SFS Chapter 235 Revenge Card
Chapter 235 Revenge Card
Old Master Li looked up and saw Chu Lingfeng's face as gloomy as ink, his brows furrowed as if they could pinch a fly to death, so he wisely closed his mouth and said no more.
Everyone outside had been waiting anxiously for a long time, their heels almost numb from standing. Finally, they saw Chu Lingfeng and Old Man Li walking out one after another. The solemn atmosphere enveloped the two of them like a dark cloud, making it difficult for everyone else to breathe.
Li Qiuyue stared at the door with her heart in her throat. It was not until she saw her grandfather walk out unharmed that her heartstrings, which were so tense that they seemed about to break, finally relaxed. When she came to her senses, she felt a chill on her back, which was already soaked with cold sweat.
She didn't care about anything else and hurried to Mr. Li's side. Just as she was about to ask, she saw the old man shaking his head slightly at her and giving her a reassuring look. Li Qiuyue had to swallow back the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
Guo Fanyu's capture was like a stone thrown into a lake, causing ripples in everyone's hearts. Most people secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but Sun Ying was the only one who felt a surge of fear and anxiety in her heart.
Although the "evil wolf" Guo Fanyu has been captured, the manipulator hidden in the darkness behind him is still at large. As long as he is not caught, Sun Ying will feel that she is in danger all the time, as if every breath of air around her is hiding deadly danger.
She looked at Chu Lingfeng eagerly, her heart scratching like a kitten. She eagerly hoped that Chu Lingfeng would agree to the conditions she had proposed before. That was the only life-saving straw she could grasp at the moment.
However, Chu Lingfeng stood still like a wooden sculpture, with a stern expression, as if he had thrown Sun Ying's matter out of the window. He was even too stingy to even give her an extra glance, which made Sun Ying even more uncertain and anxious.
Sun Ying was extremely scared of Murong Ling'er, fearing that this old lady would cause trouble for her again, so she didn't dare to go to Chu Lingfeng rashly for a while. She could only sit in the corner, secretly anxious and fidgeting. Her look of being an ant on the hot pan made people feel pity for her.
Murong Ling'er heard every word of the secret conversation between Chu Lingfeng and Mr. Li.
It turned out that Concubine Rong sent people to search for Sun Ying everywhere because it was she who had previously designed to send the prince to Leizhou City. The carefully planned strategy in Leizhou City ultimately failed, which made Concubine Rong very angry and made her more determined to get rid of Prince Zhao Hao.
She knew very well that there was an irreconcilable blood feud between the Sun family and Zhao Hao. The battle of Leizhou City had left the Sun family torn apart and their people dead. Sun Ying must have hated Zhao Hao with a vengeance.
So, Concubine Rong played Sun Ying as the "revenge card", thinking that if she could find a way to change Sun Ying's appearance and send her to the Eastern Palace, given Sun Ying's personality, she would definitely try her best to launch a fierce revenge on Zhao Hao.
By then, she only needs to sit on the sidelines and watch the fight between the two tigers, and she can reap the benefits. Even if Sun Ying fails in her revenge in the end, it will not be a loss for Concubine Rong. After all, Sun Ying has been kept in the dark from beginning to end and has no idea who is the mastermind behind all this.
However, Concubine Rong had planned everything, but she never expected that Sun Ying would end up in Chu Lingfeng's hands. This is truly a case of man proposing, God disposes.
Sun Ying had already been targeted by Concubine Rong, like a lamb caught by a hungry wolf. Now, they had plotted to harm Guo Fanyu, which undoubtedly poured hot oil on Concubine Rong's wrath. How could the Guo family, with its long history of nobles, swallow this insult? They would inevitably launch a fierce revenge like a storm.
When Chu Lingfeng thought of this, his brows were deeply furrowed, and he secretly thought that he would have to struggle forward in this turbulent situation in the days to come. However, this was exactly what he wanted. He was not a coward. On the contrary, he secretly hoped to find a ray of truth in this changing situation and to expose all the evil spirits hiding in the dark.
Thinking of this, Murong Ling'er's gaze gently slid across Sun Ying's face, which looked even paler due to panic, like the wind blowing across the lake, leaving no trace, and then she threw this person out of her mind like a discarded old shoe.
She had a bigger plan in mind, and these small-time characters were just chess pieces that she could discard at any time.
That night, Chu Lingfeng lay on the couch, staring at the ceiling. The truths revealed by Mr. Li kept circling in his mind like ghosts, keeping him awake all night.
His thoughts were like a kite with a broken string, drifting wildly, and he recalled the scene when He Hong brought down the Lin family at the cost of his own life.
At that time, they all simply thought that his decisive action was just to repent for the prince and to atone for the mistakes he had made.
But now that I think about it carefully, perhaps at that time, He Hong revealed the truth to them in such a tragic and secretive way, but the truth was covered by layers of fog, and they were too stupid to understand his good intentions and deep helplessness.
Before the sky outside the window turned light, Chu Lingfeng stood up. He knew that this was not the time to indulge in memories and regrets.
Under his leadership, everyone turned the entire village upside down and searched carefully.
However, what is incredible is that, apart from some simple food, worn-out daily necessities and a pitiful amount of loose gold and silver, the legendary treasury and granary of this bandit's den are actually completely empty, like a bowl licked by a starving person, so clean that it is chilling.
"Damn it! I was hoping to make a fortune in this godforsaken place, but in the end, I didn't even get a penny! These bandits are just a bunch of broke beggars!"
When Yuan Zhiqiang went to the mountain stronghold yesterday, he came with such thoughts in his mind. For the whole day yesterday, he suppressed his inner greed and did not dare to act rashly. He just hoped to dig out a mountain of gold and silver in this mountain stronghold.
Little did he know that this seemingly solid stronghold was nothing but an empty shell with a shiny surface and nothing inside. This made his mood plummet to the bottom, and he felt as annoyed as if he had eaten a fly.
"I'm afraid it was taken away in advance by the person behind the scenes."
Chifeng stood aside, looking at the empty warehouse, his face full of disappointment. However, he was more thoughtful than Yuan Zhiqiang after all, and he quickly calmed down. He thought of the complicated forces behind these bandits and made such a reasonable guess.
"Boss, why don't we drag that guy out and question him?" Baozi said unwillingly with his big eyes like copper bells.
In his mind, he really couldn't think of anything that would be faster and more satisfying than robbing bandits.
This group of bandits have been committing crimes in this mountain for many years, and their wealth must be as rich as a mountain. But now the duck that was in their hands has flown away. Whenever Baozi thinks about all the silver that has disappeared, his heart feels like it has been cut by a knife, and he twitches in pain.
His proposal was like a flash of lightning in the dark night, instantly lighting up everyone's dim eyes, as if they saw the disappeared gold, silver and treasures return before their eyes.