Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 11 Water of Qinhuai River

The woman who was speaking was none other than Tuoba Qian, the second daughter of Prince Teng. She was only fifteen years old but was active by nature. However, her father and brother usually kept her under strict control and she had no chance to go out. This time, the spring flood along the Ganjiang River happened to arrive early and her father and brother were busy, so she took the opportunity to sneak out. Then she heard that the cousin who had loved her since childhood was the young prince Tuoba Jing.

But this girl in her teens was still somewhat rebellious, so even though she came to find her cousin, Tuoba Qian was furious when she thought that he had bypassed Hongdu and came to Yangzhou. This girl would do something outrageous when she was angry, so she took her maid with her and said she was going to drink wine.

But she, although dressed like a man, has a slender figure and a slim waist and hips. There is no man like her in the world. Who is this brothel's madam? She changes at least 80 women a year. A simple change of clothes cannot be hidden from her eyes.

"Oh, young lady, please have mercy on me. Although I don't know who you come from, you are not allowed to enter this place of pleasure." She was generous and dressed gorgeously. How could the madam not know that she must be from a wealthy family? So she stood at the door and said earnestly, "Young lady, it is written in the laws of the Wei Dynasty that no decent woman is allowed to enter a place of pleasure, except for the guilty and the willing. If someone sues me, I will be sued. Young lady, please have mercy on me."

Tuoba Qian rolled her eyes at this moment, her face full of impatience. After hearing what the madam said, she turned her head and said, "If you don't let me in, then don't go in. Qiuhe, let's go!"

Helplessly, the two of them could only wander the streets at dusk, eat something casually, and then become bored. The little princess sat on the archway of the restaurant, looking at the sparkling Grand Canal in the distance, and sighed helplessly: "It's so boring, I can't even have a drink."

The maidservant next to her came up and whispered, "Princess, I heard that this place is not only about wine and women. I heard the guards of the palace say that the gambling houses in Yangzhou are also very interesting. If we are not allowed to enter this place of love, we can at least enter the gambling houses."

When he said this, the little princess' eyes widened, and she tapped the fan on her palm and closed it: "Okay, okay, I'll go take a look!"

While the two girls were strolling around, Xia Lin also sobered up. He took out his cell phone and found that it was already around 8:30 in the evening. He sat up and rubbed his face, blaming himself for pretending to be too cool. Although the alcohol content of the wine was not high, he couldn't resist drinking it down in one gulp.

When he sat up, he saw Chuntao sitting at the small table outside, while the bastard Zhang Zhongchun was lying on the bed in the inner room with his arms and legs spread out, snoring loudly.

Xia Lin yawned, stood up and walked out: "Sister Chuntao, thank you for your hard work..."

At this time, Chun Tao, who had been sitting outside, also laughed: "Bad boy, I didn't expect you to be so talented."

"No, no, I just saw that Sister Chuntao is pretty and wanted to show off in front of her." Xia Lin sat down and poured himself a glass of water. "Who knew that I ended up drawing a tiger but ended up drawing a dog instead, causing Sister Chuntao a lot of trouble."

This kind of greasy talk was not common in this era. Chun Tao was naturally teased to the point of rolling back and forth. However, she was a maid from a wealthy family after all, so it was not appropriate for her to argue too much with a young boy. So she stood up and said, "The young prince has gone to the other garden to rest because he was too drunk. The prince will see you tomorrow, but don't run around. I will come to call you around noon."

"I know, I know." Xia Lin rubbed his hands and smiled, "Thank you for your hard work, Sister Chuntao."

"And here's the money you earned from winning three prizes in poetry and prose. The first place gets 150 taels, the second place gets 100 taels, and the third place gets 80 taels. You can take it all." Chun Tao put a small bag of gold beans on the table: "Take it, don't squander it, and don't go to places of pleasure, the little prince doesn't like it."

"Does Sister Chuntao like it?"

Chun Tao chuckled: "I don't like it either."

After leaving the money, Chuntao left, and Xia Lin weighed the small bag containing the money and laughed. It is said that the money of the imperial family is easy to cheat. Now it is really seen that you can get more than 300 taels of silver by copying a few poems casually. The annual income of an ordinary family is only 50 or 60 taels.

But think about it, the Wei Kingdom has been passed down for nine generations since its establishment, spanning more than 386 years. It should have started in 620 AD. The exact year now should be the Gengchen year of the lunar calendar in AD, which should normally be the third year of Wude in the reign of Emperor Gaozu of Tang, Li Yuan.

When a dynasty has gone through nine generations, it has basically passed its peak. The upper class of the dynasty has begun to separate from the lower class, and class stratification has become increasingly obvious. Although the dynasty seems to be doing well at this time, it only takes an opportunity for it to turn from prosperity to decline, and the end of the dynasty will begin. This is the law of three hundred years of history.

Why do people say that the royal family is easy to deceive? It is because this group of people are out of touch with society. They don't know the rotation of the stars above or the rise and fall of the people below. They just stand on the top of the thousand-meter-high building, mourning the passing of time and taking the power struggle as their historical mission. If they don't get fooled, who will?
But what does this have to do with Xia Lin? He is just a small fish fry shuttling back and forth in the torrent of history. His top priority now is to survive in this society where he can be eaten at any time and eventually turn himself into the person who can eat people.

He has no great sense of historical mission nor any special feelings, and enjoying life is his greatest hope.

"Get up."

Xia Lin walked up to Lao Zhang and started shaking him. Lao Zhang was also half asleep at the moment. After being woken up, he tilted his head and looked at Xia Lin with a dazed look.

"Let's go to the restaurant!" Xia Lin swung the bag in his hand back and forth: "The bonus has come."

At that moment, Lao Zhang's eyes became clear, and he stood up and said, "Let's go!"

This BYD... Xia Lin looked at Old Zhang who was hopping as he walked in front of him and cursed secretly in his heart.

With a huge sum of money, the two of them came to the best restaurant in Yangzhou City, sat in the seat where the little princess had just sat half an hour ago, and looked out over the railing at the lights of thousands of homes in Yangzhou.

Lao Zhang suddenly said, "Let's go to the archway on the river and order some chicken."

"Order your grandma's chicken thigh." Xia Lin took a few bites of the bowl and said, "Chun Tao just told me not to go to that place, saying that the young prince doesn't like it. Can you guess why she said that?"

"Because the little prince doesn't like it."

"Zhang Zhongchun!" Xia Lin held the bowl and pretended to hit him on the head. Old Zhang immediately became serious: "Don't worry, don't worry... Are you saying that someone is watching us?"

"Well, I'm not sure, but I won't take any risks." Xia Lin rubbed his nose. "This little prince's behavior seems strange and weird now. I don't know what he is thinking. Since he has given clear instructions, let's not touch that bad luck. You know what I mean."

"I understand." Lao Zhang is a very smart man: "So what should we do now?"

"Let's go and play a few hands." Xia Lin said with a smile, "I heard that Yangzhou has two unique things, one is the water of Qinhuai River, and the other is the cards in Xiao Wuyi. We can't touch this water, so why don't we play a few cards?"

The two men were not very old, but they had both been around the world for a long time and knew everything about brothels, theaters, gambling houses and archways. Although there were slight differences between different places due to cultural differences, most of them were similar. They picked a larger gambling house and went in.

This place was lively, but also somewhat smoky, but that was exactly the atmosphere they liked. Amid the shouts of "buy and sell", they played back and forth for a while until a noise came from not far away.

"What's going on?" Old Zhang stood on tiptoe and looked at the other end of the gambling house, his gossip burning: "Let's go and take a look."

"What's so good about this? It's normal for casinos to be noisy."

"Oh, let's go. Pai Gow can be played at any time. It's so exciting to watch it happen."

Xia Lin had no choice but to follow Lao Zhang into the crowd. When he looked over, he saw three or five men surrounding two boys, looking ferocious and aggressive. They were probably saying that the two boys were dishonest and had stolen something, so they wanted to search them, but they refused to do so.

"This is a common tactic. They claim the items they find are theirs, and then the people being searched will definitely refuse to give them away, so they report to the police. But as soon as they get out, they will scatter and flee." Old Zhang said, shaking his fan, "This old trick is not new."

"Are you sick?" Xia Lin nudged Lao Zhang with his elbow and said, "Open your dog eyes and take a closer look at those two 'young masters'."

Lao Zhang took a look and smacked his lips: "Oh~~~"

"Get out of the way." Xia Lin pushed Lao Zhang aside and said, "I can't stand bullying little girls."

After saying that, he walked forward alone. He was not panicked by the three or five men surrounding him, but he shouted impatiently, "Get out of the way, get out of the way. Who dares to block the road?"

When the people who were surrounding him saw a young man with red lips and white teeth coming over, their faces were filled with various expressions. One of them with a goatee tilted his head and looked at Xia Lin and said, "Little boy, you are so weak, how dare you stand out?"

Xia Lin crossed his arms and used his body to block the two "young masters" behind him and began to pace back and forth: "You can laugh or scold, but let me tell you this, if you dare to make a move today, your head will be hung on the gate of Yangzhou City tomorrow."

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole room burst into laughter. The man with the goatee wanted to mock him, but suddenly he saw Xia Lin stretched out his arm but put his hands in his sleeves. His gangster spirit was suddenly full of excitement. The man with the goatee was knowledgeable, so he reached his hand in.

In just a few breaths, the goatee man's face suddenly changed, his expression like an egg in a frying pan, turning from red to burnt black, and then he withdrew his hand tremblingly.

"Are you still going to laugh?" Xia Lin raised his chin with a defiant look on his face: "If you still want to laugh, then laugh again. If you don't want to laugh anymore, then get out."

As he spoke, he glanced at Old Zhang slightly from the side. Old Zhang and he have been working together for many years, so he knew everything with just one look. At this moment, Master Zhang put the fan inside his coat and grasped the handle of the fan with one hand as if he was about to draw his sword. It was really interesting to see.

The man with the goatee smiled dryly, nodded and bowed before disappearing quickly out the door. Everyone in the casino looked at Xia Lin in shock, and Xia Lin grabbed the hand of one of the "young masters" and said, "Let's go. Are you still waiting here to rob?"

At this moment, the "young master" was stunned and could only follow the young boy in front of him out of the gambling house. They did not stop until they came to a wonton shop on the street.

"You girls from rich families are really ignorant of your own life and death. How can you go to such a place?" Xia Lin began to scold them. "They just saw that you are girls and you will never let them search you, so they kept pestering you. In the end, hehe...you will probably be taken to the kiln by those people to taste you carefully."

Xia Lin's words were so terrifying that "Young Master" No. 1 trembled all over. He raised his head and said unconvincedly: "I don't think they dare. They know who I am!"

"Even if you are the king of heaven, you will not be able to escape tonight. Tomorrow, even if you skin them all alive, it will not change the fact that you are full of Qinhuai romantic ideas." Xia Lin waved his hand: "Go, go, go home quickly, children should not go out at night."

At this time, Lao Zhang suddenly asked curiously: "How did you make them leave? I saw that they looked a little scared."

Xia Lin took out the King of Qin's lucky bag. There was a clear King of Qin logo on the bag. In addition, it was decorated with pearls and jadeite. One could tell it was not an ordinary item just by touching it. "They are using a tiger's skin to make a big banner. They are the best at judging people. I have a northern accent and I am holding the King of Qin's things. They are also panicking."

"Do you know the King of Qin?" the "young master" next to him suddenly spoke.

Xia Lin waved his hands with an impatient look on his face: "I don't know him, I just know the little prince. Hey, why do you care about that? Go home and find your mother to feed you. You are so young and running around everywhere. I am your father. You decide whether I will spank you or not."
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