Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 289

[Chapter 289: Each Side Makes a Concession]

Today, the Duke Zhao’s mansion is particularly lively.

There are countless dignitaries living in Dongcheng. When more than a dozen men from the Xue family attacked the Zhao family aggressively, many people saw it and went out to watch.

Some people who were embarrassed to go out due to their status also sent their servants to inquire about the news.

The gate of the Zhao mansion has collapsed, and angry voices can be heard from inside the gate from time to time.

“Zhao, what do you mean!”

“Are you bullying my Xue family?”

“This matter is not over today!”

…

After listening for a while in front of the Zhao mansion, everyone understood what happened.

It turned out that a guy from the Zhao family’s side branch who didn’t know how to live or die molested the granddaughter of the old Duke Xue in Jiangnan. The Xue family only has that one daughter. This is like stirring up a hornet’s nest. They deserve to be beaten up and even the gate of the Zhao family was demolished.

The Zhao family can say that this matter is unfair or not.

Although the Xue family and the Zhao family used to have similar status, and the Zhao family was even slightly better, because the Xue family had no successors, there were still a few geniuses among the young children of the Zhao family.

But what is the status of the Xue family now? They are the second-class dukes of the dynasty, and there are strong men of the heavenly rank in the family. Even if the

Zhao family had ten guts, they would not dare to offend the Xue family. This time they suffered a misfortune, of course, it was unfair. But the identity of that person is indeed a collateral branch of the Zhao family. There is a head for every debt, and it is not excessive for the Xue

family to come to them to settle accounts. Facing the unreasonable Xue family, the head of the Zhao family came forward in person, apologized humbly, and presented a heavy gift, asking the Xue family for forgiveness, and finally calmed down the matter. In

his heart, he had already scolded that fellow clansman into a sieve.

After the head of the Huang family learned that the Zhao family also offended Lin Xiu, and the official position of the collateral branch of the Zhao family was stripped and the property was confiscated, he felt inexplicably relieved.

The Huang family was a little unlucky, but at least there were people who accompanied them in their misfortune.

The other powerful families were just watching the fun, not caring about it.

However, the affairs of the Huang and Zhao families reminded them.

Jiangnan was a piece of fat meat. Their families had more or less industries in Jiangnan, either supporting the local forces in Jiangnan or managing the side branches of the family that moved there.

No matter how these people acted arrogantly and lawless on weekdays, they were too lazy to care.

But during the time when Lin Xiu was in Jiangnan, these people had better restrain themselves.

That person could be domineering even in the capital, let alone in Jiangnan. If they offended him accidentally, even they who were far away in the capital would suffer an unexpected disaster.

Therefore, even the top families like the Zhang and Song families sent people to Jiangnan to warn their vassal forces in Jiangnan not to provoke Lin Xiu. However, at

this time, they still regarded the affairs of the Huang and Zhao families as a joke and did not pay enough attention to them.

Most of the people sent to Jiangnan to pass on the message were the housekeepers or servants in the mansion, and it would take several days for these people to arrive in Jiangnan. The

upper-level earth-level worshippers could arrive in Jiangnan from the capital within half a day, but even the Zhang family did not have the luxury to let such people pass on the message. It would cost a lot to drive such a strong man every time.

At this time, in a certain county in Jiangnan,

Lin Xiu was leading a group of constables to search the house. This was the fifth house he had searched in ten days.

The forces supported by the powerful in the capital in Jiangnan had no natural enemies in the local area. They might be used to being local emperors, acting without scruples and lawlessness, and could not stand the bait at all.

Sometimes, he did not even need to provoke trouble, and trouble would come to him on his own initiative.

Then, Lin Xiu could reveal his identity and investigate it naturally.

And their families could not stand the investigation. They were either suspected of major tax evasion or oppressing the people on weekdays. If they were not investigated, they would be celebrities, but if they were investigated, they would have a lot of crimes.

Then Lin Xiu could deal with them according to the law.

He found that he had gradually come to like this feeling.

It was fun to fight for justice with A Ke, but he could not be seen in public and could only be an unknown hero behind the scenes. Now he can arrest people and confiscate their houses openly. After each house is confiscated, he walks to the street and sees the people’s admiration, praise and gazes, which makes him feel very accomplished.

After confiscating another house, the people saw him coming out and couldn’t help cheering.

“Your Excellency is wise!”

“They should have been punished long ago!”

“If only Your Excellency had come to Jiangnan earlier!”

…

The people here have regarded Lin Xiu as a senior official sent by the court to Jiangnan to eliminate evil, because in the past few days, several evil forces in various counties in Jiangnan have been uprooted by him.

He is simply the upright master in the hearts of the people in Jiangnan.

At the end of the crowd, several figures looked at the young man who was leaving with admiration.

A man murmured, “He is Lin Xiu…”

Another said, “It is said that when he was in the capital, he helped the people do a lot of things. He is a rare clean stream among the children of the rich and powerful. I have heard of him a long time ago…”

Another said, “The rumors are true. It would be great if he was our brother…”

The big shots from the capital have caused quite a stir in Jiangnan these days, and the people from the Jiangnan branch of the Tiandao League have also been attracted.

Although they also dislike these families, they can’t do anything about it.

The power of these families is very large, and they rely on the big trees in Kyoto. Many families in Jiangnan already have government backgrounds. The Tiandao League can kill people who are extremely evil, but it can’t bring down an entire family.

And this young man easily did what they couldn’t do.

To some extent, this is also their alliance.

Even in the court, there are people who share the same beliefs as them.

At the back of the crowd, a dusty man led a horse and stopped a passerby and asked, “Excuse me, old man, how can I get to the Zheng family?”

He had just come from the royal capital, under the order of the Duke of Zheng’s Mansion, to tell a branch of the Zheng family in Jiangnan that they should be honest these days and not provoke anyone they shouldn’t provoke, especially a man named Lin…

The old man asked, “Zheng family, which Zheng family?”

The man said, “The largest Zheng family in Huaiyuan County.”

The old man shook his head and said, “Then you are late, the Zheng family is gone…”

The man was stunned for a moment and murmured, “No, no…”

Royal Capital.

Zhang family, a middle-aged man looked at a dusty man in disbelief and asked, “What did you say?”

Song family, the head of the Song family looked at an urgent letter in his hand and was equally unbelievable.

The Zheng family, the Wei family, the Qi family…

With the urgent letters sent to the various high families in the capital, the dignitaries who were still laughing at the Huang family and the Zhao family not long ago began to get restless. In the

past two days, they have received urgent letters from Jiangnan one after another, and the power they have built in Jiangnan has been uprooted.

Without exception, these people have had conflicts with Lin Xiu.

They finally realized that something was wrong.

One family is a coincidence, two families are a coincidence, and three or four families cannot be a coincidence.

On the eve of the big competition, Lin Xiu went to Jiangnan inexplicably. It would be fine if he went there, but he repeatedly uprooted the power they had cultivated with great difficulty. They didn’t believe that there was no one behind the scenes.

But why did he do this?

What good would it do him?

The Lin family has no industry in Jiangnan, and there is no conflict of interest with them. Why did he go against so many dignitaries in the capital?

Soon, they figured out the reason.

This matter is not good for Lin Xiu, but it is good for another person.

All the property that Lin Xiu obtained from the confiscation of property in Jiangnan was taken over by the national treasury. In the past few days, ships sailed from the capital to Jiangnan one after another, and the vacant official positions in the counties of Jiangnan were arranged at the first time.

In the matter of Jiangnan, neither Lin Xiu nor they took advantage, but His Majesty made a lot of money.

The court has always coveted the interests of Jiangnan. The major families are very clear about this matter, but it is the first time that he has seen him use such drastic means.

In the palace, good news came one after another. Emperor Xia was numb from the initial surprise.

He is now beginning to worry about one thing.

Those dignitaries would not think that what Lin Xiu did was instructed by him behind the scenes, right?

This time it is really not…

not every time!

But if you put yourself in their shoes, if he is a dignitary, he will think so.

There are not so many coincidences. The forces that the dignitaries of the capital have built in Jiangnan have been looking for trouble with Lin Xiu one after another. Based on his understanding of Lin Xiu, things may be the other way around.

He is a person who cannot tolerate any injustice. He doesn’t even pamper the children of the rich and powerful in the capital, so how could he pamper those in Jiangnan?

He likes what Lin Xiu did.

But he also has to take the blame.

Soon, Zhu Jin came to report that several

important officials in the court wanted to see him. In the imperial study, the officials representing several powerful families in the capital first stated what Lin Xiu did in Jiangnan, and then implicitly told Emperor Xia whether he should be controlled. If he continued like this, he might turn Jiangnan upside down.

Emperor Xia showed an awkward look on his face and said, “This matter is also difficult for me to deal with. Lin Xiu is the pride of my Great Xia. It was your people who provoked him first. His actions in Jiangnan were all in accordance with the law. If I blame him, wouldn’t it make the future pillars of Great Xia feel disappointed…”

After some discussion, Emperor Xia looked at them and said, “I can ask him to stop, but you should also go back and reflect on what your people have done in Jiangnan over the years. If they don’t restrain their behavior, I can’t help you if they provoke him again next time…”

Soon, these conversations in the imperial study were transmitted intact to the mansions of the major dignitaries.

Your Majesty can ask Lin Xiu to stop, but the condition is that they restrain the behavior of those families in Jiangnan.

This is not a condition for the dignitaries in the royal capital, but a step back.

Restraining those families in Jiangnan is just a matter of an order. They used to only care about the business in Jiangnan and didn’t care what they did in Jiangnan, but now they can’t care. Lin Xiu seems to like going to Jiangnan very much. He is in the limelight now. If someone provokes him again, it will cause trouble for them in turn…

If someone else does this in Jiangnan, it will disrupt the layout of so many families. They are likely to secretly send strong men to deal with him quietly.

But that is Lin Xiu.

Who dares to touch him, who can touch him?

With the temper of the old Duke Xue, if he kills his grandson-in-law, no family in the capital will have a good time.

What’s more terrifying is Zhao Lingjun.

Lin Xiu is her husband. If anyone makes her a widow, this is a great feud that will never end. No one wants to offend a 19-year-old upper earth level…

Not to mention, he is also the husband of the Tianjiao in Fusang. His two concubines and a sister-in-law also have the qualifications of the heavenly level. Even if he doesn’t rely on himself, it’s enough to just eat soft rice…

(End of this chapter)