Chapter 388: Another Xiao Jing
From the day he fell in love with Xue'er, Xiao Jing has been asking everything about the Xia family. After becoming Xue'er's husband, he has a deeper understanding of the Xia family, and he knows a lot more about the inside story than before.
Even if what he knew was only the tip of the iceberg, he had a preliminary understanding of how terrifying the power of this family was.
The current saint inherited the throne more than ten years ago. At that time, he was a down-and-out prince who was not noticed at all and was not even treated by people, and no one expected that he would be the final winner.
After ascending the throne, the first thing the new monarch did was to set out to fight the forces of the Xia family. This may be because the Xia family is a loyal supporter of the late crown prince, and some people say that the king of Da Rui has long wanted to take action against the powerful Xia family, but this emperor is more courageous.
At first, the action against the Xia family had some results, and the old man of the Xia family did not make any reaction. The new emperor stepped up his steps when he saw that there was something to do, but everything changed dramatically later:
First of all, the transportation was chaotic, and the north-south transportation, which had always been smooth, was almost paralyzed, and the adults in the household were as anxious as ants on a hot pot. The price of rice in the capital rose five times at its peak, and people were panicked for a while, and no one knew how to end it;
People everywhere changed frequently, and urgent reports flew like snowflakes. The officers and soldiers pressed everywhere, but they pressed the gourd and lifted the scoop, tired and exhausted to no avail;
High-quality and inexpensive private salt is rampant among the people, and there seems to be someone behind it, and it is difficult for the government to eradicate it no matter how hard it cracks down. In order to ensure the sale of official salt, some localities forcibly apportioned it to the people, and as a result, the people's resentment boiled, and there were many disrespectful voices in the countryside......
Seeing that Da Rui was about to fall into embattlement, when he went to Xia's house today to visit the old lady Xia who was sick in bed, the two talked deeply for three hours.
After that, the crisis gradually resolved.
The Xia family obediently gave up the important positions they controlled, and a cadre of protégés and former officials was also placed elsewhere, leaving only Xia Honghan with a left attendant of the Ministry of Rites. With the help of Mrs. Xia, Da Rui's economy slowly stabilized, and as the world returned to peace, the stormy new emperor also gained a firm foothold.
His Majesty now also knows how to repay the favor, and since then, he has never beaten the idea of the Xia family in the open, and the two sides have lived peacefully until now.
On the day he knew these things, Xiao Jing was speechless for a long time.
If he were the emperor, he would be determined to kill such a terrifying existence that posed a serious threat to the imperial power.
Today's Holy Forbearance is not because the Xia family, who is low-key and acts with his tail between his legs, agrees with his heart, but the forces of the two sides have formed a terrifying balance, and he can't afford to take the risk of tearing his face with the Xia family, so he can only turn a blind eye to peaceful coexistence.
It's just that such a powerful force should not be used indiscriminately.
The so-called fairy fighting ghosts suffered, even if the Xia family just wanted to protect themselves, it was those ordinary people who were harmed by the chaos among the people, so why bother? Now it seems that it is better for Xia Honghan to do ten good things than Xia Honghan casually, with Xiao Jing's character, how could he watch his father-in-law go crazy without stopping it?
After thinking about it, he said with a straight face: "Although it is dangerous to go here, it is not a certain death. Although the son-in-law can only act at the opportunity, it is not difficult to get out of the way, please don't worry about it, let alone use any extraordinary means, the son-in-law thinks that the situation is far from ......"
Xia Honghan looked at him directly, his eyes full of pity and his expression of crying and laughing made Xiao Jing feel like a fool.
After the son-in-law of the pedantic and rotten good man finished speaking, he sighed and said: "The virtuous son-in-law only needs to go north, and the rest is not to be taken care of." That's right......"
In the middle of his words, he suddenly clapped his hands, and a man walked in from outside.
Xia Honghan advised: "This person will accompany you, and then he will change his costume and follow the mission." Once something happens, let him replace you, and someone will protect you back south, understand? ”
glanced at the random person, and Xiao Jing's eyes straightened.
No way?!
In these years, he only had a bronze mirror that he couldn't see clearly, but he was a time-traveler and had seen his own appearance in the mirror of later generations. The person standing across from him...... He looks like him!
When Xiao Jing was stunned, the man suddenly spoke: "Hello uncle, the villain's name is Xia Xuan, I will definitely protect you well, please rest assured." ”
As soon as he spoke, Xiao Jing was so shocked that he almost sat on the ground.
Why do you speak so much like me?
No, not only the voice itself, but also the demeanor and gestures when speaking!
If you dress him up properly, then he will have nine images like Xiao Jing, and the only people who can quickly see the difference may be Xia Hanxue and Qin Ziqian, as well as a few very close friends such as Xiaoya and Shao Ning.
Absolutely real!
Looking at Xia Xuan's unsmiling appearance when he entered the house, as well as the suspicious surname "Xia", Xiao Jing seriously suspected that this person was a dead soldier raised by Xia Honghan who was specially used as a stand-in for him.
How many hole cards are still hidden at home? The only possibility is that he has been observing in the dark for a long time, could it be that there are still people listening to the wall outside when I and the Cher couple were in Dunlun?
Thinking of this, he felt a pang of discomfort in his heart. It turned out that when he watched the costume drama, he was quite yearning for the mysterious operations of big families, and only then did he know how difficult things were.
A modern person like Xiao Jing couldn't accept letting a stranger he didn't know die for himself anyway, so he said: "Uncle Yue, you don't have to let Xia Xuan go, your son-in-law can handle it, why ...... it again."
Before he finished speaking, he stopped in Xia Honghan's angry gaze.
In the eyes of big people, such a subordinate should go to the trouble for the interests of the family, and now Xiao Jing is synonymous with the interests of the family.
Forget it, let him go.
There is no successor to the Xia family's house, and the father-in-law is already crazy thinking about the child, in case he Xiao Jing has a good deal on the grassland, maybe Xia Honghan will say to the outside world that Xia Xuan is Xiao Jing who escaped back, and then let him have children with Xue'er by mistake, it will be bad.
Xiao Jing struggled to restrain the strange thoughts in his head.
Xia Honghan said that he would let him go back for half an hour, and he felt that his legs were a little weak when he had been standing and listening to the teachings in the second half of the year.
When I returned to my residence, I saw Xia Hanxue's back. This Nizi is tinkering with something, because she is so focused, she doesn't even notice her husband when she enters the house.
Xiao Jing stretched her neck to look at the things she was packing, and sighed: "Xue'er, don't waste your efforts, no matter how you prepare, your husband will not take you to Beihu!" ”