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

Chapter 341: The Japanese

The next day, the lobbyist visited Princess Pingyang again and asked her to think twice, meaning that if Xia Lin could not be used, he must be eliminated.

Otherwise, how can it be said that people in high positions have no choice? On one side is Xia Lin, and on the other side is the family business. She can't escape the trap of being unfilial to her parents, disloyal to her family, and unjust to her friends.

Princess Pingyang actually had no idea at this time. She became extremely anxious, and when she was anxious she would do some stupid things, such as finding someone to make decisions for her. And the only person she felt was Xia Lin, her target.

"Your Highness, you are honest enough. I am the target, and you come here and ask me to give you an idea. What? I will hang myself at the door of your house with a rope, and that will be considered as fulfilling your loyalty and righteousness, right?"

"When did I say I would do this? I just... just want to ask you how to deal with it."

The most adorable thing about Princess Pingyang is that her personality is worthy of her military background. She almost never does anything without telling anyone. But she is not stupid either, just a little naive.

"You really trust me."

Xia Lin, who had been in meetings all day, yawned and said, "But since you trust me, I can't let you down. I'm telling you, this is actually an open conspiracy."

"Conspiracy?"

"Yeah." Xia Lin nodded. "I thought about it all night after I went back last night. They asked you to turn me against them. To put it bluntly, they have no intention of leaving me any chance of survival."

"Why?"

Princess Pingyang held her chin up and blinked her big eyes at Xia Lin, her face full of anticipation.

"Kiss me and I'll tell you."

"Then I'd rather kill you with one blow. Tell me now!" Princess Pingyang was amused by him: "You can still be so dissolute at this time."

Xia Lin stroked the stubble on his chin and said, "They actually just want to get rid of me, and you are the springboard. In fact, they may know your character better than you do. You definitely won't sell me out. This is the way you cultivate."

"Uh-huh……"

"But they must do this. The fief of Duke Dingguo is in the Zhenhai area of ​​Mingzhou. If they want to coordinate with the Li family in the north and south, they cannot avoid the Jiangnan Road. Otherwise, the Jiangnan Road will send troops from Raozhou and directly block them. They can even drive the troops from Guangmin to the north to encircle them. Do you think he will be panicked?"

After all, she was a person who led troops to fight, so Princess Pingyang quickly formed a complete battle line in her mind. This battle line could even stretch for thousands of miles. The armies of Guangdong, Fujian, and Jiangxi would join forces and could directly wrap Duke Dingguo in it as filling.

Who wouldn't panic...

"Asking me to surrender to you is just an excuse. It would be best if I surrender, but they know in their hearts that there is no way I can surrender. I am the son-in-law of Lord Teng, how can I become the son-in-law of Lord Tang?"

Princess Pingyang moved her lips but did not speak, then she laughed: "That's right."

"You and I are not in a relationship no matter how you look at it. Under this premise, do you think it's a good idea if they ask you to sleep with me?"

"No."

Xia Lin snapped his fingers. "That's right. A lobbyist who can rise to this level will definitely not make such a low-level mistake. Even someone as impulsive and irritable as Wang Shichong would not make such a low-level mistake. Not to mention a group of counselors who are so scheming and calculating."

"That……"

"They just want to muddy the waters. What is an open conspiracy? There is no way to avoid it. Sanniang, let me ask you. How do you prove that we didn't sleep in the same bed?"

Princess Pingyang was speechless for a moment: "I..."

"Let's do a physical examination." Xia Lin spread out his hands. "Right, that's the only way. But once you do a physical examination, wouldn't it be like you've completely exposed the scars between you and the Chai family? It's not worth it to completely fall out with each other, right? So your family won't agree to a physical examination, so how can you prove that there's nothing wrong between us if you don't do a physical examination?"

"I……"

"This is a murky water. The consort of my Lord Teng and the princess of Lord Tang have slept in the same bed. To put it mildly, it is a lack of personal morality. To put it seriously, it is what? Deceiving the emperor and deceiving superiors. Deceiving the emperor and deceiving superiors will start with a march of 3,000 miles, and end with the execution of the entire family and the extermination of all nine clans." Xia Lin stretched out his hand and twisted Princess Pingyang's nose: "Do you understand? They don't want you to really convince me, but you are just a pawn in this drama. You can't prove your innocence."

Princess Pingyang frowned: "Brother...Brother, he still won't let me go?"

"Have you figured it out?" Xia Lin held her hand in his and patted the back of her hand gently. "Ah, that's how big families are. In order to achieve a balance of interests, selling you is actually not a big deal. You are still bothering to say whether you should agree to this or not. What does it matter whether you agree or not?"

Once suspicion arises, the truth becomes unimportant. "Personnel is politics. They are trying to divide me from Prince Teng, disrupt the rhythm of Jiangnan Road, and force the prince to make a choice: to protect the capital or Jiangnan Road. You see, now you understand the ultimate purpose of this move, right?"

"Then I..."

"You are a resource, an important resource of the Li family. But resources are meant to be exchanged. If this matter gets out of hand, it will be nothing more than Prince Teng asking my wife to divorce me, and then we will get married to protect the royal family's reputation. But after that, I was originally here to guard against your Li family, and finally I became the son-in-law of the Li family. Do you think I still have the military power? Can I still sit in this position? Can I still manage Fuliang?" Xia Lin fiddled with Princess Pingyang's fingers: "Oh, what a good plan, it's hard to guard against. To be honest, I never expected that even you and the others would sell it as soon as they said so."

Princess Pingyang was almost crying at this moment, she was so sad and heartbroken. She had fought in many battles for her family and was often injured. She almost died in a foreign land due to a relapse of her old injuries, but in the end this was the result.

"Then how to break the situation?"

"Think it over. If you want to break the situation, you will be a traitor to your Li family. You have ruined the great cause of the Li family. Li Jiancheng will not let you off easily. Your father will resent you for ruining his decades-long wish and plan. Are you sure you want to break this situation?"

This question stunned Princess Pingyang. She mumbled for a long time but couldn't say a word. After a long time, she looked up at Xia Lin and said, "Why aren't you panicking at all? Do you have a way to break the situation?"

"Why should I panic?" Xia Lin said with a smile, "Since the first day you came to Fuliang, I have been preparing for something like this to happen one day."

"You already knew?"

"It's not that I knew it a long time ago, but I have already made a record of it." Xia Lin stood up and walked to the cabinet, took out a map and spread it out on the table.

"Wow……"

Princess Pingyang was stunned when she saw the map. She had always known that Xia Lin's maps were extremely exquisite, but who could have known it was so exquisite? This was a huge map that was ten feet square. The mountains, rivers and streams on it looked like they were drawn by gods. She could even see the nameless hills that she often climbed when she was a child on the map.

What kind of monster is this?
"Zhenhai is often harassed by foreign pirates, and they have become more rampant in the past two years. Last September, pirates invaded the fourteen villages around Zhenhai and looted 107 times, causing more than 300 deaths and more than 2,000 people displaced. Duke Dingguo concealed the incident and did not report it. Do you know why?"

"Why?"

"Because he was afraid that people would know that he was hiding his troops. If he reported it, would it mean he was going to suppress the bandits? Would he win or not? If he won, would it be a tragic victory or a complete victory? If he lost, would it be a tragic defeat or a narrow defeat? These are all problems, but if he didn't report it, there would be no problems."

"Are you trying to make a fuss about this?"

"He won't report it." Xia Lin, who was looking at the map, suddenly came to Princess Pingyang and said, "I'll help him."

"Ok?"

A military commander is a military commander. She really doesn't have such thoughts. After Xia Lin sat down, he pointed at the Zhenhai area and said, "Just watch how I operate it."

The next day, dozens of ragged strangers were suddenly seized when they entered Fuliang. They spoke in Mingzhou dialect and said they had come all the way from Zhenhai. They also said that their hometown had been attacked by bandits and the people were living in misery.

As soon as Xia Lin learned of the situation, he took emergency measures. After multiple investigations and verification that it was true, he activated an 800-mile express and sent an urgent letter to the capital.

The expedition traveled eight hundred miles in an urgent hurry and arrived in Jinling in less than three days. The messenger did not even have a sip of water before presenting the report directly to the Golden Palace.

In the hall, the prince read the letter, his knuckles turning white. After reading it, he angrily slammed the letter on the table in front of him: "How ridiculous!"

"Why is your highness angry?"

Gao Shilian took a step forward and the prince handed the letter to him. After reading it, Gao Shilian frowned.

How come the Zhenhai incident was reported by Fuliang?
This isn't right.

But when he saw the general's seal and wax on it, he probably knew that this matter was probably not fake.

"I have often heard that there are many bandits causing chaos in Zhenhai, but I have repeatedly urged Duke Dingguo to deal with it, but he has delayed it on the grounds of insufficient financial resources and lack of pay for the soldiers. Fine, fine, if he won't do it, I will do it!"

The prince got so excited that he said, "Pass the order down, promote Xia Lin to General Mingwei, lead 5,000 soldiers, and quickly suppress the bandits and bring peace to the world."

Gao Shilian was about to speak, but after thinking about it he closed his mouth. He could sense that something was wrong here, but it was obvious that the prince wanted to use the opportunity to promote people close to him, so why would he bother to get into trouble?

By the time this news got back to Xia Lin, about five days had passed. During these five days, the two lobbyists came to see Princess Li every day and almost persuaded her to fall in love with him. She even dreamed at night that she gave birth to a son for Xia Lin. Xia Lin named the child Xia Debiao, but why was he named like that?
It doesn't sound good.

(End of this chapter)