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

Chapter 202 Let the King of Heaven come!
Xia Lin felt that he was a bit too ostentatious. The three strong men following him were indeed a bit scary, but his equipment was complete. The shield soldiers were the tough guys who held up their shields and resisted the cavalry charges at the front of the million-strong army. There was no need to mention the flag bearer. Basically, only the bravest man in the army could hold the flag.

There is also an archer. Actually, Xia Lin's view of archers was influenced by movies and TV a long time ago. He thought archers were skinny, weak and vulnerable. Later, when he came here and saw real archers, he found that they were just a group of gorillas with arms thicker than their thighs. The pectoral muscles, the biceps, the abdominal muscles... Oh my, they look really scary.

With these three monsters in the army, even if they were not wearing armor or carrying weapons, they were still extremely terrifying. After all, in this era of widespread nutritional imbalance, people's average height is only 165-173. The three people around him are meters tall, meters tall, and almost meters tall. They really stand out among the crowd.

After strolling around, Xia Lin finally arrived at the Tang Mansion in Luoyang. As a merchant, the door lintel naturally couldn't be too ostentatious. Unlike those officials' wealthy families, the door paint was green instead of vermilion. Xia Lin looked up at the Tang Mansion and chuckled. He calculated the time and found that it was not yet the critical point, so he looked back at the restaurant not far away and turned to the three brothers, "Do you still want to eat?"

"Eat!" the three said in unison.

"Let's go and have another nutritious meal."

At this moment, inside the Tang Mansion, Tang Baoer was sitting at the lower seat, her two uncles were sitting at the upper seat, and her brothers from the Tang family were sitting around her.

"Wanqiu, I'm not saying anything bad about you. You, a woman, shouldn't be in charge of the Tang family business. We just thought your father was not in good health and asked you to take care of it for a while, but who knew he would pass away like this. We didn't say how to take care of you. Now you are not young anymore, it's time for you to get married. It will rain today and your mother will get married. You can't keep delaying like this."

Tang Baoer was listening with a smile on her face: "So according to uncle, if I become someone's concubine, it would be considered as marrying someone?"

"Oh, Wanqiu. That's not the way to say it. Being a concubine also depends on who you are marrying. He is a senior official in the Ministry of Revenue. We also know that you have an affair with that county magistrate, but what kind of status can he give you? You have been with him for so many years, but you are still unclear and have no status? Now that he has been stripped of his official position and has become idle, what do you still want to follow him for?"

While the uncle was talking, Tang Baoer's cousin next to him also spoke up. He leaned over and said with a smile, "Wanqiu, I told you a long time ago not to get involved with those insignificant county magistrates. Although we are a merchant family, how can we compare to a small county magistrate in terms of ability?"

Tang Baoer didn't say anything, but just sat there calmly and elegantly. She actually knew that she couldn't explain clearly to these relatives. These people would not listen to explanations. What they wanted was the Tang family's property. Who would really care about her life or death, Tang Wanqiu? If she could be sold for a good price, that would be even better. If not, they would also have to separate her from the family business.

"If you ask me, you are a woman who always shows up in public, and you don't feel ashamed. You don't even go out and find out what your reputation is like outside. People say that you sleep with people everywhere for business. You have no shame, but our Tang family still has some."

Hearing this, Tang Baoer's face suddenly changed. She turned her head to look at her cousin: "Tang Shijing, if you keep talking nonsense, I will tear your mouth to pieces."

"Oh! You little girl, you are trying to show off in front of me?" Tang Baoer's cousin stood up and said to the old man above him: "Dad, Second Uncle. You are too polite to her. If it were me, you should just tell her clearly. Either pack up your things and get out now, go wherever you want, and don't even think about taking a single word of the Tang family's property with you, or get married honestly and don't stay in our Tang family to cause trouble. You still want to divide the family from her? What a joke, why should a woman like her divide the family? Does she have a family? My Third Uncle has been dead for a long time. If she divides the family, won't it all go to that broken county magistrate? It's unlucky to be giving it away for nothing."

Tang Baoer sat there with a droopy face, tears flickering in her eyes, but she was still stubborn. She stood up and scolded, "What right do you have to talk nonsense? The Tang family had fallen into such a state after my father passed away, but you didn't come out to manage it. Later, I managed the Tang family bit by bit, and now you remember it?"

"The Tang family is impoverished? When has the Tang family ever been impoverished? Don't talk nonsense here. I tell you, who knows how much of the money you earned from the Tang family went to support that white-faced county magistrate. Dad, second uncle. Otherwise, I would say that this woman is incapable of managing a household. She keeps a pretty boy outside and uses our family's money to help others. Does she really have no dignity left?"

Tang Bao'er couldn't play rogue, nor could she argue with rogue, she just sat there and sneered. At this moment, the uncle above spoke, the eldest uncle first sighed and said: "Wanqiu, if you don't want to marry, we can't force you, and you just happened to be back, so stay at home these days, don't run around, I will let your eldest brother and second brother take over the business in the south, so don't worry. In any case, you have done your best for the Tang family, and no matter how poor our Tang family is, we can't afford to support the daughter of the third brother."

Having said this, he was actually trying to take Tang Baoer down, but Tang Baoer was not a soft persimmon. She looked up and smiled, "Uncle, you know that the Tang family only recognizes my face when doing business in the south. If someone else goes, it might not be that easy."

"What a joke! Is that recognizing your face? That's recognizing your body."

"Shi Jing, don't say such things!"

Although the uncle tried to stop her, he didn't blame her at all. Instead, he looked at Tang Baoer and said, "Wanqiu, you are a member of the Tang family, so don't show up in public anymore. It's settled. As for your business in the south, the Tang family is not without support in the court. In any case, they are much better than your county magistrate."

At this moment, the door of the Tang family was opened from the outside with a bang, and then three things that looked like giant spirits walked in from outside.

The Tang family had bodyguards, and seven or eight of them quickly rushed out. When they saw the three contestants at the door, their calves began to cramp and they trembled, not daring to move forward.

"What are you doing blocking the door?" Xia Lin struggled to get out from among the three people and said, "Get out of the way!"

The three door gods separated a little after hearing Xia Lin's words, and then Xia Lin completely ignored the guards and walked inside.

At this moment, Xia Lin's angry shout could be heard in the lobby. Tang Baoer was feeling helpless, and hearing this shout was like the sound of nature. She immediately turned her head and looked outside.

After waiting for a while, Xia Linke came into the house. Apart from the three door gods, the other people who came in were the guards who were holding sticks and dared not approach.

"You three, clean up these people with sticks. It's annoying. And help me close the door."

The three gentlemen stepped forward, picked up two guards each and went out, closing the door. Xia Lin straightened his clothes and sat down on the empty seat next to Tang Baoer. The way he shook his long gown looked very stylish.

"Ah, I heard that Miss Tang came here today to discuss the division of the family. Coincidentally, I came here to settle accounts with the Tang family." Xia Lin sat there with his legs crossed. "The matter is not complicated. Miss Tang and I have been working together for a few years. We agreed to split the accounts 50-50. Now the payment cannot be settled, so I came here to discuss with you what to do. Oh, by the way. Who has the final say here?"

It was really difficult for Tang Baoer to suppress the corners of her mouth. She twisted her thighs hard to force herself not to laugh out loud, and then pointed at the uncle in the hall with her other hand.

"Oh! You are the one who keeps your word, right?"

Xia Lin fumbled in his arms for a while, took out an account book, and threw it over: "Take a look at it yourself, and you will have an idea of ​​how much the Tang family owes me. This contract was signed with Miss Tang. Since you don't plan to let her run the business now, the accounts must be settled clearly, otherwise..."

Before he could finish, Tang Baoer's cousin stood up and said, "Who are you? Why did you come to my Tang family so casually?"

Xia Lin didn't even raise his head, he just patted the dust off his shoes and said, "There's no need to tell me who I am. If I did, you would have to kneel down and talk to me. It wouldn't look good."

"Insanity!"

The cousin was even ready to take action, but Xia Lin just sat there and smiled, even looking up: "Come on, come on, hit me in the face. Let me tell you this, if you hit me today, tomorrow all 137 members of your Tang family, including your dog, will have to kneel in front of me in a row, and the women will be exiled and the men will be sent to the temple for rebellion."

Tang Baoer nudged him lightly with her arm, and Xia Lin nodded: "Except for you, just follow me and everything will be fine."

"Be serious..." Tang Baoer said in a low voice.

Xia Lin sighed and scratched his ear: "Tell your brother to come to me quickly."

At this moment, the uncle of the Tang family spoke up. He shouted sternly, "Shi Jing! Sit down!"

"Who are you? How can you say that my Tang family owes you 4.8 million taels of silver based on this account book?"

"Shut up, either you say you won't pay it back and wait for me to confiscate your property tomorrow. Or you just quietly raise money for me now. Four million eight hundred thousand taels, if you're one penny short, I'll tear your old bones apart." After saying this, Xia Lin twisted his body, his expression became very ferocious, and he pointed at Tang Bao'er's cousin: "And you, four million eight hundred thousand taels, if you're one penny short, I'll cut off one of your male offspring, and I'll make your Tang family extinct from now on."

After saying that, he stood up and bowed: "Then I will take my leave now. I will come again at this time tomorrow. If you can't raise the money, don't blame me for being ruthless."

(End of this chapter)