Jiao Shangshu was shocked because this was a case of annihilation.
Did someone come to your door after discovering a problem? So what should I do?
At this moment, he knew one thing: he could never admit this accusation.
You must know that the other party may come to take revenge, so it is very likely that he will kill someone if they disagree with you.
As the first person to see this killer, he had to be extremely careful no matter what he looked at.
His brain was running rapidly because he felt the murderous intention was coming and he didn't want to die, absolutely didn't want to die.
It took a lot of effort to transform from a poor boy into a prestigious minister, but he still had to live a few more years no matter what.
He had been sitting upright and found it more difficult to stand up because he had been kneeling for too long and his feet were numb.
At this moment, he was a little annoyed that he didn't stand up immediately when he saw Ling Xiao come in. He was still sitting there kneeling, and now he couldn't get up at all.
"What are you talking about? I have never done such a thing! How could I be the one who killed a whole family? Does it have anything to do with me?"
When he spoke, his originally relatively deep voice became high-pitched, almost hoarse and broken, and his eyes were constantly moving.
After Ling Xiao looked at it, he didn't say anything, but watched quietly, while Jiao Shangshu continued to shout hoarsely. This was because he knew that his opponent was very scary and might die.
He deliberately wanted to get up, so that he could at least escape for a while, but he was quickly pointed at by Ling Xiao's knife, making him unable to speak, and there was no trace of any of the slaves.
"You..." Jiao Shangshu looked at the other party and found that his voice was supposed to be very loud, but no one came. This situation made him feel as if boiling oil had been poured on him. He felt a little anxious.
Cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Then he saw Ling Xiao chuckle, then looked at him with a bit of ridicule and said: "Jiao Shangshu, you are really a noble man who forgets things. The great flood that broke out in the twelfth year of Xuanping has just passed.
There are not many years that should be remembered, but all these years you have been lighting everlasting lanterns in the temple."
When Jiao Shangshu heard that Xuan Ping was twelve years old, he was shocked. He even felt like jumping up immediately. Even though he didn't jump up, his body leaned back a little. He looked at Ling Xiao carefully and said, "You are from the Tao family."
Right? You are really bold, you even went to the official’s house to make trouble, how can I be afraid of you?”
"Tao family? Why do you think I only represent the Tao family? You must know that in that flood, not only most of the Tao family died in the flood, but more people in the county where the Tao family lived were also buried in the flood.
." Ling Xiao said, there is something in these words and it means something profound.
Jiao Shangshu has calmed down at this moment. At first, Ling Xiao appeared inexplicably in his study, which frightened him. This mysterious and mysterious way made him think of one word: Creepy! Next, he wanted to make Ling Xiao think that he was scared.
A little silly.
As a person who can climb to the top, he is naturally not a fool. He feels that his secret hand should be there, and he doesn't want to keep arguing with Ling Xiao. Looking at Ling Xiao suddenly laughing, Ling Xiao thought that he was mentally ill.
.
After laughing for a while, his smile became distorted, his eyes became red, and his voice returned to normal volume, "There is nothing that can be done about it. I can only say that it is destined that they should die."
Ling Xiao looked at him and said, "As expected, your own interests are the most important in your heart. Anyone or anything that gets in your way must be cleared away."
Jiao Shangshu glanced at Ling Xiao, and naturally understood that the other party could see his thoughts. So it was very problematic. Didn't she see his plan?
At this moment, he was a little anxious because he didn't know who his opponent was. He was a little worried that his backhand would be useless, so he would have no way out.
So no matter whether the visitor is from the Tao family or not, after she said that Xuan Ping would be his enemy twelve years later, she would give him his life as long as he came.
"Of course, in order to avenge my family, I spent a lot of effort to find the best opportunity to get rid of them in one fell swoop."
"Those who followed the flood and died in the water can only say that they had a bad life." Jiao Shangshu said coldly.
"Ha! Really? It's really a double standard. If your family dies, you need revenge, but if someone else's family dies, you deserve it?"
"I have a message for you: Good deeds will be rewarded with good deeds, and evil deeds will be rewarded with evil deeds. If you don't repay them, the time has not come yet." Ling Xiao said.
He obviously didn't want to hear this, he stared at Ling Xiao, his eyes turned red, and his body began to tremble.
It was as if the whole person suddenly turned into an aggressive bull, or a bull on the verge of going crazy.
I saw him standing up suddenly and roaring: "How dare you say that."
At this moment, he completely forgot that his legs were numb from the pressure.
I stood up suddenly, staggered a bit, and almost fell.
Fortunately, he still managed to stand up straight.
Ling Xiao remained silent, just watching.
Seeing this scene, Jiao Shangshu was secretly proud of himself. This man was too young.
If it were him who came to settle accounts, he would take advantage of the inconvenience to move around.
Instead of looking at it with a stupid look, just talking but not doing anything.
After he catches that fool for a while, he can teach that person a lesson so that he can learn to be smarter in his next life.
Of course, he still deliberately showed an angry face at this moment, and his whole person looked very hot-tempered.
If Jiao Shangshu were to use the comic version of his portrait at this moment, he would probably have his hair standing straight up.
His nostrils are constantly twitching. It would be better to add a little sparks, then his whole image will be excited because of anger.
Ling Xiao didn't change much when she saw this scene. She seemed to be stunned by Jiao Shangshu's appearance. Now she couldn't react at all.
Then Jiao Shangshu roared, "The Tao family should be blamed for all this. If it wasn't the Tao family, why would the floods occur in other places over the years, but not in the Tao family?"
At this moment, he felt that he was the embodiment of truth. Ling Xiao had to take a step back because when the other party spoke, spittle sprayed everywhere, making her a little incompetent. This person still thought he was very capable?
Then I heard Shangshu Jiao yelling angrily, "You can tell something is wrong at this glance. In order to save their home, the Tao family must have sent out their thugs to destroy the river embankment and let my family die in the flood."
Ling Xiao looked at him when she heard this. In her mind, this kind of person really felt wrong. If the Tao family really made a mistake, they should be brought to justice instead of thinking that they are the law enforcers.
Okay! Even if Jiao Shangshu thinks that the Tao family is very powerful, it can even affect the situation of the government. The officials protect each other, so that the common people cannot get justice.
Even if you go through formal channels, it is impossible to avenge your family. You can only think of revenge yourself. Ling Xiao understands this kind of revenge better.
Even Ling Xiao's outlook on life would agree with the victim's desire for revenge, but that doesn't mean that Jiao Shangshu can do what he thinks is the truth and hurt so many people.
Before Jiao Shangshu starts his revenge, he should first investigate the truth and figure out who the real enemy is.
And she always believes that victims can take revenge in appropriate ways, but please do not hurt innocent passers-by in the process of revenge.
The methods used in the process of revenge are very vicious, and the methods are resorted to all possible means, and they will not hesitate to harm innocent people.
In Ling Xiao's opinion, the person who did that was not a good person, and was no different from the original perpetrator.
She glanced at Jiao Shangshu. His face was still a little distorted at this moment, and he was obviously extremely angry.
When Ling Xiao faced him with a ferocious appearance, there was nothing worth panicking about.
Jiao Shangshu looked at Ling Xiao, with countless anger in his heart, but he felt something was not good.
At this moment, Ling Xiao said slowly: "I want to ask something."
Jiao Shangshu hesitated for a while and then said: "Then may I ask?"
He didn't want the other party to feel his hesitation at all.
But Ling Xiao could see clearly that she was very quiet at the moment.
"You keep saying that in order to save the Tao family after the flood came, the Tao family broke the dikes and released water."
"So, you saw all this with your own eyes?" Ling Xiao asked this question very rudely.
In fact, sometimes what you see with your own eyes may not be the truth, let alone if you haven’t seen it with your own eyes.
Ling Xiao naturally had to find out the source of Jiao Shangshu's information, otherwise some of his words would be easy to say and would be all lies.
After hearing this, Shangshu Jiao was stunned for a moment, and his whole body suddenly became a little dazed, because he did not see it directly.
But he said: "No, but isn't this a matter of course? Why have floods occurred in other counties, but not in Tao's place?"
His eyes were red when he was asked, and he was a little more angry at the moment. His whole person felt like he had encountered several bullfights, and something was wrong.
He also discovered that Ling Xiao was not an assassin who killed people right away. Jiao Shangshu looked very crazy, but he still knew what was going on. He found that he was completely isolated.
The bodyguards who were supposed to run over to save him upon hearing the commotion he had just made did not appear, and even the servants who were supposed to be in the study were nowhere to be seen.
Then if he is afraid of being controlled by others, he can only save himself. As an assassin from the Tao family, he will generally not let himself go. After all, everyone in the family will die, so the best way is to be able to frighten the opponent, even if he cannot.
Also need to delay for a while,
Maybe someone would think of him and come to see him, and then he might survive. At this moment, Jiao Shangshu thought of many things, and one of them was a face.
He can be regarded as an old fox-level figure, and he quickly realized that if someone can come to the door with a big stab, there must be some unknown trump card, and he will settle the score with them.
Jiao Shangshu felt something was not right. He thought: A person can do anything while alive, but everything is in vain after death. He must try his best to survive.
At this moment, his mentality changed, and Ling Xiao naturally felt it. The other party was so angry that he had no fear at first.
But as time went by, he still wanted to live deep down in his heart. If his purpose of surviving at the beginning was to avenge himself.
But as time went by, his original desire for revenge began to be mixed with more things.
Ling Xiao looked at him and said word by word: "The Tao family did not break the dike and release the water."
"The reason why there is no breach of the river embankment is because the river embankment is well repaired."
When Jiao Shangshu heard this, he shook his head. He would not believe it at all.
He only believed in his own thoughts. "You're talking nonsense!"
"As a Tao family member, of course I will speak for the Tao family."
"Nonsense, aren't you also looking for reasons for what you do?"
After hearing what Ling Xiao said, of course Jiao Shangshu would never believe it.
"In fact, even if you get evidence to prove what I said, you won't believe it."
"Because in this case, you are a person who has done many things wrong."
"The ghosts of the Tao family will come to find you, as will other non-Tao family members who died in the flood."
There is a saying that goes well: A fire at the city gate affects the fish in the pond, and too many people died because of Jiao Shangshu.
If they knew the reason behind this, they would definitely hate him to death, because he even had the wrong reason for revenge.
Ling Xiao looked at Jiao Shangshu. He looked dazed for a moment and said, "Why do other people's deaths have anything to do with me? I just want revenge!"
Ling Xiao looked at him and laughed for a long time. She said: "I went to check the Jiao family. You lost all your family members, sold all the land in your family to go to school, and finally succeeded in the imperial examination and became an official. After you married a wife and had children, the Jiao family
It developed little by little.”
While she was talking, she took out a stack of paper, looked at it and said, "Look, this is the wealth of your Jiao family over the years, tsk tsk tsk! It can be said that the Jiao family's wealth is rising in a straight line. Tell me, how could it be?"
So rich? Officials' salaries are not that much at all."
She was amazed at this moment, and then said: "Then it means that the officials' salaries will definitely prevent the Jiao family from becoming so rich, let alone your wife's dowry. I have checked the so-called dowry list, and there is not that much at all.
money."
"Let me see, the Jiao family took a fancy to the Lu family's property, so they got rid of the men of the Lu family, and then took the young ladies of the Lu family as their concubines."
Speaking of this, she looked at Jiao Shangshu with a chill in her eyes. This was using her own power to ignore all other people's feelings.
"The young lady of the Lu family hanged herself after knowing the truth. The Jiao family was completely devastated. Didn't you say that you are a good person?"
Jiao Shangshu's eyes widened when he heard this. He really didn't know about this. He was very busy every day.
But he also knew it was wrong, but he didn't dare to admit it, "You're talking nonsense! You actually framed a court official!"
"What nonsense? Have you never thought about how the Jiao family will get better and better over the years?"
When Jiao Shangshu heard this, he was a little reluctant to believe that it was true or not.
He always thought he was doing the right thing, how could this happen?
It must be the Tao family who lied. He would never admit that the Jiao family had done something wrong.
This must never be admitted, and of course he would not admit it if it were true.
Because this means that his previous heroic words have become empty words, which must not be admitted.