Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 123 Visit
The next morning, Jia Qiang brought gifts and visited the homes of her teacher Lin Ruhai and her two friends.

One of these two people is an academic administrator in charge of education, and the other is a great scholar in Jinling. They are both people who have real access to information about the Jinling rural examination.

I gave him a gift. Due to my seniority, I didn’t stay in either house for long, so I left with two more pieces of information in my hand.

Both documents contained the detailed information of the deputy examiner and other invigilators. Unfortunately, these two knew very little about the examiners of this provincial examination.

Both documents contain the name of the examiner and his position in Beijing, but these are of little use. The most important thing is that the examiner's habits, temperament, preferences, etc. are unknown.

This is the most important information, which determines whether the roll is favored.

"Mei Zhou, named Ziju, is a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy!" Jia Qiang shook her head and muttered to herself.

A noble civil servant of the fourth rank, Mei Zhou should be reused before he was assigned to such an important position as examiner in Jinling.

You must know that the chance of Jinling's candidates taking the big exam to become Jinshi is extremely high.

As the chief examiner, you are the mentor of these people. From now on, these people who will be elected as officials, no matter where they are, will pay back to the teacher.

It's a pity that it was too late, otherwise I could have asked the capital city to help find out something.

The capital side actually did this intentionally, deciding on the examiner at the last moment. Bachelor Mei Zhou rushed to Jinling to be the examiner. Even if Jinling wanted to find a relationship, it was too late.

It would take many days to get from Jinling to the capital, and if the post station could not be used to rush, the remaining time would not be enough for a round trip from Jinling to the capital.

Jia Qiang was thinking as she rode a white horse back to Xue Mansion.

As soon as they entered Xue's house, they saw Xue Tong walking over quickly with a smile on his face.

"Brother Jia Xian, you are finally back!" Xue Tong said with a smile.

"Brother Xue, what's the matter?" Jia Qiang asked curiously.

If it was because of the assassination in Zhen Mansion last night, Xue Tong shouldn't have this expression, and he didn't know anyone else in Jinling.

"Master Zhen from the Zhen family in Jiangnan has been here for a while. I have been accompanying him. I heard the housekeeper said that I came out with an excuse because you were back." Xue Tong said and pointed to a row of carriages not far away and continued. : "You have a very good relationship with the Jiangnan Zhen family. Mr. Zhen came to visit in person with gifts!"

Jia Qiang was stunned. He had killed Zhen Yingcheng, the third master of the Zhen family, and his wife last night.

Although he did not leave any traces, as long as the Zhen family were not fools, they could judge from the assassination case of the Yangzhou Mada Salt Merchant that this was revenge from him.

But look what happened. Zhen Yingjia, the eldest son of the Zhen family in Jiangnan, came in person, not to seek revenge, but to visit with gifts.

"Hurry up and follow me over. Don't make the guest wait alone. It's so rude!" Xue Tong reminded Jia Qiang when he saw that Jia Qiang didn't speak.

"Then go and have a look!" Jia Qiang replied with a smile.

Xue Tong took Jia Qiang into the reception room of Xue Mansion.

Zhen Yingjia was sitting on the chair, drinking tea thoughtfully. When she heard the voice, she looked up and saw Jia Qiang following Xue Tong.

Hatred flashed in his eyes, but was quickly hidden.

Of course he hated Jia Qiang. The death of Zhen Yingcheng and his wife not only caused him to lose his third brother, but also severely slapped the Zhen family in the face.

"This young man with a beautiful tree facing the wind is Mr. Jia Qiang, right? Zhen Yingjia of the Zhen family in Jiangnan is here to visit, please forgive me!" Zhen Yingjia adjusted the muscles on her face and forced a forced smile to salute.

"I don't dare, Jia Qiang has met Mr. Zhen!" Jia Qiang's mentality was much better than Zhen Yingjia's, and he replied with a smile.

"Sit down and chat!" Xue Tong, as a businessman, has the ability to liven up the atmosphere and greeted from the side.

He clapped his hands and the servant brought tea to Jia Qiang.

The three of them sat down again. Zhen Yingjia took out a gift list and placed it on the coffee table next to Jia Qiang.

"The Zhen family and Mr. Jia have some misunderstandings. I came here this time to resolve the misunderstanding. This gift represents the sincerity of the Zhen family!" Zhen Yingjia continued.

"The grudge between the Zhen family and I has been resolved. I hope there won't be any more trouble in the future!" Jia Qiang said without being polite, picking up the gift list with a smile.

"It's natural. The Zhen family and the Jia family are old relatives. They have been friends for more than a hundred years. We should communicate more with each other in the future!" Zhen Yingjia replied with a fake smile.

"The Jia family in Beijing has nothing to do with me!" Jia Qiang shook her head and said.

After finally leaving the Jia family, he had no intention of reentering the Jia family.

The reputation of the Jia family is not good. Not only will it not be able to help him, it may also affect his career.

"Haha, they all bleed the same..." Zhen Yingjia wanted to say something else, but when she saw that Jia Qiang's face was not pretty, she quickly took back what she wanted to say.

Xue Tong watched from the side, and he was so shrewd that he couldn't see anything wrong between the two people.

The two of them don't look like friends, but they don't know why the dignified Jiangnan Zhen family would give Jia Qiang such a generous gift.

Jia Qiang withdrew her gaze and looked at the gift list. The Zhen family was very aggressive, and the entire gift list was probably no less than one hundred thousand taels of silver.

Especially the horse farm next to Jinling. When he saw this, he couldn't help but look at Xue Tong, but he immediately gave up the idea that Xue Tong was connected with the Zhen family.

It seems that the Zhen family has launched an investigation into him. In addition to knowing that he needs a racecourse, sending him this horse farm also shows him the strength of the Zhen family in Jiangnan.

"I accepted the gift. Say hello to the old lady for me!" Jia Qiang said with a smile as she put away the gift list.

Then he picked up the tea cup in front of him and gently stirred the tea with the tea lid.

Zhen Yingjia's face tightened. Jia Qiang was serving tea to see off the guests and didn't want to talk to him at all.

"Then I'll take my leave. I'll bring you your sincere greetings!" Zhen Yingjia was not angry. He squeezed out a smile again and stood up to salute.

Jia Qiang did not stand up. As the master, Xue Tong could not be rude. He sent Zhen Yingjia out of the Xue Mansion.

"Brother Jia Xian, have you had a grudge with the Zhen family in Jiangnan?" Xue Tong asked after he came back, still very curious.

"It's a small matter. Is there any news from the Zhen family today?" Jia Qiang didn't want to say more and asked with a smile.

"The yard where the third master and his wife of the Zhen family lived was flooded, and they were burned to death!" When Xue Tong said this, he suddenly thought of Zhen Yingjia's weirdness. He couldn't help but look at Jia Qiang, with a look of horror in his eyes. color.

Talking about running out of water, as a master, there is always a shortage of people to serve around him, how could he be burned to death due to a fire? This possibility is too low.

Yesterday the third master and his wife of the Zhen family died, and the next day the eldest master Zhen Yingjia sent generous gifts to Jia Qiang. Xue Tong knew there was something wrong with it as soon as he thought about it. "The water is gone, haha!" Jia Qiang shook her head and laughed.

He never expected that the Zhen family, which was flourishing in the south of the Yangtze River, would do this.

He also didn't think about how what he did made the Zhen family not afraid.

The Zhen family in Jiangnan has a great business, and it doesn't matter if someone dies. The most important thing for such a big family is to think about the whole family.

A powerful being who can assassinate them at will. The most important thing is that Jia Qiang acts without any scruples. How can they dare to offend more openly.

The gifts from the Zhen family were left together with the carriage because Jia Qiang would take these gifts away in the future.

The Zhen family has achieved this level, so they will not be reluctant to part with the carriage.

What Jia Qiang pays most attention to is the racecourse, but Xue Tong is still buying war horses. The steward of the Xue family will take over the racecourse, and the purchased war horses will also be sent there.

The Zhen family changed the assassination of the third master and his wife of the Zhen family to death by drowning.

This has become the biggest talking point among Jinling people. Some people say that the third master of the Zhen family got retribution for being rich and unkind, while others say that there is something wrong with the Zhen family's feng shui, etc.

The Zhen family held a grand funeral, but too many servants and guards were disturbed that day, so some gossip spread.

The Jinling Mansion did not take any action, and the people did not raise officials or investigate. The most important thing was that these people were not ordinary people, but the Zhen family who had the power to monitor Jiangnan.

As the days passed, Jia Qiang's life in the Xue family was extremely peaceful. I wonder if Xue Tong had greeted him, but neither Xue Pan nor Xue Baochai had disturbed him.

In fact, Xue Baochai has not been seen since they met once that day.

Xue Tong purchased war horses very quickly, purchasing more than 30 war horses in ten days.

That is to say, he has the reputation of an imperial merchant, and Jinling is the capital and the economic center of Jiangnan, so he was able to purchase so many war horses in a short period of time.

After buying more than thirty war horses, Xue Tong stopped. If he bought more, he was afraid that the Jinling Mansion would come forward.

When it comes to buying war horses in large quantities, even if you have to pass the Qi in advance, you can't go too far.

On this day, Jia Qiang took Jia Jingang out of Xue Mansion under the pretext of relaxing and went to his horse farm outside Jinling City.

The work of taking over the racecourse went very smoothly, mainly because he now has a lot of business in Jiangnan. With the help of the Xue family, he mobilized some manpower and took over the racecourse.

When Jia Qiang came to the racecourse, he was received by a steward of the Xue family.

He didn't say much to the steward, and just arranged for the steward to hand over the war horse to him.

He connected the reins of the horses together and led the twenty-eight horses away from the racecourse with Jia Jingang.

In a no-man's land, he put all twenty-eight war horses into the inventory, and twenty-eight 'Horse Tags [Ordinary Grade 1]' appeared in the inventory.

He first merged the 'Horse Card [Ordinary Level 1]' into the 'Horse Card [Ordinary Level Three]'.

Then he used the 'Sharma Card [Ordinary Grade 3]' as the main one, and merged the 'Horse Horse Card [Ordinary Grade 3]' into the 'Sharma Card [Ordinary Grade 3]', and got a 'Xiarma Card [Ordinary Grade 3]'. Erma brand [Fourth level of ordinary products]'.

After that, he integrated all the 'Horse Cards [Ordinary Grade 1]' into the 'Sharma Card', and finally there was only one 'Sharma Card [Good Grade 1]' left in his inventory.

He re-equipped the 'Sharma Card [Good Grade 1]' for Jia Jingang, and then as his mind moved slightly, Jia Jingang had a Sharma under his body.

A good-grade Shire horse. I don’t know if such a Shire horse exists in the country where the Shire horse originated.

Even if there were, it wouldn't be as strong as this good first-class shire horse. When Jia Jingang rode the shire horse and accelerated, the speed of this shire horse was not much different from that of a real good war horse.

The most important thing is that as a summoned object, the horse you ride becomes part of the summoned object. The horse shares the speed of the summoned object. That is to say, in addition to the speed of the good quality Sharma horse itself, Jia Jingang’s 36 seconds per second is also added. meter speed.

Although Jia Jingang still couldn't keep up with Jia Qiang's speed, his charging speed was close to 50 meters per second, which was quite enough.

Jia Qiang then equipped the Sharma horse with the custom-made horse armor. The tall Sharma put on the horse armor, and Jia Jingang rode on it wearing the armor. Even if he took out the Zhenhe Sword, the good quality Sharma could withstand it.

Jia Jingang is riding on the back of such a high-quality Shire horse. From a distance, it looks like a moving steel fortress. There is no need to fight. Just seeing it is frightening.

Of course, under normal circumstances, he would not let a good-quality Sharma horse be equipped with horse armor. Just having Jia Jingang follow him in armor is enough to attract the attention of passers-by.

That is to say, he was qualified to wear armor because he took on Lin Ruhai's name and Jia Jinguang acted as Lin Ruhai's bodyguard.

Jia Qiang, who returned to Xue Mansion, was in a good mood. With his wealth, he could buy a large number of war horses as long as he had enough time.

This time it was just that time was too tight, which made it seem a bit rushed.

If we really take the year as the unit, even if we buy hundreds of war horses a year, as long as they are purchased separately, it will not attract much attention.

He calculated that it would take one thousand and twenty-four war horses to fuse a first-level treasure war horse.

As for a higher divine level, it would be possible to fuse more than 30,000 war horses unless he could take Da Gan as his own.

With more than a thousand war horses, it is still possible with hard work. With more than 30,000 war horses, it is not certain whether all the horses in Daqian combined can reach this number.

Daqian is not a country that mainly relies on cavalry. Only the grassland can produce war horses in large quantities. The grassland must control the number of Daqian's war horses and will never allow Daqian to have a powerful and large-scale cavalry.

Jia Qiang rode a white horse to a bridge and met a funeral procession on the opposite side.

It turned out that today was the day for the funeral of the third master of the Zhen family and his wife. Jia Qiang stopped the white horse and stood aside with Jia Jinjiang.

The funeral procession of the Zhen family was very long. They were dressed in white and walked silently.

No one noticed Jia Qiang standing by, let alone knew that Jia Qiang was the assassin who killed the third master and his wife of the Zhen family.

Jia Qiang's eyes met the window of a carriage in the funeral procession. He smiled and nodded.

Zhen Yingjia's smile was extremely stiff. In a place where Jia Qiang could not see, he held his hands tightly. Because he held them too tightly, his nails pierced his palms and blood flowed down his palms.

"That's too much!" After he couldn't see Jia Qiang anymore, he gritted his teeth and shouted in an extremely suppressed voice.

He had wronged Jia Qiang. He thought Jia Qiang was deliberately watching the Zhen family's jokes.

(End of this chapter)