Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

Princess Ruyi and Baochai were restless and flustered early in the morning. An old scholar from the Hanlin Academy was giving lectures. The two of them were sitting on pins and needles below, looking back and forth, but didn't hear a word they said.

Just because Jia Cong is going to be beheaded today.

Ruyi and Baochai's hearts swelled as they watched the arrow ruler in the drip of the gilt-copper pot with animal ears and eight trigrams given to them by the imperial court rise slightly.

At the end of her embarrassment, Princess Ruyi took a deep breath, made up her mind, got up and went inside to change her clothes.

After a while, he had changed into a bright red ermine suit with gold embroidery and flowers, black satin embroidered bloomers, a sword hanging from his waist, and riding boots. He looked very heroic.

Old Hanlin asked in surprise: "What does the princess's outfit mean?"

Ruyi cupped his hands and said, "Student, I have to go out for something. Let's study again tomorrow."

Old Hanlin frowned. Is there anything more important than learning the way of a saint?

"Princess, today's business is finished today. It's not too late to do anything else after finishing your homework."

Ruyi said: "Students rushing to save people's lives are also practicing the way of saints."

Old Hanlin said calmly: "What is the way of a saint? If you can explain it, I will be lenient for a while, otherwise I will definitely report it to the Holy Master."

Ruyi's face darkened. She was so confused at the moment that she couldn't remember the way of a saint. Just when she was about to leave, she heard Baochai say:
"Sir, Mencius said, "Everyone who knows knows nothing, and all things are urgent; all benevolent people love, and they are anxious for their relatives and virtuous people. Reading is slow and rescuing others is urgent. The princess is responsible for executing power and understanding contingency. This is the behavior of a sage." road."

"Yes, that's what I mean." Ruyi nodded hurriedly.

Old Hanlin twisted his beard and smiled. It seemed that he had taught well. He nodded and said: "Good. Remember what Mencius said, if you don't follow the rules, you can't make a circle. Even if you save people, don't do anything rashly."

"Student understands." Ruyi hurriedly agreed, nodded towards Baochai, and left like the wind.

The main entrance of the Princess Mansion opened, and dozens of elite cavalry rushed out. They swept through Wangfu Street like a strong wind, turned into Chongwenmen Inner Street, left the inner city, turned west, and headed towards Caishikou along Sanlihe Street and Xiaoshi Street. go.

There was a huge flow of people in the city, and it was very crowded after leaving Wangfu Street. Princess Ruyi and her escort were soon blocked on the road.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" the palace guards shouted loudly to drive away the crowd, protecting Ruyi and moving forward slowly.

Ruyi was anxious, but she had no choice but to fly over, so she had to give orders to clear the way.

The guards of the palace were also anxious. If they missed something important, they would not be able to bear the consequences. At that moment, men No. 4 and 5 got off their horses, picked up their riding whips, hit and pushed them, drove pedestrians to both sides, and forced the way. For a while, there was a commotion on the street. , the crowd of onlookers became even larger.

"Asshole, we are the guards of the princess's palace, why don't you get out of the way!"

But the people didn't buy it, and they all shouted and accused: "The princess's mansion has to be reasonable, why are you beating people randomly?"

As a result of this commotion, he became even more unable to walk, being surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside.

"What are you doing, what are you doing!" Several soldiers from the Military and Horse Division patrolling the city saw the crowd gathering and hurriedly came over to take a look.

A guard hurriedly took out his waist badge, handed it to the soldiers, and said in a low voice: "Clear the street quickly, don't block Princess Ruyi's drive."

The soldiers glanced at Ruyi who was standing in the middle and swallowed their saliva. Who could afford to offend this ancestor?

He hurriedly nodded and bowed, agreed repeatedly, pulled out the whip and chains he carried with him, pointed at the crowd and shouted: "You bunch of unruly people are rebelling against heaven! You dare to gather a crowd to block the road and cause trouble in broad daylight. Get out of here, you fools with no eyesight." Let’s go to the Bingma Si Yamen to learn the rules!”

As he spoke, he punched, kicked, and whipped, driving the crowd to both sides.

The people were not afraid of these guards, but they were afraid of the soldiers and horses who had been taking care of things on the streets all year round. They did not dare to resist and hurriedly stepped aside.

"You go first, and the young men will wait with you." Several soldiers stood by the road, bowed and smiled.

drive! Ruyi and his entourage hurriedly urged their horses to pass.

We were blocked several times, and if it hadn't been for the help of soldiers from the Army and Horse Division along the way, we would have almost been unable to catch up.

Princess Ruyi gritted her teeth secretly and saw that the execution place was getting closer and closer. The execution platform at the intersection was crowded with people and it was dark. There were tens of thousands of people surrounding her.

Seeing more than ten people kneeling on the stage, the executioner was swinging his knife into the neck of the unkind and unjust enemy.

"Save someone under the sword!" Princess Ruyi shouted sternly.

"Save someone under the knife!" Dozens of guards shouted.

All the people suddenly heard the sound of rapid horse hooves behind them, and heard someone shouting. They hurriedly turned their heads to look, only to see dozens of horses galloping towards them. In front of them was a person wearing red clothes, with a red horse on his hip, like a red cloud, flying towards him. .

The executioner hesitated for a moment, and the blade of the knife froze in the air. Lei Tai and others hurriedly shouted: "Didn't you hear 'the sword spares the man'? Why don't you retreat?"

The executioner looked down at the prison table.

Lu Wenbin and others were shocked and shouted: "Ignore it, execute him immediately!" Even if he couldn't finish the chop, it would be good if he could behead Jia Cong.

The executioner agreed and raised his knife again.

"Save someone under the knife!" Princess Ruyi and others shouted again.

This time, the executioner ignored it and chopped it off decisively.

clang! There was a loud sound of gold and iron clashing, and the executioner's sword with a ghost head was violently swung away, almost flying out of his hand. He quickly took two steps back, steadied himself, and an arrow next to him bounced into the air.

The people were in an uproar, good archery skills!
Jie Hui sneered slightly and put down his bow.

"What are you doing! If you disrupt the court, you will be punished!" Lu Wenbin pointed at him and said angrily.

Jie Hui said: "Didn't you hear someone shouting that someone should be spared?" Lu Wenbin was so angry that he scolded: "You bastard! I am under the supervision of the Holy Order to kill, who dares to spare someone?!"

"I!"

Suddenly, I heard the neighing of war horses, and someone had arrived. The people watching hurriedly moved out of the way, waiting to watch the show.

Breaking into the execution ground to save people is a story right out of a playbook.

Princess Ruyi came out of the crowd, walked slowly into the arena, and looked at the officials coldly.

Wen Zhen and Zhou Wei hurriedly bowed down and said, "I see you, Your Highness the Princess."

Lu Wenbin, Luo Bin, and Xiang Ce looked at each other in confusion, as if they had eaten dead flies. They reluctantly stood up, cupped their hands and said, "What do you want your highness to do here?"

Ruyi looked back at Jia Cong and said, "Suspend the execution!"

Lu Wenbin frowned and said: "Your Highness, this case is not trivial. The Holy Order is here and I cannot obey it. Please leave immediately, Your Highness, to avoid being guilty of disturbing the court."

Ruyi snorted coldly, hooked his fingers, and the guard hurriedly presented a box about a foot long.

"Do you know this?" Ruyi took out a Ruyi carved from mutton-fat white jade and held it high.

Lu Wenbin and others suddenly felt like dead mothers, their faces twitching, and they reluctantly prostrated themselves, shouting: "I see Your Majesty, long live long live."

Although the surrounding people, executioners, government officials, soldiers and others did not understand, they all hurriedly bowed down together and shouted long live the mountain.

Jia Cong looked at the jade Ruyi, wondering what kind of magic weapon it was, and secretly thought that Princess Ruyi really had something.

Just listen to Ruyi say calmly: "Ping Shen."

"Back then, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, gave me this wishful weapon and promised me a happy life. Why, Lord Lu, do you have any objections?"

Ruyi plays with the big weapon in his hand. On the front of the Ruyi handle is engraved "Everything goes well", which is written by Jin Shang's imperial brush, and on the back is engraved with "One life will be fulfilled", which is written by Taishang Emperor.

Lu Wenbin lost his momentum and said clearly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this case has been concluded. Please don't make it difficult for me to resign."

Ruyi glared at him and shouted: "You have decided, I haven't decided yet. Suspend the execution until I come back. During this period, whoever dares to execute will be beheaded by me!"

"Yes!" All the palace guards said in unison.

"I humbly obey my orders!" Lei Tai, Kongxing and other hundreds of "Jin Yiwei" had this big banner and hurriedly carried it.

A palace guard walked up to the stage holding Ruyi in his hands and cursed: "You stupid thing, why don't you get out of here, are you looking for death?"

Several executioners nodded and bowed and retreated.

Jia Cong breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, there was still a chance of improvement.

But Princess Ruyi rolled her eyes at him and said, "Wait."

Jia Rong and others hurriedly kowtowed: "Thank you princess for saving your life."

Ruyi ignored him, got on his horse and galloped away.

Lei Tai and others smiled slightly, it looked like there was something going on. Immediately, he glanced coldly at Lu Wenbin and the others. Now he would kill anyone who dared to say "cut". Anyway, he had this jade Ruyi to support him.

Lu Wenbin and the three of them sat slumped in their chairs. Now Jia Cong's people were watching eagerly. How could they dare to force themselves?
Not afraid of being disrespectful, but also afraid of moving your head.

Pang Chao, who was on the third floor, breathed a long sigh of relief as he looked at the scene in front of him.
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In Rongqing Hall, everyone was still anxiously waiting for the news ahead.

Seeing that it was past noon, I suddenly heard someone coming to report that Princess Ruyi had arrived.

Jia Mu hurriedly led everyone to welcome him out.

But he saw Princess Ruyi striding over in a smart outfit.

"Old lady, it's urgent, so I won't go into details. Where is the iron certificate of the Alchemy Book of Zunfu?" Ruyi said.

"what……"

Everyone was surprised. This was the foundation for the family's wealth and peace for generations. The most precious thing left by the ancestors could not be easily touched.

Ruyi supported the old lady, waved everyone away, and whispered: "The queen mother said that this is the only way to save lives. Old lady, why are you hesitating? Brother Cong is gone, what is the use of the Jia family guarding this dead thing?"

Mother Jia pondered for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said: "The princess is right. Tell Lian'er to go to the ancestral hall immediately to get the iron certificate of the ancestral alchemy book!"

"Yes." Although Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang were very reluctant, they had no say in such a major matter.

"The old lady is wise. With Brother Cong here, I may be able to earn you an extra gold coupon in the future. You will not lose money in this business." Princess Ruyi helped her back into the hall.

Mother Jia sighed: "According to the princess's words, I don't want Brother Cong to have any great future. As long as he doesn't cause any trouble to the family and allows me to live the last few years peacefully, that's all.

I hope the princess will take more care of him in the future. "

She knew in her heart that if she took out the iron book of alchemy, as long as she didn't start a rebellion, she could pay for any crime.

Ruyi blushed and said coyly: "Jia Cong is your old grandson. If you don't take care of it, let me take care of it."

Jia Mu smiled slightly, held her hand and said, "Princess Bingxue is smart, so she naturally understands." (End of Chapter)