forced into marriage

After lunch, he immediately set off for Jin'an, and Lin Xi saw him off.

After sending Chu Yu away, Lin Xi returned to the courtyard and happened to see Xie Yuncen who was about to leave.

"Where are you going?"

"Oh, I thought about it last night. You can't always stay with Mr. Lin. It will be inconvenient for outsiders, so why leave." After saying that, he wanted to leave.

But Lin Xi stretched out his hand to stop him. With Lin Xi's temperament, it is naturally impossible to let him go. Moreover, if he leaves here and is seen by Yan Xiangzhi's people, then something will happen to him.

"That won't work! What if you leave, and the surname Yan sends someone to hurt you again?"

Seeing Lin Xi's persistence, he had no choice but to agree.

Xie Yuncen didn't leave quietly until nightfall.

In the afternoon, Chu Yutong and Suqing left the city early and entered dozens of miles outside the city. At this speed, they could reach Jin'an at dawn tomorrow. This is already their fastest speed. .

As soon as they drove their horses through a forest, there was a flying knife flying towards him in the forest.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough, otherwise the knife would have pierced the throat directly.

He leaped off his horse and dodged the flying knife.

"Come out!" Su Qing drew his saber to get ready, and shouted in the direction where the saber came from.

Without hearing the sound from the other side, Su Qing drew out his sword and walked in that direction.

Suddenly a stone flew towards him, and he blocked it with his sword.

Hearing the sound of landing behind him, he turned around and saw a masked man in black fighting with Chu Yu.

Since Chu Yu had something to say earlier, he didn't dare to step forward to help.

After a while, the man in black stopped beating and retreated a few meters away from Chu Yu.

"Who the hell are you? Why are you here?"

"Your Highness doesn't need to know who you are, you just need to know that tonight is His Highness' death day."

After he finished speaking, he didn't make any next move. He just stood there, waiting for Chu Yu's question.

Su Qing was in a hurry, and put the sword on his neck.

"It's okay not to die, but there are conditions."

"It's not certain who will die?" Su Qing stared at his eyes, lowered the sword on his neck to cut open his skin, and some blood oozes out.

"This king has never met you before, and he thinks he has no grievances with you, so why did you kill me?" Chu Yu looked at him and shook his head repeatedly.

Is there really a grudge? It shouldn't be!I haven't had any contact with anyone in the officialdom for several years, so who wants to kill... Strictly ask him!

He remembered that the whole capital wanted him dead the most, and this was the only one.

Chu Yu: "Are you sent by Yan Xiangzhi?"

"Yes and no."

He also didn't like this way of beating around the bush, so it was better to be straightforward, so he took off the veil directly.

What Chu Yu saw was Xie Yuncen, he frowned slightly and stared at him: "Why are you close to Lin Xi?"

Who would have thought that this would be the first question Chu Yu asked after seeing his true face?

Xie Yuncen raised his eyebrows, with a smile on his face: "My lord always thinks of Mr. Lin, so if you deceived him for the sake of the Chu family, would you like it?"

"My king asked, why did you approach him?!"

He is not in the mood to talk to him about cheating or not, as long as it will hurt Lin Xi, he will not let it go.

"From now on, I will answer this question myself. The prince only needs to answer whether I wish or not?"

Seeing that Chu Yu was definitely unwilling, he didn't have much time, so he told him directly.

"Your Majesty, Xie Yuncen, the owner of the Tianyin Pavilion, has met His Highness King Ning, and what he said just now was to help His Highness get rid of Yan Xiangzhi together. As for your approach to Mr. Lin, it was really an accident. This time when you return to Beijing, it's time to come back It's all about collecting debts from my so-called father."

What he said was true, Chu Yu was dubious.

Chu Yu called out Su Qing and asked him to put down his sword. Although Su Qing obeyed his orders and withdrew his sword, he looked at Chu Yu suspiciously: "Your Highness, how can you believe this person's one-sided words!"

Xie Yuncen smiled without saying a word.

He didn't need to listen to other people's words, he just cared about Chu Yu's answer.

After thinking for a moment, Chu Yu agreed.

"Your Highness!" Su Qing was puzzled.

Chu Yu shook his head at him, then looked at Xie Yuncen again: "How?"

"Your Highness is smart."

Then Xie Yuncen informed the two of them of the plan.

Before dawn, Su Qing took the seriously injured Chu Yu back to Prince Ning's Mansion. In order not to disturb Lin Xi, he quietly placed Chu Yu in Yunshuiju. In Xiao Ran's ears, Lin Xi, who was naturally still asleep, was also awakened.

I didn't even have time to put on my clothes, so I ran to Yunshuiju in bare feet without shoes.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Chu Yu lying motionless on the bed with blood on his body. He felt that the whole air was filled with a strong smell of blood, and...so weak that he might...

Xiao Ran was chasing him with his shoes and a coat, and saw him standing at the door, step by step from slow to the side of Chu Yu's bed, Xiao Ran put on the coat for him.

Lin Xi looked at the weak man in front of him in disbelief, and touched his hand, which was stained with blood.

He looked at the blood on Chu Yu's hands and body, and immediately turned his head to look at Su Qing who was also injured standing aside: "What's going on! Aren't you going to Jin'an? How did you get hurt?!"

"Suddenly encountered an assassin last night, but the assassin's martial arts skills are extremely high, His Highness..."

Su Qing didn't continue talking.

"Look for the imperial doctor! Bring the imperial doctor! Nothing will happen to him! Nothing will happen to him! It won't...it won't..."

Lin Xi held Chu Yu's hand tightly, and Su Qing immediately went to the palace to bring the imperial physician.

"Young master..." Xiao Ran knelt beside him.

Lin Xi ignored it, looked at Chu Yu, and cried in fright.

"Chu Yu! Hold on to me! Don't die! You said you were going to celebrate my birthday, you can't lie! Chu Yu, did you hear that!"

Seeing Lin Xi's appearance now makes people feel distressed.

"My lord! The doctor is here!"

When Su Qing came back with Chu Yu, Uncle Li saw it, and immediately went to the street to find a doctor.

It was so early, no one opened the door, this person came because Uncle Li knocked on the door one by one.

Seeing the doctor coming, Lin Xi quickly stood up and gave up his seat.

The doctor didn't hesitate at all when he saw his injury, and took his hand as soon as he came, feeling his pulse.

The three people on the side all looked at the doctor with wrong expressions.

"Doctor, how is your highness?" Uncle Li asked.

"Go get a pot of hot water quickly, find gauze, wine, and scissors, stop the bleeding first."

After speaking, Lin Xi wanted to go, but was stopped by Uncle Li and Xiao Ran.

Soon, something came.

"You all go out!"

Lin Xi was dragged out by them.

The door was closed, and they could only wait at the door.

After repeated persuasion by the two, Lin Xi put on his shoes and robe, and kept his eyes on the door all the time.

At this time, someone came, it was Xie Yuncen.

"What happened, why are you all around here?"

The three of them turned to him at the same time, and Lin Xi noticed his shoes: "Yun Cen, why is there dirt on your shoes?"

Xie Yuncen glanced at the shoes and explained, "Maybe where I got them when I came here just now."

"Why is there blood on your hands?"

Lin Xi didn't explain to him, and continued to stare at the door.

Xiao Ran explained it to Xie Yuncen.

Soon Su Qing also brought the imperial physician, and this time Chu Yi also followed.

This time it was not a coincidence for him, just as he was about to go to court, he heard the word from his father-in-law that Chu Yu was seriously injured, so he came directly without thinking, keeping the group of officials who were waiting for the emperor to go to court.

"How is it now?" Chu Yi had already heard Su Qing talk about the situation on the way, when the imperial physician had already entered.

Everyone shook their heads.

"Why are you all surrounded here?" Yan Qi who was disturbed rushed over.

"Why is the emperor here?" She came to Lin Xi, noticed it, and grabbed his hand to see, "Sister-in-law, are you injured? How did you do it?"

Now Lin Xi doesn't want to talk to anyone, just stares at the door wholeheartedly.

It was also someone else who explained the situation to Yan Qi.

After nearly half an hour, the door opened.

Everyone looked at the door opened by You Li. The heads of the two doctors were covered with sweat, and there was still blood on their hands. Lin Xi looked at them.

The imperial doctor spoke first: "The bleeding has stopped, and the pulse has stabilized, but whether you can wake up or not depends on His Highness."

"Then can I go in and have a look?"

The imperial doctor shook his head, but the doctor on the other side said it was okay, but only one person went in, and that must be Lin Xi.

Uncle Li took the two of them to rest first, the others left the courtyard for fear of disturbing them, Yan Qi walked at the end, looked at the people in front and felt something was wrong, Xie Yuncen was still there just now, where are they now?

She didn't speak, just left the yard, and ran to the meditation courtyard, the house where Xie Yuncen lived temporarily, was there no one?

After Lin Xi came in, he just knelt by the bed and kept holding Chu Yu's hand. The doctor said to be quiet, so he didn't speak, but his body was visibly shaking, and he was afraid.

And the Prime Minister's Mansion on the other side.

Chu Yi was not there this morning, so he didn't go to court, and they all came back. Yan Xiangzhi was happy on the way back. As soon as he came in, he happened to be in the front hall, and Mrs. Li was bringing out a small bowl of soup.

Seeing Yan Xiangzhi coming back, he quickly put it down and went to greet him: "Master, why did you come back so early today?"

At the same time, he smiled very happily: "Has something happy happened to you?"

He pulled Li Shi to sit on the chair, and Li Shi sat opposite him. He held her hand and couldn't wait to tell her the good news.

"The emperor didn't come to court today, why do you think he didn't come?"

Li shook his head.

"Chu Yu was assassinated on the way to Jin'an last night, and he probably died soon." Thinking about it now makes him happy.

Although it was only the last step, as long as Chu Yu died, no one would threaten him anymore.

Mrs. Li was not as happy as him, but just broke away from Yan Xiangzhi's hand, and pushed the soup in front of him: "Master, drink the soup first, or you will have a headache again."

Yan Xiangzhi was probably dazzled by the joy, so he picked up the bowl without saying a word, blew on it and drank it in one gulp.

He had to write a letter to thank the people in Tianyin Pavilion: "Come here!"

No response? He yelled again, but there was also no response, which made him feel strange.

"People? Where did they all go?"

Mrs. Li sat on the side without making a sound, and her expression was a little dignified.

Finally, someone came, but... why are you covering your face?

Xie Yuncen, who left early, is at the prime minister's mansion.

But he came with a different identity, but he was wearing a white brocade robe and a white gauze covering his face.

"Prime Minister, it's better not to shout, everyone is gone."

"Who are you?" Yan Xiangzhi didn't recognize him.

Xie Yuncen smiled: "I promised you, Tianyin Pavilion is done, so my condition, shouldn't it be fulfilled?"

Hearing what he said, he connected with the man in black.

Immediately greeted him with a smile, stood up: "Naturally, I don't know what this time... is it?"

Xie Yuncen drew a sword from his waist and pointed at Yan Xiangzhi's throat, Yan Xiangzhi was so frightened that he trembled when he spoke: "What... what does this mean?"

"Life for life."

No wonder the conditions were told directly before, but this time, he was not told, which made him wait.

He was naturally afraid, after all he couldn't guess the strength of the person in front of him, and now the servants in the mansion were missing.

He remembered what Li Shi said that night: "How about this, can you ask for other conditions, except this, I will promise you anything you ask."

"What if I disagree?" Xie Yuncen's sword was already at his throat, as long as he exerted force, Yan Xiangzhi would definitely die.

Seeing that the other party was not interested, Yan Xiangzhi pulled out a dagger from the back of his waist, and was about to slash at Xie Yuncen, but was restrained by the person behind him, and the dagger fell to the ground.

"you!"

He couldn't believe that the person next to him would treat him like this.

"Prime Minister, it's better not to move. Is this soup still delicious?" Li Shi put his hands behind his back, and Yan Xiangzhi bent over.

"Are you poisoned?"

Li chose not to answer.

Xie Yuncen bent down and raised his hand, pinching Yan Xiangzhi's chin, forcing him to raise his head and look at him. At the same time, with the other hand, he tore off the veil, and looked at him with a smile on his lips: "This result, father, can you still accept it?" satisfy?"