Chapter 340

Zhu Yijing sat on the ground, countless Embroidered Uniform Guards ran past him and Li Miao, surging into his outer residence. But he had no time to care about anything else, just staring at Li Miao, his face pale.

He didn't expect Li Miao to appear in front of him.

If he had known that Li Miao had returned to Shuntian, even if he had ten guts, he would absolutely not have dared to say those words.

He was Zhu Zai's only son, even if he didn't have much ability, he knew more than others. He knew very well what those long-winded "suicide out of fear of crime," "fleeing with the whole family," and "internal strife" in Li Miao's documents were all about.

Toward Li Miao, Zhu Yijing had as much fear as he had respect.

"Miao... Brother Miao..."

Zhu Yijing's voice trembled.

Li Miao didn't look back at him, just dropped a "Help him up," and walked toward the door.

An Ziyang waved his hand, and the Embroidered Uniform Guards stepped forward to frame the already leg-soft Zhu Yijing in the middle and followed quickly.

Thanks to Zhu Zai's family education, Zhu Yijing was considered clean among the company commanders, so this outer residence was not big, only two courtyards.

Li Miao stepped into the first courtyard, and the surging Embroidered Uniform Guards had already tied up the servants, cooks, and maids in the outer residence, with saber blades pressed against their necks, just waiting for Li Miao to speak.

Li Miao didn't stop, reaching out and pointing a few times.

*Pfft—*

"Ah!"

Zhu Yijing screamed, his legs, which had been supported a little, went soft again. Fortunately, he was framed in the middle and didn't fall again.

"Take the rest home to raise, and release them after a month."

An Ziyang waved his hand, and the remaining few servants who had been frightened into fainting were carried out the door.

Following Li Miao, the group stepped into the inner courtyard.

In the inner courtyard, the Embroidered Uniform Guards didn't approach the house, but stood by the walls, roofs, and doors around, dozens of saber blades drawn, aiming remotely at the main room.

Just then, Zhu Yijing suddenly had some spirit from somewhere, and his drooping head raised sharply.

"Jinyi! Brother Miao! Don't!"

He actually shed tears.

"Brother Miao, I was wrong, I was wrong, I shouldn't have said those words, it's all my fault, my heart is not right, I am ungrateful, I accept punishment! Just beg you... don't kill her, please!"

Tears streaming down his face.

And to his surprise, Li Miao really stopped.

But he didn't look back at him either.

Beside him, An Ziyang's face was already terribly cold, looking at Zhu Yijing with no kindness left, and said coldly.

"Battalion Commander Zhu, shut up! If it weren't for you being the Commander's only son, with your shameful appearance, I should have implemented family law and expelled you from the Embroidered Uniform Guard!"

An Ziyang showed sarcasm.

"Until now, you still think the Regional Commander is coming for you! What a joke! To say something unpleasant, if it were in the *Wu Lin*, with your kind of goods, I wouldn't let you appear in front of the Regional Commander!"

"Do you know when the Regional Commander returned to the capital?"

Zhu Yijing shook his head blankly.

"Less than two sticks of incense ago! Do you know where the Regional Commander was three days ago!"

"Nanjing!"

"Traveling 2, 00 *li* in a hurry, killing more than 240 people, the blood on the Regional Commander's hands hasn't dried yet! It's all for you! And you are still using a small person's heart to measure a gentleman's belly here. How can there be such a shameless person in the world!"

"You this—"

"Enough."

Li Miao in front calmly stopped An Ziyang's ready-to-go personal attack, still not looking back.

An Ziyang couldn't continue scolding, so he waved his hand with a cold face, signaling the two Embroidered Uniform Guards holding Zhu Yijing to let go, and Zhu Yijing fell to the ground with a *plop*.

By now, he finally reacted.

"Miao, Brother Miao... are you, coming for Jinyi?"

He stammered.

"But, it shouldn't be... she is not, she is just a weak woman, she, she..." As he spoke, the door of the main room in front creaked and pushed open from inside.

A pair of feet as porcelain walked out, and above was a piece of semi-transparent light gauze. When the wind blew, it revealed smooth and snow-white skin, tied loosely at the waist.

Further up, it was an upper body without a stitch, and a delicate and lovely face, smiling at Li Miao.

"Jinyi!"

Zhu Yijing's face flushed red.

His lover appeared naked in front of others, how could he stand it! But he really loved Liu Jinyi, and at this moment he couldn't care about being angry, saying one after another.

"Jinyi, Jinyi, go back to the room!"

"I have some words to say to Brother Miao, you go back to the room, don't come out, I'll come to find you later! Be obedient!"

Zhu Yijing kept saying, but those eyes that were full of longing a cup of tea ago didn't give him half a glance.

"Li Miao."

The woman spoke expressionlessly.

"You're still alive."

"Sure enough, the trap in Nanjing ultimately couldn't keep you. You should have listened to me at the beginning and put all the chips in Nanjing. Without you, killing Zhu Zai would only be a matter of time... what a pity."

Zhu Yijing's nails pierced into his palms, and his mouth was bitten bloody by himself: "Kill, Father? Jinyi, what do you... mean..."

But at this moment, no one cared about him anymore.

Li Miao scanned him up and down and frowned.

"You are not a eunuch."

Liu Jinyi lifted the light gauze wrapped around her waist.

"Of course."

"You are not Liu Jin either."

"You could say that."

Li Miao's mouth curled up.

"It seems that your collusion with Yingzhou is deeper than I thought... An Qisheng's method of longevity has already been handed to you. You planted your nature in this woman, right?"

Liu Jinyi was expressionless and didn't answer.

"Just like your master."

Li Miao sneered.

Liu Jinyi was still expressionless, his voice without half a fluctuation.

"When you lose, you will be the same as this woman. Planted with nature by An Qisheng, you won't remember who you are, and you won't have any memories belonging to yourself."

He was different from any opponent Li Miao had met before, with no proud declaration, and not shaken by Li Miao's words, as if he were a cold machine.

He spread his hands.

"You can kill me now."

"Don't think about interrogating me. This body has been damaged in the skull by me using *Gu* insects, just like those *Gu* women under Ji Tianrui, unable to feel a shred of pain. As for other methods, you can use them to your heart's content, I guarantee you won't be able to interrogate anything."

"Don't worry, I won't be like any of your previous opponents. Before confirming you are dead, I will never appear in front of you."

"You, and Zhu Zai, will die in Shuntian."

"When you die, I will—"

*Bang!

The delicate and beautiful face suddenly disappeared, the headless corpse swayed, and fell to the ground.

Li Miao turned back to look at Zhu Yijing, who was already like a fool.

"Take him, go see the Commander."

Having said that, he walked toward the door.