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

Chapter 480: Turning against guests
The aristocratic group finally wanted to take action against Xia Lin. In fact, they had no morality at all. They used assassination, poisoning, etc. to achieve their goals. No one could escape from them, from ordinary people to the emperor. Their figures appeared in many bizarre deaths in history.

Some died of convulsions after falling into the water, some died of fright from a nightmare. In short, the reasons are varied, but they can all be roughly explained.

This is Wu's.

However, there is a big flaw here, which is that this method can only be used to deal with people who have poor resistance capabilities, such as officials who have lost power, literati without background, and puppet emperors. When encountering people who truly hold power, the fault tolerance rate of this plan will become extremely low. Usually there is only one chance, and once missed, what awaits them will be a catastrophe.

It is just like Gao Shilian's nephews asked if they could defeat Xia Lin with force. If they really did that, it would be best to kill Xia Lin completely in one go, otherwise he would definitely overturn the table. And if he overturned the table, then with his current means and abilities, any participant who appeared within his sight, even those who were just related to him would be killed completely.

There is no doubt about this, because this kind of thing is equivalent to overturning the table, and generally speaking, no one would do it without being absolutely sure.

The literary method is more conventional. They try to get in touch with the person through means such as winning over, spreading rumors, alienating, etc., and they can do whatever they want or completely discredit him. Anyway, they have to make the person lose power first, and only after he loses power can they use force to solve the problem.

Many people think that struggle is very complicated, but in fact it is not that complicated. Only the situation is complicated. To put it bluntly, struggle is about pushing people to death. Sometimes it is one party forcing the other party, sometimes you push me and I push you, sometimes one party joins forces with the other party to force a third party, and sometimes multiple parties force each other together.

In the end, it all depends on who has no more connections or material resources after a round of fighting, and that person will naturally be eliminated. Another way to understand it more easily is that Wanglaoji and Jiaduobao fought and defeated Heqizheng.

In fact, is there any sophisticated way to deal with this? Actually, there isn't. It's just about increasing investment and targeting, and continuously expanding one's own strength.

Therefore, their methods of dealing with Xia Lin are nothing more than three tricks: the first is to spread rumors and slander him, the second is to win over Zhao An, and the third is to frame him.

A common method is to arrange a top-notch beautiful girl to test the waters first. If the guy is lustful, give the girl to him. If he doesn't love the girl, then cooperate with him on a project. In any case, they will drag people into the water.

Once you are in the water and have common interests with a certain group, the other party doesn't have to do anything. They just have to wait quietly for the opponent to make a mistake.

Even if it is a very small mistake, as long as it is processed by someone with ulterior motives, this mistake will rise to a position where it does not belong.

The one with the highest success rate here is the beauty trap.

Therefore, in general, marriage has become the basic method for aristocratic families to win over the powerful. After a long time, it will become like old Europe, with relatives everywhere. After years of operation by these people, the influence of the aristocratic families is like a dark cloud covering the land of China, almost monopolizing the sunlight.

The lower-class people have no possibility of moving up, so religions like Buddhism are used to baptize them with despair, allowing them to peacefully enjoy their own destiny, and this continues from generation to generation.

There is no need to verify this, just refer to the caste system. It’s just that the current situation has not yet reached that bad an extent. Emperors of all dynasties have actually been trying to break free from this curse, so the imperial examination system came into being.

But even after the imperial examination system came into being, the aristocratic families and nobles looked down upon these ordinary officials who came up through the imperial examinations, and could even use the term contempt.

For example, the most powerful Floating Party at the moment is looked down upon by the aristocratic families, because they are all low-class people who rose to the top. To the aristocratic families, they are nothing more than animals that have become humans.

And Xia Lin is currently the koi that is qualified to make the leap to the dragon gate. If he is willing to come to the Heavenly Palace, the aristocratic family will open a door for him. If he is not willing and just wants to stay in the human world and be the demon king, then I'm sorry, the Heavenly Palace has its own way.

"Master Xia, someone sent you an invitation to see the peonies. They said the peonies were shipped from your hometown Luoyang."

"Don't go."

Xia Lin's answer was clear and concise, without even giving the other party a chance to continue: "Just say that I have a disability."

But not long after, another piece of news came: "Master Xia, they said they are willing to move the peonies into the prince's garden for you to enjoy. They said these are rare and precious flowers, and each one is worth a thousand taels. It would be a pity to miss it."

"do not want!"

Xia Lin still refused outright. At this moment, Prince Teng was sitting next to him drinking tea. He glanced at Xia Lin and said, "Why not? If you don't want it, I will."

"Dad, you know what these people do."

"Yes, of course I know. How could I not know?" The prince stretched his neck and said, "But if you don't appreciate the peonies today, you will have to appreciate the chrysanthemums tomorrow. They will not let you go. Then they will stop bothering you and start bothering me and your wife. I wonder how long you can hide."

Xia Lin thought about it and agreed, so he nodded to the messenger and said, "If that's the case, I won't spoil the fun. I'll borrow my father-in-law's precious land to invite friends to come here to enjoy the treasures together."

"I'll reply right away."

When the prince saw that everyone had left, he smiled and asked, "Who are you going to invite?"

"That's naturally someone that everyone likes to see."

Soon, Xia Lin's invitation arrived as expected. All the heads of the noble families received the invitation, which meant that they had organized the activities to win over Xia Lin, and Xia Lin finally turned around and arranged everything for them. Gao Shilian was silent with the invitation in his hand. He couldn't help but sigh that Xia Lin was really awesome. He turned the tables. Originally, the noble family was the host and had the initiative, but now, with Xia Lin's invitation, he became the host...

The initiative was reversed in an instant, and it could even be said that everyone was caught off guard, but the problem was that they couldn't even refuse now.

But this flower-viewing party, where they were supposed to go or not, really made them feel at a loss. If they went, they couldn't open their mouths, and he seemed to have announced it to the whole city, and everyone knew who was invited. The noble families were not united. If they didn't go, it would be the end. Xia Lin didn't even have to do anything, because naturally someone would deal with the family who didn't go in order to please Xia Lin.

Therefore, this banquet for viewing flowers and birds would eventually turn into a gladiatorial arena for the wealthy families, and Xia Lin would be transformed from a prey into a spectator sitting in the stands and watching for fun.

That’s amazing. Really amazing.

While others were still thinking about how to break the deadlock, he had already started playing with it.

"Why did you mess with him?"

Gao Shilian took a deep breath, shook his head helplessly, and handed over the invitation: "Ask Yunjin to go. I have rheumatism these days and it is really inconvenient for me to move."

"I'll go right away."

About ten minutes later, Yunjin, whom Gao Shilian had mentioned, came out and said, "Grandpa, what flowers do you want me to see? I don't like flowers."

"Haven't you always admired Xia Daosheng? This is a good opportunity. Go meet him."

"Really?!" Gao Shilian's eldest grandson's eyes lit up when he heard the name Xia Daosheng: "Did he invite you?"

"Well, you go."

"Thank you grandpa!"

Seeing his seventeen-year-old grandson still acting like a child, Gao Shilian could only shake his head silently. At this moment, the old servant beside him bowed and asked, "Should we tell the young lady if we ask the young master to go?"

"Yunmeng? Forget about Yunmeng. She has difficulty moving."

But before Gao Shilian could finish his words, Gao Yunjin came out pushing a small cart with his twin sister: "Grandpa, Yunmeng wants to go too."

Gao Shilian sighed silently: "Go, go, all of you go. You should protect your sister and don't let anyone bump into her."

So soon, after several days of preparation, this game that originally wanted to invite Xia Lin to join was about to officially kick off.

The guest became the host. Xia Lin placed his hands on his cane and looked at the colorful flowers in the yard, which were about to bloom. "These people are really extravagant. Can these flowers be pickled and eaten as snacks?"

"Wouldn't that be like a cow chewing on peonies? That's not good." The little princess loved these flowers very much. When she heard Xia Lin say that she wanted to pickle these carefully prepared flowers, she immediately disagreed: "If you want to eat them, I'll go outside and pick some edible ones for you."

"Forget it, I don't really think so." Xia Lin looked at the peacock flying through the flowers and said, "Can I eat that peacock? Look how fat it is."

"You're still eating! Last time you ate all of your father's peacocks, and he was furious. You can't eat them again. Did you eat a few of his koi?"

"That one doesn't taste good. It has a strong earthy smell. It won't work even if it's fried."

"It's really you!"

As they were talking, someone came from outside to report that someone from the Gao family had arrived.

Looking at the name card in his hand, on which were written Gao Yunjin and Gao Yunmeng's names, Xia Lin turned his head and asked, "Wife, are you familiar with these two people?"

"Not very familiar with her, because she is much younger than me, and we haven't played together much. But I did play with Yunmeng. When she was a child, she fell down and couldn't stand up. She was quite pitiful."

"Disabled?" Xia Lin collected the name card. "It's quite pitiful that he has paralysis of his lower limbs at such a young age."

"Don't laugh at me."

"I am sick. I am laughing at a disabled girl of 16 or 17 years old." Xia Lin said with a smile: "Go ahead, invite the two of them in first."

(End of this chapter)