Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 141

[Chapter 141 No Face]

The Imperial Palace, the Imperial Study.

Emperor Xia was reading a memorial.

The loyal and brave Earl Qin Wu died. The result of the investigation by the Ministry of Personnel was that he died suddenly when he ascended to the Paradise. Speaking of it, their family was too unlucky. The eldest son was assassinated and died, and the second son fell into a well while walking at night. His own death was even more outrageous. When he is old, he should be more restrained, unless he has the same body as himself.

Emperor Xia was still very satisfied with his body.

He put down the memorial and asked Zhu Jin: “What is the result of the investigation by the Secret Investigation Department?”

Although the Ministry of Personnel had given the result, he believed in the Secret Investigation Department more.

Zhu Jin said: “Your Majesty, the Secret Investigation Department carefully examined 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 asked: “In other words, he was assassinated?”

“Yes.” Zhu Jin nodded and said, “Not only was Qin Wu assassinated, but after Qin Wu’s death, I felt that the death of his second son Qin Rui was also suspicious, so I asked someone to investigate.”

Emperor Xia asked, “What’s the result?”

Zhu Jin said, “Qin Rui’s death has been closed for a long time, and there is not much evidence. But a few days before his death, there were rumors in the market that Qin Rui had awakened the ice art.”

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

Zhu Jin explained, “It should not be related, but I always felt that this matter was weird, so I asked someone to investigate and found out that in the past few years, all those who awakened the ice art in the royal capital have died without exception. Not only that, in the past few years, no one who awakened this ability in various mansions has been spared. Your Majesty, do you still remember that the young lady of the Zhao family was also assassinated several times a few years ago, and Lin Xiu almost lost his life several times after awakening the ice art…”

Emperor Xia frowned. He stood up and said, “Of course I remember. I just withdrew the secret agents who were protecting him.”

Zhu Jin said, “Now it seems that he was assassinated not because of his engagement with the Zhao family, but because of his ability. Someone doesn’t want the person who awakened the ice art to live.”

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

Zhu Jin shook his head and said, “These cases were all done by killers hired by him. It is impossible to find out his identity directly, but he hates people who awakened the ice art so much and has the ability to kill so many people. He must be a powerful person in the royal capital. The awakened ability is fire or water, and it is more likely to be the latter. Apart from that, his mind must be extremely narrow, without the slightest tolerance…”

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

Zhu Jin shook his head and said, “This old servant didn’t say anything.”

Emperor Xia glanced at him and said, “You almost said the prince’s name directly.”

Zhu Jin remained silent.

Emperor Xia’s face was as gloomy as water, and he said: “The ice technique is so rare. If there is an outstanding talent, it is possible that he will become a pillar of the country. The one from the Zhao family will definitely be one of the pillars of Daxia in the future. If Lin Xiu gets into trouble, won’t it ruin my plan?”

Zhu Jin said at the right time: “The prince is indeed a bit too much.”

Emperor Xia was silent for a moment, and said: “Go and tell him that I will not hold him accountable for the past. If he dares to act recklessly in the future, don’t blame me for not giving him face!”

Zhu Jin said: “This old servant obeys your order.”

East Palace.

The loyal and brave earl is dead, and the court has no doubt that his death is unusual. The prince is very satisfied. After so long, he finally found a reliable assassin.

He turned to look at the eunuch behind him and asked, “Did he say when he would take action against Lin Xiu?”

The eunuch whispered, “Tonight.” The

prince was about to say something, but suddenly his face straightened and he said, “I have read all these memorials, and I will send some new ones over.”

Zhu Jin walked in from outside and said with a smile, “Your Highness is really hard-working. If His Majesty knew, he would be very pleased.”

The prince said, “It is my duty to share the worries of my father.”

Then he asked, “Zhu Zongguan is not with my father, but came to my East Palace. Could it be that my father has any instructions?”

Zhu Jin looked at the eunuch behind the prince and said, “Your Majesty has a verbal order for us to pass on to the prince.”

After the prince realized what Zhu Jin meant, he looked at the eunuch behind him and said, “You go down first.”

The eunuch immediately withdrew and closed the door of the palace. The

prince then looked at Zhu Jin again and asked, “What did my father say?”

Bang!

Zhu Jin slapped the prince in the face.

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

Zhu Jin looked at the slap mark on the prince’s face and said slowly: “His Majesty asked me to tell His Royal Highness that His Majesty will not hold you accountable for the past. If you dare to act recklessly and attack those who have awakened the ice magic, especially Lin Xiu and the second lady of the Zhao family, don’t blame His Majesty for not saving your face. Your Highness, take care of yourself…”

After that, he bowed to the prince again and said: “Your Highness, please don’t blame me. I was just conveying His Majesty’s intentions, including this slap, which was also asked by His Majesty…”

The prince’s face was gloomy and silent.

Zhu Jin said: “I have conveyed His Majesty’s intentions. I have to return to the palace to report. I’m leaving…”

After that, he turned and left.

As soon as Zhu Jin left, the eunuch ran in and said worriedly: “Your Highness, the assassin will act tonight, do you want to…”

The prince stretched out his hand to stop him, gritted his teeth and said: “No, my father said that the past will not be blamed. I asked him to do it a few days ago. This is before…”

Then, he said gloomily: “Old thing, I will remember this slap. After I ascend the throne, I will tear you into pieces!”

At this moment, he did not notice that a blue-crowned short-tailed parrot had already made a nest on the tree outside his window and was lying in the nest, its mung bean-like eyes moving non-stop.

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

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

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

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

…

It was late at night.

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

Lin Xiu and A Ke sat opposite each other on the stone bench in the yard, neither of them spoke.

A Ke came to the capital this time to kill the bully and the loyal and brave earl. Now that both of them are dead, it is time for her to leave.

She is different from Lin Xiu. She has an organization behind her and she also has a mission.

In addition to the capital, there are many oppressed people in various places waiting for their rescue.

This time, she has actually stayed in the capital for a long time.

Lin Xiu was a little reluctant.

These few days, it was not easy to have someone to talk to him and practice with him at night. After A Ke left, he was left alone here again.

A Ke has been silent all the time.

These two missions are probably the easiest tasks she has ever performed.

In the past, she always went 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 she are from different worlds after all.

She once imagined that if he also joined the Tiandao League, they would complete tasks together in the future, help those oppressed people together, appreciate the great rivers together, and watch the sunrise and sunset together…

But he has a family, so there is no reason for him to take risks with her.

In A Ke’s opinion, he is already unfortunate enough, and she can’t and doesn’t want to drag him into a more unfortunate abyss.

It was midnight, and the two of them sat quietly in the yard, not talking, which seemed a little strange.

After a faint sound, the figure who jumped into the yard from outside was even stranger.

In the middle of the night, a single man and a single woman are not sleeping. What are they doing here?

Are they basking in the moonlight?

He just listened outside for a long time and made sure that there was no one in the yard before he climbed over 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.

A strong atmosphere of separation had already been brewing between Lin Xiu and A Ke, but it was destroyed by this sudden intruder.

Lin Xiu turned his head and looked at him calmly, with a somewhat dissatisfied tone, and said: “You are finally here, we have been waiting for you for a long time…”

Of course, Lin Xiu and A Ke were not sitting outside to bask in the moonlight.

He knew everything that had happened in the Prince’s Mansion in the past few days.

Including that an assassin would come to him tonight.

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

. It seems that the death of the Loyal and Brave Earl still attracted the attention of the Secret Investigation Department.

Within half a year, three people died in the Loyal and Brave Earl’s Mansion. They may have followed the clues and found the abnormality of Qin Rui’s death.

What Lin Xiu didn’t expect was that Emperor Xia actually locked on the prince so quickly. It seems that his secret detectives are not all unreliable guys like the old beggar and the peddler.

Lin Xiu had expected the assassin to come, but the assassin was so scared that his heart was about to jump out.

Not good!

The mission was exposed!

The target he wanted to assassinate was waiting for him here in advance. Did the employer deliberately leak his whereabouts? On the surface, this big business asked him to kill someone, but in fact, his enemy wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of him?

In a short moment, the assassin’s mind was full of thoughts, and then he turned around and ran away without hesitation.

But he couldn’t escape at all.

He just turned around, and a dagger was placed on his neck.

A Ke held the dagger and said coldly: “Since you are here, don’t leave.”

But the next moment, she felt her body soften, without even a trace of strength, and she couldn’t even hold the weapon. If Lin Xiu hadn’t stepped forward to support her in time, she would probably fall directly to the ground.

The assassin had already taken off at this time, but at this moment, a silver arc of light suddenly shot out from the darkness.

The arc of light flashed and entered his body.

His body was instantly paralyzed and fell from the air.

A cold light flashed across the night sky. He covered 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 held A Ke, who was obviously poisoned, in the other hand. He said, “Why don’t you stay here? How can I feel at ease if you travel around like this…”

(End of this chapter)