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Chapter 535: Chang'an is a bit weird

The seventeenth day that Xia Lin has been imprisoned.

He was actually quite accustomed to this kind of life under house arrest. After all, it was the same when he was in Jinling City. He was arrested every few days and was locked up in a small room for eight months out of the twelve months of the year.

"The Qinling Mountains are majestic, and there are many tigers, wolves, bears and tigers in the mountains. There are also many bandits and robbers around. In short, it is difficult to deal with."

That day, Xia Lin was tinkering with a hand-cranked generator in the yard, while Li Jiancheng strolled outside the courtyard wall and started chatting with Xia Lin across the wall.

Li Jiancheng has come frequently these days and often comes to talk with Xia Lin. As for Xia Lin, he thinks there is no need to set up a very clear villain consciousness. Those who block his way forward are villains, and as for other people, they are all objects that can be united.

This is clearly reflected in Gao Shilian. When Gao Shilian blocked his way forward, he would play tricks on Gao Shilian. However, once Gao Shilian deviated from his original path because of him, he would give him full support to unite against other blockers.

This can be considered as political wisdom. Maybe we don’t need many friends, but the fewer enemies the better.

"This is easy to do. Now send people to the county to check taxes. Kill all those who stop you from checking taxes. If they don't stop you from checking taxes, you should recruit them." Xia Lin chewed a rice cake for his son, "I don't need to teach you how to distinguish between real and fake bandits, right?"

"Hmm..." Li Jiancheng was silent for a moment and suddenly changed the subject: "By the way, father is planning to confer you a title of nobility."

"I know." Xia Lin did not hide it: "It's a plot to sow discord. I want to make Emperor Jingtai suspicious of me and use his pettiness to target me."

"You..."

Li Jiancheng was speechless after a few words. After a long while, he smiled and said, "Even so, do you have a way to break the impasse?"

Xia Lin whistled, then handed the prince a piece of rice cake and said, "I made it myself, try it."

"Even you can't break the situation?"

"It doesn't matter." Xia Lin waved his hand and said, "If he wants to have a rift with me, he will still have a rift even if this incident didn't happen. If he has faith in me, even if His Majesty the Emperor of Tang makes me the Crown Prince, he will definitely think there is something else going on. This has nothing to do with schemes, it has to do with love."

"What?" Li Jiancheng was stunned for a moment: "I don't quite understand."

Xia Lin laughed: "My Lord, you have been through this before, don't tell me you have never been betrayed in your life."

Li Jiancheng fell silent, then raised his head and said, "Yes, I did."

"Let me put it this way. It's like Your Highness likes a little sister. If you are deeply infatuated with her, even if she doesn't come home all night one day, you will feel that she sleeps peacefully with her best friend. But if you are full of doubts about her, even if she suddenly laughs, Your Highness will doubt whether she is thinking about a strange man in her heart."

Li Jiancheng was stunned for a moment, then he said with a look of disappointment: "You really hit the nail on the head."

"Right, so it's my turn to break the impasse? Or can I break the impasse? If he believes in me, even if I am the crown prince, he will think I have no choice. If he doesn't believe in me, even if I bring people to overthrow Chang'an, he will just think I am using a self-torture trick."

Li Jiancheng left. Although he didn't say anything, Xia Lin's theory made him think carefully, not only about himself, but also about Li Yuan.

Xia Lin stood on the wall and looked for a long time, then shrugged and jumped down.

That afternoon, the soldiers outside the door left without leaving any trace, as if the previous traffic jam had never existed.

This order must have been issued by Li Yuan. It was probably Li Jiancheng who conveyed Xia Lin's words to Li Yuan, and Li Yuan also understood the fundamental logic behind this matter.

It was useless to trap Xia Lin. The real problem was still in Jinling City and in Emperor Jingtai. If Emperor Jingtai believed in Xia Lin, nothing Li Yuan could do would help. However, if Emperor Jingtai did not believe in him, how could he agree to let him come here?

Going back further, when Emperor Jingtai was in the Central Plains, the entire city of Jinling was under the control of Xia Lin. The city defense army was his people, and even the two major camps in Jiangdong and Jiangbei were all under the control of the Po Lu Army. In theory, he could even become emperor.

There is no point in surrounding him or alienating him. What we really want to target is the emperor who is thousands of miles away.

"Hey, let me go."

Xia Lin, who had taken a nap with her child, got up and saw this. She found it a little funny. She turned to the princess who was feeding her child and said, "Your father should understand what I said."

"Now that you have been released, when do you plan to leave?"

"You're driving me away?"

"I'm worried that you can't let go of the gentle countryside of the South."

"Hey hey hey hey!" Xia Lin stood up and said, "Your words are so harsh. There's no need to be so sour, right?"

It looked like they were about to quarrel. There was a chirping sound coming from outside. Xia Lin glanced at the princess and opened the window: "Be quiet, the child is going to sleep."

The people who came were none other than Dugu Han and Chun Tao, who were just ordinary people. They must have just come back from shopping and were carrying a lot of things in their hands.

At this moment, Xiao Douya came to the window and asked, "Have all the soldiers outside withdrawn? Then can you move around?"

"I was just saying that." Xia Lin turned around and pointed at the princess: "She insisted on driving me away."

"When will I drive you away? Don't force me to beat you." The princess's voice came from the house.

"That's great. How about going out with me tonight?"

Xia Lin glanced at Xiao Douya: "Where are you taking me?"

"Walk around. You are not unfamiliar with Chang'an." Little Bean Sprout came forward and said, "I have some news. It is said that my father-in-law plans to make you a marquis and give you a piece of land."

"A piece of land?"

Xia Lin was stunned: "What do you mean?"

"What do you mean? He wants you to build another Fuliang here." "Hahaha, he's dreaming. Don't you know how much authority I have in Fuliang? I'm no different from the emperor there."

"Hey." Dugu Han laughed sinisterly: "How do you know he won't give you the same authority?"

"He? He will give it to you? He wants to kill all the heroes under his command, and he doesn't even plan to let Er Feng go. Will he be so kind?"

Dugu Han raised his eyes and looked at him, his eyebrows curved and full of smiles.

Xia Lin suddenly understood everything: "Oh!"

"Don't say such harsh words. If you are free, come with me for a walk in the evening."

"What did I say that was offensive?"

In fact, Xia Lin knew very well in his heart that Xiao Douya must have met with Li Yuan. Since their plan to sow discord failed, they might as well take advantage of the situation. Anyway, Chang'an City has too much money at the moment and needs to build infrastructure. It might as well take this opportunity to ask Xia Lin to rebuild a Fuliang.

What the Wei Dynasty has, the Tang Dynasty must also have!
Although we don’t know what Xiao Douya said to Li Yuan, the information revealed by the head of the Dugu family is definitely true.

In the evening, Xia Lin and Xiao Douya did not eat at the mansion. They said they were going to take Xia Lin to a dinner party, but the dinner party was nearly fifty miles away from them, and it was already out of the city...

"No, you're going to take me somewhere and sell me, right?"

"Who would buy you? Do you still think you are still in your prime? You are old and ugly."

Xia Lin groaned, lifted the curtain and looked around, then asked the coachman in front, "How long will it take to get there?"

"Master, it will take another half an hour."

Xia Lin lowered the curtain and pulled Xiao Douya towards him. Xiao Douya exclaimed, "What are you doing?"

"There's still time. Don't make too much noise. I'd like to teach you a lesson about what it means to be old and ugly."

"Don't, don't, don't..."

Xiao Douya's defense ability was almost zero, so she was manipulated at will and had no ability to fight back. When she got off the bus, she punched and kicked Xia Lin while tidying up her clothes.

"You are such a bastard, you have no humanity!"

Xia Lin said nothing, just looked at her and smiled.

But now is not the time to make a fuss. There is a construction site-like place in front. Although it is very quiet now, Xia Lin can tell at a glance that this place is huge.

"Building a palace?"

"Yes." Dugu Han pointed around with his fan: "Fifty miles to the south is Chang'an City. Li Yuan plans to build a palace here. You also know that it can't be a lonely palace."

Xia Lin carefully identified the location: "This is the Han Chang'an City."

"Or it might be more appropriate to call it Xianyang." Xiao Douya said with a smile, "Li Yuan is very ambitious. He can do anything to fulfill his dream of becoming an emperor. Restarting Xianyang is his ambition."

Xia Lin came to a big rock and sat down: "You mean he plans to hand over the entire new city to me?"

"Why not?" Xiao Douya spread his hands and said, "Who in the world is more suitable than you? This city is much bigger than Jinling New City, right?"

"That's too big." Xia Lin stood up and looked around on a large rock. "Chang'an is just a piece of the ruins of Xianyang. This scale is tantamount to rebuilding a capital city."

"So what are your plans?"

"I am very curious about why Li Yuan did this."

Xiao Douya curled his lips: "In my opinion, he is likely to give up Li Jiancheng."

Xia Lin's eyes narrowed: "Who will be his next choice?"

"It can't be Li Shimin." Xiao Douya wanted to climb up the big rock, but couldn't get up after climbing for a long time, so he reached out his hand to Xia Lin.

After pulling her up, Xiao Douya smiled and said, "Li Yuan doesn't trust anyone, including his children, but he trusts you. It's strange."

"Not surprising." Xia Lin raised his head with his hands behind his back: "You can ask around, I have a good reputation. I guess it was Du Ruhui who gave him the idea."

"Why do you say that?"

"You, you." Xia Lin put his hand on Xiao Douya's shoulder: "You still don't know what I rely on to survive."

"On what?"

"It depends on benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness."

"You? Hahaha...you!?" Xiao Douya couldn't stop laughing on the spot: "Don't make me laugh, you are kind, righteous, polite, wise and trustworthy? You might as well say that you rely on your butt crack."

Xia Lin did not refute her, but just sighed and jumped off the stone: "It seems that it is time to change the head of the Dugu family. By the way, what is the name of the Dugu family in the north? Introduce him to me tomorrow."

"Stop... I was just joking, don't do this."

Xiao Douya chased after him and tugged at the corner of Xia Lin's clothes: "Don't be like this..."
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I have a severe headache and feel dizzy. It might be a blood pressure problem. I will take some medicine and rest today. I can only update one chapter and make up for it tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)