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

Chapter 267 It’s finally time to leave.

"I heard that you solved the scholar's trouble today. I went to find out the process. You are really a very smart person."

In the evening, after dinner, Princess Pingyang asked Xia Lin to go out for a walk. The two of them strolled along the river with their dogs. The setting sun was just setting, covering the surface of the river like fire, which was extremely beautiful.

"Does His Highness need to come and praise me personally for being a smart person? Just ask a servant to tell him. Let the servant tell him that His Highness said that you, Xia Lin, are a smart person."

Princess Pingyang almost laughed herself to death. She used the dog leash to hit Xia Lin's arm and said, "He's so smooth-talking that he doesn't seem like a good person."

"My prince said that you, Xia Lin, are a smart person, but you don't seem to be a good person either."

After just a few words, Princess Pingyang had laughed so hard that she almost died. After she finally stopped, His Highness finally spoke again.

"Now I see you're idle all day, when do you plan to return?"

"Return? Where else can I go? I guess the documents to dismiss me are already on the way." Xia Lin sat on a stone and picked up a stone and started skipping it on the water. "It's either exile or imprisonment, but the probability of exile is higher."

"Really exiled?"

"Yeah." Xia Lin responded softly, watching the ripples on the river in the distance gradually disappear and the moon slowly climb up the mountain.

His Highness didn't speak for a long time, just leaning there staring at the water in a daze.

Xia Lin looked back and found that if this sister wore modern clothes, especially the small skirt with hips and white shirt, it would be a perfect match. Not to mention how stunning her appearance is, but at first glance, she is a super cool big sister. Such big sisters are usually the most difficult characters to capture in love games.

"What are you looking at."

"Of course I am looking at His Highness, how could I be looking at your black dog?"

"Slippery tongue." His Highness cursed, but smiled: "Don't tease me, in a few years I will be middle-aged, what will you say to me then?"

"What else can I say? The charm is still there."

The princess went up to kick him, but Xia Lin dodged quickly: "You asked it yourself."

After the teasing, the princess asked, "Any news where to go?"

Xia Lin shook his head and laughed, "How can I be so powerful? If I knew even this, I would be all-powerful in the court."

After saying that, he suddenly changed the subject: "Your Highness, after I leave, you can go to Fuliang to have some fun. The cost there is lower than here, and there are more activities than here. It's really suitable for you to come out and relax. I will go back when I have time, and I can even treat you to a drink."

"Drink it and then vomit all over you?"

"Spit it out, spit it out. Your Highness's spit is also fragrant."

"You bastard! Disgusting!"

Xia Lin raised his hand and said, "Okay, Your Highness, I'll go back first. I still have some unfinished business. If I suddenly disappear one day, just keep me in your heart and think of me silently."

"Who would care about a little rascal like you?" The princess shook her head: "Go ahead, we still have to do serious things."

In fact, the most important thing for Xia Lin now is to arrange the development direction of Fuliang in the future. Instructions must be given separately for agriculture, forestry, fishery, military, industry and commerce. In particular, building a team that can fight against the Xuanjia Army is the top priority at the moment.

The notice on Xia Lin's handling is indeed on the way. The charge is actually very serious, that is, he disregarded the imperial order and failed to live up to the emperor's grace.

This is a standard pocket crime. It can be stuffed in anyway, and then used as the punishment. It can be used for anything from a three-month salary fine to a nine-family elimination game.

After all, Xia Lin cannot be convicted of a crime with certainty. If he is really accused of corruption and abuse of power, he will be sentenced by the proper laws of the Wei Dynasty. It is easy to put a crime in and take it out. Disregarding the imperial order can eventually turn into sincere repentance, and failing the emperor's grace can turn into the emperor's magnanimity.

In short, when the accounting turmoil is over, he will be able to return quietly to where he should go.

A sentence of six thousand miles of imprisonment sounded like a serious crime, but the final place of exile was Changsha County, Tanzhou Prefecture. It was six hundred miles away from Hongdu Prefecture, and if they were faster, they would arrive in two days...

Just as Xia Lin expected, the imperial edict from the regent arrived early the next morning. The eunuch who read out the edict was very polite and respectful to Xia Lin.

"Master Xia, if you want to play with the clothes and tokens for a few more days, that's fine. I'm not in a hurry for the time being."

How could ordinary people have such treatment? Official uniforms, official hats, tokens and seals would be forcibly taken off when the imperial edict arrived, but this eunuch asked Xia Lin with a smile on his face if he wanted to play for a few more days.

This eunuch is the servant of the young prince. How could he not know him if others didn't know him? Xia Lin is not just a popular person in front of the crown prince. He is simply the crown prince's axe and grindstone. How can a eunuch like him afford to offend such a person?

Xia Lin never had the habit of making things difficult for his subordinates. He liked to be superior to his subordinates, but he was very polite to those who were lower than him. The lower the level, the more polite he was. When facing the eunuchs, he smiled and said, "Oh, that's not necessary. I'll take it off for you right now. Come on, pour tea for you and bring some fruit and food. You should take a rest after traveling so long. I'll invite you to have a meal at the main restaurant later."

"Don't dare, don't dare... Lord Xia is really polite." Xia Lin took off his clothes and handed two silver notes of 100 taels to the eunuch: "Don't say that. It's unreasonable not to treat you to a meal after you came all the way here."

After taking off his official uniform and hat, and removing his token and tiger talisman, he should have been just an ordinary citizen. But even so, both the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict and the guards who escorted the eunuch were still respectful to Xia Lin.

He hosted a table in the main store. Not only were there these people who came to deliver the imperial edict, but there were also officials such as Qin Shoubei of Guangzhou Prefecture. He was not wearing an official uniform but still sat in the seat of honor. However, no one among the guests dared to put on airs in front of him.

But what kind of a deal is this? When people's official positions were taken away, they were like bereaved parents, and the people around them wanted to light firecrackers and celebrate. But now Xia Lin was sentenced to exile, and he himself was fine, and he even held a banquet to entertain guests.

The invited guests were all in high spirits, and there was no sign at all that Xia Lin had been exiled six thousand miles away.

They all said that they would take care of Lord Xia in the future. At the dinner table, some of them said they would prepare a good carriage for Lord Xia, while others said they would prepare some gold and silver jewelry for him to keep.

Anyway, everyone enjoyed the meal, and the happiest one was Qin Shoubei, because from today on, he had entered the core circle of the crown prince. You have to know that if a garrison commander like him who was appointed in times of crisis did not get into a stable circle, he would be replaced for sure.

But once he follows Xia Lin into this circle, it means that he is also the crown prince's man, and anyone who wants to touch him will have to think twice, so he is naturally happy.

So he gave Xia Lin the most parting gifts, but even so, when he left the next day he was only accompanied by three guards, a carriage and a Narcissus.

I had some money on me, not too much nor too little, but enough for me to splurge.

At about seven o'clock in the morning, the carriage started moving. As soon as it left Guangzhou, it saw Her Royal Highness the Princess dressed in white knight's garb at the Shili Pavilion outside the city.

There was wine and food in front of her, and she was drinking by herself.

After seeing this, Xia Lin got out of the car and walked over to sit opposite her: "Princess, are you sending me off?"

"You gave me one, and I gave you one, so we're even now." The princess handed him a cup: "Two cups?"

"No more drinking. If you get drunk later, no one will dare to carry you." Xia Lin pushed the wine pot back. "When you're done playing here, let's go to Fuliang. I've already sent a letter back. The courtyard is ready for you. But not now. Let's wait until next month."

"Why?" the princess asked curiously.

Xia Lin smiled frivolously: "Chai Shao is there."

Princess Pingyang's expression suddenly changed, and Xia Lin waved his hand quickly: "Because His Majesty is here, he is His Majesty's guard, so naturally he has to be here too."

Pingyang's expression eased a little at this time: "Your Majesty is here too, so I won't go over to avoid being scolded. Your Majesty will leave in October?"

"Well, after October, His Majesty will return to the court to prepare for the grand court meeting. Your Highness can go then."

"understood."

The two chatted for a while, and then Xia Lin got on the carriage again. Princess Pingyang walked out of the pavilion and stood on the side of the road, looking from afar. The autumn wind blew her belt left and right.

Xia Lin leaned out of the small window and said, "Your Highness, there are hot springs in Fuliang in winter. It's so comfortable to soak in them! Remember to go and have fun!"

Princess Pingyang sneered, turned around, mounted her horse and went back to the city.

Without the army surrounding him, Xia Lin walked more easily and decisively this time, and his speed was obviously faster. It was nearly two thousand miles away from Tanzhou, but if the weather was suitable, it would only take fifteen or sixteen days to arrive, which was much faster than bringing a team here.

On the way, Xia Lin and his three guards were quite happy. They ate and drank when they passed by towns. If they were stranded in the wild, they would catch wild boars and mountain eagles. The archer was really good at hunting. One heavy arrow could even nail a 200-pound wild boar to a tree trunk.

There were bandits on the road, but this place was located in the hinterland and there were no large-scale horse thieves. When some scattered small thieves saw the three great gods, they felt like they had seen a giant spirit, especially the Archer, who had sharp ears and eyes, and even the smallest movements could not escape their eyes.

So when thieves see this, they can only avoid it. No one would dare to offend them. After all, they are robbing for money, not competing with others for the leader of the martial arts world...

It’s not worth it. It’s really not worth it.

In this way, Xia Lin arrived at Changsha County safely along the way. This place can be considered a big city. It was already famous during the Three Kingdoms period and it is still prosperous today.

Moreover, as a large county belonging to Jiangnan Province, the population is naturally large, probably around 300,000, which makes it one of the most prosperous regions.

"I'll go to the county government office to apply for shelter first, you go find a place to live." Xia Lin jumped off the carriage and stretched, then he took out some passes and handed them to the three brothers: "Go, this money is enough for you to eat and drink as much as you want, but don't gamble! If I find out that you gamble, I'll break your legs."

The three giant brothers collected the money and ran off to have fun. Then Xia Lin turned back to look at Shuixian and said, "Just find a small courtyard that's about the same size. It doesn't have to be too big. We can share a room, so the bed needs to be bigger."

Narcissus lifted her hair and chuckled, "Okay..."

(End of this chapter)