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An overwhelming rain of arrows fell around the carriage. Fortunately, there were guards beside the carriage holding swords to cut down the arrows, otherwise the carriage would have been shot through.

But the other party was obviously well prepared, and being put in a passive position like this is obviously not a long-term solution.

Ye Qingwan was so anxious that she almost cried.

She looked at Shen Nanzhi in panic: "What should we do? Zhizhi, run away quickly. With your skills, it will definitely not be a problem to escape. Don't worry about us!"

Shen Nanzhi shook his head.

The rain of arrows outside had stopped, but the sound of fighting was close at hand.

The sound of swords clashing was terrifying.

In the carriage, Shen Nanzhi looked at Ye Kunshan calmly: "Uncle Ye, it seems that the emperor doesn't care about your and Qingwan's safety."

If it weren't for the resistance of the Shen family's secret guards, the people in the carriage would have been shot into a hornet's nest and died on the spot by the rain of arrows just now.

Ye Kunshan was also unable to refute this. He turned his eyes away, somewhat afraid to look into Shen Nanzhi's eyes.

Shen Nanzhi continued, "I know that Uncle Ye had no choice but to do this. I don't blame Uncle Ye. Today's matter is also a favor to Uncle Ye. If Uncle Ye needs me in the future, I will never refuse."

Hearing Shen Nanzhi say this, Ye Kunshan's face became more and more unnatural. He coughed dryly and said awkwardly: "Shen family girl, if you want to ask anything else, just say it directly."

The fighting outside became more intense.

Ye Kunshan is now in a difficult situation.

Seeing his statement, Shen Nanzhi said, "I want to know, who is the person that the emperor has supported in Longnan over the years to take over the Shen family's army?"

Since Emperor Shunqing has already started to take action against the Shen family, he must have already found someone to take over the Shen family army.

Ye Kunshan must know this person.

In the past, Shen Nanzhi didn't know much about the court, and she didn't think so many twists and turns. Now, after knowing Emperor Shunqing's vigilance and calculations, she looks back at the friendship between the Shen family and the Ye family over the years and realizes that it is no longer as pure as an old friendship.

Ye Kunshan is from the Ye family of Longnan. He was also a military man. He was appreciated by Emperor Shunqing for his meritorious service in protecting the emperor during the Rebellion of the Three Kings. Just as Xiao Qian'an's evaluation of him, he looks crude but is actually smooth and not pedantic. He is able to get along with everyone and has strong ability to handle affairs.

Regardless of his background, merits, or abilities... such a person should not be confined to Shangyang County and serve as just a county magistrate.

Thinking of the fact that Emperor Shunqing had asked Xizi to contact Ye Kunshan secretly, Shen Nanzhi couldn't help but suspect that Ye Kunshan had been sent by Emperor Shunqing to guard Shangyang County all these years in order to monitor the Shen family's old house and the old duke, and at the same time, keep a close eye on the movements of the old members of the Shen family army.

If you want to get rid of the Shen family, you must come up with someone who can replace the Shen family.

If Shen Nanzhi's speculations were correct, Ye Kunshan must know this person.

Because these little actions all require cooperation with Ye Kunshan.

In her words, she did not blame Ye Kunshan, because she knew that he had no choice. With Emperor Shunqing's current attitude towards Ye Kunshan, he might be abandoned in the future. Therefore, doing a favor for the Shen family now would also give him one more choice and one more way out in the future.

Ye Kunshan is a smart man, and Shen Nanzhi’s words were just to the point.

A person was kicked and fell in front of the car, hitting the side wall with a dull bang.

Time is running out.

Shen Nanzhi raised an eyebrow and looked at Ye Kunshan: "Uncle Ye, what do you think? Even if Uncle Ye doesn't say it, I can find out later. It's just a waste of time. Moreover, in such a dangerous situation today, how can Uncle Ye be sure that after killing me and cousin Changan, they will not kill Uncle Ye and his daughter to silence them?"

Obviously, Ye Kunshan couldn't be sure.

Hearing this, Ye Kunshan finally looked up at Shen Nanzhi: "Do you have a way to take Qingwan away?"

His life or death is no longer important, he just wants Ye Qingwan to live well.

Shen Nanzhi nodded: "Of course."

In fact, even if Ye Kunshan had not told her this secret, Shen Nanzhi would definitely protect Ye Qingwan.

It was Ye Kunshan's duty to keep an eye on the Shen family, and Shen Nanzhi didn't blame him.

What's more, Ye Qingwan was not wrong.

The situation was urgent, and Ye Kunshan no longer hesitated. He gritted his teeth and slowly said a name: "Lin Hongrui."

Hearing this, Shen Nanzhi was suddenly stunned.

The noise of the fight outside the car was so loud that she almost thought she had misheard. She subconsciously repeated the question, "Lin Hongrui? Prince Consort Lin?"

Ye Kunshan closed his eyes, took a long sigh, and nodded silently.

Shen Nanzhi was silent.

Lin Hongrui.

A name that no one would expect.

At that moment, Shen Nanzhi couldn't help but take a breath.

The reason is simple. This man is the consort of the current princess and the biological father of Princess Jiahe, Lin Lanyin!

According to the laws of the Great Qi Dynasty, after marrying a princess, the prince consort could not enter the cabinet, could not be granted a title of nobility or become a prime minister, and could not hold military power. At most, he could only hold some dispensable and sinecure position.

The moment he married the eldest princess, he would be excluded from the political center of Da Qi.

But such an inconspicuous person was actually the one secretly trained by Emperor Shunqing to take over the military power in Longnan and eliminate the status of the Shen family!

What shocked Shen Nanzhi so much was that the eldest princess's maternal grandfather, the Zhou family, was originally a vassal king entrenched in Yuzhou. The current Yuzhou governor Zhou Zhengyong has hundreds of thousands of troops stationed there. If the eldest princess's husband Lin Hongrui were to replace the Shen family and also take charge of the military power... then the entire southwest region would become the property of the Zhou family and the eldest princess and her husband. The power of the empress dowager and the eldest princess would be unshakable, and the court would become a place where they have the final say.

Even Emperor Shunqing would be sidelined.

Although Emperor Shunqing valued the Zhou family, he was also wary of them. Before, he would rather let the empress dowager do ridiculous things in the hot spring villa than let them interfere in the affairs of the court. Given his temperament, he would never allow such a thing to happen.

But why did he choose Lin Hongrui?

Considering that Emperor Shunqing secretly sent Xiao Chuyun to Yuzhou to investigate the Zhou family, Shen Nanzhi could only think of one possibility.

As soon as this thought came to her mind, she felt a chill all over her body.

From the very beginning, Lin Hongrui was a chess piece planted by Emperor Shunqing in the lineage of the Empress Dowager and the Princess!

The thorn in the eyes that Emperor Shunqing wants to remove is not only the Shen family, but also the Zhou family and the power of the Empress Dowager and the Princess' Mansion!

Emperor Shunqing had long been eager to get rid of the constraints imposed on him by Empress Dowager Zhou's family.

Emperor Shunqing sent Xiao Chuyun out with a secret decree. This not only removed Xiao Chuyun to prevent him from helping the Shen family, but also allowed Xiao Chuyun to contain the Zhou family. This allowed Emperor Shunqing to attack the Shen family. Once Lin Hongrui succeeded, he would lead his troops to counterattack the Zhou family...

By then, all the military forces in the Longnan area would be in the hands of Emperor Shunqing.

Because of Lin Hongrui's identity, this plan was not difficult to implement.

After so many years, if he was a pawn of Emperor Shunqing, he would have already figured out some of the secret forces of the Empress Dowager and the Princess's Mansion and the Zhou family. If he turned against them...

Of course, this is just Shen Nanzhi's guess.

Moreover, she couldn't just believe everything Ye Kunshan said. She needed to do some investigation before she could make a conclusion.

Right now, we still have to avoid this disaster.

After getting the answer he wanted, Shen Nanzhi knocked on the car window and shouted in the direction of Shen Changan: "Mr. Shen, we will all be trapped here to death. Why don't we run separately!"

This was the secret code that Shen Nanzhi and Shen Changan had agreed upon in advance.

"it is good!"

Shen Changan kicked away the black-clad assassin who was trying to approach the carriage, raised his hand to wipe the blood off his face and said, "Brothers, follow me! The rest of you protect Lord Ye!"

As he said this, he suddenly kicked his horse's belly, drew his sword and charged out of the encirclement, rushing all the way to the fork on the left side of the official road ahead.

Seeing this, most of the men in black quickly drew their swords and chased after them, leaving only dozens of people trapped in the carriage.

Asi simply abandoned Shen Nanzhi's original empty carriage and climbed onto Ye Kunshan and his party's carriage.

He held the sword in one hand and the reins in the other, and rushed towards the opposite direction of Shen Changan with the carriage.

The men in black who stayed behind were a little surprised when they found that there was no one in the Shen family's carriage, but they did not delay any longer and instead chased after Ye Kunshan's carriage.

However, compared to those men in black who were chasing Shen Changan with ruthless moves and deadly swords, the dozen or so people chasing Ye Kunshan's carriage seemed more like they were just putting on an act.

After chasing for less than a mile, they retreated and focused on following Shen Changan's direction.

It can be seen that Shen Nanzhi’s previous guess was correct.

Their real target is Shen Changan and her.

The sound of the horses' hooves of the men in black gradually faded away, but Ye Qingwan didn't dare to relax at all. She grabbed Shen Nanzhi's sleeve and asked nervously, "Will Shen Changan be okay?"

When she saw Shen Changan rushing out through the gap in the carriage, he was only accompanied by five or six people, while the other side had as many as fifty or sixty people.

Moreover, since it was an assassination aimed at them, they didn't know how many backup plans and ambushes were waiting for them.

Ye Qingwan's voice trembled with worry: "How can we save him? Jingya is still waiting for him to return to the capital..."

Hearing this, Shen Nanzhi shook his head.

She, who has always been calm and reserved, also had tears in her eyes.

No matter how fast the carriage is, there is no need to ride alone. What's more, there is Ye Kunshan in the carriage, whose life is in danger because he cannot withstand the bumps.

Shen Nanzhi called a secret guard who was following him outside and asked him to ride as fast as possible to the county town ahead to seek reinforcements.

"We will only cause more trouble if we go there. Yunyan Town is no longer safe. Our best option now is to rush to the next county town and find support from the local garrison. However..."

But these people came with such force that by the time they got reinforcements, it would be too late.

Shen Nanzhi didn't say it explicitly, but Ye Qingwan had already guessed it. Her face turned pale as paper in an instant, and she couldn't speak for a long time.

I don’t know what she suddenly thought of. Her hand, which had already let go of Shen Nanzhi’s sleeve, suddenly grabbed it again.

"Zhizhi, since the dog emperor wants to deal with the Shen family, then your uncle... your uncle won't be targeted, right? He has been away from the Beijing Office for such a long time... will he be okay?"

Ye Qingwan's eyes were visibly flustered and uneasy. When she talked about Shen Huaishu, her tears were already falling uncontrollably.

It was also at this moment that Shen Nanzhi clearly realized her affection for her uncle Shen Huaishu.

Shen Huaishu is special to Ye Qingwan.

Shen Nanzhi wanted to say that nothing was wrong and didn't want to make her worry, but between them there was Ye Kunshan, whose stance was not firm.

Shen Nanzhi could only shake his head and said, "I don't know. I'm worried too, but my uncle is a lucky man. He should be fine."

Hearing this, Ye Qingwan cried even more sadly.

As she was crying, she suddenly turned her head and looked at Ye Kunshan: "The Shen family is so good to us, and the Shen family is so loyal and brave, how can father listen to that dog emperor and plot against the Shen family together? Didn't you always teach me to distinguish between loyalty and treachery, right and wrong, and justice? Where is father's justice?"

Ye Kunshan was already speechless.

No one spoke any more along the way.

When we finally arrived at Linshui County, the nearest county, we asked the county magistrate to send garrison troops to support us.

The entourage and guards of the Ye and Shen families who had been dispersed before, as well as Imperial Doctor Sun and others also came over one after another.

But in the end, there was still no sign of Shen Changan and his companions.

Until it was getting dark, Ge Qing, the county magistrate of Linshui County, returned with a broken sword and a blood-stained sleeve.

The hilt of the sword was decorated with top-quality red agate, highlighting the noble status of the sword owner.

The sleeve, which had been stained with blood and whose original color could no longer be seen, was made of the finest brocade with cloud patterns outlined on the edges with gold thread. Now, against the blood-red background, the gold cloud patterns looked even more dazzling.

The moment they saw those two things, everyone present felt as if they had been struck by a wake-up call.

Shen Changan never takes off his sword when he goes out, and that piece of sleeve seems to have been cut off from the black short shirt he was wearing today.

"Master Ye, Young Master Shen was shot by an arrow... When we arrived, he had already fallen into the Yun River due to exhaustion and disappeared. Moreover, the arrow seemed to be poisoned..."

The county magistrate also brought back several arrows that were left on the ground.

Doctor Sun took it over and after a careful examination, his face darkened and he exclaimed, "It's the venom of a Bungarus krait!"

As soon as the words fell, everyone took a deep breath.

The Bungarus multicinctus is a fatal disease that can kill people instantly. There is no medicine to cure it and no cure for it.

Moreover, this poison paralyzes the nerves. Once hit by an arrow, the person will completely lose resistance and suffer respiratory failure. What's more, Shen Changan fell into Yunjiang River at that time... he was definitely dead.

Although he had expected this outcome, the moment he actually heard these words, Ye Kunshan couldn't suppress his grief and suddenly coughed up blood.

Ye Qingwan's eyes suddenly turned red, and she said in disbelief: "Shen Changan... is he dead?"

After saying that, she subconsciously turned her head to look at Shen Nanzhi, who was dressed as a maid and had been following her since she came to Linshui County. However, there was no one behind her and there was no trace of Shen Nanzhi.

Ye Qingwan was about to ask, but when she looked up and saw Doctor Sun and the others, she had to hold back and asked, "Master Ge, could you have made a mistake? Shen Changan is so powerful, why don't you send someone to look for him again?"

Linshui County Magistrate Ge Qing shook his head and sighed, "Many people saw with their own eyes that Young Master Shen was shot in the chest with an arrow and then fell directly into the Yun River without being able to move. It's correct. But don't worry, Miss Ye. I have already ordered more people to be sent along the coast to salvage him."

The word "salvage" is only used in reference to dead bodies.