◇ Chapter 48 How could Chen Yanheng be the owner of the manor?
No matter how powerful the current Taifu is, Fengyue Villa is full of masters, and it is almost impossible to get the owner's jade pendant.
An Qin had thought about whether Chen Yanheng had obtained the jade pendant through cheating, or whether the jade pendant was fake!
However, the possibility of this is almost zero.
If the jade pendant of the manor owner could be imitated, the entire manor would not regard this jade pendant as a token of the manor owner's identity.
There is only one possibility that the jade pendant could have fallen out of this pile of rags.
Chen Yanheng is the master behind Fengyue Villa?!
How could Chen Yanheng be the owner of Fengyue Villa!
There is no way Chen Yanheng could be the owner of Fengyue Villa!
A crack appeared on An Qin's face, and he could no longer maintain his cold expression. His pupils suddenly shrank into a black dot, and his whole body seemed to be struck by lightning, as if filled with lead and unable to move at all.
The wind blew his wet clothes, bringing with it a chill of autumn, but An Qin was unaware of it. His mind was in a mess, and his eyes began to flash by, with scenes of what he had encountered since the failure of the secret guard selection that day.
He subconsciously tried to come up with a reasonable explanation for everything that happened before his eyes, such as the Grand Tutor had just gotten lucky one day and happened to pick up the manor owner's jade pendant...
But the more he thought about it, the bigger the flaws of Chen Yanheng revealed in the memories that emerged.
He was the most powerful assassin in Fengyue Villa, and there was no reason for him to be eliminated. He should have become the villa owner's secret guard and served by his side that day.
Uncle Shen never went down the mountain, but from that day on, he frequently came to his and An Xiner's home.
Fengyue Villa is heavily guarded, but the most secret account books are easily obtained by the Grand Tutor. Every time he makes a move, Shen Yanheng is clearly defeated, but he can always predict it in advance.
There is also a handwritten letter from the owner of the manor.
A row of caves appeared after they jumped off the cliff
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There is no such coincidence in this world, unless there is someone controlling all this behind the scenes.
There is no doubt that Chen Yanheng is the owner of the manor he has been thinking about.
An Qin should have had doubts about his identity long ago, but no matter who it was, no one could have imagined that someone would actually order his own men to assassinate him!
An Qin felt like his brain was about to explode. On the one hand, all the things that were wrong in the past came flooding back at this moment, making it impossible for him to think. On the other hand, he could not accept that the lecher who usually touched him was actually the handsome and elegant owner of the manor in his mind.
In his mind, the owner should be gentle and polite, treating others modestly, and coming like a savior to bring him and his sister back to Fengyue Villa. How could he be such a shameless person like Chen Yanheng!
Why would the owner of the manor play tricks on him like this? !
He actually almost killed the owner of the manor!
An Qin heard a "click" in a trance, as if something collapsed.
Then, he turned into a gust of wind and ran straight out of the Taifu Mansion.
If Chen Yanheng is really the owner of the manor... naturally someone will save him, and it is not his turn as an assassin to worry about it.
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Not long after An Qin left, Ying Shijiu climbed in through the window.
He only dared to show up after seeing An Qin running away.
The clothes he had changed into after falling into the water had been changed into clean tights. Even though he knew his master was unconscious, he still picked up the wet clothes from the ground with extreme caution and respect.
Then he took out a pill and was about to feed it to the unconscious man on the couch when he suddenly found a jade pendant beside the man's pillow.
The jade pendant was placed neatly, even the tassel underneath was kept in perfect order, so it obviously didn't look like it had fallen accidentally.
The owner of Fengyue Villa carries the jade pendant with him, and only the assassins and secret guards' families who live at the foot of the mountain know about it.
An Qin discovered it?
No wonder he ran so fast just now.
Ying Shijiu had a complicated expression. As someone who had a good relationship with An Qin, he could vaguely infer from the way An Qin left just now that he was very panicked.
So, what can't be solved by just talking it out?
If it were him, waking up to find that the person lying next to him was his ruthless boss, he would probably be so scared that he would have a traumatic experience sleeping in the same bed with someone else for the rest of his life.
Who would let his men assassinate him?
Ying Shijiu got goosebumps just thinking about it, and quickly fed Chen Yanheng the elixir made from more than a dozen life-extending treasures secretly made by Fengyue Villa. He checked the wounds on Chen Yanheng's body, which were all bandaged well, and then stepped aside, quietly waiting for his master to wake up.
After Shen Yanheng took the pill, his complexion recovered a lot, his lip color improved, and the rise and fall of his chest became more obvious.
After a while, his thick eyelashes trembled slightly, his brows relaxed, and he slowly woke up.
Ying Nineteen took a step forward.
Chen Yanheng took a deep breath, moved his body slightly, and tried to sit up. A tearing pain came from his shoulders and back, and the pain made him frown slightly.
"Master, you need to rest from your injury." Ying Shijiu reminded in a deep voice.
The knife wound from the previous trip to Jiangzhou has not yet healed fully, and there was another bloody hole last time. This time, he was cut on his leg when he fell into the water. If he acts impulsively again, he might develop a chronic illness.
Chen Yanheng also knew that he really had to rest well this time, so he just struggled for a moment at the beginning and then didn't move again.
An Qin will be with him in the mansion these days. After five days, he will be able to go out. By that time, Fengyue Villa will be almost ready, so he will take this opportunity to tell his little assassin about Fengyue Villa.
But he's probably going to be ignored and looked down upon for a few days, after all, he lied first.
But it didn't matter. After all, he had even risked his life. As the owner of the manor, he never cared about his reputation. He was happy to be beaten and scolded by An Qin.
If not, he couldn't guarantee that An Qin was with him sincerely, and not just at his mercy out of a desire to repay a favor.
Chen Yanheng didn't realize that his plan, which had taken so much time, had been discovered. He raised the corner of his lips and asked, "Where's An Qin?"
I guess he hurried out of the house to find a doctor for him.
Chen Yanheng sighed as he thought of this.
Ying Nineteen looked at his master's smug expression: "..."
Ying Nineteen lowered his head with a complicated look in his eyes: "Master, An Qin should have seen your jade pendant. When I came here, I saw him running out of the city."
Chen Yanheng tried to sit up suddenly, but he really didn't have the strength. Instead, the sudden movement caused some light pink blood to seep out of the white gauze that had just been wrapped on his back.
He was in so much pain that he didn't have time to relax and thought to himself that something was wrong.
He had anticipated the previous injuries, so he naturally gave the jade pendant to Ying Shijiu in advance to send someone to help. However, this incident happened suddenly, and he had never expected that someone would dare to commit a crime openly on the day of the Qiqiao Festival. He carried the jade pendant with him, and An Qin might have seen it when he was changing his clothes.
There is always a loophole!
Chen Yanheng didn't even bother to question the group of black-clad men about their origins, "Nineteen, help me up."
"Master!" For the first time, Ying Nineteen did not step forward, but knelt beside the bed. "The Snow Lotus Pill can only replenish Qi. Your injuries have not healed for many times, and the cold has entered your body. If you don't rest and recuperate, it will leave a root cause of illness in the future."
His wife was about to run away, so why would he care about the root of the disease? Chen Yanheng lowered his voice, and his smiling voice turned cold, brooking no room for argument: "Nineteen."
"Master!" Ying Nineteen's limbs tensed up suddenly. He had seen his master smiling at An Qin so many times in the dark these days that he almost forgot that a man who raised assassins and secret guards and helped His Majesty, who was not yet the emperor at the time, to ascend the throne, would never be willing to hear the secret guards telling him what to do.
He talks too much.
Ying Nineteen quickly helped Shen Yanheng up from the bed, but did not hand him shoes. Instead, he knelt back down and whispered, "This subordinate has been friends with An Qin for several years. He is loyal to his master, and he would never want to see anything wrong with his master's health."
Ying Shijiu knew that he shouldn't interfere in his master's affairs, but Fengyue Villa was extremely good to both secret guards and assassins. If it weren't for Fengyue Villa, he would never be where he is today.
So after much deliberation, Ying Shijiu decided to move out of Anqin.
As expected, when Chen Yanheng heard An Qin, his cold, glass-like eyes finally regained some warmth, and his thin lips curved slightly.
You really need to take good care of your health, otherwise his heart will be broken.
If this causes some back problems...
Chen Yanheng's expression froze and he became serious, and he reluctantly listened to Ying Shijiu's advice.
Anyway, he had been planning to tell An Qin about this matter. Now that he was in this condition, it was difficult for him to turn over, and he couldn't kneel on the bed in front of An Qin.
"Assign three secret guards to protect him in secret." Chen Yanheng was feeling anxious and depressed. "Who was that woman by the lake today?"
The jade token of Fengyue Villa will not be exposed unless an assassin fails and is killed by the target.
Chen Yanheng had been living in the imperial city these past few days and had never returned to Fengyue Villa. It would take two days for Shen Gui's letter to arrive. If anything unexpected happened in the villa within these two days, he would not be able to know in time.
Ying Shijiu breathed a sigh of relief, "My Lord, they are the King Xiang's men."
Ying Shijiu told Chen Yanheng all the information he had found out in the half hour before entering the mansion.
Prince Xiang is the younger brother of the current emperor. He shares the same mother with the former deposed crown prince. After the former queen passed away, Prince Xiang was only five years old and was brought to Su Yingtian's mother by the late emperor to be raised.
When Su Yingtian ascended the throne, King Xiang was only fourteen years old. Taking into consideration that King Xiang was still young and was raised by the same mother, he did not kill all of his brothers. Instead, he spared his only brother and sent him to Xiangzhou to live out the rest of his life, and bestowed upon him the title of King Xiang.
The owner of the jade token on the woman was an assassin from Fengyue Villa. Not long ago, he received an assassination mission in Xiangzhou. He went there alone, but was unexpectedly killed by King Xiang.
Over the years, Prince Xiang had come to the imperial city several times on the pretext of the emperor's birthday, offering sacrifices to heaven, and many other occasions. He must have known that Chen Yanheng was the owner of Fengyue Villa.
The secrets of court officials in the hands of Shen Yanheng made him have the final say in the court and no one dared to offend him. Getting rid of Shen Yanheng would shake the stability of the emperor's court.
Prince Xiang's biological brother was defeated by Su Yingtian and Shen Yanheng. He had the same blood as the former deposed crown prince. How could he completely deny that love just because of the years of adoption and the deep brotherly love?
Moreover, after the death of the former deposed crown prince, as the prince born to the former emperor and empress, the position of crown prince should have fallen on him.
Power is dazzling. Once people know that they were once just a stone's throw away from the throne, even the closest brothers can turn against each other.
No wonder he had noticed that things were not going smoothly in Xiangzhou. So that's why.
Chen Yanheng quickly understood the whole story, and curled his lips coldly, "Collect evidence of Xiangzhou officials forming a clique for personal gain, and send it to the palace."
Whenever officials in Xiangzhou formed cliques for personal gain, they would inevitably implicate the only royal relative in the area, the Prince of Xiang.
When he handed over the memorial, Su Yingtian naturally knew what he meant.
"Oh, there's one more thing." Chen Yanheng raised his chin, and Ying Nineteen immediately bent his legs and moved closer.
Chen Yanheng whispered a few words to him. A hint of surprise flashed in Ying Shijiu's eyes. He immediately obeyed the order, disappeared into the darkness.
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