Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 313 The Commander Is in Trouble
Jinling City,
The Jia family's nine-bedroom mansion, the people in the mansion have not gone out for several days, especially in the past few days, there are no fewer people surrounded by the imperial army, and they are merciless, dare to rush out , ranging from beatings and scolding, to severe beatings.

Not to mention many housekeepers and wives, their noses and faces were bruised and swollen, and some servants were beaten in bed and couldn't get up.

All the people in the house were in a state of panic, and many servants gathered together secretly, muttering about the master's family being afraid of offending someone, what happened to the master, and more of a look of fear.

The ninth house of the Jia family, Jia Wenfu, is not married to a regular wife now, but there are many concubines in the house, especially in the back house. As soon as she entered the house, she took charge of the house. After so many years, she still had the aura of being the matron of the house.

Today, in the main house in the backyard, this woman also had her hips akimbo, holding a handkerchief, cursing in the main house;

"You are heartless, what's the matter? Don't think that the old lady in Jinling City doesn't know. I'm afraid the whole noble family is besieged by our house, and there is no law at 01:30. It's not ashamed to lose face. He claims to be the leader of the Jia family in Jinling."

Jia Wenfu also sat listlessly at the bottom, feeling a little annoyed in his heart, which pot was not opened and which pot was lifted, and said angrily;

"What can happen? It's not because Luo Yunhou wants to find our Jia family's bad luck. Wait for him to vent his anger in a few days, and it will be fine."

"Hehe, what a coincidence, I just want to vent my anger on you, and you don't find a bronze mirror to see what you look like. If you don't think of a way, the consequences will be really bad."

Jia Wenfu's concubine also sat there with a sneer, looking at the somewhat hypocritical Jia Wenfu, feeling a little inexplicably happy in his heart. He has been a concubine for many years and has raised so many people. How could he ever look at him, even if he is empty? Do not correct yourself.

"I don't know what you are talking about. There should be a response in the next few days. Please be patient. There are so many people in Jinling City watching. They can't do anything to us."

Jia Wenfu didn't know that this matter was dangerous, but he had written letters to all his old contacts in Jinling City a few days ago, but so far, there has been no news, and he gradually has a bad premonition in his heart.

Especially the Zhen family, there was no response. With the relationship between the Jia family and the Zhen family, even if something happened, they should report to themselves.

Of course, I can't say what I think in my heart, so I comforted my concubine,
"Besides, the old man also wrote letters to those old relationships, and even to the Jia family in the capital. There should be a way, mainly Luo Yunhou's opinion, but, hey."

At this moment, Jia Wenfu also tried his best to ask for help, but the people of the forbidden army were always around, and he didn't know many things outside. It seemed that Luo Yunhou was determined to trouble the Jia family.

I also lead people around the mansion many times a day, standing on a high place and looking out, everything is as usual, except that the guards of the Imperial Army are always there and never leave.

The residence of the Jinling historian not far from the Jia family,
In a hidden place in the backyard, there is a circle of carrier pigeons.

Shi Bohua teased the pigeons with the food, and waited until the pigeons were fed.

"Cuckoo."

I was just about to leave, and then I saw a gray carrier pigeon flying over the railing, which seemed to be a letter, so I grabbed the carrier pigeon, unloaded a small cylinder from its leg, took the letter, and walked back to the study alone. Light the oil lamp.

I saw that it said, when Shi Changliang received this letter, he must not get involved in the affairs of Luo Yunhou and Jia's family, Shi Ding.

A letter came from the Baolinghou Mansion in the capital.

Seeing this letter, Shi Bohua was also puzzled, immediately put the letter away, and went to the main house in the backyard, and walked around several courtyards to the compartment of the main house.

stopped, knocked on the door, and whispered;
"Brother, brother, there's a letter from Beijing."

The room was rustling for a while, and there was the sound of dressing, and after a while, the room was lit with fire, Shi Changliang opened the door with his clothes on, saw his second brother outside the door, and asked;
"Come in and talk,"

Shi Bohua stepped into the room, and before he could sit down, he was asked by his elder brother,
"Why are you here so late?"

Upon hearing his elder brother's question, Shi Bohua took out the letter from his sleeve and handed it over.

"Brother, there is a letter from the Baolinghou Mansion, the lord of the capital. After receiving the letter, I came here to report it, for fear of delaying the matter."

"Well, you sit down first, and I'll take a look."

Shi Changliang opened the letter, read it by the light of the oil lamp on the table, and he knew it well. Then, under Shi Bohua's puzzled eyes, he took the letter to the candle of the oil lamp and burned it. A cloud of ashes.

"Brother, what does this mean?"

Shi Bohua, who was puzzled for a while, widened his eyes and asked.

Shi Changliang whispered;
"Second brother, do you know that Marquis Luo Yun came to Jinling a few days ago and surrounded the nine rooms of the Jia family in the capital the next day?"

"Brother, younger brother has heard about it, but I don't know much about it."

Shi Bohua nodded to express his understanding, after all, the two houses are not far away.

"Well, on the night they were surrounded, I received Jia Wenfu's letter, but I burned it without even reading it. I know what he said, but the Zhen family didn't take action, so we can't Move, let’s talk about this matter.”

Shi Changliang clearly remembered what happened back then, and now Luo Yunhou wanted to come to Jiangnan to start a big case, but the names under the knife were all empty, how could he give an excuse to pass it up, if Commander Gui did not try his best to stop him, he would not It is known how many people in Jinling City fell from their horses.

Shi Bohua wanted to ask clearly, but seeing his brother's appearance, he understood. The elder brother must have known the cause and effect long ago, and this matter must be extremely difficult.

"Brother, I know, but brother, when the city gate is about to fall tonight, five thousand cavalrymen from the Imperial Army rushed out of Jinling City by the south gate at the old palace. What do you think is going on?"

"Oh, the cavalry of the Imperial Army has left, what about Luo Yunhou?"

Shi Changliang was also interested. People from the Forbidden Army went south, and there were Suzhou and Yangzhou over there. Suzhou has the Jiangnan camp there. Did Luo Yunhou also go south? Could it be that he found something unusual.

"Uh, it's not clear, but tonight at the Yunliang Pavilion on the Qinhuai River, many people saw Luo Yunhou, and they heard that they beat all the young masters of the transport envoy. In the end, Mr. Xu came to make amends in person. I just picked him up, I think it's already so late, Luo Yunhou should go back to rest."

Shi Bohua also told about the information sent back from the family's eyeliner in Jinling, and now it is undoubtedly the traces of the imperial envoy and Eunuch Zhao that attract the most attention.

Then thinking of another thing, he said;

"Brother, there is one more thing tonight, that is, in the Yunliang Pavilion, a noble young master came to the Qinglian Academy in the capital. Guess who it is?"

Shi Changliang got up and made a pot of tea for himself and his second brother, brought it over, poured two bowls of tea, picked it up, took a sip slowly, and said;
"Which family is it from in the capital?"

"Brother, it's not the son of any family. It's the young prince of Xining County, Gong Huaiyu, who even became the head of Qinglian Academy, and now he has come to Jinling. Brother, you said that we in Jiangnan are now full of young heroes. Here it is."

Seeing the second child talking happily without knowing what he was enjoying, Shi Changliang also said angrily;
"What do you know? People are coming here, which means that all the fat people in Jiangnan are being targeted by those people. Tell the people below to restrain themselves and be careful about being caught by others. Moreover, I can say this, Luo Yunhou is now , he should have left Jinling, but I don’t know whether he went to Suzhou or Yangzhou. If Jia Wenfu wants to survive, he must find someone with real power to save him, otherwise he will have no chance, hey."

Hearing his eldest brother's sigh, Shi Bohua also didn't believe it. It was true or not. Marquis Luo Yun left just after he returned. Could it be that a golden cicada escaped from its shell again?

Besides, Jia Wenfu is also a branch of the Jia family, and he can be regarded as the honorable party. The world's honorable family can really be in danger of life, but seeing the heavy look on the elder brother's face, he fell silent for a while.

The Imperial City Division stayed behind at the Yamen,
There are one post every three steps and one sentry every five steps. They are heavily guarded and the sergeants on duty are also meticulous in their patrols.

In the government office, after the case in the hall,
Gui Yifu was also sitting there, holding his forehead and flipping through the letters on the table. They were all about things in various places in the south of the Yangtze River. There was almost nothing that went well, and everyone came.

Picking up a letter stamp and looking at it, the royal guards of the king of Xining and the Yingwei under the command of the king of Xi also came to the south of the Yangtze River, and the little prince Gong Huaiyu also came here with the head of Qinglian Academy in the capital.

Gui Yifu also had a bitter face, why did Xi Wang's people come to Jiangnan? If they really came, would Nan Wang Langyun's people have already come here?

was thinking,

Qianhu You Guangfeng also ran in from the outside, shouting anxiously;

"My lord, my lord, I have an urgent matter to report to you."

Seeing his confidant You Qianhu running in anxiously, he asked,

"What's the matter, why are you so flustered?"

"Master Commander, Luo Yunhou led his men southward from the water stronghold of the Wharf Guards, and the five thousand cavalry of the Tengxiang Guards in the old palace also followed out of the south gate, galloping south from the road, it should be running The direction of Suzhou."

You Qianhu did not dare to procrastinate, and when he told the information he had obtained, Gui Yifu was also taken aback, thinking of Jiao Xiong from the Jiangnan Camp in Suzhou,

"What, when did it happen? Why didn't I hear about it? Didn't it be said that Marquis Luo Yun went to Qinhuai River?"

"Yes, my lord, I went to Yunliang Pavilion, but Lord Hou left immediately after returning, without any sign, Commander, what should we do now?"

You Qianhu ran out of ideas for a while, and his own people went to keep a lookout, but the guards camp and the old palace couldn't get in, so they were slower to find out.

Gui Yifu also got up and walked back and forth in the yamen hall. After thinking for a while, he gave the order,
"Hurry up, beat the drum, gather the guards of the Imperial City Cavalry Guards in Jinling, and immediately follow me to catch up to the 5000 troops from the road. This commander is afraid that Jiao Xiong and Lord Hou may misunderstand."

"Yes, my lord."

You Guangfeng also took the order, turned around, walked out of the lobby, came to the courtyard, and then beat the drum,

"Boom, boom"

Then the soldiers of the guards in the Imperial City Office immediately assembled, and You Guangfeng directly ordered the cavalry guards to gather and wait at the government office.

Gui Yifu also simply tidied up, and then came out with his own soldiers, saw that his men were ready, got on the horse, and said;
"Let's go, drive."

"drive."

Then another two thousand cavalry rushed out of the yamen and headed straight for the south gate. In the silent night, the sound of horseshoes could be heard far away.

(End of this chapter)