jdhmnovel Chapter 417 Surfaced (7)
Chapter 417 Surfaced (7)
The former secret guards of Prince Zhuo's mansion were only responsible for protection.
But the previous generation King Zhuo wanted to end this almost transparent symbiotic relationship with the aristocratic families since he was a child, so he founded a secret agency at a young age and planned to pass it down from generation to generation.
It's a pity that he didn't have any offspring...
When the palace was handed over to the younger sister's son, the secret service was also handed over. The uncle and nephew also agreed that the eldest son would inherit the palace and the younger son would inherit the secret service.
Unfortunately, not long after, the previous King Zhuo passed away, and the previous King Zhuo also "died" in the battle with the Northern Rong a few years later...
Later, the young Prince Zhuo was taken away by the emperor. Wu Zhong decisively moved the secret service to Zhuocheng half a year later. Shen Yu asked him the reason. He said that he did have some doubts about the aristocratic family, but he couldn't take care of it at that time. The young prince was only eight years old, and they needed to go to Luocheng to collect intelligence and protect him.
Shen Yu expressed her understanding. She had every reason to suspect that the experiences of the last two Zhuo kings were related to the aristocratic families. Unfortunately, there was no evidence and no direct connection between the two. But this was precisely what she was most suspicious of.
Sometimes the absence of evidence is the greatest evidence.
So Shen Yu was determined to force the aristocratic family to reveal themselves. She spent a lot of time studying the old files, and even brought them with her when she went to Xi County. At that time, Shen Da and his four fellow apprentices were thrown by her into the newly opened Lu Mansion next door to adapt to their new identities.
But Lu Er...that weird guy Shen Er, suddenly insisted on sticking to him. She was eager to have more people to help her check the files, and as a result, he really found a clue.
All the descendants of the Lu family understand medicine, but not all of them are doctors. It just so happens that Lu Er is more of a person who grows and manages medicinal materials. What he is curious about is what kind of medicinal materials are traded in Zhuocheng.
He discovered that ever since the death of the kings of both sides in the battle, the Beirong people suddenly began to pay attention to health preservation?
A group of foreigners who had only eaten meat for hundreds of years suddenly began to pay attention to a balanced diet and how to defecate? In the following year, the amount of medicinal herbs and vegetables purchased by Beirong from Zhuocheng suddenly increased, especially those for defecation and cold protection.
He told Shen Yu about his discovery, and she knew the problem as soon as she heard it.
Before she traveled through the book, she had watched a documentary. People from Sichuan would not get irritated no matter how much spicy food they ate, but people from Guangdong would get hot as soon as they ate. This was determined by the water, soil, and growth environment. It was also like northerners always had big plates of meat for meals, while southerners had to have vegetables at every meal. This was determined by eating habits and body inertia.
So why did the Beirong people suddenly adopt the living habits of the Linyue people?
Then there is only one possibility, those are not Beirong people at all.
Following this clue, the secret agents finally made some progress, and the final answer pointed to the Yun family in Youcheng. Tian'er also helped to verify the rumor that the Yun family had been trading frequently with the Beirong people in recent years, and even a branch of the family had intermarriage with the Beirong. All of this happened after that battle.
The Song family and the Zhou family in Zhuocheng are also very active in transactions with Beirong.
Although Zhuocheng had frequently traded with Beirong for many years, it was definitely not such a stable exchange. The Beirong people usually came to rob when they were hungry, and the Zhuocheng army would beat them back. For hundreds of years, both sides had been peaceful, except for the battle with the old King Zhuo, which was so tragic.
All these abnormalities indicate that the current Beirong people may no longer be Beirong people. So the question is, why do they pretend to be Beirong people? What is their purpose for not fighting or robbing for more than a decade and resting?
Shen Yu always felt that they were holding back a big move, so he had to deal with this family with a deformed symbiotic relationship first, otherwise he would be sold out by them without knowing when! !
She had originally planned to reveal her cards directly, but at this time, Master Ji sent Mu Ruilin...which allowed her to see another possibility.
Since money, fame, fortune and power cannot impress them, the only option is mental attack.
These people have secretly always regarded themselves as aristocratic families of the previous dynasty, and even considered themselves superior because of this identity. So they would definitely not be able to refuse the bait of the descendants of the Mu family. The secret agency once accidentally discovered that some of them secretly worshipped the Mu family's spirit tablets. This was definitely not an isolated case. The royal family of the Mu family has always been their belief.
She was ready. Soon she would deliberately let the spies in the mansion find out that Ruilin was actually a servant in disguise. Anyway, the Mu family jade pendant was real. As long as the noble family was sure that the descendant of the Mu family was in her hands, they would never dare to challenge her.
They might even try to calm her down while laughing at her for treating her servant as her brother in order to deceive everyone. Given their over-reliance on intelligence, they would never doubt that Ruilin was the real deal!
Yes, from the information provided by Mr. Wu, she also discovered a problem, that is, the aristocratic families trust intelligence too much, so they rarely verify the authenticity. Indeed, their intelligence network is very mature and huge. It can be said that their people are everywhere in the entire Zhuocheng.
But precisely because it is too perfect, once a problem occurs, it becomes very difficult to trace the source, especially for this kind of intelligence network based on people. You have no way of finding out which point is broken.
As a former hacker and team leader of a special agent team, Shen Yu had a deep understanding of this, so the exposure of Mu Ruilin's identity was an effective counterattack for her. As long as the other party wanted to find the source, it would be equivalent to tearing open the big net she had laid with her own hands.
But she looked at the child kneeling in front of her with a determined look in his eyes...
"Is this what you want?" After a long silence, Shen Yu finally spoke.
Lu Yingxing frowned and was even a little puzzled. He was clear about his wife's plan and even agreed with it very much. However, if his identity was confirmed now, many of the previous preparations would be in vain, and Mu Ruilin was unaware of these follow-up arrangements.
Although he didn't understand what his sister meant by this question, he still answered honestly, "Yes! Sister, this is what I want."
"Sister, the Mu family has been trying hard to survive for so many years, and even the Ji family has been trying hard to protect them, but why? I know my father, my father's father, and even our ancestors several generations ago. We all have no ambitions. We just want to be ordinary people. But they still dare not show up, dare not admit that their surname is Mu, for fear of being used by someone with ulterior motives..."
“But sister, I don’t want to live like this anymore.” His eyes became clearer and clearer, as if a fog had suddenly been cleared away. “Since the surname Mu is the source of everything, then I don’t want the surname Mu anymore. In the future I will only want Yu… Is that okay?” When he said the last three words, his voice suddenly became weak, with cautious temptation and expectation, fearing that he would be rejected, but the look in his eyes when he looked at her was full of trust.
It's funny, they only knew each other for a few days...