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

Chapter 492 Training and Teaching

Gao Shilian is now actually a kind-hearted old man. As the saying goes, one's position is determined by one's buttocks. Gao Shilian was once the prime minister of a country. He needs to inherit the historical status of the prime minister and then compete with the imperial power to strive for the interests of his group as much as possible.

Gao Shilian is now a semi-retired old man. After this incident, he chose to betray the interests of the group in order to preserve his own interests, which led to the deprivation of his status as the leader. The ancestors of the sect would not agree to let such an indecisive person continue to hold power.

If this had happened ten years ago, it would have been a bolt from the blue for Gao Shilian, but ten years later, this decision was exactly what Gao Shilian wanted. He chose the safest route, and the Gao family began to have the best of both worlds.

Invest in Li Shimin on one side and invest in Xia Daosheng on this side. No matter who wins the world in the end, his Gao family will be the winner, and the loser will not vent their anger on their Gao family. It is said that they used the mighty power of heaven to give their peers a thunderbolt. No matter whether it is Xia Lin or Li Shimin, they are bears chasing after the aristocratic families. It is difficult to outrun the bear, but outrunning your companions is a matter of minutes.

Now many noble families have come to their senses. The Record of Noble Clans is not so much an attempt to vindicate the families of the world as it is a call from the King of Hell. Before, everyone was vying for the title of being the best in the world, but now everyone is pushing this title back.

Gao Shilian is really awesome. This is a pure conspiracy. If these families compete for the first place, they will be targeted and blasted, but if they do not take the title, their influence will be weakened.

The reason why aristocratic families are aristocratic families, in addition to power, another important indicator is reputation. Now everyone is retreating, and if they do not occupy the high ground of public opinion, someone else will naturally take it. As one gains, the other loses. The aristocratic families that have monopolized the right to interpret the scriptures for thousands of years seem to be shaken at this moment.

At this time, they actually understood what Xia Lin had been doing over the years. When Fuliang Bookstore first sought cooperation with them, they simply looked down on this shabby bookstore in a remote area. However, now Fuliang Bookstore was almost squeezing out their own bookstore, forcing it to flee in panic.

After Fuliang Bookstore opened up all the links with low prices and high quality, most of the books printed on the market now are done by them. What's more terrifying is that the papermaking and printing technologies in Fuliang are much better than those on the market today, and the output is huge, resulting in the fact that books have gone from being extremely expensive in the past to being as cheap as grass now.

Not only normal books, but also abnormal books, such as comic drawings, storytelling excerpts and even newspapers, have begun to spread to the elderly, the young, the remote and the poor. A comic book without even any words on it is enough to make people understand the content.

The liberalization of calligraphy and painting directly led to the rapid expansion of the cultural system. All kinds of satires, metaphors, and even vulgarity appeared. The elegant culture of the aristocratic families obviously seemed out of place among the common people.

Under such an impact, the aristocratic families obviously can no longer control minds as before, and with the rapid flow of information along with business travel, the information gap is being broken little by little. Coupled with the failure in this round of power confrontation, the aristocratic family group is very nervous and powerless, but they will certainly not admit defeat. This group of people is still very resilient. After all, the power that has been entrenched for thousands of years has become a ghost hanging over this land. It is not so easy to get rid of it.

Therefore, Xia Lin is under the greatest pressure right now, because after this incident, he was completely pushed from behind the scenes to the front, and the Floating Party was completely exposed to everyone's sight.

They will inevitably become the target of the other side's attack and the target for a long time in the future.

"Did you guys have any misunderstanding?"

"There is no misunderstanding. What misunderstanding could there be? I am just a scum who robs women and forces them into prostitution. How can this be considered a misunderstanding?"

"No one forced women into prostitution or abducted women!"

Seeing his granddaughter's blushing face, Gao Shilian actually roughly understood what had happened. Xia Lin did not have a good reputation in their circle, and it could even be said that he was stinking for ten miles. His granddaughter seldom went out because of her leg disease, so it was very likely that she had a preconceived impression of him after hearing the children of aristocratic families talking about him at home.

It is very likely that she had pointed at Xia Daosheng's nose and scolded him at the previous garden party, but how could her granddaughter be a match for Xia Daosheng? She had to carefully analyze the meaning of every word he said word by word.

"It doesn't matter. It stinks anyway. If it stinks a little more, you'll feel more at ease when you scold me."

Xia Lin leaned against the pillar, holding on to the fence with both hands, looking somewhat pitiful and broken.

At this moment, Ma Zhou also changed his clothes and came out. He respectfully saluted Gao Shilian and said, "General Gao."

"Ma Xiang, thank you for your hard work."

Ma Zhou is Gao Shilian's apprentice. Although he is the leader of the floating party world, he is still very respectful to Gao Shilian. It was Ma Zhou who informed Gao Shilian in advance about Xia Lin's actions and program. Although Gao Shilian knew in his heart that Xia Lin was secretly cooperating with him in another situation through Ma Zhou, if Ma Zhou did not do so, then he could actually take down most of Gao Shilian's forces in the court.

But he still did it, which shows that Ma Zhou was actually a moral gentleman. Although they were no longer serving in the same court, the friendship between master and apprentice still existed.

"Taiwei, please don't address me like that. It embarrasses me."

Gao Shilian smiled, ordered someone to open the fence, and then waved to Ma Zhou: "Come, I have something to tell you. Daosheng, please help me take care of my granddaughter."

"Me?" Xia Lin pointed at himself. "Take care of her? Aren't you afraid that I will force her to take you away?"

"Okay, why are you so outspoken?" Gao Shilian waved his hand in disdain, then followed Ma Zhou to the corridor not far away and sat down to chat.

At this moment, Gao Yunmeng was sitting in a wheelchair, and Xia Lin had his hands hanging in the gap between the fences, like a monkey in a zoo waiting to be fed in a cage.

The two of you looked at each other, and no one said anything for a long time.

"Eh?"

Xia Lin suddenly spoke, which frightened Gao Yunmeng. She turned around and looked at Xia Lin with a frown: "What are you doing?"

"Nothing, I just called out."

"ill……"

There are many people in the world who dare to directly call Xia Lin sick, but these children from aristocratic families are definitely not among them. They would shudder at the mere mention of Xia Lin, let alone scold him. This makes Gao Yunmeng seem very naive and cowardly.

"When did you become lame?"

"What's your business! You want to make fun of me?"

"Why would I make fun of you? You're not pretty or charming, and you don't even go and ask about the looks of the women I usually occupy." Xia Lin laughed, "I'm just asking."

"What's there to ask of a kidnapper?"

"Then tell me!"

"Four years old."

Xia Lin stroked his chin and said, "It has taken a little while. I will ask Dong Niang to take a look at it for you. Maybe it will be better. But it is quite funny to see you sitting here looking skinny. You may be uglier when you stand up."

This sentence made Gao Yunmeng very upset: "Are you trying to humiliate me?" In fact, Gao Yunmeng was not ugly, and could even be said to be pretty. However, due to her disability, her face was pale and her body was a little deformed. She looked quite pitiful and sick.

However, she was obviously not used to Xia Lin's way of speaking, which made her very angry and indignant.

"I'm a bastard who does all kinds of evil. Isn't it just the way you think of me?" Xia Lin said with a smile, "If I were as polite as Prime Minister Ma and as elegant as General Gao, wouldn't you doubt whether you scolded the wrong person? Would you rather be angry for a while or be so angry that you can't sleep all night? 'Oh, that person doesn't seem to be as scoundrel as others say. He's actually quite good-looking.'"

Gao Yunmeng was confused by this sentence. She laughed out of anger: "You rascal!"

"Little sister, I won't bother with you for calling me a scoundrel today, but if you leave this room, think carefully about what to call me."

"Scoundrel!"

"Little sister." Xia Lin suddenly came forward and said in a gloomy tone: "I am a martial arts expert and a general. You are weak and powerless. You say I am now beastly and carry you into the house and do whatever I want to you. What do you think you will do?"

"How dare you! My grandfather will kill you."

"No, your grandfather will only try to calm this matter down, because if it gets out of hand, it won't just be you and me who will be in trouble. As for you, you will eventually become a victim of etiquette, locked up at home and die alone, while I should be free and easy and domineering." Xia Lin sat down on the spot after he finished speaking: "So I advise young people like you to be careful when speaking, don't say I'm scaring you, didn't your family tell you who Xia Daosheng is?"

At this moment, Gao Yunmeng's face turned pale with fright.

"Don't scream! Otherwise I'll drag you in right now."

After that shout, Gao Yunmeng's tears welled up in her eyes. She was obviously frightened, and the way she shivered in the wheelchair was very funny.

After all, she was just a little girl of fifteen or sixteen years old. Gao Shilian could handle Xia Lin's aura, but she couldn't. When the smiling Xia Lin's face turned serious, she didn't even dare to cry out loud.

"Collect!" Xia Lin pinched the air with his hands and said, "Give you a few breaths to calm down."

You know what, this little girl was really under Xia Lin's control. She recovered quickly under his guidance.

"Can you speak normally now?" Xia Lin sat on the ground, leaning against the pillar and swinging his feet: "Tell me, what question do you want to ask me?"

Gao Yunmeng was stunned: "You...how do you know I want to ask?"

"Hey, you better figure out who pushed you here. That was General Gao Shilian, one of the most powerful figures in the entire Wei Dynasty. He pushed you in front of me, so there must be a problem that he can't solve. The problem that he can't solve is not that he can't, but that he can't."

"Ah?" Gao Yunmeng was silent: "What do you mean it's not that he can't, but that he can't..."

"Find out for yourself." Xia Lin held up two fingers. "As for this question, I have screened it and only have four left. One is where the family will go in the future, but this is unlikely because you don't have the knowledge and ability to even ask such a question."

"The second one is who exactly is Xia Daosheng. But that shouldn't be the case. You already have a clear idea of ​​who Xia Daosheng is, and you wouldn't ask, let alone ask General Gao."

"The third is talent. Although you are small and weak, you are still very ambitious. You even look down on your brother's talent and ability."

"You...I didn't!"

Xia Lin didn't respond at all, but raised his fourth finger: "The fourth is about the exam. When General Gao came here today, he didn't seem to be sweating a lot. I guess you were around here from the beginning, so you couldn't have come here to have breakfast. So it's very likely that your brother Gao Yunjin was in the exam room, and you and General Gao came here to send him to take the exam. And you would ask General Gao a question at this time, 'Grandpa, why can't I take the exam?' or 'Grandpa, why can't women take the exam?'"

Gao Yunmeng's eyes, which were originally big because of her thinness, opened wide, and she looked at Xia Lin in great surprise. Xia Lin snapped his fingers and said, "The fourth one, there's no escape."

"you……"

Gao Yunmeng was really shocked. She had only heard about Xia Lin's bad deeds before, but after this period of contact with him, she really felt that the person in front of her was somewhat scary, as if he could understand people's hearts.

No wonder even my grandfather called him a monster...

"I really want to know why?"

"think."

"Then I'm a bad guy. You can only get the answer if you ask a good person. A bad person won't give you an answer. You have to give me something in exchange. Think carefully about what you can give me in exchange."

Gao Yunmeng frowned and said, "No, if you don't want to tell me, forget it. I don't really want to know."

Xia Lin nodded: "Then I'll go back and rest."

After saying that, he actually got up and left. Gao Yunmeng thought that he would tease her like the others and then come back, but he was never seen again after he left, not until Grandpa came back.

Gao Yunmeng felt very aggrieved. When she saw Gao Shilian, she burst into tears on the spot: "Grandpa, he didn't tell me... and he bullied me..."

Gao Shilian looked at Ma Zhou, who just spread his hands and said, "He is like this."

But Gao Shilian just shook his head: "He has already given you the answer."

Gao Yunmeng was silent for a long time: "Grandpa... I don't understand (Fenghua accent)."

Ma Zhou now asked curiously: "What's the problem?"

"Uncle Ma..." Gao Yunmeng repeated her question to Ma Zhou aggrievedly: "He left after he finished speaking."

"Yes, he gave you the answer." Ma Zhou also said: "If you don't understand, it's useless to ask."

Finally, Gao Shilian touched his granddaughter's head and said, "You asked him when the girl could take the exam, and he asked you to exchange something for it. You said no, and you didn't want to know. But you obviously want to know, but you don't want to give anything. If you enter the officialdom with this attitude, within three days, the officialdom will be in chaos. What is the officialdom? It is exchange and concession. The girl, or you, can't be an official because you only want to gain and not lose."
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My inspiration was running out today, and I sat there until nine o'clock before writing a title. I only wrote one chapter today. I asked the people in the group what to do, and a perverted group member wanted to crowdfund for me a big sword, so I quickly started writing...

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