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

Chapter 186 Sir, Please Take a Seat

The next morning, the little princess cried and wanted to go back with Tian En. She was really reluctant. The few months she spent with Xia Lin were more wonderful than her entire life.

But she still had to go to worship her ancestors, as it was an important ceremony of the royal family. Even if she was a Taoist priest, she had to go. Moreover, now that her three-year period had been up, she had to go even more.

"Don't be clingy, Your Highness."

Tian En said anxiously beside him: "His Majesty will grant you a marriage when you return this time. If you make His Majesty unwilling, he will not grant it."

"What?" The little princess stopped crying and broke free from Xia Lin's arms: "Marriage? For whom?"

"Oh... my princess, who else could it be? Could it be given to the prince of Qin? Of course it should be the person in front of you." Tian En didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You two are like this, it's not appropriate to give it to someone else."

"Oh, let's go." The little princess stopped being annoying instantly, said goodbye to Xia Lin happily, and got on the carriage.

After waving goodbye, Xia Lin nudged Lao Zhang with his elbow and asked, "Did you hear anything?"

"What's that smell? The smell of you?"

"Get lost. Did you notice the words 'Prince of Qin'? The young prince was the previous prince, and now he is the Prince of Lin'an. Someone has promoted him to Prince of Qin."

"Oh~~ You can grasp the main point with just this one sentence. This officialdom is too scary. People like me will die if I go there." Old Zhang smacked his lips and said, "Scary."

"You're really going to get killed with your mouth. If I catch you at any opportunity, you'll be dead." Xia Lin stood there with his hands behind his back and laughed: "Come on, Li Yuan has become the King of Qin, he won't rebel for a while, let's go to Yanmen Pass to celebrate the New Year."

"Why do you have to go to Yanmen Pass? Are you looking for your little Tang?"

"Oh, brother. It's not just for women. There's also business there. I have to take a look at the business."

"In that case, let's go."

The two were preparing to say goodbye to Commander Hong. When they were already on the road, Xia Lin suddenly slapped his head and said, "There's still a place we haven't visited yet."

"Where?" Lao Zhang asked curiously, "Oh, you want to say goodbye to the neighbors, right? Yes, I have to go."

"No, I'm going to your ex-wife's house. Your father-in-law wanted to lock me in a dog cage back then. Now that I'm finally back, how can I let him feel comfortable? Let's go!"

Old Zhang also reacted when he heard it, and laughed twice: "Hey! If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten about it. Let's go!"

Of course, the two of them still had to go to Commander Hong to say goodbye. The Commander was of course reluctant to leave, but when he heard what they were going to do, he just chuckled and said, "Why don't you just confiscate that family and send his daughter to the Jiaosifang to reflect on her mistakes. As for the reason, just say that his family is Wang Shichong's followers."

"Whether they are rebels or not, I, a fifth-rank inspector, have to investigate first. Don't you think so, brother?"

Xia Lin chuckled, and the commander also chuckled, but only Lao Zhang stood there with an expression that didn't know whether he was laughing or crying.

When they were leaving the door, Xia Lin asked, "What do you mean? You can't bear it?"

"That's not the case. I just feel a little sad. The meal I earned by barking like a dog is heartbreaking."

"Alright, alright." Xia Lin put his arm around Lao Zhang's shoulders. "Yesterday's events are like yesterday's death, and today's events are like today's birth. Besides, it was me who barked like a dog in exchange for food, and you, damn it, are the one who stole rice and flour from others while I was barking like a dog."

"Hey? It's strange, why don't you hide the miserable state we were in back then, but instead tell everyone about it?"

Xia Lin was silent for a while, then suddenly laughed: "I follow the mass line."

The two men walked in casual clothes to the gate of Lao Zhang's ex-father-in-law's house. The mansion seemed to be a noble mansion in the past, but now it looks nothing more than that.

Lao Zhang's ex-wife... No, that shouldn't be said. It should be the ex-fiancee who married the son of the Wang family. In Luoyang City, it goes without saying which family the son of the Wang family belongs to. Now, this fallen phoenix is ​​worse than a chicken. After Wang Shichong's rebellion, he just doesn't have the time to clean up the details of these big families. But they can't escape if they want.

"It will be four years after the New Year, Lao Zhang."

"Yes." Old Zhang looked up at the vermilion door and said, "It passed by in a flash."

Xia Lin was also quite emotional, but suddenly he remembered something. It didn't look grand enough for him and Lao Zhang alone. So he went back to the commander-in-chief and said he wanted to borrow a few people to make the scene look more grand.

But who knew that Old Hong was also a real man. He immediately gave a team of elite soldiers, all of whom were wearing armor and carrying weapons, and looked very majestic.

"Brother, you don't need so much... We are not going there to rob people's houses."

"It's okay. They are relatives of the rebels, so what if you confiscate their property?" Well, since the regional leader said so, Xia Lin didn't want to embarrass him, so he led more than a hundred elite shield-armored soldiers to attack the residence of Lao Zhang's former father-in-law.

The elite soldiers in armor wore helmets, held machetes in their hands, and carried shields on their backs. They looked quite impressive. They walked on the road with uniform steps, making clanging sounds. Their movements could be heard from two streets away.

Passersby didn't know what was going on, so they all leaned their heads out to watch, and were horrified when they saw this scene. After all, although it was common to see soldiers arresting people these days, it was extremely rare to see a team of shield-and-armored soldiers appear in unison.

So many people along the way stopped and watched.

Xia Lin led this group of people to the door of Chen Tui Guan. He stood there with his hands behind his back and raised his head to the soldier below. The soldier went up and started banging on the door.

At this moment, the voice of the housekeeper from before came from inside: "Who is it? Are you going to die? How dare you bang on the door like this? Do you know who lives inside? If you can't tell me anything, don't blame me for locking you in a dog cage."

It would have been fine if he hadn't mentioned the dog cage. As soon as he mentioned the dog cage, Lao Zhang and Xia Lin looked at each other in tacit understanding. Xia Lin turned his head and whispered, "We were the ones who couldn't tell the whole story at the beginning."

"Hahahaha, now it's time to let them talk about their story."

The vermilion door creaked open, and the housekeeper saw a group of elite soldiers in armor. He almost fell to the ground, and his calves began to tremble. The soldiers didn't care. When they saw the door open, they kicked it open and rushed in. In an instant, the whole mansion was in chaos, with women screaming and men scolding.

"Mr. Zhang, please come in." Xia Lin said to Old Zhang with a smile at the door.

Old Zhang bowed to Xia Lin and laughed: "Xia Jianju, you go first."

The two entered the courtyard of Chen Xueguan one after the other. Xia Lin looked at the two dogs tied not far away and muttered, "These two vicious dogs are not dead yet? Hey, Xiao Shunzi, go and throw those two vicious dogs to death."

"Here!"

A tall shield-armored warrior stepped forward, holding a fierce dog in one hand and hitting the wall a few times, and the vicious dog became silent.

"Xiao Shunzi, take it back and stew a pot of fragrant meat for the brothers tonight."

Xia Lin laughed beside him, then he stood with his hands behind his back for a while: "Cut down all the trees in the yard later, they are an eyesore. Plant cherry blossoms, and plant cherry blossoms for me. I hate cherry blossoms the most in my life."

"Here!"

As they were talking, Xia Lin and Lao Zhang had already come to a wall. The paintings on this exquisite screen wall were all of the pictures of peonies sleeping in spring that Lao Zhang had carefully drawn for it. Lao Zhang's peonies were the best in the world, and they probably couldn't bear to tear them down, but it made Xia Lin feel annoyed when he saw it.

"Xiao Shunzi, tear down this wall for me. It makes me unhappy."

"Here."

"By the way, there are some koi in the fish pond over there. Catch them all and have a fish dinner with the brothers tonight. Fill the fish pond with soil for me."

Xia Lin's fingers never stopped moving, and he almost split the earthworms in Chen Tui Guan's house vertically. There was nothing left, including the rockery, fish pond, cherry blossoms and peach trees.

The idle soldiers outside had already started chopping trees. Xia Lin just walked into the main hall at this moment. He and Lao Zhang sat in the host seat at the front, and the soldiers next to them immediately served them tea.

"Good tea, yes, good tea." Xia Lin took a sip and said, "It's Fuliang tea."

Old Zhang was sitting there looking down at the lobby. Although he had a smile on his face, his eyes were filled with emotion.

Back then, he and Xia Lin were standing in the hall, being tormented like dogs, with people saying they wanted to cancel the engagement or mocking them.

At this moment of distraction, the whole family of Chen Xueguan was driven to the front of the hall. Chen Tuiguan no longer had the arrogant look he had before. He didn't even dare to raise his head. He could only stand there with his hands hanging down, not daring to move.

"Chen Xueguan, I heard that your family is related to the rebel Wang family. I am here to investigate this matter. Don't panic. I always do things fairly, justly and openly."

Xia Lin looked up and exclaimed, pointing at the paintings around him: "Xiao Shunzi, these paintings are so vulgar, take them all off for me."

At this moment, Lao Zhang spoke up: "Those are all my paintings..."

Hearing these words, Chen Xueguan felt vaguely that the voice was familiar. When he looked up and saw the two people sitting in the main seat, he felt as if the sky had fallen. He took a few steps back in a daze and almost fainted.

Xia Lin stood up at this moment, and walked around the hall with his hands behind his back. "Oh, I forgot to introduce myself to Chen Xueguan. I am a fifth-rank imperial envoy from the court, and you are the principal of Hongdu Yuzhang Academy, and also a sixth-rank academic official of Yuzhang County and Hongdu Prefecture. Oh... By the way, what rank is Chen Xueguan? I wonder if Zhang Xueguan and I should greet Chen Xueguan?"

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Xiao Shunzi beside Xia Lin swung his arm and slapped Chen Xueguan: "The master is asking you a question, and you are mute!?"

(End of this chapter)