Zhao Lin didn't want to say much at first, but after thinking about it, he realized that they were partners for the time being and he had to keep him stable, so he said, "Don't worry, Master Feng. I exchange letters with Master Li every three days. Master Li is well aware of what Zhao Chenhan and I have done."
Feng Siyuan smiled and said, "Then I'm relieved."
"Goodbye."
Zhao Lin returned to the inn where he stayed last time and prepared to leave tomorrow.
Sudi said, "If this poem of yours gets out, you'll be attacked by people all over the world. Is it really worth it?"
"Of course it's worth it." Zhao Lin said without hesitation: "If you want to climb up, you must be prepared to pay the price. But don't worry about mere fame."
"But this reputation may accompany you with infamy for eternity, even with Li Xingye's clarification it will be useless." Sudi said anxiously.
Zhao Lin smiled and said, "It's okay, I know what I'm doing."
"That's great." Sudi sighed, "What a pity! If you had Zhao Chenhan's background, it wouldn't be so troublesome to get a job."
Zhao Lin disagreed: "Zhenbei Marquis Mansion is nothing. I will definitely be better than him in the future."
The two separated, and as Zhao Lin entered the room, a sword was placed across his neck: "Don't make a sound, or I'll kill you."
Zhao Lin smiled and said, "Miss Assassin, be careful, don't shake your hands, or I will be finished."
The assassin snorted coldly, "You're still talking nonsense when you're about to die. Do you believe I'll kill you right now?"
Zhao Lin said: "I don't believe it."
The assassin was stunned. Zhao Lin suddenly raised his hand and a black thing rushed straight towards the assassin's face. The assassin was shocked and quickly swung his sword to block it. However, unexpectedly, the black thing had a chain behind it, which was wrapped around the sword. As Zhao Lin's hand shook, the sword almost flew out of his hand, and he quickly stepped back.
Zhao Lin retracted the meteor hammer, held it in his hand, and said with a smile: "This is not a martial arts drama, and you don't have internal energy. It's too stupid to assassinate like this, isn't it?"
The assassin opposite had his face covered with a black cloth, his figure was petite and bloody, and it was obvious that he was injured by an arrow when he was trying to assassinate Feng Siyuan.
The female assassin had no idea what a martial arts drama was. She said in a cold voice, "As a scholar, you actually colluded with the eunuch party. You deserve to be killed. Today, I will eliminate this evil for the people and kill you, the traitor."
Zhao Lin shook his head. "You're stupid, but you refuse to admit it. You couldn't even defeat me in your sneak attack just now, and you still want to kill me? Considering that you helped me by assassinating Feng Siyuan, I won't bother with you. Hurry and leave."
Zhao Lin waved his hand, signaling the woman to leave immediately.
The woman was injured and was definitely no match for Zhao Lin under such circumstances.
But Zhao Lin didn't plan to kill her. It was pointless, so he decided to keep her to assassinate Feng Siyuan.
"Hmph, don't think I can't kill you just because I know a little bit of Kung Fu."
The woman pulled out a cylinder from her bosom and pointed it at Zhao Lin: "This is a hidden weapon we made. As long as I press the button, it will shoot out thousands of steel needles and turn you into a hedgehog."
"Holy crap, Stormy Pear Blossom Needles? You have one?"
Zhao Lin immediately retreated and looked for cover.
"Rain of Pear Blossom Needles? That's a good name, let's call it that." The woman sneered at Zhao Lin and said, "Put down your weapon. I ask questions, you answer, or I'll shoot you to death."
"Okay, okay, you ask me and I answer. Don't be impulsive and don't shake your hands."
Zhao Lin threw the meteor hammer to the ground and said.
The woman shouted, "You are someone Li Xingye values very highly. You became an inspector at the age of sixteen. Why did you collude with the eunuchs? Is it to get your job?"
Zhao Lin was a little puzzled. Who would have to come up with an explanation when questioned?
Zhao Lin said, "It's not just for the sake of doing your job. Zhu Zhongyan is indeed a powerful eunuch and has done many bad things. You should kill him, but it's undeniable that he has also made great contributions to this world."
The woman shouted, "Shut up! What has he sacrificed for this world? He killed loyal and good people, slaughtered the common people, and plundered their wealth. I don't know how many evil things he has done. And he still sacrifices for the world? What has he sacrificed?"
Zhao Lin said, "Let's put it another way. Without him plundering everywhere, how could the court afford to support an army of hundreds of thousands? Relying solely on the officials in the court, let alone supporting these troops, haha, they'd be lucky if they didn't drain their blood dry."
The woman was stunned and said, "Nonsense! The army's food and wages come from the national treasury. Why do we need him to provide them?"
Zhao Lin sighed. "If I'm not mistaken, you're either a righteous man or the descendant of a loyal and righteous man he killed. You simply hate him but don't think deeply about it. If you had truly investigated, you would have known that the treasury was already empty. Aside from Zhao Jingzhou's Zhenbei Army, which relied on Zhenbei Pass for self-sufficiency, the other armies were already short of food and pay and nearly mutinied."
This was the conversation that my predecessor heard from Zhao Jingzhou and Han Yuehua.
They only analyzed the current situation of Daqi and did not mention Zhu Zhongyan, but Zhao Lin could analyze a lot of things with just a little analysis.
In Zhao Lin’s previous life, there was a eunuch named Wei Zhongxian, who was known as the Nine Thousand Year Old Wei.
Although Wei Zhongxian deserved to die and eventually died, the entire Ming Dynasty was buried with him.
The female assassin seemed a little unacceptable: "Impossible! Zhu Zhongyan did that for his own enjoyment."
Zhao Lin shook his head: "Is it possible? Can't you check it yourself?"
"No, I don't believe it. You're just stalling for time, trying to trick me into leaving."
The female assassin suddenly came to her senses and said, "There are ministers and the Prime Minister in the court. Even if the treasury is short of money and the army needs food and wages, they will take care of it. It's not the turn of the eunuch Zhu Zhongyan. He deserves to die! You deserve to die too!"
Zhao Lin sighed and looked at the female assassin with pity. "Zhu Zhongyan deserved to die, but there are many who deserved it more than him. You mentioned Li Chengqian, our Prime Minister. He was a man of high moral character and a model of literature, right? But what did he do? He used factional struggles to exclude dissidents and, in order to protect the interests of the aristocracy he represented, he did not hesitate to hinder the development of the country. In all these cases, how is Prime Minister Li any better than Zhu Zongguan? Let's put it this way, the death of Li Chengqian, Wang Chengqian, and Liu Chengqian had no impact on the country or the people. But the death of Zhu Zhongyan might have led to the destruction of the country. Without Zhu Zhongyan to provide money and food to the army, the people would have been demoralized and the army would have been in disarray."
"No, that's not true." The female assassin found it very hard to accept: "If you say that, doesn't that mean he is more important than the emperor?"
Zhao Lin smiled and said, "You know what? At this stage, he is indeed more important than the emperor. Unless a wise ruler emerges and rules everything with an iron fist, we really can't do without our Prince Zhu."
"you……"
The female assassin didn't know what to say for a moment.
Zhao Lin actually said that Zhu Zhongyan was more important than the emperor. This was a crime of great disrespect. If it got out, not only Zhao Lin himself, but also Zhu Zhongyan would be in trouble.
"Humph, you are lying to me. How can a eunuch be more important than the emperor? The emperor is just bewitched by him. Once we kill him, the emperor will naturally wake up and govern the country."
The female assassin said coldly, "You actually tried to deceive me? Go to hell."
The woman was about to use a hidden weapon.
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