Chapter 267 A Great Gift for the Third Prince

There was silence.

The sky was still gray, as if covered with a layer of haze. The rain fell in patter, gradually getting heavier and sliding down the eaves.

The courtyard was already muddy.

Gao Wenyang fell to the ground in embarrassment, struggling to retreat, with a panic-stricken look on his face, staring at the figure in front of him, his eyes almost bulging out in disbelief.

Zhou Huiguang is not dead?

What, how is it possible?

How could he not be dead? !

He has obviously seen it with his own eyes...

But, who is this person in front of me? !

Lin Jiangnian's repeated verbal stimulation and threats put Gao Wenyang in a state of fear and panic. In addition, Zhou Huiguang's sudden 'resurrection from the dead' appeared in front of him. Gao Wenyang's soul was scattered, and his hair stood on end. Under the double stimulation, his brain was completely short-circuited. , there was no time to think at all, and he spoke almost without thinking.

Then, the surroundings suddenly fell into a brief silence.

"Didn't you know it was poison?"

Lin Jiangnian's voice came again: "Then what do you think it is?"

"I, I thought I was just drugged..."

Gao Wenyang spoke subconsciously.

"So, Zhou Huiguang was indeed poisoned to death by you?"

Lin Jiangnian looked at him with a smile: "You have admitted it!"

"Poison, poison to death?"

Gao Wenyang was startled suddenly, and then suddenly realized something, his body trembling with fear: "豱, you..."

He realized something was wrong, his face suddenly turned pale, he turned to look at 'Zhou Huiguang' under the eaves, his pupils shrank: "You, you are not Zhou Huiguang?!"

Gao Wenyang was not a fool. He was really panicked when he was frightened just now. Now after hearing Lin Jiangnian's words, he calmed down for a moment and instantly realized that something was wrong.

Zhou Huiguang is dead!

He had confirmed with his own eyes that he was indeed dead and could no longer die, so how could he come back to life? !

Is this ‘Zhou Huiguang’ in front of me fake? ! !

At the same time, 'Zhou Huiguang' who was standing under the eaves suddenly moved, reached for his neck, and under Gao Wenyang's frightened gaze, tore off a silk human skin mask, revealing a completely unfamiliar face.

This person is indeed not Zhou Huiguang.

"Your Highness, your mission has been completed. It's time to go back and resume your duties."

The man raised his hand towards Lin Jiangnian in the courtyard.

Lin Jiangnian nodded, "Give my regards to your lady, and thank her for her help."

The man bowed respectfully to Lin Jiangnian and quickly disappeared into the courtyard.

Lin Jiangnian turned around and stared at Gao Wenyang with a smile: "You guessed it right, he is indeed not Zhou Huiguang. But, it's too late!"

Gao Wenyang trembled all over and stared at Lin Jiangnian with a ferocious and angry expression: "You, are you trying to trick me?!"

How could Gao Wenyang not realize at this moment that he had fallen into Lin Jiangnian's scheme!

The other party deliberately provoked and threatened him, exposed his chicken feet while he was frightened and distracted, and then tricked him...

Thinking of this, Gao Wenyang was filled with anger.

"You don't have to be dissatisfied!"

Lin Jiangnian glanced at Gao Wenyang and shook his head gently: "I originally prepared a lot of packages for you, but I didn't expect you to admit your guilt all of a sudden... It's really a bit surprising..."

Gao Wenyang: "..."

mean!

How could he fall for such a low-level strategy?

Too careless!

Gao Wenyang was ashamed and angry. His face turned red. He stared at Lin Jiangnian. He seemed to have thought of something, and a sneer appeared in his eyes: "So what if you know? What can you do?" Who would believe it?"

Lin Jiangnian looked at him quietly: "Don't you pretend anymore?"

Gao Wenyang sneered. Now that he has been exposed, he is now broken.

"Do you think you can still stand up? Even if you say it now, who will believe it?!"

Gao Wenyang smiled evilly, gritting his teeth and staring at Lin Jiangnian: "They have all long believed that you killed Zhou Huiguang, and everyone hopes for this result... It's useless no matter how hard you try, you must bear the blame for Zhou Huiguang's death! "

Public opinion in Beijing has already been fermenting. Even if he, Lin Jiangnian, learns the truth now, what can he do?

"My prince is not in the habit of taking the blame for others."

Lin Jiangnian looked at him pitifully and shook his head slightly: "On your side, I'm afraid you will take the blame for your third prince."

The smile on Gao Wenyang's face froze slightly: "What do you mean?!"

Lin Jiangnian ignored him, stood up slowly, turned around and glanced behind him: "Master Zhou, should you trust me now?"

Gao Wenyang felt his head buzzing and raised his head in disbelief. In the line of sight ahead, several figures appeared at some unknown time.

The leader is none other than...Zhou Yao!

For a moment, Gao Wenyang's head was spinning, and his vision almost went dark.

It’s over!

This was the last thought in Gao Wenyang's mind.

…

In the rain, Zhou Yao walked towards Gao Wenyang with heavy steps, step by step, and stopped in front of Gao Wenyang.

His breath, set off by a dark gown, was extremely deep, like a volcano about to erupt.

At this moment, the calmness on Gao Wenyang's face completely disappeared, and he explained in panic:

"Zhou, Uncle Zhou, you, please listen to me explain... things, that's not what happened... Lin Jiangnian deliberately framed it, that's not what happened..."

Zhou Yao stood down and stared at him coldly, his voice seemed to come from his throat: "Why do you want to kill Hui Guang?"

Gao Wenyang trembled all over and said in horror: "No, it's not what you think, uncle, it's..."

"Hui Guang considers you his best friend, why did you kill him so cruelly?"

Zhou Yao's eyes were red, his eyes were cold as if he wanted to eat him, and his voice was trembling and angry.

"Uncle, I, I..."

"Pa!"

Zhou Yao waved his sleeves and slapped Gao Wenyang in the face.

It was crisp and loud, deafening!

Gao Wenyang screamed, covering his face and struggling on the ground mixed with mud and water.

Zhou Yao grabbed Gao Wenyang's collar, lifted him up, and stared at him fiercely: "Why do you want to kill my son? Why?!!"

"I..."

"Pa!"

Another hard slap, as if to vent all the pain of losing his son.

Gao Wenyang screamed again and again, and the sound of painful wailing came.

But no one sympathized.

There was silence all around, and everyone watched this scene quietly.

Lin Jiangnian quietly admired it, and then turned around and saw a familiar figure appearing in the crowd.

"Chen Kuishou."

Chen Changqing's eyes fell on Lin Jiangnian, and the two looked at each other, and everything was self-evident.

Lin Jiangnian said, "Now that the real murderer who killed Mr. Zhou has appeared, it's up to Chen Kuishou to handle it!"

Chen Changqing looked calm and nodded, "Don't worry, Your Highness, the real murderer has been caught. I will definitely clear your name!"

Lin Jiangnian nodded and glanced at the people behind Chen Changqing and some 'important people' who appeared in the courtyard.

At this moment, their eyes were extremely complicated, looking at the scene in front of them in disbelief.

The murderer who killed Mr. Zhou, is there really someone else?

Lin Jiangnian didn't pay attention to it anymore. He looked up and saw Zhiyuan standing under the eaves not far away, looking at him quietly.

Lin Jiangnian walked closer and came to her side.

"Solved?"

Zhiyuan glanced at Zhou Yao who was venting his grief over the loss of his son in the courtyard.

"I guess so."

"If you scare him with a fake Zhou Huiguang, he will reveal his true colors..."

Lin Jiangnian sighed: "It's too easy, and it went so smoothly that it was unexpected."

Zhiyuan was silent, and looked up at him again: "How did you know that he had a problem?"

"Intuition."

Lin Jiangnian just opened his mouth, and saw Zhiyuan staring at him calmly.

"What's wrong?"

Zhiyuan had no expression on his face, and after a while he said: "Did Miss Zhao tell you?"

Lin Jiangnian: "..."

"Absolutely not."

Zhiyuan looked forward: "Then why did Miss Zhao send a strange man who can disguise himself to help you?"

Lin Jiangnian was silent for a while, and sighed: "It does have something to do with her, but... not much."

After returning from Zhao's house yesterday, Lin Jiangnian had a rough idea of ​​today's plan. It is indeed related to Zhao Xi, but not entirely.

As early as when Zhou Huiguang was killed at the Lu family wedding, Lin Jiangnian had already suspected Li Qianlin and Gao Wenyang.

These two people were the ones who had the best relationship with Zhou Huiguang, and they were also the ones who were most likely to poison him. Zhou Huiguang's incredulous look before his death also showed that he was probably plotted and murdered by someone close to him.

Lin Jiangnian initially placed his suspicion on Li Qianlin, who had a close relationship with the third prince. After confirming that the mastermind behind this matter was the third prince, Li Qianlin was naturally the most suspicious person.

But Lin Jiangnian secretly investigated and found that Li Qianlin's reactions during this period were very normal. On the contrary, Gao Wenyang had been living in seclusion since the Lu family wedding, which was quite different from his usual habits and somewhat abnormal.

Until yesterday, when he learned some definite news from Miss Zhao, Lin Jiangnian confirmed his guess.

The one with the problem was indeed Gao Wenyang.

So, this plan for Gao Wenyang was quietly laid out.

It was not a brilliant plan. After all, this frame-up against Lin Jiangnian was not very brilliant.

Gao Wenyang hid at home a few days ago. On the one hand, he was mostly guilty, and on the other hand, he was worried about being exposed, so he simply pretended to be dead. But today is the day of Zhou Huiguang's funeral. As Zhou Huiguang's good friend, if he doesn't come, it will seem like something fishy is going on.

Since he showed up at Zhou's house, Lin Qingqing has been eyeing him. The original plan was to wait until the funeral was over before taking action. But he didn't expect that he would leave the table halfway to tip off, which gave him an opportunity.

According to the original plan, it didn't matter whether Gao Wenyang would confess today. For Lin Jiangnian, he never needed evidence to act. Moreover, Gao Wenyang, such a playboy, once fell into Lin Jiangnian's hands, he would not be afraid that he would really be stubborn.

"I overestimated this kid."

Lin Jiangnian sighed: "I thought he could hold on for a while."

Zhiyuan ignored Lin Jiangnian, her beautiful eyes fell on the courtyard, and after a while she said, "What should we do next?"

"Gao Wenyang has been exposed, even if he doesn't admit it. Zhou Yao now knows who killed his son, and he will definitely not let it go. All we have to do is wait and see the show..."

"The little one has been exposed, and it's time to settle accounts with the big one."

Lin Jiangnian's eyes fell on a direction outside the courtyard, and he said meaningfully.

Zhiyuan's eyes also fell.

"Let's go."

Lin Jiangnian stretched out his hand to hug Zhiyuan's round shoulders beside him. Zhiyuan was a little uncomfortable, and glared at him lightly, as if to struggle, but Lin Jiangnian hugged him more and more domineeringly and walked out the door.

"Don't make trouble, don't move around, be good... Come on, accompany this prince to meet him."

"..."

Quiet courtyard.

In the room.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seems to have noticed something and has instructed the Princess to change the deployment of the imperial guards in the palace. This is not good for us..."

"Don't worry about that. The palace will provide support. The only thing to worry about now is Li Piaomiao..."

When mentioning this imperial sister, the third prince frowned slightly, seeming a little worried.

Situ Yan sighed: "In fact, if the princess can marry to Linzhou, it will be a good thing for us."

The third prince shook his head and said in a deep voice: "The imperial sister will never marry Lin Jiangnian. I know her! Moreover, if she really marries Lin Jiangnian, if she gets help from the Lin family, she will be a greater threat..."

The third prince's eyes flickered, and I don't know what he was thinking.

Seeing this, Situ Yan just sighed secretly and said nothing more. He looked up and looked out the window, and said: "It's getting late, Your Highness, it's time to go back!"

"Let's go."

When the third prince got up and was about to leave, a hurried voice suddenly came from outside the door.

"Your Highness, someone is here!"

"Who?"

"Lin, Prince Lin!"

The third prince looked up suddenly.

...

In the cold courtyard, several figures fell around the courtyard, ready to fight.

In the courtyard, a black umbrella appeared.

Under the black umbrella, there was a master and servant in black.

The beautiful maid held the umbrella, stood expressionlessly beside the man, and did not look away.

The young man in a black robe stood in place, looking up at the eaves not far in front of him, his eyes seemed to be a little mocking.

"What? The third prince doesn't even dare to see this prince?"

There was a moment of silence.

Under the eaves in front, the door slowly opened.

The third prince in brocade slowly walked out of the room, stood under the eaves, looked up at the man in the courtyard, and looked into each other's eyes.

This was not the first time the two met. Long ago, there had been conflicts between the two.

But for Lin Jiangnian, this was indeed the first time they met.

They were clearly enemies, even enemies who wanted to kill each other. But when they met at this moment, there was no trace of hatred on their faces.

The third prince quietly looked at the strange yet familiar figure in the courtyard, hiding the haze in his eyes and showing a smile on his face: "How could it be?"

"His Royal Highness, the Prince of Lin, has come to visit, and this prince will welcome you."

Lin Jiangnian raised his eyebrows: "Is this the welcome of the third prince?"

Seeing this, the third prince's eyes turned slightly cold, and he glared at the guards in the courtyard: "You bastard, don't you have eyes? His Royal Highness, the Prince of Lin, has come, why don't you quickly welcome him?"

As he said, the third prince's face quickly showed a kind smile again, "His Royal Highness, the Prince of Lin, it's cold outside, do you want to come in and have a cup of hot tea?"

"You don't have to drink tea."

Lin Jiangnian shook his head lightly, glanced at him, and said meaningfully: "This prince is worried that it's poisonous."

A hint of coldness flashed in the third prince's eyes, and he still had a smile on his face: "Your Highness is worried that I've poisoned you?"

"The third prince is quite famous in the capital, and he acts openly and honestly, so he naturally won't do these despicable things. But the people around the third prince may not be so..."

Indirect criticism!

The third prince's eyes were slightly cold: "Your Highness, don't worry. With me here, no one dares to poison you."

"Then this prince is relieved."

"Your Highness, please."

The third prince smiled.

"Since the third prince has invited me so kindly, this prince will be disrespectful to refuse!"

Lin Jiangnian said, and walked slowly to the eaves with Zhiyuan under an umbrella. He stopped and whispered something to Zhiyuan's ear.

Zhiyuan looked up and nodded slightly.

The third prince stood still, glanced at the maid behind Lin Jiangnian, and frowned slightly.

Lin Jiangnian stepped into the eaves and walked to the third prince.

"I haven't seen you for a few years. The third prince has become more handsome!"

"Your Highness is not bad either."

The two smiled at each other, like old friends who haven't seen each other for a long time.

"In fact, I brought a big gift to the third prince today!"

Lin Jiangnian looked at the third prince in front of him and suddenly spoke.

"Oh?"

The third prince seemed a little surprised: "What gift did your highness bring to me?"

"Please look, third prince."

Lin Jiangnian reached into his arms and seemed to take out something.

The third prince narrowed his eyes and moved closer.

The next second!

"Pah!"

A crisp slap sounded.

Lin Jiangnian's fist turned into a palm, and a slap accurately and fiercely slapped the third prince in the face.

This slap instantly made the third prince dizzy and confused.

All around, there was a sudden silence.

None of the guards present reacted, and they all looked at this sudden scene with dull eyes.

Lin Jiangnian stood where he was, slowly put his hand back under his sleeve, and spoke lightly.

"Are you satisfied with this gift, your highness?"

"..."