Jian Zhaoxing

Chapter 398 A Feast at Hongmen! Survival in a Desperate Situation!

“Lin, Zhi, Qing…” he murmured these words, but the flute melody in his mind became even more pronounced.

The pain was unbearable, and Lu Huai gripped the table tightly.

He looked up and happened to see the bronze mirror placed in the room.

Strangely, he actually saw Lin Zhiqing's face reflected in the bronze mirror!
Lu Huai was puzzled, but his feet moved involuntarily toward the bronze mirror.

As soon as he reached the bronze mirror, the flute melody in his mind suddenly became clear, as if trying to stop him.

Lu Huai was caught off guard and fell to his knees in pain.

His sleeve pulled the bronze mirror to the side.

With a "bang," the bronze mirror fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

Lu Huai's chest heaved violently, as if a knife was cutting into his heart.

He endured the pain and looked at the bronze mirror again.

Lin Zhiqing, inside the bronze mirror, seemed to have shattered as well.

Do not!
No!

Unable to control himself, Lu Huai ignored the pain and picked up the fragments of the bronze mirror, piecing them together piece by piece.

It was as if, with the bronze mirror complete, Lin Zhiqing inside was also complete.

Soon, his hands were covered with tiny cuts.

“Tick-tick~”

The blood from his fingertips splattered onto the ground.

The sound was very faint, almost imperceptible.

But for some reason, Lu Huai heard a distinct ticking sound.

Furthermore, the blood didn't seem to have dripped onto the ground; rather, it seemed to have dripped onto his face.

He subconsciously raised his hand and touched his face.

There's nothing up there.

No, it shouldn't be nothing.

He remembered, he clearly remembered...

Lu Huai was taken aback. What should he remember?

"Goodbye, Lu Huai!"

A woman's voice drowned out the flute music and rang in his mind.

Then, an overwhelming pain surged forth like a torrent.

Lu Huai covered his head.

He felt something in his mind being carried away by the flute music.

The face of Lin Zhiqing in the bronze mirror has become blurred.

Do not!no!

He can't lose Lin Zhiqing!

With his last ounce of strength, Lu Huai shouted:
"Lin Zhiqing!"

……

Lin Zhiqing paused, then turned to look at the back of the carriage.

There was clearly no one there.

"Zhiqing, what's wrong?" Lin Shi'an sensed something was wrong and asked worriedly.

"It's nothing. I was probably just a little nervous and misheard." Lin Zhiqing took a deep breath.

The mountain road was winding and difficult to traverse.

The carriage swayed and rocked, the sound of its wheels clearly audible.

"Zhiqing, I'll be following behind you. Everything's been arranged, so don't worry," Lin Shi'an reassured Lin Zhiqing.

Lin Zhiqing nodded, a hint of unease in his eyes: "Cousin, will you blame me?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Lin Shi'an shook his head.

“I always put you and your cousin in danger,” Lin Zhiqing said slowly.

She had barely finished speaking when Lin Shi'an spoke up:

“You are also in danger, and a hundred times more dangerous than us.”

"Now that we've decided to do it, we must do everything well."

"Zhiqing, the Lin family is all behind you."

Lin Zhiqing slowly exhaled a breath of stale air:
"If I don't make it back tonight, cousin, you must remember what I told you."

Lin Shi'an wanted to say that he wouldn't be unable to return, but thinking of Lin Zhiqing's plan, he simply nodded: "Don't worry, I will definitely keep an eye on the Lin family while you're away."

Lin Zhiqing nodded: "If you have the energy, you can send a message to Nan Yue. She will definitely be worried about me."

"Okay," Lin Shi'an readily agreed, then couldn't help but ask, "Where's Lu Huai?"

A bitter feeling welled up in Lin Zhiqing's heart:
"He won't."

Her words were vague, and just as Lin Shi'an was about to speak, he heard some unusual movements from the woods on both sides.

He took a deep breath and looked at Lin Zhiqing: "Zhiqing, if we turn back now, we can still make it in time."

Even if tonight's plan doesn't work out, we still have other options.

"This is clearly a trap; there are too many people around!"

Lin Zhiqing shook his head: "Cousin, even if it is a trap, it is still our trap."

"We've come this far; if we fail now, all our efforts will have been in vain."

"If you want to succeed, you always have to pay a price."

"The Zhenyuan Marquis's mansion has arranged so many people for a weak woman like me; they really think highly of me."

She smiled slightly.

Lin Shi'an couldn't laugh: "The Zhenyuan Marquis's mansion is now so audacious as to openly kidnap my sister and Chaoyan to threaten you."

"They knew you wouldn't abandon your older sister and Asagao."

Lin Zhiqing gently shook his head: "Cousin, you're wrong."

"We knew they would target my cousin."

She stopped there and didn't go on to elaborate.

With more and more people around, it wouldn't be good if we talked too much and the plans changed.

Lin Shi'an swallowed all his words.

The two remained silent the entire way, but the sound of the carriage grew louder and louder.

Lin Shi'an dropped Lin Zhiqing off not far from the mountaintop and then stopped.

This final journey can only be undertaken by Lin Zhiqing alone.

The night was quiet, but this quietness was only superficial.

When Lin Shi'an parked his car, he keenly heard the sounds of people gathering around him from the shadows.

His heart was in his throat, and he couldn't put it down.

"Zhiqing, remember, you must be careful."

“Cousin, I understand. Do you remember what I told you?” Lin Zhiqing said, while tightly gripping Lin Shi’an’s arm.

Lin Shi'an nodded: "I remember."

After saying that, he mouthed to Lin Zhiqing that there were people from the Lin family waiting for him on the other side of the mountain.

Lin Zhiqing nodded and got off the carriage.

Lin Shi'an watched her figure walk further and further away, then calmly drove away.

After the carriage disappeared into the woods, he quietly got off and walked into the darkness.

mountain top.

Jiang Yunhe and Jiang Liuyun were very well hidden.

What we did today was not honorable and was extremely risky.

They cannot show themselves, at least not let others see them appear on Qiwu Mountain.

Jiang Liuyun stared motionlessly at the flat ground below.

Lin Yangyang and Chaoyan were tied to chairs, completely silent.

Jiang Liuyun felt uneasy because he saw a frail figure slowly appear on the flat ground.

Lin Zhiqing was very cautious, looking around before approaching Lin Yangyang and Chaoyan.

But after taking only a few steps, with a "whoosh," a throwing knife landed on the ground in front of Lin Zhiqing.

This was a warning to her not to go any further.

Lin Zhiqing took a deep breath and looked up in the direction from which the throwing knife had been thrown.

There was no one there, but Lin Zhiqing knew that the Jiang family father and son were there.

She spoke in a deep voice:
"Even now, you're still too ashamed to show yourselves to anyone?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Liuyun was about to speak, but Jiang Yunhe stopped him.

Jiang Yunhe stepped forward, his voice unusually harsh, completely different from his usual tone:
"Lin Zhiqing, get this straight, now it's your turn to beg us. I advise you to be sensible."

"You know where Yan Yu is, right?"