Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

Jia Lian suspected that the King of Zhongyi County had spies in the capital, so Pingziying left the barracks and hid in the nearby mountains. All the officers and soldiers collectively disguised themselves as merchants.

The officers and soldiers of the Pingzi Battalion walked by water during the day, and all the officers and soldiers lurked in the cabins to sleep peacefully.

At night, they went ashore and marched urgently. After running for three hundred miles every night, at dawn, the officers and soldiers entered the merchant ship prepared in the morning again for repairs.

Traveling at night and diving during the day like this, after ten days, Jia Lian and his party entered the ground in southern Xinjiang.

It was five days earlier than Jialian's expected half a month.

Jia Lian pinched his fingers and calculated that it was the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month.

Although the winter in the south is not as cold as in the north, where people's ears will be frozen off, it is still very cold.

Fortunately, Jia Lian and his party were well prepared, and the soldiers and horses of the Pingzi Battalion did not dare to go to the villages and towns. Most of them wore sheepskin coats instead, and lurked in the woods to repair and wait for orders.

Jia Lian himself led twenty fishermen, pretending to be merchants, to the town to inquire about news.

This place is already an outpost of Ping Anzhou.

This small town is called Ping'anli, and there are only a hundred families in the town, most of whom are local residents.

This was originally a deserted village, but because it was a pass from south to north, many merchants and travelers missed their places because they were eager to hurry, so they stopped here to rest and slowly became lively, and many foreigners came here to do some small business.

However, the town is very simple, but you can tell by looking at the foot shop with the animals closed below and the dining table above.

Jia Lian led twenty fishermen who behaved rudely and carried burdens. They didn't need to pretend to be on purpose. Outsiders could tell at a glance that this was the big boss who came out with his servants to sell goods and do business.

As soon as Jia Lian showed up here, he caught Jia Yun's attention.

Jia Yun arrived in Ping'anli three days before Jia Lian.

Jia Lian entered the foot shop and just took a seat, so Jia Yun also arrived at the foot shop.

At this moment, the second floor is full of guests.Xiao Er was very embarrassed: "Guest officer, you can discuss with others yourself to see if you can find a seat, otherwise, it would be just as pleasant for you to stand here drinking and watching the snow."

Jia Yun smiled: "I'd better go in and find a seat." He went straight to Jia Lian's table and bowed: "This guest officer, can I sit down?"

Jia Lian raised her eyebrows: "You got the money for the wine?"

Jia Yun hurriedly sat down: "There's no need to say that."

The two suddenly laughed.

Everyone looked at it and said happily: "This method is good."

Jia Yun lowered her voice amidst the laughter of the crowd and said, "Our child has discovered something. King Xijun is stationed at the Linxian Yamen. He is free to move. There are soldiers guarding the Yamen Gate. There seems to be nothing wrong with it on the surface. However, our children noticed that the residents near the county government office did not seem to be ordinary residents, so they did not know if they were the people of King Xi. Or King Xi was under surveillance."

Jia Lian asked, "Where is Mr. Wang?"

"The whereabouts of Mr. Wang Ziteng is unknown. Our children have been staring at him for two days, but they didn't find any trace of him. He should not be with Prince Xi."

Jia Lian said, "How's the situation in Ping'an Island Guard?"

"It can't be seen from the outside, but there seem to be a lot of beggars in Ping'anzhou County, and there are people who give out porridge three times a day. The children said that those beggars regarded the commander Yang Jiuzhi as a benefactor, but they gritted their teeth at the court and scolded them. No mouth."

"What are you talking about?"

Jia Yun said, Zuo just cursed that the court was immoral, they had no food and clothing, and they had to pay taxes and do hard labor.The strange thing is that Yang Jiuzhi made them pay taxes and forced them to do hard labor, but only gave them three meals of gruel, and they were grateful to Yang Jiuzhi and cursed the court back.

Jia Lian asked, "How did the children sneak into the city? Have you ever been in?"

Jia Yun said: "The day after I arrived, I pretended to be a peddler who was returning goods, and went with a small merchant here once, and the city gate was very strictly checked, and it was said that there were Japanese pirates fleeing.

They are also very dark towards the merchants in the past. In the past, ten copper coins have risen to one tael of silver now.It is said that it was the order of the commander, saying that it was to feed the refugees fleeing famine who had entered the city.I took a look and found that their resettlement of refugees was remarkable, with huts to live in and gruel to eat.

It is for this reason that more and more refugees are entering the city.I calculated on that day that there were almost tens of thousands of victims in and outside the city of Ping'anzhou.In the past few days, it is said that there are still disaster victims with their families and families, and they come in an endless stream. "

Jia Lian frowned: "The yamen didn't drive them away, but instead provided them with money and goods to resettle them. Either this Yang Jiuzhi is a kind person, or he has other plans."

Jia Yun nodded: "My nephew is also very puzzled. If I hadn't known that he was greedy and was on the same level as King Zhongyi, I would have thought he was still an upright official."

Jia Lian frowned: "Is there nothing wrong with it?"

Jia Yun thought for a while, then suddenly said: "It is said that Yang Jiuzhi treated the women, children and children among the victims very preferentially. They were specially placed in the guard. Some victims visited their wives and children and said that the children were given free food and lodging. , were also gathered together to teach literacy, and the women had to help the officers and soldiers of the guards make shoes.

"It is said that a person must make a pair of shoes a day in exchange for a day's food. Although it is harsh, they will never starve to death. Therefore, not only are people not disgusted, but they flock to it."

Jia Lian was shocked when he heard the words, and it should be the strategy of King Zhongyi or King Zhongshun to attract the victims to gather in Ping'anzhou.Separating women, children and children is to hold these old and weak women and children hostage, and force these disaster victims to follow them in riots and rebellion.

Jia Lian secretly rejoiced that he came in time, he hurriedly gave Jia Yun a wink, got up and left the foot shop.

Soon, Jia Lian and Jia Rong met in the woods.

Jia Lian said: "Hurry up and lead the way, let's go to meet Prince Xi tonight, it's unusual for Pinganzhou to keep gathering disaster victims, he should have already joined forces with Prince Zhongyi, they are likely to riot on the day of attendance. At that time, they were afraid that the first target of their attack should be Prince Xi, so maybe they were not sure about taking the king Naxi's sacrificial flag."

Jia Yun replied, "That's no problem. Although I haven't been to Lin County, I have checked the terrain from afar."

Jia Lian nodded: "That's good, when the time comes, you don't need to go into the city, you just need to show me the way."

At dusk that day, Jia Lian set off with twenty ladder team members.

Before leaving, Jia Lian gave a simple lecture: "I suspect that King Xi is being watched or trapped. Tonight, let's go to find out together. If King Xi is really trapped, we have to find a way Get them out."

Lin County is about [-] miles away from Pinganli. It is a remote small city with low walls and no soldiers to handle it.

Jia Lian led the team of cloud ladders to the bottom of the city wall without even using claws and hooks. Jia Lian climbed the ladders everywhere and quickly climbed the city wall. Afterwards, Wu Yong also climbed the city wall and put down dozens of ropes. The team quickly entered the city.

Then Jia Lian ordered the cloud echelon team to hide nearby, while he himself quickly approached the Yamen, and then quietly climbed up to the loach roof of the Yamen.

Jia Lian leaned on the ridge of the roof under the cover of admiration, and let go of his hearing to look for King Xi's voice. Soon, Jia Lian found King Xi in the backyard.

Jia Lian soon realized that something was wrong. King Xijun was pale and angry.

Jia Lian quickly overwhelmed his consciousness.

King Xijun glared and scolded: "Shuimei, I never expected that you would take refuge in King Zhongshun. Fortunately, I believed in you and kept you by my side for many years, and you treat me like this? How can you be worthy of your father and the emperor?"

Shui Mei sneered: "Your Majesty? If the Emperor hadn't bestowed that bitch with the concubine Ping, how could my mother have voted for her?

"My father should have died a long time ago. If he hadn't spoiled his concubine and killed his wife, and wanted to pass the title to his son who was born with adultery, how could I have been sent to Xishan to be a big soldier?

"That's right, you saved me, otherwise, I would have been tortured to death long ago. I wouldn't be able to rise to the top like I am today, so I begged the grandson of the emperor to save your life. You just have to endure it for a few days, When the grandson of the emperor returns to the capital, you will still be your king of Xijun, who is the descendant of the Shui family, who do you care about?" The king of Xijun said angrily: "You are plotting rebellion, do you know? Back then you Your grandfather was in charge of the Xishan Fengsheng Army, but because his father wanted to abolish the crown prince, he raised troops to attack the imperial city. He was defeated and committed suicide. Because of this, your grandfather’s family was ransacked and beheaded. Your mother surrendered because she didn’t want to live alone, not because The emperor bestowed the concubine Ping, do you understand? It was your grandfather who killed his family and your mother because of his recklessness. Because you are of the blood of the Shui family, the emperor did not add any crimes. I don’t want you to repay me. It’s really disappointing that there’s still so much black and white confusion.”

Shui Mei suddenly became excited: "Hmph, why did the King of Zhongyi fall out of favor? Didn't the current emperor's mother and son design the original imperial concubine? She didn't want to marry his cousin when she was a girl, and she turned fifty. Start thinking about spring? Who will believe it?

The emperor's grandfather didn't even know what to say. With only a letter from 800 years ago, he put the imperial concubine into the cold palace, and even murdered his own son, confining him to death.So cold-blooded, outrageous.The reason why my father is unfeeling towards me is probably because he inherited the cruel blood of the emperor's grandfather. "

"The fourth uncle dared to do these dirty things at the beginning, and now he should bear the consequences. My grandfather raised troops because he was loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and he worked hard to protect the king. He couldn't bear the prince being killed by a bitch, just because he was dissatisfied with the emperor's grandfather changing the prince. I want to rebel. The emperor's grandfather was so heartless that he ransacked my natal family's whole family. He was really heartless.

"No wonder people say: the most ruthless emperor's family!"

King Xijun scolded angrily: "He is your biological grandfather, if you didn't have the blood of the Shui family, would you still be alive?"

Shui Mei snorted coldly: "Who cares about the blood of the Leng family? The emperor promised me as soon as he came to the throne. When he came to the throne, he would give me my grandfather to rebel against Zhaoxue. I also sent my mother's grave to the ancestral land of the Jun family for burial. From then on, I changed my name and changed my name." My surname, my surname is Jun, and no longer my surname Shui."

King Xi shook his head: "Do you really think that King Zhongyi will win? He pushed the emperor back off the cliff, but the emperor was still killed. Do you think it's manpower? It's destiny. Wake up, as long as You let me go at this time, and I promise not to blame the past. I will accompany you and love you as always. It’s just a title. As long as you help catch the traitor, I promise you that after returning to Beijing, I will persuade the emperor and canonize you as Anjun Prince's son."

Shui Mei gritted her teeth and turned her face away: "Stop talking, I won't rebel against the grandson of the emperor. I have a feud with An Jun Wangfu who killed my mother, and the feud of killing my mother is irreconcilable!"

King Xijun knew that it would be a waste of time to talk about it. Looking at this nephew who was almost raised by himself, King Xijun felt colic in his heart, and shouted angrily: "Shuixi, come out, your conscience is called a dog!" After eating, Shui Mei defended you like that, but you actually had the heart to lead him to a dead end? Where is your conscience, where is your conscience?"

Jia Lian was about to go down to catch Shuimei and rescue King Xi, when suddenly, he remembered with a sneer.Jia Lian was busy lurking again, but saw the little eunuch next to King Xi stretch out his hand to touch his face, and his hunched body instantly stood up straight, it was the King Zhongyi.

Jia Lian was frightened and hurriedly looked around to see if King Zhongshun was nearby.But there are no suspicious people nearby.

The king of Xijun was shocked, and immediately glared at Shui Mei: "Since you are harboring rebels?"

Shui Mei looked away in embarrassment.

The King of Zhongyi County sneered: "A traitor? Well said, my father is the eldest son. Theoretically, the world should belong to our father and son, and the water won't win if he was born of a lowly court lady. He even fabricated the facts and slandered my imperial grandmother. According to me, the lowly servant girl in Ningshou Palace was just a maid who cleaned the study. The princes came in and out. Who knows who made her belly bigger, and she also has the face to live in Ningshou Palace. Pooh, I am her It's only clean if you hang it with a rope a long time ago. It's an immoral thing." King Xi's face turned livid when he heard the words: "Shut up!"

The King of Zhongyi County smirked: "Oh, it's my fault, Uncle Wang, you were also born in the belly of a court lady. Whoever you are, you are better than that Shui Ying. Your mother and concubine are the little palace maids next to the emperor's grandfather. At least she You just came into contact with a man, although you are only a product of alcohol, you are much cleaner than that water.”

King Xi was so angry that his eyes were about to burst, but he was hit by an anesthetic point, and he couldn't move except for his mouth.He could only stare at the King of Zhongyi and scold angrily: "Rebellious and unfilial white-eyed wolf!"

King Zhongyi sneered: "Disobedient and unfilial? Are you saying that I am sorry for the emperor's grandfather? In other words, the emperor's grandfather is really good to our brothers and sisters, and I am going to give up my mind. Who would have thought that he would treat Fuqing like that for a bastard? But it's the pearl my father holds in the palm of his hand."

"The imperial grandfather deprived her of her title, what a shame?"