Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 281

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The relationship between Lin Xiu and A Ke is the strangest.

Zhao Lingjun and Qianye Lin are nominally his wives, but he knows A Ke much better than them. He has only held Zhao Lingjun and Qianye Lin’s hands, but has touched A Ke’s moon many times, as well as every part of her body.

And A Ke is also the first person to know the secret of his ability.

The common ideal makes them naturally come together.

Kill the powerful and punish the bullies together. She can be honest with Lin Xiu. Lin Xiu’s home also has a room and a yard for her.

Both of them can feel each other’s feelings, but there is always a layer of window paper that has not been broken.

The reason why Lin Xiu did not speak was because A Ke was different from Cai Yi Ning’er, let alone Qin Wan. He did not know her true thoughts and did not know whether she was willing to become the real master of that palace.

Now it’s all right.

There will be no more powerful people in the world. This is a beautiful wish, but it is almost impossible to achieve it, because where there are people, there is oppression. But they can work towards this goal and do it within their ability.

In this process, revolutionary friendship will naturally sublimate.

Not getting married does not mean that you can’t fall in love.

Anyway, they have expressed their feelings to each other, and she can’t fly away from Lin Xiu.

The two returned to the royal capital and stopped at the same time when they passed a street corner.

On the wall of this street corner, in a less conspicuous position, there is a mark left with lime. This mark seems to be a casual graffiti by a child when playing, but Lin Xiu and A Ke both know that this is the contact code of the Tiandao League.

The appearance of this mark means that the organization has a mission.

Including Kyoto, Daxia has 21 prefectures, and almost every prefecture has a stronghold and branch of the Tiandao League.

Kyoto is different. Kyoto only has a stronghold, no branch, because it is the capital of Daxia, with countless strong people. Except for A Ke, no one has the ability to carry out the mission here.

There used to be a branch of the Tiandao League in Kyoto, but because of an ambush during a mission and the encounter with a strong man from a powerful family, the entire branch was wiped out. After that, the leader of the alliance cancelled the Kyoto branch. When

the sign of the meeting appeared in Kyoto, it was naturally Lin Xiu and A Ke who were summoned.

The stronghold here is not under the jurisdiction of the hall master or even the guardian, and the orders of the leader are directly conveyed by the holy envoy.

Lin Xiu and A Ke came all the way to the north city, and after many turns, they came to an incense and candle shop in an alley on the back street.

This incense and candle shop is shabby and small. The shelves in the shop are full of incense and candles, but there is a layer of dust on them. Obviously, there are not many customers on weekdays.

There is an old man at the door of the shop, sitting on a rattan chair at the door of the shop to bask in the sun.

Lin Xiu wore a cloak, while A Ke covered her face with Mu Li. The two walked into the shop. A Ke took a pair of candles and asked, “How much is this pair of candles?”

The old man at the door said, “Three cents a pair, ten cents for three pairs.”

A Ke asked again, “What if I want two pairs?”

The old man said, “Two pairs are five cents.”

A Ke said, “I want two five-cent pairs.”

The old man slowly got up, walked into the shop, packed four pairs of incense and candles, and handed them to A Ke. A Ke paid ten cents, and then left with Lin Xiu. There was no extra communication during the whole process.

After returning to Shanglinyuan, Lin Xiu and A Ke came to her room and closed the door.

A Ke put the incense and candles aside and took out a booklet from her sleeve. It was the old man in the incense and candle shop who had just secretly stuffed it into her. The

booklet was densely written with words, and there were also a lot of silver notes. Lin Xiu counted them, and it was exactly ten thousand taels, not more or less. This ten thousand taels was their operating expenses.

Lin Xiu looked at the booklet and saw that it was written with names and the crimes they had committed.

“Jiangnan Prefecture, Wu County Magistrate Guo Hong, during his tenure, colluded with bandits and disregarded human lives. According to Article 29 of Volume 3 of Daxia Law, he should be beheaded…”

“Anxi Prefecture, Qian County wealthy businessman Chen Bing, started out as a medicine dealer, but in fact was a human trafficker. According to Article 11 of Volume 2 of Daxia Law, he should be beheaded…”

“Guangping Prefecture, Ping’an County Magistrate Huang Quan, because he took a fancy to a beautiful woman in the same county, he secretly instructed the county officials to wipe out the woman’s husband’s family and forcibly marry the woman. According to Article 40 of Volume 3 of Daxia Law, he should be beheaded…”

…

This is the task list given to them by the leader of the Tiandao League. The list is very long, with more than a hundred names, most of which are officials from various prefectures in Daxia.

The booklet not only gave their names, but also listed their crimes, and even clearly stated which law they had violated and how they should be dealt with.

Lin Xiu had worked as a clerk in the Qingli Division for a period of time, and was familiar with the laws of Daxia. What was written in the booklet was actually correct. It seemed that the leader of the Tiandao League not only had channels to obtain so much information, but also had people around him who were proficient in the laws of Daxia.

This was enough to show that the Tiandao League acted with great principles. Even if the court called them rebels, they tried their best to do things within the framework of Daxia laws, and did not completely override the laws.

A Ke looked at the crimes on the list one by one and said, “The biggest den of thieves is the government. If the Daxia court was willing to eliminate these termites, there would not be so many people suffering…”

Lin Xiu knew the court very well and knew that things were not that simple.

The local government, although it was said to be officials of the court, was actually better said to be the dignitaries.

The twenty-one prefectures of Daxia had long been managed by the dignitaries, and even the hand of Emperor Xia could not reach that far.

Once he takes action against these local officials, it is equivalent to preparing to take action against the powerful people in the royal capital. Unless he is absolutely sure, otherwise, a rash action will definitely cause a strong counterattack from the powerful people. On the contrary

, the Tiandao League does these things without so many scruples.

So in the next few days, Lin Xiu and A Ke were busy again.

Even if there is a list, Lin Xiu and A Ke will conduct a visit and investigation before taking action to ensure that no good people are killed by mistake.

Although this will delay time, human lives are at stake, even if it takes a little more time, it is worth it. There are

more than a hundred people on the list. If he and A Ke kill one a day, it will take three months, and he has other things to do. The competition is less than three months, and he cannot fall behind in practice. He must leave enough time to share the rain and dew.

However, this is a task for the whole year, so there is no need to rush.

Lin Xiu did not go out today. He planned to go to the palace to borrow another wood-type worshiper from Emperor Xia. The cherry blossoms in Qianye Lin’s yard have fallen, and it would be best to let the female worshiper come every few days.

There are other people in the imperial study today.

An official from the Ministry of Justice turned pale and said, “Too rampant. More than 20 people have died at the hands of the Tiandao League in the past two months, including several court officials. Your Majesty, we can’t let them go on like this. These rebels must be eliminated as soon as possible!”

Emperor Xia looked at a memorial and muttered, “This guy named Cai Song has 18 concubines. He warms wine with the mouths of young girls and warms his feet with the breasts of beautiful women. What a bastard. I have never been so extravagant. It’s a good deal for you if you are not skinned alive…”

The official from the Ministry of Justice didn’t hear what his majesty said clearly and said blankly, “Ah…”

Emperor Xia cleared his throat, put down the memorial, and said, “The beast tides in various places require a large amount of offerings to suppress them. The East China Sea tribe has not been very peaceful in recent months. And the barbarians in the north also need people to be kept an eye on. The court can no longer spare any extra manpower. The whereabouts of those people from the Tiandao League are uncertain and difficult to arrest. The court still has to prepare for the big competition in more than two months. Let’s discuss this matter later…”

After hearing this, the official from the Ministry of Justice didn’t know what to say.

After all, compared with these things, the troubles of the Tiandao League seemed not so important.

The officials of the Ministry of Justice could only withdraw. Emperor Xia looked at Lin Xiu and asked, “Are you borrowing someone from me again?”

Lin Xiu nodded and said, “I’ll borrow the wood worshiper from Your Majesty.”

Emperor Xia threw a sign to Lin Xiu and said, “Take this sign. In the future, you don’t have to come to me for such trivial matters. You can go to the Worship Department by yourself.”

Zhu Jin came up and explained, “This is the sign of the Secret Investigation Department. From now on, you are the Secretary of the Secret Investigation Department. You don’t belong to any department of the court and you are only responsible to Your Majesty.”

Emperor Xia said, “I wanted to give you this sign last time, because I forgot about the assassination of the Three Kingdoms genius. If you take this sign, it will be more convenient for me to do things for you in the future.”

Lin Xiu glanced at the sign in his hand. The material of the sign seemed to be gold, with a dragon pattern embroidered on the back and the word “secret” on the front.

The Secret Investigation Department directly obeys the emperor and only the emperor. The imperial power allows them to execute first and report later. Although the constraints on the top dignitaries are not very large, the name of the Secret Investigation Department will terrify officials of all sizes.

All the officials of the Secret Investigation Department are the emperor’s confidants.

With this brand, in the royal capital, even in Daxia, they can do whatever they want in the true sense, and everything they do is backed by Emperor Xia.

Unexpectedly, borrowing someone would bring unexpected gains. Lin Xiu happily put away the token and said, “Thank you, Your Majesty.”

When Lin Xiu left the imperial study, a young eunuch holding a thick stack of memorials handled by Emperor Xia walked out behind him. When he stepped over the threshold, he accidentally tripped and the memorials in his arms scattered all over the floor.

Lin Xiu bent down to help him pick up the scattered memorials. The young eunuch said gratefully, “Thank you, Lord Lin, thank you, Lord Lin…”

Lin Xiu smiled and found that there was a piece of paper sandwiched in a certain memorial. He picked it up and sandwiched it in, but the movement of his hand suddenly stopped.

There were some words written densely on the paper. Lin Xiu glanced at it. “Guo Hong, Chen Bing, Huang Quan…”

These names were extremely familiar. Lin Xiu quickly remembered that this was the assassination list given to him and A Ke by the leader of the Tiandao League.

How could this list appear in the memorial to Emperor Xia?

(End of this chapter)