Chapter 71

It is easy to disclose their identities. King Zhongxin does not believe their verbal excuses, so he just needs to explain it with his actions and present the facts.

But now there is not much time for them to defend themselves.

Fortunately, Shen Yingxue was not completely helpless. She directly asked Jiang Hanfeng to write a letter. Even though she asked Xun Yan to disguise himself and play the role of the flower owner outside, it would help to hold on for a while.

Jiang Hanfeng was about to pick up the pen when he paused, "In this case, it will be hard to explain your identity."

Shen Yingxue is here and the flower owner appears outside. Who would believe that he is the flower owner?

"Things have different priorities, and what's happening outside is more important." Shen Yingxue came over, grabbed his hand holding the pen, and gestured along, "At worst, we can do as King Zhongxin said and let the Flower Lord fake his death. Then, with that identity gone, I'll be the only one left, right?"

The system suddenly spoke up: [Don't forget your mission.]

Shen Yingxue had actually forgotten about the mission, and was cheered up when she heard the system's words.

What was his mission?

It seemed that he could only survive if he showed up as Shen Yingxue and got everyone's recognition. Now only a few people knew that Shen Yingxue was still alive, and most people thought he was dead.

This won't do. I need to think about it carefully.

"Do you think Xun Yan can disguise himself as me first, and then disguise himself as Hua Zhu? Then, just like changing his face, he can tear off Hua Zhu's disguise and reveal my face." Shen Yingxue herself felt that it was not possible. It was not so easy to tear off.

His disguise had fallen off before, but in fact he had worn it for several months and it was no longer that strong. Normally, it had to be removed with medicine. Even if Xun Yan really had a way to tear it off, there was no guarantee that the third layer of disguise would not fall off with it. If Xun Yan's face was exposed directly, it would be a waste.

Jiang Hanfeng said, "I just want to ask you one question. If the storm subsides in the future, will you stay in the Zhongxin Palace, recognize him as father and son, and share the joy of family life with him?"

"It's hard to say. It all depends on King Zhongxin's opinion. Don't forget, there are people watching behind us."

Jiang Hanfeng saw that he spoke clearly and thoughtfully, not much different from when he was the flower master, and he couldn't help but feel happy for him. However, he didn't have any good solution for the current situation. According to his personality, it would be best to take Shen Yingxue away directly, but Shen Yingxue and Prince were father and son, so it would be difficult to explain if he just left like this.

Shen Yingxue thought about it again and again, but still couldn't think of a better way, so she finally chose Jiang Hanfeng's idea. The three of them couldn't delay any longer, so Jiang Hanfeng explored the palace at night to determine the movements of the guards, and then came back and made an escape plan with Shen Yingxue.

Before leaving, Shen Yingxue asked him to write a letter, explaining clearly why she pretended to be the flower owner and why she left, and asked King Zhongxin to be careful and cautious, so as not to become a thorn in the eyes of others. He had done everything he could, and if King Zhongxin had any reaction, he could do nothing about it.

Jiang Hanfeng took Shen Yingxue, quietly opened the door and went out from the backyard, avoiding the guards on duty, jumped onto the roof, walked out lightly, and hurriedly left the palace.

Sanrenjing did not go to Zanhua Lane. Lan Jin was afraid that King Zhongxin would send troops to suppress them, so he moved most of the industries and manpower in Zanhua Lane. Jiang Hanfeng took him out of Huaicheng at night and headed straight to the Central Plains.

Shen Yingxue looked at the moon in the sky and pulled herself together: "My stuff is still in Prince Zhongxin's mansion. It's a pity to leave like this."

Those were what Shen Yingxue used daily. Prince Zhongxin had been to Zanhua Lane several times, so he couldn't fool him with anything else. Jiang Hanfeng couldn't say that those things were worthless, because he knew that he had been with Shen Yingxue for a long time, and some of the little things were given by him.

He held Shen Yingxue in his arms and pulled at his cloak to block the cool night breeze. "The prince shouldn't throw it away. Just come back and get it after this is over."

Shen Yingxue squinted her eyes and slept in his arms for a while. The internal energy she had learned before began to work unconsciously. A thin warm current emerged from her dantian and flowed to her limbs and torso.

Xun Yan had received help from Fu Sheng these days, and although his power was growing, his reputation was getting worse. However, now was not the early stage of starting a business, and he was not afraid of being beaten because of his reputation. Anyway, they were being beaten, so it didn't matter.

More and more people came to seek refuge with him, a mixed bag of all kinds. There were also some righteous people captured from outside who would rather die than surrender, and were thrown into prison by him.

The prison here was built specifically for this purpose. Xun Yan initially thought that he should lock them up first to avoid any trouble, but now there are more and more people, and it is like lynching.

A spy reported the situation here, and Zhengdao went to the government to expose the case on the charge of raising private soldiers and plotting evil. However, he was suppressed by the higher-ups and nothing happened since then.

This was the situation when Shen Yingxue came over.

Xun Yan explained the local situation and who their main opponents were. "Zhanhua Lane is now in an advantageous position. With just one order, we can capture all those who are against us. We won't have to worry about not being able to take revenge."

Shen Yingxue thought for a long time and said, "I need to find an opportunity. It's time to show up openly."

He privately asked Xun Yan if he could make some easy-to-remove Flower Lord masks. In the past, Shen Yingxue would wear a disguise for several days, but now the requirements are not high, and it only takes a few hours. Xun Yan studied for several days and made a new mask. His men had just forced the group of righteous people into a dead end, so they had to unite and fight back in a desperate situation.

Xun Yan and Jiang Hanfeng followed Shen Yingxue out of the house and soon came to a wilderness. Zanhua Lane deliberately drove them to a deserted place in order to reduce the loss of ordinary people.

This place was like a Shura battlefield, with blood and broken corpses, torsos, and heads everywhere. However, in Shen Yingxue's eyes, everything was covered with mosaics and had no sense of reality. Even the smell of blood was beautified, and it smelled like the warm fragrance of flowers.

Shen Yingxue looked relaxed, as if he was on a picnic, and ignored the corpses. He thought that he must look like a pervert who had lost all humanity.

When the people in Zanhua Lane saw the boss coming, they instinctively gave way, while Zhengdao became more alert, looking at Shen Yingxue with hatred and panic in his eyes.

Fu Sheng put away his weapon, came to Shen Yingxue with a smile on his face, and bowed to him: "Flower Master."

Shen Yingxue nodded and looked at the group of righteous people. She didn't get to see Gu Liansheng during the last battle in Jinling, but she didn't miss him today.

"How dare you show up again, you monster? I'll kill you and avenge my brothers!" Someone shouted at him angrily.

Shen Yingxue also had a gentle smile on her face, and said calmly: "Why do you say I am a demon? Did I do something extremely bad?"

He had indeed wanted revenge for a long time, but apart from his enemies, he had always been very restrained. In the beginning, he was also enforcing justice for the people, and those he killed were those who committed serious crimes.

Shen Yingxue used to think that no one could punish others on behalf of the law, but after traveling through time and listening to Xun Yan's stories about the bad things done by those people in the underworld, he realized one thing: modern laws are still imperfect, not to mention that ancient times were not a society ruled by law.

No wonder people in ancient times believed in karma, it is actually something helpless.

"Everything started from your greed. If you had not coveted the reputation of being the best in the world, and had not thought about killing people and stealing goods, and had not set your sights on me, why would I do this?" Shen Yingxue sighed with a smile, looking extremely hypocritical.

"What does Qingyu Palace say? Didn't you send someone to do it?" someone else asked.

When the people from Zanhua Lane attacked Qingyu Palace, there wasn't much commotion, but when the two relatives of the Wan family came to seek revenge, they definitely attracted everyone's attention. Therefore, few people didn't know about what Zanhua Lane did.

Shen Yingxue was stunned for a moment, and looked at Jiang Hanfeng inconspicuously. What was going on with Qingyu Palace?

Jiang Hanfeng said, "Zhu Chengyu, the adopted son of the Flower Master, was originally the young master of Qingyu Palace. He had to flee down the mountain because he was abused by Lin Ziwen. The Flower Master was kind and righteous, so she adopted the orphan. Seeing his sincere character, and hearing that Zhu Chengyu and Lin Ziwen had a grudge against each other for killing their father and mother, Zhu Chengyu could not let go of his hatred, so the Flower Master ordered me to escort him to Qingyu Palace. Unexpectedly, Lin Ziwen had been ill for a long time, and he died before we arrived. This matter has nothing to do with the Flower Master! Most of the disciples who died in the battle in Qingyu Palace were killed by the firearms of the Sun family and the poison of the Yan family!"

Shen Yingxue couldn't remember it clearly, but after hearing Jiang Hanfeng say this, it seemed to be true.

Jiang Hanfeng's words made sense, but he himself was not. After he spoke, more people scolded him, saying that he was in cahoots with the flower owner and that Yuding Villa was implicated by him. He went from being a gentleman to a fawning villain.

Shen Yingxue couldn't bear to see Jiang Hanfeng being framed. The root of this matter was still his reputation, so she slowly spoke again: "In the final analysis, it's just a conflict of interests. The winner is the king and the loser is the enemy. Why do you have to say it in such a high-sounding way?"

His sharp eyes scanned the crowd and found that there were some truly upright gentlemen among these righteous people. It was a pity that they lived in such an environment and had no idea what kind of person Shen Yingxue was. After hearing too much from others, they formed a stereotype and thought that what they were doing was just.

Shen Yingxue sneered: "You say I am a demon, but you can't tell me what I have done. In the final analysis, it is just because of this face. Since I have such a reputation, I would be sorry for myself if I don't do something that a demon should do."

Gu Liansheng was holding a bloody knife and staring at Shen Yingxue, waiting to find his weakness so that he could rush over and stab him to death.

How could Shen Yingxue not feel it?

He looked at the other person and said with a smile: "Gu Lianhua, take a good look at who I am."

When he said this, his voice was no longer lowered like the one he had pretended to be, but had returned to his original tone.

Unfortunately, Gu Liansheng in Shen Yingxue's eyes was still blurred, so she couldn't appreciate his shocked expression.

He slowly tore off the disguise on his face, revealing a face that the righteous people had not seen for many years and had long forgotten.

Some people even forgot about him and didn't remember him at all. But Gu Liansheng was different. He knew Shen Yingxue was still alive and was thinking about Shen Yingxue. When he saw that Huazhu suddenly turned into Shen Yingxue, he was stunned, "You...how could you..."

"I've said before that you have no right to interfere in the affairs between Jiang Hanfeng and me." Shen Yingxue stared at everyone with sharp eyes, "The revenge for the extermination of our family has dragged on for four years. It's really too long. Let's end it here today."

Finally someone found the ability to speak, "Shen Yingxue! You are Shen Yingxue!"