Jian Zhaoxing

Chapter 364 Beauty Trap

Yan Yu was not swayed by her gaze, and simply shrugged:

"Don't give me that crap. I'm not some Lu Huai."

"Tell me your plan first, and then I'll decide whether or not to help you."

"My plan is, of course, very simple." Lin Zhiqing smiled radiantly:

"Yan Yu, have you ever heard of the honey trap?"

Yan Yu looked at Lin Zhiqing warily, then crossed his arms and exclaimed dramatically, "Don't do anything rash! I sell my art, not my body!"

Lin Zhiqing rolled her eyes again:
"The beauty I'm referring to is me. What does that have to do with you?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Yu was even more incredulous. His eyes widened and his mouth gaped open.

"You? What kind of beauties are you and the skeleton demon? Do you think I've never seen a beauty before?"

"Do you have to be so dramatic? How am I not a beauty?" Lin Zhiqing was almost speechless.

She was a bit thin, but her looks were undeniably stunning.

Yan Yu patted his chest:
"You're nowhere near as good as me, but I won't bow down for a pittance. As long as I'm not the beauty in that honey trap, that's fine."

"With me here, do I need you?" Lin Zhiqing's tone was somewhat sarcastic.

Putting everything else aside, the sandpiper is indeed beautiful, the kind of beauty that is androgynous and exquisitely delicate.

This person is wonderful whether he is a man or a woman.

However, this was just wishful thinking. Lin Zhiqing shook off the jumbled thoughts in her mind and spoke again:
"I don't need you to do anything else, just show your face at crucial moments and let the people of the Zhenyuan Marquis's mansion notice you."

"Kill someone for me while you're at it."

Yan Yu understood at this point, and he raised an eyebrow and smiled:
"The key point is the killing, isn't it?"

"You made your cousin kill someone for you, and now you want me to take the blame?"

"What kind of scapegoating is this? If my cousin were to intervene, everyone would know he's a member of the Lin family, and the plan would fail." Lin Zhiqing simply offered a sweet deal:

"Anyway, I'm doing all this to find out about my father. If you help me, you won't lose anything. I'll help you find people, how about that?"

"Who said we were looking for someone?" Yan Yu pouted.

"Forget it, I can see through your expressions. You just want to find someone." Lin Zhiqing smiled.

"I really can help you."

Yan Yu waved his hand: "You don't need to worry about that. If you offer yourself to me, I can consider it."

He was clearly just talking nonsense.

"Dream on." Lin Zhiqing didn't respond.

"You want me to repay you with my body? Are you perhaps coveting our Lin family?"

"The Lin family?" Yan Yu seemed to have heard something amusing:
"Forget about the Lin family. I'll agree to your request, but don't interfere in my affairs anymore."

In other words, he didn't want Lin Zhiqing to interfere in his search for people.

"No problem, it's a pleasure to cooperate." Lin Zhiqing agreed readily.

Yan Yu quickly realized what was happening, and without any hesitation, he picked up his fan and tapped Lin Zhiqing on the head:

"Were you just waiting for me to bring this up?"

"All's fair in war." Lin Zhiqing shrugged, with an expression that said, "What can you do about it?"

Yan Yu wasn't angry; he simply swayed his hips as he walked out.

"I've been staying at the Lin family's residence these past few days, so you'd better keep a close eye on the servants in your Lin family."

"Otherwise, I'll have to take action."

After saying that, he disappeared out the door in the blink of an eye. He was also a trained martial artist.

Lin Zhiqing sighed slightly. Why was she the only one who didn't know martial arts?

But that's not important. What's important is the poetry gathering in a few days!
Lin Zhiqing made thorough preparations, and before going to the poetry gathering, she even went to Lu Nanyue to get a little bit of medicine with special uses.

On the day of the poetry gathering, Lin Zhiqing specially arranged for someone to wait outside the Zhenyuan Marquis's residence. Only after confirming that Jiang Liuyun had also left did she board the carriage.

Jiang Liuyun, son of the Minister of Justice, believes that both of these are indispensable for the success of this plan.

The carriage traveled at a moderate speed and soon arrived at the vicinity of the Green Bamboo Poetry Gathering.

Lin Zhiqing first went to the Lin family's shop for a while before going to the nearby Qingzhu Villa.

This place is similar to the previous Peach Blossom Spring; it's all for people to enjoy.

Seeing that there were carriages and sedan chairs from the mansions of some high-ranking officials and nobles parked at the gate, Lin Zhiqing looked around and found that the carriage from the Ministry of Justice's mansion had not yet arrived, so she waited for a while.

Lin Zhiqing only put on her veil and followed after the carriage of the Minister of Justice's residence stopped at the gate and the Minister's son got off.

After entering the villa, Lin Zhiqing observed the direction the literati were heading and roughly determined the location of the poetry gathering.

That place should be closed off, and Lin Zhiqing could only walk around the perimeter, but that was enough.

She slowly walked towards the bamboo grove.

At the same time, Jiang Liuyun entered the villa.

He was inwardly agitated, but he still had to put on a smile and deal with the people coming and going around him.

After finally getting some peace and quiet, his gaze inadvertently drifted forward, and then he paused.

Seeing this, the attendant beside him stepped forward:
"Prince?"

"It's nothing." Jiang Liuyun withdrew his gaze.

He had thought he had seen Lin Zhiqing.

However, the red-clad figure flashed by in an instant, and Lin Zhiqing would never wear such a bright color, so perhaps I was mistaken.

After thinking for a moment, he spoke again to the attendant:

"Has the Lin family made any unusual moves today?"

The servant answered with practiced ease, "Miss Lin went out early this morning to inspect the Lin family's shops. Everything else is normal."

Jiang Liuyun didn't say anything more. Thinking of what his father had promised him, he clenched his fist and walked towards the poetry gathering.

Upon arriving at the poetry gathering, Jiang Liuyun's eyes began to search the room.

Upon closer inspection, he realized that the poetry gathering was quite large, and everyone present was someone he could name.

Among them, Li Jinzhi, the son of the Minister of Justice, is particularly noteworthy.

This young man has the appearance of the Minister of Justice; he is very handsome.

He sat upright in an inconspicuous spot, clearly a former soldier, an anomaly compared to the more casual people.

Upon seeing Jiang Liuyun, only a slight awkwardness flashed across his face before he and the others stepped forward to greet him.

In terms of family background, among those at this poetry gathering, the grandson of the Grand Tutor and the son of the Duke of Pei are the most prominent, followed by Jiang Liuyun.

The son of the Duke of Pei spoke briefly with Jiang Liuyun before turning to talk to others, while the grandson of the Grand Tutor was very enthusiastic towards Jiang Liuyun.

Li Jin stepped forward to greet them, then returned to his original position. Although his expression remained unchanged, his movements were not as natural as before.

Jiang Liuyun raised an eyebrow, exchanged pleasantries with the others, and then walked towards Li Jinzhi.

“Brother Jinzhi, it’s been a long time. You haven’t changed much from before.” Jiang Liuyun sat down beside him.

Li Jinzhi chuckled dryly: "I heard that Young Master Jiang has been preoccupied with trivial matters lately, yet he still has time to attend a poetry gathering?"

"Of course, it's been a long time since I've seen Brother Jinzhi. When I heard that Brother Jinzhi had come, I naturally had to come and see him."