Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 78 Regret
Lin Fu, Jiandao.

Daiyu was wearing a rare dress with narrow sleeves, and the cuffs were tied with ties. She was holding a small bow, pulling the string tremblingly, aiming at the arrow target twenty steps away.

The maids and women standing around did not dare to breathe, for fear of affecting the eldest girl's accuracy.

Daiyu opened her left eye for a while, then opened her right eye for a while, and stared at it for a long time, but she still couldn't make up her mind to play the string.

It wasn't until her arms were sore that Daiyu finally made up her mind, and while she closed her eyes, she let go of the bowstring she was holding.

tom!
"I got it, I got it! The big girl got it!"

The maids and women began to cheer, and Daiyu, who had her eyes closed, opened them cautiously, and looked at the archery target twenty paces away, where a small arrow was being inserted.

"I got it, big brother Hun, look quickly!"

Even the usually quiet Daiyu couldn't help jumping up for joy, and looked at her big cousin Jia Hun standing behind her with a "quickly praise me".

"Well, it's pretty good, one ring, not bad, at least it hit the target, right!" Jia Hun said while looking at Daiyu perfunctorily.

"I just won the first ring, so it seems to be my sister's fault..." Daiyu also became angry when she heard Jia Hun being so perfunctory.

It's strange to say that among the five older brothers and one cousin in the Lin family, Daiyu doesn't go looking for the gentle Jia Zhu, or Jia Lian, Jia Rong and Shijia brothers who follow her in everything, but Jia Hun who is always angry with her to play with.

This is probably the closeness of the niece to the uncle!
"Come on, sister, look! Archery, don't hesitate, the more you hesitate, the more inaccurate you will be, and you don't need to be a sculptor or sound shooter, you don't need to be so precise. It's just for fun, as long as you can hit the target, the closer you are to the target, the better. Generally speaking, aim well, believe in yourself, and just shoot."

Jia Hun raised his stone bow and spear thrower, and leaned forward. Dai Yu quickly ran to Jia Hun's right side, watching Jia Hun's movements carefully.

Jia Hun hooked the bowstring with his thumb and put it in the string groove of the finger.Then use the index finger to press the nail of the thumb, exert force with both fingers, and in an instant, the bow looks like a full moon.

He just scanned the position of the target and raised it up slightly. The bow was like a thunderbolt, and a carved feather arrow that could be called a short spear was thrown out by the powerful bow. It hit the bull's-eye a hundred steps away. The whole target split instantly and fell to the ground.

Daiyu opened her small mouth, looking like a fairy at her big cousin who still kept letting go of the bowstring, her eyes gradually turned into admiration.

"How about it, it's amazing!"

"In my opinion, it's not too bad!" Daiyu blinked her eyes, tilted her head and looked at Jia Hun.

"Ah? It doesn't matter what you call it? If you don't say something about Ziwu Maoyou today..." Jia Hun raised his eyebrows and looked at Daiyu.

"Oh, so what if you can't tell?" Daiyu still looked at the person in front of her with a provocative expression.

"It's nothing, anyway, I can't do anything to you. But, I think I can do it by hanging you at the gate of the front yard."

As soon as Jia Hun finished speaking, Daiyu looked at her cousin in horror, and the admiration that rose in her heart once again dissipated without a trace.

"Big brother knows how to tease me! You also said that this archery skill is judged by the number of targets hit by the arrows on the target! This target has been broken by you, and the arrows on it don't know where to fly. Isn't it just not good!" Daiyu replied angrily.

"Hahaha, you are so weird. You can tell at a glance that the fourth aunt of Rongguo Mansion Min crawled out of her belly. Her thinking is different from ordinary people. Come on, let my cousin lift your skull, and empty the water inside!"

After finishing speaking, Jia Hun made a gesture to grab Daiyu's little head with two buns. Daiyu quickly dodged and started chasing each other around the maidservant and several archery targets.

It's great, since the nephews from her mother's family came, her daughter has also swept away the inexplicable coldness of autumn in the past, and has become lively and cheerful.

In Jia Min's eyes, those so-called daughters who don't leave home and don't go out are very boring, but the mother wants to educate herself to be like this, and she also suffers in the resistance.

When I gave birth to a daughter, I didn't want to kill her nature, but my daughter was naturally delicate, sad and cold, so I had to try my best to make her change a little more cheerful, at least a little bit.

It hurts her body a lot, but being depressed like her own daughter hurts her body even more!
However, this kid actually said that he was weird?
Tsk...

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The next day, the old site of Daying Camp in Jiangbei.

Naturally, he couldn't dress so casually in the barracks. He just wore a tunic made of gauze, without a tunic underneath, a pair of thin cotton and linen knickerbockers, and a pair of mesh boots.

Four basins of ice cubes were placed around Jia Hun's hall case. These were delivered by carload by carload by the dignitaries who went to the banquet two days ago after knowing that the governor was afraid of the heat.

Jia Hun accepted it for the sake of not needing it for nothing, and to appease the civil and military officials.

However, I didn't accept all the orders, only ice cubes, and everything else was refunded.

A certain company is not here to deal with you, so there is no need to send me something, it is not worth it.

But for your peace of mind, just collect some ice cubes.

In this way, there are ice cubes that can be used for a long time in the barracks for the time being.

The coolness brought by the ice made Jia Hui recover from the irritable and irritable state caused by the heat, and he had been sitting on the desk for more than an hour.

News came from Jinling that Zijinwei's barracks had almost been repaired, and in three or four days, the large troops could be transferred there.

Embroidered clothes guard Tan Ji also often heard that he had grasped someone's handle and so on.It's just that the investigation of things about Shopkeeper Shi and Shopkeeper Bai is very slow, as if a force is handling the first and last for them, and rarely shows up, Xiuyi's investigation of them is very slow.

But in general, most things are developing in a direction that is beneficial to oneself.

"Someone is helping them deal with it?" Jia Hun frowned, looking at the information given by Tan Ji in his hand.

"Back to the governor, it's strange to say that these two people are elusive, and it is difficult for brothers to find their whereabouts. It was not until a few days ago that our people caught a clue." Tan Ji stood in the hall and replied respectfully.

"Tell me." Jia Hun looked up at the beam, as if he was thinking about something.

"A chief banner officer reported that when they were following the shopkeeper Bai, they happened to run into a group of people who ran over and said something to the shopkeeper Bai, and then left, and he led some people to follow.

When we followed until about seventy miles away from Jinling, we came out of the woods, and there was an open space in front of us, without any shelter. The chief banner officer didn't dare to startle the snake, so he didn't continue to pursue..."

"It's okay. After all, I'm going to take the rectification of the Jiangnan camp first, and the rest are secondary. Therefore, for the two shopkeepers, we should focus on surveillance and investigation."

"Yes!" Tan Ji saluted and was about to leave.

"Wait, there is one more thing! Remember to send someone to write down the daily conversations of the salt merchants, and I must keep an eye on their movements."

"Yes, I understand!"

After finishing speaking, Tan Ji stood there and waited for a while, until Jia Hun clapped his hands to let him go, then Tan Ji felt relieved and walked out of the barracks.

After hearing Tan Ji walk away, Jia Hui stood up and stretched his tired waist.

Paperwork is exhausting...

After dealing with the remaining paperwork, Jia Hun also finished today's work. It was still early, and moved a few pots of half-thawed ice cubes to the side of the bed.

The morning before yesterday, his aunt Jia Min brought him a pleasant surprise.

I want another concubine room!

Originally, he wanted to guide Xue Pan to enter the army to develop. It is a good thing to be able to become a talent. As his backer, I will try my best to help him pave the way.If he was a mediocre person, he would not give up on him, so he should be regarded as raising an idler in the army.

It is right to hold the Xue family in your hands.

But who would have thought that the Xue family had his own ideas.

Marriage.

Although it was a concubine's room, Xue Baochai, including Jia Hun himself, would not really treat Xue Baochai as a concubine, at least as a noble concubine with a family tree.

After all, they have been relatives for more than a hundred years. Behind Xue Baochai are the Xue family and her natal family—the Wang family, plus the care of her aunt Jia Wang who married into the Jia family. She will definitely not be wronged.

Forget it, let's do it this way, Xue Baochai is still too young, and she will have to be raised by Xue's family for a few years before being sent home.

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Some are happy and some are sad.

Jia Hun's life was very happy, but the life of the salt merchants was very uncomfortable.

Originally, I thought that Jia Hun, as the governor, would be more or less well-mannered, and to fight them according to the established rules, at least maintain a superficial harmony.

But who would have thought that the scene that happened at his birthday banquet a few days ago completely shattered their illusions.

Jia Hun didn't want to talk to them about the rules.

The almost face-to-face questioning at the beginning really scared them. If they played according to the rules of the court, they could still deal with Jia Hun through the loyal party. Although they would also lose, they would still retain some of the benefits.

There is no way, Jia Hun's level is too high, no matter what, they can't beat him, even if their party leader is loyal to the prince himself, he may not be able to stab Jia Hun in front of him.

But things tend to develop towards the worst side. By now, they also vaguely guessed in their hearts that the emperor had already noticed the collusion between the prince and military merchants, and was going to punish him.

Jiangnan Daying was an important force for Da Qi to coerce the Southern Kingdom, even if it was rectified, Jia Hun was only allowed to deal with the middle and high levels.That being the case, those Yangzhou salt merchants who are dispensable and can be replaced at any time have become victims of this beating.

The imperial court wants to crush their Yangzhou salt merchants to death!

However, it is not without a glimmer of hope. A few days ago, Jia Hun had almost explicitly stated that he would not kill them all, but would instead support a group of "dogs" who listened to the imperial court.

At this moment, many salt merchants seemed to have grasped at straws, and began to split up with the previous frantically. Even the eyeliners of the Bai family who were patrolling the gate of the Yan Yushi Yamen saw many familiar salt merchant owners sneaking in and out.

The salt merchants in Yangzhou were completely split because of Jia Hun's words.

"Master, the head of the Xie family also complained of illness, so I can't tell..."

Still in the elegant room full of flowers, a servant of the Bai family said in front of Chairman Bai.

"Oh, you were so active when you took refuge with the prince, but when the wind got rough, they all ran over to lick Jia Hun's stinky feet, villain!" the head of the Gao family yelled angrily.

The salt merchants present also stood up one after another, facing Xie's direction, and yelling.

Chairman Bai looked indifferently at the remaining less than half of the salt merchants, and felt a little funny in his heart.

If you hadn't been too involved with Jiangnan Daying and the prince, I guess they would have jumped faster than them!

It is only now that Chairman Bai can see that these fools are smart people.

Have you made any money?made money.

Have you caught up with the officials of the court?hooked up.

Have you ever sent soldiers to intercept and kill Lin Ruhai?That's for sure, this is the vote certificate.

The money that can be earned is just a sip of soup compared to everyone present here.The officials they hooked up with were all potential, but low-quality officials, and it was still in the way of marrying relatives, rather than offering bribes.

Even when they sent people to intercept and kill them, they were standing on the edge like passers-by, and many even went back unscathed.

At that time, I laughed at him for being cowardly, and he couldn't keep up with the hot shit, but now I look at it, and it turns out that I am the clown!

And those cowards who were looked down upon by him have suddenly become victims who can only be coerced by the group and forced to collude.

"Stop arguing!" Chairman Bai slapped the table, and the salt merchants present immediately quieted down, and sat back in their seats in an orderly manner.

Now they are much more obedient and obedient than before. They have no choice but to fight against the wind. Now that they are facing the wind, it is the time when they need a backbone. President Bai has become their last hope.

Seeing the obedience of the salt merchants, Chairman Bai couldn't help but laugh.

He believes that everything they do in the future will be carried out seriously and without compromise.But in this way, once the dust settles, this group of people will definitely push themselves out, saying that they are all coerced by themselves, so as to slightly reduce their punishment, and that they are their scapegoats.

"I have already talked with shopkeeper Shi. Shopkeeper Shi said that he has sent someone to contact the prince, and there will be news in a few days. Let me wait for a while!"

"Still waiting? President, the knife is on your neck!"

"Then we have to wait! If Jia Hun doesn't want to talk to us about the rules, then we'll be nothing in front of him!

Only the prince has the right to have a touch with Jia Hun, and if he acted without waiting for the prince's instructions, is it because he thinks he died not fast enough! "

After President Bai finished cursing, he angrily picked up his teacup and took a sip.

"But will Jia Hun give us time?" the head of the Gao family asked worriedly.

"There must be. Don't forget, Jia Hun's target is not us, but the prince! Besides, if the prince doesn't move to protect us, who will worship him in the future?"

"That is to say, when the time comes, it will be a battle between two big men, maybe we won't have so much time to deal with us?" A salt merchant said excitedly as if he had grasped something.

But none of the salt merchants around agreed with him.

"Stupid! Do you think Lin Ruhai is dead?" President Bai yelled loudly.The idea of ​​fluke is the worst thing to do.

"Then, are you trying to make the salt households below make trouble?" Another Patriarch poked his head out.

"The more than 3000 cavalry you brought Jia Hun came to waste food? Did he push us so hard so that we could not be overwhelmed, and finally chose to seduce Yanhu to make trouble? If this is the case, he will definitely turn us into rebels who gather a crowd to rebel!
If it is just collusion with officers and soldiers, then the family property will be confiscated, and we will kill it alone.

But if he is labeled as a traitor, it will be for the barbarians! "

After President Bai finished speaking, he collapsed on the chair and slapped his forehead with regret.

Why did I have to be so active to hang out with that guy, King Zhongxin!

(End of this chapter)