son, don't mess around

Chapter 774 The storm is coming
At this moment, the young couple who walked in from the courtyard outside the door were Lu Fusheng's only son Lu Xuan, and Lu Xuan's wife, Tao Ya, who married into the family a year ago.

Lu Fusheng, who was following behind him, quickly stepped forward to explain: "This is His Royal Highness the Prince of Lin!"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the young couple in front of them changed immediately. Lu Xuan immediately bowed and looked at Lin Jiangnian: "Greetings, His Royal Highness."

Tao Ya, who was standing by, also bowed her head and said respectfully: "I greet His Highness the Crown Prince."

Lu Fusheng explained to Lin Jiangnian, "This is my son, and next to him is my son's wife, Tao Ya."

Lin Jiangnian nodded thoughtfully and waved his hand, saying, "You two don't have to be so polite!"

"In that case, I will not disturb you any more. I will take my leave now."

After saying that, Lin Jiangnian's eyes swept over the couple in front of him. Lu Xuan in front of him was a handsome man with an elegant temperament and a neither humble nor arrogant expression. He and the woman next to him were a perfect match.

And Tao Ya next to her also had an outstanding appearance.

It seems that since she was favored by the Lu family, she must not be an ordinary woman.

Recalling the affairs of the Tao family, Lin Jiangnian's gaze lingered on Tao Ya for a moment longer.

Soon after, Lin Jiangnian discovered some clues.

Tao Ya looked elegant and gentle, but when she saw Lin Jiangnian, her eyes revealed a hint of panic and embarrassment.

But judging from the vague aura around this person, he doesn't seem to be an ordinary person.

This eldest daughter of the Tao family probably knows some martial arts.

However, Lin Jiangnian only stayed for a few seconds and then looked away.

This is not surprising.

Many children from aristocratic families practice martial arts, and Xu Lan is an example.

After retracting his gaze, he left the Lu Mansion under the personal greeting and farewell of Lu Fusheng.

After seeing Lin Jiangnian off, the smile that had always been on Lu Fusheng's face gradually faded and became solemn.

Turn around and return to the inner courtyard.

"father?!"

In the courtyard, Lu Xuan and his wife were still in the inner courtyard. Seeing his father coming back, Lu Xuan stepped forward quickly and asked, "Dad, why is Prince Lin here?"

"what happened?!"

Lu Xuan is certainly not a fool. Although the Lu family has declined, as the eldest son of the Lu family, he is still sensitive to many political affairs.

When did the Prince of Lin return to the capital? Why did he suddenly appear in their Lu family? What was his purpose?

Lu Fusheng's face was slightly gloomy and he didn't say anything.

Lu Xuan turned around and looked at Tao Ya beside him: "Xiao Ya, you go back first."

"it is good."

Tao Ya glanced at her father-in-law, then at her husband, said nothing, nodded slightly, and turned to leave.

After Tao Ya left, Lu Xuan spoke again in a deep voice: "Dad, is this Prince Lin here with bad intentions?"

"Does he still want to take revenge on our Lu family?"

Lu Xuan didn't know why Lin Jiangnian came here today, and instinctively suspected that he was here for revenge.

Now that their Lu family has lost power, if the Prince Lin were to target them for revenge, the consequences would be disastrous.

Lu Fusheng narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice, "This Prince Lin is indeed here with ill intentions."

After hearing this, Lu Xuan's heart tightened, and he quickly asked: "Dad, what is going on?"

"What grudge do we have with the Lu family and the Lin family?"

"Or is it that Prince Lin is still brooding over what happened a year ago?"

Lu Xuan naturally still remembered that when he got married a year ago, Prince Lin was slandered and framed. Although this incident was not done by their Lu family, it happened on their Lu family's territory.

And the person who slandered and framed him was the Third Prince!

The Third Prince has a close relationship with their Lu family, so naturally, this account should be counted on their Lu family.

Lu Fusheng shook his head slightly, his expression becoming more serious: "A few months ago, Prince Lin and the Princess Xu from the north were both assassinated in Chujiang City!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Xuan frowned.

At this time, he had heard something about it.

However, Prince Lin and Princess Xu were assassinated in Chujiang City. What does this have to do with their Lu family?
Lu Fusheng's expression remained calm, but his eyes became deep: "This Prince Lin may have found out about our Lu family."

When these words came out, Lu Xuan was shocked and a little stunned: "Dad, what do you mean?"

"Did you find our Lu family?"

"Could it be that this matter has something to do with our Lu family?!"

Lu Fusheng said calmly: "It doesn't matter whether this matter has anything to do with our Lu family. What's important is that the purpose of this Prince Lin's visit to Beijing this time is definitely not simple!"

Although the Prince of Lin did not reveal too many of his intentions today, Lu Fusheng realized that he would never give up easily.

"He will definitely come again."

Lu Fusheng narrowed his eyes and took a deep breath: "This time, I'm afraid our Lu family will be dragged into it."

"This……"

At this moment, Lu Xuan was also confused. He didn't quite understand what his father meant, and couldn't help asking, "Dad, is this matter really related to our Lu family?"

"If the assassination of Prince Lin has nothing to do with our Lu family, why is it involving us? Or, Dad, you..."

Lu Xuan stopped talking here and didn't ask any more questions.

He thought of some possibility.

But Lu Fusheng still didn't explain, he just looked at him and said: "He has found out something."

"what?"

"Not long ago, news came from Jiangnan. The descendants of the Tao family's branch in Jiangnan were all captured by the Prince of Lin..."

"He must have come to Beijing this time to target our Lu family!"

Lu Fusheng had expected this and spoke in a low voice.

"Tao family?"

Lu Xuan was stunned for a moment, then his face changed drastically.

"Dad, what you mean is..."

"..."

After leaving the Lu family, Lin Jiangnian walked through an alley, came to the opposite street, and walked into an inn and restaurant.

I went up to the third floor, came to the door of a private room close to the street, pushed the door open and walked in.

"Your Highness."

Lin Qingqing's respectful voice was heard in the room.

Lin Jiangnian raised his eyes and looked over. Near the window, Zhiyuan, dressed in white, was sitting there, looking out the window.

It was not until Lin Jiangnian appeared that she withdrew her gaze and looked at him.

"How is it?"

Lin Jiangnian asked.

Lin Qingqing next to him reported: "Your Highness, I have sent people to secretly monitor the Lu family for a long time, but I haven't found any clues."

"Lu family, everything is normal."

Lin Jiangnian nodded. This result was not unexpected to him.

"By the way, Your Highness, there are many constables from the Secret Service inside and outside the Lu family."

Lin Qingqing reported again: "If we continue to monitor, I am afraid we will be discovered by the Secret Heaven Division and a conflict will arise."

Lin Jiangnian's eyes narrowed slightly, then he nodded: "I understand."

"Just keep watching for now, we'll talk later."

"Yes."

Lin Qingqing nodded, and after reporting what happened yesterday, she tactfully left the room and closed the door.

"Bang!" Lin Jiangnian and Zhiyuan who was sitting by the window were the only ones left in the room.

Lin Jiangnian came to the window seat, sat down next to Zhiyuan, and hugged her waist out of habit. He leaned his head close to her and took a deep breath.

Really fragrant.

While stroking the girl's soft and slender waist, Lin Jiangnian said softly: "I went to see that old fox Lu Fusheng."

Zhiyuan turned around and looked at him quietly.

"That old fox didn't reveal anything."

Lin Jiang spoke in a young voice, and then told Zhiyuan what Zhao Xi said last night and what Lu Fusheng explained today.

After listening to this, Zhiyuan was thoughtful.

"Do you think what he said is true or false?"

Lin Jiangnian asked.

Zhiyuan was silent for a moment, then raised her eyes and said, "Half true, half false."

"I think so."

Lin Jiangnian nodded.

The Lu family was indeed close to the Empress Dowager of the time. The fact that the Lu family was able to escape the disaster might indeed be related to the Empress Dowager.

However, it may not be entirely due to the Queen Mother. As for the exact reason, it remains to be found out.

At the moment, it seems that no information can be obtained from Lu Fusheng.

However, this matter is not impossible to investigate. The Lu family, which is now in trouble, is much easier to investigate than before.

But with the involvement of the Imperial Court's Secret Service, it is not easy to investigate this matter.

When mentioning the Secret Heaven Division, Lin Jiangnian seemed to be thinking about something.

He almost forgot that the leader in power in the Secret Department is an old friend of his...it seems like he hasn't seen him for a long time!

Zhiyuan glanced at Lin Jiangnian and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Lin Jiangnian sighed: "I haven't thought about it yet."

Zhiyuan glanced out the window: "You don't have much time left."

"I know."

Lin Jiangnian nodded.

Now that we have arrived in the capital, we must investigate everything that needs to be investigated, no matter what.

Over the past month, from Chujiang City to the capital, spies from the Prince Lin's Mansion have discovered the presence of many families in the capital.

As the truth gradually surfaced, Lin Jiangnian realized that the matter was far more serious and complicated than he had imagined. He originally thought it was just an ordinary assassination against him, but the political game behind the assassination was far beyond his expectations.

Even though the truth has not been found out yet, the truth that he has predicted and guessed has already frightened Lin Jiangnian.

"The prince already knew about this."

Zhiyuan's gaze fell on Lin Jiangnian and she spoke softly.

"What did the prince say?"

Zhiyuan shook her head gently: "The prince didn't say anything."

"Didn't say anything?"

Lin Jiang laughed: "He trusts me? Isn't he afraid that I will turn the whole capital upside down?!"

Although he said this, Lin Jiangnian felt relieved after learning that the prince didn't say anything.

He was worried that if he got into any big trouble in the capital, it would affect the plans of the Lin Palace. Now that the prince said nothing, it proved that no matter how big a mess Lin Jiangnian got into, the prince had the ability to clean up the mess for him.

In this way, Lin Jiangnian can do whatever he wants.

"I'm afraid I need your help this time."

As if he had thought of something, Lin Jiangnian looked at the kite beside him with an emotional tone.

There was no change in Zhiyuan's expression: "When do you plan to go?"

"Lets see."

Lin Jiangnian's hand fell on the girl's soft waist, gently stroking it through her clothes, and said nonchalantly: "There are some things I haven't completely figured out."

Zhiyuan nodded and didn't ask any further questions.

After a while, he asked again out of the blue.

"What about her?"

Lin Jiangnian was stunned, and looked at Zhiyuan, who was staring at him calmly: "Who?"

Zhiyuan slightly shifted her gaze and looked at the street outside the window, her tone neither cold nor indifferent: "Li Piaomiao."

Hearing this name, Lin Jiangnian was stunned for a moment, then realized what Zhiyuan was asking about, and his eyes suddenly became complicated: "I don't know."

After saying this, Zhiyuan looked at him as if examining him: "You didn't go to see her last night?"

These words sounded like a wife questioning her husband who had not returned home the previous night to fool around.

"no!"

Lin Jiangnian said confidently: "Am I that kind of person?"

Zhiyuan lowered her eyes slightly and glanced at him: "So, where did you go last night?"

When asked this question, Lin Jiangnian broke out in a cold sweat.

Since when did Zhiyuan start to like to get to the bottom of things?
I remember that Zhiyuan never asked too much about these things in the past. No matter where Lin Jiangnian went or if he did not return home at night, she would not take the initiative to ask.

He would not even ask where Lin Jiangnian had been or which woman he slept with.

But today... why did you suddenly ask about it? !

Just as Lin Jiangnian was thinking about how to answer, Zhiyuan glanced at him again: "Did you go to see your Miss Zhao?"

After these words came out, Lin Jiangnian's face turned strange. He sensed something was wrong from Zhiyuan's tone.

More importantly, the name Miss Zhao seemed to have been mentioned by my aunt before. At that time, my aunt mentioned it in front of Zhiyuan. Unexpectedly, Zhiyuan remembered it?
Do you still remember it now?

Lin Jiangnian looked at Zhiyuan in surprise, but saw Zhiyuan move his cold face to the side, with a calm expression, as if he didn't care.

Seeing this, Lin Jiangnian hugged her soft and smooth waist, held Zhiyuan tighter in his arms, leaned close to her ear, and said with a smile: "Tsk, from your tone, why do you sound jealous?"

According to Lin Jiangnian's understanding of Zhiyuan, at this time in the past, she would either remain silent and pretend not to hear, or refute or deny.

However, today's Zhiyuan looked up at Lin Jiangnian. After a moment, she suddenly asked softly, "Shouldn't I?"

After hearing this, Lin Jiangnian was stunned.

Looking at the cold and ascetic face of the girl in front of me, I didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Is this still a kite?
Shouldn't it?
Isn't her words equivalent to admitting it?
Is she jealous?

Lin Jiangnian felt a little strange in his heart. Just as he was about to speak, Zhiyuan suddenly spoke up and interrupted him: "Tell me about your Miss Zhao."

The tone was neither cold nor cold, but very calm.

But Lin Jiangnian felt uneasy.

Tell me about Zhao Xi?

Is this something that can be told?

I won’t tell you later... She suddenly turned against him and ignored him for several days, right?
They all have criminal records.

Given Zhiyuan's personality, she would not get angry with him.

But cold violence and silence and ignoring Lin Jiangnian are common occurrences.

"Why, you can't bear it?"

Seeing Lin Jiangnian remained silent, Zhiyuan looked up at him and then said calmly: "I won't be angry."

Lin Jiangnian's heart suddenly started to ring with alarm bells!
It would have been fine if he hadn't said this, but as soon as he said it, Lin Jiangnian immediately realized... he couldn't say a word!
You will definitely get angry if I tell you!

The experience over such a long period of time has taught Lin Jiangnian this painful lesson.

Never believe a woman’s nonsense when she emphasizes that she won’t get angry… usually when she says that, she will definitely get angry!
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(End of this chapter)