Don’t Show the Son

The imperial palace, the imperial study room.

Emperor Xia was reading a booklet.

Uncle Zhongyong Qin Wu died, and the result of the investigation by the Clean Officials Department was that he died suddenly when he was on the bliss. Speaking of which, their family was too unlucky. The eldest son was assassinated and died, and the second son fell into the well at night. The dead ones are even more outrageous. When they are older, they still have to be restrained, unless they have the same body as their own.

Emperor Xia was still very satisfied with his body.

He put down the memorial and asked Zhu Jin, "What about the results of the secret investigation?"

Although the Cleaning Department had given the result, he believed in the Secret Investigation Department even more.

Zhu Jindao: "Returning to Your Majesty, the secret investigation department carefully inspected Qin Wu's body and found that his death was strange. The preliminary judgment is that Qin Wu did not die suddenly, but was poisoned by a rare poison, which caused the illusion of sudden death."

Emperor Xia's expression was calm, and he asked, "That is to say, he was assassinated?"

"Yes." Zhu Jin nodded and said, "Not only was Qin Wu assassinated, but after Qin Wu's death, the old servant felt that his second son Qin Rui's death was also strange, so he asked people to investigate. .”

Emperor Xia asked: "What's the result?"

Zhu Jin said: "The case of Qin Rui's death has been closed for a long time, and there is not much evidence to be found, but a few days before his death, there were rumors in the market that Qin Rui had awakened the magic of ice."

Emperor Xia asked, "Does this have anything to do with his death?"

Zhu Jin explained: "It should be irrelevant, but the old slave always felt that this matter was very strange, so he asked people to check it out, and found that in the past few years, the people who awakened the magic of ice in the capital, without exception, all Died unexpectedly, not only that, in the past few years, none of the people who awakened this ability in each government was spared. Your Majesty still remembers that the lady of the Zhao family was assassinated several times a few years ago. After the awakening of the strange art, he almost lost his life several times..."

Emperor Xia frowned, and said: "Of course I remember, I just withdrew the secret investigation to protect him."

Zhu Jindao: "Now it seems that he will be assassinated, probably not because of his marriage contract with the Zhao family, but because of his ability. Some people don't want people who have awakened the magic of ice to live."

Emperor Xia asked, "Have you found out who it is?"

Zhu Jin shook his head and said: "He hired killers to do these cases, it is impossible to find out his identity directly, but the person who hates the awakened ice magic so much and has the ability to kill so many people, he must be For a person of high authority in the capital, the ability to awaken is fire or water, more likely the latter, other than that, his mind must be extremely narrow-minded, without the slightest tolerance for others..."

Emperor Xia was silent for a moment, and said: "I know who you are talking about."

Zhu Jin shook his head again and again, and said, "The old slave didn't say anything."

Emperor Xia glanced at him, and said, "You are so close to saying the prince's name directly."

Zhu Jin was silent.

Xia Huang's face sank like water, and he said: "The strange magic of ice is so rare. If one of them is extremely talented, it may not be impossible to become a pillar of the country. The Zhao family will definitely be one of the pillars of Daxia in the future. If something happens to Lin Xiu, wouldn't it It even ruined my big business?"

Zhu Jin said in a timely manner: "The prince is indeed a little too much."

Emperor Xia was silent for a moment, and said: "Go and tell him, I will not blame what happened in the past, if he dares to act recklessly in the future, don't blame me for not saving him face!"

Zhu Jin said: "The old slave obeys the order."

East Palace.

Uncle Zhongyong is dead, and the court has no doubts, his death is abnormal, the prince is very satisfied, after so long, he finally found a reliable assassin.

He turned around and looked at the eunuch behind him, and asked, "Did he say when he will attack Lin Xiu?"

The eunuch whispered: "Just tonight."

The crown prince was about to say something, but suddenly his face straightened, and he said: "I have read all these excerpts, and I will send some new ones over."

Zhu Jin walked in from the outside and said with a smile: "Your Highness is really hardworking. If Your Majesty knows, he will be very pleased."

The prince said: "To share the worries of the father and the emperor is what this palace should do."

Then he asked: "President Zhu is not by Father's side, so he came to my East Palace, could it be that Father has some orders?"

Zhu Jin looked at the eunuch behind the crown prince, and said, "Your Majesty has an oral order, let our family pass it on to the crown prince."

After the prince understood what Zhu Jin meant, he glanced at the eunuch behind him and said, "Go down first."

The eunuch retreated immediately and closed the palace door by the way.

The prince looked at Zhu Jin again and asked, "What did the father say?"

Snapped!

Zhu Jin slapped the prince on the face.

The prince's head was buzzing, and he looked at Zhu Jin in shock, his mind went blank, because he was so shocked that he even forgot his anger.

Zhu Jin looked at the slap marks on the Prince's face, and said leisurely: "Your Majesty asked the old slave to tell His Highness the Prince that your Majesty should not blame the past. If you still dare to act recklessly in the future and attack people who have awakened the magic of ice, especially It's Lin Xiu and the Second Miss of the Zhao Mansion, don't blame His Majesty for not saving face for you, His Highness will do it for himself..."

After finishing speaking, he bowed to the prince again, and said: "Your Highness, don't blame our family, our family also conveyed His Majesty's meaning, including this slap, which His Majesty asked us to slap..."

The prince's face was gloomy and he was silent.

Zhu Jindao: "Your Majesty's meaning has been conveyed to our family, and our family has to return to the palace to return to order and resign..."

After speaking, he turned and left.

Just as Zhu Jin left, the eunuch ran in and said worriedly, "Your Highness, the assassin will act tonight, do you want to..."

The crown prince stretched out his hand, stopped his words, gritted his teeth and said: "No need, Father said, don't blame the past, I asked him to do it a few days ago, this is the past..."

Afterwards, he said darkly again: "Old man, this slap, I have recorded it. After I ascend the throne, I will definitely tear you to pieces!"

At this moment, he didn't notice that a blue-crested cockatoo that had already made a nest on the tree outside his window was lying in the nest, with mung bean-like eyes, constantly turning.

This bird has been here for a long time, everyone in the East Palace knows of its existence.

Because this bird is very beautiful and quite human, the servants of the Eastern Palace would feed it some rice grains from time to time.

The prince went to the window and looked at the bird, feeling very happy.

After today, there will be one less person he hates in this capital.

...

It was late at night.

The moonlight is like water, and the evening breeze is blowing.

Lin Xiu and A Ke sat on the stone bench in the yard, but neither spoke.

A Ke came to the capital this time, in fact, to kill the bully and Uncle Zhongyong. Now that they are both dead, it should be time for her to leave.

She is different from Lin Xiu. She has an organization behind her and also has tasks.

In addition to the royal capital, there are many oppressed people everywhere waiting for their rescue.

This time, she had actually stayed in the capital long enough.

Lin Xiu was a little reluctant.

In the past few days, it was not easy for someone to talk to him at night and practice with him. After A Ke left, he was left alone here.

Ake has also been silent.

These two missions were probably the easiest missions she had ever performed.

In the past, she always walked alone and completed tasks by herself, but now someone is with her and helps her arrange everything. She likes this feeling very much, but she knows that this is only temporary.

Lin Xiu and her are people from different worlds after all.

She had fantasized that if he also joined the Tiandao League, they would complete tasks together in the future, help those oppressed people together, enjoy the beautiful rivers and rivers, and watch the sunrise and sunset together...

But he has family, no reason to go on an adventure with her.

In A Ke's view, he is already unfortunate enough, she can't, and she doesn't want to pull him into an even more unfortunate abyss.

When it was already midnight, the two of them sat quietly in the yard, not talking, which seemed a little strange.

After a faint voice, the figure who turned in from the outside and jumped into the courtyard was even more strange.

In the middle of the night, lonely men and widows don't sleep, what are they doing here?

Basking on the moon?

He listened outside for a long time just now, and made sure that there was no one in the courtyard, so he turned in from the wall and decided to let the target die quietly in his sleep.

But as soon as he landed in the yard, he saw such a scene.

Between Lin Xiu and A Ke, a strong parting atmosphere had already been brewing, but it was completely destroyed by this sudden intruder.

Lin Xiu turned her head, looked at him with a calm expression, and said in a dissatisfied tone, "You are finally here, we have been waiting for you for a long time..."

Of course, Lin Xiu and A Ke didn't have nothing to do sitting outside basking in the moon.

He knows what happened in the Prince's Mansion in the past few days.

Including tonight, an assassin will come to him.

And, Zhu Jin went to the East Palace today, slapped the prince, and warned him a few words, Lin Xiu also knew.

It seems that Uncle Zhongyong's death has attracted the attention of the secret investigation department.

Within half a year, three of Uncle Zhongyong's mansion died. They may have followed the clues and found out the abnormality of Qin Rui's death.

What Lin Xiu didn't expect was that Emperor Xia would target the prince so quickly. It seems that his secret agents are not all unreliable guys like old beggars and shopkeepers.

Regarding the assassin's visit, Lin Xiu had expected it a long time ago, but the assassin was so frightened that his heart almost jumped out.

not good!

Mission revealed!

The target he wanted to assassinate was actually waiting for him here in advance. Could it be that his employer deliberately leaked his tracks? This big business, on the surface, asked him to kill him, but in fact, the enemy wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of him?

In just a short moment, the assassin's mind turned back and forth, and then he turned and fled without hesitation.

But there was no way he could escape.

He had just turned around when a dagger was resting on his neck.

Holding the short sword, A Ke said coldly, "Since you're here, don't leave."

But the next moment, she felt her body go limp, she didn't even have any strength, and she couldn't even hold a weapon. If Lin Xiu hadn't stepped forward to support her in time, she might have fallen to the ground directly.

The assassin had already soared into the sky at this moment, but at this moment, in the darkness, a silver arc of light suddenly shot out.

The arc flashed and entered his body.

His body was instantly paralyzed and he fell from the air.

A cold light streaked across the night sky. He held his throat and looked at Lin Xiu with wide eyes. Blood gushed out from between his fingers, and the light in his eyes gradually dissipated.

Lin Xiu held a gun in one hand, and embraced A Ke who was weak and obviously poisoned with the other, and said, "Why don't you leave, how can I feel at ease when you walk in the rivers and lakes like this..."