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

Chapter 541 It turns out to be your husband
Xia Lin was very concerned about what that group of people were plotting, so he held a meeting that night.

The representative of the Li family was Princess Pingyang, the representative of the Dugu family was Dugu Dayun, and together with Xia Lin, the three of them held a meeting in the house.

Originally, Dayun said she would take the children to see the Cold Food Festival lanterns today, but Xia Lin forced her to stay, so she is now very angry.

"What else could this be? Isn't it just a bunch of people trying to deal with you? Isn't the job of aristocratic families to entertain, behead, and keep people as dogs? What else could this be?"

Xia Lin silently turned back to look at Xiao Douya: "Wait, what did you say?"

"Invite, behead, accept as a dog, what's wrong?"

"It's okay." Xia Lin touched his chin and said, "This sentence has been nominated for World Heritage status."

Little Bean Sprout: “???”

"Go on." Xia Lin said with a smile, "How do you treat a guest, how do you behead him, and how do you accept him as a dog?"

"First, someone must come to test you, to find out what you want. This is a treat, such as a banquet or a party. But since you don't usually attend any banquets, they will probably ask someone they know to be the lobbyist. If they are not familiar with you, then they will ask someone who is familiar with you."

After all, Xiao Douya is a descendant of the Dugu family, which ranks first on the list of aristocratic families, so he knows all the ins and outs here.

"If you reveal what you love and want, just open your mouth, and someone will bring it to you, whether it's thousands of acres of fertile land or tens of thousands of ounces of gold, delicacies or talented men and beautiful women, as long as you can think of it, there is nothing they can't get. But their things are not so easy to take. If you take them, you are no match for them. People are never satisfied. There are only two kinds of people in the world: one who never takes anything, and the other who never gets enough after taking it."

"But if you don't give them face and you don't want to give them the real deal, then they will naturally find ways to deal with you, beheading, framing, slandering, and making up rumors, so that you can't clear yourself even if you jump into the Yellow River, and then you will never be able to turn over. If that doesn't work, then they will poison you with a beauty or assassinate you, make you fall into the water, and everyone else on the boat will survive, but you will be frightened to death. Make you fall off your horse and be trampled to death by the horse's hooves. Bribe the government servants to put lead bullets in you every day. Anyway, there is always a way to kill you."

Xia Lin leaned there and stroked his chin: "Then let's go back to the part where he was accepted as a dog. Is there any more erotic plot?"

"Yes, it's the Shifang Tower in Chang'an. It's a place of ten beauties and nine deaths to bring back souls. It means that if you die nine times, you can still come back to life if you go in there. It's extremely luxurious inside. You can't imagine it, but it has everything. They asked me to go there, and I went there once. If you like someone there, let alone a night of passion, even having that person steamed and eaten is a piece of cake."

Xia Lin was silent for a while, then frowned and asked, "Have you seen it?"

"I have seen it before." Little Bean Sprout began to dance and describe. "I was only seventeen that year. I was invited to the Shifang Building. I saw those people drinking and choosing a maid on the dance floor. An hour later, the maid was carried over in a steamer, and placed like a steamed lamb, with a red fruit in her mouth. Her internal organs were cooked into dishes. I remember there was a soup made with lotus seeds... Since then, I have rarely interacted with these people. I feel sick when I see them."

Xia Lin turned around and pointed at the princess: "It's your responsibility."

"What does it have to do with me? I have always been stationed in Dragon City." The princess shrank back: "But this is too shocking."

"There are even more shocking things. If it is a disaster year, there will even be a boy's banquet there. You will know what it is when you hear the name."

Hearing Xiao Douya's words, Xia Lin frowned and asked, "Is there still any now?"

"I don't know, but I guess they might be more careful. After all, they can't be so rampant now."

Xia Lin touched the stubble on his chin, his eyes gradually focused on one point, and he turned his head to look at the princess: "How much is Shifanglou?"

"What are you going to do?"

"It's burning." Xia Lin leaned back and said, "I want to see how beautiful the fire in Shifang Building will be."

"You can't do anything to them even if you burn down a building." Douyazi asked curiously, "You're just venting your anger on them? It's not suitable for your status."

"No." Xia Lin pointed at the table and straightened his collar: "Declare war in advance."

"You will die!" The princess' eyes widened. "They are weaker in the south, but they have been entrenched in the north for many years!"

Xia Lin was about to say, "It doesn't matter whether I live or die, but I want them to die," but when he saw the two children crawling around, his heart softened.

After a moment's silence, he said, "I will definitely burn down the building, and I will also set rules for them. Sanniang, go tell your father that I want to go to war with them and see what his attitude is."

Sanniang shook her head: "No, don't forget that my family is also one of the Five Surnames and Seven Famous Clan."

"Haha, you're not as good as me." At this moment, Douyazi jumped out, patted Xia Lin on the shoulder and said, "You can burn as much as you want, good luck is with you."

Xia Lin glanced at Douya: "Can you cover it?"

Douyazi smiled contemptuously: "It's just a small matter. Ha."

This sound of "Ha" was completely different from Douyazi's usual cowardly tone. At this moment, this was the power of the Dugu family as the leader of the hundred families being played with in the hands of Dugu Dayun.

At this moment, Douyazi walked to the window and looked out: "The Dugu family is a famous family in the world. The Du, Du, Li, and Tian families are all relatives by marriage. My aunt is the grandmother of this princess."

"Huh?" Xia Lin turned around suddenly: "Oh! Right, right, right!"

The eldest princess also turned around suddenly: "Yes, I still want to call you..."

"Uncle." Dugu Han corrected: "It's uncle."

Xia Lin was scratching his head while listening to this and couldn't help but sigh: "You Tang are really a mess."

"So just do it without worry, your uncle Dugu will support you." Xiao Douya patted Xia Lin's shoulder and said, "It's just a small building, so burn it if you want. I've wanted to burn it down for a long time."

Xia Lin hummed, then picked up Xiao Douya horizontally and said, "Let's have another lucky break tonight."

“Don’t be anxious…” Dugu Han called out, “The child hasn’t fallen asleep yet…”

Just as Douyazi said, those people have so many tricks up their sleeves, so they had to be treated to a meal. Maybe on the third day, someone actually came to visit.

The person who came was none other than the big boss of the northern branch of the Dugu family, Dugu Jing. He came to pay a visit to the head of the family, but he only said a few words, and then the topic turned to Xia Lin.

"I heard that General Xia from the south is staying here temporarily. My son has always admired General Xia's demeanor. I wonder if I could have the honor to invite you and Lord Xia to have a few drinks at Shifang Tower today?"

Dugu Jing's face was full of smiles, but Xiao Douya just leaned there and took a sip of the teacup: "Brother, you don't know, Xia Daosheng has a strange personality, I don't know if he can be invited."

"No problem, no problem. If General Xia doesn't go, I will host a banquet for the head of the family."

"Then let's wait for him to come back. He went to Longshou Hill in the north of the city this morning, so he should be back soon." "That's great."

The two chatted intermittently in front of the hall. Dugu Jing, who was in his forties, was suppressed by Xiao Douya, who was in her twenties, and he didn't even dare to breathe loudly. After all, in the aristocratic family with strict hierarchy, the restraint of the main family on the branch family was almost like a natural enemy. Unless the main family was extremely weak, there was really no chance for it to rise up.

After sitting there for about half an hour, Xia Lin came back with a sound of mud and water. He stepped on two muddy tracks in front of the hall. Dugu Han pointed at him and started to scold him: "Get out! Look at what you have done to the ground!"

"My name is Ji Mao." Xia Lin muttered weakly, then he looked up and saw Dugu Jing next to him: "Hey, who is this?"

"I am Dugu Jing, the head of the Dugu Changlin branch."

"Oh! You are Dugu Jing." Xia Lin walked up and held Dugu Jing's hands with his muddy hands, then gave him a hug: "I have heard a lot about you."

Dugu Jing's heart exploded sharply. Xia Daosheng was extremely dirty. He was covered in red and yellow mud and juice from somewhere, as if he had rolled out of a rice field three times.

"Go take a shower!" Dugu Han stepped forward and pushed Xia Lin away: "Don't embarrass me."

Xia Lin then let go of Dugu Jing and strolled to the back to take a shower and change clothes. Dugu Jing hadn't reacted yet and just stared at Dugu Han in a daze.

"Oh, once you get familiar with him, you will naturally become less polite."

Dugu Jing nodded silently but didn't say anything. It was just that there had been rumors that Xia Daosheng had a homosexual relationship, and his own patriarch also had that intention, so it was not surprising that the two of them got together.

Elegance...well, elegance.

"You should change your clothes too."

"Thank you, Master."

Soon Xia Lin took a shower and changed his clothes. Dugu Jing had not come back yet, so he sat there and started chatting with Xiao Douya. After a while, Dugu Jing also came, and then there was the expected invitation.

Xia Lin naturally agreed to the previous argument again.

The three of them came to the Shifang Building by car. Xia Lin stood at the foot of the low-key and luxurious Shifang Building. He did not feel amazed. He just felt that this place was filled with a chilling resentment. The deafening sounds of stringed instruments coming from it seemed like the sad singing of lonely ghosts.

The cannibalism between the lines became concrete at this moment. Xia Lin knew that burning down the building would not end the era of cannibalism, but he still wanted to burn it down because he was not happy with this place!

"Master Xia, please go in."

Dugu Jing thought that Xia Lin's admiration was because he was shocked by this magnificent place. He even felt a little contempt for him in his heart, thinking that Xia Lin was just a talented country bumpkin.

When you walk in, the magnificence inside is really shocking. It seems as if you have entered Inception. It has an advanced aesthetic that is not even in line with this era. Those bright oil lamps are said to be made from the fat of giant whales in the North Sea.

Of course, some people also say it is human oil.

But no matter what it was, the extravagance of this place made people dizzy. The smell of wine and meat, the smell of spices, and the smell of women blended together at this moment, like the low moan of a witch in a dream.

Persian dancers shuttled among the guests, pouring wine for the nobles who came and went, so that they could have fun with them.

Dugu Han walked in first, waving a fan, with one hand behind her back, and an arrogant attitude. Her arrival attracted everyone's attention.

"Master Dugu, long time no see."

"Hello, Patriarch Dugu."

There was an endless stream of greetings, but Dugu Han just nodded slightly. It was here that her noble aura was truly revealed, and she didn't look like a kitten that had struck lucky at all.

"please."

Before going upstairs, Dugu Jing took two quick steps and bowed to lead the way. Xiao Douya and Xia Lin went up to the third floor, which most people could not go up to.

The design of this place is really ingenious. Looking down from the third floor is like looking at a gorgeous ukiyo-e painting. You can see all kinds of things at a glance. What is there to see in the mountains and seas? Instead, it is the various forms of human life that are worth viewing.

As they walked, they entered the hall of the emperor. When they opened the door, they saw the magnificent and brightly lit room inside. A large table was placed in the middle, and there were special stages on both sides.

There was even a turntable made of nanmu wood on the table. It was conceivable that in order to please people, these people had already used their thinking to the future more than 1,400 years ago.

On top of the turntable there was an enchanting woman dancing slowly to the music. She had a graceful figure, skin as white as cream, and a veil over her eyes, looking extremely charming.

After Dugu Han and Xia Lin entered the venue, many people came in one after another. Most of them were from wealthy families. They greeted Xia Lin and Dugu Han in turn.

After everyone sat down, Xia Lin pointed at the woman at the table and the band and waved his hand gently. They immediately dispersed. At this moment, the high-quality Silla maid began to come forward to pour wine for everyone.

These Silla maids are not for ordinary people to enjoy. They are the top among the maids. Under normal circumstances, even if these maids are stranded in the market, not everyone is qualified to marry them. They are much better than the Persian dancers downstairs.

"General Xia has been in Chang'an for a long time. This is the first time we have gathered together. Let's toast to General Xia together."

Everyone present stood up, but Xia Lin just sat there motionless with a dead look on his face. The scene suddenly became awkward. Everyone present looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

"General Xia, I wonder how I have offended you?"

"Not really, I've just been overworked lately and feel a little tired."

When they heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief, drank their wine and sat down again.

As soon as he sat down, someone stood up. He held the bottom of the cup with his left hand and the rim of the cup with his right hand, and raised the cup three times without drinking: "I heard that General Xia once rode alone to intercept the grain road when he defeated the Turks. This cup should be toasted to his courage."

Xia Lin turned her head and looked at him: "It's been almost ten years, and you're only showing respect now?"

The man's face suddenly changed, he kept apologizing, and sat down secretly. Looking around, everyone realized that Xia Daosheng seemed to be extremely difficult to deal with...

At this moment, Xia Lin suddenly stood up and raised his glass: "I am honored by your hospitality, but I am a military officer, and I am very crude. I don't like beating around the bush. It would be better if you can just say whatever you want to say, and don't be so hypocritical. I guess you didn't go to great lengths to invite me here just to see my ugly face, right?"
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I have to catch a train to see my son tomorrow morning, so I will update one chapter today. I will update you tomorrow if I have time to catch up.

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