Ruthless Lian Erye in the Red Chamber

"Since you defeated Elis of Cheshiguo last time, and Prince Teng was grounded by his father again, his father's attitude towards Gu has improved a lot." Situ Xu was sitting in the carriage at this time, looking at the Jia Lian, who was opposite him, spoke solemnly.

Originally, Jia Lian wanted to ride outside the carriage, but Situ Xu felt that he would be safer if Jia Lian was by his side to protect him, so he insisted on asking Jia Lian to ride with him.

Jia Lian didn't care about this, so he sat in, but he didn't think that the prince not only wanted to find someone to protect him, but also wanted to find someone to chat with. Maybe in his opinion, Jia Lian was really a tight-lipped person, so he wanted to Say it all.

"Gu also sent someone to investigate, and the result is that Gu can really laugh for three days," Situ Xu raised his eyebrows, and looked at Jia Lian with an expression of 'you come and ask me', but he was right. With Jia Lian's cold face, he could only curl his lips and continue talking: "Father has always been suspicious. If you said those things in public, Father will naturally investigate afterwards. Therefore, the reasons and consequences of your divorce from Wang Xifeng were all investigated. It is clear, what is the family law in front of the national law? Naturally, my father has no good impression of the Jia family who did this and the Wang family who intervened in this matter. What's even more funny is, "Speaking of this, Situ Xu felt very happy As soon as he clapped his hands, his tone became gloating: "Before you wiped out the people Wang Ziteng sent to intercept you, Wang Ziteng got into trouble with officials for this. Anyone who is an official in the court will have an opponent or an enemy... Yes, Wang Ziteng was unlucky, he was targeted by his opponent, and he wanted to take advantage of this matter to get hold of Wang Ziteng. In desperation, Wang Ziteng took refuge in his lonely fifth younger brother, Precious Concubine's favorite Situ Yu. After a while, the lonely father understood that his always well-behaved little son was also staring at the throne under his ass."

Situ Xu smiled gloatingly for a long time, and raised his hand to pat Jia Lian on the shoulder as a compliment, but when Jia Lian looked at his hand with a look of distaste, Shi Shiran put it down.

Jia Lian looked up at Situ Xu's expression, and said coldly: "I practice swords and practice the way of ruthless swordsmanship."

"I know."

"However, I once met a person who didn't know much about swordsmanship, but he practiced a very powerful swordsmanship."

Situ Xu raised his eyebrows, and was aroused by Jia Lian's curiosity: "Who are you talking about, there is no one who does not practice swords but only the way of swords."

"The man said that he only cultivated the sword of the Son of Heaven to level the world and bring peace to all the people. He planned his strategy and won victory thousands of miles away."

Situ Xu sat up straight and looked at Jia Lian with a serious face: "Do you know what nonsense you are talking about?"

"Sword, the king of a hundred soldiers, is righteous and straight to the road. No matter what kind of sword you practice, you can't lose that righteousness. The righteousness of the emperor is the blessing of the people. You," Jia Lian sneered: "Maybe it's because You were born a prince, so you don't know how to become a real emperor." After speaking, Jia Lian turned around and got out of the carriage, and rode outside.

Situ Xu was sitting alone in the car, his hands clenched into fists, his expression solemn.

This time, Situ Xu was sent south by the order of Emperor Situ Lan to inspect the river embankment to fight against floods. The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River have always been places where floods frequently occur. Among the disaster relief funds that came out, in addition to relief for the victims, most of the disaster relief funds were used to build dams.

This time, Situ Xu took his confidants and Jia Lian with him in a light car, just to see the disaster area, especially the most serious river embankments in Jingzhou and Yuzhou.

Moreover, in order to perform well in front of the emperor this time, Situ Xu also changed his extravagant style, found a substitute, and followed the official route to inspect, while he himself secretly went to the field for inspection.

After Jia Lian learned of Situ Xu's behavior this time, he paused for a moment, and still said what he wanted to say, which was already very rare for his cold and accustomed temperament.

While Situ Xu was sitting in the carriage, thinking about what Jia Lian said several times, the anger and uneasiness in his heart was gradually replaced by helplessness and frustration. The competition for the throne has always been you who framed me and I framed you. No, even if it is Situ Zhao, the fourth brother who is best with him, he still has a trace of wariness.However, as the most favorable contender for the throne, he, who has already walked ahead of others as a prince, has gradually lost the quality that an emperor should have, that is, caring about the world.

Situ Xu secretly opened the car window a crack, and looked at the back of the horse riding in front of his carriage with his back stopped, his expression was much more serious.

Because this time I was going to those hardest-hit areas, the roads I took were mostly small roads, and I also encountered situations where I had to set up camps in the wild without going to towns after dark.

Seven days after the group set off, they encountered the situation of camping in the wild.

Situ Xu sat on the seat arranged by Laishun, surrounded by three or four large and small fires, some guards were cooking or doing something around the fire, and some were patrolling around, after a while , they will change a group of people and continue to be vigilant. These people should form a faint circle and protect Situ Xu in it.

After listening to Jia Lian's words, Situ Xu thought a lot by himself in the past few days, and this was the first time he talked to Jia Lian.

"Master Jia, since there are already guards, why don't you come over and use some things with Gu." Situ Xu took the initiative.

Jia Lian was sitting not far from Situ Xu at this time, sitting alone in front of a fire, holding a white silk handkerchief and carefully wiping his black iron sword. Hearing Situ Xu's words, he turned his head and took a look. , continued the work in hand: "I'm not guarding you, because I don't need it."

Situ Xu raised his eyebrows slightly, raised his hand to stop Laishun from wanting to reprimand, and said with a smile: "As the saying goes, listening to Jun's words is better than reading ten years of books. After listening to Master Jia's great opinion, I have thought a lot and hope Talk to the owner again."

Jia Lian put away the sword, stood up, walked to Situ Xu's fire and sat down, looking straight into Situ Xu's eyes: "What do you want to say?"

"I want to hear the owner's opinion. From the owner's point of view, what is the real sword of the emperor."

Lai Shun, who was standing by the side, trembled in fright when he heard this.Everyone around had their ears pricked up, wanting to hear what their master and this Jia Lian had to say, but when they heard what Situ Xu said, they all shrunk their necks in fright. This kind of thing is not what guards like them should hear.

Jia Lian didn't care what other people thought. Hearing Situ Xu's question, he sneered lightly: "As a prince, you actually asked me. If you don't even know this, I advise you to give up early."

As the prince, if he gave up that position early, it would definitely not end well.Situ Xu's expression changed for a moment, and then he calmed down, looking at Jia Lian with a smile: "The owner is very right."

Jia Lian frowned: "You will understand something by then."

"Listen respectfully to the owner's opinion." Situ Xu looked at Jia Lian without blinking. He really needs to listen to an outsider now so that he can be more sober.

Unexpectedly, Jia Lian didn't move for a long time, just looked directly at Situ Xu, then slowly put his hand on the hilt of the sword, and Laishun looked at him in shock: "Jia Lian, be bold."

As soon as the words fell, before the guards could react, Jia Lian suddenly pulled out his sword and pointed it at Situ Xu's throat.

Situ Xu was so frightened that he froze.

When the tip of the sword was only an inch away from Situ Xu's throat, he heard a 'ding', the sound of metal hitting, and then a thin needle that was difficult to see with the human eye was moved aside by Jia Lian's sword tip.

Situ Xu looked at the thin needle that fell on the ground, and his eyes turned into turbulent waves.

The guards also stood up one after another, held their sabers in their hands, and looked around vigilantly, but it was night after all, and they were stationed in the wild, and the situation where the enemy was in the dark and we were in the clear only made them more nervous .

Jia Lian stood up, holding the black iron sword in his hand, turned his head calmly, and then suddenly looked at a place, his whole body was like an arrow off the string, pointing at his toes, he didn't even look at how to move, disappeared in one direction.

Could it be that this is the legendary, extremely light kung fu, and the guards were horrified when they saw the figure disappearing into the night.

It was pitch black in the night, and everyone surrounded Situ Xu with their swords, fearing that a hidden weapon would come out from somewhere and Situ Xu would be hit. The thin needle just now, from that angle and position, if Jia Lian didn't find it or If there is no time to stop it, Situ Xu will die in front of everyone, and if the majestic prince dies under their protection, not to mention their lives, but their family and clan, it will not end well Well, Jia Lian's shot this time can be regarded as saving the lives of these people and their relatives, and everyone immediately felt grateful to Jia Lian in their hearts.

In the ears of the crowd, they heard more than a dozen "bang bang bang" sounds like heavy objects falling to the ground, and they saw Jia Lian in plain clothes, holding a long sword, slowly showing his figure from the night.

"It should be dead men, more than a dozen people." Jia Lian walked up to Situ Xu and said lightly.

Situ Xu frowned, and after hearing Jia Lian's words, with a glance, someone immediately understood, and sent two people to the place Jia Lian had just been to, to check the corpses.

Only then did Situ Xu frowned and looked at Jia Lian: "You killed them all?"

Jia Lian nodded: "Could it still be kept?"

"Keep alive, so there is evidence or let Gu know who exactly wanted Gu's life."

"Since you are a dead man, how can you say that?" Jia Lian lifted the hem of his clothes and sat back calmly, took out a silk handkerchief and wiped his long sword carefully: "Are you going to continue to travel lightly like this?"

"Of course, since Gu decided to see clearly, naturally we can't let those trash know Gu's whereabouts." Situ Xu was no longer nervous at this time, and sat cross-legged across from Jia Lian: "Besides, it is better to have the owner of Jia here. alone with thousands of troops."

"Since someone can send a dead man here to kill you, do you think your whereabouts have not been exposed?" Jia Lian looked up at Situ Xu, but didn't speak anymore. He just promised to protect Situ Xu comprehensively, other things, He is not interested.

This question made Situ Xu stunned for a moment, then his eyes sharpened, he turned his head to look at his subordinates, and lowered his voice: "I'll proceed as planned."

Me, Jia Lian paused for a moment as he wiped his sword. This was the second time he had heard "I" from the prince, but this time he was more bold than the last time.

Jia Amnesty now looks at everyone in Rongguo Mansion as disliked, especially the second child's family who harbor evil intentions. Even though Jia Baoyu is still a child, he doesn't want to make Jia Baoyu feel better. What's so great about a piece of jade, that he dared to think about my family's Lian'er's title. When he thought of Jia Lian, Jia She felt a pain in his heart, and this letter to Lin Ruhai was even more impolite.

It will be seven days before the servant who delivers the letter hastened his horse and arrived in Yangzhou without changing horses along the way.

Sitting in the study, Lin Ruhai was puzzled by the letter sent by the servants of the Jia family. At first, he was a little puzzled when he heard that the letter was sent by Jia She, but when he saw the exquisite hairpin, he felt that Jia She might He sent someone to deliver a letter for his daughter, and he still had a good impression of Jia Amnesty in his heart. He felt a little guilty about always favoring Jia Zheng and ignoring Jia Amnesty, but when he finished reading the letter, Lin Ruhai was so angry that he turned his desk The things on the ground were swept to the ground.

"Master." Lin Zhong was guarding outside the house, and when he heard the voice in the house, he immediately spoke out.

"It's okay." Lin Ruhai sat on the chair with a livid face, read Jia Amnesty's letter again unwillingly, squeezed the letter tightly with both hands, calmed down his anger for a long time, and then put the letter on the table. Loudly said: "Call Lin Quan to Master Ben."

As the second housekeeper of the Lin Mansion, Lin Quan is considered to have some knowledge. When he entered the study, he was stunned for a moment when he saw the mess all over the floor, and then respectfully saluted Lin Ruhai: "Master."

Lin Ruhai was full of anger at this time, but nothing could be seen on his face. He looked at Lin Quan and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Tell me what Jia Lian did on the pier that day. I want to know what Jia Lian said. every word."

Lin Quan was stunned for a moment. After all, when he sent the young lady to Beijing, he reported the matter to the master as soon as he came back, but the master just listened to it at the time and waved him off. Why do you think of this now? ?

Lin Quan turned a few turns in his heart, and told what happened at the pier respectfully, without the slightest personal emotion in it.

After listening to Lin Ruhai, his whole body seemed to be drained of strength, and he slumped on the chair, making Lin Zhong and Lin Quan worried for a while: "Master."

Lin Ruhai waved his hand, weakly: "Go down, go down, let me think about it, think about it."

His eyes fell on the letter. Lin Ruhai's only daughter was regarded as an indiscreet person. During her mother's filial piety, she fought with others and did not avoid suspicion with her cousin. It was simply shameless.

Lin Ruhai was holding on to the armrest, gritted his teeth, and after a while, he called Lin Zhong in loudly: "You, now send someone to the capital to bring the young lady back, just say, just say I'm not in good health, you want to see me One last time, Miss, and, send someone to investigate the Rongguo Mansion immediately, I want to know all the big and small things that happened in the Rongguo Mansion."

Lin Zhong was stunned for a moment by Lin Ruhai's order, then raised his head to glance at Lin Ruhai's eyes, and nodded: "Yes, master."

"Rongguo Mansion, Shi Taijun, Jia She, Jia Zheng, Jia Baoyu," Lin Ruhai gritted his teeth and said with a sneer, "Very good, very good."