serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 448 Chaos in the Capital 3
In the living room of Rongxi Hall, Qi Jianhui sat on the guest chair uneasily and looked in.

After seeing no movement for a long time, Qi Jianhui stood up, squeezing his fingers so loudly, and walked back and forth impatiently, stopping from time to time to look at the back hall.

Finally, footsteps came from inside.

Like a Confucian general going out on an expedition, Jia Zheng walked out of the back hall wearing a royal robe and a large crimson woolen cloak.

Behind him followed the gloomy-looking Wang Ziteng.

Entering the living room, Jia Zheng stopped and said to Qi Jianhui: "Remember my words, except the Queen Mother and the Emperor, no one dares to kill you. No matter who comes to force you, just ignore it and go back and wait for my news."

Qi Jianhui felt relieved when he heard this and replied: "Yes." Then he bowed deeply to Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng nodded, looked at Wang Ziteng with a gloomy face, and said, "It's okay." After that, he strode out.

Wang Ziteng and Qi Jianhui followed closely and walked out.

Snowflakes were still falling, and the three of them quickly walked out of the ceremony gate.

"Second uncle!"

At this time, Jia Lian walked out of the black door of Rong'en Hall, with snow still falling on his body.

Seeing Jia Lian, Jia Zheng was really surprised. He smiled and said, "Are you waiting for me specifically?" As he said that, he looked at the dark door.

Jia Lian glanced at Wang Ziteng, then glanced at Qi Jianhui indifferently, and then said to Jia Zheng: "Second uncle, my father sent me to wait for you here. I have something to tell you."

Jia Zheng looked at him: "What are you talking about?"

Jia Lian said word for word: "Don't go out."

Jia Zheng was startled: "Why?"

Qi Jianhui was startled and said loudly: "What do you mean by Enhou's words? Do you want to see my Qi family being persecuted by traitors? The friendship between generations has been ignored."

"you shut up!"

Jia Lian stopped Qi Jianhui's words and said to Jia Zheng: "Second uncle, the current situation is like a fog. It's a trivial matter to break in and damage my reputation. But if it hurts my nephew's life, please think twice!"

As soon as these words came out, Jia Zheng and Wang Ziteng looked at each other. This was exactly what Wang Ziteng was worried about!
Jia Zheng hesitated.

Qi Jianhui was a little panicked: "The eldest master has never been willing to help us poor relatives. Now that the Duke is finally in charge, he wants to take care of us. Why does the eldest master insist on getting in the way? What kind of reputation is damaged? What kind of injury? At risk of his life? I think he just doesn’t want to see the Duke of the State among his noble relatives."

With a "pop" sound, Jia Lian slapped Qi Jianhui on the face!
Qi Jianhui was caught off guard, "kick, kick, kick", staggering back three or four steps before he stopped.

Qi Jianhui was shocked and angry when he received this slap. He looked at Jia Lian: "You, why do you hit someone?!"

Jia Lian shouted loudly: "I will beat you for inciting dissension! My father and second uncle are brothers who came from the same mother's belly. How dare you create a quarrel!"

When Wang Ziteng saw Jia Lian slap Qi Jianhui, he felt really relieved, so he took the opportunity to persuade Jia Zheng, but Jia Zheng frowned.

Sure enough, Jia Zheng glared at Jia Lian and said, "Go and tell your father that I will be careful." After that, he said to Qi Jianhui, "Let's go." He walked out.

Jia Lian: "Second uncle."

Jia Zheng's figure has disappeared outside the gate.

Qi Jianhui sneered and hurried out.

Soon, the sound of horse hooves and the rolling wheels came from outside the door.

"Hi!"

Jia Lian flicked his hand, turned around, and strode towards the black door of Rong'en Hall.

A flash of light flashed in Wang Ziteng's eyes. Jia She should know something and quickly followed him.
The days are short in winter, and it gets dark earlier when it snows heavily.

Since the Night Palace Incident, the Imperial City has been jointly guarded by the Forbidden Army, the Infantry Yamen and the Yongwei Battalion. Of course, the Imperial Palace is still in the hands of the Forbidden Army, and troops from the three parties are stationed in the outer city to restrain each other.

Feng Tang also moved his office from the Bujun Yamen to the Imperial City, right at the Donghua Gate, where the former Donghua Gate Guard was on duty.

In the heavy snow, Feng Ziying, wearing a fox fur cloak, walked into the office.

In the office room
Feng Tang sat in front of the desk and said to the trusted generals standing on both sides: "We don't have much time left. The war in Jinling and Northwest China may end at any time. We must hurry up before the main force of the Beijing Camp and the Yongwei Camp return to Beijing. Let these [-] recruits form an army, so that we can keep the power in our hands and keep our heads! Understand?" The generals: "Yes."

As soon as they saw Feng Ziying coming in, the generals saluted quickly: "Your Majesty!"

Feng Ziying smiled and waved her hand, and nodded vigorously to Feng Tang.

Feng Tang's eyes lit up and he said to the generals: "In order to prevent someone from taking the opportunity to cause trouble and fish in troubled waters. Tonight, we will send some night watch soldiers to the homes of those officials who hanged themselves. We also need to be more careful around the imperial city to avoid being disturbed by rebellion." His Majesty!"

The generals replied: "Yes." They turned around and walked out together.

Feng Ziying presented the tea to Feng Tang.

Feng Tang took it with both hands and looked at Feng Ziying: "How is it?"

"Tomorrow, all officials in the capital below the sixth rank will be repaid their full salary. In addition, those officials who hanged themselves will receive 500 taels of burial expenses for each family. This money will be paid by Qi Jianhui."

"Where's Liu Yong? He died in vain!"

"According to the order of death in the line of duty."

Feng Tang sneered. The cabinet wanted to reduce big things to small things and reduce small things to nothing, so as to stabilize the situation in the capital.

Feng Ziying hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "The second master of the Rongguo Mansion is also on the assassination list of the North Korean Tatars. Can we remind you that we are old relatives after all?"

The light in Feng Tang's eyes flashed, and then he made up his mind: "No need. This will make it more lively, and we can get more benefits from it!"

After a pause, "Our main opponent now is the Niu family. After destroying the Niu family, we captured the Forbidden Army, and then the Jia family."

Feng Tang nodded.
It was already dark and snowing heavily, making West Chang'an Street even more eerie and long. A group of household guards escorted Jia Zheng's carriage towards the West City.

At this time, the sound of horse hooves and wheels pressing through the snow came from the opposite side, and a lamp floated towards this side, emitting a dim yellow light in the heavy snow.

The guards didn't take it to heart and continued to protect Jia Zheng's carriage as it drove forward.

Suddenly, the light flashed toward Jia Zheng's carriage.

The guards could see clearly at this time that a carriage without a driver was speeding over.

The foreman alerted and shouted loudly: "Get out of the way!"

But it was too late. There was a loud "bang" and the two carriages collided hard.

Jia Zheng, who was closing his eyes and concentrating in the carriage, felt that he was flying up and then passed out.

A scream made Jia Zheng wake up from the darkness with a splitting headache. Then, he felt someone grabbing his leg and dragging him out of the carriage.

The cold snow made him sober up, and he tried his best to open his eyes, but found that he could not open them, only a sliver of light. At first, he could only see the vague light of the fire. Then, Jia Zheng found the light lying on the bed. The guards on the ground and several men in black holding knives.

Jia Zheng didn't understand what was going on, but Jia She was right.At the same time, I regretted that I shouldn't have taken this road in a hurry. If I had taken Gulou Street, I might have been fine.
Suddenly, Jia Zheng felt a pain in his chest. He had tasted this before, and knew that it was the killer inserting the knife into his body. He could feel his blood flowing slowly.

"His heart is biased, cut off his head!" A voice came over, and Jia Zheng wanted to speak. He didn't want to end up dead without a whole body!

"Bold!" A loud shout came, and Jia Zheng could clearly hear it was Wang Ziteng's voice.
"Bold!" With a sharp roar, Wang Ziteng led the guards and rushed over. Regardless of whether the horses could run wildly on the snow, they still drove the horses towards this side!

Some of the horses slipped and Wang Ziteng's guard was thrown off their horses.

Wang Ziteng's horse held on the longest and rushed to this side, but when it lost its hoof, it finally slipped.

After all, Wang Ziteng was a military general. He jumped up from the horse and quickly grasped the hilt of the sword on his left waist with his right hand. There was a crisp "clash" sound. Before he fell to the ground, the sword was unsheathed and he shouted: "Kill" !" He rushed straight towards the man in black next to Jia Zheng.

His guards got up one after another and raised their swords to kill him.

Although he was missing an arm, Wang Ziteng was still extremely brave. The sword light passed by and the men in black were chopped to the ground. His goal was very clear, to kill all the men in black and avenge Jia Zheng!

Wang Ziteng's guards were all veterans who had followed him out of the battlefield, and they quickly cleared out all the men in black.

Looking at Jia Zheng lying there, Wang Ziteng slowly walked over. After coming out of Jia She's study, he hurried back to the palace, and then led his guards to meet Jia Zheng on Gulou Street. However, he did not expect that Jia Zheng did not go to Gulou Street.
"Bang!" A crisp sound of firecrackers sounded. Wang Ziteng felt a pain in his chest. He slowly lowered his head and looked at the blood flowing out of his chest. A bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Then with a "bang", Wang Ziteng fell on the snow
When she saw the bodies of Jia Zheng, who was seriously injured and unconscious, and Wang Ziteng, Mrs. Wang passed out directly.

(End of this chapter)