Chapter 12: The Killing Opportunity Rises

The night was deep, and a crescent moon was wrapped in layers of clouds, and the smoke shrouded in that little light, and the sparse light seemed too faint in the thick of the night, and it was not very clear to see the scenery at night.

Concubine Li was alone, in a hurry in this night, and she didn't turn on the lights, looking left and right to avoid anyone seeing her. Quietly walked to the theater pavilion, this theater was still the place where the play was watched earlier, and then a palace maid hanged herself here, because she was unlucky, and she never used it again.

Li Guifei gently pushed open the wooden door, the door in disrepair made a sharp "squeak" sound, stepped into the house lightly, and just closed the door, Li Guifei was hugged by someone, so frightened that she covered her mouth and stifled the scream.

"You're scared me to death!" Concubine Li punched the other party's solid chest, glared at the other party angrily, and shouted in a breath voice.

"Miss me!" The man who came was burly, with bronzed skin, sharp eyes, and a rich voice, it was Zheng Ze of Zhonglangjun. This person is brave and good at fighting, but unfortunately he has an impatient temper and is not liked by the emperor, so he is over forty years old and is still only a Zhonglang army.

"Put me down, I have something to tell you." Concubine Li came out of Zheng Ze's arms and pushed him away.

"What's the matter?" Zheng Ze frowned, a little impatient.

"Shen Qingyan, it's too much of an eyesore." Concubine Li had a cold face and said with a straight face.

"Shen Qingyan? Isn't that the daughter of the Shen family? Qiu Ze frowned even deeper when he heard Shen Qingyan's name, he understood what Concubine Li meant, but he didn't want to offend the Shen family.

"Scared?" Concubine Li did not hide the sarcasm in her eyes, she didn't love the man in front of her, she was just a tool for herself to vent, and of course, a tool to clear obstacles for herself.

"You also know the power of the Shen family, if the matter is revealed......" Zheng Ze's words were interrupted by Concubine Li before he could finish speaking.

"What do you want to do so much! Removing Shen Qingyan is just to pave the way for Yuan'er, and in the future, Yuan'er will sit on the throne, can I miss your benefits! Concubine Li frowned impatiently, unwilling to look at the man of her mother-in-law.

Zheng Zemo clutched his fingers, pondered Li Guifei's words, and in a blink of an eye, he changed his smiling face and hugged Li Guifei into his arms flatteringly, "Okay, okay, I know." As he spoke, he hugged Concubine Li and walked inside.

The night grew darker and deeper, and even a little moonlight was about to disappear.

The next day, Shen Qingchen took the lazy Shen Qingyan to the nearby market early in the morning, saying that he wanted to pick a gift for his sister who was about to get married.

"Are you too lazy to pick out a gift for me?" Shen Qingyan yawned and glanced at Shen Qingchen.

"What do you mean by being lazy? Is this a choice to respect for you? Shen Qingchen picked and chose from the hanging ornaments on the street with both hands, but he didn't pick anything he was satisfied with.

"Then why are you choosing jewelry here and not taking me to the Phoenix Butterfly Pavilion?" Shen Qingyan looked at his brother's back with some resentment and wrinkled his nose.

"No, money." Shen Qingchen didn't even look back, threw down these two words word by word and strode towards the next stall.

Shen Qingyan followed behind Shen Qingchen slowly, smiled helplessly, and pursed his lips. Just when she wanted to say something to tease her brother, she was attracted by the noise behind her.

“...... You broke the jade pendant...... I can't help but give money...... "Standing at the stall was a white-haired old man, who was very old, and his words were a little unpleasant.

"Old man! Your jade pendant is originally bad and you still sell it, you are old and confused! On the other side was a man dressed in satin, with a fierce look, holding a jade pendant that had been broken into two pieces.

The old man cowered and was not the man's opponent at all, seeing the man scolding and stretching out his hand to hit the old man, but none of the people around him stopped him. Shen Qingyan frowned and wanted to step forward to help the old man, but was stopped by Shen Qingchen. Shen Qingchen stuffed a pendant he had just picked in his hand into Shen Qingyan's hand, intending to grab the man, but suddenly stopped.

"This brother is a little too much." The woman was dressed in an indigo water skirt, her black hair hung down to the thighs, she combed her hair in a bun at will, and there was no jewelry in her hair, only a light blue wildflower, a palm-sized face, her complexion was white, her eyes were bright, her nose was very clever, her eyes were full of light, and a pair of heroic eyebrows were slightly raised at this time, full of playfulness.

Shen Qingchen listened to the woman's hearty and low voice, and stood in place with his arms crossed, with interest. This woman is not as delicate and weak as the canary raised in the boudoir, but the atmosphere is hearty, and there is a heroic spirit between her eyebrows.

The man was suddenly pulled by the shoulder, staggered and almost fell, turned around and clenched his fists and just wanted to walk over, but when he saw such a beautiful woman with a unique temperament, he immediately changed his face and smiled obscenely.

"What's the little beauty looking for her brother...... Yes! The man stretched out his hand to pinch the woman's chin, but the woman grabbed her fingers and let out a scream. Suddenly withdrew his hand, and the knuckles of his fingers were already red and swollen.

"Give the money of the jade pendant to the old man." The woman laughed, glanced at the man disdainfully, and clapped her hands.

"Stinky bitch!" The man looked at the woman's disdainful eyes and the snickering of the people around him, and he was annoyed and angry, and rushed towards the woman regardless of it.

The woman didn't even blink her eyes, quietly watched the man rush over, and at the moment when she was about to touch her, she stretched out her foot and kicked the man's stomach, and the man fell to the ground with a "bang", and slid a few meters, the silk clothes were covered with dust, and even damaged in a few places due to friction with the ground, which was very embarrassing.

There was laughter around, the man glared at the people around him fiercely, staggered up, and tried to run away while the woman didn't come, but he was pressed to the ground again, and the sudden gravity of his chest made him cough non-stop.

"You didn't lose any money, but you want to run?" Shen Qingchen stepped on the man's chest with one foot, and secretly exerted force on his foot, causing the man to scream in pain.

"Ahem...... Cough...... I pay ...... Compensation, mercy at the feet. The man's face turned red, not only because of the pain of being crushed in his chest, but also because of being humiliated in the street.

Shen Qingchen slowly lifted his feet, and the man got up from the ground with a rolling belt, took a few pieces of broken silver from his waist with trembling hands, stuffed them into Shen Qingchen's hands in fear, and ran away, for fear that Shen Qingchen would change his hexagram again.

Shen Qingchen took the broken silver in his hand and shook it in the air a few times, walked to the old man's side, put the broken silver in the old man's hand, thanked him again and again just smiled, and looked sideways at a few women who were looking at him directly without a trace, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but provoke, it was also unusual, Mu Cheng has always been conservative, and practiced "the order of parents, the words of matchmakers" is very sufficient, men can have three wives and four concubines, and there are countless beauties, but women must avoid suspicion, and they must keep a certain distance in the face of the opposite sex, not to mention like now, A big girl who had not yet come out of the cabinet stared straight at the man. Shen Qingchen seemed to pick the old man's jade pendant unconsciously, and he was secretly laughing and full of interest in his heart.

Shen Qingyan stood aside and took everything in his eyes, how could he not see that his brother was careful about his idea, and raised his eyebrows, this old bachelor has finally ushered in spring. Shen Qingyan lowered his head and smiled, walked forward slowly, and looked at the woman with a smile, very satisfied with this future sister-in-law.

"Just now, the girl was really a woman who didn't let her eyebrows, and I didn't know the girl's name." Shen Qingyan saw that the woman had been staring at Shen Qingchen and didn't speak, and Shen Qingchen's big pig's trotters were also unenlightened, so she begged her sister-in-law to help the two of them.

“...... Shen Qingyan? Unexpectedly, the woman turned her head when she heard Shen Qingyan's voice, and called out Shen Qingyan's name with a surprised face.

"The girl knows me?" Shen Qingyan was a little puzzled, she was sure that she had not seen the woman in front of her.

"Uh...... Who doesn't know the famous first beauty in Mucheng, I am Zhang Jinyu. Zhang Jinyu was a little flustered, although he knew the character of Shen Qingyan, but he had never seen her before, and the reason why he knew her was because he had seen her by the lake when he reported to Yin Qi last time, this beauty who made the iron tree bloom.

"You are Zhang Jinyu? Ling's father and my father are close friends, and I often hear Uncle Zhang talk about my sister, but I have never seen it, but I didn't expect to meet my sister in such a way today. Shen Qingyan was very surprised, and glanced at Shen Qingchen, who was also very surprised, and smiled secretly.

"Then, this is Shen Qingchen Shen's eldest son." Zhang Jinyu's gaze returned to Shen Qingchen's body again, his eyes were shining.

"Exactly down there." Shen Qingchen looked at Zhang Jinyu and squinted his eyes with a smile, his eyes were gentle and deep.

Zhang Jinyu looked at Shen Qingchen's handsome face and soft gaze, and the blush slowly climbed up to the pretty face, but he still looked at him generously, curled the corners of his mouth, and the combination of sassy heroism and women's shyness was very amorous.

Shen Qingyan looked at the two people who were looking at each other, tilting his head, it seemed that his brother would soon find his home.

"Since it's so fateful, why don't we go to the teahouse and have a good chat." Shen Qingyan took Zhang Jinyu's hand, not realizing that Zhang Jinyu had just come out of the teahouse, Zhang Jinyu did not resist, and took Shen Qingyan's hand and walked towards the teahouse together, while Shen Qingchen followed behind the two.

The teahouse is not quiet, even a little noisy, it is more like a small restaurant than a teahouse.

"Guest officer, please! Yo, the girl is coming back to find the ...... just now" Xiao Er saw the three of them walk in and shouted and came forward, and when he saw Zhang Jinyu coming back again, he asked with some confusion, but was directly interrupted by Zhang Jinyu.

"Find us a side room, serve a pot of Longjing before the rain, and serve a few side dishes." Zhang Jinyu glanced at Xiao Er with a warning while commanding, and Xiao Er led the way in front with a smile.

Shen Qingyan was a little puzzled about the reaction of Xiao Er and Zhang Jinyu just now, but she didn't ask out loud, she just continued to follow Zhang Jinyu with a smile, and she was not interested in breaking other people's secrets. Shen Qingchen still silently followed behind him, and he had already guessed about Zhang Jinyu and "that one". In fact, the Zhang family is under Yin Qiyu, and Zhang Jinyu is Yin Qi's right-hand man, today, it is estimated that he came to talk to Yin Qi secretly, and although he Shen Qingchen knows the existence and location of Zhang Jinyu, he has never seen it for various reasons, and he does not want to see it today, it is indeed such a unique beauty. It is undeniable that when he knew that Zhang Jinyu, who was on the same front as him, was the person in front of him, his heart was overflowing with joy.

Shen Qingchen followed behind the two, and the last one entered the wing room, and looked behind him as if unintentionally before entering the room, since Zhang Jinyu was here to talk secretly, "that" should still be in the teahouse now.