serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 77 The Hostage Incident
On the other side, inside the Taihe Building.

Food and drink are already on the table.

Feng Ziying, Wei Ruolan, Liu Xianglian, Jia Baoyu and Xue Pan sat down around the big round table.

Looking at Liu Xianglian, Feng Ziying was silent for a moment, and asked: "Have you thought about it?!"

Liu Xianglian picked up the wine glass and said, "Think about it, when a man lives in the world, he should make meritorious service for the country." As he spoke, he drank the wine in the glass.

Feng Ziying and the others drank the wine in their glasses together, and looked at Liu Xianglian together.

Liu Xianglian poured a glass of wine: "In these years, I have achieved nothing except for playing. What my uncle said is right, as a general's son, one should gain fame immediately, and not dishonor the glory of the ancestors." After talking about this, she paused, "This is also true. Fulfill Brother Chen's wish."

Xue Pan sat beside Baoyu and stared at Liu Xianglian obsessively. This person is not only handsome, but also has martial arts skills, and he is very knowledgeable in opera.It's just a pity that I have to go to the frontier to join the army. It's too late to meet each other!

Baoyu spoke: "Brother Xue?"

Xue Pan came back to his senses: "Ah?" Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he hurriedly toasted and stood up, and smiled awkwardly: "I was distracted by Brother Liu's words, and I admire Brother Liu's ideals and ambitions even more. It's just that there are many ways to serve the country, and you don't have to go to the border to make meritorious service. In my opinion, you might as well stay in Beijing. With our relationship, why not get promoted and make a fortune."

Before he finished speaking, he was stabbed by Jia Baoyu, and Xue Pan realized that he had said something wrong, and hurriedly said: "If you stay in the capital, you can also honor your elders, right?"

Wei Ruolan went on to say: "This is exactly what you said. The old Duke is getting old, and it is the time when he needs filial piety."

Liu Xianglian shook her head: "I know you are doing it for my own good, but I have already made up my mind, so I don't need to persuade you anymore." Then, she raised her glass and said, "Please!"

A few people had no choice but to drink the wine in their cups.

There was silence in the box.

"Brother Liu is going to get fame right away. It's a happy event." Xue Pan broke the silence and held up the wine glass, "Let's toast Brother Liu together, and wish Brother Liu a great reputation on the battlefield, kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds. Let's make a bow and become a marquis. Wife Yinzi, Guangzong Yaozu."

Feng Ziying glanced at Xue Pan, smiled and said: "That's right, this is a happy event." He shouted to the outside of the box: "Bring a bigger bowl!"

After a while, a servant from Feng's residence came in holding a wine bowl.

Between pushing cups and changing cups, the scene quickly became lively.

In the private room next door, the food and wine on the table were already cold.

O Bi's courier sat at the table and waited patiently.

The assassination operation two months ago caused heavy losses to E Bi's intelligence network. This time he sneaked into the capital for two reasons. One is to bring manpower and property to the hidden people in the capital so that they can rebuild the intelligence network.Another thing is to put pressure on Beijing Jing Wang Shui Rong, let them speed up, and make the Central Plains chaotic.

Suddenly, loud noises such as punching and ordering came from the next door.

At this time, the door of the box opened, and a man dressed as a manager walked in, and whispered next to the messenger: "There is news from over there, there is a tail, and the meeting has been cancelled."

The messenger was startled for a moment, then curled his lips, and pointed to the next door, where there was still a lot of hustle and bustle.

Steward: "Several honorable children."

Messenger: "Oh? Do you know the identity of the other party?"

The steward: "There are five people next door, and this servant only recognizes three of them. Feng Ziying, the son of the general Feng Tang, is a frequent visitor here, and the other is Liu Xianglian from the Duke's Mansion of Liguo, known as Lengmian Erlang, a prodigal son. The other He is the son of the second house of the Jia family in the Rongguo Mansion, named Baoyu. As for the other two, I don’t know. But they must be the sons of the founder of the country.”

The messenger narrowed his eyes.

The steward looked at him: "My lord?"

The messenger stood up: "Let's go." Then he walked out of the box.

In the box next door, the table was already messed up.

Xue Pan was obviously a little drunk, took Liu Xianglian's hand, and shouted: "Good brother, the frontier is bitterly cold, if you need anything, just tell me, and I will order someone to send it to you, ah!"

Liu Xianglian shook her head with a wry smile: "Well, when I think about it, I will order someone to tell you."

Xue Pan muttered: "I met you today, and I know what a heroic husband is. When you come back, we will worship brothers."

Liu Xianglian really couldn't laugh or cry: "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you." Then she said to Baoyu and the other three, "It's the end of the day, let's go."

Feng Ziying: "Okay, I'll pay the bill." Saying that, she left the box.

Xue Pan chased him out: "It's my fault, the bastard who doesn't open his eyes dares to block your uncle Xue's way, don't run, look at me—"

When Xue Pan came out of the box, he bumped into the courier. It was not a big deal, and the courier didn't intend to pay attention to it. He turned around and wanted to leave, but Xue Pan was used to being arrogant and domineering, how could he give up?Grabbing the other party's sleeve, he raised his hand and slapped the messenger.

The messenger stepped aside and pinched Xue Pan's raised wrist.

Xue Pan immediately grinned in pain: "You son of a bitch. Let go if you have the ability, and Uncle Xue will let you know how much Prince Ma has eyes for!"

The messenger pulled his hand hard, and Xue Pan blushed in pain: "You, let go of your hand."

When the messenger let go, he pushed Xue Pan, and Xue Pan fell to the ground. Liu Xianglian, Wei Ruolan, and Baoyu came out. The movement here also alarmed Zhou Rui and others who were waiting for tea downstairs, Wu Yangyang rushed up A large group of servants surrounded the messenger and several of his subordinates.

The eyes of those people were fierce, and they stretched their hands into their arms together.

The messenger waved his hand and walked towards Xue Pan: "What? Do you want to do it?"

Xue Pan pushed away the boy standing in front of him, and stepped forward: "That's right. Today I'll let you know how powerful you are, Uncle Xue!"

The messenger smiled: "Do you know where this is? Do you dare to do it?" As he spoke, he looked at Liu Xianglian, Wei Ruolan, and Baoyu.

Xue Pan was startled, and was about to speak, when Feng Ziying and the shopkeeper of Taihe Building came up, and the shopkeeper persuaded him: "Everyone, today's drink fee is free, everyone makes money by being harmonious, and making money by being harmonious, please do my prince a face. "

Baoyu came over and said to Xue Pan, "My aunt and sister are still waiting at home."

Xue Pan swallowed heavily and nodded.

The messenger snorted and laughed, "It turns out it's a fancy thing, I don't care about a brat like you."

Just as Xue Pan was about to speak, the messenger continued, "If you want revenge, come to the north gate. I'll wait for you on the bridge outside the north gate." Then he looked at Baoyu and the others, "You can call more people." , and strode away with his men.

Xue Pan was stunned for a moment, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he shouted angrily: "Come on, bring this guy with you, and come with me to teach this son of a bitch a lesson."

The servants of the Xue family responded in unison, and followed Xue Pan downstairs.

Several people looked at each other and had no choice but to follow.

Only Zhou Rui was worried, and ordered his confidant to report back to the government.

The banquet is still in Tianxiang Tower, and Jia Mu and others are eating and ordering. After hearing the news, they hurriedly ordered Lai Da and Lin Zhixiao to take more people out of the city to find Baoyu and bring Baoyu back safely.

Lai Da and Lin Zhixiao led the servants to search for traces and went straight to the north gate, five miles down the bridge, the bloody smell in the air made everyone's heart skip a beat, and they hurriedly reined in their horses.

Suddenly they heard someone groaning in the reeds, and everyone hurried over to have a look, their faces turned pale with shock, and saw more than a dozen corpses lying in the ditch.

Lin Zhixiao saw Baoyu's follower Wang Rong lying by the ditch at a glance. Someone cut a long gash in his chest with a knife, and blood flowed out.

Running forward to help Wang Rong up, Lin Zhixiao yelled: "Wang Rong! Wang Rong! Where's the second master Bao!"

At this time, Wang Rong opened his eyes and said weakly: "Quick, Bao, Bao Er, save. Save Bao Er." Before he could finish speaking, he passed out and fell unconscious.

"Wang Rong! Wang Rong!" Lin Zhixiao was anxious and shook Zhou Rui vigorously.

Lai Da quickly came over and stopped him: "Hurry up, send him to the doctor, he must not die." Then he said to the other servants in charge: "Look, see if anyone else is alive."

All the corpses were quickly counted, except for Wang Rong Mingda, the rest were all silent.

Lai Da turned around and said to Lin Zhixiao: "Take someone to look at Wang Rong, I'll go back and report to the Elder, as soon as there is any news, I will report it immediately!"

Lin Zhixiao: "Yes."

They didn't dare to leave anyone to guard them, so they all got on their horses and returned to the city.

Half an hour later, Shuntian Fu Yin rushed into the Ministry of Criminal Affairs with his head covered in sweat, and muttered: "It's over, my job is over."

Such a serious murder case happened at the foot of the emperor, especially the identities of the missing persons, a younger brother of a noble concubine, a grandnephew of a cabinet scholar, the only son of a vice-commander of the Imperial Army, a son of the Southern Xinjiang General Soldier, and a Royal merchants.

It's really bad luck for this kind of thing to happen!

(End of this chapter)