manynovel Chapter 237 Attacked
Chapter 237 Attacked
Zhou Hai suddenly felt a chill in his lower body. Jiang Youzhen was really cruel!
But there was one thing Zhou Hai couldn't figure out. "Your Highness, why did Jiang Youzhen spread such news? The news spread so quickly, she must have contributed to it, right? You could even say she was the mastermind behind it."
The Zhou family's position in the capital is deeply rooted. Who dares to offend them? The only person who has had a grudge against his family is Jiang Youzhen.
Although he felt that the grudge between Jiang Youzhen and Zhou Shi was just a minor one, since Jiang Youzhen could make Zhou Shi childless, it was not surprising that he would do such a thing.
"She is calculating, because she knows we are in the capital, and she wants to force me to deal with this matter quickly. If this matter spreads more and more, and once it reaches the capital, I will have no choice but to deal with it."
Zhou Hai was stunned. "No way? Is she that smart?"
"Things like this where ghosts of the dead come to claim lives are spread like wildfire, and the Zhou family has offended many people over the years. There are also many people who want to see me get scolded by my father. Once multiple forces get involved, it will not only be a matter for the Zhou family, and I will have to clean up the mess in the end."
This is why the Second Prince wants to bring Jiang Youzhen back to his camp. Although her way of handling things is still a bit immature, her scheming is very impressive.
Zhou Hai was speechless for a long while. He didn't expect that Jiang Youzhen could think of so much for such a small calculation. At this moment, he seemed to understand why His Highness was so polite to Jiang Youzhen.
"Tsk tsk! I didn't expect she is so good at making small investments to gain big returns. But she is only in her teens, can she really think of so much?" Zhou Hai still couldn't believe it, and suddenly he had a headache. Why are others so smart, but he has a stupid head?
"In fact, she is only restricted because of her humble family background!" The second prince smiled, then his face turned cold, "But the Zhou family has been making money in my name for so many years, now it's time to pay it back."
"Your Highness, are you really going to deal with the Zhou family?" Zhou Hai is one of the few people who knows the truth. In fact, Your Highness is not unaware of what the Zhou family has been doing over the years.
It was only out of consideration for my biological mother that I was able to tolerate them. I didn't expect that the Zhou family would become even more outrageous. It was indeed time to deal with them.
Zhou Shi's biological mother and your Highness' biological mother are sisters from the same mother. If the second prince's biological mother, Lan Huan, is a barbarian, how can the Zhou family's mistress be a sister? This is also a ridiculous thing.
The second prince's grandmother was a person of this dynasty, but his biological mother looked like his father, while Zhou Shi's mother looked like his mother.
The second prince's mother was chosen to be given to the current emperor because of her beautiful appearance. Zhou Shi's mother Jiuyu, as the eldest sister, is much less beautiful.
However, this woman had a lover back then, and Lan Huan did not want to enter the palace, so the two of them fled from the barbarians together and wanted to seek refuge with their cousin who was making a living in the capital.
But the result is predictable. How could two weak women escape from those strong guards? So Lan Huan was taken to the palace, while her sister Jiuyu was ignored by the guards and left to fend for herself.
Unexpectedly, Jiuyu was lucky enough to escape to the capital. She later married into the Zhou family in the prefectural city. There was a reason for this, but it was not important. It was just that after Jiuyu recognized her relationship with His Highness ten years ago, the Zhou family became powerful.
"Take this letter from the palace and go to the prefect Li Shunan and ask him to handle it impartially. He should know what to do. Also, go and tell the Zhou family that I have arrived in Tongzhou Prefecture."
"Yes!" Although Zhou Hai did not understand His Highness' intention, he had always been obedient. As long as he completed the tasks assigned by His Highness without fail, he did not need to understand other matters.
Lifting the tea bowl on the table to his mouth, the second prince snorted coldly, "Zhou Family! I have raised it for so long, it's time to put it to use."
When Jiang Youzhen returned, he looked at the brocade box in his hand and felt more and more that something was wrong.
How come the Second Prince really gave me 50,000 taels just because I said it was 50,000 taels? So generous? Jiang Youzhen sat in the carriage, still worried after thinking about it, so he opened the brocade box again and carefully looked at the banknotes inside one by one.
"That's right! It's true." Jiang Youzhen was puzzled.
"Forget it. Maybe I'm judging others by my own standards. It's just 50,000 taels. It's not necessary, right?" Jiang Youzhen shook his head and transferred the banknotes in the brocade box into the space.
Suddenly the carriage stopped, and Jiang Youzhen fell down and hit the wall in front of him. Just as he was about to ask what happened, he heard a loud noise from above, followed by wood chips and rags flying.
Jiang Youzhen endured the pain in his left shoulder and looked up, only to find that the carriage had no roof at all, only a big hole.
[The system has detected a danger warning, please prepare for defense! ]
Before Jiang Youzhen had time to think about it, she saw a black shadow descending rapidly from above. She immediately took out her sword from the space and rushed forward to meet it.
A crisp buzzing sound was heard, and the wall of the carriage was violently knocked open, and Jiang Youzhen flew backwards.
With blood surging in his chest, Jiang Youzhen barely landed on the ground, took several steps back, and then felt pain in his palm.
Damn it! She felt a rusty taste in her throat and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Upon seeing this, Chen Yi and the other two immediately broke away from the fight and stood guard at Jiang Youzhen's side.
"Master Jiang, are you okay?" Chen Yi looked at the man in black who was coming at him aggressively and asked while fighting him.
Nonsense! Do you think I'm okay? Jiang Youzhen wanted to curse, but his chest felt stuffy and he had no strength at all.
Chen Yi and the others didn't have time to ask questions now. A total of five men in black had already started fighting with them.
Jiang Youzhen watched their moves and found that the black-clad men's moves were extremely brutal. There were no fancy moves, only killing moves.
Of course, Chen Yi and his team were not bad either. It was just that Jiang Youzhen was in danger just now. If she hadn't been smart, she would have died by now.
She held the long sword tightly in her hand. Fortunately, the sword was of good quality, otherwise the sword would have been damaged by the previous attack. The man in black had a very strong internal force. He didn't hold back any strength when he struck her with the sword just now. He was aiming for her life.
She cursed in her heart, it must be the disaster caused by that stupid memorial. But she didn't expect those people to use a killing move right at the beginning. No matter what, they must arrest her to ask about the whereabouts of the things, right?
Three against five, but Chen Yi and his men were worthy of being the most powerful guards of the Second Prince, and they solved the problem in less than a quarter of an hour.
Chen Yiming and Chen Er searched the corpse for a while before they found a flame card.
"Leader, it's someone from the Red Gate." Chen Er said solemnly.
"Red Gate?" Chen Yi frowned. Red Gate was a rising power in the underworld in recent years. There were many assassins in the sect with high martial arts skills. They would also accept some bounty missions. Could it be that they accepted the mission to assassinate Jiang Youzhen?
"Young Master Jiang, we were negligent this time. We would like to apologize to you. We will definitely perform our duties conscientiously in the future and will not slack off." Chen Yi stepped forward and saluted. Seeing this, Chen Er and Chen San hurriedly followed.