serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 44

At the end of noon, deafening firecrackers sounded on Ningrong Street. Jia Lian and Baoyu scattered copper coins stuck with red paper into the sky.

At this time, Ningrong Street was covered with red and colorful colors, and the victims were so happy that they not only had food to eat, but also received two liters of rice and one hundred copper coins per person.

"Good man!"

"Such a kind and rich family is really rare!"

"I've never seen such a kind family."

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At this moment, a scream suddenly came from the shed: "Ah, someone is dead!" Then a heart-piercing cry of a girl came.

Everyone was stunned, the noisy street suddenly fell silent, and all eyes looked together.

A yellow and skinny girl was throwing herself on a dead old man and crying loudly: "Grandpa! Grandpa! What's wrong with you." Before she could finish speaking, there was a sound of wow, and a mouthful of black blood spit out without a sound.

The overturned rice was scattered all over the floor.

Someone let out a low voice: "There is poison in the rice!"

"pong bang"

Everyone was so frightened that they dropped the bowls in their hands, and the bowls containing the food fell to the ground, and the food was scattered all over the floor.

Jia Lian and Baoyu are still throwing money.

Lai Da: "Go, see what's going on?"

Lin Zhixiao: "Yes." He squeezed past with the servant in charge.

In the crowd, several ragged people wept bitterly around the corpse.

Lin Zhixiao was surprised: "What happened?"

A servant from Yining State Mansion: "Steward Lin, the grandpa and grandson are very hungry, and they are in a hurry to eat."

But a man jumped up and shouted loudly: "I am a black-hearted seed that was struck by lightning in the sky. It is obvious that you put poison in the food and poisoned my poor uncle and niece to death. You will die!"

The boy was furious, and raised his hand to slap the man: "You son of a bitch."

The man had been prepared for a long time, hid in the past, and shouted: "What a good man? I am! Come and see."

Steward: "Catch him!"

Several young servants rushed forward and held him down. The steward stepped forward and raised his hand to beat him.

Suddenly, a big hand pinched his wrist, and then he was kicked to the ground, and several servants were also pushed to the ground by the man.

Lin Zhixiao seemed to wake up at this moment, and quickly said, "50 taels of silver for burning and burying."

The men were overjoyed, and let out a cold snort, the strong man said to Lin Zhixiao: "What a good family! He relies on wealth and power, and caress about human life!"

Lai Da and Lai Sheng walked over.

Lai Da looked at the man: "What do you want?!"

The man sneered: "It's not what I want! It's your reckless disregard of human life, and I refuse to accept it!"

Lai Sheng: "Those two people are clearly beggars. Believe it or not, I will report to the officials for 'blackmailing with corpses'."

"shut up!"

Lai Da's face sank, and he said to Lin Zhixiao: "Go to the account and pay 500 taels of cash!"

That man: "That's right. I'm going to the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion." Then, he turned around and told those people: "Take uncle and niece with you. Let's go!"

Lai Da: "Come on, take down the masterpieces of these Manchu Tartars!"

All the stewards responded in unison and surrounded him.

The man: "What? I feel guilty!" As he said, he punched out both fists, and the two servants were knocked down to the ground, and then kicked a steward on the cheek. The steward fell to the ground.

Hearing the sound of fighting outside, Lin San and others came out with weapons, protecting Jia Lian and Baoyu behind them.

Seeing Lin San and the others come out, Lai Sheng shouted: "Captain Lin, hurry up, these people are the secret agents of the Manchu Tartars, kill them all."

Jia She came out suddenly and shouted in a low voice, "Shut up!"

Lai Sheng was startled, and swallowed hard.

Jia She glanced at Lin San, then turned his gaze to the soldiers, and said solemnly: "From now on, no one is allowed to go out of Ningrong Street! Remember?"

All the soldiers responded in unison: "No!"

Jia Amnesty turned his head to look at Jiao Da, and said in a low voice, "Send over the firecrackers guarding the ancestral hall."

Jiao Da: "Yes." A stride rushed into the gate.

Lin San surrounded him with his own soldiers, and surrounded the man and the troublemakers.

The man: "Why, are you still talking about the king's law?!" As he said, he stretched out his hand to push Lin San.

Lin San grabbed his wrist and pushed it, the man rolled to the ground, then stepped on his chest, drew out his sword and pointed it at the man's throat.

The man sneered, and then shouted: "Fathers and folks, this Jia family poisoned our relatives. Not only will they not give justice, but they will kill them to silence them!"

Those men remembered something, clasped their fists, knelt down and kowtowed to the surroundings: "Uncles, aunts and ladies, our parents died early, and for so many years, we have all been supported by the uncle. Seeing that his old man can enjoy the blessings Who would have thought that the Tartars came, the house was destroyed, and the eldest brother and sister-in-law also died under the arrows of the Tartars, and finally came to the capital with a narrow escape.

I thought God was merciful and let us meet a good person, but who would have imagined that such a thing would happen!The Tartars burned, killed and looted outside the city, but they, the noble families who led the army, ate, drank and had fun here.We have no resentment, we can only accept our fate.

Today it is beating or killing, and it is up to them, but they can't bully people like this, slandering us as the secret work of dog tartars!It's too bullying." After finishing speaking, he kowtowed non-stop.

Many refugees shouted:

"It turned out to be a villain wearing a good man's cloak."

"All crows are as black as the world, they are all the same!"

"Report to the police, the murderer must not be allowed to go unpunished!"

Jia Amnesty was a little surprised at this, if this matter got serious, it would definitely be a big trouble if it spread to the palace, and the imperial decree to seal the concubine has not yet been warmed up.

Suddenly, the ground shook slightly, and the 113 musketeers guarding Jia's ancestral hall lined up neatly with bayonet-mounted muskets from the west corner gate of Ningguo Mansion, and blocked Ningrong Street under the panicked eyes of the refugees. .

The air seemed to freeze at this moment, and there was a complete silence.

Suddenly a shout came from the crowd: "Hand over the murderer!"

"Hand over the murderer!"

"Hand over the murderer!"

The onlookers gathered around and shouted loudly.

Those men got excited and shouted loudly: "Let me go! Let me go!"

The man glared at Lin Sanyi: "If you are sensible, let me go!"

Lin San was furious, and shouted: "You're looking for death!" He tightened the sword in his hand, but was caught by Lai Da, and said in a low voice, "You can't do it."

Lin San: "Why?"

Lai Da: "Look!"

Lin San turned around and looked, and couldn't help but gasped.

The streets were full of servants from Shuntian Mansion, confronting the Yongwei Battalion.

At this moment, Jia She said: "Let him go."

Lin San held back his anger and retreated to the door with his own soldiers, protecting Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian behind him.

The man got up, wiped off the footprints on his chest, and walked over.

Jia She asked coldly, "What do you want to do?"

A trace of smile flickered across the corner of the man's mouth: "Are you really ignorant or pretending to be confused!"

Jia Amnesty's face darkened: "I don't care if you are from the Zhongshun Palace or from the Qingliu Party, don't be too presumptuous." As he spoke, he signaled Lin San to get out of the way, then walked steadily to the man and stopped, and said in a low voice : "Slapping the Jia family's face at this time is slapping the emperor's face! Slapping the emperor's face, what do you think should be done?!"

The man was taken aback by Jia She's aura, and replied in a muffled voice, "You should be killed, you should be killed."

Jia She sneered: "Wrong, the nine clans should be exterminated!"

The man's face changed drastically: "This, this."

Jia She changed his tone and said gently: "Of course, as long as you can take the overall situation of the imperial court into consideration and help your Majesty take care of these fine works of the Qing Dynasty, I will definitely write a letter to explain your merits. Then you can get rid of your slave status, enter the officialdom, and become an official of the imperial court, honoring your ancestors!"

The man was shocked, his mind went blank, he turned his head numbly, and cast his eyes on the servant of Zhongshun Palace who was hiding in the crowd.

Jia Amnesty smiled slightly: "Don't look at him."

Seeing this, Jia Lian winked at Lin San.

Lin San understood, rushed forward and grabbed the servant of Zhongshun Palace by the back collar, dragging him over.

That boy: "I just passed by to watch the excitement, why do you arrest me!"

Jia Amnesty: "Oh? I'd like to hear how I passed by."

The boy was a little embarrassed: "This"

At this moment, there was a loud noise from the corner of the street: "How bold! This official is the censor who patrols the streets, and you dare to stop him!"

However, what answered him was the black muzzle of the gun and the shining bayonet, which directly scared him and the street patrol soldiers to retreat in a hurry.

There was a burst of laughter from the crowd.

The street patrol censor said angrily: "Big, bold! I want to talk to your general!"

Suddenly, the noisy street just now fell silent, and Jia Hu's voice came from behind: "Who wants to see me?"

Turning around and looking, I saw Jia Hu coming on horseback under the protection of more than a hundred personal soldiers.

The officers and all the soldiers saluted together: "General!"

Jia Hu nodded, seeing the Xunjie Yushi standing there, he said directly: "It's none of your business here."

The street patrol censor felt cold: "Yes." With a wave of his hand, he led the street patrol soldiers away.

The crowd made way for a passage, and Jia Huce immediately stepped forward, glanced around, and said to Lin San: "Let them register their household registration, and then go to Shuntian Mansion to compare the yellow books, and all those with wrong identities will serve in the military camp." .”

Jia Lian: "Second brother, these two are loyal and obedient to the palace."

Jia Hu waved his hand: "Break your legs, send them to the clan mansion, just say what I say, thank you for the congratulatory gift from the royal family."

Hearing what he said, Jia She smiled wryly and shook his head.

In the crowd, Mr. Wang said to the young servant: "Go and invite the Jade Guanyin in the Muni Court, I want to visit." After finishing speaking, he turned and left.

(End of this chapter)