The Killer's Cleansing Manual

Chapter 117 Beauty Trap

Chang Lingyue stopped talking immediately, and his attitude became much better. He didn't dare to argue any further.

Lin Shanjuan sneered and sent Qi Zhen to give them the card drawings of Landlord, and with a strong sense of revenge, he gave it to Sun Yuze first.

After all, she had only drawn one copy of the blueprint. If she wanted to give it to two people, she could only give it to one of them and ask the other to copy it.

Chang Lingyue gritted his teeth in anger. It was a wonder Sun Yuze would let him copy the blueprints if he got them! This Lin Shanjuan was deliberately not giving them to him!

He glared at Lin Shanjuan angrily, but Lin Shanjuan did not give in and responded with an even more vicious look.

The two looked at each other for a long time, but Chang Lingyue was frightened by the undisguised murderous intent in the latter's eyes.

Sun Yuze was good at observing people's expressions and smiled as he said a lot of flattering words. Finally, he left with the blueprints.

With Ye Xi around, Chang Lingyue didn't dare to lose his temper no matter how angry he was. He glared at Lin Shanjuan angrily and followed him away.

Lin Shanjuan looked at his back, and his smile gradually disappeared.

Seeing this, Ye Xi quickly stood up and explained, "After all, he is the only son of Duke Sui. Duke Sui is well-known for protecting his subordinates. The court is in a tense situation right now, and Ji Shihan is secretly and openly recruiting talented people. Most of the civil servants in the court are his students, which is disadvantageous to Your Highness."

If we offend the old civil official, Duke Suiguo, I am afraid that the support among the civil officials will be even weaker.

As a good friend, Ye Xi's words showed that she was open and honest enough.

Lin Shanjuan understood: "I won't be impulsive. You can come with me tonight. I've been busy running around here, so I have to treat you to something good to make up for it."

Seeing that she didn't feel any resentment because of what he said, Ye Xi smiled with relief: "Okay, then I won't be polite!"

Qi Zhen fully utilized his function as a subordinate and ignored a word he shouldn't have listened to. He waited until they changed the subject before reminding Lin Shanjuan.

"Boss, that love letter is important evidence. Do we need to find a place to keep it safely?"

Lin Shanjuan also thought of this matter. After thinking about it for a long time, he felt uneasy no matter where he put it, so he simply wanted to take it back to the princess's mansion and give it to Qi Zhaomian for safekeeping.

"It's not safe here. I'll take her back to the Princess's Mansion. Don't worry."

Ye Xi rubbed his brows and said, "These two people's disturbance has messed up my train of thought."

Qi Zhen looked at Lin Shanjuan in confusion, and the latter explained to him, "We still want to obtain Chu Kuo's handwriting in front of many people, so that he can't deny it no matter what. But he must be very cautious about things like handwriting at the moment, so it seems that there is no chance to do it."

Qi Zhen thought about it as well, and suddenly in his confused mind he remembered some gossip he had heard by chance -

"Why do I feel that the new number one scholar is interested in our Lin Division?"

"What? Don't you dare say that!"

"Tsk! I saw him secretly draw Lin Si's portrait with my own eyes!"

"I don't want to hear it, don't let Lin Si know about this. If it gets out, you'll lose your head!"

I scolded them then, but now...

He slowly looked at Lin Shanjuan, and she noticed his hesitation to speak, and a question mark appeared in his eyes.

Qi Zhen swallowed his saliva, didn't dare to say anything, and shrank back.

Lin Shanjuan: ...

"Qi Zhen, what do you want to say?"

Qi Zhen scratched his face and simply closed his eyes and said, "I heard that Chu Kuo did... well, did..."

Although he stuttered, there was only one possibility that could have made this rough guy so depressed.

Lin Shanjuan couldn't believe it: "Are you sure it was me?"

Qi Zhen was embarrassed and nodded with a tight mouth: "...I heard that he painted your portrait."

Ye Xi suddenly became furious and stood up, ready to take down this daring man.

Lin Shanjuan quickly pulled her back: "Wait a minute! This is just a rumor, why are you so angry?"

Ye Xi frowned, his expression very serious: "You are His Highness's person. Anyone else who dares to covet you should be punished by death!"

Lin Shanjuan had no choice but to use both hands to hold her back: "I just heard it, don't get so excited, I have a plan!"

Ye Xi stopped and asked, "What's the solution?"

Lin Shanjuan walked around the table and stood beside her: "Let's try it tonight. I'll deliberately give him some hints and see if he really does... then we can just take advantage of the situation and use a honey trap!"

"If he didn't mean that, it would have been obvious. We could have used other methods to make him leave some handwriting."

Qi Zhen also hurried to help persuade: "That's right! If he really dares to have such an idea, it will be a capital crime anyway, so there is no need for you to do anything."

Ye Xi thought for a few seconds and agreed. He looked at Lin Shanjuan with a resolute gaze and said, "Don't worry. I have been involved in this matter from beginning to end. If His Highness finds out and punishes you, I can testify at any time."

Lin Shanjuan's lips twitched - if the three of us don't tell her, she probably won't know.

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As night fell, Lin Shanjuan booked the largest private room in the reception building, and then brought his carefully selected relatives to the banquet.

Chu Kuo arrived neither too early nor too late. He was stunned when he saw Ye Xi. Lin Shanjuan glanced at him and casually introduced him to everyone.

"Princess Annan is my good friend. She happened to come to see me today. Do you all mind?"

The others hurriedly said “I don’t mind, I don’t mind”, and when Chu Kuo saw this, he also said “I don’t mind”.

Everyone sat down according to their official rank. Lin Shanjuan and Ye Xi exchanged a glance, took a deep breath, and waved towards Chu Kuozhao: "Come, Chu Kuozhao, sit next to me."

Chu Kuo was stunned, flattered, and quickly refused: "Your subordinate... Your subordinate's official position is low..."

"Hey, don't bother with those empty formalities. This banquet is for you. If you sit at the end, it will be inconvenient for us to toast. Sit next to me."

Qi Zhen didn't dare to listen, and drank it all in one gulp first.

Chu Kuo hesitated for a moment, but finally sat down next to Lin Shanjuan.

Lin Shanjuan personally poured wine for him and handed the wine cup to Chu Kuo, and saw that Chu Kuo's face turned red.

Ye Xi looked at Chu Kuo coldly, with a look that not only wanted to kill him but also looked like he wouldn't spit out a bone.

Lin Shanjuan was afraid that her eyes were too fierce and would alert the enemy, so he quickly turned half of his body to block Ye Xi, and then winked at the others.

The rest of the people had already received orders to just praise Chu Kuo. Seeing this, they all started to praise Chu Kuo to the highest heavens.

What a romantic, handsome, talented and learned man! Not to mention Chu Kuo, even Lin Shanjuan felt dizzy just listening to the praise.

Chu Kuo was toasted with one toast after another. He was originally very alert, but Lin Shanjuan was sitting facing him with one leg bent, supporting half of his face and looking at him with a smile.

With such a beauty by his side, Chu Kuo's heart was moved for a moment. In his panic, he couldn't help but drink tactically, taking small sips here and there, and soon he was slightly tipsy.