Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 142

[Chapter 142 The Prince’s Fright]

The assassin the prince hired this time was obviously not ordinary.

Although his martial arts skills were not high, he was able to poison people to death without physical contact. It was obvious that he had this kind of supernatural ability. No wonder the coroner of the Qingli Division did not find any clues after Qin Wu’s death.

Even high-level supernatural masters or warriors would fall into his hands if they were not careful.

Lin Xiu didn’t know what poison A Ke had been poisoned with, but in front of him, no matter what poison it was, it made no difference.

After carrying A Ke back to the room, Lin Xiu didn’t spend much effort to use his ability to remove the toxins in her body. A Ke leaned in his arms and said with a little strength: “He used poison, despicable!”

Lin Xiu couldn’t help but knocked her forehead and said: “Is this your first day in the world? What rules do you have to talk to an assassin? If I wasn’t here, you would have been killed by this guy who is weaker than you.”

A Ke moved her lips, but in the end she couldn’t refute Lin Xiu.

He was right. Tonight, she was still careless.

She was an assassin, and an assassin must kill with one strike, without giving the other party any chance to react. If she killed him directly at the first moment, he would not have any chance to poison her.

In the past, she would have done so.

But tonight, she had him by her side.

With him by her side, she always had an inexplicable sense of security in her heart.

After putting A Ke on the bed, Lin Xiu walked outside and fumbled around on the assassin’s body.

Assassins usually do not have a fixed residence, and they carry their important belongings with them. Lin Xiu took out more than 7,000 taels of silver notes and a token from him.

The token seemed to be made of pure gold, with some complicated patterns engraved on one side and a number, fifteen, engraved on the other side.

Lin Xiu remembered that he had also obtained a similar token from the bandit leader.

He flipped his right hand, and another token appeared in his hand. He compared the two tokens and found that except for the different numbers, the other parts of the two tokens were exactly the same, with no difference.

He took the token to the room and showed it to A Ke. A Ke said, “This is the token of the Shadow Organization. The owners of these two tokens are assassins of the Shadow Organization. How did you get the other token?”

Lin Xiu knew that the Shadow Organization was an assassin organization active in Daxia. They were engaged in the business of killing people for money. This organization has existed for a long time, and the court did not deliberately target them.

Because it is a neutral organization, it has always only recognized money, not people, and will not deliberately make things difficult for the court.

A Ke asked in confusion: “Night Organization’s No. 1 is also their leader. No. 11 is one of the top ten assassins besides the leader. Although he is the last one, his strength is definitely earth-level. How could his token be in your hands?”

Lin Xiu explained to her the process of getting the token. A Ke told him: “You have to hide this token and not show it easily. If the Night Organization knows that you killed him, they will definitely not let you go. At that time, there may be earth-level assassins looking for you…” Lin Xiu

put the token into the space and said: “Don’t worry, I won’t let others see it.”

Then, he gave the more than 7,000 taels of silver notes to A Ke and said: “Take these silvers. I don’t lack silver. You need it more than me.”

A Ke looked at Lin Xiu, was silent for a moment, and did not refuse.

The Tiandao League really needs silver. With silver, it can do more things and help more people.

However, this is 7,000 taels of silver. Over the years, she has seen many people quarreling with each other and husbands and wives because of silver, but someone gave 7,000 taels of silver to a stranger who had not met a few times.

He would also risk his life to save a stranger. He

would also kill the rich and powerful for the justice of the people who had nothing to do with him.

He was the same person as them.

Seeing her accept the silver, Lin Xiu reminded her again: “Also, when you are outside in the future, no matter what you do, you must not be reckless. You must always remember that your life is the most important. If you keep the green mountains, you will not be afraid of running out of firewood. A gentleman’s revenge is never too late. Although you are a woman, the principle is similar…”

A Ke looked at him and said, “You are very long-winded.”

Lin Xiu glanced at her and said, “I haven’t finished yet. When you go out, be more careful, don’t trust others too much, don’t eat things given to you by unfamiliar people, and don’t sleep in unfamiliar and unsafe places. You know a person’s face but not his heart. Be careful not to be sold by others and count money for them…” After

worrying about many things, Lin Xiu used invisibility and flying to move the assassin’s body outside the city and bury it. When he returned home, he dealt with the bloodstains in the yard.

The next morning, when he woke up, A Ke’s room was empty.

Her quilt was neatly folded, and only a faint fragrance remained on the bed.

She belonged to the world of martial arts, and this was just a place for her to stay for a short time.

Tonight, he slept alone in this empty house again.

He went to the pretty widow’s place to eat buns, and by the way, he took a look at her situation. After all, it was a task assigned to him by the dog emperor, and Lin Xiu still had to see it himself before he felt relieved.

After that, he went to the Yishu Academy to practice with Princess Minghe as usual.

Before practicing with Princess Minghe, he had to practice with Lingyin on the black ice bed first, absorbing the cold air of the black ice, so that the energy that the ice Yishu could increase was saturated.

Lingyin became the Lingyin of the past again, trying to squeeze Lin Xiu like before.

But now is different, he squeezes himself to the limit every day, not to mention Lingyin alone, even if she and Princess Minghe, Lin Xiu can handle it.

Lingyin’s purpose of squeezing him dry to stop him from having affairs outside is probably going to fail.

Lin Xiu knows her better than he knows himself.

Naturally, her little thoughts can’t be hidden from him.

Lin Xiu finished his practice very early today.

He planned to visit the Imperial Concubine earlier in the future.

According to Lin Xiu’s observation of the prince these days, he would go to the Queen Mother to pay respects every other day, and the time of each visit was very fixed.

Coincidentally, Lin Xiu also went to see the Imperial Concubine every other day. The reason

why he and the prince did not meet was that the prince went early and he went late, and their time was staggered.

Lin Xiu was still looking forward to meeting the prince. The suppression of his ability could give him a sense of superiority and satisfaction.

The prince couldn’t do anything to him before.

Now he has no way to do anything to Lin Xiu.

Lin Xiu likes to see others dislike him, but can’t get rid of him, and can’t do anything to him.

It is true that he can’t do anything to the prince now, but as long as he is uncomfortable, Lin Xiu is happy.

At the gate of the harem, the prince walked into the harem accompanied by an eunuch.

He came to pay respects to his mother as usual, but he was thinking about other things in his heart.

The assassin should have attacked Lin Xiu last night, but this morning, the capital seemed very calm. Logically, the assassination of Zhao Lingjun’s husband should have made the whole capital boil.

Could it be that no one has found his body yet?

After all, he lives alone, and it’s been less than half a day, so it’s normal that no one has found it.

The prince thought so in his heart, and suddenly he sensed a disgusting breath from behind.

In addition to disgust, there was also oppression.

The prince turned around slowly and saw a figure walking towards him.

The moment he saw the figure, the prince’s pupils shrank suddenly, and his heart was shocked.

Lin Xiu, Lin Xiu is still alive!

Didn’t the assassin say that this operation was foolproof!

Where did he go, and why could Lin Xiu still appear in front of him after last night?

Did that person run away with the five thousand taels of silver he paid in advance?

At this moment, countless thoughts flashed through the prince’s mind. Lin Xiu had already walked forward, clasped his fists and said, “Greetings, Your Highness.”

Being so close to Lin Xiu, the prince suppressed the discomfort in his heart, forced a smile on his face, and said, “It must be Lin Xiu, the son of the Earl of Ping’an. I know you. You and your wife are both the future pillars of our Great Xia.”

Lin Xiu said embarrassedly, “Your Highness, you are too kind.”

The prince didn’t want to see Lin Xiu at all, let alone be so close to him. The unnatural expression on his face twitched twice and he asked, “This is the harem, why are you here?”

Lin Xiu said, “On the orders of His Majesty, I’m going to Changchun Palace to take care of the imperial concubine’s pet.”

The prince nodded and said, “Go ahead.”

He really didn’t want to look at Lin Xiu any more, nor did he want to stay with him any longer.

Lin Xiu smiled and said, “Your Highness, you want to greet the Queen, right? Your Highness, go to Yongning Palace, and I’ll go to Changchun Palace. We’re on the same way, so why don’t we go together…”

The Prince’s discomfort at the moment had reached its peak, but he could only suppress his emotions and smiled, “Let’s go…”

From the entrance of the harem to Yongning Palace, the Prince seemed to have walked for several hours in these few short steps. The psychological discomfort was far greater than the physical discomfort.

The moment he entered Yongning Palace, he could no longer maintain his smile, and his face became completely gloomy.

At this time, Lin Xiu had also entered Changchun Palace. Unlike the Prince, he was inexplicably happy when he saw the Imperial Concubine, and in these few visits to Changchun Palace, he felt some touches in his heart that he had never felt before.

Before, Lin Xiu felt sorry for the Imperial Concubine who had lived in the deep palace for a long time, with only a pet to accompany her, and no one to talk to.

Now he realized that he and the Imperial Concubine were both people with the same suffering, so what qualifications did he have to pity the Imperial Concubine.

The Imperial Concubine has a pet by her side, but she has nothing else. No, she has to go home tonight and bring Da Huang over. It’s better to have a dog by her side than nothing.

In Changchun Palace, the Imperial Concubine looked at Lin Xiu in surprise and asked, “Why did you come so early today?”

Lin Xiu stroked the pet in her arms and said, “There’s nothing to do today. If there’s nothing to do in the future, I’ll come earlier. By the way, my lady, has Nannan been well behaved these days?”

The Imperial Concubine regretted it now.

She regretted giving the pet such a name.

This was originally her childhood name, and only the closest people would call her that. Although she knew that Lin Xiu was calling the pet, she still felt a little strange in her heart.

But she couldn’t correct Lin Xiu, otherwise it would not be just her who felt embarrassed, but both of them. She

stayed with the Imperial Concubine in Changchun Palace for a while until a bird flew over her head and chirped twice.

Lin Xiu and the Imperial Concubine said goodbye and walked out of Changchun Palace, and happened to see the prince walking out of Yongning Palace.

He looked at the Crown Prince, a smile appeared on his face, and he said, “What a coincidence, it seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and I are really destined to be together, why don’t we leave the palace together…”

The Crown Prince glanced at him, immediately turned around and went into Yongning Palace, saying, “I suddenly remembered that I have an important matter to discuss with my mother, you should go back first…”

(End of this chapter)