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

Chapter 191: What are you doing with just a few taels of silver a month?

The sound of the phoenix flute moves, the light of the jade pot turns, and the fish and dragons dance all night. The thin crimson silk is as white as ice, and the snow is greasy and crispy. The jade stove is covered with ice mats and mandarin duck brocade, and the powder melts and the fragrance sweats on the mountain pillow!

The snow melts in the cold spring night, and the night ends until dawn!

The next day, when Xia Lin got up, Tang Baoer was still sleeping. He leaned forward and kissed her hard on the neck, which woke her up instead. Tang Baoer stretched her arms out from under the quilt and put them around Xiao Xia's neck, leaning forward and giving her a small response.

Which hot-blooded young man could resist such a gentle and soft beauty, so Xia Tiegun returned for a limited time to make it fun again.

When he got up for the second time, the sun was already high in the sky outside. When he went out, Lao Zhang was squatting on the roof with a drawing board, working on proofs. When he saw him, Lao Zhang whistled frivolously.

"You've climbed so high, so you've probably never died, right?" Xia Lin looked up at Lao Zhang: "But you got up pretty early."

"Hey, what do you mean by getting up early? I didn't sleep much. I heard some lascivious music from somewhere last night. Oh, I have good hearing, but I was annoyed after listening to it all night." Lao Zhang smiled evilly, "Hey, Daosheng, if this person finally got to the place after a long journey and didn't sleep and tossed and turned all night, would he die of a stroke immediately?"

"I'm going out now. I'd better find you dead when I come back. Then I'll ask Dong Niang to tear you apart." Xia Lin pointed at Lao Zhang and cursed: "Remember this, die quickly!"

After saying that, he walked into another room, picked up the gift that Tang Baoer had prepared for him last night, walked outside, got on the carriage and headed straight for Guo Ying's mansion.

Carrying the things when he arrived at the general's mansion, he walked in as if he was visiting a relative. However, after entering, he did not see Guo Ying but his wife at home.

"Happy New Year, Auntie. Uncle Guo isn't here?"

Guo Ying's wife naturally knew Xia Lin. She had someone serve tea to Xia Lin, then sat there and sighed, "Your Uncle Guo has had a lot of headaches these days. A few days ago, a foreign envoy died here, and now they are asking for an explanation. He has been very busy these days, and I'm afraid he won't have a good New Year."

"Is there such a thing? Then I hope Auntie can tell me where Uncle Guo is now."

"He, he is either in the government office or in the camp. You should stay and have a meal before leaving. Don't leave with an empty stomach."

"Thank you, Auntie." Xia Lin put the gift aside and said, "I'd better go to Uncle Guo to take a look. It would be best if I can help him share his worries."

"Alas... you kid, I wish my sons could be half as sensible as you."

Xia Lin smiled and left the general's mansion. On the way to the yamen to look for Guo Ying, he did see quite a few soldiers and officers conducting investigations. It looked like something really big had happened. No wonder the inspection at the city gate was so strict last night.

He walked quickly to the government office at the border, but was stopped by soldiers when he entered. Government offices at the border like this usually integrate military and political affairs. Guo Ying is both the commander of the border and the county magistrate of this place. In terms of the power in his hands, this kind of border general actually has the greatest power. This is why warlords like Li Erfeng's family can obey orders but not announcements, because they are like a small court there.

"I'm here to look for General Guo Yingguo."

"The general has ordered that no one will be seen. Please return."

Xia Lin hated being rejected the most. He took two steps back, folded his arms and stood there looking at the two stubborn soldiers at the door.

"Go, inform General Guo that a fifth-rank inspector has been ordered to assist in the investigation." Xia Lin said as he slapped the jade pendant on the hand of one of the soldiers. "Don't worry about who's above you, just hand it over to the general. If you delay the case, you won't be able to bear the consequences!"

After he finished speaking, he glared and shouted, "Go quickly!"

The soldier was startled by the shouting and rushed into the yamen. It took about three minutes and Guo Ying followed him.

When Guo Ying saw Xia Lin, he kicked the two soldiers on guard without saying a word: "You bastards! Who told you to stop people casually?"

The two soldiers felt very aggrieved but they didn't dare to say anything. After all, it was him who said he wouldn't see anyone, and now it was him who lost his temper. But this was the big leader...what could they do?

"My dear nephew, you are finally here. Oh..."

Guo Ying welcomed Xia Lin into the gate and returned the jade pendant to him: "My dear nephew, your performance in the Luoyang battle was incredible. Even my army was mobilized by you to great success."

There was a hint of blame in these words, but it wasn't to the point of anger. However, as a commander, when reviewing the battle, he found that his army had been moved here and there, it was a bit infuriating to think about it.

"Uncle Guo, please don't be angry with me. I didn't even bother to tell you at that time. Now that I've finished my work in Luoyang, I've come to apologize to you. I hope you can forgive me."

Xia Lin cupped his hands and said, "If uncle is still not satisfied, hit me a few times."

"Hahahaha..." Guo Ying rubbed Xia Lin's head a few times. "Brat. I don't mean to blame you. I just didn't expect that in this Central Plains war, the Li Laohu family, Wang Shichong family, and my family, with a total military force of nearly 400,000, could be played around by a young boy like you. It's amazing."

Hearing this, Xia Lin shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Oh, Uncle Guo, I'm not that great. My ability can only be called borrowing momentum. I forced Qin Qiong's troops to retreat in the first round of siege by borrowing Li Yuan's momentum, I prevented Li Shimin from taking Luoyang City by borrowing your momentum, I set the fire by borrowing the wind, and I forced Wang Shichong's troops to change their route by borrowing momentum. Except for my own life, none of these belongs to me. Even the 1,000 cavalrymen I brought were borrowed from Commander Hong."

Guo Ying nodded with approval and said, "Great, you have the talent of a general! A man who is not arrogant after winning shows his broad mind." After the two entered the government office, Xia Lin took the initiative to speak, "Uncle Guo, when I went to your house, I heard from my aunt that an envoy was killed recently. Are you so busy here that you have no time to rest?"

"Oh, that old woman said everything." Guo Ying muttered and then sighed, "It's true. A few days ago, the envoy of the Kingdom of the Arabs was found dead in the inn. He was going to the capital to discuss trade, but now he was assassinated. Although the Kingdom of the Arabs didn't say anything, if they can't give an explanation, who will dare to come to my country to do business in the future?"

Xia Lin probably understood what was going on, so he smiled and said, "It just so happens that I am unemployed now, so why don't I help Uncle Guo handle this case."

"Oh?" Guo Ying's eyes lit up immediately, and he held Xia Lin's hand: "My dear nephew, please don't try to make your uncle Guo happy."

"Of course not. I even provided my own coroner."

"Why do you bring a coroner?" Guo Ying was also curious: "That thing is unlucky."

Xia Lin laughed loudly: "Well, she is a bit unlucky. But before that, please tell me the cause and process of the matter, Uncle Guo. I will help you solve your problem."

Guo Ying would naturally not refuse someone's help, so he quickly handed over everything he had on hand to Xia Lin.

Including the body of the messenger and the crime scene.

After Xia Lin took over all of this, he suddenly found it funny. He stood at the place where the corpse was kept and looked at the messenger who had already been frozen solid. He said with some emotion: "Why did I come here? I just found something to do for nothing."

When we got back to where we were staying, Tang Baoer should have gone to the business. The only people left in the yard were Old Zhang, who was sitting there conceiving a painting, and Dong Niang, who was carving wood with a knife.

"Dong Niang, follow me." Xia Lin shouted at the door: "There is a case."

As soon as she heard about the case, Dong Niang's demeanor changed immediately. The lifeless person instantly became radiant.

"What case?"

"Murder case." Xia Lin sighed. "I took this case and asked for trouble. Sigh... It's New Year's Day. It's really unlucky. If you don't like it, forget it. I..."

Before Xia Lin could say anything, Dong Niang rushed into the room and took out a box in a moment. The box was full of her precious tools. She put them on her back and shook her head at Xia Lin: "Let's go."

"Hey, you're really concise. Can't you tell who's the boss? Hey..."

As soon as he said this, Dong Niang had already run a long way and was waiting for him in front. Xia Lin put his hands on his waist and sighed deeply, then shouted at the top of his voice: "You are going to die, how can you know the place if I don't take you there?"

"I know. Some places are naturally dead."

Xia Lin felt that he had to teach her a lesson, but who knew that she really knew the place and came straight to the charity cemetery as if she had turned on the navigation.

"Look."

Dong Niang looked up and pointed at the charity cemetery sign: "We're here."

"Of course...you, this underworld thing, are really powerful." Xia Lin was amazed at Dong Niang's abilities.

"No time for nonsense, take me to the body."

Seeing the excitement on her face, Xia Lin blinked quickly a few times: "Do you like corpses so much?"

"No." Dong Niang looked back into his eyes: "I just don't like living people."

Xia Lin quickly averted his gaze: "Should I wait for you outside?"

"Wait outside. I'm afraid you can't stand it."

"How can I not bear it? Are you kidding me!"

Halfway through the autopsy, Xia Lin rushed out and started vomiting. Even though he had been on the battlefield, the scene inside was still terrifying to him.

Because the corpse was frozen hard, Dong Niang had to use a brazier to soften it first. Once it softened, it began to drip water... Then the skin became loose and deformed, and then the frozen things in the abdomen were squeezed out because the muscles lost their restraints due to the increase in temperature.

It makes my throat tighten...

(End of this chapter)