All the money was emptied on the way to exile, and there was too much money to spend

Xie Lin stated the reason very directly.

Summer Cicada: ...

It turned out to be that Zhu Qiang. He had been defeated so many times, so how could he have the nerve to chase here?

But then again, wouldn't it be very interesting if the emperor knew that the prince's guards had a private meeting with the princes of the fiefdom?

It's a pity that there are no cameras now, otherwise Xia Chan would definitely sneak into the Prince of Jin's Mansion, take pictures of Zhu Qiang and Yuan Zhao's private meeting, and then send them to the suspicious emperor.

She wanted to see how this emperor, who killed 180,000 soldiers without hesitation, would deal with the crown prince he personally appointed when he knew that his son had privately met with the prince who wanted to seize his throne?

You should deal with it without hesitation, right?

For some reason, Xia Chan couldn't help but get excited when he thought of that scene.

She tugged at Xie Lin's arm and said, "Third brother, is there any way to let the emperor know that Yuan Che's people met with Yuan Zhao?"

The main thing is that someone has to leak this news to the emperor.

Xie Lin looked at Xia Chan, and seeing the cunningness between her eyebrows, he smiled faintly.

"Have."

"it is good."

While the two were talking, they had already walked forward for a distance.

Of course, they did not intend to just go into the palace. Instead, they took advantage of the officers and soldiers not paying attention and slipped into the alley next to it.

The two men left the team and immediately changed their clothes to make themselves look older, turning into two elderly men in their fifties or sixties.

Isn't Yuanzhao trying to catch young people? If they become old people, how should Yuanzhao deal with it?

Before she could finish the thought, she saw a long queue in front of her.

Xia Chan could understand that people entering the city had to queue up to have their identity documents checked.

Why is there a long queue to leave the city?

Xie Lin asked her to stand there in line while he went to the front to take a look.

Xia Chan agreed.

Xie Lin left and went to the city gate to inquire about the situation.

He left quickly and came back quickly.

When he came back, he whispered in Xia Chan's ear what he had found out.

"There are several buckets of water on both sides of the city gate. Everyone leaving the city must wash their face with the water in the buckets and make sure there is no disguise on their face before they can leave the city."

After Xie Lin finished speaking, his eyes darkened.

The summer cicada hissed.

My goodness, this is specially arranged for her who is in disguise?

I thought Yuan Zhao was just a fool, but I didn't expect that this fool was also quite smart.

But as I said, you have a plan, but I have a ladder.

Yuanzhao arranged for people to wash their faces at the city gate before letting them go out, and the clean water was only for some low-quality cosmetics.

The makeup material she used for disguise could not be washed off even with hands, let alone clean water, unless there was the herbs she specially developed to wash it off.

There is no need to worry about the face-washing water placed at the city gate.

They lined up at the back of the team in a swaggering manner, arrived at the city gate, and washed their faces in a large barrel on the side as instructed by the officers and soldiers.

Before and after washing their faces, their faces were the same, without any change.

The officers and soldiers guarding the city naturally didn't notice anything.

After they left the city, they came to the place where Xie Lin stored the bricks and tiles, and put all the bricks and tiles piled high into Xia Chan's pedestrian street.

Some of the streets unlocked for pedestrians were tightly packed.

But fortunately, I managed to finish packing the things.

Xia Chan clicked his tongue, clapped his hands, and turned to look at Xie Lin.

"Should we go home now or go shopping some more? If there's anything else we need to buy, buy it all at once. If the house isn't built by then, we won't be able to come out again."

"There's nothing to buy. We can just go to the blacksmith shop and get a batch of knives later."

During the days of waiting for Xia Chan to come out of the palace, Xie Lin ordered a batch of knives, hoes and shovels from the blacksmith shop.

Twenty of each kind were made.

Although she brought back some knives when she went out with her sister-in-law before, building a house is a big project after all, and these tools are consumables. It doesn't matter if she has a few more in stock.

Xia Chan had no objection to this.

They returned to the city.

The procedure for entering the city is much simpler than that for leaving the city. The inspection was quite strict before, but now most of the attention is on people leaving the city.

So entering the city was just a simple matter of confirming their identities and letting them in.

I went to the blacksmith shop and picked up the things that Xie Lin ordered.

Then, without further delay, they went straight to the dock, boarded their boat, and prepared to return home.

Along the way, Xie Lin did not ask about Xie Wenhao's whereabouts.

Xia Chan didn't say anything either.

After putting it on, Xie Lin went to work.

A man dressed in black, with a hat on his head and not even his neck exposed, hurried over to help Xie Lin raise the anchor.

Seeing this, Xia Chan curled the corners of his lips.

She naturally guessed the identity of this person.

After the boat was sailing normally on the water and slowly getting farther and farther away from the dock, Xie Lin brought his men in and greeted her.

"Call someone."

His tone was a little cold, and he urged Xie Wenjun, who was beside him and wanted to hide behind him, to call for help.

Xie Wenjun was a little timid.

He saw it when his uncle and aunt came back.

But he didn't dare to go forward and call for help, for fear that his aunt would be disgusted by his appearance.

So after Xie Lin got on board, Xie Wenjun kept rushing to do things and didn't dare to allow himself to be idle at all.

I’m just afraid that when I’m idle, I’ll have to go to the summer cicada and call for help.

Although the boat was not very small and was full of things purchased by Xie Lin, it was just a boat after all. As long as it sailed smoothly, there was nothing that required anyone to keep an eye on it.

After hesitating for a long time, Xie Wenjun finally came to recognize his relatives.

He stood there timidly, his head drooping in insecurity, trying to hide this ugly scene.

But the room was so small, the door behind him was closed, and his uncle was standing beside him, eyeing him covetously. Where could he hide?

Finally, when he couldn't hide any longer, he quickly raised his head and called out "Auntie".

It's really fast.

The movement of lowering his head seemed as if he would be caught and torn to pieces if he was a little slower.

Xia Chan found it a little funny.

Xie Lin even raised his foot and kicked Xie Wenjun's calf with his toes.

"How can you call someone like that? Where's your manners?"

"Uncle...I'm ugly..."

Xie Wenjun was about to cry.

Especially when he saw such a beautiful aunt, he felt even more inferior.

I always feel that my appearance, which is neither human nor ghost, will scare my aunt.

Xie Lin was speechless.

Xia Chan burst out laughing.

Xie Wenjun didn't even dare to see anyone.

Xie Lin's face also looked a little dry.

He walked up to Xia Chan.

"Chanchan, don't be angry."

"I'm not angry."

Xia Chan glanced at Xie Lin with amusement: "You are too nervous. It's okay. Wenjun is still young and wants to save face. I can understand."

"You're not that old, Chanchan. He's even older than you."

Xie Lin muttered quietly.

"Uh……"

So, is she being too mature?