Half in the river wind, half in the clouds

Chapter 193 Falling short of success

A long time ago, Jiang Feng understood the principle of "taking it step by step". She did not blame others, did not feel sorry for herself, did not harm others, and tried her best to protect herself.

At that time, even though Old Lady Jiang didn't like her and made things difficult for her, she never did anything radical, but took one step at a time, steadily and steadily, trying to make herself suffer less and live a better life.

Later, when she got the imperial seal, a hot potato, and a steel knife on her neck, she was as calm as ever. She hid it from the three elders and the meticulous Jiang Zuo, and planned how to hand it over to the rightful owner.

Later, she was forced to enter the palace. The palace maids received orders from above and opposed her everywhere, but she was able to use little effort to achieve great results.

In order to get Li Longye to agree to his three conditions, he took advantage of his mistakes, had a cold war with him for more than a month, and made careful moves step by step, and finally got him to agree to live far away in Luoyang.

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But this time it's really different.

If it was Jiang Feng herself who died, Li Longye would be heartbroken by the loss of a beautiful woman and might avenge her.

But he has no such obligation to Jiang's mother and Yuan Ying.

He would not destroy Li Longji's path to the Eastern Palace for the sake of these two people, nor would he make things difficult for his brother.

But she can't.

Those two people died one after another in order to protect her!

She thought about it, but could not find any way to take revenge.

The so-called strategic planning requires considerable strength, unless one has an extraordinary mind.

But there is a huge gap in strength between her and Ji An.

Her IQ is even lower than that of the strategist Zhang Liang.

Only the most primitive and direct method is the most effective: just take action and kill her!

One hundred.

She automatically blocked out Ji An's screams and the exclamations of the maids around her, and when Shen Guxing's voice of "Stop! Afeng!" rang out, she was about to succeed.

Then I felt my left arm tighten!

Shen Guxing picked her up and pulled her behind him.

Just as she was pulled away from Jian, the iron-armed man's long sword whizzed towards her.

Jian had two wounds on his chest, and blood was gushing out, but his life probably could not be taken away.

Her people gathered around.

The Iron-Armed Man took out a handful of powder from his arms, smeared it on Jian's body, and then said calmly: "Protect the county lady and call the imperial physician!"

After saying that, he pointed his long sword at Jiang and Shen.

Jian was behind him, and said weakly, "Don't hurt...him!"

Jiang Feng was naturally not stupid enough to think that the "he" referred to himself.

The iron-armed man said, "The county lady has ordered that you go! She stays!"

Shen Guxing remained motionless.

Just as the situation was at a stalemate, there was a commotion outside, and a guard shouted, "Prince Xue is bringing people up the mountain."

After hearing this, Tie Shoudi turned around and looked at the Princess of Ji'an County.

When Jian showed his expression, he put away his knife and left through the side door!

He is still a wanted criminal and cannot be seen in public.

The Princess of Ji'an County was surrounded by a group of people. She looked across the crowd at Shen Guxing with a lingering look and a sad expression.

Shen Guxing wiped the blood off Jiang Feng's forehead with a handkerchief and said worriedly, "I'll take you to see the imperial physician!"

Although Jiang Fengren had extricated himself from the lonely and thrilling act of killing, he was still thinking about what to do next if his first strike failed!

Her left hand was still tightly clutching the bloody jade hairpin.

Seeing that she was in a trance, Shen Guxing gently took the hairpin from her hand and asked nervously, "A Feng?"

Jiang Feng came back to his senses and murmured, "Why are you stopping me? I must kill her!"

Shen Guxing said: "There are many ways to take revenge, but it's not worth it to risk your own life."

If he hadn't pulled Jiang Feng over, even if Jiang Feng stabbed Ji An to death, she would have lost her head.

Even if she managed to dodge the Iron-Armed Man's blade, how could the Emperor and King Xue let her go?

When Princess Ji'an heard Shen Guxing say that it was not worth it for Jiang Feng to die for her, hatred rose in her heart.

But thinking of Li Longye who was about to come in, and the iron-armed man who was escaping, he had to suppress his emotions, endure the pain, and said: "Yi... Master Shen, I have something to tell you."

Shen Guxing said, "I have nothing to say to you! If the county lady has anything to say, go and speak to the Dali Temple."

He turned around and pulled Jiang Feng to go out.

The guards at the door drew their swords with a clang and blocked the way.

Without Jian's permission, they would never let the murderer go.

Jian said, "Just one sentence, isn't that enough?"

Shen Guxing looked at the obstacle, said to Jiang Feng, "Wait for me", frowned, walked over, and looked down at Ji An.

Jiang Feng could guess what Ji An said even with his toes!

Shen Guxing and Jiang Feng left Baoji Temple. Jiang Feng said, "She definitely won't let you tell anyone about meeting Iron Arm, and she'll ask you not to pursue the matter of me stabbing her in exchange."

Shen Guxing nodded: "Yes."

Jiang Feng said: "So, you agreed."

Shen Guxing still said: "Yes."

Jiang Feng said: "Since I came here to kill her, I didn't think about returning alive."

Shen Guxing said: "Since I'm here, I must keep you alive."

Jiang Feng said, "I only hurt her. At most I will be imprisoned or exiled. What's the problem? But what about her? Her crime is much greater than mine! She was the mastermind behind the murder of my mother and Yuan Ying. If you can be her subordinate and serve as an iron arm, you can convict her of the crime of murdering the crown prince in front of His Majesty! I don't believe you can't figure this out!"

Shen Guxing looked at Jiang Feng with a sad face.

In the warm spring breeze, he said slowly but firmly: "No one knows better than me how much Prince Ning protects her! No one knows better than me how much His Majesty favors Prince Ning's family! No one knows better than me how ruthless the royal family is and how cold the emperor is! As long as the Iron Arm is not caught, my testimony is useless. Even if he is caught and executed, do you think you can punish her? Do you think His Majesty really doesn't know what the Crown Prince, Princess Taiping and the other four princes did!"

Jiang Feng had nothing to say.

Isn't it because of these things, because she had no other choice, that she decided to do it herself?

But she still failed.

She said to Shen Guxing: "You are absolutely right."

After saying that, he ignored him, turned around and strode out.

As soon as I reached the temple gate, it was slammed open with a loud bang.

Li Longye appeared at the door in response.

Jiang Feng's head was covered in blood and he was quite shocked.

He walked over quickly, checked the injury, and said through gritted teeth: "Jian did it!"

Jiang Feng greeted him and said, "Yes! I was talking to her nicely, and she suddenly threw a teacup at me. In order to protect myself, I had no choice but to fight back!"

She held up the jade hairpin in her hand and continued, "So, I used my late mother's relics to stab her!"

Li Longye's voice trembled: "She is injured?"

Jiang Feng said: "She's dead. Like a dead dog!"

Li Longye's face had turned black and he gave Li Bian a look. Li Bian quickly took a team of people and ran in to check the situation.

He snatched the jade hairpin away, and said, with a tone that sounded like he was blaming her, but also like he was unwilling to give in: "Am I so untrustworthy? Why didn't you discuss this with me?"

Jiang Feng smiled and asked, "So what? What is the prince going to do with me? What is he going to do with my family?"