Xia Sheng's face turned solemn, but there was no slight uneasiness in his eyes. He just frowned and said, "Do you know what you are talking about? Do you want to accuse me of Shantang of Shantang to murder a marquis?"

Hearing this, Huaian suddenly let out a silver bell-like laugh, and then he leaned forward, and his eyes looked at Xia Sheng were full of curiosity.

"Do you know that the grassland people had already broken through Changyan Pass more than a month ago and that my Dajin Xiling Army had returned from defeat?"

This sentence sounded like nothing to do with Xia Sheng’s previous doubts, but he shook his head and answered truthfully: “I haven’t heard of it.”

Huaian spread his hands and continued, "The news of the Xiling Army's disastrous defeat came back to Kyoto, which made His Majesty angry. He asked me to investigate thoroughly. Guess what did we find?"

Xia Sheng did not respond, but he knew that next, the topic was the main point.

Huaian looked at him and said word by word: "Someone deducted military pay privately. The soldiers of the border army have not paid any food for three months!"

Xia Sheng gasped, his eyes were solemn, and he spoke, "Do you think this has something to do with my Shantang?"

Huaian smiled: "Qin Xiaohua is the Minister of Revenue, who controls all the financial and tax powers in the world. The military pay flowing out of the treasury also has to pass through Shantang's hands. Do you think this has nothing to do with Shantang?"

Xia Sheng stopped answering, and after a while, he asked, "But what does this have to do with the assassination of the Marquis?"

Huaian asked back, "Do you don't know that the fief of Marquis Xue is in Xiling? This time, Marquis and us went to Beijing to prove that Qin Xiaohua was deducting military pay!"

Upon hearing this, Xia Sheng couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. He finally understood why the people in the Judgment Office decided that Shantang was the mastermind behind the assassination of Pingnan Hou today.

"Since that's the case, why is Lord An willing to let us get in the car? Aren't you afraid that I will kill this Marquis Xue in front of you?"

Huaian turned his head, looked at the angry brother Jing, and smiled and said, "If you wanted to kill, you would have taken action as early as in Heishui Town. Why wait until today?"

Xia Sheng also smiled: "So that's it. It seems that Lord An is not the person I value, but my identity."

In response to this, Huaian said without hesitation: "Yes, you are a guest at Shantang. The road to Beijing is long this time. If you encounter any accidents in the middle, you may be able to help us block some trouble."

"But why should I agree?"

"You can choose not to agree."

After this conversation, Xia Sheng was able to completely confirm that this flag-holder may only look like a child of seven or eight years old, but he is probably more mature than an adult in his twenties or thirties.

Not to mention the other party's powerful strength that Xia Sheng could not see through and understand.

A powerful person at the rank of honor? Or, a holy level?

Xia Sheng shook his head and quickly denied this speculation.

If a single flag envoy of the Judgment Office could be so powerful, then what level can the legendary Judgment Office leader Qin Nian be able to suppress them?

Xia Sheng is not an ordinary practitioner, so he is very clear that there is a wider sky above the holy level, for example, when he was in his previous life, he was an existence that surpassed the holy level.

But to this day, Xia Sheng can clearly feel that the rules of practice in this world seem to have gone astray. So, are there any strong people in this world who have crossed the bottleneck of the holy level?

Taking a deep breath, Xia Sheng temporarily suppressed these doubts in his heart, and then smiled calmly at Huaian.

"Since Lord An is willing to send us to Luoyang City, I think I can still help with this little thing."

A trace of surprise flashed across Huaian's face, because he didn't expect that Xia Sheng would agree so easily, so he nodded with a smile: "Young Master Xia is indeed very wise."

Xia Sheng didn't know whether it was a compliment or a sarcasm, but it didn't matter to him.

What’s important is that the reason why he agreed to Huaian was not entirely out of self-protection, but had other considerations.

Huaian is taking advantage of his identity as a guest official in Shantang.

Isn't he using the power of the Judgment Office?

After losing contact with Kang Wuwei and Qin Yan, Xia Sheng was in the weakest and most dangerous situation. He was worried before how to avoid the pursuit of the prince's subordinates, as well as interception and investigation in various towns.

And now, this problem is no longer a problem.

Because he was sitting in the car of the Judgment Department.

Who dares to stop the people from the Judgment Office to investigate? Who dares to rush to the imperial guards of the Palm Flag?

Even if the prince's men really found Xia Sheng, there are two king-level strong men around Xia Sheng, an emperor-level strong man, and a real ruling giant. Who can move a cold light?

If these people were considered by Huaian as killers who came to assassinate Pingnan Hou by then, there would be a good show.

Therefore, for him, Xia Sheng's choice was beneficial but not harmful.

As the saying goes, I am sleepy and I am sending a pillow, but that's it.

Huaian wants to use his identity as a guest guest in Shantang to cheat him? Xia Sheng wants to see who cheated him in the end!

For a moment, the atmosphere in the car became extremely harmonious.

Xia Sheng and Huaian both had their own ulterior motives and looked at each other and laughed at each other, as if they had made old friends for decades.

But at the same time, the people around them looked different.

The old marquis was quite open and seemed to have not taken the conversation between the two at all. He also ignored the upcoming danger and was still smoking leisurely.

Brother Jing and Meng Qi had bright hostility on their faces, staring at Xia Sheng and Huaian respectively, as if they would suddenly kill people at any time.

In comparison, Mo Lin and Ning Zheng seemed a little indifferent, but in fact, only they themselves knew what they were thinking about.

And it was at this moment that Xia Sheng suddenly turned his gaze to the Marquis of Pingnan who had been extremely calm.

This action immediately attracted the attention of Mo Lin and Brother Jing, but Huaian's face was relaxed.

As if he noticed Xia Sheng's spying, Pingnan Hou opened his eyes again, spit out a perfect smoke ring from his mouth, and said slowly: "Is there any problem?"

Xia Sheng smiled: "I just have some small matters and want to ask the Marquis."

"explain."

"That's right. I heard that the Marquis did not come alone when he was traveling to Luoyang. I'm very curious, why didn't your daughter go to Luoyang with the car?"

After the words came, Meng Qi's palm, holding the dagger, suddenly tightened.

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