Chapter 114: Mission Impossible

“This Governor is the Military Governor of Jin Prefecture; your father was a Thousand-Man Commander under my command.”

“How can this Governor watch helplessly as he dies innocently and tragically?”

“Rest assured, this Governor will definitely return justice to your father.”

Listening to Xiao Lintuo’s righteous words, Amo put on a grateful appearance and said excitedly, “Thank you, my Lord.”

“In the future, I, Amo, will definitely serve my Lord like a dog or horse.”

Xiao Lintuo nodded with a smile: “Good, good, good. You stay here for tonight. Tomorrow morning, follow this Governor to meet the Garrison Commissioner.”

“Yes, my Lord.”

Led by a personal guard, Amo walked out of the large tent.

And at this moment, the smile on Xiao Lintuo’s face vanished instantly.

He shook his head gently with disdain and sneered: “An ignorant barbarian still wants to continue being a Thousand-Man Commander?”

“Hehe…”

Amo saying he would serve like a dog or horse meant he wanted to inherit his father’s Thousand-Man Commander position.

But for this position, Xiao Lintuo had already made arrangements.

“Wushu, prepare yourself.”

“After tomorrow, go and take over Wuliji’s position as Thousand-Man Commander,” Xiao Lintuo said in a faint voice.

Hearing this, the Khitan general named Wushu looked delighted.

He immediately knelt on one knee and said loudly, “Wushu obeys.”

As Xiao Lintuo’s trusted aide, he naturally didn’t need to say superficial words like serving like a dog or horse as Amo did.

Wushu’s glory and wealth were bound together with Xiao Lintuo.

Xiao Lintuo nodded slightly, letting him stand up. Then, with his hands behind his back, he stood in the tent and said softly in a complacent tone.

“This way, we have four Thousand-Man Commanders in hand.”

“And those four Thousand-Man Commanders in Li Xiao’s hands will sooner or later be in my bag.”

“This chess game of Jin Prefecture can be considered alive.”

Xiao Lintuo smiled slowly.

According to the agreement with the High Priest of the Wuliji Tribe, after getting rid of Wuliji, this Thousand-Man Commander position was to be given to Etulu.

But Xiao Lintuo did not intend to keep this agreement.

Even without Li Xiao’s intervention, to keep the secret, he would definitely have eliminated the High Priest and his son afterward.

Now, it just saved him the trouble.

He could give this Thousand-Man Commander position directly to his trusted aide.

In this way, of the four nomadic tribal Thousand-Man Commanders in Jin Prefecture, two would be Xiao Lintuo’s trusted aides.

The remaining two, because they had offended Li Xiao, would have no choice but to stand on his side.

Gaining four out of the eight major Thousand-Man Commanders.

Plus, taking this opportunity, he might be able to strip one Thousand-Man Commander from Li Xiao.

If everything went smoothly, Xiao Lintuo’s strength in Jin Prefecture would thoroughly surpass Li Xiao’s, becoming a powerful Military Governor with real authority.

…

“Killing three birds with one stone.”

“That old thing Xiao Lintuo is indeed someone personally trained by your grandfather, and having been tempered by your big brother’s side for so many years, it seems he is also a master of conspiracies.”

In Li Xiao’s large tent, he and Xiao Yanyan, stripped bare, were burrowed under the quilt. He was analyzing the gains and losses of this matter for her.

Xiao Yanyan’s eyes were blurry at this moment, her whole body weak, not wanting to move at all, her face flushed red.

But hearing Li Xiao’s words, she immediately became unhappy.

She snorted coquettishly: “You mean my grandfather and big brother aren’t good people either? Also like to play conspiracies and tricks?”

Li Xiao gave a sheepish smile: “How could that be?”

“Grandfather and Big Brother are both open and aboveboard men.”

“It’s Xiao Lintuo himself whose mind isn’t right.”

Xiao Yanyan glared at him and pouted, knowing this guy didn’t mean what he said.

Xiao Wolila was a character called ‘Old Thief Sima’ by Yelü Yilie, playing conspiracies and tricks like flying.

Xiao Sima was also not much inferior to his grandfather.

Just looking at how Xiao Sima became the biggest winner in suppressing the rebellion in Jin Prefecture this time, one knew how deep his schemes were.

Speaking of which, Xiao Lintuo’s little tricks really weren’t enough to look at compared to these two.

Even Li Xiao, after understanding the process of the matter, reacted immediately and made corresponding countermeasures.

If it were an old thief like Xiao Wolila, he probably wouldn’t have given Li Xiao a chance to react.

Just as Li Xiao and Xiao Yanyan were exchanging heartfelt words in the large tent, Tietou’s voice suddenly came from outside.

“Governor, the mole has moved.”

Hearing this, before Li Xiao could react, Xiao Yanyan beside him immediately tensed up.

She sat up from the bed instantly, she frowned and said with a fierce look in her eyes: “Is there really a mole?”

She learned the word ‘mole’ from Li Xiao.

It referred to enemies hiding by one’s side.

Li Xiao also had a sudden inspiration, preparing to use this opportunity to test if there were problems with the people around Xiao Yanyan.

Of course, there would definitely be many of Xiao Sima’s people around her; Li Xiao didn’t need to worry about that.

But if there were spies planted by others, for example, Xiao Lintuo…

It was a good opportunity to drag him out.

“Put on your clothes; let’s go take a look together!”

Li Xiao picked up the clothes and draped them over Xiao Yanyan.

“Let’s go; I want to see which bastard dares to eat inside and crawl outside.”

After all, the problem arose in her own guard team, so her emotions were the most agitated.

Hurriedly putting on her clothes, she left the large tent.

At this moment, in another tent, a Khitan was tied up firmly on the ground.

Seeing Xiao Yanyan walk in, he immediately started whimpering, looking wronged.

“Take the gag out of his mouth,” Xiao Yanyan said angrily.

Subsequently, Tietou glanced at Li Xiao, then removed the rag from the Khitan guard’s mouth and stood silently aside.

“Woooo… Princess, I am wronged.”

“These Han people captured me here for no reason; clearly, they have bad intentions.”

“Princess, save me!”

The Khitan guard shouted loudly, as if he had suffered a great grievance.

But Xiao Yanyan was unmoved and even kicked him to the ground.

Her beautiful eyes contained frost as she said fiercely, “Still dare to talk nonsense?”

“Confess honestly, sneaking out of the military camp, were you trying to report to Xiao Lintuo?”

“Who else are your accomplices?”

“Confess honestly, and this Princess might spare your dog life.”

After capturing that group of people from the Wuliji Tribe, Li Xiao made targeted arrangements again.

Subsequently, he took everyone around Xiao Yanyan back to his own military camp.

Sure enough, this mole planted by Xiao Lintuo couldn’t wait anymore and prepared to sneak away in the middle of the night.

To report to Xiao Lintuo the news that Li Xiao had already captured the Wuliji Tribe.

Letting Xiao Lintuo be prepared.

Unfortunately, before he could walk far, he was caught by the secret sentries arranged by Li Xiao.

Hearing Xiao Yanyan mention the name Xiao Lintuo, the Khitan guard’s face changed slightly, and panic began to rise in his heart.

But he still resisted stubbornly: “I am wronged, Princess. I had severe diarrhea today, and the Han camp lacks medicine.”

“I just wanted to go back to our camp to get some medicine from the doctor.”

“Huduta can testify for me.”

Hearing this, Xiao Yanyan angrily whipped him: “Hmph, stubborn and unrepentant.”

“Drag him down and beat him ruthlessly for me. Must make him confess who else are his accomplices.”

Xiao Yanyan’s guard team had suffered devastating heavy losses before.

The current guard team was rearranged for her by Xiao Sima.

Undoubtedly, these people were basically Xiao Sima’s eyes and ears.

Regarding this point, Xiao Yanyan didn’t care.

But she absolutely could not tolerate having other people’s spies inside.

Where she went every day, what she did, being known clearly by Xiao Lintuo made Xiao Yanyan very angry.

Big Brother was okay, outsiders were not.

Thus, she became ruthless and wanted to pull out all the moles inside.

Li Xiao didn’t say a word throughout the process. After all, they were people arranged by Xiao Sima—Xiao Yanyan had the authority to deal with them, but if Li Xiao, an outsider, intervened, it would seem insensible.

Soon, with the output of a round of ‘beating’, this Khitan guard quickly spit everything out.

He indeed intended to tip off Xiao Lintuo.

And besides him, there were two other moles arranged by Xiao Lintuo.

Soon after, these two were also netted together.

The spies planted by Xiao Lintuo around Xiao Yanyan were considered temporarily cleaned out.

And Li Xiao was also lamenting—who said Khitans only knew fighting and killing?

They played this spy vs spy game quite well too.

“It seems I also have to establish the ‘Embroidered Uniform Guard’ as soon as possible,” Li Xiao said secretly in his heart.

On the other side, looking at the three bound guards before her, Xiao Yanyan was furious.

Usually, she rewarded them often and took good care of them, but unexpectedly, these three people repaid her like this.

“Li Xiao, tell me, what should be done?”

“Should we…”

Saying this, Xiao Yanyan made a throat-slitting gesture to Li Xiao.

Looking at her pretending to be fierce but actually cute appearance, Li Xiao pulled her over, and smiled.

“No need for unnecessary actions.”

“Just hand them over to your big brother to deal with tomorrow.”

“To kill or cut, let your big brother decide completely.”

After all, this group of guards were ostensibly people arranged by Xiao Sima.

But actually, three were spies planted by Xiao Lintuo.

After knowing this news, what would Xiao Sima think?

A handsome face, swollen from being slapped by Xiao Lintuo.

Even if he didn’t flare up openly, he would definitely harbor dissatisfaction towards Xiao Lintuo in his heart.

This guy dared to plant spies around Xiao Yanyan; the purpose was definitely to monitor Li Xiao.

Then around Xiao Sima himself, how many of Xiao Lintuo’s spies were there?

In a word, Xiao Lintuo had violated a great taboo.

Every superior would loathe this kind of thing deeply.

He might even guess in his heart: if one day Xiao Lintuo wanted to plot against him, wouldn’t it be equally easy?

And this was also the first knife Li Xiao threw at Xiao Lintuo.

Since Xiao Lintuo was restless, Li Xiao certainly wouldn’t sit and wait for death, just reacting to moves.

Seeking opportunities to take the initiative to attack.