son, don't mess around

Chapter 296 Identity Confession

"who are you?"

Zhiyuan stared into Lin Jiangnian's eyes and spoke slowly.

The voice was very soft, so soft that it was subtle, vaguely mixed with a hint of rapid trembling, as if the breathing had not yet calmed down.

Even a little more tender than before.

But when it fell on Lin Jiangnian's ears, it was deafening.

He was so shocked that he froze on the spot and continued to try to undress his clothes, but he also froze.

silence.

In the room, it was eerily quiet for an instant.

Each other's breathing comes and goes.

Lin Jiangnian lowered his eyes and looked into Shang Zhiyuan's eyes.

The clear eyes in the past were filled with lust that had not subsided, and the long eyelashes were trembling slightly. The eyes were filled with the tenderness and shyness of a girl, but they were staring at Lin Jiangnian with burning eyes.

As if to get an answer!

Lin Jiangnian froze on the spot, his heart turned upside down!

Everything is turned upside down!

Zhiyuan, why do you suddenly ask this?

Or……

What does she already know?

There was a brief deathly silence.

Lin Jiangnian lowered his head and stared at the girl below him, with a smile on his face: "Why do you ask so suddenly?"

The flush on Zhiyuan's face receded slightly, her eyes fixed on Lin Jiangnian from beginning to end, and she lightly pursed her glossy red lips.

"Why are you pretending to be him?"

As soon as these words came out, the last trace of luck in Lin Jiangnian's heart completely disappeared.

really!

She has determined that Lin Jiangnian's identity is fake!

Maybe she already knew it?

Lin Jiangnian stared at the kite under him and was silent for a long time, with an indescribable emotion on his face.

Unexpected, but reasonable.

There are no two identical people in the world, no matter how similar they are, no matter how well they disguise themselves, there will eventually be differences.

And Zhiyuan is the closest person to Lin Jiangnian now. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the person who knows him best. The two of them get along day and night, so how can Lin Jiangnian always remain vigilant?

How could Zhiyuan not find any clues?

However, Zhiyuan never showed any signs. From the time she entered Prince Lin's Mansion until tonight, she never had any doubt about Lin Jiangnian's identity.

So much so that Lin Jiangnian once thought that Zhiyuan had never doubted his identity...

It turns out that he underestimated her after all!

Lin Jiang young sighed and said after a long time: "When did you know about it?"

He didn't deny it anymore.

Zhiyuan has a cautious temperament and will suddenly ask about it tonight. It is obvious that he has already confirmed that Lin Jiangnian is pretending to be Prince Lin's identity.

Lin Jiangnian didn't argue anymore!

and……

He stared at the girl with a flushed face and a delicate body. He believed that Zhiyuan would not harm him.

Otherwise, he would definitely not be able to get into this bed tonight.

Hearing that Lin Jiangnian did not deny the sophistry, Zhiyuan's eyes moved slightly.

"I guessed it already."

She took a deep breath.

Lin Jiangnian was silent: "Then why didn't you expose me before?"

"I'm waiting for you to take the initiative to explain."

Lin Jiangnian: "..."

"Since I am pretending to be Prince Lin, how can I take the initiative to confess to you?"

Take the initiative to explain?

Even though Zhiyuan's relationship with him was extremely close now, when it came to Lin Jiangnian's most important secret, he had already planned to keep it in his stomach for the rest of his life.

If the kite hadn't suddenly revealed it tonight, Lin Jiangnian would never have revealed a word.

How could he be so stupid and take the initiative to explain?

Zhiyuan turned her head away slightly, her face as usual: "Are you really planning to hide this from me for the rest of your life?"

But there seemed to be a bit of anger in the soft tone.

"Isn't this still hidden from you?"

Lin Jiangnian sighed, "How did you find out?"

Zhiyuan was silent for a moment: "Do you think the prince didn't notice it?"

As soon as these words came out, Lin Jiangnian was shocked, and the smile that had just appeared on his face disappeared.

"Your Majesty, he...knows?!"

Even he himself didn't notice that there was an imperceptible tremor in his voice.

Lord Lin, do you know that he is pretending to be Prince Lin?

This thought came to mind, and Lin Jiangnian could no longer sit still.

If only Zhiyuan discovered this secret, Lin Jiangnian wouldn't be too worried. Zhi Yuan is already his. Even if his fake identity is exposed, Lin Jiangnian is confident that he can instigate Zhi Yuan to rebel and let her keep this secret for him.

But if even Prince Lin knew the secret of him pretending to be Prince Lin's son...

This situation is completely different!

This is really going to... a disaster is coming!

As if aware of Lin Jiangnian's sudden nervousness, Zhiyuan's eyes seemed to have a hint of inexplicable joy.

"Are you afraid?"

nonsense!

Who is not afraid of this? !

Lin Jiangnian was about to speak when he saw Zhiyuan looking at him quietly with a relaxed expression.

"What exactly is going on?!"

Lin Jiangnian was puzzled and stared into Zhiyuan's eyes.

Why didn't she have any emotional reaction when she learned of his assumed identity?

Doesn't seem angry?

It seems...not worried?

"You still have not answered my question."

Zhiyuan stared into his eyes: "Who are you?"

"Why are you pretending to be Prince Lin?"

When Zhiyuan asked again, Lin Jiangnian fell silent for a moment: "It's a long story..."

"You can speak slowly."

Zhiyuan stared at him for a while, then pushed him slightly without pushing. His face turned slightly red: "You get up first."

Lin Jiangnian didn't move.

"Don't you want to know the reason?"

Zhiyuan glanced at him.

Lin Jiangnian looked at her: "You know?"

"You get up first!"

Lin Jiangnian stared at the paper kite under him and realized that she might want to say something to him tonight.

Zhiyuan, she must know some secrets!

Thinking of this, Lin Jiangnian slowly crawled away from Zhiyuan. Zhiyuan pushed himself up with difficulty and sat up. He took two deep breaths and felt that his whole body was weak and there was an inexplicable burning sensation.

She glared at Lin Jiangnian with her beautiful eyes, then quickly adjusted her clothes, pulled the quilt and wrapped herself in the quilt, only revealing her beautiful red face, staring at Lin Jiangnian beside the bed.

"Go ahead."

Lin Jiangnian was lying on the bed, recovering his thoughts a little, and saw Zhiyuan staring at him. In the dark room, those eyes were bright and full of energy.

Lin Jiangnian also sat up immediately, face to face with Zhiyuan, and the two looked at each other.

"This matter has to start nearly a year ago, that is, at the beginning of this spring..."

After a moment, Lin Jiangnian suddenly said: "Do you still remember Liu Su?"

Hearing Lin Jiangnian suddenly mention Liu Su, Zhiyuan's eyes narrowed slightly and she stared at Lin Jiangnian.

Then, I realized something.

"It has something to do with her?!"

Lin Jiangnian nodded: "You should already know that she is from the Celestial God Sect, right?"

Zhiyuan nodded silently, staring at Lin Jiangnian with eyes that gradually became more solemn.

"She is a saint from the Celestial Sect. She had already sneaked into Prince Lin's Mansion a long time ago..."

Lin Jiangnian collected his thoughts, took a deep breath, and asked, "Do you still remember the night at the beginning of spring this year when Prince Lin was attacked in a temple outside the city?"

Zhiyuan naturally remembers it clearly.

That time Prince Lin ignored her dissuasion and insisted on traveling. As a result, he was attacked and killed on his way back!

When Lin Kong and the Crown Prince's troops rushed to the rescue, all the master guards around Crown Prince Lin fell and were killed. Lin Jiangnian was left alone and escaped by hiding in a jar in the temple.

Zhiyuan also knew that it was Lin Jiangnian who was rescued back to Linwang Mansion that time.

"What about him?"

Zhiyuan's tone was calm, as if he was asking about an insignificant person.

"died."

Lin Jiangnian's answer was also very straightforward. He knew who Zhiyuan was asking.

"I saw it with my own eyes."

Although he had already made a guess in his mind, Zhiyuan remained silent.

After a while, she seemed to realize something: "She was there that night?!"

"Did she do it?" Zhiyuan stared at Lin Jiangnian with a solemn gaze.

This was something she didn't know. There was actually a Celestial Sect in the temple that night!

Could it be that behind all this, it has something to do with the Celestial Sect? !

"She is here, but she did not kill the person."

Zhiyuan stared at him, and after a while, said: "Continue."

Lin Jiangnian looked at Zhiyuan and shook his head gently: "Actually, I don't know who I am."

"What's the meaning?!"

Zhiyuan's eyes were slightly stunned.

"That night, when I woke up in the temple, everyone was dead...including the real Prince Lin!"

"I don't know who I am or why I'm there..."

"When I was about to escape, Liu Su suddenly arrived with her people... She was extremely angry when she found out that Prince Lin was dead..."

"Then, she discovered me and arrested me. She was surprised to find that I looked exactly like the dead Prince Lin, so she wanted to treat the dead horse as a living horse doctor, forcing me to listen to her words and sneak into Prince Lin's mansion pretending to be Prince Lin. , gain your trust..."

Lin Jiangnian slowly told what happened in the ruined temple that night. After finishing speaking, Lin Jiangnian felt relaxed all over.

This is his biggest secret, and it is also the knot that he has concealed until now. Now that he confessed to Zhiyuan, he felt inexplicably comfortable.

It felt like something that had been held in for a long time was suddenly released in an instant.

Refreshing!

Then there was a faint sage-like feeling of confusion that came over my heart...

After listening to Lin Jiangnian's detailed description, Zhiyuan fell into deep thought for a long time.

After a while, she suddenly stared at Lin Jiangnian, "You, don't know who you are?!"

"Yes!"

Lin Jiangnian nodded.

Who is he?

Can he tell Zhiyuan that he does not belong to this world?

Of course not.

There is a high probability that Zhiyuan would not believe it.

More importantly, Lin Jiangnian remembered clearly that when he was rescued and returned to Prince Lin's Mansion and woke up, there was another incomplete memory in his mind.

This means that he may have an identity in this world.

More likely, that was the real him.

And now he seems to have awakened some memories?

However, even if I told Zhiyuan, it would not help.

Zhiyuan frowned and stared at him: "No impression at all?"

"No."

Lin Jiangnian shook his head: "If I knew, I would have found some clues long ago."

Even Liu Su couldn't find out any information. Lin Jiangnian appeared in the temple that night as if he appeared out of thin air without any warning.

Very weird!

Zhiyuan was silent.

Lin Jiangnian's answer did not clear up her doubts.

It is certain that Lin Jiangnian is indeed the son of Princess Lin.

But why did Princess Lin leave him outside after she gave birth to twins?

Why did Lin Jiangnian appear in the temple that night?

Thinking about it, maybe it has something to do with the third force that appeared in the temple that night?

Zhiyuan remembered that three forces appeared in the temple that night. Zhiyuan had suspected that the third force was from another group of people who assassinated Prince Lin.

Now it seems that the emergence of that force may have a deep connection with Lin Jiangnian.

As for Liu Su...

This is the fourth force that unexpectedly appeared!

Lin Jiangnian's return to Prince Lin's Mansion seemed like an accident, but it also seemed like everything was planned.

Prince Lin happened to be traveling and was assassinated!

And the third force happened to appear and kept Lin Jiangnian in the temple.

Liu Su, who happened to appear shortly afterwards, sent Lin Jiangnian back to Prince Lin's Mansion on the grounds of threatening Lin Jiangnian.

It all seems like a coincidence!

But upon careful reflection, these coincidences are too much of a coincidence!

Zhiyuan vaguely felt that everything behind this seemed to be controlled by an invisible big hand...

Thinking of this, Zhiyuan's expression became more solemn.

After a while, she thought of something again: "What is the purpose of Liu Su asking you to pretend to enter Prince Lin's Mansion?"

"Approach Lin Hengzhong with the intention of assassinating the prince."

"Just that?"

Zhiyuan frowned, as if he didn't believe it.

She went to such great lengths to force Lin Jiangnian to 'pretend' to be Prince Lin's Crown Prince and sneak into Prince Lin's Mansion just to assassinate Prince Lin?

Lin Jiangnian hesitated and said, "She is looking for the Xuanyang Picture."

"Xuanyang Picture?"

Zhiyuan was startled for a moment, and then quickly remembered something: "When you asked me about the whereabouts of Xuanyang Tu... was it to help her find it?"

She remembered that Lin Jiangnian had mentioned the Xuanyang Picture to her when she was at Prince Lin's Mansion.

It turns out that it was to help that woman...

Faced with Zhiyuan's questioning gaze, Lin Jiang young coughed and nodded.

"She forced me to pretend to be Prince Lin's Crown Prince and enter Prince Lin's Mansion. In addition to assassinating the Prince, I came here for Xuanyang Tu."

"What does she want Xuanyangtu to do?"

"I don't know."

Zhiyuan stared at him: "She didn't tell you?"

"No."

Lin Jiangnian shook his head and said, "However, I think it must be related to the Tianshen Sect."

Zhiyuan was silent for a moment and said expressionlessly: "Did you give it to her?"

"did not find."

Lin Jiangnian sighed.

He searched the entire Prince Lin's Mansion, but could not find any information about Xuanyang Tu.

"If you find it, you will give it to her?"

Zhiyuan stared at him with a cold expression, and under the dark pupils, there seemed to be some... emotions?

"will not."

Lin Jiangnian shook his head decisively: "I was just making a stopgap measure at that time. Xuanyang Tu is a rare thing in the world. If I got it, how could I give it to her?"

At that time, Lin Jiangnian was indeed planning to find Xuanyang Tu and steal it for himself.

Zhiyuan looked away slightly, remained silent for a moment, and then asked: "How did she threaten you?"

"Poison!"

"Why did she leave without getting the Xuanyang Picture?"

"...It should be that the assassination of King Lin failed and he went back to resume his life."

"Then the poison on your body..."

"It's already solved!"

"How to solve it?"

Facing Zhiyuan's question, Lin Jiangnian subconsciously recalled the original detoxification process...

"I found the antidote in Ruyi Tower."

Lin Jiang young coughed.

Unexpectedly, Zhiyuan stared into his eyes: "Since she poisoned you, how could she not calculate that you would go to Ruyi Tower to find the antidote? In this case, the poison she gave you must not be an ordinary poison, right?" "

Cold sweat appeared on Lin Jiangnian's back...

The guess was really accurate.

What Liu Su gave him wasn't poison, but the legendary Miao Jiang's 'Love Gu'!

As for the detoxification method, of course, this is something that cannot be discussed with Zhiyuan.

"This is very troublesome to explain... Anyway, the poison in my body has indeed been cured..."

Young Lin Jiang coughed and quickly changed the subject: "By the way, you haven't told me yet..."

"How did you find out?"

"Also, did King Lin already know this?!"

Lin Jiangnian thought of this serious problem.

Suddenly interrupted by Lin Jiangnian, Zhiyuan glanced at him and nodded lightly: "Yes."

For a moment, Lin Jiangnian broke out in cold sweat.

But he soon realized something was wrong... Since King Lin knew that he was the fake Prince Lin, why didn't he expose it?

Or even any reaction? !

Is it...

An incredible idea suddenly emerged from Lin Jiangnian's mind!

But the next second, Zhiyuan glanced at him and slowly told him another news that shocked him even more.

"You and the deceased Prince Lin are actually twin brothers. You..."

"It's the other prince whom Prince Lin and Princess Lin left behind back then!"

"??!!!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)