Chapter 114: Spy In The Dish
“I was originally the Jin Prefecture Governor, and your father was my lower chiliarch.”
“How could I just watch him die innocently?”
“Don’t worry, I will definitely give your father justice.”
Listening to Xiao Lintta’s righteous words, Amo looked grateful and excitedly said, “Thank you, Lord.”
“From now on, I, Amo, will serve you like a dog and horse.”
Xiao Lintta smiled and nodded: “Good, good, good. Stay here tonight for now, and tomorrow morning, come with me to meet the Governor.”
“Understood.”
Led by a guard, Amo walked out of the large tent.
At this moment, the smile on Xiao Lintta’s face instantly disappeared.
He disdainfully shook his head with a light smile: “An ignorant barbarian who still wants to continue as chiliarch?”
“Hehe~”
Amo’s meaning of serving him like a dog and horse was that he wanted to inherit his father’s position as chiliarch.
But for this position, Xiao Lintta had already made arrangements.
“Wuzhu, get ready.”
“After tomorrow, go take over the Uliji Tribe’s chiliarch position.” Xiao Lintta said in a faint voice.
Hearing this, this Khitan general named Wuzhu’s face lit up with joy.
He immediately dropped to one knee and said loudly, “Wuzhu obeys.”
As Xiao Lintta’s confidant, he naturally didn’t need to say those dog-and-horse platitudes like Amo.
Wuzhu’s glory and wealth were tied to Xiao Lintta.
Xiao Lintta nodded slightly, letting him stand, then clasped his hands behind his back, standing in the tent, and said in a complacent tone.
“This way, we will have four chiliarchs in hand.”
“And the four chiliarchs in Li Xiao’s hands will sooner or later be mine too.”
“This chess game in Jin Prefecture has come alive.”
Xiao Lintta slowly smiled.
According to the agreement with the Uliji Tribe’s high priest, after taking out Wuliji, this chiliarch position was to be given to E Tu Lu.
But Xiao Lintta had no intention of honoring this agreement.
Even without Li Xiao’s interference, to keep the secret, he would definitely eliminate the high priest and his son afterward.
Now, it saved him that trouble.
He could directly give this chiliarch position to his own confidant.
This way, among the four nomadic tribes’ chiliarchs in Jin Prefecture, two would be Xiao Lintta’s confidants.
The remaining two would also have no choice but to side with him because they offended Li Xiao.
Four out of the eight chiliarchs secured.
Plus, he could use this opportunity to perhaps cut off one of Li Xiao’s chiliarchs.
If everything went smoothly, Xiao Lintta’s strength in Jin Prefecture would completely surpass Li Xiao’s, making him the real power-holding Jin Prefecture Governor.
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“One arrow, three birds.”
“This old thing Xiao Lintta, not surprisingly from the one personally mentored by your grandfather and trained for so many years by your elder brother’s side, is also a master of conspiracies.”
In Li Xiao’s large tent, he and Xiao Yanyan were stripped bare and burrowed in the quilt, as he analyzed the pros and cons of this matter to her.
Xiao Yanyan was dazed, limp all over, not wanting to move at all, her cheeks flushed red.
But after hearing Li Xiao’s words, she immediately wasn’t happy.
She snorted coquettishly: “What you mean is that my grandfather and elder brother are not good people? They also like playing conspiracies and tricks?”
Li Xiao gave a sheepish smile: “How could that be.”
“Your grandfather and elder brother are both upright men.”
“It’s just that Xiao Lintta has a crooked mind.”
Xiao Yanyan glared at him, pouted, knowing this guy was all talk.
Xiao Wulila was the one Yelü Yilie called ‘Sima old thief’, a master of conspiracies and tricks.
Xiao Simo was no less than his grandfather either.
Just looking at this Jin Prefecture rebellion suppression, where Xiao Simo became the biggest winner, showed how deep his scheming was.
Speaking of which, Xiao Lintta’s little tricks really paled in comparison to those two.
Even Li Xiao, after understanding the situation, immediately reacted and made the corresponding countermeasure.
If it were that old thief Xiao Wulila, he probably wouldn’t even give Li Xiao a chance to react.
While Li Xiao and Xiao Yanyan were chatting intimately in the large tent, Tie Tou’s voice suddenly came from outside.
“Governor, the mole has moved.”
Hearing this, before Li Xiao could respond, Xiao Yanyan beside him immediately tensed up.
She sat up from the bed at once, heedless of her upper body’s beauty exposed in front of Li Xiao, just frowning and saying with a murderous gaze: “There’s really a mole?”
She had learned the term “mole” from Li Xiao.
It referred to enemies hidden by her side.
Li Xiao had come up with the idea on a whim, to use this chance to test if anyone by Xiao Yanyan’s side had issues.
Of course, there were definitely many of Xiao Simo’s people by her side, which Li Xiao didn’t need to worry about.
But if there were other people’s spies inserted, like Xiao Lintta’s~
This was the perfect chance to root him out.
“Put on your clothes, let’s go take a look!”
Li Xiao picked up clothes and draped them over Xiao Yanyan, covering that dazzling spring scene.
“Come on, I want to see which bastard dares to betray us.”
After all, the problem was in her own guard team, so she was the most agitated.
She hurriedly put on her clothes and left the large tent.
At this moment, in another tent, a Khitan man was tied up tightly on the ground.
Seeing Xiao Yanyan enter, he immediately whined, looking wronged.
“Take the rag out of his mouth.” Xiao Yanyan said angrily.
Then, Tie Tou glanced at Li Xiao, removed the rag from the Khitan guard’s mouth, and silently stood aside.
“Woo woo woo, Princess, I’m innocent!”
“These Han people grabbed me here for no reason, clearly plotting something sinister.”
“Princess, save me!”
The Khitan guard shouted loudly, as if suffering a great injustice.
But Xiao Yanyan was unmoved, even kicking him to the ground.
Her beautiful eyes frosty, she said harshly: “Still spouting nonsense?”
“Confess honestly, did you sneak out of the camp to report to Xiao Lintta?”
“Who else are your accomplices?”
“Confess honestly, and this princess might spare your dog’s life.”
After capturing that group from the Uliji Tribe, Li Xiao had made targeted arrangements.
Then, he brought everyone from Xiao Yanyan’s side back to his own camp.
Sure enough, this mole planted by Xiao Lintta couldn’t wait and tried to sneak away in the middle of the night.
To inform Xiao Lintta that Li Xiao had captured the Uliji Tribe.
So Xiao Lintta could make all preparations.
Unfortunately, he hadn’t gone far before being caught by the hidden sentries Li Xiao had arranged.
And this Khitan guard’s face changed slightly when he heard Xiao Yanyan say Xiao Lintta’s name, panic rising in his heart.
But he still stubbornly said: “I’m innocent, Princess. I had bad diarrhea today, and the Han camp lacks medicine.”
“I just wanted to go back to our camp to get some medicine from the doctor.”
“Hudu Ta can vouch for me.”
Hearing this, Xiao Yanyan grew even angrier and whipped him with her horsewhip: “Hmph, stubborn and unrepentant.”
“Drag him away and beat him hard until he confesses who his accomplices are.”
Xiao Yanyan’s guard team had previously suffered devastating losses.
This current guard team was newly arranged for her by Xiao Simo.
Undoubtedly, these people were basically Xiao Simo’s spies.
Xiao Yanyan didn’t care about that.
But she absolutely could not tolerate spies from others in there.
Knowing everywhere she went and everything she did, all clear to Xiao Lintta, made Xiao Yanyan furious.
Elder brother could, outsiders could not.
So, she was determined to root out all the moles inside.
Li Xiao didn’t say a word throughout, since they were people arranged by Xiao Simo, Xiao Yanyan had the right to handle it, but if he as an outsider interfered, it would seem inappropriate.
Soon, after a round of intense beating, this Khitan guard spilled everything.
He indeed planned to go tip off Xiao Lintta.
Moreover, besides him, Xiao Lintta had planted two more moles.
Soon after, those two were also caught.
Xiao Lintta’s spies by Xiao Yanyan’s side were temporarily cleaned out.
Li Xiao also marveled, who says Khitan people only know fighting and killing?
They were slick at this double-agent game too.
“Looks like I need to quickly establish the ‘Imperial Guard’.” Li Xiao thought to himself.
On the other side, Xiao Yanyan looked at the three tied-up guards before her, seething with anger.
She had rewarded and taken good care of them daily, but they repaid her like this.
“Li Xiao, what do you say we should do?”
“Should we~”
Saying this, Xiao Yanyan made a throat-slitting gesture to Li Xiao.
Seeing her pretending to be fierce but actually cute, Li Xiao pulled her over and kissed her cheek with a smile.
“No need for that.”
“Tomorrow, hand them over to your elder brother for judgment.”
“Whether to kill or dismember, it’s up to your elder brother.”
After all, on the surface, these guards were arranged by Xiao Simo.
But in reality, three were spies planted by Xiao Lintta.
When Xiao Simo learned of this, what would he think?
His handsome face would be slapped swollen by Xiao Lintta.
Even if he didn’t show it outwardly, deep down he would definitely harbor resentment toward Xiao Lintta.
This guy dared to plant spies by Xiao Yanyan’s side, clearly to monitor Li Xiao.
So how many of Xiao Lintta’s spies were by Xiao Simo himself?
In short, Xiao Lintta had crossed a major taboo.
Every superior despises such things.
They would even wonder, if one day Xiao Lintta plotted against them, wouldn’t it be just as easy?
And this was the first knife Li Xiao threw at Xiao Lintta.
Since Xiao Lintta was restless, Li Xiao certainly wouldn’t just sit and wait, he would counter with moves.
Seize chances to attack proactively.
