How could my childhood sweetheart be the current empress?

"My brain is not working very well."

"..."

"It's better to kill him to prevent future troubles."

Tong Xin said coldly, since he is a member of the former organization, he cannot be kept.

"No, don't kill us. We have a code. It's right under our feet."

When the two men saw that Tongxin had murderous intentions, they immediately shouted at Xu Chengling.

In their opinion, the top leaders of the organization must not want others to know about their existence, so they planned to kill them to silence them.

"Secret code? What secret code?"

Xu Chengling was stunned for a moment. He had never heard Tongxin mention the secret code before, so he couldn't help but say:

"Take off your shoes."

The two men took off their shoes, and saw that there were four identical large characters engraved on the soles of their feet, the left foot had "Fan Yan" and the right foot had "Fu Qin".

Xu Chengling frowned. Why did this code look so familiar? He seemed to have seen it somewhere.

But soon, he remembered.

The Qin here probably refers to the Great Qin, which was the dynasty before Dayan, but was destroyed by Dayan’s predecessor a hundred years ago.

Of course, this Qin is not that Qin. Although it is also the Great Qin, it is just a coincidence that the name is the same.

The Qin Dynasty did not have an eternal emperor, nor did it build the Great Wall. It was just one of the dynasties that changed in this world.

In the setting of the original novel, "Anti-Yan and Restore Qin" is the slogan of the rebels. These rebels are numerous and distributed all over Dayan. They always want to overthrow Dayan and revive Qin.

And what a coincidence is that, in the original novel, the person who secretly supported the rebels was the current prime minister.

Overthrowing Dayan and ascending the throne as king is Xu Chengling's main mission in the book.

The old prime minister has been secretly supporting the rebel forces and promising them benefits in order to use the power of the rebels to realize his plan to seize power and usurp the throne.

Now he remembered that he was still a rebel leader.

If His Majesty knew his identity, he would probably kill him immediately.

He originally wanted to be a loyal minister, but reality pushed him to the position of rebel leader.

Rebelling against Yan and Qin, wow, that's another serious crime punishable by beheading.

Although Xu Chengling had committed too many serious crimes punishable by death, it didn't matter if he had one more.

"Besides you two, are there any other remnants?"

Xu Chengling asked them. He actually guessed that a mysterious organization as large as the Tongxinqian organization would not be so easy to be completely eliminated.

Although this organization no longer exists, its remnants must still exist.

When Xu Chengling mentioned the organization, the two of them suddenly became excited. It turned out that this person was the senior leader of the organization they were looking for.

The other party asked this, he must be planning how to gather the remnants of the organization and make a comeback.

Now there is hope for the organization’s revival!

"That's for sure. Although our organization was destroyed by the imperial court, there are remnants of our organization surviving in various places. We have been looking for people who can gather this force again."

"And this person is you."

"That's right, Boss. We will follow you from now on. We always believe that you can revive the organization again."

The two men looked at the man in white in front of them with admiration, their eyes shining, and they couldn't wait to rush up and protect this high-ranking figure in the organization.

To be honest, Xu Chengren is a little dumbfounded now.

When did he become the head of a mysterious organization?

It turns out that he is just a brick in the anti-bandit organization, and can be moved wherever he is needed, right?

What the hell, he really doesn’t want to be a traitor!

Chapter 72: The Shocking Secret

After careful consideration, Xu Chengling decided to spare the lives of the two men.

Instead of killing them, it is better to take advantage of the situation, train them to become your own spies, and obtain intelligence about the rebels from their mouths.

"By the way, what is the current movement of the rebels?"

Xu Chengling asked the two people to see if he could get some information about the rebels from them.

"Report to the boss, we don't know yet. Our mission is to find the surviving remnants of the organization and gather them together. But I didn't expect to meet the boss here. It's really unexpected."

The tall guy named Gao Jin said that he has a good brain and is obviously the brains of the organization.

"Okay, you guys go, and don't mention me to anyone."

Xu Chengling gave orders to the two people.

"Don't worry, boss, you have the final say!"

Gao Jin and Shouhou patted their chests and made assurances. Seeing Tongxin loosen the knife wound, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In the blink of an eye, the two people disappeared.

"Master, are you just going to let them go like this?"

Mo Li asked in confusion. These two people were obviously from the former organization and were bad guys.

"Well, this is called casting a long line to catch a big fish. Letting them go will attract bigger fish."

Xu Chengling raised the corner of his mouth slightly. He deliberately let these two people go, actually for the purpose of stinging law enforcement.

Once they gather all the remnants of the former organization, he will then capture them all in one fell swoop.

"Tong'er, what's wrong with you?"

At this time, Xu Chengling noticed Tongxin standing beside him and saw that she didn't look well.

"No, Tong'er is fine."

Tong Xin shook her head, and then a very forced smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

Just now she just recalled some bad memories from the past, living a life of killing, and the meaning of living was just to kill.

She has no favorable feelings towards either the former organization or the current court.

All she wanted was a peaceful life like she has now. Being the master's maid, she is very content.

But some things are unavoidable.

Once the former organization makes a comeback and the past catches up with her again, where should she go?

People who have never owned anything will naturally not be afraid of losing it, but once they have something they cherish and are attached to it, they will become weak and begin to fear losing it.

It's like a person who can tolerate darkness, but once he sees the light, he can no longer tolerate darkness.

"Tong'er, don't worry. No matter what happens, you will always be mine. I will never abandon you."

Xu Chengling couldn't help but pull the girl in front of him into his arms, patting her back gently and speaking.

"My Lord, me too."

Tongxin nodded slightly, and her heart became more determined. She would always stay by her master's side. No matter what happened in the future, she and her master could not be separated.

"Oh, Biyan, you're blushing."

Mo Li, who was standing by, couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he saw Tong Xin's blushing face.

It turns out that the cold-blooded and ruthless gold medal killer also has his own feelings?

For some reason, she was a little envious of Bi Yan. At least, she had someone who could love her.

Unlike her, who lost both parents at a young age and doesn't even have someone who can love her.

"Ali, are you coming?"

Xu Chengling looked at Mo Li in front of him. This girl had her emotions written all over her face.

"I'm sorry, maybe I came at the wrong time."

Looking at Xu Chengling who was holding Tong Xin in his arms, Mo Li shook his head.

"No, you came just in time."

After saying that, Xu Chengling hugged Mo Li into his arms and gently stroked the hair of the two little girls.

At the same time, Xu Chengling couldn't help but fall into deep thought about the issue of the rebels.

The biggest problem Dayan is facing right now is how to deal with these rebels lurking in various places.

The current enemy of the empress includes not only Prince Jing who holds military power and the prince's party who are eyeing her covetously, but also a rebel army.

And the leader of this rebel army seems to be himself.

He suddenly realized that in the original novel, the empress dealt with these three major forces at the same time, and Lu Bu fought against three heroes, which was simply too awesome.

Although Xu Chengling felt that the empress was sometimes weak, he had to admit that if it were him, he would have no confidence in dealing with these three hostile forces.

There is no doubt that the only person who can deal with these three forces is the current empress of Dayan.

Xu Chengling had indeed thought about rebellion.

Before he succeeded to the position of prime minister, the old prime minister had already colluded with the leaders of the rebels. The current leader of the rebels is none other than an orphan of the royal family of the previous dynasty.

Whether it is Prince Jing who holds an army of 400,000 men, or Prince Yu who has his eyes on the imperial power, they all belong to the imperial court.

The rebels, under the slogan of "Restoring Qin", were the remaining forces of the previous dynasty.

There are only two choices before Xu Chengling.

Either stand on the side of the geese and fight against the rebels, or stand on the side of the rebels and fight against the court.

Very good, he chose not to take sides.

But it seems that given his identity, it is unlikely for him to stay out of it.

As a descendant of the geese, Xu Chengling should stand on the side of the geese both emotionally and logically.

After all, he is the prime minister of a country, and he is responsible for helping His Majesty solve problems and guide the geese forward.

Besides, the empress is doing a good job now, why do you want to replace her?

Are you a rebel? Can you govern this country? You don't have the ability.

If this continues, we will lose the Western Regions and then Yun. We will have nothing to lose and we will lose all our face.

Xu Chengling should have thought so, but on the day he succeeded the prime minister from the old prime minister, the old prime minister told him a shocking secret.

He is actually from the Qin Dynasty.

It all started at the end of the Qin Dynasty. Like emperors of most dynasties, the Qin Emperor began to pursue the elixir of life in his twilight years.

Therefore, the Emperor of Qin commissioned an alchemist named Xu Fu to find him the elixir of immortality.

In the end, Emperor Qin Shi Huang never got the elixir of immortality and eventually died of old age.

In order to pursue the elixir of life, the Qin Emperor consumed a large amount of manpower and financial resources of the Qin State, which led to the gradual demise of the Qin State.

Eventually, the Qin Dynasty was overthrown and the Dayan Dynasty began.

The alchemist Xu Fu, who was ordered to find the elixir of immortality for the Qin Emperor, eventually went missing and his life or death was unknown.

But what is certain is that Xu Fu lived for some time after that, which is why he left behind descendants.

That’s right, the old prime minister is the descendant of Xu Fu. He is the old prime minister’s adopted son, and naturally he belongs to the Qin Dynasty.

If this secret is known by His Majesty, it will be an absolute crime punishable by death along with the entire clan!

……

On the way back home, Xu Chengling had a thoughtful look on his face.

He originally wanted to give up and lie down, but as the incident continued to develop, he found that he had unknowingly found himself in it and could not extricate himself.

Not far away, a carriage slowly drove towards Xu Chengling.