to keep him under her nose.
Fu Sheng didn't expect Shen Yingxue to say this. He was stunned for a moment, "Is this what the Flower Master meant?"
"Is it important?" Shen Yingxue looked at Tingxuan, "As for you..."
Tingxuan was extremely nervous, "Master..."
"Do you think you are qualified to judge my private affairs?" Although Shen Yingxue did not get the complete memory, she was not sure how the original owner and him got along in the past.
The two of them, one is the leader of the demon cult, and the other is his servant. Even though they can chat and laugh with each other on weekdays, there is a world of difference between them in other aspects.
What's more, Tingxuan stayed because of the kindness of the original owner.
Thinking about it this way, the original owner is really a lot like him. Wasn't it the same when he left Zhu Chengyu behind?
The original owner had suffered so many betrayals. When Shen Yingxue thought that she and he were most likely the same person, she began to doubt the way she looked at people.
Zhu Chengyu is really not that good, he looks cute but actually his mind is full of dirty thoughts and he has a very big imagination, he even dares to dream of becoming an emperor, he is totally different from his appearance.
"Master..." The robot cat was shocked and looked at Shen Yingxue with tears in his eyes. "I really have no right to say these words, but Jiang Hanfeng really has bad intentions! Gu Liansheng told me..."
"Who the hell is Gu Liansheng?" Shen Yingxue retorted.
Gu Liansheng, Tingxuan and Fu Sheng are all birds of a feather.
Tingxuan shut his mouth awkwardly.
He looked at Shen Yingxue and suddenly found that Shen Yingxue seemed different from her previous confused and dazed appearance.
He seemed to have become the same person he was before as the leader of the Demon Cult.
Isn't he crazy? Is this all just a disguise?
Xun Yan is the person closest to Shen Yingxue. He willingly left Shen Yingxue in Zanhua Lane, and he must have his own plans.
Could it be... Jiang Hanfeng and Hua Zhu really treated him well?
Tingxuan found it incredible that Xun Yan had spent so much effort and sought medical treatment everywhere but still failed to cure Shen Yingxue. Tingxuan would rather believe that it was Jiang Hanfeng's betrayal that caused Shen Yingxue to join the flower master and wake up Shen Yingxue.