Chapter 161: No Food, No Hunger, No Company

Night falls.

Xunyang City, the governor's mansion.

A figure hurriedly stepped into the hall.

"Haven't you found him yet?"

A cold voice came from the hall.

The figure bowed and said in a deep voice: "Sir, I have already looked for him. The young master has indeed... disappeared!"

Hearing this news, Wang Shiquan's face became even gloomier.

"Waste, Qin'er was lost right under your noses? What do you guys do for a living?!"

Wang Shiquan was furious.

Something happened again!

In the afternoon, Wang Shiquan, who was handling government affairs, received news from the people in the mansion.

Wang Qin, disappeared again!

When Wang Shiquan heard this news, his heart skipped a beat and he immediately had an ominous premonition.

After careful questioning, he learned that the rebellious son had sneaked out today and ran to Liuxianglou to hang out.

Wang Shiquan was not unfamiliar with Liuxianglou. In the past, servants had always reported that Wang Qin liked to go to Liuxianglou and indulge in wine and women, and even had an affair with the courtesan inside.

Although Wang Shiquan was angry about this and angrily accused the rebellious son of being unlearned and indulging in wine and women, he was not too worried.

However, something happened today.

The subordinates reported that Wang Qin had not appeared for a long time after entering Liuxianglou today. When the subordinates went in to look for him, they found that Wang Qin's whereabouts were unknown.

Disappeared from the world?

Not only did Wang Qin disappear, but even the courtesan who accompanied Wang Qin and the master who followed Wang Qin closely were also missing.

It's like evaporating from the world, and his whereabouts are unknown? !

Wang Shiquan, who learned the news, was furious. With a gloomy face, he stared at the guards in the lobby and angrily shouted: "Look for it, go and find it quickly. If you can't find Qin'er, don't come back!"

The guards lowered their heads, dared not breathe, and hurried away.

After the guards left, Wang Shiquan stood in the lobby, his face gloomy, and he cursed: "Rebellious son!"

This rebellious son, he did this kind of thing at the critical moment!

At this critical moment, he dared to sneak out and fool around? !

Behind Wang Shiquan, a figure slowly appeared.

"It seems that someone is specifically targeting Qin'er!"

Wang Changjin spoke in a deep voice.

How could someone disappear for no reason?

Especially when the whereabouts of the courtesan and the worshiper beside him are unknown, this is clearly a long-planned kidnapping.

It is almost the same as the last time.

"The other party may have been prepared and came for Qin'er."

Wang Shiquan looked ugly, how could he not realize this?

Such a big thing happened during this period, and he strictly ordered Wang Qin to be confined to his house and not let him go out to make trouble. Unexpectedly, after being honest for half a month, he slipped out when he was not paying attention.

As a result, he fell into someone else's trap!

Those people, I'm afraid they have been waiting for this opportunity!

It was extremely stupid to fall twice in the same place.

Wang Shiquan was angry at his lack of fighting spirit and felt sorry for his misfortune. How could he have given birth to such a thing?

"What should I do now?"

In addition to being angry, Wang Shiquan felt a deep sense of powerlessness. During this period, he was almost too busy to solve this mess. On the one hand, he had to deal with other powerful families in Xunyang County and bind them together, and on the other hand, he had to beware of the people in Beijing treating their Wang family as abandoned children.

At the same time, he had to prepare early to prevent the Lin Wang in the south, who had experienced the pain of losing his son, from losing his mind and marching to the border. So many affairs piled up, making him exhausted.

And now, such a kidnapping incident has happened again!

No matter how much he said, no matter how stupid and confused Wang Qin was, he was Wang Shiquan's only son after all. He had only one son, and he could not watch him get into trouble no matter what.

Wang Changjin on the side narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "There is a curfew recently, and the defense outside the city has been strengthened. They may be able to change their appearance to enter and exit the city, but they will never take Qin'er out."

"Qin'er must still be in the city."

Wang Shiquan said in a low voice: "I know that too, but Xunyang City is so huge. If they want to hide someone, how can we find him?"

Xunyang City is the largest city in Yanzhou, with a large area and a large number of complex people. If you look for someone aimlessly, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Even if you can find it, I'm afraid it will be too late.

Wang Changjin pondered for a moment, "In fact, it's not that there are no clues..."

He paused and looked at Wang Shiquan: "Who do you think is the most likely person to kidnap Qin'er?"

Wang Shiquan had a blank expression and said in a cold voice: "Who else could it be?"

In this Xunyang City, who dares to kidnap the son of the prefect for no reason?

There are not many people who dare to turn against the Wang family. There are even fewer people who dare to attack Wang Qin.

Everyone knows that Wang Qin is Wang Shiquan's only son. Most people would not dare to touch this bad luck.

Except...

Now that Prince Lin has just died, Wang Qin's whereabouts are unknown. Who did it is self-evident.

"Their revenge is coming!"

Wang Shiquan's face was gloomy: "I didn't expect that so many forces from the Lin family would infiltrate Xunyang City. I'm afraid that my prefectural government has been under their surveillance."

This time Wang Qin went out, with many guards and masters around him, but he was still kidnapped quietly under his nose, which is enough to show how deeply the Lin family has penetrated into this city.

Wang Changjin seemed to have expected this, and shook his head gently: "You underestimated Lin Hengzhong. How many people hoped that Prince Lin would die on the way to Beijing to marry the princess? How could Lin Hengzhong not make plans in advance?"

"I can only say that everything is as expected. It's just that we were careless!"

Wang Shiquan's face was livid: "Then what do you say, what should we do now?"

"For now, there is probably only one way!" Wang Changjin hesitated for a moment and spoke.

"What way?" Wang Shiquan looked up suddenly.

...

Xunyang City.

Located in the western suburbs, in an inconspicuous small courtyard.

There is a very deep alley outside the small courtyard. The alley is quiet, and the light that has not yet completely fallen dark in the evening is sprinkled in it.

In the alley, two figures walked in front and behind in the alley.

Silence, no words.

Like two strangers.

Lin Jiangnian looked forward, and when his eyes fell on the figure in white, he sighed softly.

Something is wrong, very wrong!

Today's plan went smoothly, and Wang Qin was caught before he could even react.

If Wang Qin had been more alert, or simply stayed at the prefectural governor's mansion, even if Lin Jiangnian had a lot of connections, he would not have been able to go to the prefectural governor's mansion to arrest him.

Unfortunately, Wang Qin still failed to control his lower body and was ruined by a woman.

With Wang Qin in hand, the next plan was left to Lin Qingqing. Lin Jiangnian no longer had to worry about it, and left Liuxianglou with Zhiyuan and returned here.

This is one of their bases.

Before Lin Jiangnian arrived in Xunyang City, Lin Qingqing had secretly arranged a base. However, as soon as he arrived in Xunyang City, Lin Jiangnian was invited to stay in the prefectural governor's mansion, and this secret base was finally put to use until now.

At this time, Lin Jiangnian and Zhiyuan were returning here one after the other.

However...

Lin Jiangnian felt that something was wrong with Zhiyuan today.

Lin Qingqing had already reported to him what happened in Liuxianglou today. Lin Qingqing also vividly described to him the scene where Zhiyuan killed the worship master beside Wang Qin in one move.

Lin Jiangnian's silence was deafening.

After all, he underestimated Zhiyuan's strength and the potential of this woman when she was injured. This made Lin Jiangnian, who originally planned to settle accounts with her and teach her a lesson, suddenly unable to start.

More importantly, Zhiyuan didn't say a word to Lin Jiangnian all the way back from Liuxianglou.

Since she kissed her secretly in the small mountain village last time, Zhiyuan was sulking for several days and ignored Lin Jiangnian.

There were signs of loosening in the past few days. But for some reason today, after returning from the brothel, Zhiyuan seemed to be even angrier.

He resumed his attitude of not allowing strangers to enter and said nothing. Until the two returned to the outside of the house, there was still no change.

Someone outside the door had already responded and took the two into the yard.

"Zhiyuan."

Entering the yard, Lin Jiangnian finally called out to Zhiyuan who was about to leave.

Zhiyuan stopped, without looking back, and said in a neutral voice: "Is there something wrong?"

When Lin Jiangnian was about to speak, he suddenly heard a slightly trembling voice coming from the side: "Your Highness?!"

The voice was very familiar, with a little trembling and excitement.

Lin Jiangnian turned his head and saw a familiar figure running over from the eaves next to him and throwing himself into his arms.

"Woo woo woo... Your Highness, you are finally back. I'm so glad you're okay... You scared Xiaozhu to death... "

Feeling a soft ball crashing into his arms, a familiar touch. Lin Jiangnian was stunned for a moment, and quickly reacted.

Looking down at the familiar girl in his arms, the familiar body fragrance, such a well-behaved and soft body, who else could it be but Xiaozhu?

Xiaozhu hugged Lin Jiangnian tightly with excitement, buried his head in his chest, and cried with joy.

These days, there have been rumors in the city that His Highness has died, which scared Xiaozhu. Although he firmly believed that His Highness would be fine, Xiaozhu was still panicked because there was no news about His Highness these days.

Until the prince appeared in front of her alive, Xiao Zhu finally couldn't hold back her emotions and cried.

"Okay, don't cry, isn't this prince alive and well? If you cry like this, others will really think that this prince is dead."

Lin Jiangnian hugged the delicate body in his arms, and gently reached out to wipe the tears from Xiao Zhu's face with pity. The little maid's pretty face was pink and tender, and tears couldn't stop falling.

It was pitiful and distressing.

Seeing this, Lin Jiangnian immediately frowned: "Don't cry, if you cry again, this prince doesn't want you!"

Hearing this, Xiao Zhu was immediately frightened and shook her head: "No, no, then, then I won't cry..."

She tried her best to hold back her emotions, her eyes were slightly red, and she wiped the tears from her face in a panic, looking very aggrieved.

"Isn't that good!"

Lin Jiangnian nodded with satisfaction: "By the way, why are you here?"

Xiaozhu lowered her head and sobbed softly: "Sister Qingqing sent someone to pick Xiaozhu up from the prefectural government."

Lin Jiangnian nodded slightly, Qingqing was thoughtful.

"Okay, don't cry, I'm fine, don't cry, it's bad luck!"

Lin Jiangnian helped Xiaozhu wipe the tears from her face, lowered his head and looked at the pretty face in front of him, and subconsciously said: "Come, let me kiss you first..."

Before he could finish this, Lin Jiangnian suddenly realized something.

He seemed to have forgotten something?

Turning his head, he realized that there was another figure in the courtyard.

At the same time, Xiaozhu, who got up from His Highness's arms, quickly noticed the figure beside him. He was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up and he said in surprise: "Sister Zhiyuan?!"

This, isn't this Sister Zhiyuan? !

In the courtyard, Zhiyuan remained expressionless, her eyes falling on the master and servant. He looked at Lin Jiangnian, then at the crying Lihua Daiyu and the pink-faced, shy and aggrieved little maid.

He stared for a long time without saying a word.

But for some reason, the ice in those eyes seemed a little heavier.

When he saw Sister Zhiyuan, Xiaozhu had a look of surprise on his face and was about to go up and say hello to Sister Zhiyuan.

But the next second, when Sister Zhiyuan's eyes fell on her, Xiaozhu suddenly trembled slightly, as if a sharp gaze was staring at her, her hands and feet instantly became cold, and her face turned pale.

It only took a short moment before disappearing again.

But even so, Xiaozhu was still frozen in place, not daring to move.

The little face was filled with a pale look of confusion and uncertainty.

So, what is that?

What, what's going on?

Why did Sister Zhiyuan look at her like... something was wrong?

Feeling a little dangerous?

Xiaozhu subconsciously raised his head and looked again, only to see that Sister Zhiyuan had withdrawn her gaze. Although he was still looking at her, his eyes were calm and had lost all emotion.

Is it an illusion?

Xiaozhu's head was confused.

"cough……"

When she was at Prince Lin's Mansion, Zhiyuan was on guard to prevent Lin Jiangnian from attacking Xiaozhu. As a result, not long after she left, Lin Jiangnian had already...

Young Lin Jiang coughed and was about to say something when he saw Zhiyuan turning around with a cold back.

"I'm tired."

The tone was very light, with a bit of weariness.

After that, he walked towards the backyard.

"Sister Zhiyuan, what's going on?"

Xiaozhu stood there. She wanted to help Sister Zhiyuan clean up the room, but for some reason, when she looked at Sister Zhiyuan's back, she suddenly didn't dare to step forward.

Sister Zhiyuan, who used to be very friendly, seems a little strange when we meet again after such a period of separation?

Sister Zhiyuan, doesn’t she seem to be very friendly to her?

Xiaozhu was puzzled.

"Who knows?"

Lin Jiangnian glanced at the direction Zhiyuan left and gently pinched Xiaozhu's cheek.

Still soft and tender, with a great feel.

"Okay, go wash your face quickly, you look like this, you're so ugly!"

Hearing this, Xiaozhu let out a surprised "Ah", then glanced at His Highness with a resentful look and muttered: "Not ugly."

"Go look yourself in the mirror."

Xiaozhu then trotted back to the room in panic.

The night is getting dark.

In Xunyang City, the army was in chaos.

Information from the city continued to arrive. Lin Jiangnian looked at the information on the table and narrowed his eyes.

As expected, Wang Qin disappeared, and the people in the Prefecture became anxious.

At present, almost all the police officers in the city were out, and even the prefect's mansion had dispatched many experts to look for Wang Qin's whereabouts.

"This fire is not enough!"

Lin Jiangnian murmured to himself and suddenly raised his eyes: "Where is Qingqing?"

"Commander Lin has not returned yet."

"When you come back, let her come to me."

"yes."

…

Night falls.

Backyard, room.

Zhiyuan sat quietly at the table, staring at herself in the bronze mirror in a daze.

The bronze mirror reflected a cold and beautiful face, fair and delicate, but also a little confused.

I don't know what I was thinking about, I was in a daze.

Until not long after, there was a knock on the door and a familiar voice.

"Are you there?"

"..."

"Are you asleep?"

"..."

"I'm in!"

"..."

The door to the room was pushed open gently. A figure penetrated calmly and swaggered.

There was only one person who dared to break into Zhiyuan's room so brazenly.

Lin Jiangnian.

Walking into the room, he looked around for a moment and then looked at the paper kite sitting next to the bronze mirror.

"What are you looking at?"

Lin Jiangnian walked behind Zhi Yuan and looked at himself in the bronze mirror and Zhi Yuan's cold, emotionless eyes.

"Is something wrong?"

"I heard from Xiaozhu that you haven't had dinner yet?"

"Not hungry."

"Are you really not hungry?"

"Not hungry."

"Aren't you angry with me?"

Facing Lin Jiangnian's direct gaze, Zhiyuan felt a strange emotion rise in her heart for some reason. Her eyes were a little sour. She turned her head and said coldly: "No."

"That's good if you're not angry."

Lin Jiangnian nodded assuredly, moved a chair and sat next to her.

"what you do?"

Zhiyuan frowned, and her voice seemed colder.

"Look at you!" Lin Jiangnian said.

Zhiyuan's heart trembled, but she still didn't look back. She stared at herself in the mirror and said coldly: "What do you want me to do?"

"Let's see how long you plan to stay angry."

"I'm not angry."

"I know."

"..."

Zhiyuan stopped talking.

Still expressionless.

Seeing this, Lin Jiangyoun sighed: "Has anyone ever told you that your acting skills are poor?"

No response.

"You are my eldest son's maid, how come I don't know you?"

Lin Jiang young shook his head lightly: "You look like this, you just have the word "angry" written on your face."

Still silent.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Lin Jiangnian laughed: "How did this prince make you unhappy?"

Silence.

Zhiyuan pinched her bare hands hidden under her sleeves, and her cold face still showed no emotion: "I didn't."

Still being stubborn!

Women seem to have a natural advantage in being stubborn.

"Okay, okay, I'm glad you're not angry."

Lin Jiangnian nodded and didn't continue to argue with her: "Let's go."

Zhiyuan didn't speak or move.

"Let's go to eat."

"I'm not hungry."

"Eat with this prince!"

"No."

"..."

Lin Jiangnian laughed: "You don't listen to a word of this prince's order now, right?"

Zhiyuan looked at him coldly and didn't speak.

Lin Jiangnian stared at her cold and beautiful face, but with a hint of stubbornness. Behind those cold eyes, there seemed to be some emotions brewing.

It's hard to describe, and it's rare to see this expression on Zhiyuan's face.

He stared at it for a while, and suddenly something flashed in his mind. He subconsciously moved closer and said, "Are you jealous?"

"..."

Five thousand words long chapter, still owed two chapters to update!