Liu Xiu's actions made everyone finally understand what the stack of rice paper meant, and there is no doubt that all of them are collected incriminating evidence.

Such a thick stack, if not two hundred, one hundred and fifty. It can be said that almost all the daimyo present are likely to be in this stack of rice paper.

Originally, some of them not only had some nodding friends with Lin Dong, but also the super big people who were usually well-behaved also panicked.

If they kill chickens as crimes, they are confident that they are in a safe place. In addition, he has not done anything unforgivable, except for the fact that Liu Xiu's methods are too intense, he can also maintain some calm.

But His Royal Highness the prince doesn't act according to common sense at all. Draw one and count one, regardless of the size of the crime, it depends on who is the most unlucky. Moreover, there is no fairness in the way of dealing with it, and if you deny it, you will draw your sword and kill people, and it is difficult to guarantee that after admitting a small mistake, you will not find the same reason to cut it off with a sword. After all, this is killing chickens, not asking for the people's lives, and no matter how much fault you make, if you are chosen to scare the monkeys, you may be killed.

Vitality, I'm afraid it is only on the shopkeeper Lin who is sitting firmly at the main table.

Not only the super big families and officials who had some nodding friends with Lin Dong, but those who saw Lin Dong for the first time also moved their eyes to Lin Dong when Liu Xiu looked down at the rice paper.

"Which one is Master Cheng Wencai?"

Liu Xiu's voice was not hurried or slow, but it was like the call of death, which made Cheng Wencai stumble and sit on the ground. The others wiped the sweat from their foreheads, and their hanging hearts barely let go a little.

"Master Cheng, please step forward and explain, this official has some things to inquire about." Liu Xiu said lightly.

Cheng Wencai trembled like chaff, and he couldn't get up for half a day, and several familiar colleagues beside him wanted to help him up, but they didn't dare to stretch out any more, for fear of being angered by Liu Xiu. It is a matter of life and death, and there must be no accidents.

Liu Xiu was silent and looked at Cheng Wencai quietly.

The drums beat in the hearts of the people, and by ignoring the call of the prince, they could be sentenced to a grave crime of despising the prince. Cheng Wencai, unless there is another accident, he will definitely die.

Cold sweat kept pouring out on Cheng Wencai's back, his face was like ashes, trembling and trying to get up, but it was always difficult to get up, compared to Ye Laisheng, it was still much more unbearable.

At the main table, Lin Dongyun was light and light, but he was secretly admiring Liu Xiu's courage in his heart.

Speaking of which, Liu Xiu's first appearance was to call Brother Lin instead of the honorific shopkeeper like before, obviously because he didn't want people to know the true relationship between him and Lin Ji Inn. Cheng Wencai used to be the county magistrate of Southwest County, and Lin Dong still remembers that when he had a dispute with Fulai Restaurant, he also sent Liu Xiu to bring silver to bribe Cheng Wencai. It can be said that Cheng Wen is the only person who can recognize Liu Xiu except for the old buddy at Lin Ji Inn.

I haven't seen him for two years, Liu Xiu has changed a lot, especially in terms of temperament and identity, it is difficult to be reminiscent of the guys at Lin Ji Inn. But no matter how it changes, there are still some shadows of the past, and Liu Xiu undoubtedly wants to completely erase this trouble.

The way to erase it is not to kill Cheng Wencai, but to make him have no courage to observe Liu Xiu carefully in his life.

Lin Dong is sure that Liu Xiu's behavior seems to be a random candidate, and I am afraid that he has been prepared in advance. Whether it is Cheng Wencai or Ye Laisheng before, they should all be the candidates he selected in advance.

The first unjustly killed ghost Ye Laisheng, Lin Dong was almost sure that this person's family background should be in the middle and lower among the people, and there was no big background. It is perfect for making chickens to scare monkeys.

As for Cheng Wencai, one is to erase this hidden danger, and the other is to ...... Lin Dong's index finger tapped lightly on the table, and his role, which had changed from the number one supporting role to the dragon set, should become the number one supporting role again.

"Help, save me......"

Cheng Wencai stretched out his right hand to a colleague he knew well, as if asking him to help pull a hand, but the meaning of his words was more like asking him to come forward to intercede.

The colleague pretended not to see it, and looked at the main table without squinting.

"Help, save me......"

Cheng Wencai's pleading gaze swept over the faces of more than a dozen people around him, and the answers he received were all ignored.

If Liu Xiu didn't have the status of a prince, at this moment, everyone would definitely be unable to help but stand up in groups. After all, no one could have imagined that they would be next. Saving Cheng Wencai not only allows him to remember a favor, but also faces Liu Xiu with the enemy.

But Liu Xiu still has the identity of the prince. As a prefect, he has no right to convict casually, just a list of crimes, no physical evidence, no trial, no signature and detention, it can't be taken seriously at all, just by virtue of this thing, let alone killing a person with a head and face in a city, even if it is an ordinary person, it will become a handle in the official career that is enough to cause him to lose his official position, dismiss his post or even be imprisoned.

The prince is different, no matter what the status of this prince is among all the princes, just by virtue of his identity, it is not something that can be shaken by the cooperation of high-ranking officials and nobles in a small mansion city.

Asking for no result, Cheng Wencai was sad to death, and looked up at Liu Xiu with a blank face, the cold eyes like looking at a dead man made him feel like he was in an ice cellar, cold to the heart.

I wanted to muster up the courage to beg for mercy, but in the corner of my eye, a figure who was enjoying tea steadily, which made Cheng Wencai sink into the abyss, and suddenly gassed the flames, and the light of hope flashed in his eyes.

Without any hesitation, Cheng Wencai turned his head to look at Lin Dong, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Shopkeeper Lin save me, Shopkeeper Lin intercedes for me, my tigress is a good friend with you." My father-in-law also has a lot to do with you, so you must save me......"

Liu Xiu couldn't help but turn his head to look at Lin Dong, and said unexpectedly: "Brother Lin, he ...... with you"

"Indeed!" Lin Dong smiled and arched his hand: "I hope His Royal Highness the prince will show mercy." ”

"Brother Lin is joking, I'm just asking him about the house, Lord Cheng is unwell, how can it be difficult for a strong man! Come on, help Cheng to take a seat. ”

Liu Xiu did not hesitate to tear the rice paper in his hand into pieces, and between his hands, the confetti was fluttering and sprinkling, and the situation of white flowers made everyone look at Lin Dong with a brush. In his eyes, the light of excitement flickered frequently.

Ye Laisheng shouted His Royal Highness the Prince, and was immediately reprimanded. Shopkeeper Lin shouted His Royal Highness the Prince, not only was it fine, but Liu Xiu easily tore off the rice paper. This undoubtedly means that as long as the shopkeeper Lin speaks, what kind of collusion between officials and businessmen, corruption and deversion of the prince, not only is it fine, but there is still a chair to sit on.

"Yan Lianshui, Lord Yan is not there?"

The two maids helped Cheng Wencai to the chair, and when he was serving tea and water, Liu Xiu took out a piece of rice paper again, and the voice like a life talisman sounded slowly.

"Shopkeeper Lin save me, Shopkeeper Lin save me...... Yan often goes to Lin Ji Inn, although he has never had the opportunity to see the shopkeeper Lin, but in Yan's heart, the shopkeeper Lin has always been Yan's most admired figure. Shopkeeper Lin, save me ......"

Yan Lianshui is burly, and at a glance, the first impression is that he is a tough guy, but after hearing Liu Xiu's voice, although he didn't know Lin Dong, he knelt down very wisely, and then begged him for mercy. He understood that in the entire courtyard, the only person who could save his life was Lin Dong.

"This ......" Lin Dong hesitated for a moment, and after Liu Xiu looked at it, he smiled bitterly: "I think it's better to forget it, right?" ”

Liu Xiu hesitated for a moment, nodded helplessly, and tore off the rice paper in his hand: "Come on, Lord Yan is unwell, help Lord Yan to take a seat." ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and their hearts were at ease, Shopkeeper Lin was really as good as rumored, and even someone he didn't know was willing to save him, who else couldn't save him?

The two maids hurriedly stepped forward, helped Yan Lianshui up, and after he sat down, they served tea and water. And everyone took advantage of this time to quickly think about what to say once it was their turn, so that Shopkeeper Lin couldn't bear to refuse his call for help.

Liu Xiu took out a piece of rice paper again and looked at Lin Dong a little helplessly: "Brother Lin, you won't meet one and know the other, right?" ”

Hearing this, everyone's mood of settling down hung again, and these words undoubtedly wanted to block the life-saving Bodhisattva of Shopkeeper Lin.

Lin Dong's eyes swept over the faces of the people who were staring at him, and he also said helplessly: "It's not that you don't know my temper, why don't I go back to the inn first?" ”

"Shopkeeper Lin, I'm Lao Yang! I, I ......"

"Shopkeeper Lin, let's go the same way, or, why don't you wait for me?"

"yes, yes! Shopkeeper Lin, I'm planning to go to Lin Ji Inn, anyway, it's the same way, so it's good to have a companion if we go together? ”

Those who know Lin Dong a little bit have nothing to say. I am afraid that Lin Dong will leave, without this life-saving Bodhisattva, he will unfortunately become a ghost who died unjustly, and others will keep responding.

Lin Dong's face was entangled.

"Forget it, Brother Lin, let's talk about this in a few days!" Liu Xiu put back the rice paper he had pulled out, and asked with a smile, "Let's go to Lin Ji Inn together?" ”

"Okay!" Lin Dong nodded.

Everyone raised their arms in unison and wiped the cold sweat from their heads. Although the threat has not been eliminated, today, it is considered worry-free.

His Royal Highness, whose surname is temperamental, is going to Lin Ji Inn, and the person who originally said that he wanted to go with him will naturally not be stupid enough to go with him. Although if you go together, you may leave an impression on His Royal Highness, according to common sense, people who have an impression will give some face. But His Royal Highness the prince can't use common sense to calculate, and if he is a peer, the harm will outweigh the benefits.

got into the carriage with Lin Dong, and under the congratulations of everyone, Liu Hua waved his horsewhip, and the carriage moved slowly.

In the carriage, Liu Xiu exhaled, looked at Lin Dong, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Lin, you won't be angry with me because of this, right?" ”

"Little, not much!" Lin Dong understated.

"I know ......" Liu Xiu said helplessly: "Please also ask Brother Lin to understand, Liu Xiu is also forced to do so." ”

"As a last resort?" Lin Dong pretended not to guess Liu Xiu's ultimate goal, and said half-truthfully: "If you lack silver, I have it." You should know that I don't like to be taken advantage of, with my temper, if it weren't for your sake, even if it was a prince, I wouldn't dare to do anything to you in front of you, behind my back...... It still makes you restless. ”

Liu Xiu said with a smile: "Brother Lin really hasn't changed at all, when he was in Southwest City before, no one who dared to do bad things to Lin Ji Inn had a good life." I still remember that once when I was idle and bored, I went to plot with Wang Liuxi and the captain of the city gate guard, and that tragic scene ...... Not only was the money in our Lin Kee Inn doubled, but people also had to lie in bed for three or five months. Unexpectedly, when he arrived in Autumn Wind City, the shopkeeper still had this temper that could not be lost. ”

"I think you've changed a lot." Lin Dong said lightly: "Liu Xiu in the past was not so gloomy. ”

Liu Xiu softened, leaned back against the carriage, and said helplessly: "Brother Lin doesn't know how far the battle between the princes has reached, if you are not gloomy, you may fall into a catastrophe at any time." ”

"It's not that serious, is it?" Lin Dong shook his head and said.

"If you are a man with your tail between your legs, An An only wants peace, but she is only bullied, even if you can't be crowned king in the future, you can be prosperous and rich for a lifetime." Liu Xiu's soft body slowly straightened up, and he looked at Lin Dong's gaze with indescribable firmness: "But what I want is not glory and wealth, but a dragon robe above tens of thousands of people." I want everyone to understand that one day, I, Liu Xiu, will let those imperial brothers and eunuchs who looked down on me and bullied me fall to my feet. ”

"You want to be emperor?" Lin Dong was stunned, and the reason for the consternation was not because of Liu Xiu's goal, which he had already guessed. He was shocked that Liu Xiu would actually say this goal.

With the strength of the Lin Ji Inn, it is far from being able to provide sufficient support for a prince, even Liu Xiu, who has stayed in the Lin Ji Inn, is absolutely unclear about the development potential of the Lin Ji Inn at this stage.

Such a confidential matter, according to Lin Dong's original guess, it is impossible for Liu Xiu to say it.

"Hmm!" Liu Xiu nodded heavily, clenched his fists and said: "The Ninety-Five, holding the world, no one believes that I can do it, it is Brother Lin who makes me understand that in this world, there is nothing that cannot be done." Lin Dong was dumbfounded, and said helplessly for a long time: "Although I don't understand the affairs of the imperial court, I also know that if you want to be an emperor, even if you are a prince, it is not so simple, you need huge power and financial resources, and Emperor Qianwei is ...... at his current age."

"That's why I had to take advantage of Brother Lin, and I had to take risks and force them with high pressure." Liu Xiu said with a bitter face: "Time is too urgent, I must establish my own forces as soon as possible, and the first step is to gather all the forces and financial resources of Qiufeng Mansion in the shortest possible time." ”

"Tell me this, it shows that you are not ruthless enough." Lin Dong hesitated: "It is said that unless it is the crown prince, otherwise, if the prince wants to board the dragon chair, the most basic condition is that the six relatives do not recognize the ruthlessness. You should know my temper, don't say that I don't have that strength, even if I have that strength, it is absolutely impossible to help you take charge of the money jar, let alone become your money jar. As for Old Man Ding, he is the talisman of Lin Ji Inn, if you dare to try to rob it to help you, I will turn my face as soon as possible. ”

"I know." Liu Xiu said slowly: "Liu Xiu has indeed changed a lot in the past two years. But there is one thing that will never change, and that is the gratitude to Brother Lin and Old Man Ding. In this world, Liu Xiu can't be the person who doesn't recognize his six relatives, and there are only Brother Lin and Old Man Ding. Maybe I have something to hide from Brother Lin, but the reason is just that I don't want Brother Lin to hate me. ”

Lin Dong was silent, and in a trance, Liu Xiu in front of him seemed to have returned to two years ago.

He could feel that Liu Xiu was not lying. In the past two years, Liu Xiu's changes have indeed been very big, and his inflated ambition has been so great that Lin Dong is disgusted, but the deepest part of that ambition is still Liu Xiu, the first best guy in Lin Ji Inn.

Sighing secretly, Lin Dong's original plan that was gradually taking shape was completely rejected neatly. Although finding a way to spread today's events is enough to make Liu Xiu fall into a place of no return, he can't be ruthless to Liu Xiu two years ago. The current Liu Xiu also makes him ruthless.

An emperor will never sit idly by and watch the existence of forces that shake his position, even if the owner of this force is the person closest to him. After all, the Ninety-Five, or the master of the great power, has an enemy that no one can defeat - Lifespan. A hundred years later, who can guarantee that the descendants of the masters of this huge power will not subvert the scepter they left to their descendants? If this force cannot be controlled in their own hands, suppressing it, or even nipping it in the bud, is the best choice.

Lin Dong believed that if Liu Xiu sensed the sense of crisis brought to him by Lin Ji Inn, he would definitely make the same choice. It's a big deal, just compensate a few mountains of gold and silver.

Fortunately, Liu Xiu has not yet reached the level of denying the six relatives for the throne, as long as the existence of the escort team is hidden, even if he perceives the threat of Lin Ji Inn in terms of financial resources, he believes that if he wants to suppress it, he will definitely not come up with any thunderous means.

As for the future...... Even if Liu Xiu really had the possibility of ascending the dragon chair, as long as the escort team of the Lin Ji Inn was developed into an existence like the major sects that even the imperial power was unable to suppress, everything would be guaranteed.

Thinking about it, looking at Liu Xiu's sincere gaze, Lin Dong asked, "What are you going to let me do?" ”

"Brother Lin is willing to help me?" Liu Xiuxi said: "I was still thinking about how to get Brother Lin to help me this time." ”

"Although I hate people who are full of promotions...... Lin Dong smiled: "But there is no way, who called you the prefect of Qiufeng Mansion and offended you, if you post an official document of collusion with mountain bandits at the [***] Inn, it will be enough to make the Lin Ji Inn close." ”

"I knew that no matter how much Brother Lin looked at me, he would definitely help me." Liu Xiu grinned, at this moment, he found the feeling of getting along with Lin Dong before.

The shopkeeper is indeed the shopkeeper whose boundary between good and evil is not obvious, and who is magnanimous to his own people.

"Say it!" Lin Dong said lightly: "It's too difficult, don't blame me for refusing." ”

"It's not difficult, it's not hard at all." Liu Xiu swore and said: "After today's incident, I believe that these people will definitely visit Brother Lin one after another, and Brother Lin will only need to send them to me one by one." I know that Brother Lin is busy cultivating every day, and it is okay to ask Ma Chun to do this. ”

"It's not too hard!" Lin Dong nodded and reminded: "Don't forget, in Autumn Wind City, you do control their power of life and death, but not all of these people are frogs at the bottom of the well. ”

"I understand!" Liu Xiu nodded and said confidently: "I have checked, none of these people have carrier pigeons in their families, that is to say, if you want to ask for help, you can only send someone to deliver the letter." Yan Lianshui, the commander of the city gate guards, that is, the third candidate I picked at the banquet, was originally just one of Li Jiancheng's guards in the army, and Li Jiancheng was transferred too far away, and his authority was not enough to bring him over. It can be said that the current Yan Lianshui is just a wild child that no one wants. I will go to him in the evening, and if I have him in my hands, I will find a reason to check the people who are out of the city, and it will be enough to ensure that no one can go out with the letter in a short time. ”

After a pause, the cold light in Liu Xiu's eyes skyrocketed: "As long as I am given a month, I am ten percent sure that I can firmly control everyone in my hands, after all, these ......"

"Stop! For the rest, you don't need to tell me......"

Lin Dong's eyes were slightly closed, his back leaned against the carriage, concentrating and recuperating. Later, it was nothing more than grasping the military power, threatening the whole family, and then using the identity of the prince to promise benefits, he was too lazy to listen to these things, and he didn't want to hear Liu Xiu say it with his own ears.

Liu Xiu nodded and quietly listened to the noise outside the carriage.

(To be continued)