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

Chapter 122 Oh, a big fish!
"There must not be any stage accidents. Emotions must be quickly controlled and released. I heard that you all cry after the performance. This is not right. After the performance, you must quickly put on a smile and repeatedly tell yourself in your heart that this is all fake."

"Also, who are the four characters in the Legend of the White Snake? Come out for a moment."

The four main actors who played the White Snake came out. In addition to Tingyun and Lingyue, there were two actors who played Xu Xian and Fahai. Xia Lin pointed at the actor who played Fahai and said, "When you play the role, you must show hesitation and reluctance. You must create a sense of contradiction for this villain. Do you know the sense of contradiction? It means that you know they are right, but because of your identity and your position, you have to do this. I heard that you played it too fiercely before. No, no, a monk must be compassionate. You must have compassion for the common people and for friendship. In the end, you recovered Bai Suzhen because he flooded Dantu County, not because of his love with a mortal."

After Xia Lin finished speaking, he turned around and looked around: "Also, let me remind you, the actor who plays the role of the Dantu County Magistrate, you have to show the Dantu County Magistrate's sinister and ugly face. It is very necessary that he disregards human life and abuses his power for personal gain after the people were hit by the disaster. You also have to show his cowardly side. When Master Fahai went to question him, the first thing he did was to hide under the bed. You are good at this move."

The girl who played the role of the Dantu County Magistrate covered her mouth with her hands and laughed uncontrollably, and the other girls also laughed.

"Okay, calm down!" Xia Lin rolled up his sleeves. "I'm not kidding you. It's true that I promised to redeem you, but you mustn't let me waste so much money. By then, you will all be good cards in my hand, so be alert. Whether you can regain your freedom depends on you."

In terms of organizational ability, Xia Lin is definitely at the top level. He knows how to tickle other people's sore spots. Even if he wants to make a promise, he has to tell others what flavor the promise is and make sure they like it.

After he finished speaking, he started to walk out. At this moment, Feng Lingyue was still immersed in the great happiness that someone wanted to redeem her, but the alert Miss Tingyun had already chased after her.

"Are you really going to redeem us all?"

"Ransom!" Xia Lin said without turning his head, "You are more valuable here than in a brothel."

"But I am..."

"You are a criminal. I have already checked. You are from the Painting House of the Teaching Office. Your father was the former head of the Ministry of Rites, and your uncle is the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works." Xia Lin turned around and looked at her. "I didn't expect that I know all the details about each of you. You were not qualified to come here, but I thought that since we have met once, I might as well call you here and be done with it. Is there anything else you want to ask? I am very busy, Madam Lin Chaosheng."

Hearing him repeat the name he made up, Miss Tingyun's face turned red, but she was still confused: "How did you know I lied to you..."

"The perfume you use is produced here, exclusively for brothels. It's called the Charm Series." Xia Lin said with a smile, "Besides, your face is there, plus you have a Jinling accent. I just asked the Jinling merchants passing by and they all said in unison that this is you, Miss Tingyun, without thinking much. You are insulting my professional ability."

Miss Tingyun was really shocked, but Xia Lin used to make a living from this. Miss Tingyun's nonsense in front of him was no less than waving a sword in front of Guan Gong.

"So you already knew that you are a bad person."

"If I were a bad guy, I would arrest you and say that you came here to avenge your father and brother and intend to assassinate him. Then I would interrogate you myself, play with you for five days and five nights, then kill you with a knife and say that you committed suicide out of fear of punishment. What can you do to me?" Xia Lin sneered, "You are trying to be worse than an official. The word official has two mouths, and you still want to open your mouth? Oh, you also have two mouths, but we eat different food. I eat the emperor's food, what about you?"

Xia Lin said as he gathered his sleeves and walked forward: "Just do your job well. Don't expect me to look at you differently just because of your looks. I've seen too many beautiful girls, and you can't be in the top five. As for the others, the tricks you use to deal with other men won't work on me. As for why I want to redeem you, one is that you will be of great use to me, and the other is that I, Master Xia, am kind-hearted and can't bear to see you being abused when you go back. Do you understand me?"

He always spoke very quickly, and his thoughts were very coherent, which made Miss Tingyun stunned. She looked very stupid, even her steps were messed up, and she tripped over her left foot and fell out.

Xia Lin stretched out his hand and scooped her up: "Nice figure."

Miss Tingyun was stunned and stood there awkwardly, but Xia Lin just turned around and said to her: "After the emperor comes tomorrow, if you cause trouble, even the king of heaven can't save you."

I don’t know whether this king of heaven will come or not, but the emperor has arrived anyway.

On the second day of comprehensive preparations, the emperor's party arrived in Jiujiang.

Xia Lin had to retreat now, because he was only a seventh-rank official and was not qualified to be in the reception line, but he did not leave. He looked out from a hill more than 500 meters away from the pier. There were a lot of people here, most of them were local residents, because of the one-mile security zone.

His Majesty and his entourage also came here by boat. At this moment, he was standing on the bow of the dragon boat, waving to the officials and people along the shore with a smile on his face. The old eunuch Tian En was standing next to him.

"Do you think the dragon boat that Lao Jiu prepared for me can be as magnificent as the one we are riding now?"

"Your Majesty, you are joking. The dragon boat you are riding is the best in the world. The Ministry of Works spent millions of taels of silver to build the dragon boat. How could it be worse than the craftsmen in the vassal states?"

"That's right. The money for making dragon boats here is not as much as that of the Ministry of Industry, and there are not as many craftsmen as in the Ministry of Industry. I think it would be ok if we can make something similar... ok..."

His Majesty suddenly paused in the middle of his words. He opened his mouth but did not speak. Tian En quickly asked, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"

Emperor Hongbao didn't say anything, but just pointed forward. Tian En stood up and looked over, and he sat down on the ground with a thud.

In the distance, they saw a huge ship docked at the dock, with hundreds of small boats lined up on both sides. The length, width and height of those small boats could catch up with the dragon boat they were riding on, but in front of the big dragon boat, they were like a child snuggling up to his parents.

The entire dragon boat was painted with gold paint, shining brightly in the sun, and a huge dragon flag was planted on it, making it look extremely noble. When Emperor Hongbao's ship passed by the dragon boat, they couldn't even see the deck of the dragon boat, but only the exquisite hull.

The emperor at the top was all like this. The Jing boat at the back, which was a circle smaller than His Majesty's boat, could feel the shock of this huge dragon boat even more. Civil and military officials came to the side of the ship to watch this huge ship, and everyone was moved... Only the Minister of Works had a dark face turning pale, and he stood there with every part of his body trembling.

"Welcome to the Emperor of Wei!"

At the dock, Prince Teng, his family, and officials from his fiefdom stood in two rows, waiting respectfully for the Emperor's dragon boat to dock.

"Wow. This dragon boat..." After getting off the boat, Emperor Hongbao came to the opposite side of Prince Teng and said in a low voice: "Old Nine, are you crazy?"

"Fourth brother, are you satisfied?"

Emperor Hongbao smiled and glanced at the civil and military officials who were still getting off the boat behind him. "It doesn't matter whether I am satisfied or not. I'm afraid someone will be scared to pee their pants. Remember to hand me the dragon boat construction account when the time comes."

Prince Teng nodded slightly and replied, "It seems that Fourth Brother has the intention to kill."

"It's okay, but I'll see what they have to say this time."

After that, when all the officials had arrived, they began to board the ships that belonged to them according to their official rank. Naturally, only high-ranking officials, ministers, princes and concubines could board the dragon boat.

When boarding the ship, fireworks blasted and fairy music floated in the air, bringing a sense of ethereality and shock that should not belong to the human world.

Gao Shilian followed the Emperor and Empress closely. Although he did not speak, he was shocked by the huge ship. When he walked on it, although he was well protected all around, he felt dizzy when he looked down.

The same was true for other officials, who were somewhat terrified.

However, Emperor Hongbao felt as if he were walking on flat ground. After being guided to the observation deck, he leaned on the railing and looked out into the distance, which was extremely relaxing. The music below made him feel calm, and the peaceful lake light in the distance also made him feel at ease. At this moment, there were only two words in Emperor Hongbao's mind: comfortable!
From where he was, he only needed to look down to see the heads and shoulders of the officials. The feeling of stepping on people's heads satisfied his vanity to the greatest extent.

"Tian En, this guy is really good at dealing with things." Emperor Hong Bao held the fence and stood still, looking into the distance: "He really knows what I like. How do you think he figured it out?"

"Your Majesty, I don't know who you are referring to..."

"It was Xia Daosheng. Guo Laoliu said that this boat was designed by Xia Daosheng specifically for me. You said he has never met me, so how does he know what I like?"

"Maybe it's... fate."

"Yes, yes, hahahaha... we must be destined to be together."

His Majesty felt comfortable for a while, and after he went down, he heard a loud shout from the shore: "Let's set sail!"

Then the sail of the huge dragon boat fell down with a sound, and after some operation by the helmsman and the captain, the giant ship slowly sailed out of the port. Following the giant ship, other large and small ships also sailed out of the port.

As soon as Emperor Hongbao saw the boat start moving, he ran to the topmost observation deck and saw thousands of sails surging and hundreds of boats competing with each other, reflecting the afterglow of the setting sun, which was truly pleasing to the eyes and fascinating.

The boat carrying the officials and guards had tried it nearby and they had the same feeling as well. Since there were so many people on the boat and it wasn't crowded, they were extremely relaxed. In addition, each boat had an independent stove and kitchen, so even an ordinary guard could eat delicious food. This journey could truly be described as the ultimate enjoyment.

"Your Majesty, it's time to eat." Tian En came up and whispered to Emperor Hong Bao, "It is said that ninety-nine flavors from all over the world have been prepared for you. The eunuchs have already tried them, so don't worry."

"Come on, let me see what these ninety-nine dishes are."

(End of this chapter)