Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

Jia Lian thought the little girl was very interesting and wanted to tease her, but Wang Ziteng waved: "Come here, girl, tell me what your name is, and I will give you this pocket watch."

The little girl immediately became vigilant when she heard the words: "Who are you, what do you want to do, why do you ask my name?"

Jia Lian and Wang Ziteng looked at each other and raised their eyebrows. This girl is articulate, sharp thinking, and so wary of strangers, what is the reason for her?

Thinking of the current situation, Jia Lian felt that there was no need to get to the bottom of it.Then he handed over the pocket watch: "We have no other intentions, just asking for a name, so that we can say hello next time we meet, well, here it is for you, we should go too."

Jia Lian supported Wang Ziteng and turned around to leave, but the little girl suddenly caught up and grabbed Jia Lian: "My name is Du Ruoxin, I don't want your pocket watch anymore, can you give me two bottles of the rice wine you gave him just now? No, Just one bottle, I'll give you these sweet potatoes too, don't underestimate these sweet potatoes, they are sweet and sweet, they are delicious."

Jia Lian raised his eyebrows: "What do you want rice wine for?"

Du Ruoxin frowned and sighed: "I saw this old man drank rice wine, and his complexion immediately improved a lot. I thought, is this rice wine of yours a medicinal wine for bruises? My grandfather fell and injured his ankle a few days ago. , so, I want to ask for a bottle for my grandpa."

Both Jia Lian and Wang Ziteng could tell that this girl's accent was not a local accent, but rather soft like that of a water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

Jia Lian suddenly remembered that the girl said her surname was Du, and a strange thought came to her heart.

He smiled: "I'll ask you a question. If you tell me, I'll give you two bottles of rice wine to keep. Your grandfather can walk tomorrow."

Du Ruoxin's eyes lit up when she heard the words: "Then ask quickly, I will never lie."

Jia Lian said: "You are not local, you are from Suzhou, right?"

Du Ruoxin suddenly raised her willow eyebrows, like a frightened deer, she galloped away.

Jia Lian knew that he had guessed right, this person was likely to be the one the Queen Mother was looking for, no wonder no one knew about them, so they hid in the sea.

Jia Lian knew that he didn't have time to deal with their affairs right now, so he put the rice wine on the big rock and shouted at Du Ruoxin, "I gave it to you, and I didn't mean any harm. However, I can tell you a piece of news. It's unlucky to meet the enemy, and it will be unlucky in the future. Therefore, if your grandchildren want to return to their roots, you can come to the Shijia army garrison at the foot of the mountain to find me. I will stay here for about three days. When the time comes, we will be far and wide , we can't see each other again."

The little girl didn't go far. She was very smart and knew that this might be an opportunity, so she shouted, "What's your last name?"

Jia Lian said: "My surname is Jia. Your grandfather should know that I am Jia Lian from Rongguo Mansion."

After Jia Lian said this, in order to alleviate the girl's fear, she carried the prince on her back and left quickly.

Wang Ziteng was very surprised: "Whose family does this girl belong to? Could it be that she is an old acquaintance with your Jia family?"

Jia Lian shook his head: "No."

Then he told about the fact that the empress dowager wanted to find the concubine concubine's grandpa's original concubine's family.

Wang Ziteng was stunned for a while: "You made things up with the Gu family?"

Jia Lian paused, and firmly denied: "No."

Wang Ziteng sneered: "Liar, the Empress Dowager likes to play this kind of trick that does not bother the two masters. If you hadn't brought down the Gu family, the Empress Dowager would never let you participate in this matter."

Jia Lian said with a smile: "If you want to say it, it's okay. I caught the bandits on the canal. They beat the Dengwen drum and sued the Gu family. After that, the Gu family was in trouble. Gu Pei went crazy in the Golden Palace and dragged out their house." There was a mad woman in the backyard who made His Majesty mad and alarmed the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager probably suspected that Concubine Shu was also insane. Emperor Qianyuan seemed to want to change queens, but it was delayed because of the rebellion of the two kings. The Empress Dowager probably didn't want to Concubine Shu took the post, so that the descendants of the royal family were infected with madness, so they want to dig up the scandal of her family and prevent Concubine Shu from ascending the throne."

Wang Ziteng listened silently, and said for a while: "You want to help the eldest prince? No wonder you got Yuan Chun out of the palace."

Jia Lian turned pale with fright, hurriedly put Wang Ziteng on the ground, turned to look at Wang Ziteng, and said, "We have to talk about this matter. If you were me, what would you do? Let Yuan Chun carry the blood of King Zhongshun, Stay in the palace to fool His Majesty and pretend to be the prince? Are you trying to cause my Rongguo Mansion to be executed?"

Wang Ziteng snorted coldly: "I'm mentally ill, the emperor is easy to fool? But I was thinking, since you are all in Nanyuan, you can save His Majesty, why not Yuan Chun?"

Jia Lian also snorted coldly: "I wanted to save her, but she didn't want to believe me, and she didn't want to go with me. If she believed me, wouldn't she be a proper concubine now? I don't need to exchange merit for her." I'm dead."

Upon hearing this, Wang Ziteng said, "Tell me about the situation at that time."

Jia Lian then told how the Holy Majesty announced him to Beijing, how he arranged for him to suppress bandits, how he went to Nanyuan for autumn hunting in order to test the modified shotgun, and how he rescued the Queen Mother when she was plotted.

After the queen mother escaped from danger, she was still in shock. How could Yuan Chun not listen to the dissuasion of himself and Jia Rong, even the empress dowager's scolding, and insisted on going into the forest to look for his majesty, but in the end, he told the story of King Zhongshun one by one.

Wang Ziteng asked: "Who do you think put the wild boar into the queen mother's phoenix carriage?"

Jia Lian was stunned. Didn't he ask Yuan Chun about leaving the palace?Why are you talking about the empress dowager again?

Seeing him in a daze, Wang Ziteng urged, "Tell me?"

Jia Lian spread his hands: "Who knows? The matter of the subsequent interrogation was not handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but to the Department of Punishment. I did not participate, and there was no news channel. It is said that there was no result and nothing happened."

Wang Ziteng snorted coldly: "How can there be no result? The Department of Punishment is in the hands of the emperor. I'm afraid the result will be dirty and embarrassing. The emperor doesn't want the world to know."

Jia Lian frowned: "What is this?"

Wang Ziteng smiled lightly: "Pay attention, and see if anyone died suddenly in the palace recently, maybe that's the result."

Jia Lian was thoughtful when he heard the words.

Wang Ziteng opened his upper arms: "Let's go!"

Jia Lian frowned: "Don't ask about Yuan Chun?"

Wang Ziteng laughed: "You are so righteous, why should I ask, don't forget, what is my background, observing words and demeanor is my strong point."

Jia Lian laughed, and obediently bent down to pick up Wang Ziteng, but seeing him turn and turn, he just changed his original direction, making people think he came back from another direction.

Wang Ziteng asked with a smile: "Afraid people will find out about the grandparents?"

Jia Lian nodded: "If they don't want to cooperate with me, let them live in peace."

But Shi Nai, who was looking around, suddenly found Wang Ziteng, was overjoyed, and bowed to Wang Ziteng: "My lord, thank God, it's great that you are intact, otherwise, I would wipe my neck to apologize."

The prince glanced at him and ignored him. He still lay on Jia Lian's back and urged, "Go, what are you doing stopping? It made my ears deaf from the buzzing of mosquitoes."

Shi Nai was very embarrassed when he heard the words, and rubbed his hands: "Lord Wang, dog..."

Jia Lian really admired Shi Nai, will the embroidered legs work at this time?So secretly winked at Shi Nai and told him to grab Wang Ziteng and carry it on his back, so that even if Wang Ziteng was going to have a fit, there was a limit.

Shi Nai hadn't finished being stupid, so he quickly came to his senses, grinning, stepped forward to pick up Wang Ziteng, got up and left: "Brother Wang, we are old brothers, my brother, I am not strict in teaching my son, and I have no way to teach my son. Bind up the evil, wait, Brother Wang, you can vent your anger as much as you want, even if you kill him, I have nothing to say. Old brother, you have to give brother a hand, otherwise, brother, I will die without burial place."

Jia Lian listened behind, nodding secretly, after all, she inherited a bit of the old lady's crooked and clumsy skills.

The army went down the mountain like wind and clouds, and returned to the barracks in a hurry.

Two hours before and after Jia Lian and Shi Nai went out, twenty echelons were waiting for the commander's tent, but no one noticed.

Jia Lian nodded secretly, this Shi Nai really has a lot of skills in governing the army, I don't know how he raised such a bastard son.

Wang Ziteng's character history Nai bowed and bowed, but he didn't express his opinion.

In the end, Jia Lian had no choice but to mediate, and Wang Ziteng expressed his opinion: "Where is King Zhongshun? Use his traces to wash away the suspicion of your father and son."

Shi Nai's face turned dark immediately, and he said: "It's not that Shi Mou didn't believe what he said, it's that King Zhongshun never showed his face to me, and as a teacher, I don't know his whereabouts."

Wang Ziteng didn't believe it at all.

Jia Lian also looked suspicious, and asked: "King Zhongshun's son is hiding beside King Xijun, which means that King Zhongshun is looking for a better hiding place. In my opinion, Haijiang is his best way out, because as long as he If you find a chance to go out to sea, just find any isolated island cats, as long as they have enough supplies, they can completely occupy the mountain and become king. However, this supply will definitely come to you. How can there be no trace?"

Jia Lian was talking, looking at Shi Feng who was tied up by five flowers.

Shi Nai suddenly realized that many things in the barracks were managed by Shi Feng. Shi Nai was training the navy recently. If King Zhongshun really obtained food and grass from the Shi family's army, it could only be caused by Shi Feng, an insider.

Shi Nai swung his arm round and slammed Shi Feng's mouth twice: "Nie Zhan, the king of Zhongyi County has been arrested now, are you still not telling the truth? Do you really want to kill the whole family?"

Shi Feng was beaten so hard that he almost held his breath, but he still gritted his teeth and remained silent. In the end, Shi Nai was so angry that he drew his sword to kill his son.

Only then did Jia Lian stop her, looked at Shi Feng and said, "Women from the Shi family are more important than their parents. Would you rather die a tragic death than betray a woman with ulterior motives?"

Shi Feng said angrily: "What ulterior motives, Yinger Yujie is ice-clear, don't spit blood!"

Jia Lian sneered: "Yujie Bingqing? As the daughter-in-law of the Shi family, but stealing her husband's property and plotting against the enemy? Is this your Yujie Bingqing?"

Shi Feng said angrily: "The Duke of Zhongyi is his uncle!"

Jia Lian reprimanded: "He is a traitor!"

"Did you know that because the stone girl is an enemy, all the female family members of your historian's family have to do needlework day and night to subsidize the family for food and clothing?

"Did you know that for this pure and innocent woman, the daughter of the noble family of your historian, you need to sell needles and threads in exchange for food and clothing?

"Do you know that in Kyoto now, you can buy handkerchiefs and shoes and socks embroidered by your Shijia girl with just one tael of silver?

"Of course, it's not a big deal for ordinary people, but your sister is the daughter of the Hou family. Now, not only do they have to work hard on food and drink, but soon, they will be sent to prison because of this so-called pure and innocent woman. You Do you know what their final ending is? Jiaofangsi. Jiaofangsi, do you know where it is? It is a place where young masters and lords in Kyoto go to have fun. When they lose their looks, they will be bought to the secret door, bought to On board..."

"say no more!"

Shi Feng suddenly roared and interrupted Jia Lian.

At this time, Shi Nai's tears were already flowing slowly, and he again slapped Shi Feng's ears twice on the rim of his arm: "Sinister, the demon girl of the Shi family is a human being, but your sister is not a human being?"

Shi Feng suddenly burst into tears like crazy: "I don't want to, I can't help myself."

Jia Lian sneered: "You can't help chasing Mr. Wang? You can't help your affair with King Zhongshun? Is anyone forcing you?"

Shi Feng suddenly laughed again: "What do you know? Yinger can be a princess, but she gave up her status as a princess because she likes me. You say, can I not love her for such a woman? What is money? Benevolence and righteousness are worth a thousand gold!"

"A witch!"

Shi Nai also suddenly went crazy, and punched and kicked Shi Feng: "I'll kill you, I'll kill you, you scoundrel, for the sake of a so-called demon girl, the names of the young and old are not the right thing to do."

None of the people present came forward to persuade him, but they all mentioned that he was worthless. After giving birth to such a son, it would be better not to raise him, or to kill him.

In the end, Jia Lian pulled Shi Nai back: "Let's save his life in exchange for a peaceful life for the rest of my cousins' lives."

Shi Nai instantly aged half and lost all his vigor.

He cupped his hands at the prince: "Leave this to my brother, and I will escort the evildoer to Beijing to plead guilty."

Shi Feng was dragged out of the house by his father like a dead dog, and he suddenly called out, "Drip Pavilion, Fisherman's Island."

Wang Ziteng opened his eyes suddenly: "Fisherman's Island? Baisha Island, the previous dynasty once set up a patrol department, yes, if King Zhongshun wants to stand on his own, he only needs to have a foothold here." Wang Ziteng said to Shi Nai: "Brother Shi Don't be depressed, Mr. Wang will appear in this chapter to protect your family from being implicated."

As for Shi Nai's marquis and official position, Wang Ziteng can't do anything about it.

After Wang Ziteng discussed with Jia Lian, the Didi Pavilion was guarded day and night, waiting for the rabbit.As for Fisherman's Island, it's not too late to catch Yang Jiuzhi until he is calmed down.

In the afternoon of that day, Shi Nai and Wang Ziteng handed over the tiger talisman in front of the [-] officers and soldiers of the Shi family army. Before the imperial court appointed a new general, the Shi family army was temporarily controlled by Wang Ziteng.

In fact, this army was originally called the Yongding Army. Because Shi Nai had been the commander-in-chief for a long time, outsiders collectively called it the Shijia Army.

Wang Ziteng took over the army and can no longer be called Shijiajun. Wang Ziteng didn't want to change it to Wangjiajun, so he resumed the old name Yongding Army.

The Yongding Army has five captains, each with 1000 men, a total of [-] soldiers and horses.

Wang Ziteng and Jia Lian looked at these families with peace of mind.Wang Ziteng said with a smile: "Now our manpower is finally equal to Yang Jiuzhi's. In addition to King Xi's Xiaoqi Battalion and Jia Lian's Pingzi Battalion, we can barely fight Yang Jiuzhi to the death."

Jia Lian shook his head and said, "We can only take away 2000 soldiers and horses at most, and we must keep [-] people here to guard against sneak attacks by Japanese pirates. Once Japanese pirates land here, their lethality can be compared to Yang Jiuzhi's. I suspect that King Zhongshun had an affair with Japanese pirates. Otherwise, he would never have occupied Fisherman’s Island. Or, I suspect that Fisherman’s Island is now in the hands of Japanese pirates. That place is only a few hundred miles away from here. The hour is coming. We cannot afford to be careless."

When Wang Ziteng heard this, his teeth ached: "What's the matter? This Yang Jiuzhi is full of wealth and honor, so he wants to die."

Jia Lian said: "Actually, the Ping'an Island Guards are not Yang Jiuzhi's private soldiers. As long as Yang Jiuzhi is gone, they may not follow the same path, especially now that King Zhongyi has been captured and King Zhongshun is hiding in the dark. They don't have a leader, so they can't cause any big disturbances. It's just those innocent people who were bewitched by Yang Jiuzhi and hated the court, thinking that the reason why they were displaced was caused by the court. It's out of control."

Wang Ziteng nodded: "We can't let this happen."

Jia Lian said: "Father-in-law, apart from controlling the soldiers and horses of the nine provinces, can you intervene in government affairs? For example, promise to reduce or exempt taxes?"

Wang Ziteng shook his head: "I am the inspector of the nine provinces, just because the foreign bandits are now on the lookout, and the official position set up by His Majesty in order to better dispatch the whole country's troops is to temporarily deploy local soldiers and horses to reinforce the frontier. I can't intervene in local government affairs. , otherwise, the power will be exceeded. Taxes are related to the national economy and the people's livelihood, and Shi En needs the emperor to appear in front of him, so how can a minister dare to tax?"

Jia Lian looked embarrassed: "Hey, I also read too many dramas. The inspectors of the eight prefectures control everything. You are the inspectors of the nine provinces. Don't you control more?"

Wang Ziteng laughed immediately: "Your words are similar to what Feng girl said, so I take it for granted."

Jia Lian also laughed, but sighed: "To be honest, being an official in the drama is really a joy. However, I also have a happy way today. Your Majesty will send the Yang family or the Wu family to work in the army. We might as well hijack these People, taking the opportunity to sneak into the city, and then, cooperating with the inside and outside, took down Yang Jiuzhi in one fell swoop, and then opened a warehouse on the spot to release food, evacuated all the people, and let them go home for the New Year. Wouldn't it be a catastrophe that disappeared invisible? "

Wang Ziteng nodded when he heard the words: "Why didn't I hear anything? Are you sure they will come?"

Jia Lian slapped his forehead, he forgot to tell Wang Ziteng why he came to Ping Anzhou.

"The imperial court has not received your residence report for seven days, and even Haijiang's residence report has been cut off. His Majesty became anxious, worried that you and King Xijun had an accident, and sent me to rescue you two. By the way, Zhongyi It would be better if the head of King Zhongshun, the county king, is carried back."

Wang Ziteng immediately clapped the case: "Quickly send a memorial to your majesty, and tell your majesty what happened these days in detail. At the same time, ask your majesty how to appease the people of Ping'anzhou. Then, you send your confidants back to the capital day and night, personally We can no longer trust the post station if it is delivered to the emperor. They probably have already rebelled, and we can't catch them right now, so we can only deal with them when we free up our hands in the future."

Hearing this, Jia Lian was busy laying out paper and rubbing ink, recounting what he saw, heard, and what he did when he entered Ping'an Island, and then reported the historian's affairs to His Majesty in detail.And tell His Majesty that it is true that the Shi family is an enemy.

For the historian, Wang Ziteng also personally submitted a memorial to intercede for Shi Nai. He can only blame him for not being strict with the sedan chair, so that it is difficult to recover now. However, Wang Ziteng narrated the facts objectively. Shi Nai was just deceived and did not intend to rebel. .

To be honest, it was because of Jia Lian's face that Wang Ziteng was able to intercede with the historian, otherwise, it would be good if Wang Ziteng didn't make trouble, but the officials under Wang Ziteng were slaughtered by Shi Feng.When Wang Ziteng returned to Beijing, he still didn't know how to talk to their family members.I can only ask His Majesty for credit for them, and give more care to their families and descendants.

Jia Lian wrote the memorial here, quietly found Jia Yun, and asked him to send a capable child to deliver the letterhead to Feng Tang's station on the outskirts of Ping'an Island.Now, Jia Lian can only trust them.

After Jia Lian turned around to discuss with Wang Ziteng, Jia Lian sent himself out of Pingziying to intercept the imperial envoys of the Lao army, and sent the Yunti team to the Teai Pavilion to wait for the rabbit, hoping to catch King Zhongshun and completely disintegrate their plot, but it turned out to be nothing.The cunning King Zhongshun didn't know where to hide.

On the other hand, Wang Ziteng was actively treating his leg injury while rectifying military affairs. He had a heart-to-heart talk with the five lieutenants separately, so as to determine the temporary command of the remaining soldiers and horses.After all, Wang Ziteng's main task right now is to deal with Yang Jiuzhi and prevent the civil uprising in Pinganzhou.

Finally, under Jia Lian's suggestion, Wang Ziteng chose a captain who was born in Haijiang to temporarily command the Yongding Army.

Since Jia Lian entered the barracks from the back mountain, Wang Ziteng also stationed a team of soldiers on the top of the back mountain.

In the past few days, Jia Lian has been non-stop. After sending the memorial away, Jia Lian went to see King Xijun again and told Wang Ziteng about the strategy he had discussed with him.

King Xijun agreed to the sneak attack plan, but was very worried.