123: Chapter 0123 Half True, Half False

"Exactly!"

Su Chang said with a serious expression, "Lin Xiao had someone impersonate the Faceless Boy. Laymen might not see the trick, but an expert can tell the real from the fake!"

"Lin Xiao might not know this, but the Faceless Boy never impersonates young women, so this was actually very easy to expose."

"Yanyu Pavilion's reputation is now tarnished. If the Master of Yanyu Pavilion gets ruthless and decides to retaliate against you... it will be much harder to deal with than the Faceless Boy!"

Lin Xiao frowned; this was something he truly hadn't known beforehand.

If he had known, he would have had Leng Bingyan dress up as an old woman.

"I've thought about that too, but what must be faced will be faced sooner or later. When soldiers come, block them; when water comes, earth covers it—that's all there is to it!"

Lin Xiao was actually quite interested in meeting this Master of Yanyu Pavilion.

Anyone capable of running the number one killer organization in the jianghu must also be an expert at gathering intelligence.

If he could recruit them for his own use, they might become a sharp blade in the darkness!

Of course, the prerequisite for that was his own strength as a Great Grandmaster, which allowed him to suppress these people from the jianghu.

"As things stand, this is the only way."

Su Chang bowed and said, "Congratulations, Lin Xiao, for overcoming this crisis."

"I will help you, Lin Xiao, by keeping a close watch on the movements of Yanyu Pavilion and Prince Bai."

Lin Xiao thought for a moment and asked, "Lord Su, I can give you a sum of money; could you use it to cultivate more informants?"

Su Chang shook his head and said, "I could, but I cannot."

"Why?"

"To tell you the truth, I am an inner sect disciple of the Academy."

"The Academy's inner sect is divided into the 'Front Door' and the 'Back Door'."

"Front Door disciples are upright and honorable; they take the imperial examinations, become government officials, or choose a mentor to serve as advisors to important figures."

"Back Door disciples, like myself, must not reveal their identity or background. We must live as ordinary people, lurking in a place, waiting for the Academy's commands."

"The choice of which door to take is determined by one's personality; it is not forced."

"I prefer to be a free spirit. I came to Baishui Prefecture all those years ago only because I met my wife and fell in love at first sight, which is why I stayed—and I've been here for over twenty years."

"The task the Academy gave me was to manage intelligence here on the border, but this intelligence can only serve the Academy, so naturally, I cannot take money from others."

Su Chang chuckled, "Lin Xiao, if it weren't for your powerful rise, which gained the approval of Senior Brother Elder Zhu, and the fact that those in the Academy have started to regard you with more respect, I wouldn't have been able to leak intelligence to you so many times."

Lin Xiao was stunned. "Elder Zhu... is your Senior Brother?"

"Haha, when Senior Brother descended the mountain, I hadn't even entered the sect yet; it's just that his seniority is high!"

Although Su Chang said this, he was clearly a bit proud, wearing an expression that said, "You didn't expect that, did you, kid?"

Lin Xiao, however, felt a genuine touch of admiration.

"Lord Su, to be willing to live in mediocrity and obscurity for half a lifetime for the sake of your beloved—this junior admires you!"

Lin Xiao clasped his hands together very earnestly.

Su Chang was so embarrassed he blushed. He scratched his head and said half-jokingly, "It's not really like that. It's mainly that over the years, my little darling wife has turned into a tigress, so I wouldn't dare have any other thoughts!"

Huh? Wait a minute, did he just refer to himself as "this junior"?

Lin Xiao had already arrived at the side of the corpse by this time and set fire to the straw beside it.

The Faceless Boy, the ace of Yanyu Pavilion who had dominated the jianghu for nearly twenty years, thus quietly disappeared.

Lin Xiao did not immediately trade the signature weapon, the Green Dragon Dagger, for prestige points, because it might come in handy later.

Returning to the Generals Mansion.

Lin Xiao naturally did not forget today's great contributor.

Arriving at Leng Bingyan's room, the woman was already waiting in the bedcovers.

Looking at the beautiful woman who was shy and hesitant to speak, revealing only a pair of watery phoenix eyes, Lin Xiao said nothing else and began the excavation!

After a full two hours, the two of them held each other and prepared to sleep.

"Yaner, it's strange to say, but I've been with you all for a while now, how come there's no reaction in your bellies?"

Lin Xiao wasn't in a great rush for children; after all, it was a troubled time, and the world was not yet settled.

But in his heart, he still needed to be prepared.

It had been several months; logically, Xiao Qingxuan and Mu Wanying should have been pregnant by now.

"Husband, perhaps it is because your martial arts are too high," Leng Bingyan said.

"Does that have anything to do with it?" Lin Xiao wondered.

"Yes, I've heard some senior sisters and female martial aunts in the sect mention it. If one side is too strong, it is difficult to conceive because the yin and yang are hard to balance."

Leng Bingyan chuckled, "That is why there are often seniors in the jianghu who 'have children in their old age'."

"It is not that they didn't try before, but because they were too strong when they were young; only when they grew old and became weaker could they have offspring."

Lin Xiao was dumbfounded; it was highly likely to be true.

With his four-hundred-year Indestructible Golden Body Buddhist internal energy, the women indeed could not withstand it!

Fortunately, he wasn't in a rush for children right now, so it didn't matter.

In this way, he could actually be more uninhibited and just output to his heart's content!

Two days later.

The shocking assassination event in Baishui City spread throughout the six provinces of the Northern Territory!

The Great General of the North, Lin Xiao, was assassinated by the Faceless Boy, and the mastermind behind it was Prince Bai!

Even more explosive was that the Faceless Boy publicly admitted that he was neither male nor female and was "in love" with Prince Bai!

This was why a jianghu killer, who usually kept to their own business, was willing to take the job and assassinate a noble general appointed by the imperial court!

Without a doubt, within a few days, the entire Great Gan, and even the Central Plains martial arts world, would all know about it.

After all, except for Prince Bai, the person involved, everyone was willing to believe that this was the truth!

"Clang!!"

"Crash!! —"

In Yong Province, outside the study of the Bai Princes Mansion.

Bursts of shattering and smashing sounds made the servants outside silent as cicadas in winter, trembling with fear.

Inside the study, Prince Bai slapped the beautiful woman so hard that the corner of her mouth bled!

"Liao Meier! You bitch!!"

"Giving me such a terrible idea!! Now the whole world is laughing at me! Are you satisfied?!"

Prince Bai said, kicking Liao Meier in the stomach without any pity, sending the woman rolling to the ground.

"Your Highness... Your Highness, please forgive me!"

Liao Meier ignored the pain, crawled over, hugged Prince Bai's leg, and begged tearfully:

"This concubine only wanted to share your worries, Your Highness. I never thought it would turn out like this!"

"People in the jianghu know that the Faceless Boy never impersonates young women. Lin Xiao must have sent someone to impersonate him!"

"Once the Faceless Boy makes his move, he will surely die without a burial place!!"

Prince Bai sneered, "Make his move? Where is he!?"

"I've waited for him for over a month, and all that came out was an impostor!?"

"Is this the Martial Arts Grandmaster you spoke of!? The ace killer of Yanyu Pavilion who never misses!?"

What made Prince Bai the angriest was that he couldn't even clarify this matter!

Because he did indeed hire the Faceless Boy, so no matter how he explained it, it would only make things darker the more he described it!

The most brilliant part of Lin Xiao's move was that it was "half-truth, half-false," forcing him to suffer in silence!

Liao Meier also hated the Faceless Boy to death in her heart; what on earth was this old guy doing!?

Others had humiliated him so much; was he still waiting for an opportunity!?

Was it necessary to spend over a month looking for an opportunity to deal with one Lin Xiao?

"Your Highness, Yanyu Pavilion has been shamed this time and will certainly not let it go. Please wait a little longer; perhaps there will be a turning point!"

"You bitch! You still have the nerve to tell me to wait!? Get out!!"

Prince Bai kicked the woman away again, this time knocking her hair bun off, leaving her hair completely disheveled.

Liao Meier's head buzzed, her heart filled with sorrow and grievance, but she dared not resist.

Usually, she tried every way to please him, yet he wouldn't even give her the title of secondary consort. Now, because of one slight mistake, he was humiliating and beating her like this!

Liao Meier felt desolate in her heart, sobbing softly...

Just as Prince Bai was feeling agitated and intended to have someone take Liao Meier away, he heard a "whoosh" sound!

An arrow had actually shot through the window and landed on the desk?

Looking closely, there was actually a note on the arrow?