Ruthless Lian Erye in the Red Chamber

Jiang Cuncai waited in the outer hall for more than an hour, and only came to see him after His Royal Highness finished his meal.

In fact, it was not waiting for Situ Xu to finish his meal, but the intensive acupuncture the night before made Situ Xu's body a little unbearable. He had to wait a little longer to prevent Jiang Cun from noticing something strange.

"My minister, I pay my respects to His Highness the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince is a thousand years old." Jiang Cuncai knelt on the ground and performed a standard official ceremony.

Situ Xu sat calmly in the upper seat and didn't let him get up. He just watched Jiang Cuncai quietly, and the atmosphere in the whole outer hall instantly became weird.

Jiang Cuncai frowned. He was not sure what the prince was going to do. As soon as the prince went south, he went to Jingzhou under his jurisdiction to check the water conservancy. It would be strange to make him feel that the prince was not picking on him.

"Prince." Jiang Cuncai raised his head slightly, glanced at the top, and spoke tentatively.

"Bold," a young guard standing beside Situ Xu immediately reprimanded, "Your Highness the Crown Prince didn't ask you to get up, how dare you look up at the Crown Prince's face?"

Jiang Cuncai immediately kowtowed to plead guilty.

Situ Xu looked at the young guard, then at Jiang Cuncai's performance, and said directly, "Gu just went south, mainly to inspect the post-disaster water conservancy construction in various places."

"Yes, the subordinate understands."

"Then I ask you, the construction of the dam in Jingzhou territory has been completed."

Jiang Cuncai saluted again, and said respectfully and clearly: "His Royal Highness, the construction of the dam on the border of Jingzhou has been completed. The construction of this dam was originally in charge of Zheng Qinghe, the prefect of Jingzhou. That's it, Zheng Qinghe handed over the matter to Weichen, and Weichen has supervised and completed all the remaining content."

Situ Xu nodded. This Jiang Cuncai is putting the full power of the embankment on Zheng Qinghe, and Zheng Qinghe is his own: "Then I ask you, when did Zheng Qinghe hand over to you, and when did you come?" To Jingzhou, when was the court's transfer order issued?"

Jiang Cuncai frowned. He didn't understand why Situ Xu asked this question, but he told the truth: "The flood in Jingzhou occurred at the end of July and the beginning of August last year. The imperial court brought in the disaster funds in September. The former governor of Jingzhou, Zheng Qinghe, was in charge. The transfer order of Wei Chen was issued in December last year, and the minister came here in February this year to hand over and become the new prefect of Jingzhou."

"When was the dam completely completed?" Situ Xu continued to ask.

"In May this year, the project was completed in time for the rainy season," Jiang Cun said after finishing his sentence, and then he paused, before asking, "His Royal Highness, yes, is there something wrong with the embankment?"

"No," Situ Xu smiled and praised: "You have done a very good job. Gu will definitely give you a few words of kindness in front of the father, but you must remember to supervise at any time. There is no flood this year. If you wait In the future, I hope that the dam will be as strong as it is."

Jiang Cuncai listened and kowtowed to thank him.

Situ Xu's eyes narrowed, and the smile on the corner of his mouth grew stronger.

Are you ready?

When Situ Xu came back, Jia Lian was already sitting in the courtyard alone, enjoying the afternoon sun while slowly wiping his sword.

Situ Xu sat down, looked at Jia Lian seriously wiping the sword, and smiled: "You really like this sword."

"It's not bad, it's made of Tianshan black iron, it's very suitable for me."

"That was also given to you alone."

"No," Jia Lian shook his head, "I saved your life, and you thank me for the gift."

Situ Xu was choked by Jia Lian, and then he laughed loudly: "You really dare to say, well, since you like it, I will give you all such good things in the future."

Jia Lian's eyes flickered, he put the sword back into the scabbard, and then looked at Situ Xu: "What are you going to do next?"

"Next?" Situ Xu sneered: "Fortunately, there was no flood in Jingzhou this year. When Gu returns to Beijing, he will immediately speak well for his father in front of the emperor, and he must be credited with building the dike in Jingzhou. , he robbed him, so if something happens in the future, he will have to take care of it." Thinking of this, the coldness on Situ Xu's face became even worse: "If you want to drag Gu into the water, it depends on whether he has the ability."

Jia Lian frowned, looked at his expression, and said, "Don't forget, this dam is not good, even if it barely passes this year, what about next year? The year after that? After all, Jingzhou is a place prone to floods. , if a flood really happened, it would only be these people who will suffer.”

"I know," Situ Xu nodded, and his expression became serious: "I will get this matter done before the flood next year. You once said the sword of the son of heaven, so Gu also understands, the so-called sword of the son of heaven , the concern is with the common people, not the scheming figures in the court. As long as Gu's prestige among the common people is high enough and he has not committed any serious mistakes, the emperor's father wants to abolish Gu, and it depends on whether the ancestors agree. As for this Heir," Situ Xu's eyes flickered, "I will think of a way."

"As long as you quit your drug addiction, there's nothing you can do for your heirs," Jia Lian said.

When Situ Xu heard the words, his eyes immediately flashed, and he looked at Jia Lian with burning eyes: "Jia Lian, is what you said true?"

Jia Lian nodded: "Your heir is in trouble, maybe it's not just your problem, I will check again, I should be [-]% sure."

"Seventy percent, seventy percent," Situ Xu nodded gratifiedly: "Seventy percent is fine, seventy percent is enough." He poured a cup of tea himself and put it in front of Jia Lian: "Jia Lian, thank you."

Situ Xu and others stayed in Jingzhou for less than two days before setting off for Yuzhou. They also went directly to the embankment for field inspections. Without saying anything, they left in a hurry, and then went all the way south, checking the water conservancy along the river. , but the strange thing is that after they left Jingzhou, they never encountered the pursuit of the dead.

Situ Xu once patted Jia Lian on the shoulder in comfort, saying that the reason why those dead bodies came to the door again was because the other party already knew how powerful Jia Lian was and was afraid.

Jia Lian just nodded his head in acquiescence, and he never cared about such things.

But recently, because the eunuch who served Situ Xu, Laishun, died, Situ Xu promoted a bodyguard to serve as an internal servant. It was Ke Liqiu, the young bodyguard who scolded Jiang Cuncai. According to Situ Xu, this Ke Liqiu was the captain of the bodyguard, Liu Zhizhong. recommended.

Liu Zhizhong is the captain of the bodyguard in charge of Situ Xu, and Situ Xu will naturally give priority to the person he recommends.

Jia Lian looked up at the guard who was brought up recently, Ke Liqiu, he always watched him practice sword recently, and he also saw that man practice sword according to his own method several times, but there were too many things in his mind , not sincere in the sword, so the swordsmanship has not improved much.

A person who thinks too much and is not sincere.

"You just trust that Ke Liqiu?" Jia Lian once asked Situ Xu this question.

At that time, Situ Xu's smile was a bit subtle, he slightly hooked the corners of his mouth, showing a bloodthirsty evil smile: "It doesn't matter if it's my people, anyway, the people who dealt with me this time already knew about my taking drugs, So we don't need to cover up too much, as long as you quit me from this drug addiction, that person will have no evidence in front of the father, and maybe I will bite back."

This is the scheming that royals should have.

"This is the fifth time." Jia Lian sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, and poured another cup for Situ Xu, looking sideways at Situ Xu slowly getting up while supporting the edge of the bed: "If you don't find another reliable I'm afraid you won't survive the next time."

Situ Xu smiled miserably and shook his head: "If you can't hold on, you have to hold on, or I will end badly." He picked up the cup of tea and drank it down: "However, I have already found a suitable candidate."

"Who?"

"Yangzhou, Lin Ruhai."

Lin Ruhai, Jia Lian sneered, that Lin Ruhai who thought he was good to his daughter but pushed her daughter back into the fire pit.

Of course, Situ Xu also saw Jia Lian's sneer, and explained: "This Lin Ruhai has served as the censor for many years, and he is quite proficient in the way of being an official. If he thinks about it, he also understands that if he continues to work in that position, he will only die. When I give him a chance, he will grab this life-saving straw and get away."

"The premise is that he regards you as a life-saving straw." Jia Lian didn't have a good impression of someone who could easily send his daughter to Jia's family.

Ever since Lin Ruhai sent someone to pick up Lin Daiyu in Jia's mansion, he felt very anxious. Sending his only daughter to Jia's mansion was really impatient, but he didn't want to see his daughter being raped by those in Jia's house. For the present plan, Only he can find a way to get out of the position of Xunyan Yushi as soon as possible.

So when Situ Xu expressed that he wanted to live in his mansion for a while, and refused to see visitors and allow anyone to disturb him, Lin Ruhai readily agreed. Perhaps, this was his last chance to escape.

Lin Ruhai arranged Situ Xu and Jia Lian in a secluded yard alone, so that no one would disturb them. Lin Zhong took all the supplies to the gate of the small courtyard, and then Jia Lian took them in. No one knew whether Jia Lian and Situ Xu were in the house. doing what.

Because he knew what happened on the pier in the capital, Lin Zhong had a good opinion of Jia Lian, so that his attitude towards Jia Lian was also very respectful.

He handed the things on the tray to Jia Lian and asked, "Master Jia, is there anything else you want to prepare?"

Jia Lian shook his head: "No need, I can handle it, you can go." Saying that, he was about to close the courtyard door.

Lin Zhong looked at it, and quickly said, "I'm here to thank Mr. Jia for his kindness to my young lady that day."

Jia Lian held the door with one hand, looked at Lin Zhong's grateful expression, and understood what he said: "No need to thank you, it's just that I can't get used to some people, and I never helped your lady after that."

"I understand," Lin Zhong nodded, "I understand that Lin Zhong doesn't blame Mr. Jia for what happened to Mr. Jia afterwards. In that case, Lin Zhong will help if he can reach out." Thank you so much."

"Well, you just need to do your job well in the future." Jia Lian closed the door and walked into the room.

In the room, Situ Xu's face was pale, his eyes were blurred, his mouth was slightly opened, he was panting heavily, and some saliva remained from the corner of his mouth.

At this time, he was firmly tied to the mahogany grand master chair by a thick hemp rope.The mahogany chair was too bulky, and Situ Xu couldn't get rid of it when he was struggling with his drug addiction. Jia Lian was very satisfied with the quality of the mahogany chair.

Situ Xu looked at Jia Lian feebly: "So that's how you gave me the detoxification you mentioned."

"At this time, do you think it's better to have an needle?"

"Yes, at least it's not that uncomfortable."

Jia Lian nodded, took out a familiar cloth bag from his bosom, put it on the table and slowly unfolded it: "Don't worry, I will give you an injection in another hour, of course this time the injection is not to suppress your poison. Addiction, but try to induce it as much as possible, so you have to hold on."

Situ Xu's face turned pale again, looking at the silver needles shining with cold light, he gritted his teeth: "You can come anyway, I'm not afraid."

After Lin Zhong delivered the things, he went to Lin Ruhai's study to report the situation.

"How is it? Did Jia Lian say anything?" Lin Ruhai asked eagerly. He really didn't know what Jia Lian and Situ Xu were doing. During this time, he didn't know who put Situ Xu in his house. Having said that, let the officials of all sizes in the south of the Yangtze River come to his house every day to say that they want to visit the prince, but he got the order of the prince, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and help the prince block all kinds of temptations, so that he really is On tenterhooks.

Lin Zhong shook his head: "Master Jia didn't say anything, just let the little one do his own thing, and closed the courtyard door." Lin Zhong paused, and still asked his master uneasy: "Master, What do you think the prince is doing?"

"Master, if I knew, I would let you try it out." Lin Ruhai sat restlessly on the chair, thinking constantly in his mind. At one moment, he felt that he had made the right move to help the prince, and at another moment, he felt that he had no idea. After thinking about it Going, I still feel that it is better to make friends with Jia Lian first.

However, Lin Ruhai took a deep breath, he didn't like Jia Lian before, his attitude towards Jia Lian was so inappropriate, then Jia Lian also looked down on him even if he thought about it, how could he get along with Jia Lian.

Hearing his master's sigh, Lin Zhong understood what his master was worried about, and quickly said in a low voice: "Master, if you are worried that you won't be able to make friends with Mr. Jia, I have some opinions."

"What is it, just say it."

"I remember, at the beginning, Zhuangzhuang Master Jia couldn't understand the fact that the master sent the young lady to Beijing. Now the young lady is escorted by Lin Quan and is about to return to Yangzhou. Explain, maybe Zhuangzhuang Master Jia will change his view of the master."

Lin Ruhai slapped his thigh: "Yeah, the conflict between Jia Lian and me is only about Yu'er." After speaking, he hurriedly asked Lin Zhong: "When will Yu'er come back?"

"About seven or eight days."

"Seven or eight days, good seven or eight days." Lin Ruhai nodded, and suddenly felt hopeful, and quickly ordered: "In the future, you will prepare the things in the yard, and I will personally send them to you."

"Yes, sir."