This reception banquet didn't last long, it was mainly to take care of Jin Huayan's health.
Although Zhang Yuan looks heroic, he basically doesn't drink except on important days since getting married. It's not that Jin Huayan is strict. She fell in love with him in the first place because of his boldness. My wife's health is not good, and the doctor warned her a few years ago that she can't live without people around her. Zhang Yuan was afraid that he would be drunk and delayed if something happened, so he stopped drinking.
After dinner, the four of them sat in the small garden and chatted, mainly talking about the experiences of Xu Qingchen and Linghan along the way.
"Brother," Xu Qingchen said softly, "I can't say too much about the Thorn Gate and the Hall of Idle People. You two have been estranged from the world for a long time, and I don't want to drag you in."
Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "It's the same as last year, I don't want to trouble others."
Linghan smiled and said, "He is polite to everyone."
Jin Huayan said: "However, this Miss Li from Xianrentang is also a ruthless person. She killed more than forty people within a few days of arriving in Yangzhou. Your eldest brother originally wanted to pay a visit. After all, the snow lotus from last year was still there. Thank you. But after seeing this formation, I thought about it and gave it up."
Linghan shook her head: "Sister-in-law, Li Fenglan is a very good person. She was not the one who killed her, but one of her little sisters."
Jin Huayan also smiled: "He killed more than forty people without blinking an eye. Being a sister to such a woman is not easy for Miss Li."
After chatting for a while, Jin Huayan's face showed signs of fatigue, and Linghan quickly said, "Sister-in-law, are you tired?"
"kind of?"
"Then you should go and rest quickly, it's getting late."
Zhang Yuan pointed to the room not far away: "That's the room reserved for you two over there. You go and rest first. Your sister-in-law needs to take medicine later."
The two said goodbye to Zhang Yuan and his wife, and went back to the room to rest one after another.
Xu Qingchen walked in front, Linghan followed behind. Linghan unconsciously followed Xu Qingchen to the door of the room. Xu Qingchen was about to push the door open when he suddenly realized something and turned to look at Linghan.
Linghan looked up at him, a little confused, but then she understood and said hurriedly: "Brother Qing, Qingchen, you should rest early!"
After saying that, he quickly ran to the next door and hurriedly entered the room.
This scene happened to be seen by Zhang Yuan and his wife. Jin Huayan covered her mouth and smiled softly. Zhang Yuan's expression was a bit complicated.
"We haven't gotten married yet..."
Jin Huayan pinched her man and said, "The two of us have been drifting out together for more than half a year. It's quite normal."
Zhang Yuan sighed: "I wonder why I was so anxious to get married as soon as I came back. The two little ones were running around in fear of something happening."
"Okay, let's go back to the house."
"Hmph, at this rate, within three to five years, we will be able to adopt two children."
…
It was late at night, and Li Fenglan was already asleep deeply. Suddenly, she was awakened by the sound of the door opening hurriedly. Thanks to her solo adventure some time ago, she did not panic after waking up, but immediately took out the dagger under the pillow.
After seeing the person clearly, she breathed a sigh of relief and said dissatisfiedly: "Jade, what are you doing here in the middle of the night?"
Jade quickly walked to Li Fenglan's bedside, lifted her up from the bed, and began to put clothes on her without any explanation.
Li Fenglan struggled for a moment and stopped Jade: "What are you doing?"
"Your mother took action."
"What?"
Jade patiently explained while rummaging through her clothes on the bed: "Someone went to kill Chi Junqing, but your mother's people were killed before they could do anything..."
"Just say, 'Li Fengyao's people are fine, not your mother, your mother,' it's the same as swearing."
"Li Fengyao didn't wait for Ye Yu Xiaozhu's people to take action. She took action first, and now they are fighting fiercely."
Li Fenglan pushed away Jade's hand that was putting clothes on her body: "Oh, please stop...that's it?"
"this one.".
Li Fenglan lay down on the bed, covering her head with the quilt: "Sleep
Go ahead, don't bother. "
"She took the people out herself."
Li Fenglan suddenly opened the quilt: "Is this woman crazy??"
Li Fenglan regained her energy and hurriedly put on her clothes. She ran out of the house without even having time to put on her shoes. Feicui quickly caught up with her.
"Which direction did she take people to?"
"I started fighting at the Yuelai Inn, but now I'm done fighting."
"Wait a minute, let's wake up Zhu Mingyu and the others, and let them take advantage of the chaos to search Yangzhou to see if there are any hidden killers."
"Except for Amber and Zhu Mingyu, I have already informed everyone else."
"Why don't you call them two?"
"Zhu Mingyu's injury hasn't healed yet, so it's not appropriate to make any big moves. Amber... isn't in her room."
Li Fenglan couldn't help but stop her running steps, with a look of disbelief on her face: "What?!"
Jade pulled her up and ran out of the city: "Don't worry about this, let's leave quickly."
"I will teach her a lesson when I come back!"
Li Fenglan thought well. Yaizhen was in Yangzhou City, and Li Fengyao couldn't bear it. Moreover, the little tricks she played did not fool the people in Yaizhen. Chi Junqing booked a room in the inn, and before his buttocks were warm, the killers had already arrived, highlighting a soldier with great speed.
Yaizhen's men were not very good at close combat and were caught off guard by the Li family's men. About twenty killers fled Yangzhou City in a panic. Unexpectedly, the Li family had already set up an ambush outside the city, and this wave of killers was about to be captured.
At this moment, the killers are hiding in the dense forest outside the city, so they can survive for a while.
Before Li Fenglan and Feicui left the city, Li Fenglan suddenly stopped. It's late at night and the streets are quiet.
Jade turned around and asked her, "What's wrong?"
"Where is Chi Junqing? He is still at the inn. Li Fengyao sent several people to guard him."
Li Fenglan smiled slightly: "We won't leave the city anymore. There is a small scene outside the city, but the big drama is at the Yuelai Inn."
The two of them turned around and started heading towards Yuelai Inn. Jade asked as he ran, "Don't you want to ask where your mother is?"
"She goes wherever she likes...she is also around the Yuelai Inn. Don't worry about anything else. Let's just watch the show."
The two sisters hid on a roof next to the Yuelai Inn, secretly glancing in the direction of the inn. At this moment, the entire inn was under martial law, and there were Li Fengyao's guards with swords everywhere, but Chi Junqing could not be seen.
At the main entrance of the inn, there was a sedan. The curtain of the sedan was opened, and sitting inside was a woman holding a cat in her arms. It was Li Fengyao.
Jade whispered: "Li Fenglan, you have always been dishonest."
"How could I not be honest?"
"You have an awkward personality, and you don't want to say it clearly whether you like her or care about her. Deep down, you care about your mother, but you just use watching a good show as an excuse."
"I didn't, I was..."
Jade didn't wait for her to finish speaking and took over her words: "Ye Yu Xiaozhu's target this time is not Chi Junqing at all. If he was to be killed, Chi Junqing would have died at least twice. Their real purpose is you. Mother, and your mother also followed the trend and followed their drama. The manager of the Li family is very good and his observation skills are not bad. How could he not recognize the two killers? She didn't have to do this in person today. All of this is nothing more than using yourself as bait. You have guessed this, right?"
Li Fenglan stared at Jade, wondering: "How did you know?"
"Why can't I know?"
"You're not someone who likes to think about this..."
"Don't say it's useless, let's just watch?"
"kindness."
"If she's in danger, can't I get up?"
"No."
"Okay, don't beg me then."
Jade was still lying on the ridge of the roof observing the situation at the entrance of the inn. Li Fenglan was lying on the roof on the other side with his eyes closed and concentrating, as if he really didn't care about Li Fengyao's life or death.
It was almost dawn and no assassins arrived.
Jade stretched out and lay beside Li Fenglan: "I think...it's impossible for someone to come."
"Why?"
"The entrance to the inn is now heavily guarded. Who would be so ignorant as to throw themselves into a trap?"
Li Fenglan closed her eyes and said leisurely: "Li Fengyao followed the killers' drama, and others will do the same. The purpose is to make all of us feel nervous. When it gets dark and the killers haven't come yet, then we will all relax. , and this is the best time to take action. The reason why I followed them was to act with them, so that they thought I would also relax."
"Where do you think they'll start? Halfway there?"
Li Fenglan opened her eyes: "Li family."
…
Until daybreak, the killers who had been waiting so hard still hadn't arrived, so everyone in the Li family had no choice but to go back home. Li Fenglan and Feicui also followed back secretly.
Fu Xiaohu and the others, who were patrolling secretly in Yangzhou City last night, had returned a long time ago. As Li Fenglan expected, they had gained nothing.
Back at Li's house, Li Fenglan looked tired and wanted to go back to the house to catch up on some sleep.
Jade grabbed her and said, "Didn't you say you would do something at Li's house?"
"yes."
"Why is there no one?"
Li Fenglan said weakly: "Li Fengyao is not stupid. She knows it in her heart. After the play is finished with her, it's time for us to call the curtain."
"Li Fenglan," Jade's expression was solemn, "We have never communicated with your mother from beginning to end, and we don't know what she is thinking. If she is not as smart as you think, she will be in danger."
"It's fine if you have it, what does it have to do with me?"
"Are you always going to be like this?" Jade began to lose patience, "You are always so obsessed with saving face? You have lost a man, and you want to lose your own mother too? Who will you lose next time? Me and Amber?"
Li Fenglan stamped her foot: "Okay! Are you happy to teach me a lesson? Can't I help her?"
After saying that, he walked towards the west courtyard angrily.
The people in the West Courtyard were all eager to salute Li Fenglan when they saw her. This eldest lady had not seen her own mother since she returned home. It seems that there was too much noise yesterday and the eldest lady couldn't bear it.
It was learned from the servants that Li Fengyao did not go back to the house to rest after returning, but sat in the hall.
The two sisters entered the hall and saw Li Fengyao sitting at the main seat in the hall, and a middle-aged maid was making tea for her.
Seeing Li Fenglan who looked impatient, Li Fengyao smiled and said, "You still can't help but come to see me?"
As he spoke, he picked up the tea bowl and blew the tea foam.
Li Fenglan walked forward quickly and slapped the tea bowl out of her hand.
