After Rebirth, She Becomes the Revenge Queen
Chapter 174 - 173: Beware of Ghosts!

Chapter 174: Chapter 173: Beware of Ghosts!

Xu Yin’s face was filled with surprise. He held his breath for a moment, then turned his gaze to Pei Zhan.

Before Mrs. Zhang came in, he helped cover for Fu Zhen, simply because it was better to avoid trouble.

Yongping was throwing tantrums more and more frequently in front of him these days, which consumed a lot of his time and energy. Every time it happened, he had to think carefully about how to smooth it over; he didn’t want to make things difficult for himself.

Once Mrs. Zhang noticed something amiss after entering and wanted to challenge him, he certainly couldn’t let her seize any evidence to stir up trouble.

But Pei Zhan intended to lift the curtain—

Lian Rong first mentioned Fu Zhen, saying Pei Zhan had interactions with her.

Given Pei Zhan’s noble status, having frequent interactions with a woman of lowly status from a merchant family was suspicious.

It was quite a coincidence that tonight, Fu Zhen suddenly appeared in his room, and soon after, Pei Zhan came in.

Xu Yin admitted that he felt suspicion the moment Pei Zhan stepped through the door. However, immediately Lian Rong proved that Pei Zhan was invited by Prince Rong, dispelling his doubts.

Until Pei Zhan ordered the curtain to be lifted—

Fu Zhen was hidden behind the curtain. Even with Mrs. Zhang still present, he was curious to see if Pei Zhan would actually lift it.

If he didn’t lift it, then there was something going on.

If he did lift it, Xu Yin would be very interested to see the meeting between the two.

But who could have anticipated that Zhang Shicheng was actually sitting behind the curtain?!

He suddenly looked toward the window; the shutters were closed, just as before.

That girl had already left.

After this long standoff, only a fool would stay.

But how did Zhang Shicheng end up here?!

He couldn’t believe that the frail Fu Zhen could carry a tall man into the room without making a sound!

"General Pei, this General Zhang—"

Pei Zhan had the absolute power to carry this out!

If Pei Zhan did this, then it’s unnecessary to say who the "assassin" was. There couldn’t be so many coincidences with Fu Zhen hiding quietly in his room!

"What’s going on with General Zhang? Shouldn’t you be asking Vice Minister Xu?"

Pei Zhan glanced at him, then looked at Zhang Shicheng, who had been roused: "You two are important members of the court, locked in here, I too am curious what this is about!"

Mrs. Zhang was greatly shocked upon hearing this—who could bear such an accusation being made?

She hastily said, "Wasn’t my brother with Cheng family’s third son? How did he end up alone?"

Zhang Shicheng, seeing so many people, had already awakened. Upon seeing Xu Yin looking cold and Pei Zhan exuding a murderous aura, he was so scared that he immediately jumped up!

"General Pei, how, how did you end up here?"

"That’s precisely what I want to ask you," Pei Zhan said. "I am here on orders to capture an assassin. This is Vice Minister Xu’s room. Why were you hiding behind the curtain pulled down by Vice Minister Xu?"

Zhang Shicheng quickly stood up, trying to steady his shaking, and responded, "Your humble servant was just drinking with General Cheng. It’s a Buddhist forbidden place, and I didn’t drink much! Only half a jin!

"General Cheng was suddenly called away by General Liang, and just then, my sister also sent someone to fetch me, so I headed this way to the Spiritual Spring Pavilion.

"Who knew someone would suddenly shout about catching an assassin, people were running around everywhere. I saw many coming this way, so I followed, turning around and somehow ended up here!

"Upon entering, I seemed to even hear Vice Minister Xu talking to someone!

"...General, please be clear-minded! We were really not plotting anything!"

After saying that, he immediately knelt with a thud!

Xu Yin was also left speechless by Pei Zhan’s words.

Though he believed himself to be innocent, if this matter were to be seized upon and exploited, it would inevitably become a stain.

Regardless of who brought in Zhang Damazi, since it was Prince Rong who invited Pei Zhan, and since Zhang Damazi overheard him speaking with Fu Zhen, judging by the timing, it couldn’t have been Pei Zhan.

Fu Zhen obviously couldn’t do it, with her stature, she couldn’t possibly have such strength.

As for Cheng Chili?

It’s been heard that he’s recently been quite connected with the Ning Family, and even became Fu Zhen’s mentor.

But since Pei Zhan was invited, that indicates his visit wasn’t premeditated.

"Vice Minister Xu, what do you make of General Zhang’s words?"

Pei Zhan asked him, without much kindness in his tone.

Since that chance encounter on the street when he corrected how he was addressed, Pei Zhan had been unfriendly in every subsequent meeting.

Xu Yin didn’t know why this was.

But he had no intention of becoming hostile with Pei Zhan.

Because he still had to maintain relations with the Liang Family.

After all, as long as the assassin wasn’t among them, whoever freed Fu Zhen, what did it matter?

He then softened his tone: "It seems that General Zhang was drunk and stumbled in by mistake.

"Ming Zhi, I’ll trouble you.

"—General Zhang, you better be careful being drunk in such a sacred Buddhist place. Fortunately, it’s General Pei. If an official caught hold of this and impeached you, you wouldn’t be able to bear it!"

Zhang Shicheng was as taut as a bowstring in the presence of these two: "Your humbled servant dares not do it again!"

Xu Yin looked at Pei Zhan: "Since you have important matters, Ming Zhi, I won’t delay you. Please carry out your search quickly."

Pei Zhan turned around: "All of you should return to your rooms early. There have been long-standing ghost rumors in this Baihe Temple. General Zhang’s inexplicable entry into the room can’t be clearly explained, and that suddenly appearing assassin is so bizarre. Whether it’s an assassin or something else, after all, nobody knows."

At those words, Zhang Shicheng immediately shivered!

Even Xu Yin’s expression became somewhat unnatural.

"Ming Zhi, do you also believe this?"

"In matters of the supernatural, it’s better to believe it to be true than not. Otherwise, from where do so many ghostly revenge stories come?" Pei Zhan cast a glance: "Since the prince entrusted me, I cannot delay. Take care, everyone."

Xu Yin watched his back and retracted his gaze after a long while, still with an uncertain expression.

Zhang Shicheng also swallowed hard repeatedly, his eyes darting about as if pondering something.

Only Mrs. Zhang’s gaze lingered on Xu Yin’s face for a moment before she turned and was the first to leave the room.

Fu Zhen left the Spiritual Spring Pavilion and quickly returned to the Zen temple.

Liang Zhi, Su Xinger, and the guards swarmed out together:

"You finally returned!"

Fu Zhen ushered them back into the room, locked the door, and then asked, "Where is Zhan Er?"

"Still putting on a show over at Prince Rong’s! How did you get away? That Xu scoundrel didn’t give you a hard time, did he?"

Liang Zhi’s fist was clenched so hard it almost oozed oil!

"No," Fu Zhen took a deep breath, "but he did indeed have his eye on me before. That encounter with Lian on the street, it wasn’t a coincidence at all!"

"Why would he target you? There’s no reason; he shouldn’t suspect you at all!" Su Xinger was confused.

Fu Zhen answered, "I don’t know either. Perhaps it’s because I’ve been hanging around you too much. After all, he always wants to keep the Liang Family under his control!"

Su Xinger was worried: "What should we do? We will only get closer in the future! We must quickly think of a strategy!"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Chili gazed at Fu Zhen, his eyes rolling with thought.

Fu Zhen said, "What are you looking at?"