Chapter 572: Borrowing a Knife to Kill

"Hey, I just said the princess would be angry!"

In the early morning, the inner courtyard was sunny and the weather was perfect.

Jinxiu, who was wearing a light purple double-breasted dress, carefully held up the hem of the skirt and came to Lin Jiangnian's side with a happy expression and a bit of schadenfreude in her tone.

Blinking his smart eyes, he looked at Lin Jiangnian with a slightly proud look, as if he had known he would be like this.

"I asked you to come up with such a bad idea, now it's up to you what to do!"

The weather was hot in summer, and Jinxiu's long skirt was thin, and the silk material looked extremely smooth, making her whole person more elegant and noble.

Coupled with her proud little appearance at this moment, it formed a strong contrast with her temperament.

It's hard to describe!

She quietly approached Lin Jiangnian, with a slight smile on her delicate face: "I went to see the princess this morning. Although the princess looks normal, she... is not normal at all!"

"I must be angry with you!"

Lin Jiangnian looked at her and said angrily: "Your princess is angry, why are you so happy?"

"Is there any?"

Jinxiu blinked.

"You just have the word happiness written on your face."

"That's not to say that Your Highness has gone too far!"

Although Jinxiu did not admit that she was happy, she was indeed quite happy to see His Highness deflated.

I let His Highness bully me before, now it’s better. Did he offend the princess?

What do you do?

Of course, Jinxiu would not admit that she had other little thoughts.

After learning that the relationship between His Highness and the saint of the Celestial Sect was very unusual, Jinxiu was not particularly unhappy, but she felt a little emotional in her heart.

However, as a maid and a latecomer, she naturally would not and could not say anything.

And when she saw that His Highness was frustrated by the princess because of this incident and made the princess angry... Jinxiu was indeed a little gloating.

It feels like a small guilty pleasure of getting revenge on His Highness!

After laughing at His Highness, Jinxiu asked again: "What do you plan to do, Your Highness?"

"What to do?"

"You have made the princess angry. How are you going to comfort her?"

"Do you have any idea?"

"No."

Jinxiu answered simply and neatly.

Then, the two of them started staring at each other.

Jinxiu has no experience in this area, so naturally she cannot guide His Highness. As for Lin Jiangnian...he is about the same.

Is Li Piaomiao angry?

Lin Jiangnian recalled what happened last night and the last words the eldest princess said, and his heart was filled with emotions.

She's not angry!

But that sentence, 'It won't happen next time' made Lin Jiangnian even more uneasy.

Feeling even more guilty!

In contrast, Lin Jiangnian even hoped that it would be better for her to be angry instead.

Sighing, he saw Jinxiu sitting opposite him at some point, holding her little face up and looking at him with a smile.

"Is it really okay for you to be so gloating at this time?"

Jinxiu blinked, then nodded.

Then he added: "Who asked you to bully the princess?"

"Deserve it!"

The tone was pleasant, with a bit of revengeful pleasure.

However, seeing that His Highness ignored her, Jinxiu soon became boring again.

"Hey, Your Highness."

Jinxiu called softly.

"how?"

"What are you going to do with the Chen family?" Jinxiu asked curiously.

"Just wait and see what happens."

"Just wait and see what happens?"

Jinxiu blinked in confusion: "Aren't you going to take action?"

"How else can we take action?"

"No, where is your back-up plan?!"

Jinxiu was puzzled and asked.

From the beginning, Jinxiu believed that Lin Jiangnian was prepared. Even after Chen Junru was kidnapped, His Highness did not panic at all.

He had obviously expected this!

At present, this matter is getting more and more intense in the city, causing a commotion, but His Highness suddenly said to wait and see what happens... Doesn't this seem like His Highness's style of doing things? !

"There's no backup plan!"

Lin Jiangnian spread his hands.

"Then, don't you care about Chen Junru?"

Jinxiu opened her eyes slightly: "Let him be kidnapped by the Chen family, spare his life?!"

"Actually, it's good to keep him alive."

Lin Jiangnian laughed and said in a meaningful tone: "For him, living should be more painful than death."

Jinxiu was startled, and then quickly realized the meaning of His Highness's words... Although Chen Junru is still alive today, he is already useless!

This is undoubtedly the heaviest blow to a dandy who likes to spend time, drink and live in romantic places. I am afraid this is even more uncomfortable than killing him!

It's been a long time since I died, but if I were alive...it would be really painful!

Although Jinxiu cannot empathize with her, she also deeply agrees with it.

"So, you're going to let him live?"

Jinxiu asked curiously.

"It doesn't matter whether he lives or lives."

Young Lin Jiang shook his head. From the beginning, his opponent was not Chen Junru. In other words, he never regarded Chen Junru as a human being from the beginning.

His opponents from beginning to end were Chen Hongsheng and the Chen family behind him. To be more precise, the series of aristocratic family forces behind the Chen family were also included.

"Then how do you plan to deal with the Chen family?"

Jinxiu asked curiously.

Lin Jiangnian sighed: "How can the Chen family be so easy to deal with?"

"What's so hard about this?"

Jinxiu stretched out her hand to make a knife-like shape and said "vigorously": "Just kill them all."

"Killing is easy, but how to kill legitimately is a problem."

Lin Jiangnian looked at Jinxiu, whose eyes were lively and she was obviously saying this on purpose, and said unhappily: "Without sufficient and legitimate reasons, attacking the Chen family at this time will definitely cause joint resistance from other families."

"It's not good for the Lin Wang Mansion to have no reason to do so."

"Hehe!"

Jinxiu naturally understood this truth. She thought for a moment, and then said: "Then, Your Highness, what do you mean by waiting and watching?"

"Could it be that you are waiting for the Chen family to take the initiative to create a legitimate opportunity for you?"

Lin Jiangnian looked at her and smiled without saying anything.

Jinxiu immediately reacted... guessed it? !

"But, will the Chen family give His Highness this opportunity?"

Jinxiu was more and more puzzled: "Now that Chen Junru has been rescued by them, what leverage does His Highness have on the Chen family?"

"If the Chen family is forbearing and no longer confronts His Highness head-on, how can His Highness have a chance?"

"If there is no opportunity, then create one."

Jinxiu blinked blankly: "Create an opportunity?"

Her smart eyes fell on His Highness, but saw that His Highness just smiled and said nothing, without explaining too much.

Jinxiu immediately understood... His Highness must have a backhand.

"Your Highness, you even hid it from me!"

Jinxiu's eyes were dim, and she spoke pitifully and aggrievedly.

"Don't look at me like that, I didn't bully you today."

"Your Highness hid it from me, which means you bullied me..."

"Don't come on..."

Lin Jiangnian looked at Jinxiu's delicate face in front of him and blinked as well: "Miss Jinxiu, do you want to know my plan?"

"Yeah." Jinxiu nodded repeatedly.

"Then Miss Jinxiu, call me good brother first?"

"..."

Jinxiu's face instantly turned red.

"Will you call me?"

"No!"

Jinxiu spoke in shame.

She would rather die than surrender.

I will never satisfy His Highness' evil taste.

Let her call me good brother in public?

Shame!

She wants to save face!

Angrily rejected His Highness' unreasonable request, but Lin Jiangnian was not angry either. He blinked: "But how can I remember that Miss Jinxiu didn't call me good brother a few days ago..."

"Your Highness, shut up!"

Jinxiu's face was hot and red. Before Lin Jiangnian finished speaking, she had already pounced on him and covered his mouth.

"No, stop talking..."

Jinxiu covered Lin Jiangnian's mouth with a red face, furious.

Your Highness, how can you say such a shameful thing in public?

Jinxiu, who was full of righteousness, didn't realize that she had taken the initiative to deliver herself to the door. Lin Jiangnian took the opportunity to hug Jinxiu into his arms.

By the time Jinxiu reacted, it was too late. Lin Jiangnian took advantage of the situation and picked her up by the waist, turned around and strode towards the room.

"Let's go, take Miss Jinxiu to recall how to call her good brother!"

Lin Jiangnian smiled brightly.

Jinxiu's delicate body froze, her face was completely red with shame, and she struggled desperately.

"No, no..."

"Let me go... Help!"

"Your Highness is bullying me, help... Um... "

"..."

Under Lin Jiangnian's persistent request, Jinxiu finally had a face full of humiliation, and under Lin Jiangnian's coercion, she reluctantly shouted "good brother"!

At the beginning, she was indeed coerced and unwilling. But as time passed, the coercion and reluctance gradually subsided, and even in the end, Jinxiu began to shout out unconsciously.

... Lin Jiangnian's coercion was no longer needed!

Great progress!

As for the specific process of progress, it is not important.

It's better not to go into details!

"..."

After calling her good brother, Jinxiu did learn about Lin Jiangnian's plan very quickly... He had been prepared from the beginning.

Although Lin Jiangnian did not attack the Chen family directly, he ordered the Lin Wangfu and the government to start a large-scale search for the remnants of the Tianshen Cult in and outside the city in the name of kidnapping prisoners!

Jinxiu was a little puzzled at first, not knowing what the prince was up to.

But soon, she gradually realized the prince's purpose.

Chen Junru was kidnapped on the street. One party believed that it was the Chen family's own director and self-acted, while the other party believed that it was inseparable from the Tianshen Cult and must be the remnants of the Tianshen Cult's revenge on the palace!

After all, the Chen family is a well-known family in Linzhou. Without sufficient evidence, even Lin Jiangnian would not be able to attack the Chen family directly.

But the Tianshen Cult is different!

This evil cult organization was originally the remnant of a year ago. Now the Lin Wangfu is taking advantage of this to attack the Tianshen Cult again, which is reasonable.

More importantly, Lin Jiangnian is too familiar with the Tianshen Cult!

He is as familiar with the Tianshen Cult's Saint as he is with the Tianshen Cult's internal affairs, not to mention that Lin Jiangnian has secretly sent people to investigate the Tianshen Cult's relations thoroughly over the past year.

Lin Jiangnian knows all about the Tianshen Cult's hiding places, their intelligence transmission places, and the contact codes.

With the intelligence capabilities of the Lin Wang Mansion, it can be said that it is easy to investigate such a cult organization.

Therefore, not long after Lin Jiangnian's order was issued, the guards of the Lin Wang Mansion quickly found the whereabouts of the remnants of the Tianshen Cult in the city. In just a few days, they destroyed several Tianshen Cult bases in one fell swoop and arrested many Tianshen Cult believers.

Lin Jiangnian did not show mercy to the remnants of the Tianshen Cult and eradicated them all!

At first, Jinxiu didn't understand His Highness's purpose, but then she gradually realized... His Highness's purpose was probably not to capture the remnants of the Tianshen Sect!

But to make things worse and divert the conflict!

The Chen family hijacked Chen Junru in the name of the Tianshen Sect. In this case, Lin Jiangnian couldn't directly attack the Chen family, so he chose another way... to kill with a borrowed knife!

He took advantage of the situation to attack the Tianshen Sect and intensified the conflict.

For the Tianshen Sect, this was naturally an unprovoked disaster! They didn't do anything, but they were blamed for the prisoner hijacking and were killed by the government!

It was really bad luck!

In this way, they would definitely hate the Chen family who framed and impersonated them!

A small Tianshen Sect naturally cannot threaten the Chen family. But if the leader is there... everything is hard to say!

Once the leader takes action, the Chen family will definitely not be able to sit still.

And what Lin Jiangnian needs to do is to kill the Tianshen Sect, and it would be best to completely anger the leader!

…

“That leader has most likely come to Linzhou…”

In the courtyard, Lin Qingqing’s face was solemn, and she said in a deep voice: “After my subordinates’ investigations these days, and from the mouths of those Tianshen Cult believers who were arrested, one thing has been confirmed… They are looking for someone!”

Speaking of this, Lin Qingqing paused, glanced at His Highness, and then said in a deep voice: “They are looking for their saint!”

“I heard that their saint has disappeared for a long time…”

“…”

Lin Jiangnian looked indifferent and expressionless.

His guess was indeed correct, Liu Su might have been in trouble!

Lin Jiangnian asked in a deep voice: “Is the person looking for her their leader?”

“That’s right.” Lin Qingqing nodded.

“What’s the reason?”

Lin Qingqing shook her head: “That’s unknown…”

“The arrested believers are just low-level personnel in Tianshen Cult, and they know very little information, and they don’t know the purpose of their leader looking for the saint.”

Lin Jiangnian nodded silently.

Why would that leader go to such great lengths to find the saint for no reason?

Something must have happened!

Lin Jiangnian's heart sank slightly. Liu Su probably realized that she was in danger before, so she hid herself.

But after so long, there is still no news about her.

Where is she now?

Lin Jiangnian frowned, but things have not reached the worst point yet.

If this matter is really related to that leader, the fact that the Heavenly God Cult has not found Liu Su's whereabouts at least proves that Liu Su is still safe now.

Thinking of this, Lin Jiangnian breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Qingqing, who was standing aside, looked at the expression of his own prince and asked carefully: "Your Highness, do you need me to send someone to find the whereabouts of Miss Liu Su?"

Lin Qingqing naturally knew the relationship between his own prince and the saint, so he was very concerned about this matter.

"Go."

Lin Jiangnian nodded and reminded: "Let the spies of the Linwang Mansion in the counties and prefectures of Linzhou keep a close eye on her and don't alert her."

"Report to me immediately if there is any news about her!"

"Yes." (End of this chapter)