Don’t Show the Son

Lin Xiu looked at the list in her hand, feeling suspicious.

This list appeared in Emperor Xia's hands, it was really weird.

At this time, hurried footsteps came from behind, Zhu Jin came over, took the memorial with the pages sandwiched from Lin Xiu, and picked up several other copies, piled them together, and said: "Here is your Majesty's memorial." Put the unfinished notebooks back first, and come back in an hour."

The little eunuch responded respectfully, and carried the stack of memorials back.

Lin Xiu also stood up slowly, waved to Zhu Jin, and walked out of the palace.

When he walked out of the palace, he was still thinking about this question.

Why did the Heavenly Dao League's assassination list appear in Emperor Xia's place?

Could it be that the Tiandao League has gone undercover?

This is impossible. The stronghold of the king's capital is controlled by the leader and the holy envoy. It has been peaceful for so many years. There are undercover agents here, unless the leader of the Tiandao League is an undercover agent himself.

If the leader of the Tiandao League was an undercover agent of the imperial court, Ake and the others would have been wiped out long ago.

Naturally, it is impossible for the undercover agents to be Lin Xiu and A Ke.

The strange thing is, if the imperial court had obtained the Tiandaomeng's assassination list long ago, why did Lin Xiu and A Ke perform their tasks smoothly these days without encountering any obstacles.

The imperial court knew the list long ago, and let them assassinate?

This doesn't make sense.

After thinking for a while, a bold idea suddenly rose in Lin Xiu's heart.

Assuming that Emperor Xia didn't get this list from the Tiandao League, but he gave it to the Tiandao League...

According to this assumption...

The mysterious head of the Heavenly Dao League might be supported by Emperor Xia, or in other words, the leader of the Heavenly Dao League is Xia Huang himself?

Although this guess is too bold and somewhat unbelievable, after making such an assumption, it seems that many things can be explained.

Why does the leader of the Tiandao League actually have an intelligence network covering the twenty-one mansions of the Great Xia, and is so rich, the annual support of the Tiandao League is at least 100,000 taels.

Why is it that a rebellious party is more proficient in the laws of Daxia than Lin Xiu.

In terms of intelligence capabilities, no one can surpass Secret Investigation Division.

In terms of wealth, ten or one hundred Lin Xius are no match for Emperor Xia.

And the reason why Emperor Xia did this couldn't be more obvious.

As the emperor, he had to take care of all the dignitaries in the capital, and he couldn't do anything to their followers.

But as a rebellious party, he doesn't need to consider the thoughts of the rich and powerful at all, he can kill people if he wants to, the leader of the Heavenly Dao League ordered him to kill, so what's the matter with him, Emperor Daxia?

This trick is black and white, high, really high!

Who would have thought that the chaotic party was actually myself?

At this moment, Lin Xiu was a little confused.

After a long time, the traitor turned out to be Emperor Xia himself...

The people who killed the Tiandao League did not expect that, as a rebellious party, their leader was actually the Emperor Daxia.

Is this an undercover agent from the Tiandao League, or a traitor from the imperial court?

What made Lin Xiu even more depressed was that in the Great Xia court, he wanted to work for Emperor Xia, and after joining the Tiandao League, he actually wanted to work for Emperor Xia. Could it be that he owed him?

He neither abducted his daughter nor lied to his sister...

Although there is no direct evidence yet, Lin Xiu is already 80 to 90% sure that his guess is correct.

This is Emperor Xia's style. It's not just one or two things that he does such unlimited things, but any emperor who wants to show his face will not let Lin Xiu betray his appearance, and seduce the pride of other countries to the big one one after another. summer.

Lin Xiu shook her head.

Insidious, too insidious, compared to Emperor Xia, Lin Xiu herself is still too young, and she still has a lot to learn from him.

At this moment, in the royal study.

Emperor Xia put a piece of paper in the charcoal basin and watched the paper burn completely. Zhu Jin was beside him and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, there is news from two more prefectures, the Huang family and the Wei family. Famous lineage officials..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but just made a gesture of wiping his neck.

Emperor Xia raised his eyebrows and asked: "So fast, even if it's just traveling between the two mansions, it can't be done so fast, right?"

Zhu Jindao: "Under normal circumstances, it is indeed impossible, but if there is a speed-type magic, it is not necessarily so."

Emperor Xia asked: "Then Li Xiaoyao's strange skill, isn't it flying?"

Zhu Jin said slowly: "As far as I know, there are a few friends around him. Otherwise, he alone would not be able to kill Zhang Jing. These people are extremely powerful. , there should be no opponent, and he has repeatedly made outstanding achievements in the past six months. Congratulations, Your Majesty, and got another sharp blade..."

Emperor Xia breathed a sigh of relief, and said leisurely: "But their original intention was to rebel against me..."

Zhu Jin said slowly: "If they know His Majesty's painstaking efforts, they will definitely understand His Majesty."

Emperor Xia paused, then asked again: "Have you found out about that matter?"

Zhu Jin shook his head and said, "We don't know how Li Xiaoyao learned about the court's action. Maybe there was someone in the court. The old slave wanted to use his tricks to find out the undercover agent in the alliance. Unexpectedly, he was a step behind him. This person has a mysterious background and extraordinary abilities. If it weren't for A Ke, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to keep him..."

Xia Huang said: "Excellent men are lustful, that's normal, isn't Lin Xiu the same?"

Zhu Jin shook his head. Lust is different from lust. The new head of the Tiandao League is a hero who is sad and beautiful. Lin Xiu is completely lust. Among all the people he has met, his lust is only under His Majesty. .

Emperor Xia didn't know what Zhu Jin was thinking, so he didn't mention the matter anymore, and said slowly: "At the official department, you keep an eye on it yourself, select a group of people as soon as possible, and fill their vacant positions..."

Zhu Jin bowed and said, "Observe the order."

At this time, Lin Xiu had already returned home.

A Ke was practicing sword in the yard, Lin Xiu took her hand, brought her to the room, and asked, "Do you remember which officials you assassinated last year?"

A Ke nodded, even though the list was clearly written, she would still investigate the target in detail before taking action, so as to kill a good person well.

Lin Xiu asked, "Who are there?"

Ake recalled a bit, and said: "There is a county magistrate from Daming Prefecture, a county lieutenant from Anxi Prefecture, and an official from Shannan Prefecture..."

In order to verify her guess, Lin Xiu made a special trip to Daming Mansion, Anxi Mansion and Shannan Mansion.

Daming Mansion, Huai County, on the field path, mentioned the county magistrate who just took office a year ago, the man with a hoe on his shoulder smiled, and said: "Master Liu is a really good official. After he took office, the county magistrate The villainous officials are gone, and the rogues from all over the place don't dare to show their heads. Finally, we have some hope in our life, and I really hope that he can continue to be re-elected..."

Anxi Mansion, Fengxian County, a tea stall on the street, the stall owner made a cup of tea for a young customer, and said: "Lieutenant Zhang County is fair and strict, with a stern face, unlike the dog official before, who was corrupt and broke the law, rich and powerful Those who have no power can do whatever they want, those who have lost their teeth can only swallow it in their stomachs..."

In the city of Shannan Prefecture, inside the government office, it was late at night, and a middle-aged official was still flipping through the file. He came to Shannan Prefecture for a year, and first canceled the exorbitant taxes imposed on the people by the previous governor, and recovered the other party's reduction and exemption. Although the rich merchant's taxes were hated by the local gentry for this reason, and he was even assassinated several times, the strength of the local class was enough to make him not afraid of anyone...

Outside the window, a figure suspended in the air drifted away.

Through Lin Xiu's on-the-spot investigation and investigation, it is known that the three officials who were assassinated were all notorious corrupt officials in the local area. They are long gone.

And after these three people were assassinated, the officials sent by the imperial court to succeed them had done many good things for the people in this year, and they all had a good reputation in the local area.

What they have in common is that they have nothing to do with the dignitaries of the royal capital.

Obviously, because the dignitaries had penetrated too deeply into the imperial court, Emperor Xia couldn't attack them on the face of it. It would be fine to deal with one or two. If it was too frequent, a fool would know that he was suppressing the dignitaries.

So he secretly asked the Tiandao League to take action, and after the officials loyal to the powerful died, he would put his own people in there, and no one would suspect him.

All the scapegoats are borne by the leader of the Heavenly Dao League. Who would have thought that he would rebel against himself?

This trick is not only high, but also wonderful.

After knowing that Emperor Xia was the boss behind the scenes, Lin Xiu didn't have any pressure to join the Tiandao League. Even the emperor was a chaotic party, so he could only be regarded as a young man.

Lin Xiu hasn't told A Ke about this for the time being. This is too big a blow to them, and it may subvert their beliefs.

But there is no doubt that they have taken another big step forward from the realization of their ideals.

Even the emperor is his own, how can he lose?

The dignitaries all thought that the Tiandao League was a traitor, but in fact, they were the real confidantes of the emperor, and they were the chaotic party that Emperor Xia wanted to get rid of quickly.

Lin Xiu buried this matter in his heart, took the secret investigation department's brand, went to the enshrinement department and borrowed a female priest of the wood department, not to mention that this brand is really easy to use, relying on the identity of the secret investigation department Sicheng, he Any department of the court could be mobilized without specific explanation to them.

If you have an opinion on him, you can only go to the emperor to impeach him.

Of course, with this brand, he was deeply labeled as the emperor's confidant. Lin Xiu didn't mind this, after all, Emperor Xia was his boss no matter whether it was overtly or secretly.

In Chiba Rin's yard, the cherry blossom trees had already fallen, leaving only bare branches. The female priest put her hands on the trunks, and pink flowers soon appeared on those bare branches.

Lin Xiu handed a silver ticket to the priestess, and said, "My wife likes cherry blossoms, so I need to trouble Priest Zhou to take care of these cherry blossom trees."

The priestess wanted to decline, but Lin Xiu insisted, "This is my wish, I hope Priest Zhou will accept it, otherwise, I'm too embarrassed to invite you next time."

These silver taels are worth half a year's salary. The female priest is actually very moved. After a few symbolic refusals, she reluctantly accepts it. Looking at Lin Xiu and Qianye Lin, she said: "My lord and madam are so loving. It's really enviable..."

Because my wife likes cherry blossoms, so much trouble was spent, even through His Majesty to mobilize the enshrining department, just to please my wife, with a husband like this, life has no regrets...