Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 568 Dead End
Everyone in the room looked towards the door, and then saw Xia Lin walk in in casual clothes. With a smile on his face, he bowed to everyone in the room one by one and said, "Happy New Year."

Although the officials in the room had no intention of greeting him, his arrival did raise the tension here to a new level.

Xia Lin walked into the room, found a seat and sat down: "Duke Anguo, Happy New Year."

Duke Anguo turned his head away and didn't want to pay any attention to this man, but he didn't dare to scold Xia Lin like he scolded Lao Zhang, so he simply kept silent.

Xia Lin didn't care at the moment. He just crossed his legs and put his folding fan aside. "In my opinion, the most important thing right now is not to save the queen. It's better for the Duke of Anguo to find a way to deal with the queen after she comes back."

These words were no less than a slap in the face to Duke Anguo. Xia Lin made it very clear that whether or not to rescue the Queen was one thing, but rescuing her was another matter altogether.

"If your majesty knew that the queen was captured, he would be furious. But if your majesty knew where the queen was captured, it would not be a matter of anger. Isn't it? Duke Anguo, all the lords?"

Some things really cannot be said explicitly. It doesn't matter whether the queen is dead or alive at this moment, and it doesn't matter who kidnapped the queen. The most important thing is precisely the cause in this cause and effect relationship.

Why was the queen tied there?

The Duke of Anguo's face was no longer livid, but glowing green. His daughter was kidnapped outside a brothel, and it was not a good thing, and he had no way to explain it.

Was she going to the brothel to listen to music or to watch a play? Or was it because the food in the brothel was better?
Okay, any reason is fine.

The key is that people have to believe it. Emperor Jingtai is a little stupid, but you can't really treat him as a fool, right? And now this matter is not known by just one or two people. It has caused a lot of uproar in the city. On this side, they say it is confidential, and on the other side, people in the market have begun to spread the story that the queen is cheating on men.

I wonder if there is any man in the world who can endure such a thing, let alone that man is an emperor.

"Duke Anguo, you can go and ask about my abilities. I'm not kidding you. If you want to save the queen, I don't even need to show up. As long as she's not dead, she will appear in front of you alive and kicking within three hours. Then, whoever tied her up, whose head I will use to build a Jingguan for you, but what about after that? Duke Anguo, have you thought about it?"

At this moment, Duke Anguo was filled with resentment. He sat there for a long time without making any movement. Although he hated Xia Lin very much, things had become a big deal just as he said.

At this moment, Xia Lin coughed and said, "My Lords, the weather is cold, why don't you all go back early to spend your spring break and spend time with your wives and children."

As soon as he finished speaking, the people in the room stood up and ran out as if they were fleeing. After all, at this point, they were not stupid, who could not know that this was no longer something they could touch?

Not only can you not touch her, but after you go back you can only say that you came to attend a group party, and you can't mention any other nonsense.

Soon, there were only three people left in the hall of the Procuratorate, which had been bustling with people just now. One of them was the Duke of Anguo.

"Any news about General Xia?"

"I have some clues, but..."

Xia Lin coughed, stood up, closed the door, and walked back: "Investigate, we have found some clues, but it depends on whether Duke Anguo can handle it."

"Please say."

"Yesterday, the Queen secretly met with Li Mi in a pleasure boat in the capital."

"Impossible!!! Absolutely impossible!!!" Duke Anguo's eyes widened as if he wanted to eat someone: "How could it be Li Mi!"

"Is it possible? Duke Anguo can go back to the palace and ask Li Mi, the Grand Commander of Zhuozhou." Xia Lin's smile was extremely scary. "I think he was kidnapped by Li Mi's political enemies. They wanted to use this as a threat. I guess that's the case. But who would have thought that they kidnapped such an important person this time."

"But the fact that the Grand Commander and the Queen are having an affair is more than just an affair. I believe in Li Mi's heroism, and I also believe that the Queen can't help herself, but some things can't be said. I've said it all here, and Duke Anguo, don't worry about it. Things have come to this point, and the Queen and I have no grudges in the past or today, and we have even only met a few times. I don't want this to happen."

Every word Xia Lin said stung the Duke of Anguo's heart. If this was true, the Duke of Anguo's family would be finished, and his political enemies would not let go of this excuse. Even if Emperor Jingtai did not pursue the matter out of consideration for his personal feelings, it would still trigger a purge of the emperor's court.

Confused, Li Mi is confused...

"Please wait a moment, General Xia. I will go back and discuss this with my family."

Xia Lin smiled and said, "Please do as you please, sir."

He knew that this was not a discussion with his family, but a questioning of Li Mi. If Li Mi was a man, he would have to think about how to deal with the matter if he nodded. An Guogong hurried back to the mansion and called Li Mi, the governor of Zhuozhou. Li Mi was also very worried at this time. When he saw his uncle's face, he knew that something was wrong.

"Let me ask you." Duke Anguo didn't waste any words and spoke directly: "Are you and Wan'er..."

As a father, he couldn't say the word "affair" after all, but Li Mi's eyes were red at this moment: "Yes! Wan'er and I have been in love since childhood. If my uncle hadn't promised her to the emperor, Wan'er would have been my wife long ago."

"Assholes!! You...you are such assholes!!!"

Duke Anguo slapped his hands on the table loudly: "You are really my enemies!"

"Uncle, do you have any news about Wan'er?"

"You come with me!"

The Duke of Anguo didn't waste any time and took Li Mi directly to the Investigation Office. This was the first time Xia Lin had met Li Mi properly. He had seen him before, but that was in a cubicle in a brothel when he saw Li Mi standing up and riding a bicycle.

Upon closer inspection, Li Mi is indeed a talented person. It is true that people whose names are recorded in history books are not simple people.

"Hello, Grand Commander."

"General Xia, I have long admired you."

Xia Lin smiled and nodded, then sat down and said, "Duke Anguo should have told the Grand Commander everything. What do you think of how to deal with the following matter?"

"I don't know."

"In my humble opinion, the best way right now is to keep the Queen in the dark..." Xia Lin left the words unsaid, his eyes fixed on Li Mi's face: "I guess the Grand Commander is still a little reluctant, right?"

"So, General Xia already knows where Wan'er is?"

"Don't underestimate me." Xia Lin said with a smile, "I'm also good at intelligence. Where can a living person go? If she wants to leave the city, she must be cut into pieces. If she is intact, she can't escape my sight."

"General Xia, please save Wan'er."

"The crime of deceiving the emperor." Xia Lin said directly: "Grand Commander, are you asking me to commit the crime of deceiving the emperor?"

When you think about it this way, it seems to be true. What Li Mi meant by saving Wan'er was not saving the queen as Xia Lin said, but saving her and then disguising the evidence to form a closed loop.

Isn’t this the crime of deceiving the emperor?

"So what does General Xia want?"

Xia Lin spread his hands and said, "I only wish for the stability of the country. As for the Queen, she means nothing to me. It all depends on what the Duke and the Grand Commander think."

"Can you give me some time to think about it?" Li Mi narrowed his eyes and looked at Xia Lin.

"I can think about it with the Grand Commander anytime, but the Queen can't wait. With a beauty like her, if she falls into the hands of robbers, I'm afraid... well, I won't say more. Anyway, this is basically what happened, and everyone just needs to understand."

Xia Lin stood up and said, "I'm going to go to the courtyard to stretch my arms and legs and get some sun. Duke Anguo, Grand Commander, you two can discuss this matter properly."

After saying that, Xia Lin and Lao Zhang went out. At this moment, Lao Zhang whispered, "You scared them enough."

"To be honest, from the perspective of interests, if they decide to kill the queen, that would be the right thing to do. But from the perspective of humanity, I don't think the queen deserves death. I don't want to be the executioner. The final decision should be left to the queen's family."

"You are so evil... You let your father, brother, or lover decide your daughter's life or death."

"Then what do you say we should do? Adults should be responsible for their own actions." Xia Lin took a deep breath and said helplessly: "Why didn't they think of this day when they were doing it? To put it bluntly, they just didn't take the emperor seriously, nor did they take others seriously. They are very arrogant. Arrogance is not good, Brother Zhang."

(End of this chapter)