son, don't mess around

Night falls.

Chen Mansion, front yard.

Three figures wrapped in black robes embroidered with strange gold-edged patterns appeared in the yard.

Covered in black robes, the three black-robed figures were all masked, but their fierce aura could not be concealed.

Weird and creepy!
The atmosphere in the courtyard was tense.

There was silence.

When Chen Hongsheng rushed to the front yard and saw the three black-robed figures in the yard, his eyes suddenly focused.

The Celestial God Cult again?!

His expression remained unchanged as he glanced at the three people: "Are you all saints of the Celestial God Religion?"

"Exactly!"

The leader in black robe spoke.

Chen Hongsheng frowned even deeper, feeling somewhat uneasy, but he suppressed the emotion and said, "I wonder what is your purpose in coming to my Chen residence tonight?"

The leader in black robes said slowly, "We heard today that someone in Linjiang City pretended to be a member of our Tianshen Sect and kidnapped the son of Master Chen. The Sect Leader was very concerned when he heard about this and ordered us to come and investigate!"

Chen Hongsheng frowned, it turned out that he came here because of this matter.

But, didn’t a saint come here just now?
Why are there another group of people coming now, and claiming to be sent by their leader?
What exactly is going on? !
Chen Hongsheng had a bad feeling in his heart. He stared at the people in front of him and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, are you really the saints of the Heavenly God Religion?"

When he spoke, his voice was a little colder and more alert.

Although the attire of these people in front of him was similar to that of the followers of the Tianshen Religion, Chen Hongsheng was not sure of their identities!
Why would the Celestial God Cult send out two groups of people?

The only explanation is... someone is pretending to be someone else and is here to test us?!
Compared to the saint with unfathomable martial arts skills, the people in front of him are obviously more likely to be imposters!

The three people in the courtyard seemed to have noticed Chen Hongsheng's change in vigilance. The black-robed leader's eyes narrowed and he frowned: "Master Chen, do you doubt our identities?"

Chen Hongsheng stared at the people in front of him, watching their expressions and every move, and slowly said: "Not long ago, someone from your Tianshen Sect came to my Chen Mansion."

"Has anyone been here?!"

Hearing this, the three people in the yard were obviously stunned.

"How can it be?!"

"We are here to investigate this matter under the orders of the leader. I have never heard that the leader has arranged other people?"

After receiving instructions from the leader, they rushed to Linjiang City to investigate the matter.

The Chen family is naturally the most suspicious!

After their secret investigation, they were almost certain that the incident was closely related to the Chen family. Before returning to report to the leader, they decided to pay a final visit to test and verify their guess.

But I didn’t expect to hear from the other party that... someone had been here?

Is there anyone faster than them?
"Excuse me, who was the person who came to visit Mr. Chen earlier?"

The leader in black robe asked.

Chen Hongsheng stared at the three people in front of him with an indifferent look, and slowly said: "You are the Saint of the Tianshen Religion."

"what?!"

"Saint?!!"

Hearing this, the three people in the courtyard were all stunned.

The black-robed figure at the head of the group narrowed his pupils and said in astonishment, "Master Chen, are you sure it's me, the Saintess of the Celestial God Religion?!"

The reactions of the three people also made Chen Hongsheng frown.

Why did these people react so violently when they heard the name of their saint?
Chen Hongsheng's expression remained unchanged: "It was your Saint Girl who came here to find me not long ago, and she also came for this matter..."

Hearing this, the three of them looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

The leading black-robed man's breathing became noticeably tighter, and he said in a low voice, "I wonder where the Saint of my sect is now?"

The words of the man in black robe made Chen Hongsheng keenly aware of something.

These people don't seem to know the whereabouts of their saint?

Could it be that there is some hidden story behind this?
However, Chen Hongsheng's expression remained the same: "That's not clear. She injured two of my Chen Mansion's guards and left not long ago."

The expressions of the remaining three people all changed slightly. After looking at each other again, the black-robed leader spoke: "Since the Saint of my sect has been here, we will not disturb Master Chen. We will take our leave first!"

Chen Hongsheng looked calm and said, "Goodbye, all three of you."

The three of them said goodbye and left in a hurry.

Chen Hongsheng stood in the yard, staring at the backs of the three people as they left, as if thinking about something.

Judging from the reactions of these three people just now, something might have happened within the Heavenly God Cult.

"master!"

A guard who had been hiding in the dark for a long time stepped forward and said, "These three people came to my Chen Mansion in the middle of the night with unknown purpose. Why didn't you keep them?"

"No need."

Chen Hongsheng's eyes were deep and his tone was calm.

He originally thought that two groups of people from the Heavenly God Cult had appeared tonight, and that one of them might be an imposter. But now it seems that this is not the case.

I'm afraid something really went wrong with this small Tianshen Sect.

This is actually a good thing for him!
By then, it will be easier to win them over.

……

It's quiet at night.

Outside Linjiang City.

"The Saint is in Linjiang City?"

Night falls in a small mountain village.

In the darkness, a figure in a black robe hid in the darkness, speaking in a low and slightly hoarse voice.

Another Tianshen Cult member knelt on one knee and bowed his head and said, "I went to the Chen family to investigate the impersonation of our Tianshen Cult, but I accidentally learned the whereabouts of the Saint from that Master Chen..."

"What Mr. Chen described is almost exactly the same as what the Saint Lady described..."

"The Saint is most likely in Linjiang City!"

In the dark night, the black-robed leader slowly stood up, and a pair of cold eyes appeared under the bronze mask.

"Liu Su."

His voice was neither cold nor indifferent, and his tone was creepy: "Do you really think you can escape from the clutches of our sect?!"

The cold tone made the believer kneeling on the ground tremble violently and feel a chill on his back.

He was not clear about the grudge between the leader and the saint, but now that the saint had made a big mistake, the leader had been looking for her.

Now that the Saint Lady has appeared in Linjiang City, I am afraid that what will happen next...

He couldn't imagine.

"Pass the order down, and have the believers in the city secretly search for the whereabouts of the Saint. If there is any trace of her, report it immediately!"

"Yes!"

"..."

Night time.

Outside Chen's house.

In the night sky, a figure in red flew by, leaving an afterimage in the air.

After a while, the red figure quietly and wirelessly fell into a dark alley.

The movement was so light that it didn't attract anyone's attention.

In the darkness, the red dress looks particularly bright.

That cold temperament makes the summer day seem a little less hot.

Li Piaomiao's beautiful eyes looked normal as she walked out of the courtyard. After taking a few steps, she suddenly stopped and looked forward.

At the entrance of the dark alley, the hazy moonlight was shining, and a figure was standing at the entrance, waiting for a long time.

When their eyes met, Li Piaomiao saw a warm and smiling face looking at her quietly.

He chuckled at her.

Li Piaomiao seemed stunned for a moment and looked quietly at the young man at the entrance of the alley.

After their eyes met for a moment, she returned to normal.

"You, why are you here?"

Li Piaomiao looked at him and spoke first.

"Wait for you!"

Lin Jiang leaned against the wall at the entrance of the alley, his tone sounding a little lazy and nonchalant.

Li Piaomiao was silent for a moment: "What are you waiting for me to do?"

"Go home." Hearing this, Li Piaomiao's eyes seemed to tremble slightly, fell on him, and stared at him quietly.

Seeing this, Lin Jiangnian waved his hand and said, "I know you are very touched, but please don't stare at me like that, okay?"

Li Piaomiao had a blank expression on his face and looked away.

"boring."

The tone was gentle and no emotion could be heard.

"Come on, go home."

Lin Jiangnian grinned twice and stretched out his hand to her.

Li Piaomiao lowered his eyes and looked at her without moving.

"What are you staring at?"

Seeing that she didn't respond, Lin Jiangnian took the initiative to step forward and took her hand, holding it in his palm.

The palms are cold and soft, the fingers are slender, long and round, and feel great.

Lin Jiangnian held her hand tightly, but Li Piaomiao just looked at him with lowered eyes and did not react.

"Let's go."

Lin Jiangnian held her hand and spoke softly.

Li Piaomiao took a step and let Lin Jiangnian hold her hand. She followed behind Lin Jiangnian silently. The two of them were half a body length apart and left one after the other.

The night enveloped the figures of the two people. The alley was dark and the moonlight stretched their shadows very long.

Under the cover of night, the journey back to the palace was not short.

But neither of them was in a hurry to go back, they just walked quietly under the moonlight.

Image of the scene.

"How is it?"

Lin Jiangnian turned his head, looked at the beautiful face beside him, and asked softly.

Li Piaomiao looked calm and looked ahead: "It's him."

"confirmed?"

"Ah."

"He is indeed an old fox, setting a trap here to wait for me!"

Lin Jiangnian spoke.

Although I had guessed it in my mind, after confirming that it was Chen Hongsheng, I still felt a little emotional.

I almost got fooled by this old fox!

His disguise was so convincing that after Chen Junru was kidnapped, the drama he performed on the city wall really fooled a lot of people.

Although that drama could not completely clear the Chen family of suspicion, it did find a way out for Chen Junru, who was originally doomed to die.

"But fortunately, this prince is more skilled than me!"

Lin Jiangnian said with a smile.

Chen Hongsheng used this trick to try to divert attention by taking advantage of the feud between the Tianshen Sect and the Linwang Palace.

But what he never expected was that Lin Jiangnian was very familiar with the Tianshen Sect!
Not only very familiar!

He even knows the Saintess of the Celestial God Religion very well and they share what they have with each other!

In this case, Chen Hongsheng naturally could not imagine that Lin Jiangnian would let the eldest princess pretend to be the saint to test it.

After being tested, Chen Hongsheng's true colors were revealed.

Faced with the questioning of the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly God Religion, even though Chen Hongsheng had some doubts in his heart, he could not deny it.

Li Piaomiao listened to Lin Jiangnian's mumbling quietly without speaking. Her eyes fell on the dark scene ahead, and occasionally on Lin Jiangnian.

There seemed to be something flickering in her beautiful eyes, but in the end, she said nothing.

Soon, the two returned to the palace.

The two did not go back through the palace gate. There were countless eyes staring at them outside the palace gate, and everyone who entered or left would be watched.

Lin Jiangnian's current martial arts skills were enough to evade these eyes. Not to mention Li Piaomiao, she could freely enter and leave the Lin Palace, and no one could catch her whereabouts.

"Princess, Your Highness, you are back?!"

In the courtyard, Jinxiu stood up excitedly and came forward to greet him.

"How's it going?"

Jinxiu asked excitedly. Although An Ning behind her didn't come forward, she also looked over, concerned about what was happening tonight.

"With Piaomiao here, it will be easy to capture him."

Lin Jiangnian glanced at Li Piaomiao beside him.

Jinxiu curled her lips. His Highness's sweet words were really... awkward.

However, Jinxiu's focus was on: "Did the princess deceive the Chen family?"

"Did the Chen family really do this?"

"Yes."

"really."

Jinxiu's face showed a look of enlightenment, and she was about to ask something else, but she saw that the princess beside her had turned around and went back to her room.

Jinxiu looked at it for a few times, was stunned for a moment, and then looked at His Highness with a strange look: "Your Highness, did you make the princess angry?"

"No!"

Lin Jiangnian asked curiously, "When did I make her angry?"

"That's not right, Princess?"

Jinxiu asked doubtfully.

"What's wrong?"

Lin Jiangnian was confused.

When the two came back, they were still holding hands, and Lin Jiangnian didn't think there was anything wrong.

"It's just not right..."

Jinxiu frowned slightly and said thoughtfully: "I feel like the princess doesn't seem very happy?"

She stared in the direction of the princess, wondering if she was feeling it wrong?

But the princess’s reaction just now did seem like she wasn’t very happy?
Jinxiu has been with the princess for so long, so this feeling cannot be wrong.

"Not happy?"

Lin Jiangnian also looked puzzled.

The princess is unhappy?
Why are you unhappy?

Lin Jiangnian didn't believe it at first, but he thought that Jinxiu was Piaomiao's personal maid and knew her best. Hearing Jinxiu say this, Lin Jiangnian also thought quickly, thinking about what happened along the way.
Did something make her angry?

But no matter how Lin Jiangnian tried to recall, he couldn't think of what had made her angry.
However, after being reminded by Jinxiu, Lin Jiangnian also keenly realized that although the eldest princess seemed normal along the way, she hardly spoke a word.

Although she is usually a quiet person, she seems to be...especially quiet tonight?
what happened?

When Lin Jiangnian was about to ask something, Lin Qingqing's voice came from outside the yard again.

"Your Highness?!"

Lin Jiangnian walked outside the courtyard, where Lin Qingqing was standing. She said with a serious expression, "Your Highness, I just found out something."

"What's the matter?"

Lin Qingqing said in a deep voice: "Among the guards who escorted Chen Junru to the execution ground today, I just found out that there is an insider from the Chen family among them!"

Hearing this, Lin Jiangnian's eyes narrowed suddenly.

"No wonder Chen Junru was kidnapped so easily. The Chen family had long known the time and route for Chen Junru's execution..."

Lin Jiangnian's face was calm, and he said slowly: "It seems that these people from the noble families have already extended their hands to the palace."

Lin Qingqing's face turned pale. There was a traitor in the palace, which was undoubtedly a slap in her face: "Your Highness, how do you deal with those two guards?"

"Have you pried open their mouths?" Lin Jiangnian asked.

Lin Qingqing nodded: "They have confessed everything. It was the Chen family who instructed them to do it."

"However, this little bit of evidence may not be of much use to the Chen family. One-sided statements are not enough to bring down the Chen family."

Lin Jiangnian looked calm and nodded, "I know, you go down first."

"Then those two guards..."

"Just deal with it."

Lin Jiangnian spoke calmly and his eyes were indifferent.

"Kill the chicken to scare the monkey!" (End of this chapter)