Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 84
The Jia family's ancestral home in Jinling is not far from the Zhen family's, maybe a little more than two miles.

It's just around the corner.

Coupled with the fact that there was no curfew in Jinling, which had been in peace for many years, Jia Hun simply went home.

The huge guard of honor surrounded the four-horse carriage and walked on the street, causing pedestrians to avoid it on both sides, looking at this sturdy army exuding fear and envy.

Is this what is said in the play, General Jia Hun's Suzaku Rider?

Seeing the big Vermilion Bird flag flying in the wind at the front of the line, the passers-by were discussing one after another.

The soldiers also heard the pedestrians' discussion and straightened up one after another, becoming more and more proud.

Not long after, 270 cavalry soldiers surrounded Jia Hun and returned to the Dunhuang County Government.

Jia Yucun and Tan Ji have also been waiting in Yingtai Hall for a long time.Seeing Jia Hun who was slightly drunk coming in, he hurriedly stepped forward to support Jia Hun and sent him to the main seat, and the two naturally sat on the left seat.

"General, what did the old lady say about the Zhen family?" Tan Ji poured Jia Hui another cup of jasmine tea and handed it to Jia Hui.

"Well, similar to the results of the embroidery investigation, the Zhen family's actions were somewhat...excused.

But it's normal, after all, the old lady is the wife of the Zhen family, so she naturally wants to excuse the Zhen family.

Now it seems that the Zhen family and Jiangnan Daying were tricked. Jia Hun drank the iced scented tea in one gulp, then turned to look at Jia Yucun.

"The two shopkeepers really have a problem!" Jia Yucun frowned.

"For sure, the two storekeepers in the district have a large team to help them clean up their whereabouts. Judging from their behavior, they seem to be running around. These people from the Jianghu are involved in the affairs of the court..." Tan Ji looked at Jia Hui worriedly.

"Jianghu, it's the so-called ... Demon Dao who failed to stand in Liangmo's team and was beaten as heretics want to make trouble?" Jia Hun opened his fan and fanned himself lightly.

"The way of magic? Is it something like Manichaeism?" Jia Yucun became interested. When he was young, he also fantasized about becoming a chivalrous knight. Even when he was middle-aged, he was quite curious about the world.

"Manichaeism? How many years has Manichaeism been destroyed? Besides, there are actually very few people in these religious types of magic!"

The boundary between rivers and lakes and temples has always been unclear, especially in troubled times.

In fact, most of the so-called Demonic Ways today are the losers of the late Liang Dynasty. The Demonic Cult in the true sense actually only accounts for a very small part.

Jianghu sects also have to eat, especially the land householders who have left the scope of martial arts and become "martial arts", and they are like big landlords, owning a lot of land.

But since they own a large piece of land, whether they want to or not, they will be involved in the process of land annexation.

At this time, the sects are no different from the great gentry, the only difference is that they have a certain amount of force.

That being the case, what should new sects do if they want to develop?Of course it was done with a knife!
As far as Jia Hun knew, the time of disappearance of most of the famous schools that were exterminated basically coincided with the time of the change of dynasties.

A reshuffle of the land does not care whether you are a temple or a river and lake.Since you failed, sorry, your land is mine now!
The last time the cards were reshuffled was the end of the Liang Dynasty.

There is no internal strength in this world. Under the encirclement and suppression of the army, it is already considered powerful to last a day.

Therefore, even the sects of the rivers and lakes are unable to support themselves. They can only send people directly to participate in the competition, or indirectly send people to join the supporting team.

If you win, you will naturally protect your family business, and if you lose, you will naturally become the "demonic way" of the new dynasty.

And those victorious sects are naturally the new "righteous way of the rivers and lakes", starting a new round of confrontation between "good and evil".

The defeated old sects naturally lost to the victors with official endorsements.However, due to the addition of a large number of remnants of the previous dynasty, the evil way can barely form a balance with the righteous way.

"So that's how it is!" After hearing Jia Hun's explanation, Jia Yucun suddenly realized.

"I don't think it's the magic way, this group of people is too disciplined.

Besides, just last year, the jewel in the palm of Ren Mou, the giant of the Demon Dao, was tricked into elopement by a certain disciple of the Huashan Sect! "

"So what if I elope? Is it worth fighting the righteous way?" Jia Yucun frowned and looked at Tan Ji.

"Don't worry, just at the end of February this year, there was a new development in this matter!

Miss Ren is pregnant!But the disciple of the Huashan School also went crazy for some reason, suddenly turned his face and refused to recognize anyone, and stabbed Miss Ren and the child in his stomach to death with a single sword!

When Miss Ren was discovered, her lower body was covered with maggots!In this life, alas... I don't have the life of being a mother anymore! "Tan Ji saw that Jia Hun seemed to be very concerned about Jiang Hu, and began to tell some so-called secrets of Jiang Hu.

"Ah? Tsk tsk tsk... For the disciples of the Huashan School, calling them scum is an insult to the word 'scum'!" Jia Hun shook his head.

"Isn't that right! Missy's father, someone Ren has just spoken out, and wants to let the Huashan faction do nothing! Immediately, I will go to Huashan with my family's disciples and the magicians who came to help me!"

Good guy, most of the people in the magic way said to go!

Just Ren's sect is enough for the Huashan sect, let alone so many helpers!The Huashan faction wanted to ask for help from righteous men of justice, but their own family couldn't get used to it, and wanted to kill this fellow sect.Not to mention those so-called righteous people. "

"Well, if you want me, I would have gone to Huashan to chop up the crumbs of the world into meat paste, and then?" Jia Hun curled his lips.

"Huashan begged a group of people, that is, the Five Sacred Mountains Alliance, a small circle formed by the Huashan faction, to help out. The time is set on the ninth day of March, and Huashan will fight!"

"And then? Who wins?" Jia Yucun urged.

"And then there is no more. The two groups are talking harshly to each other. As soon as they took out their weapons, they were surrounded by the Shaanxi General Army who had received the news in advance, and they were all sent to prison!
However, that human crumb has been taken care of, and I heard that it has been made into a human pig, and it is still closed at the Xiuyiwei Yamen in Chang'an! "

"...all caught?" Jia Yucun asked in disbelief.

"That's right, hundreds of crossbows are facing each other, and I heard that cannons were also pulled over. If we run a few more... tsk tsk, then we might as well die!"

Jia Yucun's world illusions were shattered.

"That is to say, the loss of the Demonic Dao is huge now, and it is completely impossible to organize manpower to cover those two people, right?" Jia Hun refined the point.

"Yes, and even if it can be organized, it will be a group of mobs, and it is absolutely impossible to obey the orders and prohibitions of that group of people!"

"Could it be the remnants of the previous dynasty?" Jia Yucun guessed.

Jia Hun thought about it and shook his head.

"The possibility is very low, and our government has not imposed party restrictions on them, and there are no restrictions on whether it is imperial examinations or military service.

Among other things, Yang Zhi is a former general and a descendant of the Yang family.Didn't you work under my command in Daqi's army?

Of course, it is not that there have been troubles against Qi and Liang, but the most recent rebellion was 70 years ago.From the next 70 years to the present, there have never been any rebels under the banner of opposing Qi and Fuliang. "

Jia Hun drank the scented tea in the cup again.

"Tsk, don't worry, let's find out the identities of these people slowly. The two shopkeepers have Tan Ji watching. Now the focus is on a general named Hu in Jiangnan Daying!

Although a military officer is not as valuable as a civilian officer of the same level, the participating general of the dignified field force is also a senior military officer of the third rank, and he is also the son-in-law of the close branch of the Zhen family.

With the two backers of the Zhen family and Jiangnan Daying, there is even a gambling house that dared to let him lose, and he owed gambling debts that he could only repay by doing business with the barbarians. up! Jia Hun took a deep breath and shook his head.

"Great governor, here at Xiuyi, it has not been found that he owed gambling debts!" ​​Tan Ji looked at Jia Hun in surprise.

"Huh?" Jia Hun also stared at Tan Ji with wide eyes.

"It seems that General Hu was tricked!" Jia Yucun scratched his chin and spoke for the two who were staring.

"Governor, I'll send someone to investigate!" After saying that, Tan Ji got up and left.

The night is the peak period of the gambling house, and it is much more convenient to send people in now than in the daytime.

Only Jia Hun and Jia Yucun were left in Yingtai Hall.

"General, about Deng Yuan Deng Zongbing..."

"Hey, judging from the documents of the Dudu Mansion, he is indeed a good fighter. But the means of this imperial servant is so poor that he was actually set up by his own soldiers. It is no wonder that the strength of the Jiangnan Camp is getting stronger and stronger. Poor..." Mentioning Deng Yuan, Jia Hun said regretfully.

"Been erected?"

"Well, but I don't know how to set it up, it's really beyond my comprehension."

As far as Yuxia is concerned, Jia Hun's methods have been passed down through the Rongguo Mansion.

It may not be the best, but it must be the safest.

But the most important thing is to be able to lead the soldiers to win the battle!
As long as it can bring them benefits, they will selectively forget some side details.

So far, Jia Hun has done a good job, and all the troops he has led trust him.

"Perhaps Mr. Deng's town is too old-fashioned. The guards in the local area will get protection money from merchants. Occasionally, they will suppress gangsters and eat gangsters.

But Deng Zongzhen was different. He really kept the principle of death. What the "Da Qi Law" said was not allowed to do anything, even the suppression of bandits was left behind by Jinling.

When the students were in Yangzhou, they all heard that the soldiers of the Jiangnan Camp received death pay and had no extra money. They complained about Deng Zongzhen! "

Jia Hun rubbed his teacup without saying a word.

It's a pity that a person like Deng Yuan is not suitable to be a chief official. He will not only hinder others, but also harm himself.

"Shi Fei, let's vote for Deng Yuan's residence tomorrow, and I'll go talk to him."

"Yes, what time is it?" Jia Yucun promised, and took out a blank greeting card from the cabinet in the back hall.

"Tomorrow night or at noon the day after tomorrow, let's have a meal by the way."

Deng Yuan, as the commander-in-chief, still needs to be respected, and he can choose his time.

Naturally, the first visit is to use the full sticker.

The big red silk seal was embroidered with gold thread into a red bird flying high.

In the whole Daqi, only Jia Hun can use the Vermilion Bird pattern. Those who know the goods can know it at a glance, and those who don't are not eligible to get this invitation.

On the inside, a three-finger-wide bamboo board is glued with golden millet paper and folded into three sections.

With a painful face, Jia Yucun took out the top-quality pine smoke ink from the cabinet, which was specially used for writing greeting cards and other documents that represented Jia Hun's face.

After carefully grinding a few times, I reckoned that I could just finish writing the greeting card.

After thinking about it for a while, I took up a pen and wrote it in formal pavilion style.

Jia Hun is only suitable for writing fast, such as running script.But it was still judged as too sharp and wanton by intellectuals such as Lin Ruhai and Jia Zhu.Individually, they are beautiful, but if they are mixed together, each word will be too sharp to coexist harmoniously.

Although you can recognize it if you write slowly, it will always give people a weird feeling.

Therefore, Jia Hun's running script is really not suitable for writing such things as greeting cards, and it will be troublesome if people think that writing so madly is provocative.

It can only be written by Jia Yucun.

As expected of a Jinshi master who has studied for 20 years, he is very experienced in the amount of ink used.Just when the last word was written, the last drop of ink on the inkstone was just used up.

Gently blowing on the ink that was still wet, Jia Yucun spread out the greeting card and handed it to Jia Hun with both hands.

Jia Hun didn't take it over, but glanced at it roughly, and nodded.

Well, no problem.

"Very well, that's it. It's getting late, so Shi Fei should go to rest!" Jia Hun put down the teacup in his hand and stood up. Jia Yucun also stood up quickly, leaned over and saluted Jia Hun as he left. The main hall.

"Huh..." Village Chief Jia Yu let out a sigh of relief. Although he is already the confidant of the Great Governor, it can be seen that he will still get nervous involuntarily when he sees the Great Governor.

Taking a look at the greeting card, Jia Yucun folded the card after confirming that the ink was dry.

Picking up the greeting card, he walked towards the front door. Jia Hun picked out a yard for him. It was on Ningrong Street to the west, and it was a small yard that you just entered.The yard is not big, the house deed is actually in his hands, and there are not many people in the family, only his married wife and a few maids.

He handed the greeting card to Jia Hun's personal soldiers guarding the door, and after a few instructions, the personal soldiers nodded and walked towards Deng Yuan's mansion on foot.

. . . . . .

Jia Hun, who had walked to the backyard, was now in trouble.

Whose yard are we going to?

Are you going to play with your legs, your waist or your feet?
People still have to be specific, at least, only accompany one person a day!
After paying the money yesterday, the three beauties belonged to him.

The duke can have six concubines, but Jia Hun doesn't want them to occupy this spot. If there is another woman from the family to marry him in the future, he can't let her status be lower than the three skinny horses, right?

After much deliberation, Jia Hun still identified them as housemaids.

This is true in name, but in fact they are all concubines with independent courtyards and four maids.

According to the naming method of the maids in his own room, Jia Hun named them after the birds.

A slender beauty with jade bones and icy muscles, with skin that can be broken by blowing bullets. She has the best skin among the three, and her name is Bailu.

There is a rouge-colored oval birthmark above the navel of the slender beauty, named Crested Ibis.

The slender-legged beauty has a head of black and shiny hair and a pair of real black eyes, named Xuan He.

This was already the best name that Fei Jiahui could think of.

Or leave it to God to decide where to spend the night!

Jia Hun raised his hand and put the folding fan in his palm. The breeze blew and the fan fell to the left.

Grabbing the fan in time, Jia Hun recalled whose yard was on the left.

Oh, it belongs to the crested ibis.

"Send the bath water to Aunt Zhu's yard."

After giving instructions to the maid who was standing beside him, Jia Hun walked to the left.

. . . . . .

In fact, all three of them have no surnames.

It's not called no, but when they were three or four years old, they were selected by a Yangzhou professional training thin horse and bought them back.

Since then, they have never seen their parents again, and they have all forgotten who they are.

Until they were sold to the brothel, they used numbers to distinguish each other. After being bought, they would have a new name, and they would use it until they were redeemed by a benefactor to obtain a new name, or died in an unknown corner with this name. .

The girl about 1.6 meters tall is lying on the imperial concubine's couch, reading a book of travel notes in Jia's collection.Two flawless jade feet shook happily.

The feet of Crested Ibis have never touched the ground since she was three years old. Because her feet have been cute since she was a child, the nuns decided to train her to be a skinny horse for certain groups of people.

Such as Jia Hun.

Her world is only as big as a house, although there are gentlemen who come to teach her all kinds of knowledge every day, although there are delicious but pitifully small meals every day, even though the floor is covered with carpets bought at a large price from the Western Regions. The pure pile carpet...

Before leaving that room, she hadn't even worn socks, only a brocade ribbon tightly wrapped around the soles of her feet, which Mammy said was to keep them from widening.

One day when she was 14 years old, she saw the blue sky again after 11 years.

For the first time, the girl had the idea of ​​wanting to travel all over the world.

Not long after, he was carried into the carriage again, sent to the boat, got off the carriage again, and entered a small room that was still covered with pure velvet carpet.She was bought.

Three months later, she was taken away again, sent to a painting boat, picked up by a man, and carried back home.

He is so tall!
Since yesterday, Crested Ibis has become his new name, and he has become his concubines together with the two sisters who were also carried back by that man.

She no longer has a pure pile carpet in her room.

She also stepped back on the ground, but the skin on her feet was too tender, and the pure wooden floor made her feet ache.

But she is happy.

"Auntie, the master is here and is taking a bath and changing clothes!" The voice of his servant girl came from outside the door.

"Ah, I see!" Zhu Xi quickly responded.

Then turned around, the two little feet first touched the ground with their toes, and then slowly and slowly put them down until the heels also stepped on the ground.

"hey-hey…"

Crested Ibis smiled lightly, feeling down-to-earth, really good.

Stretching out the other foot, it touched the ground toe first, and slowly put it down, the whole body was wobbly, but the crested ibis never tired of doing it.

But he still walked quickly to the Babu bed.

She had already bathed before, and according to what the nun who trained her said, she took off all the clothes, wet the towel, wiped her feet carefully, and got into the bed.

Time passed slowly, and when Zhu Xi's eyelids were fighting, the door rang.

click, click...

The sound of wooden clogs stepping on the ground gradually approached, Zhu Xi woke up suddenly, and the whole person was trembling with nervousness.

click.

The sound of clogs stopped at the bedside on the right.

"The crested ibis is coming, isn't it?"

Crested Ibis stuck its face out from under the thin quilt.

"Father..."

"It's getting late, let's rest earlier..."

Before Zhu Xi could reply, she exclaimed, the thin quilt was lifted by the master, who turned over to face Zhu Xi, raised her leg, grabbed Zhu Xi's right foot, and looked at her carefully.

stuff it in your mouth...

　Thanks to the book friend hsgsos for the reward, thank you very much!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)