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

Chapter 376: Let go of helping others and respect the fate of others

In the early morning, there was a thin mist on the banks of the Qinhuai River. Xia Lin, who had just woken up, stood on a tall building and looked at the river bank, where the wind and smoke were rolling and the drizzle was like silk.

Miss Tang pushed the door open and entered the room. She put down some food, then sat down and asked curiously, "You said that woman would become a demon concubine, so why did you send her to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

"How did Bigan die?"

Xia Lin looked back at Tang Baoer, then turned to the table and said, "Uncle and nephew are so close."

Tang Baoer smiled and felt that this seemed to be true. As an outsider, it was indeed not easy for Xia Lin to get involved. Even Bigan had his heart cut out, so how could Xia Lin deserve the emperor's obedience?

"But he will probably blame you then."

"So, do you think it's better for him to blame me in the future, or to hate me now?" Xia Lin propped up his head and sighed, "I said she would become a demon concubine. Did she become one? Not yet. The future is not yet in the future, and the present is now. I said she would become a demon concubine. Brother Jing said that you don't believe in my thoughts. What do you say? You say that I believe it. If someone asks you if you believe it, why did you kill him? I have never been greedy for money, power, lust, or tyranny in my life. I only have this one confidante, but you killed her. Xia Daosheng, why are you like that sour and corrupt scholar? Or say that you don't believe it? Oh, as a minister, I don't believe in the king. The king and his subjects should not be suspicious. Suspicion will lead to chaos. The king will punish the ministers. The ministers will rebel if they doubt the king. If the minister doubts the king and does not rebel, he will be punished again because of the king's suspicion; if the king doubts the ministers and does not punish them, he will doubt the king again and will rebel. Then, isn't my best way to let go of the complex of helping others and respect the fate of others?"

"Hahaha..." Tang Bao'er was laughing so hard that she fell backwards: "Okay, okay, don't learn it anymore. You are such a...but it is true. Eh..."

"Besides, if I kill this golden lotus today, there will be silver lotus, yellow lotus, white lotus, bowl lotus, and water lily tomorrow. Only things that cannot be obtained will bother this life. And the affairs of the world are the five elements and eight trigrams that are mutually generated and restrained. You see, the aristocratic warlords dare not touch me because of the support of the royal family, and the royal family dare not touch the aristocratic warlords because of the infringement of their interests. Only by doing this can a balance be achieved. If I turn against the royal family now, even if we send all the sisters who sing in the theater to the battlefield, we can't get 100,000 people. How can you fight against the heroes of the world?"

Xia Lin sighed, "Although I am now one step away from becoming a high-ranking official, I am still a fierce dog kept in the imperial court. The master asked you to fetch a rabbit, but you ate it. Isn't that inappropriate?"

Tang Baoer seemed to hear the helplessness in Xia Lin's words, and she also sighed with him, which really proved what he said at the beginning: Every mountain has its own sorrows, and there is no freedom whether there is wind or not.

Before Xia Lin could go out to do his work, the eunuch from the East Palace appeared in front of Xia Lin again. The eunuch held a box in his hand and said with a smile: "Master Xia, His Highness said that you left your hometown and came to the capital to do business, and you don't have much money, so he ordered me to give you 300 taels of gold for your expenses in the capital. If you have any more difficulties, you can go find His Highness again."

"Okay, okay." Xia Lin bowed and said, "Convey my gratitude to His Highness."

After that, Xia Lin opened the box, took out a thumb-sized gold ingot and stuffed it into the waistband of the young eunuch: "You have been working hard these days."

"It's not a big deal, thank you for the reward, Master Xia."

Xia Lin returned to the house and threw the golden box in front of Tang Baoer: "Look, the mission reward is here."

Tang Baoer opened the box. Even though she rarely saw such a large pile of golden things, she was instantly beaming with joy.

"It seems that I still have to listen to you on some matters."

"That's nonsense, go ahead, go shopping today, your man will reimburse you."

Tang Bao'er certainly had money, but she liked to hear this. However, she still pushed the golden box in front of Xia Lin and said, "I don't have anything to buy either. You should keep it. You have many places to spend money in Beijing. Besides, most of the things you buy here are your own. If you buy them several times the price here and bring them back, people will laugh at you."

"Okay, I'll be leaving first. I have a lot to do today."

"Be careful on the road."

Xia Lin's schedule today is quite full. For example, his first stop is to go to the Hanlin Academy, not to find Lao Zhang but to find Li Yuanji. He has to be loyal to the person who entrusted him with the task, so he has to help Li Yuanji pass on Pingyang's message.

Not long after he sent someone to pass the message in, Li Yuanji came out. When he saw Xia Lin, he greeted him with a smile: "My dear brother!!!"

"Shh..." Xia Lin made a gesture to keep quiet: "This is not the place to talk."

The two of them walked to a teahouse, and when they sat opposite each other, Li Yuanji burst into tears: "My dear brother, I am so depressed here, I have to live in fear."

"What can I do about it?" Xia Lin sighed, then handed over a small bundle: "Princess Pingyang asked me to give this to you."

"she?"

Li Yuanji couldn't believe the result. Inside the package was some gold and silver jewelry, anyway, it was just some money, which surprised Li Yuanji.

"Your sister said that no matter how our parents and brothers view him, he is always our dear brother to us." Xia Lin added, "These are the original words. I didn't change a single word."

After hearing this, Li Yuanji, who was still stunned, burst into tears immediately. Xia Lin saw him like this but did not try to comfort him. After all, if anyone was to blame for this kind of thing, it should be that bastard Li Yuan. He was really not like a father. Apart from the royal family, few people in the world would have the ability to raise children by raising Gu, but he did it.

Although it seems that the problem of the Li family is the conflict between brothers and sisters, the core point of conflict lies with Li Yuan. It is estimated that even if his children do not say it, they must hate him as a father in their hearts.

Li Yuanji was not a good person, but he was indeed the least favored child of the Li family. He spent his whole life proving his existence, but unfortunately he did not get any good results in the end. After all, who could be a hostage better than him? But in the end, Li Yuan still chose him.

How could he not know that his family had given up on him and didn't even consider him as a human being? But now he suddenly received a package of valuables and a greeting from his sister thousands of miles away. How could he not be emotional? After all, in his memory, when he was a child, he could even scold and bully the housekeeper in the mansion, but Pingyang always stood up for him.

The words "good brother" evoked memories of his sister from more than ten or twenty years ago.

Otherwise, why do those demons who destroy the world become stiff when they hear familiar songs? Memory is a very scary thing.

When Li Yuanji had almost finished crying, Xia Lin poured him a cup of tea and said, "Pingyang is recuperating at my place now. If you have time, go back and see her. Brothers and sisters born from the same mother cannot have such a big hatred. If you admit your mistake to your sister, how can she still hate you?"

They were already crying, but when Xia Lin said that, they cried even harder...

"I want to go back, but I can't...I can't."

"There's nothing you can't do. Don't panic. When I get back, I'll tell my boss and ask you to go back and visit your sister for another half a month. You can come back then."

After hearing these words, Li Yuanji was so moved that he burst into tears. Although he didn't drink a sip of wine, he was drunk like a dog. He held Xia Lin's hand and cried, almost saying "I love you".

Originally, the two of them were just drinking buddies, at most they had some common interests, but now that Xia Lin had come, perhaps Li Yuanji was feeling emotionally empty, so he now regarded Xia Lin as a brother and insisted on dragging Xia Lin out for brothels, saying that all the girls in the Jiaofangsi in the capital were the best.

Xia Lin couldn't even refuse and was dragged over.

After entering the brothel, Li Yuanji felt like he was at home. He ordered four or five girls he knew with ease. They were pretty and hospitable, but Xia Lin wasn't very interested in them. It wasn't until a young man in black appeared in his sight that he became interested.

However, it was not that kind of interest, but the fact that this person was none other than the Second Prince who rarely showed up.

"Is that the Second Prince?"

Xia Lin pointed at the young man in black who was being led by the madam to the VIP room on the third floor. Since he was not familiar with the place, he had to find Li Yuanji to confirm.

"It's him." Li Yuanji looked up and said, "Strange, why would he come to a place like this?"

Xia Lin's eyelids drooped: "We shouldn't ask questions."

"Yes, yes, brother, you are right, let's drink!"

However, having said that, there must be something wrong when things are abnormal. Although the Tuoba family inherited an average IQ, their family education is excellent and they rarely go to brothels.

Isn't it because of this that the Crown Prince could be easily fascinated by a slutty vixen? But judging from the expression of the Second Prince, he doesn't look like a novice.

Although Xia Lin said he was not paying attention, he was paying attention to the stairs leading to the third floor the whole time. During that time, only a few people who were serving wine and food went up there, and no one else.

This means that there were people waiting for the second prince, and judging from the number of wine utensils and tableware, there should be four or five people, but no girls were ordered.

That means the second prince has made an appointment with friends to have a party here.

But given his status, why would he choose to have a party in a brothel? There are so many places to have a party in the capital.

But after a little thought, Xia Lin probably understood that this was probably not an ordinary party. They came here just to hide from others, right?
He thought for a moment, then guzzled a gulp of wine, making himself reek of alcohol, then staggered to the toilet, and then staggered up to the third floor.

As expected, he was stopped at the stairs.

"This place has been reserved by my young master. You have come to the wrong place."

"I didn't go the wrong way!" Xia Lin pointed at the person who stopped him and shouted angrily: "Do you know who I am? You stopped me, I will peel off your skin and pull out your tendons!"

When he made such a fuss, countless pairs of eyes stared at him immediately, and then two people in the house came out. At this moment, Xia Lin was already sitting at the stairs, refusing to move, holding the railing with his head leaning on it, reeking of alcohol.

"What happened?"

"Sir, this man... is drunk and mad. He insists on going up and cannot be stopped."

"Do I need to teach you this? How many lives can you give as compensation for offending a distinguished guest?"

The man walked up and put his arm around Xia Lin's shoulder. "Hey, kid, if you don't leave, don't blame me for being rude."

(End of this chapter)