Chapter 87

“No…you can’t…do this, you can’t!”

“Sister-in-law, you don’t want your only son to become a eunuch and be bullied in the palace, do you?” Zhao Zhengyi, with a lewd expression, opened the small porcelain bottle and forced Lin Shiyin to take the aphrodisiac powder using her son, Long Xiaoyun.

Lin Shiyin was well aware of what she was about to face, but even if she didn’t eat, she would still be humiliated. But what about her child…? Lin Shiyin shed tears of despair.

At that moment, she was so helpless, so tragically beautiful.

After struggling for a while, Lin Shiyin shakily reached out and took the small porcelain bottle, poured out the miraculous aphrodisiac powder inside that seemed to dissolve in water like a pill, and swallowed it with great reluctance.

If she had a choice, Lin Shiyin would now prefer to take the poison that would kill her intestines.

It can be said that if Li Xunhuan hadn’t also fallen into their trap, and if they hadn’t already captured her son, Lin Shiyin would never have agreed to this. She would rather die than suffer humiliation.

Perhaps this is the best relief for her.

Thinking about this, almost all her positive feelings towards Li Xunhuan vanished. It turned out that her cousin, who was both scholarly and martial and of noble character, was really just a fool who was being schemed against without even realizing it. Not only did he give away her and her family’s property, but he also ruined her life.

Seeing that Lin Shiyin had actually taken the aphrodisiac, Zhao Zhengyi was extremely excited. However, he did not rush to make a move, intending to wait until Lin Shiyin was poisoned before taking action (according to the Sharingan’s setting). He wanted to have some fun with this married woman he had long coveted, who was no less charming than Lin Xian’er, and even more so.

Long Xiaoyun, who was barely clinging to life, watched this scene with great pain. He was so enraged that he died, ending his hypocritical and sinful life.

Zhang Weihao, who had been secretly watching from the shadows, felt a great sense of regret. He had originally planned to commit the crime before his husband’s death, but it was all for naught.

All I can say is that this Fourth Master Long is closer to the original novel; he’s even more ruthless than the TV series version, truly losing all his martial arts skills and hanging by a thread.

No wonder Li Xunhuan was so generous; a gentleman can be deceived by his principles.

Seeing Lin Shiyin’s increasingly intense reaction, even Zhao Zhengyi, who was under the spell, could no longer bear it and started taking off his clothes.

Seeing this, Zhang Weihao immediately used his Shadow Clone Technique to create a clone to deal with Deng Lie and Tian Qi. Of course, he didn’t kill them directly; he had to wait until they killed Long Xiaoyun before taking action. He would make it appear as if he had killed them first and then learned about the crimes happening here from their mouths. This way, he could appear as a divine warrior, and his alibi would be very convincing.

Of course, the most important reason is that Zhang Weihao doesn’t like women who bring their sons.

Zhang Weihao didn’t think he could do what Dorgon couldn’t.

Moreover, Long Xiaoyun is no ordinary cunning and vicious brat, so Zhang Weihao naturally wouldn’t keep him around. It would be better for him to go to hell with his conman father and continue being father and son in the next life.

Just as Zhao Zhengyi, driven by lust, began to undress and prepare to enjoy the beauty Lin Shiyin, Zhang Weihao suddenly kicked down the door frame, appearing as if by divine intervention.

Upon entering, Zhang Weihao glanced at Zhao Zhengyi and Lin Shiyin, who was gradually losing her senses and becoming influenced by desire. He then drew his sword and thrust it out, killing Zhao Zhengyi, who was known as the judge of the martial arts world, with a single strike.

In Gu Long’s world, the more beautiful and pleasant-sounding the name or title of a hero, the more despicable their character tends to be. They are either hypocrites or true villains; none of them truly live up to their names.

But thinking about it, it’s normal. A real hero wouldn’t care about this. This is all just marketing hype created by someone with ulterior motives. It’s just a persona, so it’s naturally unreliable. It’s just like those popular celebrities and veteran artists in later generations; very few of them are reliable.

After easily dealing with Zhao Zhengyi, Zhang Weihai went directly to Lin Shiyin, whose face was flushed and full of spring fever, and asked with great concern, “What exactly happened here? Are you Lin Shiyin? Auntie?”

“Hmm… Hmph… Huff… Who… who are you?”

It has to be said that being handsome has its advantages. At least Lin Shiyin was much more relaxed after meeting Zhang Weihao, who suddenly appeared like a divine general. She was willing to talk to him and was no longer as wary as she had been with Zhao Zhengyi before. In fact, she was hiding a knife in her hand, and Zhao Zhengyi might be caught off guard and be stabbed to death.

After all, this is the female protagonist of Gu Long’s world, not Wen Ruian’s world. Although You Long often skirts the line and likes to write about women in a bad way, he is not a pervert and does not like too many NTR scenes. He is different from Wen Ruian.

If it were Wen Ruian, Lin Shiyin would probably have fallen into the hands of Zhao Zhengyi and his group and been played with until she was unrecognizable.

The female protagonists and important female characters that guy writes rarely have happy endings or good outcomes; he’s really toxic.

“Auntie, I’m Dingding, Zhang Dingding. Ten years ago, my father brought me here to visit. He’s the young master from the second branch of the Zhang family. He’s very sweet-talking and very clingy to you. Do you remember him?”

Zhang Weihua was telling the truth. At that time, the major sect was Li Xunhuan’s branch, not Li Manqing’s. If Li Xunhuan hadn’t resigned and gone into seclusion, Li Manqing wouldn’t have had anything to do with it.

Although Zhang Weihao hadn’t yet awakened to his true nature at that time, his fondness for beautiful older women was already deeply ingrained in his genes, just like his previous fondness for Sister Li Feng.

It’s not that he really has any bad intentions; he just likes to be close to pretty older women like this. Since he is very good-looking and cute, those older women naturally like this sweet-talking and interesting little cutie.

In other words, if Li Xunhuan hadn’t resigned from his official post in despair and gone into seclusion for ten years outside the Great Wall, Li Manqing wouldn’t be enjoying her current success. Therefore, Zhang Weihao strongly suspects that Li Manqing is the real mastermind behind Long Xiaoyun, the one who devised the plan.

Only he truly understands Li Xunhuan, knows how to completely destroy him, and only he has the opportunity and motive to do so.

“Zhang family…the second branch…Dingding…has grown up so much! You’ve grown so handsome, so good-looking.” Under the influence of the aphrodisiac, although Lin Shiyin was conscious, she became somewhat lewd and wanton. Having already recognized Zhang Weihao, she actually said things that were seriously inconsistent with her image and identity.