Chapter 566: Self-Directed and Self-Acted

Outside the west city gate.

There were huge crowds of people.

The government almost mobilized most of the constables and yamen runners in the city, and even mobilized the soldiers at the city gate to maintain order on the scene. But even so, it was still difficult to resist the people who came to watch the excitement.

There were too many people!

The people who came from all directions gathered outside the city gate just to witness this gratifying scene with their own eyes!

They wanted to see with their own eyes the scene of Chen Junru, the son of a noble family who oppressed the people, robbed the women, and treated human lives as worthless, and his head fell to the ground!

Outside the city gate, there was a commotion.

On the city wall, the soldiers guarding the city were fully armed and ready for battle.

The more at this time, the more worried about what kind of trouble would happen.

Especially with so many people gathering here, it is easy to cause an accident if you are not careful.

"So many people!"

On the city wall, Jinxiu was in high spirits. Looking through the city wall to the city gate, she could see a huge crowd of people in front of her. At a glance, she could hardly see the end.

Even on the official road in the distance, there were people who heard the news and rushed over continuously.

"Why are there so many people?!"

Jinxiu was a little surprised.

She guessed that today would be very lively, but she didn't expect it to be so lively.

Looking at this situation, if the government hadn't controlled it in time, I'm afraid that half of the people in the city would have squeezed over to watch the excitement today.

Lin Jiangnian stood beside her and glanced outside the city wall: "We are all here to watch the fun. After all, the person who is going to be beheaded today is not a simple person!"

"That's right."

Jinxiu nodded, glanced back at Lin Jiangnian, and curled her lips: "So many people came to join in the fun, which is enough to show that Chen Junru is indeed not a good person!"

"You have done a good thing!"

The public beheading of a prisoner can cause such a sensation among the people. He must be a person who can leave a name in history, or a guy who can leave a bad name for thousands of years.

Obviously, Chen Junru is more inclined to the latter.

Although he may not be infamous for thousands of years, as the first child of a noble family to be beheaded in public in Linjiang City in so many years, he can indeed be regarded as leaving a name.

At least for a long time to come, whenever this matter is talked about, his name will definitely be mentioned... This can also be regarded as another form of leaving a name for thousands of years.

"What?"

Lin Jiangnian was unhappy: "What do you mean I did a good thing?"

"Haven't I done enough good things?"

Jinxiu rolled her eyes: "Don't think I don't know!"

"Your Highness, your reputation in Linjiang City is not very good..."

Speaking of this, Jinxiu's face showed a mischievous smile, and her eyes were smart.

When she was in the capital, Jinxiu heard that the reputation of the Prince of Lin was very bad, and there was a big misunderstanding. As she got to know him for a long time, Jinxiu gradually realized that there were some misunderstandings in the rumors in the capital.

After coming to Linjiang City, Jinxiu found that it was not only the rumors in the capital that were misunderstood, but also in Linjiang City.

The people of Linjiang City also had similar comments on the Prince of Lin... His Highness is indeed not a good thing!

For this reason, Lin Jiangnian's return to attack Chen Junru this time caused such a big reaction from the people.

It's the same old saying... A good man does good things all his life, but as long as he does one bad thing, no one will remember all the good things he did before.

But as long as a bad man does one good thing, all the bad things he did before will be quickly forgotten.

People will always question good people, and will always hope that bad people will become good!

It's just like some men like to trick good girls into going to the sea, but when they go to brothels, they always want to persuade brothel girls to become good!

The main character is a rebellious one!

"That's a misunderstanding of this prince by the people."

Lin Jiangnian looked at Jinxiu: "Miss Jinxiu knows this prince very well, she won't be as vulgar as their ideas?"

"Pfft!"

Jinxiu blushed slightly, and glared at him unhappily: "Who knows you very well?!"

Lin Jiangnian was a little surprised, looking at Jinxiu's slightly red cheeks.

Oh, do you understand?

It seems that the "training" during this period of time has some effect. Jinxiu, the girl, would be very shy when she saw him from the beginning, like a piece of pure white paper, but now she can still understand some of Lin Jiangnian's "hidden meanings" from time to time.

Obviously, she has made great progress!

Lin Jiangnian has made great contributions!

Beside the two, An Ning, who was wearing a light white skirt, was standing quietly with a sword in her arms, looking at the two people in front of her "flirting" expressionlessly.

This scene in front of An Ning made her a little dazed.

She also felt a little dazzling for some reason.

She turned her head slightly and looked away, not looking at the two people.

But from time to time, she heard the two people's discussion in her ears.

An Ning heard it very clearly, but also heard it a little inexplicably... I don't understand!

However, listening to Jinxiu's strange tone, An Ning subconsciously felt that it should not be a good word.

She didn't understand!

The two of them seemed to have some little secrets and communicated with each other.

This made An Ning, who was standing quietly by the side, feel like an outsider.

Thinking of this, for some reason, An Ning felt a little emotional.

It seemed that he felt a little aggrieved.

…

Outside the city gate, near noon, more and more people gathered.

The people in the crowd stretched their necks, looking forward to it.

The government detectives and yamen runners were on high alert, and heavy troops were deployed near the city gates, guarding the area tightly.

However, for some reason, the prisoner's car had not appeared yet.

"Calculate the time, the person will be escorted here, right?"

Jinxiu felt a little strange.

Logically, the prisoner should have been escorted to the execution ground a long time ago. But now it was almost noon, and there was still no movement in the city.

No one has come yet?

Nothing will happen, right?

Jinxiu turned her head and looked at Lin Jiangnian.

"I don't know."

Lin Jiangnian looked indifferent, as if he didn't care about it.

"Aren't you worried?" Jinxiu couldn't help asking.

"What are you worried about?"

"Are you not afraid of any problems?"

Jinxiu pointed to the city, hinting: "Who did you send to escort Chen Junru? Aren't you afraid of any accidents on the way?"

Lin Jiangnian stretched out his hand and pinched her smooth face, chuckled: "If there is any accident..."

"I hope there will be some accidents."

Lin Jiangnian said, turning his head and looking at the direction not far away on the other side of the city wall.

On the west side of the city wall, several figures gathered, and a middle-aged man was very conspicuous in the crowd.

A group of people also gathered around the middle-aged man. If you are familiar with them, you can recognize that these middle-aged men are all from various families in Linjiang City.

The middle-aged man in the lead is Chen Hongsheng.

At this time, Chen Hongsheng looked vicissitudes, looking outside the city with a gloomy face, and I don't know what he was thinking.

Jinxiu followed Lin Jiangnian's gaze and noticed Chen Hongsheng, "Why is he here?"

"My son is dying, so I have to come to collect his body as a father?" Lin Jiangnian laughed.

But Jinxiu thought of what Lin Jiangnian had just said, and thought: "Your Highness means that you hope Chen Junru will encounter some accidents on the way..."

She quickly thought of something, and her eyes were smart: "Your Highness, do you have any other plans?"

Lin Jiangnian spread his hands: "No."

"I don't believe it."

Jinxiu stared at Lin Jiangnian with burning eyes: "Your Highness, you must have other tricks, right?!"

"What tricks?"

Lin Jiangnian pinched her cheek again, but was slapped away by Jinxiu, who pouted: "Your Highness, don't try to deceive me, I'll tell you why your Highness is so calm, it turns out that you have been prepared!"

Lin Jiangnian smiled, but did not explain anything.

At this moment, a burst of hurried footsteps came from the city wall.

Then, two embarrassed figures hurried over.

"Your Highness, this is bad!"

Two guards from the Prince's Mansion hurriedly appeared, knelt down in front of Lin Jiangnian, and said anxiously: "Your Highness, I was ordered to go to the government to escort the prisoner Chen Junru to the execution ground. But just now on the streets in the city, I was attacked..."

"The prisoner Chen Junru was kidnapped by a group of men in black!"

There were many other people gathered around, and some government officials followed. When the guards' voices sounded, it instantly caused an uproar.

"Kidnapped?"

"People were kidnapped in public?!"

"Isn't this a slap in the face of the Prince's Mansion?"

"Oh my God!"

There was an uproar all around!

Everyone couldn't believe that someone dared to rob the execution ground?

Is he crazy?

"Who kidnapped the prisoner?"

An official couldn't help asking.

As soon as this question was asked, the eyes of the other people present suddenly became a little weird.

Who kidnapped him?

Is there any need to ask this?

Don't you even look at whose son the prisoner is?

But no one dared to mention it!

However, many people looked at Chen Hongsheng who was not far away.

For a moment, everyone had different thoughts.

The two guards knelt on the ground, their faces pale as they explained: "I don't know the origins of those people. They are a group of more than a dozen people, all masked, and their clothes are not like those of Linzhou. They look more like the style of the southern Xinjiang area..."

"The martial arts of these people are very strange. Oh, and there are some strange ancient patterns on their clothes..."

The two guards described the appearance of the masked black-clothed men who kidnapped Chen Junru intermittently.

When everyone finished listening, most of them were confused.

People from the southern Xinjiang area?

The southern Xinjiang area was incorporated into the territory of the Daning Dynasty more than ten years ago. The people there have been suppressed and assimilated in the past ten years. How could assassins from there suddenly appear? !

However, several officials close to the Lin Wang Mansion heard this. One of them looked slightly dazed, thought about it, and subconsciously said: "Could it be... Tian, ​​Tianshen Religion?!"

When this was said, the surroundings fell into a brief confusion.

"Tianshen Religion?"

"Where did it come from? What's the origin?"

"Never heard of it?"

However, some people's faces were moved and their faces changed slightly.

Most people are not familiar with this Tianshen Religion. But some officials present remembered it very clearly. Almost a year ago, Prince Lin suddenly ordered a large-scale search for the followers of Tianshen Religion in Linzhou, and this matter was a sensation at the time.

No one knows where this unknown Tianshen Religion came from, and when it offended Prince Lin. But after all, it was the prince who gave the order himself, and these officials dared not slack off on this matter. That's why they remembered this organization called Tianshen Religion.

Originally, under the search a year ago, Tianshen Religion suffered heavy losses in Linzhou, and its power was almost uprooted.

But I didn’t expect that the Tianshen Cult would show up again today?

According to the descriptions of the two guards, the dozen or so people who robbed the prison van were almost exactly the same as the descriptions of the Celestial Sect members!

For a moment, everyone's eyes fell on Lin Jiangnian, waiting for His Highness's next arrangements.

Lin Jiangnian frowned slightly.

Chen Junru was kidnapped, which did not surprise him.

He even hoped that Chen Junru would be kidnapped!

Therefore, when sending people to escort Chen Junru from the government to the execution ground, Lin Jiangnian not only did not deploy any troops, but even the escort personnel were very perfunctory.

...He's fishing!

It depends on whether the Chen family takes the bait or not!

Once Chen Junru was robbed, even a fool would know that the matter was related to the Chen family. When the time comes, the Chen family will be inseparable no matter what!

Lin Jiangnian will also take the opportunity to attack!

But what I didn't expect was...this matter would actually be related to the Tianshen Sect!

Was it someone from the Tianshen Sect who kidnapped Chen Junru? !

Lin Jiangnian didn't really believe it. He wondered if it was directed and acted by the Chen family?

Can……

Why is it the Celestial God Sect?

I have to say, if the Chen family is really directing and acting... Chen Hongsheng's move is really amazing!

Everyone knows that there was a conflict between Linwangfu and the Tianshen Sect a year ago. Now that people from the Tianshen Sect appear in the city, it is not surprising that the people who robbed the Wangfu are there.

Lin Jiangnian wants to use this to attack the Chen family, but the effect will be greatly reduced!

While Lin Jiangnian was thinking, a group of figures appeared in his sight. The leader is none other than Chen Hongsheng.

"His Royal Highness."

Chen Hongsheng appeared in front of Lin Jiangnian with the figures of other aristocratic families, looking anxious and speaking in a low voice: "I heard that my son was just kidnapped in the city. Is this serious?"

Lin Jiangnian looked at the old fox in front of him and raised his eyebrows: "Why is Uncle Chen so anxious? Isn't it a bit too exaggerated?"

It means something.

Chen Hongsheng's expression remained unchanged and he said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, my rebellious son made a mistake, and he deserves to end up like this. But no matter what, he should be handed over to the government for disposal, but now, a thief has taken him away My son, of course I can’t just sit back and ignore..."

At this point, Chen Hongsheng and Lin Jiangnian looked at each other with deep eyes, but their voices were still low: "Does Your Highness doubt that I kidnapped the traitor?"

There was silence.

No one dared to speak out.

Lin Jiangnian looked at him quietly, with a bright smile on his face: "I naturally believe in Uncle Chen. How can he be a person who bends the law for personal gain?"

"Uncle Chen, don't worry. This prince will definitely handle this matter properly. Find the group of robbers and let Uncle Chen's beloved son be dealt with fairly according to the laws of our Daning Dynasty!"

"..."

The news that Chen Junru was kidnapped in the city soon spread among the crowd.

For a moment, the crowd exploded!

Prisoner robbery?

Such fresh words!

How long have I not heard from you!

Sure enough, you know things are not that simple!

The people who came to see the excitement today were extremely disappointed and angry!

There are still people who dare to rob prisoners!

As for the prisoner... who else could it be?

It must have something to do with the Chen family!

For a moment, the crowd was in an uproar, and countless people angrily wanted to ask the Chen family for an explanation!

Ask the government to severely punish the Chen family!

But at the same time, there is also a group of people who put forward different views.

Weren't the people who kidnapped the prisoners from the Celestial God Sect?

What does this matter have to do with the Chen family?

Maybe it was the Celestial Sect's retaliation against Prince Lin's Mansion?

You said it was the Chen family who did it. Do you have any evidence?

The quarrel between the two parties became more and more intense.

At the same time, outside the city gate, among the crowd of people gathered, several figures gathered together quietly.

"What's going on? Who is acting in Linjiang City?"

"I don't know. There was no order from above?"

"Return quickly, report the news to the leader, and ask for instructions from the leader!"

"..."