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

Chapter 562 Go home!

Now is actually the best time in the Western Regions. The water line has reached the Hetao area. Although the weather is getting colder, there are still many places that are lush green.

But Xia Lin still had to leave, and the remaining team had to return to the Central Plains before the snow closed the mountains.

On the day of departure, Zhuo Heng accompanied Xia Lin for thirty miles. The two said nothing along the way because they knew they would not see each other again for many years.

But as a man, your great achievements are right before your eyes, and your name in history is at your feet. How can you stop moving forward just because you are stuck in your hometown?

"Okay, the weather is getting cold, you can stay here." Xia Lin patted Zhuo Heng's shoulder and said, "Fight this battle well. No matter how the dynasty changes, your name, Wang Zhuo Heng, will always remain in the history of the nation."

"I know, be careful on your journey, brother."

"Yes." Xia Lin urged his horse forward, turned around and waved to Zhuo Heng: "See you again on the day of the summit."

"Don't worry, Senior Brother, I will definitely fulfill your mission."

The army marched forward in a mighty force, and the remaining 30,000-odd people soon disappeared in the vast snow and wind. Due to the bad weather, it took them three months to complete this journey.

From the end of August to the beginning of December, when we returned to Chang'an, everyone was exhausted and had a solemn and murderous aura about them.

The guards at the city gate saw the flag coming from afar and immediately called on the general to open the gate of Chang'an.

The triumphant army had been gone for half a year. Their murderous posture was truly chilling. They marched in formation on the streets of Chang'an. There was silence all around, and even the onlookers did not dare to make a sound. The sound of wheels, horses' hooves, and armor clanging on the ground sounded like a torrent of steel from afar.

Li Yuan had been waiting on Zhuque Street. Seeing His Majesty Li Tang coming to greet him, Xia Lin took off his helmet, but seeing that the emperor did not kneel, he looked up at Li Yuan and said, "The Green Forest Army has returned triumphantly. I hope His Majesty Emperor Li Tang can issue a pass."

Fang Xuanling, who was standing next to him, immediately stepped forward and held the document in front of Xia Lin with both hands. At this moment, Li Yuan spoke up: "All the soldiers have worked hard. Today I will hold a banquet to welcome the soldiers who defended the land and served the country!"

Xia Lin clasped his hands together and said, "Thank you, Emperor Li Tang."

After the ceremony, the soldiers returned to the camp, took off their armor and hid their weapons. The long journey of 3,000 miles had already made them physically and mentally exhausted, but they did not want to miss such a flashy day as today. They put on their newly issued cotton coats, lined up on Suzaku Street, and then began to take their seats for the banquet one by one.

The people of Chang'an were all discussing it. After all, they fought the Turks brilliantly, and the Jingguan was quite spectacular. Everyone knew how brave these iron army soldiers were on the battlefield.

"You know, they beat the Turks and forced them to cede territory and pay compensation and retreat three thousand miles, all the way to the Turkic royal court."

"Oh, that's incredible. But they are the Wei army, right? Why is it that His Majesty is entertaining them? This is against the rules."

"Then you've asked the right person." A scholar shook his head and said, "If it's someone else, it's naturally unreasonable. But if it's Xia Daosheng, it's reasonable. He's not an ordinary person. He's not someone's subject. He's the shield of China. There's gossip that the imperial seal was given to the emperor of Wei, but the general's seal was given to Xia Daosheng."

"Ah? The general's talisman?" Another younger scholar asked curiously, "Wouldn't it be enough to have the imperial seal? What is the general's talisman for?"

"Hahaha, you don't understand this, young man. The imperial seal governs the country, and the general protects the border. There is no east, south, west, or north within the border. When Xiang Yu destroyed the Qin Dynasty, the border troops did not return. It has been the same in every dynasty since then. The general governs the border and is not controlled by the Central Plains."

"But if that's the case, wouldn't he still be a marquis? This doesn't make sense."

"You don't understand. Without the strength of the border army, I'm afraid Chang'an would have been beaten to a pulp by the Turks. The border army was given a title of nobility for its righteousness and bravery. Besides, they must have agreed not to participate in the hegemony between Tang and Wei. Whoever becomes the emperor will still be the Han people's world. You don't want to read Confucius and Mencius while wearing a left-side-lapel Hu clothing, do you? This iron army is like this. He is a great general on both sides, protecting the country and the nation."

“That’s amazing…”

"Of course he is amazing. You are young and may not know much about this Xia Daosheng. He is the same age as me. He was really the most famous person in the world. He was a top scholar and a martial artist, and his poetry and books were all over the world. He could write to stabilize the country and ride a horse to expand the borders. For a person like this, it would be a big deal for him to become an emperor. Who wouldn't be careful to provoke him?"

"Then why doesn't he become emperor?"

The older scholar quickly covered the younger student's mouth and said, "Don't say anything nonsense. You are so rude, kid..."

"But brother, I just don't understand."

"I don't know either. I can only say that everyone has their own aspirations."

In fact, such rumors were already very common in Chang'an. After all, Xia Lin's existence was already too unreasonable. After all, under the limitations of the times, the highest level of existence they could think of was to be the emperor. Xia Lin had this ability but did not become the emperor, which was puzzling.

At this moment, Xia Lin was sitting at the banquet, solemnly saying goodbye to Li Yuan.

"Your Majesty, Emperor Li Tang, now that the situation has settled, it is time for me to leave."

Li Yuan frowned: "Then...what about this?"

He was holding the list of noble families that Xia Lin had just handed him that had participated in the siege of Chang'an, and for a moment he didn't know what to do.

"I can't do this. It needs to be handled by Her Royal Highness the Princess." Xia Lin turned his head to glance at Sanniang. The two children next to Sanniang thought Xia Lin was looking at them, and they giggled and reached out for a hug.

Li Jiancheng, who was standing opposite him, saw this scene and naturally had the answer in his mind. After all, he came here with suspicion to find evidence. Now that this family was of the same type, anyone with enough knowledge could tell whose father the child was.

But he didn't say anything. He forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart, took a deep breath and said nothing.

"Oh, by the way, His Majesty Emperor Li Tang. I have discussed with the head of the Dugu family and I feel that it is time for Li Zhi and Dugu Jiaye to start their education. I plan to take them to the south to teach them."

"I want to discuss this with you..." Dugu Han slammed the table and was about to curse, but the eldest princess covered his mouth.

"Okay." Li Yuan chuckled. "My Cheng Qian is also in the south. When he came back to visit me a few days ago, I knew that you had taught him very well. Take him with you."

What could Li Yuan say? Chang'an was in turmoil, and it was obviously not suitable for Sanniang to have two children around. Besides, the biological father took the children away, so what was there to worry about? He was the biological father!

But Dugu Han was not happy. Although her mouth was blocked, tears were welling up in her eyes. She really couldn't bear to do that. This grievance made her very uncomfortable.

"That's not bad." Sanniang said with a smile: "If Zhier and Jiaye can receive the guidance of General Xia, it will be a blessing that others can only obtain after several lifetimes."

Xia Lin laughed, and because Dugu Han let go, there was no one holding Jiaye, so she climbed down from the stool by herself, walked to Xia Lin and tugged at the corner of his clothes.

Looking down, Jiaye immediately opened his arms to him: "Daddy, hold me."

With this shout, everyone at the table fell silent. Xia Lin cried out, then bent down with a smile and hugged her daughter. "Everyone, eat." Xia Lin picked up a piece of meat and was about to give it to Jiaye, but the eldest princess slapped the chopsticks away: "She doesn't even have teeth!"

"Oh oh oh..." Xia Lin quickly stuffed the meat into his mouth, then scooped up the egg custard with a spoon, blew it carefully to cool it down, and then fed it to his daughter's mouth.

Seeing this scene, everyone actually understood it more or less. Whose the two children were, how could anyone not understand? If you don't understand this, then don't stay in the royal family, go to the countryside to farm instead.

The next day, Xia Lin would lead the team away. Things here had come to an end, and the situation in the entire world would probably also come to an end. He had to go back immediately to make a new layout for Fuliang. After all, he had been away for three years. If Fuliang continued to develop according to the current structure, it would soon decline rapidly due to the arrival of the separatist era.

"Why are you following me? It's not enough for you to mess around."

When Xia Lin set out, he took his two children on the carriage. When he got up, he saw Dugu Han sitting inside. She looked like she was going to run back with Xia Lin.

"I don't care. I can't leave the child behind. I'll go with you."

"No, you are the Duke of Dugu, who was chopped by knives and axes. How can you play the role of a young man in love with him?"

"I don't care, I just want to follow the child." Dugu Han curled her lips and looked like she was about to cry: "Wherever the child is, I'm there, don't try to drive me away."

Xia Lin sighed: "Okay, okay, oh..."

After saying that, he drew aside the curtain, and outside came Sanniang who came to see him off. When Sanniang saw little Li Zhi sticking his head out from behind the curtain, she couldn't hold back her tears although she had been trying to keep a straight face and pretend to be calm.

"Zhi'er, take good care of your sister... and learn seriously from daddy."

"I understand." Little Li Zhi was calm beyond his years: "Mom, don't cry."

Xia Lin rolled her eyes: "I beg you, one of you should cry outside while the other one should cry inside... Chang'an is not safe, sister."

"I know." Sanniang sobbed, "Since Zhier was born, I have never left him."

"I know, I know. Oh, hurry up and finish the things on hand. I will send you an invitation letter then." Xia Lin sighed: "Then you will live there for half a year and here for half a year."

"Um……"

After finally pacifying Sanniang, the convoy moved forward slowly. Li Zhi, who had been calm and wise just now, suddenly burst into tears and hugged Xia Lin, calling for his mother.

"Hey, kid. You were so cool just now, why are you like this now?"

In this car, the sons and daughters are crying, and Xiao Douya is crying too. Damn, Douya is crying for nothing, isn’t she in this car…

"Your crying just now made your mother even more upset." Li Zhi raised his head and looked at Xia Lin in his busy schedule, and said something that a three-year-old child should not have said.

"Oh! You kid." Xia Lin patted his head: "Sure. Don't worry, your father won't treat you badly. Cry, but you can't cry anymore after that, because you still have to protect your sister."

Li Zhi stopped crying at this moment, but Douyazi cried even harder.

"No, why are you crying? You are right here."

"The scene brought back memories..."

They were about to rush back to the south to celebrate the New Year, but at this time, Li Jiancheng had already taken action. He knew clearly the significance of Xia Lin handing over the great credit to Sanniang, and he also understood that he had now become his father's abandoned son.

But could he be willing to give up? He was the eldest son, and had accompanied his father all the way from Longcheng. Even if he had no merit, he had worked hard. No matter what he said, he could not just give up.

So he went to the home of Master Yuwen today. This old man is Yuwen Yi's grandfather, and also the patriarch of the Yuwen family and the Guanlong system. Even Li Yuan treats him as uncle when he sees him.

"Deposing the eldest son and enthroning the youngest son, and enthroning a daughter as the heir, is absurd, too absurd! The Zhou rituals cannot be abolished, and the foundation of the country cannot be changed!"

After listening to Li Jiancheng's description, Master Yuwen shook his gray beard and trembled with anger. He took a deep breath and said, "I will go find Li Yuan now. Ridiculous! Nonsense!"

"Grandpa..." Li Jiancheng cried and hugged the old master's legs: "Grandpa, please don't do that. If you go now, my life will be in danger."

"Alas..." The old master sat back down and stroked the head of his forty-year-old grandson: "Jiancheng, my poor child."

"Grandpa, please think of a way to save the child."

The old master half closed his eyes and said, "Although Princess Pingyang holds military power, her power is mostly concentrated in the women's army. You should first contact the Dou family and the Changsun family, and then ask Liu Hongji and Yin Kaishan to come to see me. Write a letter to Pei Ji and Dou Wei, asking them to come to the capital immediately and say that I summoned them."

"Grandpa, I'll go right away."

"A hen crowing at dawn is a calamity for the family! Ridiculous and ridiculous!" The old master was still very angry: "I am eighty-six years old. Today I have to take good care of Li Yuan, this disobedient child."

Seeing that the leader of the Guanlong Group was still on his side, Li Jiancheng felt relieved and he quickly went out to make arrangements.

At this moment, Princess Pingyang had already raised her sword, because the Turkic Ashina Khan had clearly stated all the families that supported him, and even the names of the Han generals and participants were revealed. If she didn't kill a bunch of them, it would be a shame for Xia Lin to have kept this information until now.

Suddenly, the whole city of Chang'an was in chaos and blood was flowing like a river. Some people were sleeping soundly in the morning, but suddenly the soldiers kicked open the door and dragged them out of bed. If their identities were verified, they would be executed immediately.

The charges are ready-made, it's treason. Helping the Turks to attack Chang'an, what else is there to say?

Many people on this list have already fled, but it doesn’t matter. After all, they have relatives left here. Originally, this kind of thing would never implicate people like them, but who knew that the princess would act so quickly this time.

"Rebellion! Rebellion!!!" The old master was furious after hearing the news: "How can you slaughter them so wantonly without asking any questions? They are all relatives of Guanlong!"

"Grandpa, please go out and take a look quickly. The wind in Chang'an city smells of blood." Li Jiancheng rushed into the Grand Tutor's house again as soon as possible, hugged the old man's legs and still did the same old thing, crying, making a fuss, and sighing in vain.

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If I come back early today, I will update another chapter. If I come back late, I will update another chapter in the second half of the night.

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